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this is deja vu news the live from berlin germany commemorates the plot to kill adolf hitler chancellor angela merkel leads tributes to the conspirators who tried to assassinate the nazi dictator and overthrow his government 75 years ago today. and germany and france demand iran release a captured british oil tanker immediately berlin says the seizure of this stand at imperio cues a dangerous escalation in the persian gulf region. i'm
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michael okwu thanks for joining us 75 years to the days since the most famous plot to kill adolf hitler germany has been paying tribute to the conspirators who were executed for their resistance a ceremony was held in berlin were chancellor angela merkel praised the small group led by klaus von stauffenberg were tempted to kill hitler with the bomb she was also she also recalled others who had resisted the nazi regime including students academics. merkel called on people to honor their memory by showing moral courage in the face of racism and hatred among the memorial took place in the courtyard of the federal ministry of defense the same location where the main conspirators were executed on this day in 1904 the men had taken part in operation valley a daring attempt that came very close to killing hitler and changing history. it
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was the morning of the 20th of july 944 ad of hitler entered the wolf's lair headquarters there he met with generals for a strategy briefing colonel klaus shank calf on staff and berg was also present and in his bank he was carrying an explosive device at 12 42 pm the bomb exploded killing several people but hitler 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 democracy including right wing extremism frenched often berg was executed that very night in the wake of the failed coup the nazis killed some $200.00
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coconspirators but their memory lives on today. i'm now joined by d.w. correspondent peter graven who has been following the ceremony for us peter how did the dignitaries today honor those who try to sesame oil filler i think the the common factor was that they all emphasized how important it is in politics in history on the streets of berlin if you so will to be true to your own conscience it was very clear today that the very few of the individuals who were involved in this substantial plot played by transformed from burke to assassinate hitler were perfect individuals were perfect democrats many of them it succumbs to hit many of the mid forty's wars and many of them it had welcomed his triumphs and many of them would say they waited far too long before they staged the attempt in 144 and it was life but they were all true to their countries of when it finally came to it they paid the highest price in her speech today chancellor merkel repeatedly touched on the need to try to keep the memories of those anti hitler conspirators alive and
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the obligation that people have to them today let's let's have a listen. let's just live up to this obligation of otherness no one and i'm. just come m.r.i. all the resistance fighters and come in right now i'm also why i was so i mean strongly and i find peace with way of living together let us honor them by showing moral comedy much because yet the but by and by defending the values that are common to us all instead i'm going to start looking away and being silent. peter what you make of those words i hone in on the words for moral courage because i think what she's talking about there specifically is having the courage to defend people who come under racist pressure cover come under. similar pressure on the streets here of berlin for example in german life and she specifically talking about someone called valid to look correct there who were you with as we know was
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a couple of several weeks ago was effectively assassinated in his garden by a far right gunman and basically what i'm really saying here is that we should all each and every one of us have the civil coverage to defend our politicians and our representatives who we have chosen to do politics for us you know and then she went on to get even more specific making a connection today is european union again let's have another lesson. we europeans . other let them and i and i ought to both of them even today we need to defend the future of the european union leisurely begins nationalist and populist we need to do so more than ever and this actually applies to be only europe and we need to act multilaterally not even internationally globally not national. for haps a message to people far beyond the gathering today it's that medical mantra isn't it you need multilateral or not unilateral that's what she's saying here and she's
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returning to a very familiar message i mean i interpret that as a little bit of not really belonging to today's event and my sense is that she's got her mojo back she had a couple of she was in a phase where she seemed like a lame duck she had a couple of sets setbacks you have health worries but she's had one or 2 good weeks recently and that for me was a statement i'm ready to battle again for a values based europe it's your signature yeah exactly that you created thanks so much you. germany and france are calling on iran to immediately release a british oil tanker it seized on friday earlene is calling the capture of the stand imperio quote a dangerous further aggravation of an already tense situation around 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 it's the export route for the bulk of the oil from the gulf region. the steno imperio seen here before it's captured by iranian naval forces is now a pawn in
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a game of high stakes. the seizure comes after no rain in old tanker is being held in custody for a further 30 days in gibraltar on suspicion of heading for syria in breach of sanctions. british foreign secretary jeremy hunt said the tit for tat would not spiral out of control. we're not looking at military options we're looking at a diplomatic way to resolve the situation. but we are very clear that it must be result 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 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.
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for attacks on 6 time kurds 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 iran there showing their colors going to work out very nicely iran is in big trouble right now their economy is crashing it's coming to a crash it trying to 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. for some analysis let's bring in simon maven a middle east analyst based in the u.k. simon iran's actions will no doubt be seen as provoking the u.s.
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and its allies is your real danger that the u.s. or others will retaliate thereby prompting a major escalation of some kind i think that's certainly a concern that amidst all of these growing tensions that some point that will be a retaliation and that retaliation will kick this crisis on to the next level but what we've seen so far is from the from the united states and u.k. calls for a responsible. way of addressing this crisis and i guess that's the big concern that the stakes are so high right now that the seizure of my all time when crude folks people in washington and london going to take some kind of military action and that would be the real catalyst for things to get incredibly worse and go. well you know as well as i do this isn't the 1st time that iran has seized an oil tanker in the strait of hormuz what kind of impact with these repeated seizures have on global oil supplies. well i think there's
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a political dimension to it and this is just mentioned the political dimension concerns this growing pressure that is rising in the gulf that iran and iran is facing a range of different economic and political preciously united states on all of us and thus your package demonstrated as having a real sizable impact on the iranian economy and the iranian state affecting millions of people and that means that iran is having to respond in different ways internationally to try and reassert itself on the world stage and remind people that it still has a role to play in this game now that will have serious not one implications for the global economy for global oil supplies we know that the world's oil goes through the straits of hormuz on a daily basis so this is going to cause a great deal of concern a potentially great deal of disruption of talk because we're going to be targets it could quite easily push up oil prices which will have
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a potentially incredibly serious response and impact on the world economy. no less because iran has a lot of proxies in the region as you well know what else could tehran do to increase the pressure on the u.s. and its allies. well i think what we're seeing is presents a relatively restrained response as essentially a tit for tat response to british and american actions we've seen the tankers being seized we're not necessarily see in iran mobilizing its proxies across the region the likes of his a lot or perhaps the who can in yemen now that would be the next big stage if iran wants it's a really righteous oppression to some really cold concern amongst not only western powers but also powers in the region like saudi arabia and israel that would be a serious escalation if it said to its proxies we want you to to ratchet up tensions now finally i'm afraid i have to stop you here where we're out of time at
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this point have to stop you there but thank you so much for that simon maven thank you. tens of thousands are marching on the streets of london in one of the biggest pro e.u. rallies the country has ever seen the march for change is calling for the u.k. to reverse grex it in remain a member of the european union it comes days before a new prime minister is due to be sworn in on wednesday the front runner boris johnson has said britain will leave the e.u. as planned on october 31 deal or no deal. algeria won the africa cup of nations on friday night after $10.00 victory against senegal in the final in cairo with their heroes crowned champions of africa algerians who were at the game in egypt as well as those who were watching from the far celebrated late into the night. the final whistle signaled the start of the potty thousands of fans in cairo spilled out of the stadium and into the streets to
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celebrate their stuff was. nice 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 100 did you know the scene was a similar one back in algeria's there was ecstasy in the air as supports a sore algeria 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. and also bundle it doesn't matter if we are in france or in algeria tonight we're all proud. down in masai things were similar. eyes too in leone. our geria are the kings of one continent but their victory was
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a global affair. just before we go a look at some of the other stories making news around the world saudi arabia's king solomon has approved hosting u.s. forces in the 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 is under threat of possible corruption charges netanyahu his record surpasses that of israel's founding leader david ben-gurion. in persia rico thousands of demonstrators turned out on friday demanding the resignation of the country's government ricardo the pressure on resale has been mounting after several high ranking government officials were arrested on corruption charges so far the governor has refused to stand down. that's your news bulletin up next reporter
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