the united nations development program is listening and working with communities to protect forests for the future we want if you're hearing what we're hearing find out more. news live from berlin u.s. officials say they were just minutes away from bombing iran before military strikes were called off president donald trump says he cancelled the planned assault because 150 people could have been killed attack would have been in retaliation for tehran's shooting down an american unmanned spy drone also coming out. in

a landmark break from things that spain supreme court sentences 5 men for gang raping a young woman. groups welcomed the verdict the chase had sparked protests across spain. on exposer thanks for joining us. american officials say that planes were in the air and battleships in position but at the last minute u.s. president donald trump decided against military strikes on targets in iran he said the likely death toll would have been too high. and these pieces of debris almost triggered a war visibly beaming the iranian military presents the remains of an american drone teheran claims it had penetrated iranian airspace that's why they shot it down. the u.s. military said the drones were actually in international airspace an american

counterattack on iranian radar and rocket positions was imminent trump said on friday but the expected death toll would have been around $150.00 and he said because of this he decided to call off the attack so you know what they shut down and on and. drone plane whatever you want to call it and here we are sitting with $150.00 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead and i didn't like it i didn't think it was i didn't think it was proportionate leaders of the opposition party in the u.s. congress said this was the correct decision but at the same time they cautioned against any escalation the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bump into a war mark kimmitt who was assistant secretary of state under george w. bush said trump is not unpredictable but rather sticks to a consistent strategy to avoid

a new war in the middle east. and ali i think you made the right decision there united states has been accused in the past the being a cowboy too overreacting to the situation particularly in the middle east and i think that particularly with the advice given by his counselors and by congress he actually is showing a policy of restraint i think he recognizes that iran is not going anywhere it will be there tomorrow if he wants to attack the president himself has said he's not in a rush but trump still faces a dilemma if he doesn't react to iranian provocations like the drones being shot down his threats might not be taken seriously and if he does start a war he risks breaking his campaign promise of keeping the u.s. out of new conflicts. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. donald trump is facing new allegations of sexual assault the new york based advice columnist e.j. and carol said trump assaulted her in the dressing room of

a manhattan department store in the mid 1990 s. the claim is from a forthcoming book about quote hideous men in her life trump has denied the allegations saying he never met carol. police were called to the home of the front runner to be the next british prime minister boris johnson on friday morning following concerns about a domestic dispute neighbors called after hearing screaming shouting and banging from the home john johnson shares with his partner police said no offenses had been committed neither she nor mr johnson has issued a comment. at least 3 people were killed when a building under construction in the cambodian city of new feel suddenly collapsed overnight it's feared more people could be buried in the rubble a local official said workers were using the unfinished structure as their sleeping quarters. spain's supreme court has ruled that 5 men who attacked

a teenage girl were guilty of rape and not the lesser crime of sexual abuse the case had sparked mass protests across spain over what many saw as the lenient treatment of the 5 men women's rights groups and the government of welcome the ruling. 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 guess what i don't get on this i think the decision is correct but it's not enough 3 years to admit it's rape and not sexual abuse 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 you know. 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 and their prior conviction caused outrage across spain. 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 spent 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. for the men's defense lawyer objected that the trial had been influenced by public opinion . that i feel that for most of the society at large and pass judgment on the events dictating a condom need to recent an innocent. 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. the 5 men will begin serving their sentences immediately. on sunday voters in turkey's biggest city istanbul go to the polls in a controversial rerun of march's mayoral election it was cancelled after president . a k party narrowly lost and claimed there were irregularities it take a party has governed istanbul for decades but there's a distinct possibility that this time and even with the revote it will lose its grip on the city to be ahead reports. this is how the final phase of election campaigning looks like in istanbul at the ferry terminal and because he could district the major parties have set up their stalls and they're 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 bin ali yet are among the ruling a.k.p. wasn't going to give up the city without a fight his party fatah complains all the irregularities and obtained a rerun of the election so now it's round number 2 in the fight for turkey's most important city well after 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 is. of course the selection rerun is a waste of time money and energy. and every day i'm faced with an obvious smear campaign. but this is something we have to deal with. and i believe

that we will emerge unscathed and stronger from this experience. 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 case but because the last election was decided by such a slim margin this time every vote counts. the opposition has even put out spruce 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 a lot and. we've had many elections during summer but i have never seen something like this. 500000 people from istanbul have changed or cancelled their travel plans

so they can be here and vote in the election. the ruling a k party is also vigorously campaigning on the streets their candidate for mayor at the 90 year durham was turkey's prime minister until last year he's playing on his political experience but president out of 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 matches yours obsession with the c.h.p. is definitely trying to create the impression that they've already won but we're optimistic in the 1st round our votes were stolen and now we're going to get them back voters keep telling us that they want but not a used to them from me 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 or. recognized as such. 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 in the very same state north rhine-westphalia 5 villages are scheduled to be demolished to make way for a mine to extract lignite a particularly dirty type of coal villagers will receive compensation but some of them are asking why they should give up their homes when germany is phasing out coal power anyway. they're inching ever closer to the gigantic shambles of the lignite excavators. in a few years they're set to demolish the deal like village of coombe north rhine-westphalia the place davi tyson 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. old. thing isn't wants to prevent that so he's led demonstrations against. 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 make his village voluntarily. if it comes to tearing down the villages the police will probably have to drag us our homeless heartless and we won't leave if it were that way given that. we're 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

the road would have only been needed if all 5 villages in the open to the lying area of guards or other were destroyed illness but we can't allow that. germany has already agreed to phase out coal power in light of the climate crisis and the roads not needed just because of the planned phase out less coal is being used 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 mine so relocating the 5 alleges it is necessary to forge i guess beneath them lies the coal we need to supply the remaining power plants. davi 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 coal at this stage. clinton 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's it we have enough and admit they're making a mistake. and fillers. the energy companies and cyst on their right to demolish the remaining villages but donkey 10000 entries and have been galvanized by the global climate demonstrations they hope they can see the place they come home. and enduring rocker mick jagger swaggart back on stage last night after undergoing heart surgery in april the rolling stones front kicked off the band's delayed north american tour and chicago to the south. all in their seventies will play 17 dates the new filter to rake in

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