post. this is d. w. new survivor from berlin tonight who will protect shipping and the goal is us is calling on europe to do its part washington has made a formal request to germany france and britain to help secure the strait of hormuz so far no reply from berlin but some lawmakers say the answer should be no also coming up tonight remembering that little boy who died when he was pushed in front of a passing train in frankfurt germany prosecutors have charged a man and they say that he will be examined for mental health problems and that

a rant and infested mess that's what president truong called the city of baltimore over the weekend not reaching many of his residents now he's doubling down railing against the city calling it corrupt and badly mishandled. fibrin coffee it's good to have you with us who will help patrol the sea still night the united states has formally called on germany france and britain to help provide security for shipping in the strait of hormuz now the street is a strategic route for about 5th a 5th of the world's oil and you see it's a very narrow passage their relations between tehran and the west have deteriorated ever since the u.s. last year pulled out of that landmark deal which was designed to limit iran's nuclear. program

a recent series of tit for tat tanker seizures has only ramped up tensions further and germany's official line remains that it favors a multinational approach to protecting shipping there we have coverage tonight from here in germany and from washington d.c. for more we want to go to our correspondent here in berlin kate brady she's at our parliamentary studio and in washington helena humphries on the story of force to both of you good evening kate let me start with you the u.s. has made a formal request germany has germany offered a reply well so far brown we don't have an official reply but we did hear in an interview earlier today from the vice chancellor here in germany and he was assisted in the cabinet meeting for angela merkel today she's currently on vacation and in an interview with the phunk media group all of shots very much made it clear that the message here from germany is de escalation he said that the goal of all

responsible politicians must be to observe the situation with a sober and careful assy to to not to sleepwalk into an even bigger crisis or the attitude here in germany is very much against any kind of heavy handed over robust gauge men in the gulf in the gulf and at the moment germany is keeping this request at all and yes like that thinks but no things and when it's interesting that we've got the united states calling on europe to help patrol the seas. the u.s. had or has a similar plan involving nato what has come of efforts by washington to form an international coalition to protect shipping in the strait of hormuz. you know very much a century the response from the europeans and the nato allies was not very sympathetic to that demand that demand came from or at least was voiced by the acting u.s.

secretary of defense mark s. but he was speaking at the nato headquarters it was sort of his international debut as pentagon chief there in the europeans essentially said as kate mentions they're going to deescalate tensions negotiate through diplomatic means and then we will talk they even offered to facilitate that deescalation in those diplomatic talks as well so the message i mean if you want to kind of quote winston churchill for example was george o. a not more war because the concern is that this could take over into something even more dangerous than errant move for example from the u.s. president could see both sides engage in a war that neither side nor the world right now can afford you know particularly through his inflammatory rhetoric for example at times the president has said that he would obliterate parts of iran that's a good point to make kate isn't that what berlin is worried about that if it does

say yes to helping control the strait of hormuz then it automatically is forced to take sides if and when there is a war between the u.s. and the wrong. well that certainly is a concern here in berlin and does helena mentioned as well germany is very reluctant to get involved in something which could be determined by the next tweet to come from the u.s. president donald trump and it is also worth pointing out as well that it's very much the viewpoint here in political lynn that they see these escalate this escalation of tensions right now it's seen here at least very much as the result of the decision in washington to pull out of that u.s. pull the u.s. sorry out of that iran's nuclear deal so at the moment germany like the u.k. and france as well which germany's working very closely with the right now it's all about deescalating these tensions and they want to make sure that every avenue is

exhausted and search for any kind of diplomatic means to see if there's some way of resolving these tensions 1st the escalating the situation before any more action is taken so more talk and less of the action which is being suggested by washington and helena we know the trouble ministration talks about maximum pressure maintaining that iran does this force to patrol the hard seas and to protect freedom of navigation does that fit into this policy of maximum pressure. well that's very much the concern of the europeans to engage on that front the optics would be that they are then complicit in a campaign of mick's maximum pressure which they have been so critical of and let's be honest about that camp a it hasn't really achieved what the americans wanted it to anyway in the 1st place namely bringing the iranians back to the negotiation table on the 2015 and u.k. deal quite the office it in fact merely provoking the eye of the arabians for

example we've seen them breach the terms of that deal in the offing of the enrichment of uranium then of course we've seen them engage in tit for tat measures in the downing of drones for example in the seizure of time because in the potion gulf so it certainly hasn't been successful but at the end of the day the europeans also have to consider this that some resolution is also needed because the strait of hormuz is a vital waterway for them as well a 5th of global oil supply coming through there as well as a significant portion of european food supplies while helen humphrey in washington keith brady here in berlin to both of you thank you. and here's a look at some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a 2nd case of ebola has been discovered in goma a city of the democratic republic of congo the city of over 2000000 people is a major transport hub and health officials are worried that

a major epidemic could spread from bayer at least 700 people have died in a year long outbreak in the country brazilian authorities say the death toll has risen to at least $57.00 after a prison riot monday in the north of the country officials said brutal fighting erupted between rival criminal groups at the altar mira prison in the state of power many of the did were decapitated or strangled. police and protesters have clashed again in hong kong the latest in a series of demonstrations by the government's attempt to introduce a controversial extradition walt protesters have been gathering at a police station where $44.00 protesters were charged with why in the earlier today . students in sudan have taken to the streets of the capital khartoum for a 2nd day after 4 high schoolers were shot dead during an opposition protest on monday the country's military government has said that the killings were unacceptable this comes just weeks after the 2 sides agreed to an outline of

a power sharing agreement and it's the latest clash in dubai's royal family the wife of the ruling shaikh has applied for restraining orders in a london court princes high a bit al hussein reportedly fled the emirates earlier this year her husband's lawyers have demanded the return of their children to dubai immediately. well here in germany a memorial service has been held for that young boy who died when he was pushed in front of a passing train at the main station in frankfurt on monday prosecutors have charged the man with murder and they say that he will also be examined by psychiatry this case has shocked people here in. grief and sympathy at frankfurt central rail station. an 8 year old boy died here after he and his mother was

shoved in front of an oncoming train the mother managed to save herself just in time another woman was able to fend off the attacker. this is where the suspect will face the judge on one count of murder and 2 counts of attempted murder. the 40 year old man is himself the father of 3 children in 2006 he left eritrea 1st switzerland where he has an unrestricted residence permit. the german interior minister and heads of security agencies in berlin gave more details they said the man was long seen as an example of successful integration in switzerland nothing is known yet about his motive the is said to have received psychiatric treatment in 2019 and then a few days ago this incident. according to the swiss police through the suspect last raised the alarm on july 25th in switzerland

when he threatened his neighbor with a knife but. he threatened to kill her. and he also strangled her tried to learn he locked her in her apartment and fled from this west saw that as grounds to put out a nationwide arrest warrant for him to face. the suspect traveled from basle to frankfurt. after a series of violent offenses in recent weeks german interior minister horst say whole far wants more surveillance at train stations. is that the call for more police officers still does not mean there will be complete security. we urgently need increased police presence and i've been saying this since i took office the weekend me a pulitzer presents. but 1st people in germany and the mourners here in frankfurt

are waiting for an answer what motivated the perpetrator to commit such a horrific crime. you're watching the news still to come in the dispute over equal pay in u.s. soccer the u.s. soccer federation says the women's national team has been paid more than the men's team in recent years that's right more do that fuzzy math just a month. u.s. president double trump has fired another salvo in his battle against baltimore 1st he caused controversy by calling a black majority district of the city a quote rat and rooted infested mess or now he's followed it up by saying that african-americans are quote happy as hill with his remarks about the district and its congressman here's what the us president said earlier today. does people are living in the hallowed halls the are there largely african american you have

a large african-american population and they really appreciate what i'm doing and they let you know if they really appreciate it people call from baltimore thanking me so much there's all that money that says over 20 years has been stolen and wait by people like i like it. or critics say the president's remarks were a racially charged attack on congressman cummings who has been fiercely critical of the trump administration's treatment of migrants. is all over salad traveled to baltimore so here what citizens have to say about their hometown the city of baltimore faces many problems and one has been there for many years west baltimore which is prone to crime and violence and with the streets are indicate one of the last homicides happened just here a few days ago busy and with more than $300.00 people murdered last year there's no

doubt that baltimore is one of the most violent cities in north america but does this make it a rat and rodent infested mess as president trump says. a series of inflammatory tweets from the wide tells is baltimore slee this problem president trump calling the city of very dangerous and filthy place worst in the us a and says no human being would want to live there president trump statements are wrong. represent a political attack and a lack of understanding regarding the dynamics of baltimore the dynamics of crime a city with a black population of more than 60 percent some feel insulted by the president's rhetoric but others say there is some truth to what he says he's right about some part as well like others like if you haven't been here you can't really say anything about it especially if you're not helping the city he's right about what

he thinks it may be in a way that. he says that i get is i think people who are insulted are absolutely justified in being insulted because he has no idea what he's talking about but that's the case of everything what does it mean what with his attack president trump is taking on some of his most vocal critics congressman elijah cummings who represents parts of baltimore in congress they are human beings. city councilman leon pink katz says trump's attacks on baltimore are above all political gamesmanship a congressman cummings has been doing an exceptional job as he chairs the oversight committee in congress and. the reality is he is and as a result of his work and he's shedding light on a lot of issues that are directly respond that the president is directly responsible for when we talk about a border policy when we talk about the the the treatment of immigrants

a good reason for the president to take on cummings and his congressional district even if that doesn't improve the situation in west baltimore. where the united nations is using today to draw attention to human trafficking it is a global problem with more than 40000000 people thought to be trapped in some form of slavery almost half of trafficking victims are women as you see right there men account for about one 5th nearly a quarter are girls 7 percent are boys more countries are reporting trafficking up from 26 in 2009 look at this a big jump to 65 last year trafficking is just one aspect of modern slavery victims they often endure forced labor in the worst of conditions. a steady job with a good salary and

a lucrative bonus that's the promise that tempts many indonesian men to leave their high end and help to feed but what they get is this that i don't know down to teach released by the indonesian seafarers movement chaske remembers sleeping on the floor in the cargo hold looking malnourished and exhausted. one of them has run matula. he says he was tricked by an indonesian recruiting agency traffic to somalia and forced to spend 9 brutal months aboard a chinese fishing boat manning the nets and packing fish for 18 hours a day for the boy you argue with. some. bonding when we didn't catch enough fish or squid we were beaten by the captain. diversity we were beaten a lot i'm still traumatized by it but i was.

going to going up on board the creek claim they were given a choice between going hungry and eating spoiled fish and they didn't even have clean water. in the way are most likely going on the rare occasion we were given fish we could tell by the smell that the fish was already bad after smelling it we couldn't eat it on a daily basis all we got was cabbage and rice with a little salt. and we drank pronunciation of water that we collected from the air conditioner done what i would. from a tool and his crewmates are now back home and they've taken photos and videos to document their experience experts say the fishing industry is riddled with forced labor and it predominantly targets pull workers from southeast asia and. once on board there's no way out for the men and they often mercilessly exploited from a tool and as cremate say thousands of dollars in unpaid wages.

we're going to go while i work there are a way for my family so they could be proud of me when i returned home but the reality was different it's like a muscle of our company when i asked the recruitment company for our rights they said you're a stupid idiot we just want to ask for our rights after working for 7 months when about how many. numerous n.g.o.s both local and international have run the alarm about the slave like conditions that seem to be commonplace on fishing vessels across the globe but it hasn't stopped men like these from falling into the hands of traffickers. in an aegis ministry of manpower is among other things tasked with the protection of its workers that brought the department head acknowledges the problem but says it's difficult to monitor labor conditions at sea. it up a little bit but they will. need to study 1st whether the information about the

abused seafarers is true or not but it must rely on data and facts so we can enforce sanctions lawfully in that country spending than what we don't want them. but as around a tool and his former cremates no doubt are in fact difficult to attain when you're at sea with no one watching it as he got in the local a you see so all that bridges countries that's the idea of an architecture professor if you installed just that along the us mexico border. this video shows children on the american side of a border vents taking to the pink cecil's with gusto the creator and university of california professor said he wanted to connect both sides to recognize that actions on one in have a direct impact. on the other. well they try to occasionally could listen to your phone calls and they can even access your

photos or your text messages i'm talking about stalker where on smartphone apps it's becoming more common and it's now easier than ever to digitally eavesdrop on someone without them knowing that's one of those you know they tell us about this ok so what are these apps and how do they work and the scary stuff here brent's a stalker where these are apps programs that you use to track someone's phone once they're installed you can have access to basically everything now mostly apps they actually have legitimate purposes so say parents trying to keep tabs of their kids for example but increasingly we're seeing stock where being used by abuse of partners jealous lovers without the victim's knowledge so we decided let's dig into this you want to take a closer look we started by trying it out for ourselves take a look. this is my colleague and this on my phone is her exact location in fact right now i can see every move she makes when she leaves work walks to the train station and heads downtown. i'm using

a standard i phone app called find my friends it's meant for meeting people around the city but it's one of many smartphone apps that can easily be abused and turned into spyware in fact according to one study there are potentially thousands of apps for android and hundreds in apple's app store that could be used to track someone's phone and then there are so-called stocker where programs available outside the official app stores this app provides remote access to nearly everything including turning on a phone's camera. stock or where it is an excellent tool for domestic abusers it is in fact advertised to one of the stucco or companies featured a photo of a man holding a woman's risk the woman is looking down she has blood on her face and a black eye and it's very clear not only does this man abusing this woman because. she is she did it but that the company that is selling this product is always side

of the abuser installing stocco where on someone else's smartphone is surprisingly easy to do all you need is physical access to their phone and their passwords to things most partners or ex lovers already have. and experts say digital stalking is a growing problem a recent survey in australia found that nearly 20 percent of domestic abuse victims were tracked using g.p.s. and recent data leaks from stocker where companies revealed hundreds of thousands of clients the thing that is most disturbing about it is not understanding the limits your abusers have or so usually when where you're being abused when you're going to spy on you don't know exactly what is being spied on and you don't know what has been compromised and when you don't know then it feels like the abuser is all powerful like they must know everything of course my colleague knows she's

being tracked but most victims don't because once installed these apps can be very hard to detect. and i'm wondering how can they be legal that we're wondering then to him you know spying on someone is of course not legal but most of these apps they have a disclaimer hidden in the fine print that says you're not allowed to use this app without the other person's permission right so the basically covering their tracks there of course that's also exactly the way that these apps are being marketed and as we saw i mean the other reason is that many of these apps do have other purposes so an app like we used to find my friends after even google maps you can basically hack them log into the other person's account turn on tracking and all of a sudden you have a stalker up on your hands and what can be done then to combat this i mean it has good uses that can easily be misuse right which makes it difficult to crack down on one thing experts want to see is the tech companies taking this more seriously apple and google can make some changes to their operating system that that shows when your phone is being tracked without your knowledge or if your camera turns on

that it should alert you to that they can police their app stores a little bit better get rid of the stuff that's clearly illegal or only being used for spying law enforcement to take this a bit more seriously as well and anti-virus companies i mean that they could be they could scan for this stuff and let you you know if it's on your phone you know i know they say read the fine print but if you do that you'll be really fine print over time that's right as always thank you very much. well the dispute over equal pay in u.s. soccer has taken a new twist after the national federation said that it's failed that players from the women's national team have been paid more than their male counterparts in recent years in march the women's team started legal action against the federation they are describing this finding as a root. the u.s. national team has dominated the women's game for decades a full 12 high school creases that but that success in france came amid a pay dispute with their own federation headed by this man collis called dad i even

joined homecoming celebrations earlier this month the coals for equal pay would never far away i. i to play as a suing the federation i think gender and pay discrimination the federation having focused on supporting the team during the tournament has now responded in an open letter quote areas set aside for an h. e a period that women were paid $34100000.00 compared to $26400000.00 for the men the reason unlike the men the women get a base salary of $100000.00 per year the men have to rely on bonuses alone darrow admits these can be. the women's team has constantly been more successful than the man who fails me even qualify for the last world cup they say their requests to have performance based pay the same as the man was refused in a statement their spokesperson said it was quote

a sad attempt by the federation to quell the tide of supports the u.s. women's national team has received. this team has proved they're winners on the pitch but the 2 sides in the dispute now heading for mediation a bigger battle off it is looming large. well you're watching news of live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day that will be right back.

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