germany will not take part in a u.s. led naval mission to secure the strait of hormuz foreign minister hark omar said his country wants to avoid a further escalation of tensions in the region washington had asked germany to join france and britain in a mission to secure shipping through the strains that. russia has deployed its military to fight forest fires in siberia and the country's far east the infernos having golf nearly 30000 square kilometers an area the size of belgium experts say the plays this were caused by thunderstorms during abnormally high temperatures and were later spread by strong winds. a roadside bomb has torn through a bus in western afghanistan killing at least 32 people security has been the cheering across the country with both the taleban and so-called islamic state fighters carrying out attacks almost every day. the african union's

mediator for sudan has condemned the killing of 4 student opposition protesters earlier this week and called for a speedy trial for those responsible demonstrators took to the streets of the city of by eat on wednesday where the students were killed they blame paramilitaries of the rapid support forces. the answer from germany no we will not be a part of a u.s. led naval mission to protect shipping in the strait of hormuz an act of defiance that reveals more weakness than stream america's reliance on germany is suddenly not what it used to be neither is europe's reliance on itself last week a european led naval mission was floated for consideration tonight that idea has apparently been sunk to. berlin this is the day.

the german governments will not participate in the naval mission that was proposed by the united states sleep your mission to tie lead into that site right now we are examining this proposal in close cooperation with france and great britain and for the omen and i believe the strategy of maximum pressure is wrong. to gather with france and britain germany has done everything it can in the past and the present to achieve a diplomatic and complete solution in iran to the point to not military escalation we will continue to rely on diplomacy since. also coming up the genocide that still haunts a nation silently 25 years after the killing of rwanda men are struggling to do the

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well what about a naval mission led by europe last week the u.k. proposed just that but its new prime minister and government apparently consider a naval mission off the coast of iran without u.s. military muscle to be a nonstarter and idea that germany apparently does not share apparently tonight we simply don't know 1st here is what the german foreign minister said earlier today who wants to start to get definition we do not want to join the united states atrocity of maximum pressure if we do not want any further escalation is needed we must recognize that there are incidents that need to be dealt with you could british government will say again later today how it intends to do with this we have agreed to germany france and great britain will coordination very very closely on this issue with time in this by d.m. teams so there you have the german foreign minister clear about that no to a u.s. led naval mission and not so clear about what germany france and the u.k.

could possibly do together or today germany's new defense minister left the door open not we don't know exactly to what take a listen. gather with france and great britain and germany has done everything in the past and the present to achieve a diplomatic and complete solution in iran. in the of uncombed. and like other international partners we now have a 1st rough proposal such as from the united states about the possible mission. and we're currently examining these requirements in close consultation with great britain and france and we're doing this in particular against the background of our political and diplomatic objectives. in this are how to make sense of all of this this is

a transatlantic story and that is how we are covering it tonight. political correspondent kate brady she joins me tonight from here in berlin and across the pond w.'s helena humphrey joins me from washington d.c. to both of you welcome let me start with you berlin says no to washington has there been any reaction from the trumpet district. not as of yet brant and i wouldn't expect there to be any swift reaction for the simple reason that it's the idea of not dignifying that no move from berlin that slap in the face with a swift response just you know writing it off as small fry because i think at the end of the day there is now the sense here in washington that the united states will go ahead with it this naval mission where the burden is on board or whether but it is not on board as we are now say seeing i think the problem for the german government may likely have been in terms of the wording the devil is in the detail

i think and that request from the united states because the united states called on berlin to secure shipping in the strait of hormuz but they also called on them to combat iranian aggression were of course then germany to give into that i'm essentially they would have been condemning iran's actions at the same time you know in de jing in something which is labeled as putting them on a collision course then with tech ron at a time of course when germany has such a differing view and it stance towards iran desperately trying to nudge the iranians back into the parameters of that carefully negotiated to 2015 nuclear deal at the end of the day though i think whether this u.s. mission is but trolling of the high seas or perhaps even something more perhaps a move of politic i think it's fair to say that we will see washington now proceed and go forward rather swiftly and what about germany i mean this does look like a slap in the face delivered by germany to the united states. it certainly could be

seen that way particularly given that german defense rely so heavily on the us but at the same time this really isn't a surprise if you look even at the wider picture here out of outside of this particularly situation that we find ourselves in right now germany is always very reluctant to partake in any kind of combat military operation any kind of involvement that school and has been that way for many decades and for some time now it's very it's been much more of a helping hand than an active participant so there's absolutely no appetite here in germany to really get involved in a very robust ham's own role particularly in a u.s. led mission and belin simply doesn't want to see its forces led by the u.s. particularly in in this very fragile and very what could be explosive situation

right now and we're just getting reports now that both of you know that the united states has just announced it is imposing sanctions on iran's foreign minister zarif that is going to up the tension considerably but that's just coming across right now kate let me stick with you germany is saying no to a u.s. led naval mission what about a european naval mission which the u.s. or the u.k. rather cold for last week. well of them and that is one of the big questions of course so at least from the u.k. side things aren't looking so sure of that anymore either but there is this fear here in germany as well that word gemini to become part of at least that u.s. led mission and that it could become collateral damage in the same could apply to an e.u. naval mission as well and so that's something that germany's discussing at the

moment but nothing has been moved off the table so far germany is in very close talks with the u.k. and with france right now as we saw there on a great crime karrenbauer the new defense minister was already meeting with french and u.k. officials today to discuss exactly how a joint effort can be achieved and to move things forward and find out what's very important for germany here a difficult matic solution so not any kind of military action but beyond that still look you waters all around hell of what about. that international naval mission that the u.s. has been trying to put together in the strait of hormuz is there any movement on that. well there is some reason we don't know the full details and that what we should point out is that talks were held today with military representatives from

the united states from the u.k. in back rein back rain of course is home to the 5th largest u.s. naval fleet in the walls a sense that they are putting that together details are emerging on that those doors those talks have been held behind closed doors we can expect more details potentially on thursday and now we know that perhaps denmark code and portugal spain and sweden said that they would be interested to hear what comes out of that so they're still weighing their possibilities i wonder now whether that changes based on those latest sanctions targeted against the foreign minister zarif because that makes it very clear that the united states is still pursuing this campaign of maximum pressure all of which the european union has been critical so that may change and how this now evolves i think brant all right hold on free on the story for us in washington kate brady on the story here in the german capital to both of you thank you. i think bricks may come up

a little bit i think the crucial thing to stress is that. attach huge importance to the next spirit of the. good friday agreement well that was a british prime minister boris johnson speaking in northern ireland today in belfast he reiterated his promise that he will take the u.k. out of the european union and that there can be a deal until the bank style is scrapped now the backstop is something like an insurance policy that would guarantee no return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland most people in northern ireland voted to remain in the european union and that referendum back in 2016 and one of the provinces biggest parties the nationalists shin fein is staunchly opposed to a new deal. that was the message that the party's leader had for mr johnson when she spoke to him today so we have mass with bars johnson.

we've had a fairly extensive conversation with him and which we have raised the issue of bragg's us in his sad course of action which seems. to indicate that he has set the compass for a disorderly in a crash frags this very clearly that this would be catastrophic for the irish economy and for irish ifi hood's for our society for our politics and for our peace accords. we've made it clear to him that the extensive planning that he tells us he is carrying out and respect of a potential crash bragg says has to enclose the constitutional question of the issue of a border post here in our lands. germany

deported nearly 25000 people last year whose application for asylum and been rejected but that is less than half of the number of people who should have been deported 30000 people are thought to still be in the country in hiding where now the government is tightening the law to make it easier to send people not eligible for asylum back to their country of origin as we reported the changes are controversial. techniques airport how does someone to nationals are taken to a chartered plane for deportation. 5 people on the passenger list are missing they may have gone into hiding 12 migrants board the aircraft accompanied by 3 times as many police officers. officer christiane kugel mio has been on many such deportation flights he says repatriation amounts to a personal crisis for migrants many are desperate some even injure themselves at

the last minute to try and avoid deportation as i remember them and it's not by their always my worry about it i wonder how things are going to work out for them are these but then i figure if we're sitting in the plane with them that a proper legal process is being carried out. for. somebody who is from senegal could be deported next he has lived in and around munich for 5 years his asylum application was turned down he knows the rules for deportation are getting stricter and a lengthy detention is possible. is if you for all of us let's not leave because we are not see if you want to see. what through what we think. we have been done i think if someone don't know what is probably you don't fight so i think. people. some get support from an n.g.o.s munich

a refugee council that helps him when he deals with officials and needs legal advice the refugee council is critical of the new deportation that you lay sions. the stared at him as a sneer compared to being completely deprived of their rights not only that it's led here of me do you mean i just because this is no longer a matter of individuals fate but the families are split up or whether a person is sick this is a matter of carrying out to potations for the sake of raising the statistics to stick to its. authority to see things differently those in detention at this temporary facility at munich airport are legally required to be deported. every case has been reviewed by a judge. related to yeah i actually was for people who have committed offenses who have priority on a deportation flight.