this is t w news live from berlin and tensions so are between the united states and iran as washington releases a video that it says proves tehran was behind an attack on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman iran rejects the accusation calling it baseless and alarming. also coming up people in guatemala are preparing to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on sunday why has one of the most popular candidates been for vented from running for office and voice assistance like amazon's alexa are

constantly collecting information about their owners now germany's interior ministry wants access to the data to fight crime but privacy campaigners say that's a step too far with. australian football fans breathing a huge sigh of relief at the women's world cup as one of the tournament favorites returned to the winner's circle at the expense of powerhouses brazil. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the united states and iran have sharply escalated their war of words over attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. military has released a video that it says supports claims that tehran is to blame for the explosions now u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe also allege that tehran was behind the blast but iran . says the u.s.

allegations are baseless and has accused washington of warmongering. smoke billows from a stricken ship but is it a smoking gun the u.s. says iran was behind attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman this is based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raiding attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. the u.s. military has released photographs appearing to show damage under limpets mind on one of the time because. it also published a video of grainy black and white footage that it says shows evidence of iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limp it. on thursday

a fire broke out on a norwegian oil tanker following explosions. hours later a 2nd tanker japanese owned also radioed for help both ships had departed from saudi arabia and had passed through the strait of hormuz a strategically important waterway which carries a 5th of all global oil supplies iran has rejected the u.s. accusations and says its navy came to the aid of one of the ships iranian state t.v. broadcast images of the rescued crew members iran's foreign minister said the incidents were suspicious and leaders from around the world expressed. facts must be established and responsibilities gratified. and they flew something the world cannot afford is a major confrontation in the gulf region russia cautioned against rushing to blame iran. we've recently witnessed an escalation campaign of political psychological

and military pressure on iran we are against speculating about the events that have just occurred and for that aggravating the situation in an empty iranian sense of the words iran's conclusion is just weeks since the us blamed iran for a series of attacks on 4 of the ships in the region i feel details have yet to be released iran has also rejected those accusations. let's get more now we're joined here in the studio by burke from the german institute for international and security affairs a think tank here in berlin welcome to the program good morning. to tell us because we see the united states there clearly pointing to iran are you convinced. i am convinced not by the u.s. argumentation yet but simply by the coincidence it is in iranian model models operandi to use limpet mines and to show the united states that they have

opportunities. to attack the flow of oil in the persian gulf in the straits of hormuz but at the same time they are not attacking directly i think there are clear signs that the iranians are responsible the u.s. navy fleet is now in the region we know that this comes against a really intense backdrop of tensions between these 2 countries iran and the united states where do you see this heading i don't know yet because after the latest escalation last month there was widespread fear of a military escalation and that has eased a little bit simply because president trump said that he personally is not interested his. his aides pompei on bolton might be interested in the military escalation he is not and that is why i think the danger is not as concrete as it might have been some 6 weeks ago but still it is because the iranian revolutionary

guards who i think are responsible. clearly escalating these attacks here have been a lot more serious than the attacks 4 weeks ago why would they be doing this well because they under constant american pressure and according to their word the u.n. them mentality they have to show that they were not given to this pressure these are the most radical elements. of the iranian military elite and they have been fighting the israelis the saudis and other forces in the region for nearly 15 years now and they simply want to show we are here in case you want to attack us united states saudi arabia united arab emirates we can stop the flow of oil through the straits of hormuz that's the clear message of these events just walk us through how critical this area especially is i mean this is where for

example a 3rd of the world's petroleum passes. well yeah. it's simply it's the energy region of the of the planet some of the biggest oil and gas supporters are based in the persian gulf among them saudi arabia kuwait qatar as a gas exporter and the straits of hormuz is is quite a narrow narrow place and the iranians by using limpet mines by using all these small means top and so on would be able to prevent many ships from passing through and that is that is why these events are are so dangerous and if this goes on as it has been going. for 2 months now we will see a military escalation before the end of the administration and military escalation before the end of the charm she'll be preparing for that for an armed military

conflict and yes it will run in the united states yes we should it might be by coincidence because something like that happens in the gulf of oman all the persian gulf war the straits of hormuz but there is another point the iranians have presented the europeans with the knowledge tomato if the if the europeans don't give any present them opportunities to improve the economic situation they will. restart in richmond after july 7th and then we will not only have the united states navy. on the planet but also the israeli air force with that assessment thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the man accused of killing 51 people at 2 christ church mosque says clute pleaded not guilty to all of the charges brought against him the 28 year old australian brenton toronto entered a not guilty plea to $51.00 charges of murder 40 charges of attempted murder and

one terrorism charge when he appeared at a christ church high court in relation to the march 15th massacre of the crusher's sudan's state prosecutor has announced that ousted former president omar al bashir has been charged with corruption al bashir was toppled by the military in april following months of protests against him the legal action comes as needed later step up efforts to end the standoff between the country's military rulers and their civilian opponents and thousands of haitians have protested on the streets of the capital port au prince demanding that the president jovan resign over corruption allegations a few barricades of burning tires were placed in the streets and police were seen skirting the parameters of the march but there were no reports of any casualties. a rocket launched from the gaza strip has struck a house in cetera city and in the southern israel police say that it caused no casualties there was no immediate comment from the palestinian factions. people in

guatemala are going to the polls to vote in parliamentary and presidential elections on sunday the elections come as the country grapples with a growing crisis over corruption well now several front runners including one candidate with a track record for fighting corruption have been barred from standing in the election it's raised fears that the justice system has caved into political pressure in favor of traditional candidates from guatemala's most powerful families . this year amount of propaganda on the streets of guatemala city is overwhelming. quite a marlins will have 21 candidates to choose from when they're elected their next president. many more wanted to participate but never made it onto the ballot papers . the supreme electoral court backed by the constitutional court prevented them from registering their candidacy claiming they were outstanding

legal cases against them. the country's former attorney general thelma i was done i was among them all done is known for having led several investigations against impunity in guatemala that was supported by the international commission a un backed anti corruption entity that worked behind these walls and successfully sent a corrupt quarter mile and politicians to prison. i've done was leading the polls before she was forced to leave the country to escape arrest. are done as party colleagues now distribute leaflets for their congressional candidates they see the exclusion of their presidential nominee as an attempt by corrupt politicians to prevent her from becoming president at any cost. it seems like a sort of political warfare from rivals which is normal in elections but rather from powerful groups that have historically held the guatemalan state hostage to.

the campaign and since being driven by faces well known to guatemalans sandra daughters a former 1st lady. of birth to outdo the son of a defunct ex-president. and. who is seeking the presidency for the 4th time. veronica steele a political scientist at the university of san carlos and guatemala says the fact that the election process was centered around who could participate and who could not minimized the political debate that is so crucial. venture away the unfolding events absorb the issues we truly care about like reducing poverty for example education health care and the big national problems the state is supposed to deal with. a consequence of this is a general disenchantment among voters who don't see the remaining candidates as legitimate representation and up participating in the election reluctantly that

what i just saw mean every 4 years it's the same people and every 4 years they come for the same thing and i think we're not so i'm not really convinced by any candidate. for guatemalans the truth is we need change and with these candidates who are leading the polls we won't have any favorable change for guatemala and will stay the same or even get worse the. polls suggest no candidate will get more than 25 percent of the votes far less than the 50 percent required to avoid a 2nd round quarter mile and will likely have to vote again on aug 11th. well another top aide to us president donald trump is quitting white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders is to leave her job at the end of the charm said that she would return to her home state of arkansas and praised her as quote a warrior sanders has been his spokeswoman since 2017 her tenure is seen for a fall in brigalow press briefing and growing questions about the administration's

credibility a replacement has not yet been made and. washington correspondent helen humphrey sent us this is testament of the latest development at the white house. under sarah huckabee saunders regular white house press briefings became a thing of the past the last formal one that she held was on the 11th of march now without doubt she was one of the president's most trusted aides and one of the few remaining staff members who would worked on his campaign but unlike so many who have passed through the white house's seemingly revolving door it seems there were no hard feelings quite the opposite in fact with huckabee saunders pledging to remain one of the most outspoken and loyal supporters of the president and trump say that he was encouraging her to run for governor when she returns home to arkansas still her credibility has certainly come into question she has had a combative relationship with the media frequently reporting her bosses are afraid

of fake news and whatever the public made of her performance the simple fact is by the end of her tenure she wasn't really a press secretary but a top adviser to the president who is reported to have consulted on a range of issues helen humphrey there in washington well here in germany authorities are working on new guidelines which would allow them to access has data held by digital voice assistance such as amazon alexa privacy campaigners are strongly opposed the idea but the interior minister insists that law abiding citizens have nothing to fear. alexa is omnipresent and hears everything a command could come at any time as soon as the name alexa is said out loud every piece of information is stored in the cloud that's made the german interior ministry take notice it wants to explore whether alexa and systems like it can be

useful in fighting crime. condi politike needs to politicians can't just log on while the internet aids criminals when it's stats what matters it's not about law abiding citizens who have to fear they're being monitored it gets so bad technically speaking getting ahold of crime related data would be possible but most servers where the data is stored are located in other countries amazon recently made it clear that no customer data would be released without a valid legal order that means it will hand over customer information if order to according to u.s. law american intelligence services are allowed to ask for customer data and pass it on at least when it pertains to foreign nationals but german data protectionists are skeptical. of the price the price for these demands would be to make expensive deals with other countries which would then through their intelligence agencies only ground facilitate access to data on german citizens aleister german

opposition parties $1.00 of bigger dangers. in germany everyone must have the possibility to exert some privacy over their thoughts and so on and communications if the core privacy in one's life is affected then every investigation a nation undertakes is a failure. in germany the debate over the limits of people's privacy is growing. you're watching d.w. news still to come the program we will look at a grandmother struggle to defend her ancestral home against vietnam's growing need for energy. but 1st to that big clash of the woman simple world cup yesterday evening anthony howard is here to walk us through that game between brazil and australia and australia really needed this one very very much so the backgrounds of this one of the striking federation decided to sack the coach some months before the tournament is a hugely popular man and there's never any good reason given for why they did that

that put pressure on the team to perform and then they lost their opening game to italy cue the pill clutching from everyone in the strike that this is not going well they're one of the tournament favorites they lost their 1st game and then they look in front of them and it's brazil who is standing there all was not well and this is why there was tension absolutely dripping from this one as all the movie reports. brazil welcomes their star player mark back to the side and when the referee awarded a penalty to this shirt. she stepped up to school the opening goal from the spot that was her 16th world cup go to new record. australia soon found themselves to no doubt crosstown cristiana and the in-form strike a sense of glancing header into the fault for not brazil flying but then australia's fight began 1st came in 4th the deficit touching home from close range then off the half time chloe look god knows cross they did everyone and found its

way into the net $22.00 and the momentum was with australia the matildas took advantage this longball caused confusion in brazil's defense and monica headed don't keep up. a spirited fight back from australia and one that keeps their world cup hopes alive. it does keep their world cup hopes alive in the didn't wasn't just without luck that a kind that v i opposition was a little bit strange there again sam curl of the didn't go against sam could you strike the press of calling it the miracle of monk. i'm not sure quite a quite startling football water into wine but you know you're right on deadline and you're right these headlines sometimes what it does do a mistake is a puts destiny back in the struggles hands they were one of the favorites they were extremely nervous after that 1st result but they back in the game what about the day's other match so that was china versus south africa china made a really big impression in the 1st match they played germany and they left an impression in the form of bruising on the german players that kicked lumps out of

the german women but they also played some good football so when i come up came up against south africa in the action that we're about to see there was also tension in this gun there's only 11 goal and the guy china lacked that killer touch in the 1st game but that was a beautiful finish from a fantastic goal when it was one nil in the 44th minute to the being sick and go almost technology world this one out of did not cross the lawn great result one milk for china very happy they're in with a chance now to progress as well a good result for them a brilliant result for germany really in the broader context of the most important thing about this result is that for germany that means they are getting out of the group and they can plan along for the next guy and also for the knockout stages and surely you think they've got the chance now to get on the phone and takes the gem and my old colleagues and who didn't get out of the group in russia this is not come on brutal brutal enemy but the true fans yeah me anthony howard thank you.

we're going to have now to the copa america where the men's south american championship starts later today host brazil won their tournament 6 years ago and have been struggling ever since it is a strange situation for a country where football is more than religion more than sport rather it is really billiton have a look. brazil are no longer on top of the football world the national team doesn't instill fear into their opponents like they once did brazil won their 1st world cup in 1958 with pele. beto was part of the team that picked up the title in 1994 when the country last won the world cup in 2002. if you put on the brazil jersey you have to be passionate you must enjoy it but you must really really want it when i was nominated for the national side the 1st time

i was delighted when the players today should feel the same way. toward this. same t.v. but the fans continue to support the team they've gone a long time without success in 2007 brazil won the cup by many and in 2013 the confederations cup. now they're superstar neymar is out injured the world's most expensive player will miss the copa america it's a big blow for brazil neymar left brazil when he was $21.00 most of the young up and coming stars leave to play in europe fever reports say more than $800.00 players left brazil last year alone higher wages and better conditions attract the young players. promising talents like junior who was joined around madrid is just one example. in the old days the players stayed longer at their home clubs and they identified

a lot more with them. but that's a thing of the past many players go away to europe quite a willy and lose contact to the people here. over. the connection between players and fans was once sacred. but there's a feeling that is no longer the case. neymar has problems off the pitch too. brazilian police have again been questioning him in a rape case he's been accused of forcing himself on a woman in a hotel in paris the city where he plays for his club parsonage among neymar was denied has denied those accusations and said that the sex was consensual. fighting to vietnam now on a story about an unlikely hero the 99 year old grandmother standing up against big coal some 300 people in her community have been forced to relocate but she is refusing to leave her plot of land even after the bulldozers demolished her house.

nail it's a classic case of day that. but this 99 year old grandmother is refusing to give up. so i'm not leaving i'm staying right here probably sadly new and the officials try to evict me but i wouldn't leave my grandparents and my parents lived here and i will also stay here. and i would hope. family has called them fung home since birth until one day she was notified that authorities needed the land for a new coal plant she was offered money to move elsewhere but refused. this is what's left of the family house now the 99 year old lives in a shack next to the rubble and it's a story playing out across the at. the country's energy demands are soaring and

with it its appetite for coal. experts predict coal will account for half a fee it numbs energy production by 2030 and that means building plants and remote areas like them from batty. locals say they're being strong armed out of their homes with only a physical relocation plan in place. they wanted us to move but they didn't give us land for cultivation people can't move if you don't provide a way for them to make a living. in addition to the human cost activists point to the environmental implications of expanding the coal industry they call for investment in renewable energies but these alone cannot currently meet vietnam's insatiable demand for power with plans to build some 30 new plants in the next decade it appears cold will continue to transform the country's landscapes even if it means approaching

a woman from the place she's called time for almost a century for. my house is here my land is here and i want to be buried here to. family. continue to defend him as long as she's got a fight left on her. for her now the top stories we're following for you here in d.w. the united states has released a video it says proves that the that iran was behind the attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday but iran has called the claim baseless and alarming . and white house spokeswoman sara huckabee sanders is to quit at the end of this month president trump praised her as an warrior a replacement has not yet. is up next quadriga debates the rise of the green party in germany and don't forget you can always get all the latest news and

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