this is d.w. news live from berlin the u.s. deepens a diplomatic standoff over a radiant oil tanker the u.s. has elbowed its way into look for troops over this a rainy and ship seized last month by gibraltar the move prevents a possible swap for a british black tanker being held by iran also coming up. world stock markets take a tumble over signs of recession the 3 main stock markets close 3 percent down sending the dow to its biggest one day drop of the year. plus what lengths would

you go to make a point about climate change activists gratitude progress uses to fly to a new york climate summit to look at why she's hitched a ride on this vessel. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the u.s. has applied for the right to seize an iranian oil tanker detained by gibraltar last month now the move led to baltar supreme court to adjourn a scheduled decision on whether to release the ship but it brought a government spokesman said the ship's captain and 3 officers have been freed gibraltar police and british marines captured the vessel of the grace one at the beginning of july it was suspected of bringing a rain you know oil to syria which would violate in june and u.s. sanctions iran. night any wrongdoing and 2 weeks later it sees the british flag

hero tanker and the strait of hormuz a vital transit route for 20 percent of the world's oil. let's get more on the story now dave used to this atop a joins us from iran. do you have any word on what the developments in gibraltar will mean for a british flag tanker that's being held by iran well at least for now the iranians still seem to be preparing for an exchange here we hear from our sources within the revolutionary guards that the british tanker was moved in the past days from the place in the strait of hormuz where it was detained and kept since to another place closer to the port of ponder about us and that's a place we couldn't go to because we were told that there are many military forces out there so things seem to be moving but one thing is for certain iran is not going to make the 1st move 1st the iranian tanker and needs to be freed and then

the british tanker here in the strait of hormuz might be released as well. that we've seen escalating tensions around the strait of hormuz iran has repeatedly threatened to block it in this conflict with the u.s. why is this shipping route so important. well that's because a quarter of the global all consumption passes the straight and that strait is very close to the iranian mainland so considers the persian gulf altogether and specifically the strait of hormuz as its backyard and people here are living in the region i used to that through their region being a leveraging point for to iran and we just spoke to some of them and they say they're used to it they're not afraid of war right now they don't want a war but if it happens they're willing to stand up for what they believe is right and stand up to defend their country against what they think foreign countries that do not have any business in their region that we see that the e.u.

is considering sending a naval force to the persian gulf to protect merchant vessels so would iran support backed. no way public believes that if. it is supposed to defend the strait of hormuz and make sure that shipping here is safe and so it's willing to build its own mission with neighboring countries like qatar the united arab emirates even the saudis. to make sure that shipment here is safe. all other countries that have ships yes specifically warships are considered a threat to security of course especially the ones that are considered enemy countries like the u.s. like great britain and also israel but also the european union so iranians and the iranian government agree that all other ships except their own and other ships of this region would be a security threat to the persian gulf. the senate as much as speaking to us from

iran thank you. and let's get some more analysis on the story with scott lucas he's a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham hi scott so what do you think of this move by the u.s. why has it applied to seize this iranian tanker because the u.s. goals are different from that of the u.k. in europe the u.k. sees the ship on the grounds that it was preventing under the new sanctions the delivery of oil to syria now the u.s. priority is not what happens in syria do you us wants to cut off all your y.o.y. lot which wherever they go quite clearly if this ship was released with 2100000000 barrels of oil it would set a precedent which is ok iran cannot possibly send a well to the assad regime in syria without fear of ships being intercepted but it could do so elsewhere and washington is trying to make a last minute stand to say they want no no iranian shipping to be able to move

freely so the u.s. has different goals where does that leave britain scott because there were reports that britain wanted to a swap of the iranian tanker for a british flag ship that had been taken but the u.s. seems to be working to work that plan. it leaves the u.k.'s johnson government which has only been in office in a month in a tight spot in what may be its 1st foreign policy crisis they have a choice and they either have to accept washington's wishes. back away from their position because they said that it was up to gibraltar what happened they would have to tell her alter no you have to continue to hold the ship or alternatively they have to stand up to the americans and stand up to the drop of ministration what do they do because if they do about washington they are not only possibly increasing confrontation they are splitting from the rest of europe in the european union who do not want to see the ship being held indefinitely scott this is

a really complex situation we have tanker sees as you saying escalating rhetoric what needs to happen at this point to calm relations with iran. well i think we were close at least in this immediate case to to not a resolution but at least a step back and that is. with assurances that the ship would not continue to syria at least the european union and the u.k. could say that had been accomplished you could then have the exchange of tankers with the u.k. fly swedish owned stand being brought back and perhaps you could then say arrived this is been a sign on both sides that will step back now can we move to talks to resolve wider conflicts and those are conflicts for example over the security the strait of hormuz. because the americans have now stepped again the risk is the iranians will beat their chest and say we will not back down either and we're back to where we were in june where there were tankers being attacked and we remember donald trump approved but then backed away from american airstrikes inside iran you know it's

got lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham thank you for that analysis thank you. let's get a roundup now of some other stories making news around the world a jail to the leader of hong kong's 2014 proto mock received protests has been released on bail many time was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in what became known as the umbrella movement his release comes as hong kong experiences its largest wave of anti-government protest in decades sparked in june by a controversial extradition bill. an autopsy performed on jeffrey abstain the disgraced u.s. multimillionaire has found several broken bones in his neck now absent was found dead in his jail cell on saturday and forensics experts say such broken bones can occur to people who hang themselves or who have been strangled obscene was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. tens of thousands of women have marched through the streets of brazil's capital brasilia to denounce president. and defend women's

rights the protesters also called attention to the struggles of rural workers it is the 3rd anti-government protest in the city in 2 days. stock markets around the globe are dropping amid signs of a looming recession the sharp selloff follows the release of poor economic data from germany and china and a key u.s. benchmarks also signaling more trouble ahead on wednesday the dow jones industrial average suffered its worst day of the year so far closing 3 percent down for european equities should more than 2 percent markets to look at this calmer today. let's get rid the very latest on the story we have michael hewson the chief market analyst for c.m.c. markets in london and our financial correspondent and then to buy stock in frankfurt good to see you both anetta let's start with you let's get the very latest what is the picture there in frankfurt this morning. well actually after a sort of stable start to the trading session we now see losses of up to one

percent when it comes to that backs so it's mainly cyclical stocks but also banks direct lower times as one of the biggest losers so all those companies who are mainly good or it's an open trade friendly environment losing though. and that's what is the mood there do investors seem to think that this volatility will continue. yes that's pretty much so i mean where headed towards a very adverse scenario when it comes to the economy but ben we have also breakfast looming over europe we have the trade wars so nobody really knows what's going to happen during the course of the next quarter but one thing is clear there was a lot of optimism that the 2nd half a look back 2900 but that has vanished now people was left looking into a recession everything aereo and not a lot of hope coming from the central banks are you that all right that's the view

there in frankfurt michael let's come to you put this into context for us how significant is this drop that we've been seeing globally. i think it is for you significant i mean it's usually quite unusual to see significant declines of the magnitude that we've seen as well as the volatility if you compare it to where we were 3 months ago. a fairly calm but over the course of the last few weeks we've seen a significant uptick in volatility now that could be just down to the fact the liquidity thins out in august but there has been some very disappointing economic data hasn't it mentions who is respects germany but also china china is pushing out a significant deflationary pulse throughout the global economy and that's prompting significant concerns the central banks are running out of room when it comes to easing monetary policy for the 1st printing a flight to safety into cash yielding balms as well as precious metals ok

so poor economic data are you saying from china plays a role here what do you think are the other big factors the other pull factors here is that relieving some global trade conflicts for example between the u.s. and china or brags that is that what's also really spooky in markets at this point . is a combination of that stupid securely way germany is concerned given the fact that germany's key export more case of the u.s. . eleanor in the u.k. so the sri key export markets a lot it's a face significant disruption going forward and obviously those comments. the challenger is going to potentially retaliate against u.s. tariffs has those small kids in europe back lower again given the fact that they did actually open higher what i would caution against is the reading too much into an inverse of you in the bull markets we have been here before and that doesn't necessarily mean the recession is imminent board is certainly doing is giving investors pulls the soul in

a slowing global economic environment and stocks not be too highly valued particularly in the u.s. and i think coming back to you there in frankfurt we mentioned that just yesterday the journal german economy where the reports that the german economy shrank in the 2nd quarter could be headed towards a recession as michael says that it doesn't mean that a global recession is imminent but they are in frankfurt how worried are investors there that the biggest economy in europe could be headed towards a recession. i think many people are an investor this do think that the 2nd quarter the 3rd quarter i should say wealthy a contraction as well that the majority of economists that thinking that and that would mean that germany is that in recession but you just have to look at the corporate earnings this quarter and there were so many profit warnings and it is coming out from so many companies that the trade war and the uncertainty is weighing on their on demand for their products because germany clearly is exporting

capital goods and those are not bored if there's too much uncertainty and clearly they have a lot of weakness in the autumn out of space and their weakness in china is also not helping. all right and then to buy stock in frankfurt and michael houston there in london thank you both very much for your insights thank you. you're watching news still to come what lengths would you go to make a point about climate change back to the spread of twin bridges hitching a ride on this boat to get to new york to find out why. but 1st india is marking the anniversary of its independence from britain in 1947 the days observed as a national holiday across the country with parades and cultural programs at the main event in delhi prime minister narendra modi delivered a speech in which he defended his controversial decision to remove the special rights of the disputed kashmir region he said kushner's previous status field corruption and separatism the also announced the creation of

a new chief of defense position to coordinate the country's security forces. or let's get more on the story with all our correspondent in delhi hina mr good to see you so they gave a speech today to mark independence day he said that he wants to restore kashmir is past glory what did he mean by that. mean by most americans or more the has once again read to date to the last 70 years all of the special state as being in place has actually been detrimental to christian media in a speech he made a few days ago as well he talked about how it's responsibility for indians to make sure that fish midis can now participate in india's development project tree and this is the point he drew you to reach it today as well in his speech as he said that india indians should be proud that we are finally one nation one constitution the reference to the fact that the indian constitution did not apply to me in its

entirety because of the special status of the small more glory u.f.o.'s do is a beautician of this point he's making and which isn't diet government has been making sure that the people of kashmir should finally have access to the opportunities the development of the growth trajectory of the rest of us but of course this in the midst of an unprecedented complete communications blackout in the valley itself could tell us more about that blackout what's been happening during this time in kashmir. well so we the seed of someone could meet has been divided into 2 parts and in some spots the communications blackout has been lifted but in the most rest of bought off the state of the valley of me the communication blackout persists now in its 11th day of the people of fish need not only have no internet access they also have no phone connectivity and they actually have to line up the arse to make a call for a few minutes to their loved ones outside of the states the states justification

the government's justification all this communication blackout is to ensure that peace is maintained there's also been a massive military deployment on the ground more than what is usually out there to make sure that there's no progress some process how about how broken are people here didn't these from media reports that it's of course the government pushing back saying many of these reports are not true but the valley continues to be in shut down and be a still waiting to cure completely free d. what the rest of the media julie think about this abrogation let me just very briefly if you can pakistan is serious as of now appealing to the united nations security council to address india's actions 10 international mediation help defuse tensions between pakistan and india but so me i'm afraid the shot on flows north of the un and the us have beaten asking both countries to exercise restraint but also do this through dialogue boxes a box on the box funds foreign minister himself a couple days ago said don't expect the international community to it to intervene

but of course pakistan continues trying to internationalize the issue and hope that there will be intervention however because of economic interests in india 1000000000 strong population this seems very unlikely all right our correspondent nima says i still reporting there in delhi thank you very much. our far right violence in germany is on the rise that is according to the country's interior ministry authorities recorded more than 8 and a half 1000 offenses in the 1st half of this year and many people have reason to fear that they could be targeted their names have appeared on far right enemy lists distributed on line the interior ministry says the lists don't pose a tangible threat but critics say authorities are not taking matters seriously enough. ruben i gave his name is on an enemy list put together by right wing extremists they also put his address online in an attempt to scare him and his colleagues. and we get

a lot of death threats. sometimes these death threats are very concrete. it's something we live with and we've made a decision to deal with it so we're not intimidated by it. the reason ruben noida about is on this list is that he works for c watch an organization that rescues refugees in distress at sea. right wing extremists are constantly uploading lists of their political opponents online the same list that ruben org about is on also includes journalists and geo team members and politicians sometimes with insults next to their names and other less time it's jews their names are marked with a star of david and although the authorities are aware of these lists and most german states they have not informed the people who are named. are authorities

taking this matter seriously enough in june conservative politician bottom lip they were shot dead by an alleged right we're going to stream asst that his name had appeared on a list compiled by the n.s.u. an extreme right tara network. the victim's advice and reach out documents rightwing and racist attacks unlike the german interior ministry workers here think the lists are definitely dangerous. that. data is a black hole negative and of course it's going to be used as high as that is can reach a host is a danger maybe not right now could be the case in the future if the so the danger of analysts is really being laid down business. is an expert on right wing extremism he wants the authorities to be more transparent and better at communicating especially where it concerns those who have already experienced hostility and the now more of

a target than ever. these it only fair to these people already is a danger now for even more so it would bargain feared if the security services were doing a good job they would see that danger and make that assessment of public of. rubin no i gave our has no idea who put him on the list but it won't stop him doing what he believes and i'm saving the lives of refugees out at sea. our political correspondent in one watches is with us she's been covering the story for us hi emma how many people are we talking about here on this list well thousands of people are effective are affected in germany for a list which has been uncovered earlier this year alone just 25000 people concerned that's the far right network called not courts which is actually of in northern germany data compiled that list and it targeted politicians left leaning

politicians of public figures activists who support refugees earlier there was an earlier this year there was a hash tag trending on twitter. that means we will get you all and about 200 people were targeted by this hushed tag trending in the far right seen in germany there was also german so there who compiled a list of 23 names and persons who. named being enemies of the state and earlier on the end of seward a national and a socialist underground whose members have committed 10 a racially motivated murders in germany between 200-2007 howdo socom pied list of 10000 and names including that of including that of the put it to show was kid in june by a fire rights activist and of course those lists don't take into account isolated cases of targeting individuals especially on social networks of presidents put it

issues journalists as well and it's not only the names which are revealed but the addresses that private data that you are a personal address or your phone number for example how have they been able to compile those lists with that very personal information but simply by hocking websites that was the case for the list compiled by far right network and not cause the data was gathered as early as 2017 and it was found by the authorities during a 90 terrorist read in 2017 and also to note cards and that work was a so composed by lawyers by members of the police forces all those people how to access to personal data the interior ministry a man says that you know people on this list are not necessarily in danger how did they come to that determination to conduct a risk assessment of on finding such a this where they would evaluate such threats whether they are concrete threads or are there just distribution over this thing is that the danger comes when that list when such it is becomes public then all the information new private information

becomes available to people who might have violent motives and that is a problem because there is an increasing number of far right attacks here in germany destroyed on more than 8600 attacks very troubling indeed our political correspondent in manila shows with us thank you. now she's become the poster girl for climate change awareness. the swedish teenager is the face of the fridays for future movement and she's currently on her way to the united nations climate summit in new york but since trying to keep her own carbon footprint as small as possible she refused to fly there instead she set sail from england on an eco friendly yacht designed for speed not comfort. making her way to the yacht that will be her for the next 2 weeks the 16 year old has never sailed before and she's facing a challenging journey but she says she's willing to rough it especially if it helps

bring political action to climate change what i'm concerned about is whether we will do something or not whether the people in power will react and act. with unnecessary force. has been the target of online abuse from across the political spectrum she says she's unfazed by the criticism. people who want climate delay use who want to do everything to shift the focus from the climate crisis to something else or want to make people question the science and i'm not worried about that so i'm just going to do as i as i want to do and us i think will have most impact. conditions on board for. a spouse and there's no toilet and sleeping quarters a basic. it shows her determination to accept

uncomfortable conditions so she can get across the atlantic as carbon neutral as possible on a normal god she could have had her own cabin with air conditioning in a shower but she's taking these bars that only produces a small amount of electricity by means of solar power and it's very fast so it can bypass storms and hurricanes. precious father and a filmmaker ira company on the voyage together with the crew they will travel some 5 and a half 1000 kilometer is across the atlantic ocean. all right coming up next on d w a focus on europe with a look at people affected by the general a bridge collapse in italy one year ago well it with the images of history's most iconic music festival woodstock on its 50th anniversary.

europe transformed the focus on europe's summer series. razor sharp barbed wire hungary sealed off the bug and how many refugees entered the e.u. shut down. 30 years ago borders were just mantle must both colors hungary opened the gates and let east german streets of austria. next.

enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful. my guest this week here in berlin is the qatari foreign ministry spokesperson on the last 2 years the gulf state of qatar has been blockaded by a cortex of arab states which of jews is of supporting terrorism she has always denied the charges. conflicts. in 60 minutes g.w. . the world is getting worse and. norms catastrophes among the problems of. the global $3000.00 talks would seem british researchers to take a more optimistic view. the world is not always a good question but it's much much better than it was and how. is the world really

getting better. a global $3000.00 special reports. starts august 19th sundays of the. i am going to the king am i going to am i. a low and welcome to focus on europe with me lie about a low level it was a symbol of italy's engineering legacy that came crashing down one year ago the marandi bridge in genoa collapsed on august 28th killing 43 people it destroyed homes and uprooted families who had lived under it for decades the bridge that day in the country.