street. this is to dublin years live from berlin a showdown in the gulf britain says a royal navy frigate has pivot off iranian boats trying to intercept a british oil tanker iran denies there was any confrontation also on the program man at the center of a euthanasia battle in france has passed away vigils have been held for months on the bad lieutenant in a vegetative state since a car crash 10 years ago his plight divided his family and the country. a finance prime minister says he has listens to young people like he's taking boxer now

fridays for future demonstrations across europe as he assumes the e.u. presidency on t.v. in the us says solving climate change should be europe's next heroic act. to dream the lives of madagascar in football fever for years national team to pass for the quarterfinals of the topic and cup of nations. i'm still going to welcome to the program britain says 3 iranian boats attempted to intercept a british oil tanker near the persian gulf but driven off by a royal navy frigate iran has denied its vessels tried to stop the tanker in the strait of hormuz saying it's boats were just carrying out routine duties. the strait of hormuz one of the world's busiest shipping routes through which

a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil must pass iran's navy is an active presence. the strait is only about 40 kilometers wide at its narrowest point iran has long used its coastline to project an implicit threat to the world's oil supplies in this latest incident britain says that this french it turned away iranian speedboats that threatened its oil tanker. ron has blamed tensions on the gulf and britain was just days ago seized an iranian oil tanker in gibraltar claiming it was violating sanctions by delivering oil to syria. begin the incarnation will he say to the british that your action is preposterous wrong and it's a mistake. and we will harm you as you get in on the s.c. we should all try to make shipping secure at the international level.

tell britain you are an initiator of insecurity and you will understand the repercussions later because now you have become desperate and when your tanker wants to move around in our region it has to be escorted by your destroyers because you are afraid don't you i am a bush in britain called for calm a government spokesperson said we are concerned by this action and continue to urge the iranian authorities to deescalate the situation in the region. escalation is the great fear the latest incident comes as iran has started enriching uranium beyond the terms of the 2050 nuclear deal it's signed with international powers diplomats are scrambling to keep that deal from unraveling completely while the tension in the gulf simmers. straight to the u.k. capital then data to correspondent lot of pots is in london welcome charlotta what

is the british government saying. well of course phil we are talking about one of the most vital shipping channels in the world and this comes amid tensions between the west and iran so there is it is a matter of concern here the u.k. government has been saying that they are concerned that they are calling on iran to deescalate the tensions in the region and let me tell you just how tense this situation was so a british commercial ship was off the coast sailing off the coast of iran and this was the british heritage it was accompanied by a ship from the royal navy because of the ongoing tensions and so apparently 3 vessels 3 iranian vessels approached the british british commercial ship trying to make it change course now according to the u.s. government officials they had

a surveillance aircraft in the region and took footage of the incident according to u.s. officials the royal navy ship into fiat's pulled out guns pointed them at the iranian at the 3 iranian vessels and asked them virtually to turn away and this is what happened in the end the iranian vessels turned away but of course a matter of great concern here in the u.k. one u.s. official calling this arrest a man by the iranians so people see in today's incident as retaliation for britain seen as your last. well these 2 incidents believed to be linked last week about a week ago a british the british royal marines seized a an iranian vessel just of the coast of gibraltar this. territory and this according to u.k.

officials this iranian vessel was carrying oil to syria which is forbidden under e.u. rules because the e.u. has sanctions on the assad regime so that iranian vessel was seized responding in return that this was an act of piracy that actually a price would be paid so we can believe that this was an act of revenge or retaliation against the u.k. what we've seen there happening in the morning the u.k. seems to be very strong position trying to save iran nuclear agreement after the u.s. withdrew while at the same time. at the same time using the high seas and deploying. absolutely so diplomatic relations between iran and the u.k. used to be good when the moderates iranian president hassan rouhani took power 1st

david cameron and him got along then theresa may took power here in the u.k. and she actually accused the iranians she took a hostile stands accused the iranian regime flaring up tensions being aggressive in the region in regards to syria iraq and lebanon and the iranians did not react well to that so but still the u.k. is committed to this iranian nuclear deal they free pizza that's when the news broke of that iran is actually enriching or you raney i'm beyond the limit of this nuclear deal they remain committed at this point they are they for iran to stop enriching uranium beyond the limit and this is where we're at right now if this incident will in the end change that this commitment we will just have to see ok shot a pulse in london thank you we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the ukraine has installed

a giant metal cover over the destroyed nuclear reactor noble structure is meant to contain video active dust from the reactors explosion in 1986 was the world's worst nuclear disaster. 6 tourists are dead after a powerful storm hit the north of greece scores of people have been injured after a violent storm and how could trace a power pylons amongst the dead are a couple who were killed when this when strong winds flipped them bow tie. the u.s. has launched an investigation into france's planned attacks on technology firms the white house says it would unfairly hit american companies and could prompt washington to impose new tabs on french exports the government in paris as the tax on 30 large firms would raise up to half a 1000000000 euros a year. french quadriplegic man at the center of a whether he should be allowed to die house passed away in hospital doctors remove a salaam band life support more than

a week ago against his parents' wishes and following a legal battle that divided his family on the country mr mr lambaste spent more than 10 years in a vegetative state following a car crash a prayer vigil has been held for him in paris. let's get more on this from day to religious fest correspondent martin that got welcome why did this story attract so much attention well i mean friends of euthanasia is continuing life support it's legal so this is not something that this was not a battle that was had in the middle of sort of hard discussion about the politics of euthanasia this was more let's settle what did happen was that the family was very divided. have ahead of the parents of the amount of very very religious got the legs were actually try to find different instances of appeal to stop the process of discounting life support that had originally been attempted in

2011 so i mean this has been going on for a very very long time and finally the french courts have decided that it's a matter of fact life support can be discontinued and obviously this has not actually settled the sights of the debate but it has had a clearly settled that result and the catholic church did become involved the catholic church became involved essentially in the way that that catholic church can be involved in a battle that essentially a legal battle they gave so. forward to the side of the family that opposed to the nature of those was 2 of the siblings of mr and birds and the parents and of course they put pressure sort of in terms of public the public debate you know position to euthanasia but this was something that was upheld in several instances by the french courts ok so that about the point that you touched on your 1st sounds then so as far as a little concerned in front of euthanasia is illegal but passive use of euthanasia as you describe it right so assisted suicide aside is legal in very few cases in

europe i mean germany actually being one of them and since very recently but both euthanasia that these that these continuing off life support is something that it's virtually in all of europe would i think 3 cases very ambiguous loss you need to leave maybe in portugal and spain if i'm not mistaken by and large of euthanasia it's actually legal and one has the right to demand sation of life support the issue is that even that has to actually go through a process of legal supervision so courts are very often involved when there is a dispute if nobody's it's usually the hospital medical professionals with the family that make this asian in this case the family those who are both decision made by the hospital could actually go to court and try to review the case and that's exactly what they did. religious affairs correspondent thank you you're welcome. to brazil where the lower house of congress has approved the president jab balls on his landmark over hold of the pension system he wants to reform to

help him plug a big budget deficit the bill far more support from the chamber of deputies than expected. anticipation on the floor of brazil's parliament as the votes are counted. the yes votes in green showed victory for the government. many see that as a victory for brazil and for the poor. to yash raj therefore who wish these reforms are aimed at reducing inequality. here to suitable dutch. years i'm sure that is the goal of all parliamentarians here occupiers those who voted for and also against the bill. protesters against the bill like here in sao paolo who are not convinced yet that the form of this reform hurts poor brazilians enormously it's

a time bomb but we're not going to see it immediately. this reform is not going to create employment it's not going to create anything it's not going to give a cent more for the workers absolutely nothing about the it up so that it's not like that then a few years we will see misery on the rise and people who will not be able to retire suppose it that. this man protest to see is the devil. they say the president will work them to death to turn around the economy was the god. they say the money of the little old poor people when the minimum salary that is bringing down the pension system it's not that's why we're here. they may be back the bill has a long march into law and it needs a 2nd fight in parliament and then 2 more in the senate. this is data news life and balance still to come that sports dream lives on madagascar and

football fever as a national team for a pass for the quarter finals of the african cup of nations. well joining the fun. so the european union is to put climate change at the top of its agenda for the next 6 months finland has just assumed the block 6 month rotating presidency the finnish prime minister believes the e.u. should provide global leadership on the issue until then says it's important to take the demands of europe's young people seriously. 16 year old spent many fridays travelling 2 hours each way to protest at the finnish parliament holding signs pleading for climate action the climate itself wasn't too cooperative as he stood there through the winter it's really horrible in front of the it's always been the end it will be raining so snow or snow or ice and most of the politicians just go by and don't even look at us. or say hello

and some even come to us but says it was all worth it as prime minister until recently has declared solving the climate crisis should be europe's next heroic act at the very least it's the top priority for the finnish e.u. presidency has credited the youth climate strikers for inspiration got to thank him in person and vice versa i really. have a listen to their young people have listened and i need to listen more yeah. for backup appointed green politician pick the harvester as foreign minister to press the message in the foreign policy arena already overflowing with wars nuclear threats and humanitarian disasters harvester knows it will be difficult this pipe. and its a climate and. the silence around the table you can hear the silence

in the way that it's so surprising but harvesters says it's the activists to whom he feels responsible they are pushing the excellent thing. but i think it's good we need the civil society as opposed to politicians helsinki is determined not to be a hypocrite it's maximizing sustainability minimizing everything else meetings will all be held in the capital there will be no bottled water mostly plant based meals . us and e.u. bureaucrats traveling to finish meetings will receive a unique gift half a 1000000 euros worth of air emission offsets spent on projects in developing countries and yet lycee head of the presidency secretariat says the finnish way is not to lecture but to lead by example we want to be practical and what we promise we want to keep. says whatever finland achieves is great but

it's so much more is needed he'll be protesting outside the e.u. meetings rain or shine or sleet or snow. we'll take a closer look at this with a touch oh he's a climate expert on this for the rosa luxemburg foundation a think tank close to germany's left welcome to dave w. thank you do you expect to finish e.u. presidency to make any difference to told a policy i expect the films you presents yesterday that same that the e.u. has done for the last 3040 years which is to do nothing at all to protect the climate now of course they'll be conversations about targets say maybe climate neutrality by 2050 but as a kind of person said targets in themselves don't reduce emissions you know what reduces emissions is digging up less coal producing fewer cars not expanding fossil gas infrastructure was one of the big projects of any of the current e.u. so in essence i don't expect much to happen because nothing has happened over the

last that he is and is that because they do believe that this is because there is no waiting lists on behalf on the part of the institution not because there's a fundamental misunderstanding of how climate change is produced the european union seems to believe that you can create something like an emissions trading market that would fundamentally reduce emissions the thing is we produce climate change again by producing cars. with our industrial agriculture by digging up coal with our economic model that goes for infinite growth on a finite planet that's how we produce climate change to create an essentially irrelevant policy field climate policy and hope that it reduces a problem that is generated by society as a whole is just unrealistic so the problem as a let me let me tell you what i think you think of and you can tell we were wrong to vote as you say is that we're essentially where david with politicians because it's a hard sell for a politician to say to its electorate we're going to close down the pits in your

community we're going to close down the car factories we're going to make people unemployment but your grandchildren and the planet will thank you for it well 2 things i hope we all understand that we already live in a climate change world i mean this year in northern germany forest fires erupted in late april now that is not something that should happen so reducing emissions is not something that just benefits future generations it benefits the world now so that's very important to remember that climate change isn't about the future it's about now secondly i'd say we're talking about what we are is a growth society we are a society that has say the only way our lives are going to improve is if we produce more and more stuff and then maybe share around a bit more fanny that's what has to change we need to get away from a system that prioritizes infinite growth on a finite planet except that goes back to the point i just made which i mean you've really addressed yet the vat that you go for growth by producing things and by producing things we're producing all the nasty things that you don't like so how

does a politician sell unemployment now against climate change in the future. we could for example talk about a guaranteed basic minimum minimum income which is something that would allow people in coal regions to adjust for the transition much more easily we should talk about distributing labor time differently so that maybe we all work 20 hours a week not 40 as we do have to ask ourselves some pretty fundamental questions about how we exist on this planet if we want to stop the climate crisis and i don't believe it's just the fault of politicians it is the fact that we live in an economic system that needs to grow all the time even if we decided against it we still have to grow ok so it's so so it's not the politicians it's us it's our fault and yes it is but i get that's the big sell to say to someone yeah you know in 50 years time so that your grandchildren can have upon it you need to work less you need to go and you need to just do that say read that it's a big sell but i spoke to a friend of mine from the philippines recently and we all understand i hope that

the way the global north has been living its life for the last several 100 years is destroying the livelihoods of other people elsewhere the people who suffer most from climate change are those who have contributed least to it and vice versa so folks in the philippines will say that may be a big sell but when you're worried about rising electricity prices we have rising sea levels if you're worried about maybe climate policy strengthening the brakes at a party or the f.t. they already have a fascist president in the philippines so really it may be a big sell but how else would you solve a fundamental societal crisis of this of this magnitude and leave that huge question in the it will it for the rosa luxemburg foundation thank you thank you. to madagascar which is in the grip of football fever after the national defeats 3 time champions nigeria to top their group in the africa cup of nations and are face to miss it in the quarter final stage it's a huge deal for the island nation. celebration as if they

were already well champions so it will fans on the streets of the capital singing for their national team. not against have won 3 matches in a row and now they're just 2 wins away from the championship game. it's one of the all time fairytale stories in africa cup of nations history and the whole nation is behind them. 24 year old to. sue is a huge fan he's been playing football most of his life but suddenly everything feels very different. to be the team's success is so inspiring if they can be this successful it's proof that everyone can achieve their dreams. lots of children have now started playing football on the street it's fantastic every time madagascar when it makes me want to play more. i just want to play every day every day.

madagascar doesn't even have a professional league but football helps people forget the challenges of everyday life about 3 quarters of the population live under the poverty line here but the national football team's success is giving them a sense of hope babies are born during the africa cup of being named the team's nickname the official football jerseys are almost all sold out and the market traders are enjoying the profits yes we are really selling a lot of jerseys probably about 1200 every day. even foreigners want them go but i am. to the r.s. on remanent sue is certain madagascar will win the africa cup but even if they don't the burra success has made a big impact on malagasy society. from the people their success has really brought people closer together foreigners and malagasy are mingling more because we all watch the games together. it's

a chance for the whole world to get to know madagascar's. this is about more than just sports team success the madagascar there is hope this will make the world sit up and take notice of what the country is all about. meanwhile the u.s. that women's football team enjoyed in new york took a tape parade as the country celebrated their 4th world cup victory after beating the netherlands the team was praised for pushing themselves on the field and raising the issue of equal pay in sport. a heroine's welcome for the champions of the world fresh after their historic title defense in a moment that was always going to be about more than just football. as evidenced by trump 2020 flags hanging above the crowd the larger part of which was here to dote on their darling megan rapinoe who had tussled with the president in recent weeks. it's our responsibility to make this world

a better place i think this team does. an incredible job of taking that on our shoulders and understanding the position that we have in the platform that we have in this world yes we play sports yes we play soccer yes or a few male athletes over so much more than. statements like that one of a large part of the reason that rypien 0 has become such an icon for her adoring fans. i mean honestly i could bring my dinner being out after she came out and she was told that she made a statement not just with her words were with her son just really just find out that she was a great representative of our. refusal to meet president trump and the teams on going fight for parity of prize money with the american men have won her and her teammates plenty of admirers many hope that this team can provide an inspiration

for the next generation we are so proud of this u.s. women's team they're so outspoken and they're so brave they're also just on believable soccer players and experiencing it with my girls is really wonderful wearing the world champions crown is no novelty for the usa but this time they hope to build a legacy that will outlast their current moment in the sun. let's take a look at our top stories at this hour britain says a volnay frigate has driven off a boat such try to intercept the british in the gulf has denied that any confrontation took place. and the man at the center of a right to die battle in france has died vigils have been have been held for combat has been a vegetative state since a car crash a decade this flight invited his family on finish.

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50 nations 50 story and 15 very personal tips cumberlands very best features. book no planet burma or guru max series every week on d w. gummo has already show the build up of the day and it would not come back to washington every amnesty for the rest. isn't that the eurozone a rule of law he said you're going to give me time resolute let me finish this is a heated discussion though i don't know if this is a deal to those girls give you a chance to answer my calls it a plenty of time what you said i'll interrupt and then i can answer weeks of mass protest in hong kong show no sign of coming to an end but how long will breaking put up with it my guest this week here in the city is running a tall a member of the hong kong government's cup of that.