this is the news live from berlin john bolton are is set to release the iranian oil tanker seized last month the supreme court approves the ship the grey swan despite at last minute plea from u.s. authorities it could mean a swap with a british flag tanker being held by iran. also coming up the plague of plastic

scientists say that they have found a micro particles of it in arctic snow we look at why plastic lucian now litter is one of the earth's most forseen environments and the new bundesliga season starts tomorrow leipzig have a new coach he may be younger than some of his players but leipzig believes that liam now goes meant has the experience to take them to the next level. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the gibraltar supreme court has ordered the release of the iranian oil tanker seized by britain last month that's despite an application by the united states to keep the ship in detention now travolta police and the british navy seized the vessel the grace one of the beginning of july it was suspected of taking a rani of oil to syria which would violate a u. and us sanctions. travolta's chief justice said that iran has now guaranteed in

writing that the oil was not going to syria to beaks after the grace one was seized iran captured a british flagged tanker. to race a trooper who joins us now from iran. and islands on the strait of hormuz to ray said tell us these latest developments that we're hearing now from divorce or what does that mean for the stand imperiled that british flag tanker being held by tehran. well that's the news on iran has been waiting for the past few days because in those days preparations have been made for potential exchange i was also within the iranian revolutionary guards told us that the british tanker has been moved lately from the place it was detained a couple of weeks ago and kept since then to a place closer to the port and bandar abbas and that port is a place we cannot go because we're told that there's an increased number of se pa

military forces there so now as soon as the bridge the iranian tanker is released the chances are high that the same will happen to the british here in the strait of hormuz but so far there's no confirmation from any official and we know iran has repeatedly threatened to block the strait of hormuz in the conflict with the united states could have blockade happened if the u.s. still tries to seize the iranian vessel. yeah rouhani has threatened that a couple of times already but so far i have never done so but detainment of the british ship alone has slowed down trade here in this very important region for international trade a lot i was out in the strait of hormuz today with a boat and i could hardly see any ships the only oil tanker i saw at all was an iranian one so that's obviously the detainment of this ship alone was enough to scare other traders away so it's important to know that the strait of hormuz.

the global all consumption so it has a tremendous effect on international trade and we have some positioning with regard to the strait of hormuz internationally we just want to highlight the european union's effort they've actually proposed sending a naval force to protect merchant ships in the persian gulf what's a ron's view. well iran totally rejects that altogether because considers the persian gulf its own backyard and it feels it is. responsible for the safety of shipping there so iran is willing to put together its own naval mission with other neighboring countries like oman qatar the united arab emirates even saudi arabia but so far that was not excess yet but iran says any other country sending militaries ships to the persian gulf is a security threat and that's not only for countries like the u.s.

great britain or even israel that iran consider as enemy countries but that's also true for european countries iran says and iranians agree here that any other country sending ships here is a security threat to iran. used to race a trooper and iran thank you. and let's get more now with scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in the u.k. welcome to the program scott and what do you make of this decision by the court and baltar to release the iranian vessel well i think legally it's a pretty straightforward decision in the. first minister did not ask for the ship to continue to be held there is an assurance that it was not one to deliver oil to syria which would violate e.u. sanctions and the us are close to the justice department was rebuffed because it has nothing to do with that matter but politically doesn't shoot question does the united states now put pressure on the u.k.

which said this is a matter for the courts to try to some way reverse this for modify this and still hold the ship does the u.k. resist do the americans go even further which was not only a split with the u.k. but with the european union. and we know the united states favor want to seize the iranian tanker themselves. are those efforts now dead. oh enough he's dead under the trumpet ministration when it's trying to reduce all iranian oil exports to 0 which is why they very much wanted to keep holding on to the ship but i think the question is whether they keep pushing this particular matter given that the british are looking for the release of their u.k. fly tanker possibly later today or whether the americans say ok we lost on this one but now we'll try to find out otherwise to try to cut off iranian ships. it's not us all of this leave britain because i mean it appears as if the united states is trying to sink any behind the scenes efforts made by british diplomats to end the

tanker dispute in and really go its own way. it gives britain huge choice and that is either it stands alongside its european partners it stands alongside the decision of the brawl to court and says no we have to proceed with this would have to proceed with diplomacy over this not are or does it only 48 hours after the u.s. national security adviser the hardliner john bolton was in london do they surrender almost or give way to the united states which will distance themselves from the europeans which may force a showdown with the iranians i think the new johnson government which has only been in office in a month has a big choice and which way it goes will say a lot about the new prime minister and whether he's really to basically give up europe to side with washington scott lucas thank you thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world israel has barred 2 us democratic congresswoman from visiting the country representatives of russia

talab and who's of palestinian heritage and omar have both been highly critical of israel's treatment of palestinians it comes after u.s. president donald trump tweeted that the congresswomen aided israel and all jewish people. a spanish charity rescue ship with some 150 migrants on board has been allowed to dock on the island of lampedusa it comes amid a legal fight over whether passengers can leave the vessel yesterday an italian court overruled the interior ministry's ban on the ship docking italy says 6 e.u. countries have agreed to take in the migrants. and a russian passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a field after one engine sucked in a flock of birds the collision caused both engines of the airline to fail shortly after takeoff from moscow's airport all 233 people on board survived although

dozens of passengers were treated for injuries. a jailed leader of hong kong's 2014 pro-democracy protests has been released on bail many tide 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 protests in decades in june by a controversial extradition. the pakistani army says that at least 8 soldiers have been killed in a border clash in kashmir is long about says that 3 of its soldiers and 5 indian soldiers died in kashmir has been on lockdown for 11 days since india provoked its special status of the region and sparked an international crisis the indian army has not yet confirmed comment of excuse me. on today's exchange of fire but local media quoted officials in new delhi denying any deaths on their side.

and he is prime minister narendra modi has been defending his decision to end kashmir special status he was speaking at independence day celebrations in delhi marking 72 years since the british raj was dismantled and divided into india and pakistan. india's national flag unfolds at independence day celebrations in delhi a symbol not only of 72 years of freedom from british rule but now also perhaps of the country's nationalistic shift months off to his landslide election when prime minister narendra modi defended his recent decision to strip kashmir of its special status he said the step would restore the disputed regions past glory. oh it can greatly contributed india's development journey. we should all make an effort to restore their old glorious days. what with. the new arrangement

is a result of these efforts. and it will work directly in the interest of citizens. as noti spoke indian controlled kashmir spent its an 11th day under a lockdown and communications blackout authorities have cut internet and phone links detained more than 500 leaders and activists and restricted movement with police roadblocks. meanwhile in pakistan black flags flying at half mast the country observing what it called a black day to protest movies decision on kashmir and express solidarity with residents that tensions between india and pakistan hanging like a dark cloud over the region. here in germany right wing extremist violence is on the rise according to the interior ministry authorities recorded more than 8 and

a half 1000 offenses in the 1st half of the year many people fear that they could be targeted because their names are on so-called enemies list distributed online the interior ministry says that these lists pose no serious threat but critics say authorities are not taking the matter seriously enough. ruben i gave his name is on an enemy next to put together by rightwing extremists they also put his address online in an attempt to scare him and his colleagues. in my view. we get a lot of death threats. sometimes these death threats are very concrete. it's something we live with you know and we've made a decision to deal with it and so we're not intimidated by. the reason ruben oig a bow it's on this list is that he works for c watch an organization that rescues

refugees in distress at sea. right wing extremists a constant. uploading lists of bad political opponents online the same list that ruben norgate bow is on also includes journalists and geo team members and politicians sometimes with insults next to their names another list highlights jews their names are not with the star of david and although the authorities are aware of these lists and must german states they have not informed the people who are named. are authorities taking this matter seriously enough in june conservative politician but a little care was 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 center reach out documents rightwing and racist attacks unlike the german interior ministry workers here think the lists are definitely dangerous. it's. data is it not connecting it.

is going to be used at the highest that can reach our host is a danger maybe not right now for this could be the case in the future. so the danger of this is really being laid down and this. 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 they're now more of a target than ever. because it only fair to these people already is a danger if you had it now for even more so that would bargain ferreted if the security services were doing a good job they would see that danger and make that assessment of public. ruben no i gave a has no idea who put him on the list but it won't stop him doing what he believes in and saving the lives of refugees out at sea. let's get more on the story now

we're joined here in the studio by hans scared political scientist specializing in policy and security management welcome to the program how many people are we talking about here in terms of being on these still called enemy lists the ministry of interior says about 20000 persons that is a huge number indeed but don't forget we live in times of the internet so. why the access to addresses in the internet and from public sources and so on and is that how they're going about compiling them i mean largely from internet sources science think so thank get the addresses and the names from the internet from publics sources of course the telephone books talking to people and so on and that's no huge number as mentioned before more than 20000 what do you say to the critics who essentially say the authorities have to be more transparent about what exactly is going on here i think so because of. of all. the presidents should be informed

that they are part of the list because security and unsecure feeling could or could if they are not informed i think feel for it is should give information to people i mean the interior ministry itself it says the following it says being on one of the list doesn't automatically mean that you are necessarily danger i mean are some lists more dangerous than others or there are various levels i would agree to that because you have to see it as a part of hate crime activities. i think the lists anyone is not crimes of its helpless but they help part of the. much bigger and much broader incidence of crime that we have in these times and. i think not every person that is listed is in danger and really in danger because the intention of the old is to put to create fear to uphold fear in the population you mentioned far right crime hate

crime for example do you see a link in the fact that we have seen an uptick in that within germany and the fact that these lists do exist i think there is a connection indeed between the lists and the growth of right wing extremism we have had one of thousands of incidents last year crimes and violent crimes from the right the number of 1000 times existed years before. but the brutality of the attacks has. a big growth that's the difference between the young 201820124 example so we have rising brutality and i could guess that a listing persons office. isn't offered to right wing extremist persons to create anything. instruments and that could be violence indeed as well i'm scared

political scientist specializing in policy and security management thank you for joining us to share that exact thing. you're watching news still to come on the program bundesliga side of life say you have a new coach this season you need a younger i mean some of the players but let's think of the thing in the end i wouldn't have the experience to take them to the next level. but 1st it has been a staple of psychology textbooks for almost half a century the bystander effect basically states that the more people who witnessed an attack or a crime the less likely they are to help the victim but a new study says that the entire phenomenon might actually be a meth let's get more now jonathan crane has been looking into this for us so tell us a bit more 1st of all about this study well as you say sara the bystander effect may not be accurate to rule this is the biggest study of its kind into public conflict situations or captured on c.c.t.v. and more than 200 cases and research has found that in 91 percent of the time at

least one person usually more jumped into how this is some of the 1st use they look that looks at people either gesturing for the aggressor calm down or sometimes getting involved physically now the interesting thing about the study research is we're looking into 3 cities amsterdam cape town and then catherine the u.k. and they discovered that the help rate was pretty much identical across all 3 so that's just people really have a natural instinct to help others in danger and in fact the more bystanders there were the more inclined people were to intervene so maybe that's just safety in numbers now we spoke to one of the receptionists of this study and she explained to us how analyzing real life situations on c.c.t.v. helps just to dispel the me what is characteristic for what we have been ready looking at is that and very sick russian and bold to action is that we study and most of the lab studies never included attention to aggression because you're ethically simply not allow to place people in the context of aggression

and because of this indeed we have. now been able to study those type of contacts ok so i mean people could potentially be braver than we thought the bystander effect how did it become so prominent well this effect has dominated psychology textbooks throughout 50 years came about. a very brutal rape of a new york woman in 1964 kitty genovese now and this particular case made headlines because the new york times reports it. 8 people had watched over half an hour period she was being attacked and nobody actually intervened now it's the number of bystanders was a bit of an exaggeration but nonetheless that incident has shaped psychological thinking that it was you know people felt less responsibility to act if others were around or in fact if people that they felt that maybe the situation was already

being dealt with anyway here in germany the law actually requires you to help if you see something like this right the end it does it's defined in the criminal code as. his allies did which basically translates as failure to provide assistance no if you don't and someone's life in danger and you could actually be punished by up to a year in jail it was quite a famous case in germany about 3 years ago of this because an 83 year old man a crap starts at a bank in essen and the people just ignored him they thought he was homeless you can see on the c.c.t.v. pictures and he just stepping over him so they could withdraw money from an a.t.m. now unfortunately the man died a week late from the hospital and 3 people were fined for not at these good samaritan laws quite rare actually germany one of the red cases where that actually happens. thank you and welcome. oceans are filling up with plastic and dealing with it poses one of the great challenges of our time now researchers have shown that the problem isn't just confined to the world's waterways tiny pieces of plastic are increasingly entering the atmosphere

as well and the air currents are spreading them to some of the most pristine environments on earth millions of tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year and where the sun and the waves eventually break down the waste into microscopic pieces these so-called micro plastics no blanket the marine environment found in sediments floating free in the water and inside practically every organism that lives in the sea no micro plastics have also been found in snow the researchers looked at how it got there or who want to house. were trees and. close on the beaches. but also want to link it to the area of the tiny pieces of plastic are so light that if they leave the water and dry out they can be picked up by air currents and carried high into the atmosphere once they're like dust or pollen they act as

a core for coalescing raindrops or in colder regions ice crystals when they grow heavy enough the raindrops or snowflakes fall back to earth and it's precipitation taking the microscopic pieces of plastic along for the ride. the polar and marine scientists from the hunt for it begin to institute in germany looked at snow samples from a range of sites in europe and the arctic. they've discovered that even in some of the most remote areas on earth like the arctic ice pack a single leader of snow can contain thousands of pieces of micro plastic the discovery that the atmosphere likely plays a key role in transporting plastic has implications not just for pristine environments but also for human health sports news now and the long wait is nearly over for football fans the bundesliga kicks off this weekend and rb life's a go into the new season under

a new coach leonardo's men the 32 year old joins them from rivals hoffenheim and has previously been linked with some of the top jobs in football now 3 years ago he made headlines by becoming the youngest ever born to seek a coach and despite still being younger than some of his own players he is expected to leave the club to new heights. he's in the driver's seat. on the most in demand bundesliga coach in recent years in leipsic he has set himself clear goals while also calling for patience he said before the game is to win some silverware here or some gold or any medal. he also has a clear footballing philosophy and aims to build on predecessor aggressive attacking system by adding more possession based play into the mix. is a day we've covered all bases so that every player has heard the ideas at least once every player has animated tactics instructions on their phone and we're happy

to help them out any time now goes man likes to train with high intensity putting an emphasis on mentally testing his players and demanding only the best it's a lot of new stuff. he said a lot of new ideas that we are training here. i think it's. interesting start he also inject plenty of passion in team talks even as a youth team coach he was known for his motivational skills owning him the nickname in the marine yo he. said i gather. the key new arrivals on the pitch are french midfielder christopher i think wish we had them a look at who had previously played for like shit during a loan spell in 2018 thanks put this beautifully with him overall i'm happy with the squad there's lots of potential my job is most interesting when there's room

for development if everything was perfect on day one it'd be a boring season i. be light sick are a match up with bags of potential sunday's game against promoted side will provide the 1st test of this new era oh a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here on news. has ordered the release of the iranian oil tanker the grace one sees last month that's despite a last minute pleas from the united states to keep the ship in detention the release could mean a swap looking british tanker being held by iran. coming up next time d.w. news. japan strain ties with south korea over its wartime. we see the anger as soul remembers those women forced into sexual slavery. all that more with my colleague here as better take i'm sorry kelly in berlin make

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