this is d.w. news live from berlin tonight to shoot down in the gulf that's what britain says it was iran says that's what it wasn't for it says a royal navy frigates has driven off iranian boats trying to intercept a british oil tanker iran denies that there was any confrontation also coming up tonight a powerful storm devastates greece's northern coastal areas leaving the southern people dead and dozens injured and the rumors about german chancellor angela merkel's health are swirling after another spell of shaking but many germans say

they don't want the media speculating about the health of their chance. it's good to have you with us we have some breaking news coming in right now in sudan's ruling military council says that it has just for oil and an attempted coup attempt general announced the attempt on state television just moments ago sudan's state t.v. reporting at least 12 officers in full were soldiers have been arrested the general did not say when the attempt was made but it cues members of the national intelligence and security services of taking part in this is a dramatic change turn of events into. sudan just last week sudan's military

council and a probe democracy coalition agreed to share power until elections can be held that shared power agreement is supposed to be in effect for 3 years we'll get more information about this attempted coup in sudan as details become available let's get back now to our other top story britain says that 3 iranian boats attempted to intercept a british oil tanker near the persian gulf but it says they were driven off by a royal navy frigate iran has denied that its vessels trying to stop the tanker in the strait of hormuz it says it's boats were simply carrying out routine duties. the strait of hormuz one of the world's busiest shipping lanes through which a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil passes iran's navy is an active presence here. the narrowest point in the strait is only 40 kilometers wide the british ministry

of defense said the incident took place near the island of abu mussab it says this for get turned away raining speedboats stuff are threatening the british oil tanker the u.k. foreign minister has responded by calling for calm obviously very concerning developments but also very proud of the royal navy and the role that they played in keeping british assets british shipping safe we'll continue to monitor the situation very very carefully the fear is that this latest incident will escalate becomes days after british authorities seized an iranian tanker off her claiming it was violating sanctions by delivering oil to syria. earlier this week iran also started enriching uranium beyond the limits set down the 2050 nuclear deal it signed with international powers iran says the confrontation never happened its foreign minister mohammed serif has called the british accusations worthless iran's farce news agency quote sorry for saying they are seeking to cover up their

weaknesses with such claims as tensions in the gulf simmer diplomats are scrambling to keep the nuclear deal from on ruffling completely. i join me now here at the big table as marcus commies from the german history toot for international and security figures it's good to see you again marcos let's talk to you we've been observing growing tensions here in the gulf for weeks now it is the situation between iran and iran were iran in the u.k. is that what's escalating or is it iran in the west that we're seeing escalate now i would see the west around some major player is escalating already and we see a continuous escalation for the last couple of weeks it's a strategy of as a magic wall for the suit of iranians on the threshold of the united below t. they deny it to be involved another time. to play the ball 2 weeks ago

so all of the intend to spread instability and insecurity here and try to target u.s. interests or western interests and yet they claim that the reports by the royal navy or an example of fake news for example we heard today from the foreign secretary in the u.k. mr hunt calling for diem escalation but the u.k.'s potential new prime minister boris johnson i'm sure you've heard of him he chose a slightly more aggressive stand today take a listen well i think it's very important that all vessels u.k. flagged or otherwise are able to use international waters in the in the persian gulf. with the with perfect security and of course. right to be elected i would be taking immediate advice about what extra steps we might need to protect u.k. vessels the extra steps so what is he trying to signal here are we looking at

britain's next prime minister saying he's ready to escalate the situation with iran dumping thought he might be considering measures like protecting by international falls of tank of and best hopes and john. role in the persian gulf as with hundreds of the us war exactly as we have seen in the 970980 s. during the iraq iran war which was pretty effective it cost a lot of money it costs them own effort however it was. very effective tool to protect international malta ways but it would go run counter to the us interests in the persian persian gulf because you the current president has rung and complain. arguing that he would withdraw all of this right the united states in the teeth in military terms from the arab persian gulf when you look at the u.k. it is it seems to be stuck in a very uncomfortable position you know it's got the tensions right now over these

tankers with iran at the same time it's a member of one of the signatories to the nuclear deal with iran is trying to save that deal with iran how much longer do you think london can afford to play both sides i don't think that it can afford any longer to play both sides that's mean we have seen iran sending signals to the west and maybe the in the nothing from the united kingdom to run around and trying to put pressure on the remaining signatories in particular who through my remaining european signatories throw u.k. friends and i mean now it runs exactly the opposite interesting thing is if it works but to be honest and i really hate to say he'd think the smallest it. was kind of as always we appreciate you coming in to give us your thoughts thank you but thank you. in greece at least 7 people have died after a powerful storm battered the north of the country it brought down trees and power

lines and it followed days of intense heat in the country with temperatures soaring to 37 degrees celsius. catastrophe the greats gave us the word that describes best what befell they country last night. it was a terrifying evening as a huge storm front swept through with winds churning and over 100 kilometers per hour and how you'll pounding eastern parts of the country east by ended in cost line. but nope it but maybe the if you're not even cannon is make that much noise. with i didn't have clothes on but then i came out to get the kids and then does the rain fell it was like rocks were hitting my back on them but. the morning after that night. this holiday

resort. is in ruins. to remind me and tourist died he lost not in a beachside which was torn to pieces. dina is still on the title a reminder how sudden this onslaught was. 40 years unless everyone inside was screaming it was chaos a friend of my brother was winded from head to toe because the bar fell on him those glass flying through the air from the windows somebody is. at 1000 kilometers away this time on italy's ace coast super cells from the same intense front pool through to nearly 20 people were injured as the sea surged into pescado home to one of the biggest ports on the i dread ticks a. beautiful italy is now battered italy as emergency services clean up after the summit deluge. for here's some of the other stories now that are

making headlines around the world the u.s. coastal city of new orleans has been inundated with rain and floods as a tropical storm churns in the gulf of mexico the storm is expected to make landfall within 48 hours and forecasters are warning that it could easily strengthen into a hurricane 2 car bombs exploded thursday in benghazi killing 4 people and wounding 33 others the blast happened as several libyan national army officers gathered for the funeral of a high ranking general libya has 2 competing governments and the struggle for control has escalated into more violence in recent months in bosnia and herzegovina thousands have marked the anniversary of the massacre in july of 1995 bosnian serb troops murdered more than 8000 bosnian muslim men and boys international courts have branded the massacre a genocide it was the worst mass killing in europe since the 2nd world war.

well all eyes are on german chancellor angela merkel after she was seen as standing and shaking 3 times within the last month or today merkel attended an official event but chose to sit and not stand and that is fueling more speculation about her health now it is only natural to be concerned but attempts to diagnose the chancellor's condition from the far have angered many here in germany. it's a none too subtle break from diplomatic protocol when the danish prime minister visited butlins seating was arranged to avoid scenes like these mikel shaking uncontrollably cheering the national anthems standing next to the finnish prime minister the chancellor played down the incident. make it that i'm fine you don't have to worry about me and it's all. medicals repeated jitters have made the

headlines but many germans believe that the issue should not be a matter of public debate. isn't tied with there's no doubt she's ill but this is a private matter and i'm not really concerned by it because it's none of my business. unit and i think that is crossing a line this is really a personal issue is their mission but i kind of i can only wish her a speedy recovery that's all there is to say fingers crossed in germany privacy is finally it's highly and many reject sensation this coverage of the chancellor's health gold all the other 2 to me tends to be if you do your job well we don't necessarily need to know how you're doing in private the germans tend to be more respectful of the privacy of public figures. medicals relentless schedule will ample opportunity to prove whether she's still fit for the job as long as she continues to perform many will feel that health should remain

a private matter. sports news now tennis and wimbledon in the men's tournament a new chapter in one of sport's biggest rivalries will play out on friday is going to be a big roger federer and rough in adult will meet in the semifinal it's the 1st time that the 2 most successful male players of all time have met at wilton since 2008 and with both players now well into their 30 years this could be one of their last grand slam encounters. rafa nadal is match up with his great rival will be the 4th time he has met the stress master at wimbledon. this recent loss to nadal on perrie's in clay last month but grass is of course a different matter this response that has won wimbledon 8 times he also holds a slight $21.00 edge over an adult on grass surface says. the mutual respect is

built on more than a decade of direct competition federer has 2 more grand slam titles than the spaniard but nadal has a significantly better head to head record the left hander with a 9 match lead when using the last 10 meetings as a guide the scale is even. give me the sports greatest ever rivalry episode 40 of roger versus rafael off as a pace and the wimbledon final and. the fact that federer is now 37 years only means this clash is one to relish. grass or clay it will make some bodies day you're watching the w.'s still to come french lawmakers pass a digital services tax that washington says unfairly targets american tech giants could the us be getting ready for another trade war or a war this time with france. my colleague from v.w.

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