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let me. play. this is d w news live from berlin the u.k. warns tehran of serious consequences after iran seized a british oil tanker and emergency can meet many needs of the london with the government saying the situation must be resolved quickly iran's revolutionary guard says the stand i am sparrow has been taken to a port on its territory also coming up germany commemorates the final and best known attempt to assassinate adult hitler we'll have a special report on how some of his inner circle conspired to kill him 75 years ago
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today and lost their own lives as a result. and algeria triumphs of the africa cup of nations after a one nil victory over senegal to you bill and supporters around the world go out on the streets in celebration. i marionette and state it's good to have you with us. germany and france are calling on iran to immediately release of british oil tanker it seized on friday berlin is calling the capture of the sena imperio quote a dangerous further aggravation of an already tense situation iran says its troops boarded the ship after it collided with a fishing boat it's the latest in a series of incidents threatening shipping in the strait of hormuz which is the
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export route for the bulk of oil from the gulf region. the stana imperio seen here before it's captured by iranian naval forces is now a pawn in a game of high stakes. the seizure comes after no rain in old tunker is being held in custody for a further 30 days in gibraltar on suspicion of heading for syria and breach of sanctions. british foreign secretary jeremy hunt said the tit for tots would not spiral out of control. we're not looking at military options we are looking at a diplomatic way to resolve the situation. but we are very clear that it must be resolved freedom of navigation in the gulf is absolutely essential if that freedom of navigation is restricted iran is the biggest loser but navigating the waterway crucial for global oil supply has become
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a risky business just days ago iran sees the united arab emirates oil tanker in the strait of hormuz iran is also blamed by the u.s. for attacks on 6 tankers in and around the strait tehran has resorted to disrupting shipping through the choke point in response to crippling u.s. sanctions. u.s. president donald trump wants to pressure tehran into more concessions over its nuclear program he says his strategy is working around there showing their colors going to work out very nicely arête is in big trouble right now their economy is crashing it's coming to a crash it drives the bring soldiers back home because they can't pay a lot of bad things happening to them and it's very easy to straighten out or it's very easy for us to make it a lot worse but with one 5th of the world's oil exports routed through the strait of hormuz the standoff could also spell trouble for the global economy.
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atlanta but have by is a middle east analyst based in germany and he joins us now for more so it really does appear that iran is provoking the united states and also its allies is there a real danger that the u.s. will retaliate military it militarily and that we're going to see a full fledged war. first of all both the united states and the united kingdom will be aware of iran responding to what is the u.s. maximum pressure what is the deprivation of iranian tankers freedom of navigation through the seizure of the tanker integral ties so this is a response to all of that i don't see the nutria solution around the corner but obviously these incidents or the tit for tat for instance a germ you hung who was alluding to is certainly dangerous and we don't need to be efforts meet to stop this but by trying to open the diplomatic game. well we've
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been saying this is not the 1st time that iran has seized an oil tanker in the strait of hormuz what kind of an impact is this going to have on global oil supplies. i am too ignorant of these of these links that what actually the impact movie immediately but obviously if you consider that freedom of navigation and does such an important route is now disrupted to the to the to the right intention tensions this is certainly creating costs and costs for everyone and i think this is generally iran's message that if you put us as iran under pressure we will not allow others to get away with it and where we will create costs will eat in terms of. lack of security in the strait of hormuz and in that important road but also with regards to the global oil market so i think this is runs calculation here well it's now one of chorus that iran has numerous
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proxies in the region just what else could the government in tehran do to increase pressure on the u.s. and allies do you see other players getting involved. i think you have the whole range of ambiguous all of them do you a situation you have this is the fact that different groups aligned with the states or acting on their own can in fact operate by attacking u.s. military bases by attacking the united arab emirates saudi oil fields we've we've seen that before we we see the reach that iran can have to harm the interests of the u.s. and its allies in the region and i have to say i think we're just at the beginning of it there's obviously much more that can be done but i think the incidents that we are seeing basically the increase of numbers of these incidents happening is the
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escalation that we can see i don't see a full fledged war coming up and but again there needs to be a diplomatic efforts to try to to avoid that. we thank you very much effort sharing your insights with us. pleasured and now to some of the other stories making news around the world saudi arabia's king solomon has approved hosting u.s. forces in his country that's according to reports by saudi state media the u.s. defense department confirmed the move as well saying it would deploy troops there as a deterrent against unnamed threats. benjamin netanyahu today becomes israel's longest serving prime minister he spent over 13 years in office but now he faces fresh elections and he's under threat of possible corruption charges netanyahu is record surpasses that of israel's founding leader david ben-gurion. in puerto rico
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thousands of demonstrators turned out friday to demand the resignation of the country's governor ricardo seo the pressure on row seo has been mounting after several high ranking government officials were arrested on corruption charges so far the governor has refused to stand down. 50 pilot whales have been discovered dead on a beach in a remote western iceland it's not known what caused the mammals to become stranded local biologists a large groups of the social animals regularly be washed up on land in the area and die by it now seems to be happening more often. now this weekend germany is commemorating the final and best known attempt to assassinate adult hitler in 944 allied troops were advancing through europe but hitler's dictatorship was still firmly in control in berlin even so there were members of his inner circle who realized that the nazi war of aggression was doomed
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and they fear that the end of the nazis would mean the end of germany 75 years ago they conspired to kill hitler but failed. it was the morning of the 20th of july 944 out of hitler entered the wolf's lair headquarters there he met with generals for a strategy briefing colonel klaus shank car fun stuff and berg was also present and in his bag he was carrying an explosive device at 12 42 pm the bomb exploded killing several people but hit the target of the attack was only slightly injured the coup had failed the failed puts against hitler has gone down in history in germany the 20th of july is an important anniversary for german chancellor angela merkel the conspirators remain important role models for the present day of the of the boy today we also have the responsibility to confront attempts to destroy
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democracy including right we need stream ism frenched often berg was executed that very night in the wake of the failed coup the nazis killed some $200.00 coconspirators but their memory lives on today. and you can stay with the w for live coverage of a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the failed assassination attempt on hitler that's coming up in the next hour it's now the supreme court of the netherlands has found the dutch state partially liable for the death of 350 of bosnian muslims in this river and it's a massacre in 1905 the muslims were killed by bosnian serb forces after being expelled from a un safe haven that was being guarded by dutch troops during the bosnian war the murders were part of an organized massacre that left about 8000 muslim men and boys dead. it's the final decision from the netherlands supreme court.
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and for the mothers of srebrenica it's a disappointment. find jenny hard as the dutch defense ministry and the dutch government are responsible for the start of the genocide in srebrenica if it's one percent 10 percent or 100 percent they are responsible it is their cynicism primitivism and their own incapacity that they can only recognize it for 10 percent process responsible that's. why 10 percent according to the court dutch peacekeeping forces should have been aware that the $350.00 men hiding in their compound would be mistreated and even killed but the court also said even if they remained in the compound there was only a 10 percent chance that they would have survived. in 1905 thousands of muslims were fleeing serb forces they headed to muslim majority strip in it's in bosnia where dutch un peacekeepers were stationed the court's decision is specifically
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about the $350.00 men who are hiding inside the dutch peacekeepers compound. the dutch battalion known as dutch but deprive these men refugee to the chance of staying out of the hands of the bosnian serbs. if you think the verdict is fair if people make mistakes and made a mistake. so be it that's fine i mean i'm human i can make mistakes so. to. say that you made a mistake but it's like 10 percent. that's not fair whatever the percentage for the mothers of serpent in the netherlands remains responsible. for it's news now and algeria one of the africa cup of nations on friday after a one mil victory against senegal in the final in cairo with their heroes crowned
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champions of africa algerians who are at the game in egypt as well as those who are launching from a far celebrated late into the night. the final resul signaled the start of the party thousands of fans in cairo spilled out of the stadium and into the streets to celebrate their stars. thanks to our players they won the african cup thanks to the algerian people for coming here to support them and we thank god we won why. did you know the scene was a similar one back in algiers there was ecstasy in the air as supporters so i'll jewry a crowned champions of africa for the 2nd time diaspora algerians also made themselves heard supporters in paris came out in droves to enjoy a moment of pride for the local algerian community. also bundle it doesn't
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matter if we are in france or in algeria tonight we're all proud. down in last say things were similar. eyes to in leone. our geria are the kings of one continent but their victory was a global affair. let's get you a quick reminder now of our top story. germany and france are calling on the ron to immediately release a british oil tanker it seems on friday berlin called the capture of the stand up aerial and approbation of an already dangerous situation the bronx revolutionary guard says the ship has been taken to a port on its territory. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our apps from google play or from the app store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push
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