and all morning. this is the w.'s live from berlin the us was only minutes away from bombing iran before counseling the operation president trump says he pulled off his plan to ask strikes because they could have killed 150 people and you talk would have been in retaliation for terrans shooting down of an american spy drone we'll go live to washington also coming up protests in hong kong against the proposed extradition roll into law last into the night thousands turn ourselves to the government ignores the deadline from protesters to literally the building government offices

have been closed. and dozens are injured in tbilisi as protesters tried to storm georgia's parliament they were trying to stop a visiting russian lawmakers from speeches that. cuts in the women's world cup team usa make it 3 wins tops of 3 the defending champions cruise into the tournament it's knockout stages with a 2 nil victory against clinton. on manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining us we begin with breaking news u.s. president donald trump has confirmed that he blocked a series of planned as strikes on iran just 10 minutes before they would use to go ahead the strikes were planned in response to the downing of a u.s. spy drone yesterday in a tweet trump said the u.s. military was quote cole. to retaliate on 3 different sites he said

a general told him 150 people could have been killed added that such a strike would not have been a proportionate response. and he wanted a silence in washington is following the story for us all of that tell us what actually happened in washington on thursday evening right so the president called all things very very shortly before it was actually supposed to be carried out and as you mentioned targeted 3 sites in the iran and then just 10 minutes before these attacks were supposed to be carried out the changed his mind in a last minute decision really it's unclear why exactly this decision came in such short notice such a short moment before the attacks were supposed to be carried out the official official statement of trump is that he thought that 150 casualties 3 were

disproportional in comparison to an unmanned drone that was shot down but of course the remaining question is that this information must have been given to him earlier he must have been briefed on the amount of casualties before and what we're seeing here is an insecure president we've been getting mixed signals of him yesterday already when he called this attack on the drone a big mistake by iran in the 1st place and later walked this statement back saying that it might not have been shot down 3 the liberal so a lot of mixed signals from washington now the u.s. president has repeatedly repeatedly said he wants to avoid involving the u.s. in a new war so what others in washington saying. right so there's a big split in the government on this question here and the question again here is whether 2 which side actually will prevail will it be the hardliners all the

moderate forces and among the hardliners our secretary of state my pale as well as national security advisor john bolton war open to a military intervention and on the moderate side would be of the pentagon for instance which warned the us administration about the potential risks involved not only for the whole region but also for american forces. that are deployed right now iran 5 has very capable. my heard and kill many american soldiers deployed there so 2 they warned about the risks involved there as well and you should not forget that the u.s. president himself does not want to go to war with iran he has been promising over and over again to pull the united states out of international conflicts rather than starting new ones now iran says that it gave multiple warnings before shooting down

the u.s. drone what is washington's reaction to this statement. well we have to a completely differing standpoints you know the united states claimed the drone was flying in international airspace so from their perspective it does not make a difference whether they were warned or not because they argue that it was simply their right to fly the drone in international airspace iran in turn as the drone violated their airspace but the problem here is that we might not even find out what the truth the real truth is behind these claims we know the tankers that were attacked a week ago 3 international community is very split over the question of authenticity of the provided evidence and with regards to the drone we don't even have tricked data published so there's only just these 2 positions and 2 differing

views on the actual location and position of the drone that was shot down all right just briefly international airlines on now funneling an essay in the agency would it to avoid the strange at home those incidents expected. well the u.s. deployed 1000 soldiers additionally to the region so and they will carry all surveillance they will carry old operations and with more of that under way and certainly the risk will increase as well. all of the solace in washington thanks a much. and we're going to bring in our process correspondent get masses to get the european reaction to the standard of care what have e.u. leaders been saying about the tension between the u.s. and iran. german chancellor angela merkel here said after this today's summit that it's a tense situation that she is concerned about that she would like to see it resolved in a diplomatic and a political way and that message practically was reiterated by the french president

in his press conference so both leaders here pretty much follow the line that the u.s. taken ever since the. diplomatic success if you want to call it that way of the iran nuclear deal has been put into jeopardy by the u.s. u.s. . you need to actually withdrawing from that deal so the e.u. always emphasizing diplomacy as the way forward now has the you've been too passive now seeing the lately rising tensions between tehran and washington and that question was put to the head of the european council donald tusk here in brussels and he said that the that sometimes it's better not to intervene to be passive and that in history being active has been rather been the problem then being too passive over all. the he then went on to say that he urges restraints on both sides and he made clear that european diplomats are

talking to both sides all right and matters in brussels thanks so much. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today indonesia's north and much of province at least 30 people have been killed in a fire that swept through a house that doubled as a match tree at least 3 children are among the dead millions of indonesians work in unsafe conditions in poorly regulated industries and accidents are common. chinese president xi jinping has wraps up a 2 day visit so. north korea aimed at boosting ties between the 2 countries provided a lavish welcome for g.e. who is the 1st chinese leader to visit north korea in 4 seanie is china is north korea's closest ally and economic lifeline. a british junior minister has been suspended after he was filmed grabbing and pushing a female climate change protest at

a dinner for the finance industry foreign office that office minister mark field accosted the protester when she tried to approach chancellor philip hammond as he made a speech the incident is being investigated by police. and antigovernment protesters in albania have stormed polling stations across the country ahead of upcoming municipal elections both can state was thrown into turmoil earlier this year after a mass resignation of opposition politicians. now protesters have been flooding the streets of hong kong in another round of demonstrations off the leader ignored a deadline to withdraw a controversial extradition bill activists had demanded that land scrapped the proposed bill by thursday but the demand has been ignored protesters want to resign and release a number of anti-government protesters who were detained last week thousands have surrounded a home combs police headquarters. and for more we're joined by w.

is mathias pulling out who's in hong kong let's hear what's happening where you are at the police headquarters right now. people have been besieging these police headquarters for hours now the masses are not getting small or big if anything people demand an apology from the police for last wednesday's operation that people here piece perceived as over overly brutal the police fired rounds and rounds of tear gas that they they used rubber bullets for the 1st time since hong kong was returned to china 22 years ago and police demand the police the police chief to resign or to come out and apologize for this they also demand the withdrawal of this bill that has been postponed but not formally withdrawn and also the resignation of the chief executive carrier. and maybe we can hear what they say

. about it you know we are calling for the release of the writing suspect and also strongly condemn excessive force used by the police. who was always a case i was a little fun no i haven't i we're angry because we feel helpless actually we failed to achieve any of our goals we asked for withdrawal of the bill but the government just suspended it we are just the police to respond to its violence but they simply feel has a right to watch how. but you complete withdrawal of the bill is still the most urgent demand but our action today targets the police as well. for him although i hope more people stand up and tell the government that we are not going to surrender we will continue protesting until they genuinely respond to us. ok so the protesters there very determined clearly keeping up the pressure and do they have any chance little of having all of that demands met.

well i don't think there's any chance of having all of their demands met and i would also be skeptical if any of their demands would be met because 2000000 people taking to the streets up to 2000000 people according to the organizers last sunday did not change the mind of the government they did not scrap this bill they postponed it to keeping open the option to bring it back although it's hard to imagine how they would do this without risking things to ask further but we also did not think they would back down at all maybe a week ago and that's because beijing does not like giving in to pressure by by the population they see this as a weakness so we've already seen some concessions here i would not risk. a stern prognosis here and say as we were saying that in monday that carry lamb step

step down there's no likelihood that she would resign we are not seeing any signs she went to see the press a few days ago she apologized for her handling off this case she did not apologize for the police action on that day and she did also say that she wanted another chance she would stay in office we might see on the long run that beijing maybe or the probation camp will withdraw her that they will not stick to her but they were not immediately do so it would be seen as giving in to pressure and again that's page what beijing tries to avoid at all costs that he is telling and hong kong thanks so much. you're watching the news still to come the u.s. all in top folder thinkers called sweden into the women's world cup well 16 we'll have a look at how they did it. the 1st of july where dozens of people have been injured

in the capital tbilisi after a night of clashes between protesters and riot police outside parliament the violence fled amid widespread public anger over the visit of a russian lawmaker who addressed the assembly from the seat of the parliamentary speaker crowds of protesters tried to storm the parliament building and were pushed back by police the speaker has since resigned relations with russia have been a sensitive issue since a short war between the 2 countries in 2008 which georgia lost. a protester sweeping the street in front of georgia's parliament building. while a few steps away police do their part to clear the debris after a night of may have. tbilisi looked like a city with a hangover after a shocking explosion of violence. i was just a few hours earlier police and protesters had battled for control of the parliament steps the riot erupted after

a russian politician who'd been invited by georgia's government spoke in the parliamentary chamber i seriously protesters stormed the building i knew what they could do although not totally a lot to talk about to see i sure i went to your guest did not deter the protesters the police turned to rubber bullets i the crowd repeatedly surged attempting to break into the building but were turned back i the fighting continued until the early hours of the morning and left scores of people injured i. georgia's president has cut short a trip to belarus and is returning to tbilisi to help deal with the crisis. more let's bring in our correspondent in moscow emily show when emily georgia's

parliamentary speaker has just resigned of yesterday's protests well this a placate the protest is in any way. well it will certainly be seen as some sort of a victory for protesters a step towards placating them perhaps the protesters had been demanding the resignation of the parliamentary speaker this is a direct reaction from the government to their demands and to this incident with the parliamentarian the russian parliamentarian speaking in georgia's georgia's parliament. the question is though whether it will completely pull a cape the demonstrators opposition politicians are still calling for protests to continue until the parliament is actually resolved and snap elections are called and it seems likely that protesters will take to the streets again later there's a planned protest tonight but this step shows that the government is trying to stay

take a step towards the protesters they had already agreed with the protesters about how bad this step in the parliament was we saw both the head of the georgian dream party agreeing with poach protesters and also the president of the country agreeing with protesters so it seems they're looking to placate the demonstrators in any case ok the protests expected could you give us a little bit of background on the roots of the ongoing conflict between russia and georgia. well russia and georgia fought a short war in 2008 over the breakaway regions of a posse and south. russia has since recognized the independence of those regions. calls them independent states and they also still have troops stationed there in those 2 regions georgia on the other hand sees russia as an occupying

force within its borders the people that i spoke to in georgia when i was there just a year ago i was actually at the de facto border to itself a setia they very much see this war in 2008 as not so long ago the fear there is still very much real the tensions are real and people around the country see russia as an occupying force but i think it's important to point out that it's not just these tensions these existing tensions that seem to have pushed people out onto the streets in fact maybe they were just the push for that to happen there's a lot of dissatisfaction with the government in georgia and we've seen social people on social media kind of commenting and saying look this has nothing to do with russia we want to determine our own future and it seems that the government in georgia does know that and is and is looking to appease protesters at any cost and show it in moscow thank you very much. on that story comes from uganda where the

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goals before this game more than any other team so far so it was no surprise when they extended their lead at the start of the 2nd half this time it was forwards tobin heath who produced the finish. this reads had once again failed to get the ball under control in their box and were once again punished. to nail the final score the usa become the latest team to go through with a perfect record of 3 out of 3 wins time show again why they're tipped to go all the way. and the 1st game of the $2900.00 africa cup of nations kicks off today it sees hosts egypt the most successful team in the tournament history playing zimbabwe also going florrie all 3 countries that have never made the cut the running mauritania and madagascar but who are the favorites to lift the cup.

the africa cup of nations. who will be crowned champions. the hot favorites egypt with the home advantage they'll enjoy a full backing from the stands and post a continent star player mohammed salada the liverpool forward enjoyed another astounding season on merseyside coming agonizingly close to winning the premier league before being crowned a european champion in june sollars goals often make the difference in otherwise solid egypt team who have won the africa cup of nations a record 7 times. fending champions are cameroon and the lions will be a tough act to beat this time as well they surprised many by winning 2 years ago and will be hoping to raise a few eyebrows again originally chosen to host the tournament but was stripped of the honor due to a lack of organization and egypt stepped in to replace them cameroon boast a well drilled offense centered around captain michael and gave do in dodgy i was.

going there to defend our crown with all due respect to the competition i believe our passion will help us achieve our goals. nigeria are always among the favorites when it comes to the africa cup of nations. it's the most populous country on the continent with a constant stream of young talent and a rich footballing history experience german coach going out rule has been the man in charge for the past 3 years and has vastly improved asides tactical approach i'm happy to have this good quality and so let's let's go visit often team spirit through this of course we want to win our games. competition promises to be sky high as $24.00 teams bid to get their hands on the ultimate price the africa cup of nations. reminder of the top stories that we're following for you today u.s. president trump has confirmed that he called off an operation to launch strikes on

iran just 10 minutes before they were to go ahead trump said he stopped the strikes because they would have killed 150 people. and protesters in returns of the streets of hong kong off of their deadline for withdrawing a controversial extradition bill that was ignored by the government they say the bill risks destroying the city's democratic institutions. which he did on the news coming next in news asia chennai's reservoir is all running dry india's heat wave is causing a q. courses for such as in the city can anything be done to ease the country's worsening crisis. and an initiative that's bringing recycled bikes to children in manama is turning long walks to school and social to an easy ryans. those stories and more coming up next in the news asia of my colleagues in the summer scum to climb and you can post mackinnon thanks so much for watching.

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