this is the day of the news live from berlin president trump describes iraq as a nation of terror and accuses the islamic republic of attacking tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. says these images show the raining in forces at work to prove that i don't think splosion. is yesterday around since the u.s. accusations are longing and wrong also on the program. nationwide strike for equality switzerland's of women. spend more.

on the novel old approach to solving the housing crisis to visit artists of the. literally taking the issues. i'm still going to welcome to the program un secretary general and turn into terrorist is calling for an independent investigation into yesterday's attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman united states has released a video it says proves that iran is responsible to iran says the allegations are baseless tensions between the 2 countries have been running high since president trump pulled the u.s. out of the international nuclear deal with iran last year. the united states says this is the video that proves iran was behind the attacks u.s.

military claims it shows iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers it's also published a photo purporting to show damage and a mine attached to one of the ships president donald trump called into fox news to declare iran guilty they're a nation of terror and they've changed a lot since i've been president i can tell you they were unstoppable and now they're in deep deep trouble back at me but he also said he was open to talks with iran and. said we want to get them back to the table if they want to go back yeah i'm ready when they are the incident was sparked early on thursday when a fire broke out on a norwegian oil tanker following explosions the crew radioed for assistance. from propane you have. to report that but i want that a frontal clear probably not a question of fact up at the back where. that got. hours later

a 2nd tanker japanese owned also called for help the crew said they saw a flying object hit the ship before hearing a blast the ships 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 rescue crew members the foreign minister said the incidents were suspicious. as a reminder of the potential for the incident to escalate globally iran's president hassan rouhani has met with russia's vladimir putin russia has cautioned against raising to judge iran both stressed their strong security ties shadowy groups under the current circumstances with all the external pressure and friends

sanctions being imposed the necessity for cooperation between the countries in this region including our countries is becoming more critical each day. settled out to be steady. it's just weeks since the us blamed iran for a series of attacks on 4 other ships in the same region those full details have yet to be released iran has also rejected those accusations. trita parsi founded the us national iranian american council in washington it lobbies for better relations between the u.s. and iran and strongly supports the nuclear deal we asked him how events are likely to play out we're hoping that there will be some form of u.n. investigation that actually would be able to get to the bottom of this but also recognizing that as long as united states is pursuing this maximum pressure campaign against iran as long as it continues to violate a nuclear deal and punish countries like germany and others for trying to abide by

the nuclear deal there is likely going to be a lot of tensions in the region if we want to tensions to resolve as trump himself says that he wants to go back to the negotiating table when the passage in negotiating table is actually very simple start respecting the nuclear deal and then build new negotiations on top of it where trump is doing is that he's ruining and wrecking all previous agreements and then wants others to happily confidently go shadings he wants and needs him even though he has completely destroyed his own credibility by going after these existing. deals and frankly violating u.n. security council resolutions. straight to passy from the u.s. national iranian american council and alice take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world workers across brazil have staged protests in major cities strike over proposed pension reforms police fired tear gas to break up demonstrations striking workers blocked roads and

partially halted public transport a new government has proposed spending cuts inveighs in the age of retirement. interpol says that one of the alleged ringleaders of a deadly attack in sri lanka has been arrested in saudi arabia and deported the international police organization also said 4 other people were extradited to sri lanka in connection with the case attacks took place in april when is were missed militants killed more than 250 people on the i'm. the director of berlin's jewish museum has resigned after an exhibition on jerusalem spout controversy peter schaffer said he wanted to prevent further damage to the museum that follows criticism over a jerusalem exhibit said to favor palestinian the oppressed said to favor a palestinian perspective people also denounced a recent tweet from the museum's accounts concerning a movement to boycott israel. hundreds of thousands of women across switzerland

taking to the streets to demand greater gender equality they blocked traffic march to waved back and pots and pans there's also plenty of singing swiss women nearly 20 percent less than men and now they say it's time that changed the protest for equality i women all across which will and walked off the job on friday afternoon they're calling for equal pay time and respect. when it says off that so we're really behind our european neighbors when it comes to ensuring that women are able to do their jobs whether it's school hours the high cost of daycare or the lack of paternity leave. this walkout was modeled on the women strike of 991 when about half a 1000000 women protested in switzerland as a result an equal opportunity act and maternity leave were enshrined in law but 28

years later there's still a long way to go gender discrimination sexism and unequal treatment in the workplace are common even though equality has been guaranteed by the swiss constitution since 1981 women are still disadvantaged in many areas including wages. but you do if you don't let me read you go on strong transcripts and so it's true that today using credible so many people run it people of all generations fold in just as students retired people and i think the reason will be a post june 14th says an increased awareness of this issue. simone at. a member of the federal council and head of switzerland's department of environment transport energy and communications says the protesters have legitimate demands that the well we seem to get from him to show you just don't want to see there are things that have changed. but equal pay still doesn't exist so i think that's

a scandal so it's important that women have a presence and that they're supported by men because these are demands that concern women men and families i mean. the the protesters are loud and clear in calling for equal a-t. . and german drugs and chemicals company by a has launched a p.r. offensive to counter the growing criticism of its wind killer roundup and its controversial king gradient apply for state the company says it has listened and understood and will find a more sustainable alternative. buyer is making headlines once again following talks with politicians shareholders and environmental activists the company has conceded that it must make changes they promise to invest 5000000000 euros in research over the next 10 years to develop a more sustainable alternative to glide for site in the p.r.

campaign however fire is repeating it mantra for site is safe when used correctly and it wishes to continue selling the product but the very existence of this p.r. campaign shows buyer is feeling the pressure of court cases in the us have done particular damage to the company's image and their bank balance by a was sued for $2000000000.00 in my by a married couple who both got cancer and a further $13400.00 people have filed lawsuits their dented reputation is reflected in the share price which is almost hard in just one year shareholders are understandably disgruntled and they didn't hold back against c.e.o. of in about money at the annual shareholders meeting and i prove they fear the acquisition of months center and with it the weed killer roundup could spell the end for buyout environmental activists just as unhappy they pointed out the potential risks of life a site long ago. spiraling rents in big cities around the world are growing source

of conflict here in berlin the petition is calling for properties owned by housing companies to be taken over by the state a controversial process known as expropriation the city government is also considering red caps but as you'll hear in the next report 2 artists have come up with a rather different approach. for more than 2 weeks this self-made construction of wood plywood and mirror file has its own now. penthouse parasite is what he and his roommate alex and that's like a 5th called it a pentodes that occupies the roof of a residential building like a parasite. here in the center for lin they want to highlight the city's housing crisis. as if they are going to rise are rising the usual path is to the suburbs or further away but in any case moving this house is trying to resist saying no we're staying in the center and going up onto the roof of this while. another major

german cities such as colonial munich france if exploded in recent years. attempts by the federal government to stop that are being criticized by many as too lax. housing policy was largely ignored for 2 decades and that explains why problems have piled up and grown. boxen speaking at a nationwide congress of german tenons chancellor angela merkel makes clear that she wants to take a different route and expropriating housing corporations are introducing a cap on rent. given softened we want to successfully built 350000 new apartments in germany every year that's the best answer to a housing shortage just to create new living space i'm convinced of that creating new living space that's what you accomplish to not extend that cycle for false or john in there oh no not quite legal way the landlord doesn't know about his parasite on the roof after consulting with lawyers the 2 artists have installed

a mailbox of a can receive official mail from the landlord or authorities but as long as they forsee if no legal warning criminal law can touch them. this is an aside to expection hotel on the one hand but on the other it's also real of course you can imagine small houses suddenly popping up all over on these roofs here and the city gets populated by small parasitic houses and of course the houses are so flexible that they can then disappear. until the legal warning comes they want to stay here for now maybe even with the roommate starting next week anyone can apply to spend a night in the penthouse terrace site. and it's late have recorded their 2nd victory in 2 games at this year's that women's football world cup dazzling performance from christiane i g that he saw the blues cruised to a 5 nil triumph against jamaica the striker opened her account from the penalty spot in the 12 minutes. from 1st quarter in the 25th to make it to the

1st she really completed her trick i had it just after how. substitute or i got there went on to grab 2 goals 1st finishing from long range converting a meaty place through. england to book their place in the next round after a one no win over argentina dominated the match and had numerous set chances to score nicky to paris how to go to sleep with her side in front of the 1st half of the penalty as well save. england finally broke the deadlock in the 61st minute wait supplied a perfect across from joe telling him from close range goal was to take all 3 points. this is w. news life and then i'll have more at the top of. your business update in just about

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