this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin the us was only minutes away from bombing iran before canceling the operation president trots says he called all things planned airstrikes because they could have killed 150 people the attack would have been in retaliation for tehran shooting down an american spy drone to be blocked in washington also coming up young protesters from across europe call on the governments to take over action in the climate crisis comes a day after the new leaders failed to agree on

a plan to make the box economy carbon neutral by 2050. splurge a city is tumbled prepares to go to the polls on sunday the election for mayor could see the party of president and the one voted out of office for the 1st time in decades plus in the women's world cup team usa make it 3 wins out of 3 is defending champion screws into the tournaments knockout stages of the 2 real victory against sweden. fellow i'm terry martin thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has confirmed he blocked a series of planned airstrikes on iran just 10 minutes before they were 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 cocked and loaded to retaliate on 3 different sites said in

general told him 150 people could have been killed from added that such a strike would not have been a proportionate response but the w.'s all over sell it is in washington covering the story for us all of it what have we learned from president trump's explanation for aborting an attack on iran. all right so the president made a very last minute decision to cancel these planned attacks on the iran what he said is that 3 sites in iran were supposed to be targeted in retaliation all for. a downed military drone by iranian forces and then he then changed his mind really 10 minutes before the attacks were supposed to be carried out because he had learned that 150 people would have died according to estimates of his military advisers by these attacks on the range sides now the question is of course

why did this decision come in such short notice he must have had this information earlier he must have been briefed earlier and so we're getting a lot of mixed signals from the u.s. president he seems in secure even yesterday he started saying a calling. 3 the drone by you run a big mistake made by iran in fact then later walked that statement back sensually saying that might not even happened on purpose that it was not a deliberate action perhaps also later today he was then briefed with congressional leaders who came to the situation room in the white house that might have had an impact as well on him because they called on the u.s. president to deescalate the situation and to include congress in all decisions with regards to military actions against iran. all of the before we talk further let's

take a look at what we know about the event leading up to this the downing of the u.s. drone. the iranian military released this dramatic video showing what it says is a surface to air missile shooting down an american drone. the footage cannot be verified but terror on says the u.s. aircraft was clearly flying over iranian territory when it was attacked. iranian t.v. ad what it described as wreckage from the drone a member of the revolutionary guard said they alerted the u.s. to the strike before it happened multiple warnings had been given to this aircraft in 2 stages but the u.s. military disputes the iranian fashion of events and has produced its own map to show that the drone was in international airspace when it was downed earlier president trump appeared to want to play down the incident suggesting it had been an era by iran and i think probably iran. made a mistake i would imagine it was

a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down trump had ordered the u.s. military to then prepare to strike targets in iran but then he changed his mind tweeting that he wanted to spare iranian lives so all over iran in the u.s. are giving different accounts about the shooting down of the drone but what about donald trump's decision his last minute change of heart or he decided not to a launch a retaliation attack one of the reactions to that around washington. well the government is very split on the question of military action and the big question here right now is which side will prevail will it be moderate forces or will it be the hardliners and along is national security advisor john bolton as much as the. secretary of state's mike who are open for military intervention and

on the other hand is the pentagon who warns the u.s. administration the u.s. president essentially carrying out any attack on iran 3 because they believe that the security of all is stationed personnel in the region of american forces might be at stake essential in pointing out to iranian surface to air missiles that might do lots of harm in my then again cause casualties on the american side and what we should not forget is the president himself is a vocal opponent of war against iran he promised this voter base over and over again to pull out all the international conflicts. iran says it gave the u.s. multiple warnings before shooting down the drone has the white house or the pinnacle and commented on done. we have 2 very opposing views here on that ride so the u.s. side has been continuously stressing that they believe according to their date the

drone was flying in her national airspace and if that is correct and from their perspective it does not make a difference whether they were warned or not by the iranian side because they argue that it was simply their right to fly to do surveillance flights in international airspace iran in turn then arguing that the drone violated their airspace that they had to shoot it down to defend their own territories and the big problem here is that we might not even find out about what is the the correct version the u.s. side has not published any evidence at this point and so there's a lot of questions to be answered over thank you very much all the result there in washington. well here in europe thousands of students from around the e.u. have gathered near a coal mine in western germany to call on governments to take old action in the

climate crisis organizer set up to 20000 protesters from 16 countries gathered in and near germany's border with belgium and the netherlands this comes a day after european union leaders failed to agree on a plan to make the blocks economy carbon neutral by 2050. fridays for future demonstrators are making a lot of noise this time protesters from 17 countries have gathered in auckland 20000 demonstrators are expected to take part they want to increase pressure on politicians to run 27 hours. because i think that the it's really important to denounce this situation right now . it's important that we stand together for something that matters to all of us i hope someone will finally listen. germany's green party is excited that so many people are demonstrating for climate protection the greens tweeted most people want to stop our dependence on coal quickly and today thousands are demonstrating again

for more climate protection. thousands of demonstrators are on their way to the nearby village of fearsome where they will show their support for climate protection at the largest mining area in europe. they hope to influence politicians thru civil disobedience the deliberate final ation of law and order. and we accept the fact that we might get arrested because the climate crisis is so urgent it affects us all and that's why we're deliberately exercising civil disobedience to demand a phase out of coal power. this week the entire western rhineland is the focus point of the climate protest movement. thousands of protesters have gathered here and i am generous westernmost city they have launched what they call the 1st international climate strike i have met mostly students coming from germany but also some from neighboring countries such as belgium france or the netherlands they

demand they ask for more climate action their main priority is any brown coal mining in germany the open pit linen mines and power plants in the region the rylan region i want to the main sources of c o 2 emissions in europe one of the protests is a 15 year old told me that the government's plan to keep these plants running for another 20 years which as crazy but an older gentleman watching the protests also called them naive in that a month for an immediate end to brown coal mining yet public support has recently written in germany for climate action environmentalist green party is leading the polls and that is a huge boost for climate activists such as those protests this year and often. well germany plans to phase out coal in power generation by 2038 but long before that 5 villages in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia are due to be demolished to make way for

a mine to extract latenight to kuli dirty type of coal or villagers will receive compensation but some of them why they should give up their homes when germany is phasing out coal power anyway. they're inching ever closer the gigantic shovels of the lignite excavators in a few years they're set to demolish the deal like village of kook home in north rhine-westphalia the place davita place and his parents and grandparents call home delafield grew up here and has no desire to leave a forced relocation would affect his 83 year old grandfather the most. when you lived here all these years and they want to take you away when you're this age. that's harsh. davi clayson wants to prevent that so he's led demonstrations against aren't the local

utilities company his resolve is further strengthened by the global climate crisis and the agreement to phase out brown coal he will not meet his village voluntarily . if it comes to tearing down the villagers the police will probably have to drag is our home we won't leave if it were that way given that. we are staying put that's their battle cry together with 50 other activists plays and has already prevented the construction of a bypass road for the utilities company. because it not under the road would have only been needed if all 5 villages in the open to the lying area of guards or other were destroyed on the smooth we can allow that. germany has already agreed to phase out coal power in light of the climate crisis and the roads not needed most because of the planned phase out less coal is being reduced now so the villages could stand tact that's something both diabetes

and many scientists agree on but part of the utilities company is standing firm. mostly poor coal has to come from somewhere and that's why we need the guards were in our model so relocating the 5 alleges it is necessary to afford i guess beneath them lies the coal we need to supply the remaining power plants. davian sister tina is also fighting to keep their village standing she's involved in the fridays for future demonstrations to raise awareness of the climate crisis it angers her that the utilities company wants to mine coolant to stage. a slinky and sounds like a rebellious child who knows it's wrong but wants to go ahead anyway and says we don't care what the scientists say we're going to go ahead anyway all i can say is no they have to be able to say that said we have enough and admit they're making a mistake. so give us less cotton feel. the energy companies insist on their right to demolish the remaining villages but davida ntini and reason have been galvanized

by the global climate demonstrations they hope they can save the place they come home. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a british junior minister has been suspended after he was filmed grabbing and pushing a female climate change protester at a dinner for the finance industry foreign office minister mark feel the cost of the protester when she tried to approach philip hammond the chancellor of the exchequer as he made a speech police are investigating this. leaders are deadlocked over who should fill the block's top jobs when the current administration finishes its work this falls at the heart of the impasse is a disagreement between the be used to powerhouses friends in germany e.u. leaders will make another attempt to reach agreement at the end of the month. and thousands of protesters have filled the streets of hong kong in another round of

demonstrations that's after leader kerry ignored a deadline to withdraw a controversial bill that would extradite suspects to china activists have surrounded police headquarters and blocked major roads they want to resign and release and he government protesters from detention. and chinese president xi jinping has wrapped up a 2 day visit to north korea aimed to sting ties between the 2 countries. provided a lavish welcome for she who is the 1st chinese leader to visit north korea in 14 years china is north north korea's closest ally and economic lifeline. spain's supreme court has sentenced 5 men to 15 years in prison for raping a young woman at pamplona his son for men festival in 2016 the ruling overturns a previous sentence from a lower court which it convicted the men of a lesser charge of sexual assault. you're watching t.w.

news still to come the running out of control of those in uganda there's massive demand from local men but not the reason you might think. now on sunday voters in turkey's biggest city is stamboul go to the polls in a controversial rerun of marches may oral election irregularities calls the electoral authority to cancel that election so now the voters are turning out again president edge of type outer ones a k party has governed istanbul for decades but there's a distinct possibility that. time it will lose its grip on the city. and this is how the final phase of election campaigning looks like in istanbul at the ferry terminal in the cuddy could district the major parties have set up their stalls and they are doing their best to drown each other out.

this city has been in campaign mode for almost 6 months now he narrowly won the mayor's office in march a criminal it was the 1st opposition victory here in istanbul in 25 years but been early years of the ruling a.k.p. wasn't going to give up the city without a fight his party followed complains of irregularities and obtained a rerun of the election so now it's number 2 in the fight for turkey's most important city was the crimean mom who has been back on the campaign trail for weeks he still considers himself the legitimate mayor of istanbul and the decision to rerun the election politically motivated but she has accepted it and he's determined to win again by a decisive margin. someone who suffer of course the selection we run is a waste of time money and energy. and every day i am faced with another smear campaign. but this is something we have to deal with. and i believe

that we will emerge unscathed and stronger from this experience. and. the date of the rerun is another challenge for him and his party the c.h.p. the vote takes place on june 23rd in the middle of the summer holidays that's when many people from istanbul are usually on the cation but because the last election was decided by such a slim margin this time every vote counts. the opposition has even put out spoof. warnings don't go to boardroom on june 23rd as heavy snow fall is expected and the beaches will be shut whether it's down to the tongue in cheek at birds or not travel agent gem pull out almost as many as stumble lights have indeed changed their holiday plans but. we've had many elections during summer but i have never seen something like this the. big 500000 people from

istanbul have changed or cancelled their travel plans so they can be here and vote in the election. the ruling aka party is also vigorously campaigning on the streets their candidate from a at the durham was turkey's prime minister until last year he's playing on his political experience but president add one who held one election after another in support of his man in the initial vote in spring is now noticeably holding back nevertheless the party's volunteers say they're sure of victory that. we all go through mitchell's year of the century and the c.h.p. is definitely trying to create the impression that they've already won but we're optimistic and the 1st round of votes was stolen and now we're going to get them back voters keep telling us that they want but now they used to run from it and called willing people when. whoever wins is stumble wins turkey is

a well known saying calling by president add one himself this time around many voters in this significant city would be happy of the winner of the election would also be recognized as such elite our next story comes from uganda where the government distributes free condoms to fight the spread of hiv and other sexually transmitted diseases but there's a shortage of condoms and one particular region because of high demand from local men and not for the reason you might think. decades of human activity and uganda looks like no other critelli. there is no fish here but man has phone change. john salley quit funding 6 years ago to extract sword or. to when we wanted a mother pining provides a daily income $11.00 which is not supposed to farming.

seasonal i'm not reliable the results on. sunday is based now better but his wellbeing is not like countries highly concentrated sore to water as a ticking the atoll so minimal was. who was what the new who here has many problem with. it's labor intensive when a woman with a home or not we get wounds with it and our skin is badly affected in a joke or on or on a set of my. so to mind i was also frequently report journeyed to infections and to protect themselves some i resorted to using condoms. and wearing a condom before getting in the water can limit your exposure just sold it protects you from infections that. resources astray such nearby government health center demand for corn domes to protect against the salt water has skyrocketed but

that threatens the fight against aids. the how of course of the more shortage is because there it of course. is a very very high. supper as we get so whatever we get for the 2 months after his courtroom duty even in a month. now you can imagine all of those that we quote the in the if the news. this is a battle for the meaning and we go to hell with this we also have other condiments . within of it didn't think of it i would think that. for the females the depot which has a real no go area being. a school vehicle a massacre knows that all too well. she's afraid of becoming him for tile she goes waist deep into the salty water signs might not come from her fear but she

will not too astute and maizie. the salty waters can cause you to rescind fictions amaze. the deeper waters of the mental venture into. they cut twig critelli is believed to have formed about 10000 years ago this was due to vote. which was a form that was later discovered to be a. despite the hardships involved in that sort mine as likes and they seem to have no baitullah tentative. leaving. some sports for you now at the women's football world cup the u.s. have beaten sweeten to nil to advance to the knockout stages with a perfect record of 3 out of 3 many thought the game would be the americans 1st real test but they made short work of their opponents. the americans waited less

than 3 minutes before taking the lead against sweden which one of my favorites quick off the mark for the 3rd game in a row. beating the swedish defenders to a new spools from a corner to grab her 2nd off the tournament. do us a how do it he backed 16 goals before the 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 for which tobin he could use to finish. the swedes 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 and show again why they taped to go all the way . looking ahead germany are contending for the world cup title and they have

a crop of talented youngsters contributing beyond their years we look at the squads teen sensations ahead of saturday's match against nigeria in the round of 16. julio drin and blaine obrador these 3 teenagers are making their mark on the germany world cup team 19 year old freiburg midfielder krynn is having the biggest impact of the bunch scoring a match winner against china germany squad certainly appreciates the exceptional skill of these young players providing plenty of support. think it's about the kind of well integrated there is no problem we've got so many players around us to take us under their wing and coach us i feel i can really fit in and don't feel at all like i'm treated like a kid. teen and 17 year old obrador have also raised eyebrows in their 1st step or world cup they might be new on the national team but they're already experienced pros. cause they're already established bundesliga players they're still young

but they have lots of talent it's great to see what german women's football we have to offer for years to come we're looking forward to that yeah well if germany are to win their 1st world cup since 2007 they'll be hoping given the youth brigade can retain their top form heading into the round of 16 clash with nigeria. people around the world are rolling out their yoga mats today getting ready just stretching rees deeply in celebration of international yoga day in india prime minister and runner modi took part in a massive yoga session with around 30000 participants the discipline is an ancient physical and spiritual practice that originated in india global yoga day was suggested by modi and adopted by the un in 20. you're watching news coming up next it's news asia and in the future this breaking

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