this is the deputy news live from berlin iran says that it is ready for war after shooting down what it says was a u.s. spy drone to iran says that the u.s. has crossed a red line brazing fears of a military confrontation of rocketing between tehran and washington and also coming out trying to president xi jinping arrives in north korea and is greeted by cheering crowds with ties now strange between the 2 nations she adored korea's kim jong un will take up to stall talks on the words denuclearization. and people

get the news top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the european commission plus of the woman's world cup in france docklands are on their way home after crashing and burning against argentina the scots looks certain to win until their opponents mounted a 2 growing at a controversial comeback. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program iran says that it is quote ready for war after shooting down what it claims was a u.s. spy drone tehran said that the u.s. had crossed a red line by sending the drone into iranian airspace now u.s. officials confirm the incident but said that the drone was in international airspace it comes at a time of heightened tension between the u.s. and tehran funding the republicans with the shooting down of the u.s.

drone was announced on iranian state television. they did not immediately broadcast any pictures of the attack but showed instead a file image of the type of drone they said had been hit by an unmanned surveillance aircraft used for gathering imagery of large areas of land in all weathers iran's elite revolutionary guard commander said it had destroyed the drone because it wanted to send a strong message to the u.s. those who defend the borders of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusions by foreign elements on our land. our borders our red line an enemy that violates our borders who are not returned and will be destroyed the commander went on to say that iran was ready for war but added that they did not seek conflict with any nation.

however the incident comes at a time of increasing tension between tehran and washington at its heart the international nuclear deal which the u.s. withdrew from last year. this week iran said it was also no longer willing to abide by the terms of the agreement and could soon restart its nuclear activity. also raising concerns are attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of amman. on wednesday the u.s. military presented more evidence it said links tehran to the incident. iran for its part denies involvement. the united states has also said it has no interest in fueling the dispute with iran but the fear is a military confrontation could happen not by design but by accident. and we're joined now by simon maybe lecturer at an international relations at lancaster

university and you know simon as we've seen there tensions between these 2 countries they've been increasing 1st some time this development is that surprising to you. no particularly i think if we look back over over the past few months particularly the past few weeks we've seen the both iran in the united states and also saudi arabia are all getting increasingly concerned about what's happening in the goal of becoming a more and more suspicious of each other and as a consequence it's hardly surprising that the united states would be launching these types of drones trying to get a better picture of water run who's doing thinking that if it is provoking iran if it is putting this pressure on iran economically militarily politically then iran might lash out and i guess that would be the obvious thing to do to look at what iran is doing to try and get a sense of whether it is at that point of launching any type of attack but then of course iran would be on the lookout for their side on the lookout for any

penetration of its airspace and and if there is any doubt about u.s. drones or indeed any drones flying into iran's our space right now given that it's on the defensive given that it's also politically charged that it would certainly do something like this and we have some very strong rhetoric i mean the country saying that it is ready for world war given that simon where do you go and i mean further escalation possible here. well i think your your little package just before you came to me did a very good job of summing all of that up in the sense that it's not necessarily that states will want war the danger here is that war will happen accidentally it's not in the u.s. interests for them to go to war with iran president trump has repeatedly said he does not want to commit u.s. forces more into the middle east saudi arabia doesn't necessarily want war but it's crown prince mohammed bin salman has said we are ready for war if it comes to it iran doesn't want war the iranian economy has been damaged massively by the

economic sanctions placed on the state after the u.s. withdrew from the nuclear deal so it's not really in anyone's interests the pragmatic response is not to have a conflict here because that will be devastating for not just the states in question but also for the region and for international actors as well but the danger is that in this climate of increased risk increased instability increased fear that someone does something and is perceived in a different way or someone does something accidentally and it triggers something and that's exactly what your package said and i mean you're saying no science here deescalation in fact the united states already announcing that it's sending 1000 more troops to the regions of simon can you can you see either side here really backing down are they stuck in this game of chicken. i think that's probably a good way of looking at it the neither side can really afford to lose face here we know that trump is a booking on a presidential reelection campaign he's not worn for new ones really in his

rhetoric he's is bombastic he's not going to back down but neither can the iranians their fate their very survival is on the line they will not back down in the face of of the united states so it's not going to be a case of someone backing down from the other what it will take is a different state a different organization stepping up and saying right we need to do something we need to mediate we need to have some diplomatic back channels and we know that there are back channels open between the saudis and the iranians and various other actors but we need to know that they're open right now and that both sides and the united states are willing to talk to one another because if not then we will see this game of chicken getting more and more dangerous so i'm in a band from lancaster university thank you. thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world chinese state media say that the former head of interpol way as pled guilty to accepting nearly 2000000 duros in bribes will be sentenced later. vanished last year while visiting

china from his home in france is wife says that the charges are politically motivated. german media are reporting that several of the country's politicians are facing death threats from far right extremists police say that this includes colognes mayor she was seriously wounded in knife attack 4 years ago earlier this month a pro immigration politician was shot dead. sudanese protesters have staged an overnight rally in khartoum as they press demands for the military to hand over power to a civilian government marchers called for justice for victims of a crackdown earlier this month the army is offering unconditional talks but protest leaders want soldiers to return to their barracks 1st. chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with host kim jong un are set to center on pyongyang's nuclear weapons program now a summit earlier this year between kim jong un and us president donald trump ended

without an agreement on china then back sanctions on the north said ties are currently strained between the 2 countries it's been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north korea's closest for an ally many times over the years. she jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang in well over a decade we told him you know we are ready to work with the d.p. r. k. to continue to carry forward the fine tradition of china d p r k friendship and promote the continuous development of exchanges and cooperation between the 2 countries in various fields. relations between the 2 authoritarian countries have been strained since north korea began amping up its nuclear weapons test. beijing supports denuclearization of the korean peninsula and recently backed the raft of international sanctions against. these talks aimed to relieve tension.

the u.s. will be watching closely a summit between kim and u.s. president donald trump in february broke off without an agreement even to south korea said it is hoping talks between she and kim will move things forward opening up the chance of renewed negotiations on the north's nuclear program. and let's cross to the region now i'm joined by father had a journalist who is in seoul so tell us we have she's been paying having a very warm reception n.p.r. yang given that how high are the hopes that these talks will be fruitful for both parties today you know they might be but i find it really remarkable how tightly controlled every piece of information we get out there and there was no live coverage from the welcoming at the airport in pyongyang. always greeting teaching ping and that was different for example in south korean president who went to

pyongyang so it's a really sensitive issue and might not even for sure we don't get a press conference everything is and behind closed doors but we know that china wants to push north korea to get back to the negotiation table with the u.s. and on the other hand and north korea really needs the diplomatic support from china because without china. they cannot economically survive so they really need the ok. from them what message are the 2 leaders hoping to send with this meeting. it's definitely a message of unity if they really emphasize the historic friendship sheeting ping has published an op ed that was also published in north korea's biggest newspaper where he praised the historic friendship where he said that north korea is moving in the right direction but this is of course like a little bit of white washing actually the relation between china and north korea is quite complicated they need each other by don't but they don't necessarily like

each other. the visit it comes just ahead of the g. 20 summit how important is the timing of this meeting. this very crucial because in this g 20 summit cheating king will meet donald trump and of course they have a big discussion and argument going on with the trait war and china has some leverage in that conflict because trump needs china to keep his strategy of next month pressure without china this whole strategy doesn't make any sense because china is by far the biggest and i and economic partner of not north korea 90 percent of north korea's trade goes through china so to keep the pressure up definitely trump needs china on boat and on the other hand she jinking will try to use that cart in future who go she ations when it comes to trade talks the trade what fabien catchment insult thank you. you're watching news still to come on the program the

u.n. says that a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war and persecution worldwide on world refugee day we look at the plight of the elderly broken jumpin slums from me on the market living as refugees in bangladesh. and skull and out of the women's world cup after their opponents argentina mounted a a roic and a controversial comeback. but 1st it is to brussels now were leaders are meeting at this moment to discuss who should fill the blocks top job following last month's european parliamentary elections the most prestigious position up for grabs is that of european commission president a post currently has held by john called younger there's still no consensus on who should replace younger germany's angela merkel is backing conservative man for verba of the center right european peoples party but it's unclear if he would be able to win enough support from other groupings in parliament another contender is the danish liberal margaret of us data now the e.u.

competition commissioner known for taking on the us tech giants apple and google she would also be the e.u. commission's 1st female president then there is current vice president franz to months the candidate favored by the socialist and the democrat group he's unpopular however with some eastern european countries who he has accused of flouting democratic values so let's put this all into perspective now we're going straight to brussels where our correspondent mathes is standing by to tell us a little bit more about the significance of this job georg and why it has become so contentious. right sara's is of course a priest this is prestigious job and that is why all 28 member states practically want to get their hands on it now what is important when it comes to the top job in the european commission is that the can do that will be as you pointed out the be appointed by the european council and. it is not only the countries that have an

interest here but it's also party political considerations that come into play as well as personal experience as something the french president upon arrival today and emphasized that the party political experience is important because at the end of the day whoever will be appointed by the european council maybe even today will have to pass a vote in the european parliament and so that is where the parties then will have to give their support to that kind of how likely game that we could see a compromise in any sort of timely matter i mean each side seem to have dug in their heels here. a compromise will be really tricky here because a german chancellor angela merkel emphasized again that she is in favor of a lead candidate system that means only those people qualify for head of the european commission who have run the can paint for the parties in the european parliament now friend french president by car arrived today he said he doesn't like

that process at all and he'd like to see as someone else now a potential compromise candidate could of course be michele dunne you the chief rex of negotiator who is a you is a conservative and so someone who politically could work for angela merkel but of course the problem is he's not a lead candidate he hasn't run yes been running a quite campaign behind the scenes but he hasn't officially run for a party in the european parliament so it's really a deadlock we're seeing here between france and germany and what it takes to resolve this is a franco german deal. matzos with a view from brussels thank you eric. the united nations says that a record number of people worldwide have been forcibly displaced this year by war persecution or violence the number of displaced people around the globe now totals 71000000 that's 2000000 more than last year this figure includes asylum seekers refugees internally displaced and to mark a un world refugee day amnesty international is highlighting the particular

difficulties facing older refugees and the sea films and camps that house will hinge on refugees from myanmar after a crackdown by me on mars military almost 800000 broken to have fled to bangladesh and many of them were elderly. life in bangladesh so crowded refugee camps can be a constant struggle. for the elderly it's often nearly unbearable the human rights organization amnesty international interviewed nearly 150 displaced provender 54 to over 90 they found that it didn't seize hadn't done enough to address the needs of older refugees. rwanda latrines not that far for the people who can walk well it's only a problem for me on the road and i don't go to the camp to nick they don't provide good treatment they usually only give one of 2 tablets when my son buys medication for me i take that i'm weary of going there that i don't know about everybody and

that this man was able to reach a designated age friendly clinic for such places are rare in the refugee camps for the elderly food medical and sanitation facilities are often difficult to reach researchers documented cases of older patients foregoing medicine because they could not navigate the challenging terrain to the clinics. and despite the challenges these are the lucky ones many other elderly wrote injure were unable to flee and me on mars army attacked their villages in rocky in state. you know mothers that we were in the field the soldiers with chasing people and shooting people who could run managed to escape but those who couldn't run were killed and then out of the when the soldiers came in such houses on fire my parents were inside for the last 5 years my parents went to able to move on their own we couldn't take them with his mommy flat my parents died when the house was toast so

. it's uncertain when the row hinges refugees will be able to return to their homes in myanmar for the elderly it's not clear whether they'll ever make the trip home. and i'm joined now by to run a house on in london she is the director of amnesty international's crisis response team thank you so much for joining us to speak with us this afternoon we just heard in our report we got a glimpse of the row him just situation in myanmar what are the biggest challenges that they're facing today. well it's not just the refugees which displaced do bundle of it's also the internally displaced in the complex that we hear much less about in the north of the country in question and chance state for example and some of the biggest challenges that we're hearing is the older people is that they're literally invisible so the humanitarian response is trying its best to cater to you know these masses tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of

people in bangladesh but the elderly population is somewhat invisible they have mobility issues they have health issues and the camp and the terrain is incredibly difficult so you can imagine when you're living amongst its hillsides and in mud and in plastic sheeting just this simple task of being able to walk to access a little train which is shared with the hundreds of other families is a challenge and so we have documented issues around access to health care that you highlighted in your report but also access to latrines and basic services also access to information in a number of cases only people didn't know how to get information and so when the food was being distributed in they changed it just didn't know where to go and they just ended up going hungry now we know that the number of refugees worldwide on the critics of this new u.n. report has reached almost 71000000 what what goes through your mind when you hear

that figure. what goes through my mind renee here a figure like that is that you know the world is failing refugees we do not have a system where we are able to support protect and find safe safe passage and a safe location for many of the most vulnerable people in the world including the elderly you know what it says to us at amnesty international is that countries who have the resources to be able to take more refugees should indeed be increasing their quotas and taking refugees in and doing doing their part to relieve the global refugee crisis and in particular what we're calling for is for a focus to be on some of these most vulnerable groups amongst the refugee population such as the elderly because there are simple steps that can be taken by humanitarian agencies by governments just simply by prioritizing humanitarian

funding that would specifically go to the ugly because you joints see them because they do have mobility issues they can't walk they're not visible they're not being seen and so we need to ensure that there is humanitarian funding from governments to ensure that the humanitarian responders within that the u.n. or n.g.o.s are able to implement age specific services that specifically target those incredibly vulnerable groups including older people in the refugee population but we are seeing the trend unfortunately going in the opposite direction among some governments around the world building walls closing borders basically doing anything that they can to keep refugees out what would be your response especially given that today is world refugee day. i mean it's very clear that anything which is blocking the safe passage of individuals who are fleeing for their lives is you know contrary to international law refugees we

sending people back home to places where they are at risk is that prince is violates a fundamental principle of refugee protection which is willful mom and you know states really do have an obligation worldwide to walk back on this very dangerous trend of you know extreme extreme positions where refugees out welcome these are some of the most vulnerable populations in the world and what we what we need to see is policies and funding and political will quite frankly that will see increased risk. in countries that can afford to take them and increased financial support to countries like bangladesh who are housing the refugee populations trying to hassan joining us from amnesty international in london thank you. 3rd the russians have been confronting president vladimir putin with their fears over falling incomes and the country's creaking health care system more than one and a half 1000000 people submitted queries for an annual question and answer session

with the russian president broadcast on national television clinton acknowledged that there were concerns over incomes but he said that the country had put the worst economic problems behind it since the recession of 2014. really hit. the the women's world cup now and it was a nightmare and to the competition for scotland they enjoyed a comfortable lead over argentina but the route away in the final 20 minutes of the game it means that the scots are heading home while argentina still have a slim chance of progressing to the knockout stage is what happened. scotland didn't waste time taking middle east with kim little setting the tone with their 20th minute strike. scotland seemed to have things wrapped up at 3 nil thanks to an aaron custard volley in the 69th minute scotland well on their way to their 1st ever knockout round appearance in a major football tournament. but argentina responded less than 5 minutes later with

me la grossman man this is a neat finish launching an improbable comeback. up 32 in stoppage time scotland keeper leo xander period a late penalty to look the hero. but it didn't stand for the 3rd time in this world cup the video assistant referee demanded a penalty be retaken and for the 3rd time this world cup the 2nd attempt was converted florencio boneset going to assuming the dramatic equaliser and shattering scotland's hopes. now england beat japan to nail to finish top of their group and progress to the knockout stage ga stanway set up the open air with a crafty through ball to manchester city team mate alan white to a domain. steak the lionesses kept up the pressure after the break and it was a fight again who's for the 2nd with another well placed finish the win makes it

out of 3 for england defeated japan will also advance to the final 6 with. a provider of the top stories we're following for you here on d w iran says that it is quote ready for war after shooting down what it claims was a u.s. spy drone over southern iran washington has confirmed a u.s. drone was shot down but says it was in international airspace over the strait of hormuz. chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with his host kim jong un are likely to center on pyongyang's nuclear program after a summit earlier this year between kim and. us president donald trump ended without an agreement. and the united nations says that a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war in persecution worldwide that's 2000000 more than last year the u.s. figures were believed to mark world refugee day. you're watching t w up next

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