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so if you're concerned about. juggling your. 17 double. load. this is d w news live from berlin hong kong leader backs down on extradition after massive street protests and the worst political violence in the territory in decades she's executive carrie lamb says she's indefinitely suspending debate on a divisive law the what allowed people to be handed over to mainland china a trial. coming up iran casts new doubt on the future of its nuclear deal this
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follows u.s. accusations that these pictures show iranian forces attacking an oil tanker in the persian gulf the u.n. calls for an investigation. and we'll have highlights from the women's world cup japan face off for scotland of the tournament in france the full size the team to seal their 1st win. waiter welcome to the program. after days of unrest and street protests in hong kong against a proposed new law that would have allowed extradition to china the city's government has climbed down and decided to suspend the proposed law the extradition bill if passed would have applied not only to the $7000000.00 people living in hong kong but also to the chinese nationals who travel in and out of the territory the
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bill caused widespread concern that it would threaten hong kong's rule of law and financial status a number of hong kong's probation politician supported shelving the bill. the city's chief executive kerry lamb address concerns over the bill and proposed an indefinite delay when she announced the climb down off so repeated internal deliberations over the last 2 days i now announce that the government has decided to suspend a legislative amendment exercise restart all communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society i want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heat comprehensively different views in society toss the bill the to be as many as bolinger is in hong kong following the situation there for us but here's why do you think kerry lamb relented and postponed this controversial bill.
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i think she has to do something about this public anger hong kong has seen not only probably the most people taking to the streets since 1907 since it was handed over to china has also seen the worst violence it is in all this period so public anger was building up was building up tomorrow there will be another demonstration. that the situation was. was about to run out of control neither home of the hong kong government nor beijing wanted these pictures to to continue going around the world so they were they understood finally i think that they could not push this through the way they wanted is this is a clear win for the protesters or is it a little more complicated than that. what she has did not erupt when she announced that she would delay the bill some people said it's a little bit of
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a relief but it's not a solution yet others said that they are outright disappointed they want this bill to be scrapped and they want the government to promise them that this bill will not be on the table again whereas the government has not they would just rediscuss the bill and maybe bring it up at a later point again so tomorrow's march against this bill will take place it might be less heated maybe even less people will turn up then they would they would have been if the bill was still on the table there is a difference whether you feel hong kong's freedoms well and next thursday or whether you feel hongkong 3 times are under threat in the longer run or mid-term run but people do not think this is over and the anger about the police brutality on wednesday is adding to that people now demand not only the bill to be scrapped they also want an excuse from the government for police brutality on
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wednesday so the conflict is is know when you saw. today obvious that he is well into reporting from hong kong thank you so much. iran's president hassan rouhani says his country is backing away from its agreement with other world powers to limit its nuclear program this follows u.s. accusations that iran carried out attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf on washington released a video that says that it says proves iran is responsible and britain says it believes the images are authentic iran denies the allegations and the u.n. has called for an independent investigation. 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
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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 talking to me but he also said he was open to talks with iran. and we want to get them back to the table if they want to go back really 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. and i have to report that by want that up front open air was probably not a plan backed up with a pack weapon. that got to any of them 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
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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 racing to judge iran both stressed strong security ties. under the current circumstances with all the external pressure and foreign sanctions being imposed the necessity for cooperation between the countries in this region including our countries is becoming more critical each day. so. it's just weeks since the u.s.
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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. and i'll bring you some of the other stories making news around the world protesters have clashed with resilient police on the streets of rio de janeiro police fired tear gas at against demonstrators taking part in a 24 hour nationwide strike in protest against government proposals to reform pensions and cut education spending. thousands of venezuelans rushed across peru's border before restrictions on their entry came into effect at midnight on friday and even as violence had been fleeing their country's economic and political process under the new regulations they must have valid visas and passports to enter peru. pope francis has called 1st steps to be taken to address climate change at a summit he told business leaders time was running out and said carbon pricing and
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new energy sources are essential. the campaign for control of turkey's biggest city is heating up ahead of a rerun of my oral election the 2 candidates are preparing for a t.v. debate this evening this comes after the party of president type suffered a major blow in the march election his a.k.p. candidate narrowly lost to the opposition president. under pressure from the president the country's electoral board voided the result because of a legit irregularity the candidates will face off again on june 23rd. but can akram immemorial win this race a 2nd time correspondent yulia han has been out on the streets of istanbul to find out what people think. no matter where x. treme mahmoud whose campaign bus stops these days hundreds of people are already waiting eager to hear what he has to say was 6 ever since he mamu narrowly won
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istanbul's mayoral election at the end of march against the candidate of the ruling party everyone in turkey knows him say so. and the fact that he was them stripped of his mandate at the request of the a k p only made him more prominent almost sorry rightfully won this elections. that. are part fate intervened and cancelled the vote that was a political decision a blow to the judiciary and turkey's democracy. leave the money mamma the supporters also extra pavan and her husband sowed up as long as they can remember their hometown istanbul is under the control of president adeline's part. was. people had no idea that the i k p is undefeatable i thought the same but he ma
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miller has crushed the side here maybe he cannot change everything because the ruling party is really powerful but he has made a huge impact already and because of that i'm hopeful for my country again. yes he gives us hope. this encouraged as friends volunteers campaign as as often as they can they distribute in mamma who fly is and explain to people why it is important to vote on june 25th. was the right set of fields but it is often experion. how divided the city yes michael i thought the must have been about it this man claims that a man who had thrown money out of the window as rose says he was not really in office yet but she doesn't get through to him but i am sure the area where i work this out i don't do that if i mumble many some people have prejudices they don't want to listen maybe if they listened they would understand and they would change
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their minds but fail blocking other opinions to go to my book on the dummy or is the overall economy mom who has arrived at his next stop was billboards have been a year during the former prime minister now the ruling a peace candidate for istanbul are everywhere the are no good district isn't a k.p. stronghold was that in the local markets people are celebrating tonight. a crucial measure the venda show i. did i said i was. fixed prices and overall costs are big issue in this election campaign since turkey's economic and currency crisis everything has become much more expensive what the mom will really have any influence as mayor many seem to think so i. guess in soudan are also here they want a selfie with the candidate and they are not the only ones. was
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a democrat many he is supporting they consider him sincere he's religious and conservative they say as well as modern someone who represents all of istanbul was a kitty to he won because he deserved it and he will win again but this time he'll get even more votes in fact i'm not upset that his mandate was taken away from him because he could change much more support this time around. in the end and south even get their self defense so i. with patience and steve terminations. and people like it to me mama's fight for is stumbles in a a ship. that. at the women's world cup in france japan got their campaign back on track with a win over scotland after a draw in their opening game japan now have
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a more realistic chance of reaching the next round. japan. and pounced on a mystery clearance monna it won't be cheap how most of us run. the song believe looking less than soldiering in the names. followed for the japanese in the 35th minute the referee was quick to point to the stall when great to see you because guess what down in the ball a soft pool but a cool dispatched penalty by say the south was on japan when to. break. the skulls they gave up in the 2nd house but japanese stop i echoed yamashita was the best effort except this one from playland in 88 minutes which gave the scots a glimmer of. just 4 minutes later that was extinguished by the fun whistle of the 2nd defeat ceased and on the brink of elimination right.
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then a reminder of the top story we're following for you hong kong to executives kerry land indefinitely suspending debates on a divisive law that would have allowed people to be handed over to mainland china trial this comes after massive street protests and the worst political violence in the territory in decades. thanks so much for joining us. what does never t.v. tell us about our model. let's ask her abut 6.

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