the be. this is the news coming to you live from berlin america's top diplomat makes an on should you trip to brussels as tensions rise between the u.s. and iran might pump ale holds talks with european allies as he tries to win support for washington's hard line position on that iran would even ministers warn him against a conflict in the region as they attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal also in the program. filipino voters have been voting for crucial senate seats in the

country's midterm elections a strong result of president got to go to test it could boost his war on drugs. pattern of a woman continue i'm under. iran is at the center for growing rift between the u.s. and its european. allies urged washington's top diplomat not to. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all made a last minute visit to brussels to meet with his british french and german counterparts they are still signatories to the iran nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of one year ago much to the chagrin of its allies. we continue to fully support the nuclear deal with it on its full implementation the u.s.

withdrawal from the deal has drawn criticism from the e.u. china and russia the deal was designed to keep iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in return iran would see sanctions lifted now the iranian government has said it will suspend some of its commitments to the deal tehran has so far not been willing to meet with the u.s. on monday afternoon pompeo met with german foreign minister heiko mass just. as we have a different understanding at the new could a deal to chair the same goal of keeping iran from getting nuclear weapons. and we need to address the new role of iran in the region. at the moment i don't see any better or other suggestions for a better deal i think it's wise to stick to the one we have in the. us 101st. a deal he hopes will keep tensions from escalating. and if we know the drill indeed every correspondent rebecca ritter's in brussels brussels rebecca did on bail get the support he was hoping for in brussels. well that's hard to say on

rita without knowing exactly what might pompei or wanted from this meeting today but if we assume that he wanted the e.u. to support the us in scrapping the iran nuclear deal then the answer to that is definitely no the e.u. went into that meeting into those meetings those sideline talks with pompei o pretty united that they weren't going to back down and they've come out the other side of those meetings with exactly the same message we heard the e.u. foreign policy chief. speak a little while ago she said that the e.u. remain committed to the agreement and they really holding a united front on that and what is the european strategy to salvage the nuclear deal with iran rebecca. they haven't really given a public statement about what they're going to do but they what they are going to continue do is basically keep the status quo they want to maintain the deal they

they think it's a good deal they think it's an important deal and they want to continue doing business with iran so long as they can without incurring those u.s. sanctions threatened by the u.s. . basically they they want to keep going on business as usual but business leaders here in brussels have said that if they were threatened with a sanctions if if if the price for doing business with iran was to incur u.s. sanctions then they would be forced to reconsider and at the same camera because the new tensions in the persian gulf some of the rebel says it's all tankers were attacked calling this a criminal act and a threat to navigation and international security the united arab emirates says that 4 commercial vessels were hit by unspecified quote sabotage attacks near the port city of jeddah off its east coast and the saudi energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets the lairs incidents come as the u.s.

warns that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region iran has called for an investigation to find out who is responsible and. what is the take on this incident. well we really have to stress that those are just reports and rita that's something that frederica really really stressed in her statement just a short while ago that these reports in the e.u. were still assessing the situation they were looking into it and then they would consider action going forward they are watching these events unfold but they have stressed that they are worried about escalation in the region and something that is british foreign minister jeremy hunt said earlier today and it's something that monger really echoed in that press conference that i keep referring to and they are really worried about escalation from both sides whether that be on purpose or accidental escalation so they are worried but there's no official they really

assessing the situation before they make any further moves rebecca or it is in brussels thank you very much for that assessment. and now for a look at some of the stories making news around the world china has announced it would raise talents on $60000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods the decision is in retaliation to washington hiking talents and 200000000000 for the chinese and ports on friday u.s. president donald trump accuses beijing of going back on commitments entry to. swedish prosecutors say they'll reopen a rape case against wiki leaks founder julian assange and they will seek his extradition from the u.k. a songstress refuge at the ecuadorian embassy in london 7 years ago to avoid extradition he's denied the allegations against him. both of close in the philippines where millions have been voting in mid-term elections and lies of president got to go to ted are expected to do well richard

strengthen his grip on power half the seats in the country senate are up for grabs which means a good result could help to tear to change the country's constitution he also promised to reintroduce the death penalty for drug related crimes as part of his wider war on drugs has more. his name may not even be on the ballot paper but there's no doubt these midterm elections are all about him this is a referendum on president roderick go to charity and his controversial rules. millions of filipinos follow their lead and turned out to vote many for the candidates who have his backing. because of that i want to do and change a people who will really help our president. you're going to straighten but i also voted for a few from the opposition so that would be checks and balances. when president

eternity came in. crime was cut to 70 percent depression remitted but not everyone is happy with the man who proudly launched a brutal crackdown on illegal drugs thousands of being killed in detaches war on drugs including this man's nephew kyin delos son tell us he was shot by police and found here. but you don't believe in the way we should choose a candidate who respects human lives. about someone who appreciates human rights more about is ready to fight for the poor like us about only here about a guy and i mean we're seeing that the people who are killed are only the core. belief. detent a has also denounced human rights and put journalists and press freedoms on his list of enemies but bob there has been some international

condemnation he successfully courted other populous leaders like us president donald trump. even serenading him. do tatting now expects to seal his own domestic political power through these elections for a new senate isn't local officials whatever the opposition most believe it's already a done deal. now through a series of passing killings risk release in germany are investigating authorities in northern germany say they found the bodies of 2 more people killed by arrows and from across the bow that discovery comes as police probe the deaths of 3 other people killed the same way their bodies the found over the weekend in the south of the country. a peaceful area turned into the scene of a shocking crime one man and 2 women found in a hotel room with arrows stuck in their bodies the corpses were found of

a variant town of paso near the austrian border police later discovered 2 more bodies more than 600 kilometers apart in the northern state of lower saxony officials said that they had found the 2 corpses while they were searching the home of one of the past how victims. investigations are ongoing colleagues of the criminal police in gifts on checking the flat and they are exchanging information with colleagues in paso in order to clarify any possible connections. but authorities are still trying to understand what exactly happened and what the motives were. is what. apparently there was nothing suspicious and no one heard anything it is difficult to reconstruct the facts and now we have to secure the evidence to establish without any doubt the course of events although most. places

did as. a post-mortem examination could reveal in the upcoming days more details about this mysterious case. hollywood legend doris day has died she was $97.00 the singer and actress was known for a wholesome clean image and that lovely voice she promised to be early on monday surrounded by close friends according to her foundation doris seen joy at the peak of a film career in the 950 s. and in the early 1960 s. musicals and dramatic comedies sessions calamity jane and pillow talk her later years she focused on animal welfare activism. between the studio i have robin miller from a colleague is a culture expert wonderful to see you robin 1st of all 2nd you're really sad to hear about doris day and i believe she wanted to be a dom said she did as a child but she had a very bad car accident a car the car she was in 12 was hit by

a train leaves off broken leg very badly couldn't anymore and she started listening to the fitzgerald and became a singer and that she sang with a lot of the big bands of that time you know some of the big big bands let's hear a most famous song we had just a teeny bit of let's hear it properly you'll recognize this one. can say that i was that i was. who. you will be. the future's not to see. gay said. what. i thought it was singing voice clean and pure a bit larger image on the screen i think this song was such a favorite of my mother as though she was a very clean cut miss america but she never won an oscar no she didn't she didn't although she did get nominated she got nominated for possibly have most famous film

pillow talk with rock hudson i think we've got a clip of which was the film that really rocketed to make us. back in 959 and she went on to do a number of films with rock hudson was a lifelong friend of hers that. i was going to say in the bath together but of course. they're in separate. of course talking all the followed. but anyway funnily enough one of the films that eventually became one of the frames was actually calamity jane which she starred in way back in 1953 and she'd love making that movie because she was a bit of a tomboy and it was her idea to sort of leap on the counter here which ladies didn't really do back then in films i mean we're talking 65 years ago in the early sixty's she was the biggest female star in hollywood i think 4 years in

a row however the end of the sixty's the sexual revolution. why aine because she was too clean cops she also turned down some good roles she actually turned playing mrs robinson in the graduate union she was paid of course by anne bancroft ok now but a sadly her private life was not quite as clean cut as the image no no it wasn't she was married 4 times and indeed one of our husbands practically bankrupted she she. with the help of his lawyer and forced to do t.v. shows you really didn't want to do t.v. shows but the doris day show and the early ninety's seventy's was hugely popular and revived her career but from 980 really she has been acting on the screen ever since then i've been made talking my doris day thank you very much for coming in. that's it from me i meant that she and the news team would do say with the w. because a business africa is up next with monica jones and remember we have lots more on

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