right here the grace one that's an iranian vessel suspected of violating its sanctions against syria seized in the mediterranean last month shortly after that iran had back to ratchet up the tensions by seizing a british flag vessel answer the americans in a courts in trouble also today washington tried to have the iranian vessel turned over to them but it failed so the tanker is now free to leave this tiny u.k. territory iran's foreign minister is now accusing the white house of piracy and economic terrorism so where does this all leave the already high tensions in the persian gulf a mile of iraq and berlin this is a day. i worry about rising tensions in the persian gulf. minded miscalculation put lead to

a major blow for the place will get the ball to a ship that was detained to fit it with a ship that was the thing to connect that's not the way iran will come in from the cold if it's going to stop the world. by all means send it back and let's get the british ship back to the british people just as ready to be released into the night from the minute the jobs may be. literally going to go down from the last 6 years nobody to talk to stay within the jurisdiction of the last seeing the world needs is a measure of confrontation in the gulf death would have devastating implications on global security and the global economy. also on the day preserving music history archaeologists excavate what's left of the legendary $969.00 festival with stock mapping out a historic site for future. generations where 50 years ago love peace and rock n

roll ruled many people claim to have been a good start. maybe they were. i think there was an article a number of years ago about the number of people who claim to have been hit woodstock is probably closer to like 5000000 residents 500 towns. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world a very warm welcome the u.s. government's attempt to take control of an iranian oil tanker held in european waters has failed in a dramatic last minute requests the u.s. justice department tried to stop authorities in the tiny u.k. territory of gibraltar from releasing the seized tanker but to no avail gibraltar's supreme court ruled the tanker was free to set sail on just to remind you of what exactly happened british marines seized the iranian super tanker the grease one in

the mediterranean back on july 4th it was suspected of heading to syria with oil that violates european embargoes iran responded swiftly by seizing a british flag tanker the pair o. in the strait of hormuz marking a significant escalation in tensions well it is difficult to overstate the importance of the street of our moods of volatiles transit area that is the gateway to the world's oil industry about a 5th of the world's crude oil travels through this waterway so ensuring that tankers can move unimpeded is critical to the world's energy security and as we know the release of the ship today comes over a year after president donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal with world powers. and the growing confrontation between iran and the west is reflected. in

a tweet today from iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif accusing the white house of piracy and contempt for the law he wrote this. having failed to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving cancer patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas all right i'm joined now by dint of us oliver salat in a washington oliver have has there been any reactions from the u.s. or regarding the release of this a super tanker well it was the united states in the 1st place that called for further detention of the tanker so it does come as a surprise a bit that there have not been any reactions from the u.s. government today gibralter records of those still working on the bit of that was handed in by the united states today but they also say that it came too late to be

considered for the court ruling here 6 today that it did not come on time would still consider those so this might lead to a situation in which the tanker 6 will be 5 taken as a 2nd time so it's been a bit of a back and forth you know throughout the day but overall the situation can be considered as a major embarrassment for the u.s. foreign policy under president trump who's been trying to sort maximum pressure on iran with little success so far. all over on what legal basis did the u.s. justify its request for the detention continued detention of the vessel. well there hasn't been a lot 1 of proof delivered so far but of course the underlying accusation is that this tanker had all. that was supposed to be delivered to syria and that would be a breach of the e.u. and american sanctions that are prohibiting any oil deliveries to syria at this

point the bigger goal of course right now of the american foreign policy here is to get iran back to the negotiating table the united states called the isle of the nuclear deal more than a year ago the edges ation of the americans is that iran is working on a nuclear bomb iran of course rejecting that but then the united states of course raised their pressure raised sanctions on iran in an effort to get the negotiating back again iran in turn rejecting that of course as well and 5 are threatening to block the strait of hormuz one of the most important ship ways where they have to be in many incidents in recent weeks from shot down drones to attacked tankers so what we are witnessing here right now is a power struggle between iran and the united states in the strait of hormuz and also with regards to the to the tankers we're talking about oliver salah to have reported from washington thank you.

at midnight 72 years ago the world hailed the birth of a new post colonial secular nation india today the leader of the world's largest democracy prime minister narendra modi used his address to the nation to defend the controversial decision to strip india administered kashmir of its autonomy the muslim majority state has been in lockdown ever since prime minister modi who has a hindu nationalist government says he's going to return kashmir to its glory days . 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 posture glory.

oh it can greatly contributed india's development journey. we should all make an effort to restore their old glorious days. with. the new arrangement as a result of these efforts. and it will work directly in the interest of citizens. as nobody spoke indian controlled kashmir spent his 11th day under a 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 flying at half mast the country observing what it called a black day to protest modi is decision on kashmir and express solidarity with

residents that tensions between india and pakistan hanging like a dark cloud over the region. are meantime the pakistani army says at least 8 soldiers have been killed in a border clash in kashmir islam abbas says 3 of its soldiers and 5 indian soldiers died any army has not yet commented on today's exchange of fire earlier pakistan's prime minister in a fog this morning for delhi. no rudra modi you can't make this nation your slave. whatever you plan to do in kashmir i repeat that we will have a stronger response. and god willing the time has come to teach you a lesson. striding words there from the prime minister of pakistan let's bring in now not to seem a lot a senior lecturer in international relations at king's college in london and his

focus is on south asia very good day so good to have you with us now since the. have come in place into place it's been very difficult to establish what is going on in kashmir is there a sense do we have a sense of what customers feel about these developments and how they're doing well i mean the actual announcement of the revocation of article 2070 was done during as you say communications blackout so it's only take it's taken. a few days for kashmiris to understand the extent of the changes and in governance and the constitution. apply to them what we've seen in the last week or so is greater and greater kind of mobilization protests especially around eat eat prayers and friday prayers. and there's still a huge amount of kind of curfews and lockdowns and military

deployment but sadly of course the kashmiris are used to curfews because because this is not the 1st one that they had to endure mr modi let's shift our attention to him he defended his decision to strip a jungle kashmir as the area's known of its autonomy promising in return pasts return to its past glory i should say what does that look like. well it's not clear to us because i mean in some senses the the central indian state has been kind of involved in one direction or another in usually quite through military deployments and counterinsurgency operations for at least the last 30 years if not sense since the 1950 s. . so there's a there is never never really been a sort of a golden age of mary development that article 317 had

ruptured in some senses what modi is doing is trying to create a kind of a fictional golden age that we can return to which involves much closer alignment with the policies of new delhi and where does the sun sit in all this i mean what's their role like can they do anything do they want to do anything the kashmiris want their involvement i think that pakistan has very very limited options and im on khan one of the things that besides the strident words that you that your correspondent mentioned. most mostly the pakistani government has been trying to get the international community involved. especially through the united nations because mary's themselves are more interested in autonomy and their rights respected within their current political set up in india so there's very little that pakistan can do to change what is

fundamentally a domestic crisis right now you mentioned of course pakistan wanting the international community specifically the u.n. the u.n. security council is expected to discuss kashmir tomorrow behind closed doors on friday. what's the use i mean what is the u.n. going to do. probably not very much honestly and partly because there are a number of very powerful countries including china in the un security council that would be unhappy with any internal. conversations about internal domestic politics within their within their borders as well at the same time the security council has been sort of the arena of sort of negotiation there have been a number of un security council resolutions over the years about kashmir so i would

imagine the un security council would just sort of return back to a kind of a script that has already been read. oh i did not and assume a lot senior lecturer and international relations at king's college in london thank you for joining us thank you very much. and this day is a day of anniversaries because on this day 74 years ago japan announced its surrender in world war 2 after the u.s. dropped nuclear bombs on 2 of its cities and soviet forces invaded japanese held territory. at noon people across japan observed a minute of silence led by newly crowned emperor there hito the anniversary is a time of reflection for the country which lost more than 3000000 people to the war

and for an area you know is japan's 1st emperor born after a conflict expressed his country's remorse over its wartime actions. we here by reflect on our past. since all and we feelings of deep remorse. we sincerely hope that the misery of the war should never be repeated then i mean. what i sincerely express condolences to those who perished in the war. he saw not they will not he must. or a number of those who perished were in former japanese colonies such as south korea while there the day is marked as liberation day because it ended 35 years of brutal japanese colonial rule but the shadows of that time remain especially the abuse of

south korean women forced into brothels for imperial japanese army troops sex slaves known by the euphemism comfort women south korea's demanding japan apologize for this dark episode in its wartime past japan says it did so back in 2015 but in south korea it is still an understandably emotive issue and with only around 20 comfort women left alive in the entire country time for reconciliation is fast running out. they say is for the victims. like lee yong. to look out for just a girl when she was forced to work as a sex slave in japanese military brothels. they saw more unveiling ceremony part of an emotional day of commemoration i'm protest leader like many koreans once japan to feast up to its past so in the new

day. i'm in the morning i will never give in to the demise from japan. yeah i've been the month so i will fight until i get an apology and. dmoz uncool good god it is not the money i want side of i guess that it's an apology did out side. elsewhere and sold thousands took the issue to the door of the japanese embassy. to compensate investigate punish they chant the anger here reflects renewed hostilities between the 2 nations. japan recently imposed trade barriers in addition over compensation awarded to forced wartime laborers only hardening their resolve. we've been asking japan for an apology for

a long time but they're still not owning up to the past and instead of apologizing to the victims of forced labor they're instead retaliating on engaging in economic retaliation which makes me really angry. with distrust and animosity running so deep laying to rest the legacy of colonize ation me take many years yet. and this week marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic woodstock music festival the event became a key moment in history as a symbol of the counterculture movement and the whole generations hopes for the future in 1969 a roughly 400000 people descended on a farm in upstate new york for 3 chaotic but peaceful days of music and partying while the festival line up there was legendary featuring acts including janis

joplin and jimi hendrix and what struck became a byword for the mind expanding drugs and youthful idealism 50 years on to fully ileus visit this famous site. there are reminders everywhere from peace signs to tie guys 19 sixties hippie culture is still ever present. what is woodstock become some want of a theme park. mark hedrick has run a souvenir shop on the thames main street for over 20 years. marketing is a stronghold in any kind of market like this the there was very little marketing done when the concert was done in fact that to the best of my knowledge there was never a shirt so. that now the marketing stuff came after the fact. but here in the town

you know we still like to take advantage of that. the local economy is benefited greatly since the festival took place and it doesn't matter now that it was held over 90 kilometers away in the time of bethel it's been 50 years since the woodstock festival and the town of woodstock still draws thousands of tourists every year but why do they come here when many of those weren't even born when the festival took place back in 1969. i think it's just i think it's not just people who are here and. that feeling of woodstock lived a special place for people like the people that believe in peace and this is the place. back at mark souvenir store business a steady who says tourist numbers are up despite this year's festival being

canceled the lure of woodstock remains unfettered we do get visitors. many people claim to have been at woodstock and. maybe they were. i think there was an article a number of years ago. the number of people who claim to have been at woodstock is probably closer to like 5000000 residents 500000. the number who attended doesn't matter it's the legacy the festival holds for young and old alike on this its 50th anniversary. 50th anniversary and here to state not too long ago archaeologists actually excavated the field where woodstock was held in our head was part of the team that led the dig she is a senior research associate from the public archaeology facility at binghamton university in new york a very good day thank you so much for joining us and you know i think you get this

probably a lot when we think of archaeology and archaeologists combing through sites we think of ancient battlefields maybe egypt but this is an open field where a musical event took place just 50 years ago is this kind of unusual it's very unusual it's most probably though the largest music festival in the world at that time and possibly even today but we were approached by the museum at bethel woods they now own the grounds where the festival was held 50 years ago and they were getting ready to celebrate the 50th anniversary and we're looking to try to recreate and preserve the original cultural features at woodstock and all that doesn't look the same way that it does today a lot of the area has been resculpting in landscape and covered by vegetation so they needed archaeologists to help them find those cultural features and help them

relocate them so that they could interpret them for the 50th anniversary what were you hoping to find and a way did you actually find. we were hoping to find a lot of artifacts associated with the people who attended the festival and we were hoping to find cultural features associated it with the stage and the fencing and the vendor booths but we found out that after the 1969 festival they removed all of the trash with bulldozers so yes actually remove the artifacts that we we were looking to find but they did not destroy the cultural features so for instance woodstock is not just the field where the concert was seldom the bindy bazaar held over 20 vendors vendor booths but they were very informal booths they took rocks and lined the outside of them and they strung tarps over the top so archaeologists

were tasked with trying to find those booths and we were able to find almost all 24 of those wrong outline features and then to talk to us about what does the sorry for interrupting you talk to us about the importance of finding where the stage was well the stage was the epicenter of woodstock you think when you think about over 400000 people had trained their eyes on the performers on that stage the performers on that stage were were doing a very innovative music it was it was the center of total idea of freedom of many of the attendees were experiencing a lot of. new new ideas as well they enjoyed the music they were part of something that was a generational change that they weren't aware of then but we know it was now so the stage was a focal area and that the museum at bethel woods wanted to make sure that they they

had the right location for the stage because that's quite crucial to recreating that that iconic festival. correct me if you have you know people who had gone to woodstock you knew approximately where the stage was and we all knew approximately where the stage was because there's photographs of thousands of vintage photographs but they're all taken from on around or on the stage or flow bleakly from. very challenging where we help them i'm sacked locations are amazing stuff i but we can't wait to go visit it and see it ourselves thank you so much for joining us archaeologist not for sides. thank you very much. and that's it for the day the conversation continues online you can find us on twitter either d.w. news or you can follow me at labor oxy. good

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better in. a global $3000.00 special report. starts august 19th sunday to. clone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of berlin and this week the focus is on the crisis in kashmir a territory claimed by both india and pakistan making it one of the world's most volatile flashpoints and in the latest development india's government has stripped kashmir of its long held autonomy saying it's time to bring peace and prosperity to the region but the muslim majority is furious.