the book. the book. this is due to be news live from berlin just minutes away from bombing iran the u.s. calls off military strikes president trump stands down a plan assault after finding out that $150.00 could be killed and the attack would have been in retaliation for tehran's shooting down an unmanned american spy drone also coming up a pole for action young protesters from across europe called on governments to take bolder action in the climate change crisis all this just a day after e.u.

leaders failed to agree on a plan to make the block's economy carbon neutral by 2050 and a landmark ruling spain's supreme court sentences 5 men for gang raping a young woman women's groups welcomed the verdict the case had sparked protests across spain. thank you so much for your company everyone. the planes were in the air the battleships in position by that the last minute president donald trump decided against going through with military strikes against iran he said the likely death toll would have been too high and not a proportionate response to the downing of an unmanned spy drone yesterday. the new york times described it as the moment of truth when u.s. president donald trump decided to halt the military offensive with just minutes to

spare. in a flurry of tweets on friday trump said he called off the attack after a general told him $150.00 people could die the president said he thought the death toll would not be proportionate for the shooting down of the unmanned u.s. drone. in tehran on friday the iranian military presented what they said were pieces of the drone and our q 4 a global hawk reconnaissance craft iran says it has irrefutable evidence that the $120000000.00 drone had pushed into iranian airspace is going to join what is long gone the islamic republic of iran strongly condemns this provocation and any use of force because of this aggressive act we have complained to the united nations there would be a slow me down my only point about. the usa denies this the pentagon says the drone was shot down in international waters and has released this video as evidence for

its claim in the face of escalating tensions with iran u.s. democrats urged president trump to show restraint. the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may be. all right let's get you now reaction from washington to the correspondent oversell it is covering events there for you all of her we just heard chuck schumer saying that there is this danger that the trump administration might bungle into a war how likely is it that this conflict with escalates even further now. well officially no one here wants to bumble into a war but it's a volatile situation and us at the the us administration in the pentagon to particular just deployed $1000.00 additional troops to the middle east to carry out surveillance operations there and that will mean more presence and certainly will also raise the risks of further incidents like the one with the drone

that these incidents could be repeated so there is a certain risk involved at the same time we do hear signs that 6 we might go back to diplomacy the u.s. reportedly called for a u.n. security council meeting on monday behind closed doors we're not expecting a resolution or any bigger outcome but at least it would mean both sides are talking to each other again behind closed doors but are sitting at the same negotiating table talk just to get i mean what is the u.s. is goal here. right and exactly this question is difficult to answer because it's not really clear the u.s. president yesterday just 10 minutes before 5 before launching air strikes on 3 different sites in iran canceled these plans and these plans all thing again and

there are many questions raised in result in response to that we know officially donald trump says that you heard about 150 expected casualties that would result out of u.s. strikes against iran and he said that this would not be proportionate with the unmanned drone that was downed by iran but the question of course to be raised is why did you why did you decide on such short notice because you certainly knew these facts these numbers along a long time before he made his decision he was well informed by his advisors and so the big question is was that just a blow for is he really willing to go to war with iran ok lets continue in that vein because what's the appetite for military confrontation with iran in the u.s. . well the government is very much split over the question of military action

a year and then the question here is of course which side in the government will prevail will it be the hardliners such as the secretary of state michael pale as well as national security advisor john bolton who are rather open for military action and calling for military action against iran or will it be rather moderate voices and the pentagon is one of them and they have warned intensively that about the risks involved when attacking iran and they're particularly particularly looking at the safety and security of the american forces stationed in the region iran 5 has capable surface to air missiles and that could cause casualties on the american side so those were warnings coming from the pentagon then yesterday congressional leaders had a security briefing at the in the situation room of the white house and the speaker of the house of the democrats and nancy pelosi said there was bipartisan agreement

that the upper hand the. upper hand of the. hardliners should not be strengthened and for that reason there's a increasingly critical stance here on potential attacks do you have used reporting from washington thank you. tens of thousands of students from across europe have gathered in the western german city of often to call on governments to take bolder action in the climate crisis organizer said protesters from some 17 countries took part in the rally it comes a day after european union leaders failed to agree on a plan to make the block's economy carbon neutral by 2050. writers for future demonstrators are making a lot of noise the 10s of thousands of young people spoke with one voice they want to increase the pressure on politicians to act on the climate crisis. right when

it's 7 hours to come here from naples so to me they are not like because i think that the extremely important to denounce the 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. about a 1000 demonstrators made their way to the nearby village of tears and where they showed their support for the cause of one of the largest mining areas in europe they want to influence politicians from civil disobedience to deliberate violation of law and order. remember as now 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 royal and

a major coal mining region is the focus point of the climate protest movement. elite heirs are deadlocked after failing to agree on who should fill the blocks top jobs when the current administration finishes its work later this year at the heart of the impasse is a disagreement between the use 2 powerhouses france and germany. it wasn't exactly a defeat but german chancellor angela merkel can't be happy with the result at this hour none of the lead candidate so she puts in kandahar are still in the running chancellor merkel's last ditch efforts appear to have failed. to michigan's as much as concert after talking with donald tusk it's now clear to me that none of the leading candidates have been able to secure a majority in the european council and i can't see how that's going to change european council president donald tusk also seemed flustered the problems that have nothing to add to what i said yesterday and to well because i have from she quit

but. i have nothing new to to communicate today. so the leadership question remains unanswered for now but this was not the only setback to emerge during the 1st summit after the e.u. parliamentary elections state leaders and governments disagree on a number of issues including climate policy which eastern european nations continue to block progress. them commercial recording climate change we unfortunately fail to reach an agreement on the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. but not everyone was disappointed with the meetings outcome french president emanuel mccaughan seemed pleased with the political stalemate he's advocating getting rid of the leading candidate system for him the fact that none of the candidates could get a majority means only one thing stem this system doesn't work.

we decided to start the procedure all over again with new names which we have yet to choose in order to find a new balance we met. it could be both with over you so it's back to square one but the clock is taking the new leadership positions should be decided by the beginning of july the leaders have agreed to meet again 1st special summit just over a week from now to make sure they meet that deadline. whereas i know about some of the other stories making news around the world a british junior minister has been suspended after he was filmed grabbing and pushing a female climate change protester at a dinner for the finest in the state foreign office minister mark fields accosted the protester when she tried to approach the tram and the chancellor of the exchequer as he made a speech police are now investigating the incident. for a 2nd consecutive night thousands of georgians have gathered outside parliament in

the capital tbilisi to demand snap elections all this comes just 24 hours after the visit of the russian lawmakers sparked violent clashes overnight the unrest has forced georgia's presidential speaker to resign and russia to temporarily ban air travel to the country. chinese president xi jinping has wrapped up a 2 day visit to north korea aimed at boosting ties between the 2 nations young yank provided a lavish welcome for who is the 1st chinese leader to visit north korea in 10 years china's rise for his closest ally and economic lifeline. spain's supreme court has ruled that 5 men who attacked a teenage girl were guilty of rape and not a lesser crime of sexual abuse the case has sparked mass protests across spain over

what many saw as a niña treatment of the 5 men women's rights groups and the government have welcomed the verdict was outside the court jubilation demonstrators saw the verdict as a step forward for all women in spain. the supreme court overturned a ruling that many across spain had seen as far too lenient you know gas prices over the next i think the decision is correct but it's not enough 3 years to admit its rape and not sexual abuse to i really think that decision has been influenced a lot by feminism and the protests which have taken place almost every day in the streets in iran or the 5 men known as the wolf pack had been convicted of the lesser crime of sexual abuse after subduing a young woman and video recording nonconsensual sex they shared this video on their whatsapp group which they called the pack where they had also allegedly discussed plans to rape women. there prior conviction caused outrage across spain and

under spanish law the men could not be convicted of rape because there was no evidence the men use physical violence to subdue their victim. now this verdict could help change the way sexual offenses are convicted and spanker spanish acting vice president carmen calvert tweeted that the ruling of the supreme court on the wolfpack case recognizes the credibility of the victim and is in line with the government's proposal to change the law or to really only afford the men's defense lawyer objected that the trial had been influenced by public opinion a few last a few that. for most of the society at large and post judgment on the events dictating a condom need to reset. and since then everything has snowballed it's made it practically impossible to have any judicial outcome that does not involve a condom a 3 sentence when us and. the 5 men will begin serving their sentences immediately. you're watching the news coming up next in business news airlines are

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