this is due to be news line for girl an entry denied to israel on orders from president trump to a us democratic congress women are barred from visiting the country after treats by donald trump prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the women's visit would negate the legitimacy of israel also coming up free to go gibraltar will release the iranian oil tanker is seized last month that's despite an 11th hour plea from u.s. authorities who wanted the vessels detention extended plus another miracle on the

hudson this time in a cornfield near moscow the pilot is hailed as a hero after a flock of seagulls forced him to crash land soon after takeoff. plus the plague of classic not just in our rivers and seas but now in the arctic as well scientists have found plastic micro particles in arctic snow we look at why plastic pollution now threatens one of the earth's most pristine environments. on level rock a very warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our other viewers around the world tonight israel has barred 2 u.s. democratic congress women from entering the country after president donald trump says they should be banned in a tweet. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is office issued

a statement claiming the visit was intended to quote negate the legitimacy of israel representative rashida tal of michigan is a born and bred american of palestinian heritage and omar of minnesota emigrated with her family from somalia when she was a child both are highly critical of israel's treatment of palestinians and both have been calling for a boycott of israeli products presidential tweeted that the 2 congresswomen hated israel and all jewish people. alright let's unpack here i'm joined now by tanya kramer our drew some correspondent and pablo foley ileus who is in washington for us as well tanya want to begin with you of course this is where this story is taking place has this ever happened before. what has been described even here is unprecedented vessel of policy and with a lot of pressure from the white house so the president himself to ban those 2

elected congress members of congress and not to let them into the country now both are seen as you said just vocal critics of israel's policies against listing ins and also as supporters of the boycott movement and that's what the interior ministry here had released tonight a statement it's because of the boy could have activities that they would and this decision was supported of course by the whole government by prime minister netanyahu as well who also issued a lengthy statement and it's what i can do that because the amended end from 2 years ago states that they can ban the entry of foreigners. calling allegedly calling for a boycott of this but it has not been applied so far to members of congress probably want to go to you in washington to get a perspective from there has there been any reaction particularly from the democratic leadership. yeah you're absolutely right there's been

a lot of reaction particularly from the democratic leadership in fact the senate democratic leader chuck schumer said that denying entry to members of the u.s. congress is a sign of weakness not strength and it'll only hurt the us israel relationship and support for israel in america the house speaker nancy pelosi said it was beneath the dignity of the great state of israel now nancy pelosi has always been a big supporter of israel and quite notably actually we're hearing from the pro israel group who has recently been very critical of both omar and they actually said that denying the entry to the congresswoman into israel. is a mistake and should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel referring to as you to both of them there and we've actually also heard from representative in omar she said that israel's decision to block her visit to the country was an insult to

democratic values and finally let's not forget of course donald trump the president of the united states tweeted after israel has made that decision he said. they hate israel the 2 representatives and both of them are the face of the democratic party he'll be speaking of course later on at a rally in new hampshire so it'll be interesting to see what he says there we've got to watch that space very closely pablo tiny want to go to you in jerusalem now this move by the israeli authorities came shortly after president trump tweeted that israel would be showing great weakness if it allowed these 2 elected to congress women into the country did the israeli leadership have any choice but to deny them entry. you know that certainly reading this whole development you don't know exactly when that decision was taken you know that there had been deliberating whether to let them into the country or not for the past 20. i was

just so i suppose to tin israel but at the decision came shortly after the street by president. calderon as well not to let those 2 congress and women into the country and there's a sense that prime minister netanyahu will follow the lead of president trump that mean mr netanyahu is not known for popular contradicting the u.s. president but having said that it is really a sharp turn around because a decision is a. reversal from an earlier decision that was announced by the israeli ambassador to the united states just a month ago when the 1st reports of such a plan this it published and he actually said out of. respect for the u.s. congress is going to not deny and to to any member of congress so this was actually you to reverse of this apparent decision at the time now you know of course in this

netanyahu aims for reelection a month's time that might have played a role to please his right wing base but there's also concern by critics of this decision what it means for you know the in the long term for the relationship between the u.s. and israel well let's continue on that. note because pablo hitching your wagon to president trump is kind of a very dicey decision to make a musical enjoys great support and in both congress the senate it's bipartisan what kind of consequences could this type of decision have. what it appears the reason the republicans have amplified the views of the left wing democrats like in. to present the party is deeply divided and odds with israel but in fact just in july the democratic led house of representatives in fact voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution against israel boycott movement and also like i said there's been

a lot of criticism particular from the democrats over this decision because you know there is a strong belief that you know there is this sort of bipartisan that. sentiment here in the united states and we've even heard from the house majority leader stanley hoyer who was saying it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus here in the u.s. so you know it appears that there's a lot of backlash at the moment but interestingly we haven't really heard very much from the republican party time yet creamer in jerusalem and the public fully ileus in washington thanks to both of you. want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. a spanish charity rescue ship with some 150 migrants on board has been allowed to dock on the italian island of lampedusa when 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 and release says 6 e.u. countries now have agreed to take in the migrants. france has marks the 75th anniversary of operation drew group known as the other day which liberated southern france from nazi occupation french and canadian leaders attended the ceremony in recognition of the role of tens of thousands of soldiers from what were then france's african colonies. a jailed leader of hong kong's 2014 pro-democracy protests has been released on bail and he tied was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role and what became known as the umbrella movement his release comes as hong kong experiences its largest wave of anti-government protests in decades sparked in june

a controversial extradition bill. i'll turn our attention now to draw brawls are where the cypriot supreme court has ordered the release of the iranian oil tanker seized by britain last month and this is spite last minute application by the united states to keep the ship in detention gibraltar police and the british navy seized the vessel the grace one at the beginning of july all it was suspected of taking iranian oil to syria which would violate e.u. and u.s. sanctions drugs as chief justice says iran has now guaranteed in writing that the oil was not going to syria 2 weeks after the grace one was seized iran captured a british flag tanker at the entrance to the persian gulf. and there are reports now suggesting that iran might be planning to release a british flag oil tanker that was seas 2 weeks later earlier due to abuse tropper

in iran explained what today's developments mean for that vessel. all these other news iran has been waiting for here in the persian gulf preparations have been made for potential exchange for days now our source within the iranian revolutionary guards told us that the british tanker has already been moved from the place it was detained in the strait of hormuz to another place closer to the port of ponder about us and that is a place where we couldn't go and see all cells because we were told there's an increased number of military forces there so apparently they're ready to set the british tanker free but there's no official confirmation for that yet there is however an official reaction to the fact that the u.s. try to prevent the release of the iranian. foreign minister zarif treated that this was an attempted act of piracy and that it showed the trump administration's respect for international law. reporting from iran the pakistani army says at least 8 soldiers have been killed in

a border clash and clash in kashmir is on the bus this 3 of its soldiers and 5 indian soldiers are dead kashmir has been in a lockdown for 12 days since india revoked the special status of the region and sparked an international crisis the indian army has not yet commented on today's exchange of fire but local media quoted officials in delhi denying any deaths on their side and the prime minister narendra modi prime minister defended his decision to end kashmir is a 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 after 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. the new arrangement is a result of these efforts. and it will work directly in the interest of citizens. as nobody spoke indian controlled kashmir spent its an 11th day under lockdown and communications blackout authorities there have cut internet and phone links detained more than 500 leaders and activists and restricted movement with police roadblocks. meanwhile in pakistan black flags flew at half mast

the country observing what it called a black day to protest modi is decision on kashmir and expressed solidarity with residents that tensions between india and pakistan hanging like a dark cloud over the region. you are seated every night still to come. the miracle on the hudson but this time in a cornfield near moscow the pilot is hailed as a hero after a flock of seagulls forced him to crash land soon after take off we talked to some of the relief passengers. right wing extremist violence in germany is on the rise and that's according to the country's interior ministry authorities recorded more than 8 and a half 1000 offenses in the 1st half of this year in germany and many people fear they could be targeted because their names have now appeared on far right enemy

lists that are distributed online the interior ministry says the lists don't pose a tangible threat but critics say thirty's are not taking matters seriously enough . ruben i gave both name is on an enemy list put together by run 20 extremists they also put his address online in an attempt to scare him and his colleagues. in my view on what 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 that's. 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 are constantly uploading lists of their 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 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 bata lived there was shot dead by an alleged right we're going to stream asked 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. that and that and as i meant data is it not connected to the command of course and it is going to be used at highest that means

as can reach our house is in danger maybe not right now for you thought that could be the killings in the future the thing is so the danger of analysts is really being laid down in this. as 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 hinder faired these people are already a danger now for even more certain middle biography that. if the security services were doing a good job good they would see that danger and make that assessment of public of. ruben i gave our 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. and i'm joined now by our political correspondent simon young some of this is very disconcerting how

many people are on these lists well in some cases it's tens of thousands of people one of the lists is reported to have 25000 names on it and the national socialist underground terrorist cell which you remember murdered 10 people reportedly had a list with about 10000 names on it that they'd identified as potential targets so there's quite a lot of people who potentially have reason to be a fright is it at all clear how these right wing groups go about compiling these lists. in most cases it seems to be from public sources from the media and from the internet a lot of the people named are politicians or journalists or activists other people in the public eye so there is information out there in the public domain including addresses and so on another source of information that has been mentioned days he's

hacked or stolen data there's a list of 25000 names was actually said to be a list of customers of a music store that the far right group had decided really was a list of people with sort of leftwing anti fascist views and that's why they they published the list now the interior ministry claims that being on one of those lists doesn't automatically mean that the person in question is in danger how can they make that determination you know i think it's by essentially looking at the number of attacks or potential attempted attacks that there have been linked to the lists this conservative politician that was mentioned in the report voter luka he was murdered in june and he was on one of these lists but that's a very very rare case and obviously there are many thousands of side who are named

the police do say that they look at each individual case they assess the threat and indeed that so far they haven't seen concrete evidence that has led you know that is that an attack on a particular individual was lying now critics are asking authorities demanding from authorities basically that to be more transparent about this why is that so important. well i think it would be potentially useful if you tell people that they're honing a list of potential targets then of course they can at least assess the risks to them on an individual basis on the other hand of course police and other authorities say they don't want to publish this kind of information because that would potentially only spread fear and that of course plays into the hands of the extremists now i conclude an assignment what type of action is the government taking to address this problem well there has been action there have been

a tightening up of action against far right groups with their police operations with homes and addresses being searched but having said that a lot of people say it's not enough a recent poll showed 60 percent of germans don't think the government is doing enough to address far right violence and even more think it's a serious threat to democracy and some people are calling for some of these far right groups to be just banned outright simon young reporting from our poll politics desk thank you. now the 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 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 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. were trees and also. on the beaches. but also. to the 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 rain drops or snowflakes fall back to earth as precipitation

taking the microscopic pieces of plastic along for the ride. the polar end marine scientists from the hunt for vega institute in germany looked at snow samples from a range of sites in europe and the arctic they 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. the captain of a russian passenger plane is being hailed as a hero after he landed his aircraft in a cornfield shortly after takeoff from moscow all those on board survived and the pilot's action is being compared to the famous landing on the hudson river in the u.s. 10 years ago in both cases the planes hit flocks of birds which caused the aircraft's

engines to malfunction. this is where the short journey ended in a cornfield in the maps just one kilometer from the runway the airbus a 321 was on route to simferopol in crimea. smoke billows from one of the engines some passengers record the scene on their phones. while others call out the names of their loved ones. others again try to get as far away as possible. minutes before the plane took off from moscow's zukowski airports. a bird darts by possibly the moment when a flock of seagulls is sucked into an engine. seconds later both of the plane's engines fail. also lives they don't just after

takeoff i heard a sound like we didn't. know what almost been to get away there was a deathly silence on the plane everyone was just awaiting their feet. passengers say they had no warning from the crew that the plane was making an emergency landing. the captain is being hailed as a hero. mood we must pay tribute to the pilot because he landed the plane as smoothly as possible. it was dummy of the yusupov who brought the airplane down safely the 41 year old captain is highly experienced and has looked over 3000 flight hours. the kremlin says both yusupov and the copilot will receive top state awards for their achievement. lucky lucky safe now reminder of the top stories there we're tracking for you this hour 2 u.s.

democratic congresswoman have been barred from visiting israel after a tweet by president donald trump prime minister benjamin netanyahu says their visit would quote negates the legitimacy of israel trying to do that the congresswomen he did israel and all jewish people gibraltar has ordered the release of the iranian oil tanker the grease one sees last month all this despite a last minute plea from u.s. authorities to keep the ship in detention and their release could mean a swap with a british flag speaker currently being held by iran. don't forget you can always get you know years on the go just download our from kuwait or from the abstract i'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for a breaking news you could also use the daily app to send us your photos and videos . you're watching the other news for a living i'll be back in just

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