in respects. this is t w news live from berlin millions of voters in istanbul return to the polls today they're casting their ballots in a rerun of the city's narrow election. results were no. it's one year on from the remarkable thailand's king for us today as the rescued boys take part in a charity run the country remembers the film and to do it near tragedy turned to triumph. and australia is eliminated in german atic fashion at the women's world cup while germany marches on to confirm its standing as one of the tournament

favorites with another commanding performs. on exposure thanks for joining us. millions of voters in istanbul returned to the polls today to cast their ballots again in a rerun of the city's mayoral election president wretched everyone's governing party is fighting for control of turkey's largest city the fresh election is taking place after turkey's top electoral authority and know the results of the 1st vote following appeals by the president's party. it's a may oral contest that could redefine turkish politics just a mole is deciding between 2 main candidates banaya deeded him from president wretch of ruling a k party. and akram

a mom of 2 from the opposition who had already won a tight race but the courts at the request of the a k party agreed that there were voting irregularities and called a do over. that has some voters worried. the look. ok everybody opposed the election board's decision to rerun the election. nobody thought it was normal. hopefully this election will be held according to the law. and we're taking part in this election but with reservations the company denied it's a fact we hope to be no irregularities only just the new orders this election is a big deal because what happens in istanbul sends political ripples across turkey. has long been tightening his grip on power and critics say he's tipping turkey into authoritarianism. before the new vote polls showed him on

the head. the page was a turkish citizen and as a young university student i support him because i believe his projects are projects good at solving real problems. but heroin's party still has a lot of support among the key i'm an individual who suffered during the times when those with the heads covered it for religious reasons one able to piss you an education for 20 years and 20 years later i was able to get an education and become a teacher the a it was to be a call for this ad president was the reason for this to give the old. if the opposition wins there will be renewed questions as to how long and can dominate turkish politics. a correspondent dorian jones is following the election force in istanbul here's his assessment of today's vote. here the cadi curve voting station

voting has been brisk from the very opening of the station and it is seen as indication of what is expect to be one of the highest turnouts in any major vote in turkish democracy what is at stake in many ways is many ways the future of turkish politics for the opposition they see if they can retake stamboul when the vote again it can be a platform for them going forward to ultimately challenge president one for president one loss of istanbul will be seen as one of the biggest blows say his power is where his career started and he is well aware that if the opposition do take control of this city become the city as accountable for a 3rd of the economy half of the taxation it will pose a major fright to him going forward both sides say that democracies are state for the opposition they say that the really one is at the nile of a fair one victory for the president once candidate been illegal he says he was a victim of voter irregularities both sides see this vote as a high stakes folks let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. national security advisor john bolton says iran should never be able to obtain nuclear weapons well it was speaking in israel at a press briefing as prime minister benjamin netanyahu also warned the u.s. could still go ahead with a strike on iran saying tehran should not mistake what he called american prudence for weakness. ethiopian state media says the governor of the northern state of has been killed in a failed coup attempt there separately prime minister ahmed said in a televised address that the army chief of staff had been shot dead trying to stop the attack moves that a senior officer was behind the cuckoos. crews continue to recover bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in the cambodian town of. the death toll has climbed to at least $83.00 chinese nationals and a cambodian have been detained over the collapse which the country's prime minister has blamed on careless construction. southeast asian leaders are attending the

annual summit in the thai capital bangkok and urged restraint in the disputed south china sea as the summit wraps up member countries have also called for a massive 3 trade deal with china to offset the effects of a possible u.s. china trade 7. it was a story that captured the world's attention on june 23rd last year 12 boys from a youth soccer team decided to explore a cave in thailand with their coach the group entered the town the wang cave in the northernmost province of chiang rai but shortly after entering heavy rains began to fall floodwaters rose the boys in their coach were trapped early efforts to find them fails the search team grew to hundreds of people including diving experts and rescuers from around the world then after 9 days with no news and 4 kilometers from the caves mouth divers found everyone starving but still alive now came the. engine

task of bringing them to safety through a flooded cave a daring mission that cost one rescue diver his life finally after almost 3 weeks after the beginning of their ordeal one by one the boys and their coach were rescued they were greeted as national heroes right next to the cave now is our correspondent in thailand a shot of the chelsea tilt charlotte what's going on there make huge crowds of people have been gathering hey it's inside of the cave they want to check out the place where this until deal unfolded a year ago today lots of people here also wanting to pay their respects to the time a diver who tragically lost his life during the rescue he's commemorated in a statue just behind me but it wasn't entirely and this is somebody today it was a rather jovial actually a fun run took place at a bike ride raising funds for a tourism development in the area people hate telling us that many of them still is

that these boys would not come out alive so for them it is a moment of celebration of course the events marking this anniversary will take place over the next 17 days the amount of time those boys spent inside the cave tomar the boys will actually be at the cave science has going to be a good a ceremony that will aimed at extending their lives that will also mark commemorate the diver who lost his life in this rescue what we cast i think is many of our viewers can that dramatic 2 weeks how are the boys dealing with the trauma they must have gone through during that time never knowing rest whether or not rescue would come. that's right it was of course extremely traumatic for the boys who were trapped in that cave for 17 days they didn't know whether they were going to make it out alive often it was in pitch darkness they had no food but we don't know much about the welfare of those boys that privacy is

fairly strictly protected by oath dorothy's hair they have they made the rounds every now and then given media interviews we know for example that they appeared on a us chat show we know that they've met members of footballers from the manchester united team but not much else really is known about about their wealth and now a year on from this rescue operation we do know they don't know from the divers we've spoken to a number of them they've told us about their fear in the build up to this rescue they said that they really thought for an extended period that this would be a recovery a recovery of bodies rather than a rescue of these boys one of them spoke to us a short time ago and he spoke of his fear and his exhilaration when the 1st boys were pulled out alive take a listen well i think 2 things rabies is well known the 2nd of july when john and rick found the boys a lawyer i think stands out for most people especially with the videos that were shown at the time. i certainly remember the day that some on tragically lost his

wife and then really for me days you know to law you know on july 10th july when they when all the boys were eventually came out a lawyer. and incredible incredible rescued and i think we can remember all of the world's attention on that rescue and the feeling of joy as the summer began how however are the times feeling about it now one year on has it changed things not thailand. well people then people now really view this as american people really didn't think that these boys were going to be pulled out alive as such tight and really does seem to want to remember this on events as a stick that story for the country really applauding old of those who were involved in that rescue as such this whole region is being developed now it's becoming a tourist put forth an unlikely tourist hot spot tourists a gathering here thousands of them by the day in high season to visit this cave and commemorate this really epic would you know it's now being made into

a netflix film as well so that will only increase the number of people wanting to visit these sites coming here especially to check it out ok charlotte's also bill thanks for that more good news then for the people in the region time for sports now in germany has reached the quarter finals of the women's world cup martina voss techs and burke side pulled off their 4th win of the turn it confidently taking down nigeria 3 new but not all the attention was on the players as once again the video assistant referee or v a r played a huge role in deciding the outcome alexander pope was making 100 appearance in germany and she moans the occasion by scoring the opening noting even from a corner to tell you her 2nd goal of the tournament. for the next 8 minutes the band kicked off confirms that the nigerian keeper hadn't had her vision impeded by

an offside player and was then promptly consulted once more to examine this foul only 9 mccool. play finally resumed from the penalty spot we saw a deep it's smoking home to make it to new. nigeria found in the 1st order seconds off and it felt. to finally confirm germany's place in the pool to find. many stripes in the 82nd minute. it's 4 wins out of 4 for germany still yet to concede and only appear to be getting stronger. and the 2nd match of the world cup knockout phase saw australia one of the favorites eliminated after a penalty shoot out against norway scandinavians went in front one isabelle harlow's and smashed the ball past keeper lydia williams australia to level in the 2nd half when it leaves cal and knight as for directly from corner. star striker

sam kerr mr penalty shoot out norway's ingrid dispatched the winnings kick to send her side. off the pitch at the women's world cup the ongoing lawsuit between by the us women's team against the american soccer federation over fair pay is set to go to mediation following the tournaments the us players initially filed a lawsuit in march over an equal pay and working conditions when compared to the men's team they and the u.s. federation are hopeful mediation will settle the case 1st team usa is dealing with the task of defending their world cup title friends. stay with football brazil have cruised into the quarterfinals of the copa america after a crushing 5 nil victory over peru in south. hello the tournament hosts took a 3 nil the lead by a winger ever since horace in the 2032nd minute and brazil went 4 nil up when

a superb goal saw danielle this combined with 2 teammates before providing the finishing touch in the 2nd half brazil were finished there a stunning long range strike from willian rounded off something victory. and in formula one lewis hamilton beat her save his teammate valtteri bottas to pole position in the french grand prix qualifying on saturday. after a promising practice run a sloppy qualifying formants from test allowed hamilton to steal a march on his nearest rival he came home just over a quarter of a 2nd faster than that then hamilton will start the sunday grand prix a commanding 29 points ahead of the test needs a victory to keep his challenge track. up next is world stories this week in reports watching news from berlin i'll be back at the

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