he lives part of the history of. persian culture. starts june 21st on t.w. . place. this is g.w. news live from berlin hong kong leader backs down on extradition chief executive kerry lamb says he's indefinitely suspending debate on a divisive law that would have allowed people to be handed over to mainland china for trial comes after massive street protests and the worst political violence in the territory in decades also coming up the wrong casts to do down on the future of

its nuclear deal that's following us accusations that these pictures show iranian forces attacking an oil tanker in the gulf of oman the u.n. is calling for an investigation. and will have highlights from the women's world cup japan facing off with scotland at the tremont in france both sides in need of their 1st. place. i'm called assman thanks for joining us after days of unrest and street protests in hong kong the city's government as relented and announced it will indefinitely suspend its push for a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to made land china the bill caused widespread concern with many fearing it would threaten hong kong's rule of law and status as a financial hub. now there was

a fractious scenes outside government house in hong kong preceded a remarkable turnaround from the leadership after repeated inter no deliberations over the last 2 days i now announce that the government has decided to suspend a legislative amendment exercise a restart our communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society lam statement acknowledging the pressure of recent days where protesters thronged the city streets and clashed with police was instrumental in her decision to suspend but not withdraw the bill that suspension drew strong opposition voices to criticized for not scrapping the law completely with some demanding her resignation help it. i'm. shaking my head that statements like these

along with the peaceful protests on friday against police violence show a steely resolve to resist the government. is in whole hong kong he's been following the situation there for us but here's why do you think kerry lamb has relented and postponed this controversial bill. we've been demanding ourselves after what happened on wednesday how is she going to govern a city where so many people just hate the government i think in the end the pictures were too much and they were doing more harm to her government than the benefits could have been out of this bill and beijing must have come to the same conclusion so she refused today to confirm or to deny that she had been making a high ranking chinese official beijing off in the last days but. both sides must have come to the conclusion that continuing this producing more

pictures like this. would do more harm to them than keeping going with this then that then then bringing this bill through could have a benefit them how surprised are you by this retreat i mean even the protesters themselves on the streets they've been saying that they didn't think their movement had much of a chance to succeed. and they still are not really convents that they have succeeded they think the government has made a tactical retreat but it has not surrendered this bill that it has not scrapped it and that's the government has has really sad that it would rediscuss the bill more defiant discuss with its own lawmakers maybe do some concessions to the business community who also oppose it but they have not said that there would would meet the protesters on any step in between so we don't know this they have been rumors since

yesterday that this would be announced i think it was just not possible to put this rule i think in the in the in the probe aging camp unease was also growing given those doubts you just mentioned from the protesters you know there are more demonstrations planned for the coming days what do you expect will we see those take place. we will then take place they have announced it will take place many people we've talked to. they will go they don't trust the government they do this government has not scrapped the bill so they will continue to protest whether their turnout will be as big as it would have been if they had we're still pushing the bill on high speed through the parliament we don't know we will never know but nobody here things this conflict is over w.'s my ts falling over pouring for us from hong kong thank you very much. all right let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world protesters have clashed with brazilian police on the streets of rio de janeiro police fired tear gas 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 peruse border before restrictions on their entry came into effect at midnight on friday many venezuelans have been fleeing their country's economic and political crisis under the new regulations they must have a valid visas and passports to enter the room. celebrated italian film director franco zeffirelli has died aged 96 he was perhaps best known for his 1960 s. films of shakespeare plays the taming of the shrew starring richard burton and elizabeth taylor and the oscar nominated romeo and juliet he also directed opera working with luciana poverty and to me. iran's president

hassan rouhani says his country is backing away from its agreement with world powers to limit its nuclear program that follows u.s. accusations that iran carried out attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman washington released a video that it says proves iran is perspire civil britain says it believes the images are authentic while iran denies the allegations the u.n. is calling for an independent investigation do you know i should state 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 untouchable 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 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 know and i have to report this but i want that all pronto clear probably not a plan backed up at the back where. i'm getting at here. 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 racing to judge iran stressed there's 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. 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. join me now in studio as

marcus calm from the german institute for international and security affairs now marcus we've seen escalations between these 2 countries ramping up for months now i mean how dangerous is this current situation i don't expect the outbreak of lagos to the things between the united states and iran the foreseeable future for 2 reasons for. this is the removal of the military capabilities it's a fear in terms of conventional military capabilities and on the other hand we have a u.s. president having proclaimed in the last election campaign that he would be withdrawing the united states military from the middle east and he has given his word on this so on think there's no risk of me just question however or really concerns me is the danger of an unintended accidental escalation ok imagine you are an iranian patrolling boat approach things slowly you know as. a warship is feeling

threatened feels threatened fire as they are running for a break and we're right in the middle of some kind of escalation well what do you make a of this situation then i mean we've seen this alleged. evidence presented by the united states i mean how credible is that to believe that difficult to assess the situation that shows 2 ships slowly approaching someone fings are being removed you cannot remove the dent of vessels it's not clear when the when the events have been taped so i think i'm not really convinced here and the united states will be disappointed about the effect on the international community i think we have to raise a question who is in in whose interest is basically the last days are there other who does have interest here. i think a couple of people a couple of states and actors in the in the middle east can be can be looked for i think in the saudi arabia and israel but we have no incident where nobody can put

them both in the escalation and i would point to the river the revolutionary guards over iran now this nuclear treaty i mean it was it was hailed as something that could bring peace between these nations it's been under threat for a long time the u.s. hold out given these events can it still be salvage difficult the very difficult think the remaining signatories of this book is looking at all of looking for ways to to risk all to salvage the agreement but they have set up some kind of personal purpose vehicle it's called in stakes to facilitate create among western countries and the and iran but it hasn't worked so far and i think the only leverage the western countries all the remaining countries have is to signal to the iranian government then turn it around and leaves the agreement then the sanctions will snap back as well the european sanctions in their full sanctions and that

cannot be in the interest of iran all right marcus i'm from the german institute for international and security affairs thank you very much for that and also our pleasure. alright 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 a more realistic chance of reaching that next round. japan books the schools in early on and when judith endo pounced on the mysteries clearance it won't be cheap how much her so i can run i think he's going to leave looking less than silver in the names more fortune followed for the japanese in the 35th minute i the referee was quick to point to the sport when great cousy unique us in the south were down in the box a soft pool but a complete destruction penalty barsa the sour on japan win team to the great.

discoveries still they gave up in the 2nd house but japanese stopped iraqi yamashita was the best effort i said this one from mama clay learned in the 88th minute which gave the scots a glimmer of hope i thought just 4 minutes later that hope was extinguished by the 4 on the whistle this 2nd defeat sees scotland on the brink of elimination ready. in boxing the former heavyweight world champion tyson the theory will be back in the ring in las vegas later today he faces a german thomas was able to leave unknown boxer but he does have an unbeaten record of $24.00 wins syria is also undefeated he weighed in considerably heavier than his opponents at $263.00 pounds clearly the fighters had plenty to say to each other when they faced off for a stare down during which shots decided to eat a chocolate bar and then fury refused to shake hands. all right

a reminder of the top story that we're tracking for you at this hour hong kong's chief executive carrie lamb says she's indefinitely suspending debate on a divisive law that would have allowed people to be handed over to mainland china for trial this comes after massive street protests and the worst violence in the territory and this gets. coming up next world stories look at hong kong. dissidents who are seeking asylum in germany watching the news we have more news for you at the top of the hour stage and. then gemini with tell you at any time any place using names. you have i don't like the fact. to sing along to you tube it's to come to you from soup. to. interactive exercises.

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