i am. the as . this is you know redos line for brill is ramping up the rhetoric iran lashes out at the u.s. over its decision to impose sanctions on its supreme leader and the iranian president in turn accuses washington of lying over an offer of talks raising fears of an escalation of the standoff also coming up scorcher your a brink's is for the record high temperatures as the heat waves wools across the continent look at the do's and don'ts of how to behave when it gets really really hot and as the women's world cup spain give us all they can handle but a much of

a penalty helps push the americans through to the quarter finals the u.s. will play the tournament host sprints next. i am. on my heart thank you so much for your company everyone we begin this broadcast with iran that country says the path to diplomacy diplomacy rather between tehran and washington is now permanently closed the statement comes after the u.s. impose new sanctions on iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and other top officials an iranian foreign ministry spokesman said the measures were a sign of america's desperation but u.s. president donald trump called them a strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions.

after ramping up the pressure the united states struck a more conciliatory tone at a meeting with israel and russia in jerusalem u.s. national security adviser john bolton encouraged iran to seek dialogue the president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate iran's nuclear weapons program its pursuit of ballistic missile delivery systems its support for international terrorism and its other malign behavior worldwide all that iran needs to do is to walk through that open door predictably u.s. attempts to use economic leverage to get into negotiations did not go down well with tehran iran's president on monday lashed out at trump for imposing sanctions on iran's head of state commonly you know i don't mean got. how kind of pious and lose their mind so badly. and do something so outrageous and idiotic

which by sanctioning their leader and a country you know i'm talking one of the latest round of sanctions comes after iran shut down a u.s. drone over the gulf of oman the u.s. also blames terror on 1st string of attacks on all time because in the area iran denies the accusations sanctions were 1st levity in august last year shortly after the u.s. were nabbed on the nuclear deal struck by the obama administration. iran in may announce a partial withdrawal from the deal and said it would grow its stockpile of weapons grade uranium. at a u.n. security council meeting germany spoke for many when it voiced fears that the saber rattling could escalate into war. france germany and the united kingdom are greatly concerned by the increased tensions in the coffins that were further heightening to have to the downing of the u.s. drone by iran on the 20th of june these developments risk miscalculation and

conflict we called for deescalation and iraq with full respect for international routes but with both the u.s. and iran unwilling to back down such calls are likely to go unsaid. let's get you more now with simon maven he's a mideast analyst at lancaster university joins us now from the city of leeds in the u.k. a very good day to you sir at the u.s. here is using the carrot and stick approach with iran ramping up the pressure on the one hand and subsequently dialing a down and striking a more conciliatory tone what's the goal here. i think the goal is to is to curtail iranian influence across the middle east and to make sure that iran cannot achieve an uclear weapons program that's always been president trumps and the goal to ensure that iran is not able to make a nuclear weapon but also increasingly to try and make sure that iran is not able to continue supporting groups like hezbollah the lebanese kautz you've gone and also groups like the who peace was fights in the conflict in yemen so it's 2 fold

but fundamentally it's about curtailing iranian influence either through come bench you know approaches and nuclear weapons or through providing support for malicious but is that working i mean they're digging in there with their backs against the wall are they about to recapitulate. i don't think it is to be honest we know the economic sanctions are biting across iran we know that people are struggling we know that yesterday the u.s. president put sanctions on how many i even though he said in a in a press conference that it got them a khamenei the former supreme leader who's been dead 30 years but the iranian state is not going to go away in the face of a little bit of prussia it will fight back it will push back and it's got a lot of means to do so it's got a long proud reputation not proud reputation is not going to be cattails busy by by trump's antagonistic bombastic policies so it's an incredibly difficult incredibly

tense time right now in the gulf but also beyond in terms of international security and diplomatic overtures from from european states trying desperately to prevent this from escalating on that note russia has just weighed in as well saying the u.s. drone that was shot out of the sky by iran was flying in iranian air space what's the mindset of moscow where do they stand in this conflict but i think moscow has a long long and strong relationship with with many into iran is a complicated relationship but it's one that sent george through through recent events in syria and before that as well so i think iran is russia's natural ally here we know that the russia in the united states of being engaged in a bit of a increasingly fractious rivalry does played out across the middle east and so it's moscow's thinks that this is another opportunity to try and stick it to the united states to try ending increase its own implements its own leverage in the region

through iran but also as a means of tailing u.s. influence analyst simon it may have been from a lank aster university thank you for weighing in. 2 balkan states north macedonian albania are hoping to become the newest members of the european union talks over their possible session do later this year even members had been slated to start a session talks with both countries earlier this year but they chose to postpone the decision until october no official reason was given but members of the french delegation said the e.u. needed to get its own house in order before it accepted any new members all right and with me here in the studio is steve oh append a roski of president of north macedonia and mr president i'd like to extend a very warm welcome thank you for being with us here on news let's get straight to the core of the issue that of e.u. membership what kind of role does your country want to play in the european union

1st of all we would like to be interviewed opinion i was just. so we are a small country with a bit of poor resources and certainly we can of the ones being can you opinion we can all be the key stakeholder that bob would like to go to death process of europeanization and there's the reason why we need the so-called external evaluator from brussels when to all of these dirty 5 chapters in order to better the lives of all us citizens and to have most institutions than we have at the moment but there's been a stumbling block to say the least of course some e.u. member states and most notably france germany and the netherlands have said back off a little bit because we need some more time in october we'll let you know how do you expect them to give you the green light or to hold off talks on a session we expect 100 percent that they're going to be given a green light you know why because at the moment there's not any single government of the e.u. member states saying that north muscling it doesn't deserve to start and to open these negotiations box so that's 100 percent sure we've got assurances by our

friends in the lead in germany we have a clear assurances by france and we have korea and so to say by hollande and then not a few of the countries which have some kind of remarks last year when you look union got to that conclusion to have no less than the going to be decided next june of the do you elections are closed so we are quite sure that september. will taken that decision and you immediately after that in brussels all humans days we'll vote for opening the negotiations with us what i'm wondering though is like everything in life timing is everything the country's rich joined the bloc back in 20042007 they are at loggerheads some of them with the european commission to do with rule of law to do with not effectively fighting corruption is that making the challenge for north macedonians so much more difficult you know we would like to be the collateral damages of some eventual pas the best performances being in the european

union if they not performed well the south of those conflicts what we are asking for from. convenient for us judge us on individual merits for d.s. we deliberate lovejoy you have asked for a few of the many preconditions we have video of including the famous and the historic i was impressed by the so please judge us on our individual achievements in the meantime so i can agree that some of the newcomers and european union in the pubs there kate has not performed quite well but that's up to these countries you cannot judge north must vania together with $510.00 other countries including our direct neighbors just judge us as a set on up individual achievements and that's all we are asking for mr president feel that north macedonia is not getting a fair shake by the us is that is the feeling among our people and we think that that should be amended somehow in the months to come because we have been promised the north must and will benny on the last summit in sofia as a clear sentence in the final communique from that summit saying that no less than

you and all men are going to get that from the opening negotiations in june 2000 we are again postponed was good in all of that that that is only a technical postponement but believe me i have difficulties and many other people around need to be acknowledged currently in power in skopje to explain to the come the people that it is really only a technical person on it if you don't get the green wire october what with that mean for your government from. undermining c.d.'s on the money of the trade up in forces or your own files are going to be put in the corner i'm not speaking of old who is going to be the winner of the next parliament elections i'm at the very beginning of my term as the president of the country so i can put aside that political ambitions at least for a while but it's very important for the region as a whole is if you like finally brussels to send a positive signal to the whole division because whenever each country of the west will completely being for so long sidelined by europeans and getting

a positive message that that is a good positive message for the region as a whole so what we're waiting for. give us the chance to prove ourselves through these very long and as thin as possible european ization we are not esque in october for the full fledged membership we asking for the fashion to start that very long process at and that's not so much a thing as from europe it's in conclusion mr president now it just so happens that in october that date coincides with the united kingdom scheduling schedule is to leave the e.u. london has been of course an ally when it comes to a large amount of the european union how much has them leaving the bloc hurt your bid we would like to see you staying huge opinion if you like if you ask me and the people around me and the old people in most of them because we know that it has been one of the most dynamic power behind the little bit behind you option integration but even then leaving i think that we still have enough of you to files

in brussels including the people from the complete political elite in germany is a we still called them them and we know that done a lot for gold the best of both us as i thank you so much for joining us steve president of north macedonia. i like to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. at least one person is dead and dozens more injured after a series of explosions tore through a mission's depot in southern kazakhstan officials have evacuated the nearby town of aris in the country's turkistan region as it stands defense ministry says a fire triggered the blast. malaysia has shut nearly 500 schools and kindergartens in the southern state of jure until thursday after dozens of people were hospitalized with breathing difficulties of a sentencing would suggest that the victims inhaled toxic fumes possibly from industrial waste is the 2nd such incident to hit the country this year would have just. about the 1st crew to last off to the international space station

following the launch accident last year have returned safely to earth on the failed launch in october raised doubts over moscow space program russia is currently the only country to oversee manned launches to the i s s. here in germany people living near the western city of darmstadt to are breathing a sigh of relief after a likely world war 2 bomb exploded in a field no injuries were reported but the blast tore a hole in the earth 10 meters wide and 4 meters deep it's believed the bomb had a chemical based the late timer which finally you will get. and to me in mara now where an internet shutdown has plunged more than a 1000000 people and conflict ridden wreckage state into an information blackout all rights groups are warned that the shutdown ordered by the government could be

a cover for gross human rights violations were already hundreds of thousands have fled the area amid a brutal crackdown by the army and alex forrest what took on friday without warning actually and they told for telecommunications. companies that they had to do this blackout cut the internet across 9 areas in the northwest of the country in iraq and chin states and that was because of more infighting between the military so the army military government military and the insurgents the so-called arab can army and they want political autonomy for iraq keen butis now it's estimated that around $30000.00 people have already been displaced in the past year because of what's been going on and remember this is the same area where only 2 years ago 3 quarters of a 1000000 were hinge a muslims were displaced so we know that this has happened before now the government said yesterday that the internet shut down was all in line with their

own law and they said that services can be suspended when an emergency situation arises and that is how they're describing this violence what has been the reaction to the government's move well those being reaction across the board on this but particularly from the united a united nations where they've sent in their own experts and she has said name is young she said i fear for all civilians there cutoff without the necessary means to communicate with people inside and outside the area and she is concerned that this blackout is basically a cover up for more human rights abuses now only on monday yesterday around 20. 1000 digital groups based in the country said that the government had to get rid of this ban and they also said they had to amend their own telecommunications laws say that it wasn't in line with the u.n. security council resolution that included on interrupted internet access and that

is what they're calling for is the pressure campaign working bearing fruit well it's difficult to set the moment i would say internally no more pressure has to come from outside that we know. oh that man ma has done this kind of thing before they often like to control the flow of communications and probably the only way that they will decide to they've they've reached that target is if the insurgents look like they have been crushed to maybe a point we will see this blackout disappear but at the moment it's still very much in place alex forswearing thank you. and you're watching today when you still to come. a tense and dramatic match at the women's world cup sees the u.s. just squeeze past spain but the reigning champs only look like they can be beaten even after 4 straight wins.

but 1st governments in europe are warning their citizens to take precautions as a record heat wave starts moving across the continent or temperatures are forecast to exceed 40 degrees celsius in several countries including germany france and spain. it's run out of her. way. to push. the agency. to say. wow i think that weather is much harder than what i expect because i thought in europe the weather may be nicer than this is too hot for me to baghdad it's really unpleasant but we're used to it unlike other people so we are not preparing specifically but you have to make sure you stay hydrated. and hot winds from the

sahara a turning up temperatures across europe and france authorities are warning people about the intense heat. you put is all foliage also said. should drink limit physical activity or even keep the body wet or cover them while they protect them from the sun with hats is all sunglasses and long sleeved shirts yes. do not leave them in the car even for a very short time more of which. it's important to remember this. the heat wave in france in 2003 years thought to have killed 15000 people this time the country is better prepared. now the european countries are issuing warnings as well germany is expecting record breaking high on wednesday and children the only ones at risk. one of them for you given party and it's also older people with preexisting health problems with their kidneys health problems with hydration

problems with their hearts you know when there's a heat wave and they don't drink enough they get even bigger problems the more they can also get dizzy and fall into a drink drink drink you can complain. water internally or externally it's the bomb against europe's coming heat. to the women's world cup in france so where the favorite the united states barely made it through the quarterfinals with a somewhat controversial win over spain the u.s. seemed to be cruising to a 4th straight win thanks to an early penalty but mistaken defense led to a spectacular shot by space janie our most so to tie the match later the 2nd half

a questionable penalty against the spanish side was upheld by the video referee and the u.s. took advantage to secure victory 21 with the passport i. yannick states from d w sports is here with me to talk about this yanik a much tougher side and match for the u.s. they breeze through the. group stage but that was no easy game no that was much tougher as you just mentioned they scored 18 unanswered goals in the group stages but against spain they came up against a different base and they provided the u.s. as rivals with a reason for hope they really found some chinks in the yama it was not a confident moments at all defensive errors of course and not a comfortable when too many of their best players were off pace and i think that falls on the coach phil ellis i don't think she provided a viable game plan for the us to win the match will get through spain and she didn't come up with a plan beta and then as we say here i had to rely on

a fairly contentious penalty to get the win and that doesn't really screen world cup champions does it so i think again the coachella she has some some questions to answer she started an unfit player now 6 morgan live in cali lloyd on the bench as well as others as she didn't act reactively to change the match when she could of so now they are up against their next match is up against france team france what do they need to change to really make a chance of winning that game yes a france is a is a different base again to spain they're easily a better team than spain and they will punish the u.s. if they don't shop an op i think that as i mentioned needs to one pick the right personnel but she also needs to be more reactive rather than passive friends will punish us and she will have to make substitutions at the right times when the us needs them but at the end of the day these it is the best team in the world it is and these players are the ones that will blackly change this match i think the they

can almost play the game themselves that are good and we saw some fighting words from megan rapinoe rip a no off the match in his shoes let's have a listen to what she had to say. that's vocal great right there you just you can't replicate it there's no way to express it or teach it down there was a few of us out in the field though kind of like halfway through the 2nd half or like at the level we need to go up a level not only here but just a tempo in and then hear a little bit so that's a good job out there only get harder more intense here are boys playing for their lives so that's the best part about honestly like i love it this is the best day long. so yeah megan rapinoe even though she didn't have the best she still schooled 2 goals and you see the confidence of these players i know they can do better and i think the lift their game against france it's the team to beat all these years now we had to knock out state and knock out matches excuse me yesterday who else went to the choir i guess the other match was sweden against canada. also a very tough team very strong defensively but they also have the attackers to get

the job done and we have some highlights here to show you as well and with the open no was scored with no one of the combination between cause of a slimy and. stina less than yours and here the goal here lovely pass from a slimy through to blacks and heels and a beautiful finish and that's how finished it was one nil the end sweden a well deserved win but i did have a scare late in the 2nd half a penalty awarded for hambone but fortunately the keeper had legal in how managed a fantastic say and that's where sweetness from the defense really pulls you over the top teams problems there coming off against germany next and i think germany will have to be at the top of their game to get through that defense through that defensive through that goalkeeper best wines in the tournament now there are still 2 round of 16 i'm actually what's coming up tonight yes it's not we have it's lee who are a bit of surprise package i took the group which not many people expected them to and they're coming up against china who used to be one of the powerhouses of

women's football and then the other match another interesting match up the netherlands who are looking very strong the defending your opinion champions and count them as one of the favorites for the storm and they're coming up against japan so too pretty and thrilling matches looking forward looking forward to the great want to pull ahead of us amazing amazing great stuff for you and expect from you have use for us greatly appreciate it it's always. and staying with football your gray has time to group c. in the men's copa america after defeating chile one nil both sides created opportunities in the contest but it took until the 82nd minute to break through at assen the company scoring the winner with a expertly placed heather header rather both teams though progress to the quarterfinals your we will face peru chile plays colombia. for the winter olympics is set to return to the italian alps the international olympic committee yesterday voted in favor of the twin venue's of milan and for the

now dump and still to host the games in 2026 will the italian be defeated one from sweden by $47.00 votes to $34.00 and number of other countries had pulled out of the running citing the huge costs of putting on an olympics italy's bid is considered frugal with an operating budget of about one and a half 1000000000 euros. and the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour. there ron has condemned the u.s. over his decision to impose sanctions on its supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and other top officials tehran has said the path to diplomacy is now permanently closed as people of cross europe are bracing for a heat wave with temperatures forecast to go as high as 48 degrees celsius governments are warning people especially the old and young to take precautions to avoid sunstroke. you're watching good news coming up on news asia the hong kong

protests we take a look at the tactics that activists are using to keep people turning out for the demonstrations. that's coming up next and i'll see you again tomorrow.

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