this is deja vu news live from berlin rising tensions between washington and tehran over burning oil plants drone attacks for saudi arabia to cut its oil production at the world's largest oil processing facility rebels claim responsibility but the u.s. blames iran. also coming up a landmark election in tunisia counting is underway after voters went to the polls in south presidential elections this could be the 1st transition of power from the freely elected leader to a freely elected leader in the country. an international artist celebrating

a tough and german explorer alexander program both a would have been his 250 years birthday. oh my gosh waiter welcome to the program western nations have condemned an attack on saudi arabia's oil infrastructure they ratcheted up the rhetoric after drone attacks on the kingdom's largest oil plants slashed the world's daily supply of oil by 5 percent but while hutu rebels from yemen have claimed responsibility the u.s. has blamed iran for the attack raising tensions yet again dream washington and tehran. one of the globe's most crucial commodities going up in smoke the result of twin drone strikes at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry state media say the fires that erupted after saturday's attacks were quickly

brought under control but officials say that production at the apple cake oil processing facility the largest in the world and the cories oil field the country 2nd biggest has been temporarily suspended there are fears of how this might affect world markets with saudi arabia responsible for about a 10th of the world's oil output the strikes have effectively cut 5 percent of global supply overnight for over 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the country's who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and found more. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful than before so long as their aggression and blockade continues. but washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the

attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in the strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy for more on that let's bring in atlanta about of our in middle east analyst best and also there are thank you so much for joining us the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for these attacks that the u.s. is accusing iran of being behind these drone strikes there ron is denying it involved why is the u.s. accusing iran of this. well that in fact it suits politically i guess it's a it's expedient to believe you run for this with a maximum pressure complain that the u.s. is driving against iran with this with the allegation at its core that iran's destabilizing the region and that you has ally has been attacked saudi arabia has

been attacked so all of this the rhetoric from washington is not really surprising . what the rebels have threatened more attacks to come how do you think saudi arabia is going to respond to this this is great to be interesting to see because the there have been attacks on the infrastructure of saudi arabia before but not with that magnitude not with that scope and i think for saudi arabia the important question now really be how well protected are we actually i mean the u.s. the u.s. had delivered missile systems to saudi arabia and security umbrella so to speak but it still shows how vulnerable saudi arabia is and it's going to be difficult for the kingdom to really think about how to respond to this and we've already seen some international responses coming in the british foreign minister called the set is attacks a reckless attempt to damage regional security the u.s. has not ruled out striking iran's oil fields this seems like a pretty vulnerable situation what do you foresee. yeah it's

extremely volatile the problem that i personally have with with the rhetoric like this is that it ignores what's going on in yemen since for more than 4 years now so regardless of the fact that iran supports the route you brought in yemen there is still a war brewing on with the saudi led coalition that is bombarding the north of the country particular and pushing back there with ease so a reaction from the with these. words had to be expected in that form remains to be very volatile and i think it's important that the european countries including germany clued in great britain and france obviously condemned these attacks and called for caution otherwise this kind of explode into further escalation the middle east analysts about to buy into still there for us thank you so much a pleasure and now to some of the other stories making news around the world at

least 12 people are dead and more than 2 dozen missing after a sightseeing capsized on the go to voting river in southern india authorities say tour boats have been banned from operating the area following recent flooding in the state. at least 10 people were killed after a car exploded in the northwestern syrian town of al dry along the turkish border the local council said 15 others were wounded in the blast which occurred near a hospital. algeria will hold a presidential election on december 12th interim president saleh made the announcement in a televised speech saying it wasn't heard at step for the country mass anti-government protests forced longtime president adel as he's but a ficca to resign in april. it's widely viewed as a test of one of the world's youngest democracies counting is underway in the 1st round of tunisia's presidential election the country was the birthplace of the arab

spring but it's only the 2nd time voters have had a chance to choose their leader in a free and fair elections the country's electoral commission says turnout was low at just 45 percent. 26 names are on the ballot paper though only 24 candidates are standing to withdrew from the race just days ago to support a former rival the head of the poll there was no clear front runner among the most prominent of the hopefuls youssef shahid who served as prime minister since 2016. media mogul now bill carter we who is in prison on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering before official results are out currently spokesman already said he'd made it through to the 2nd round. as has come he said he did conservative law professor who told soon as he and radio that an exit poll showed he had made it to the 2nd round whatever the eventual outcome this

election has huge symbolic value is the only country that emerged from the arab spring uprisings at the beginning of the 2010s with a peaceful transition to democracy high unemployment and inflation have left many voters frustrated at polling stations many voters said preserving this democracy was their top concern. for i am 81 years old and this is my 1st time. she'd been really hit by a very happy to take part in this free election that we could not have imagined happening in the 1950 s. sixty's seventy's or even in the 1980 s. . my daughter must learn in her youth the importance of voting so that when she grows up she will have pride in her country and love her country what's to come will be better god willing. and then.

this election is important because we are now in a different phase this one we've been dreaming of for years she said this is very important we hope whoever is elected will be up to the challenge. if there is no one outright winner voters will decide who will be tunisia's next president in the 2nd round of elections probably to be held next month. for more now joined by journalist sara masters in the tunisian capital sara there are so many candidates no front runners how engaged in these presidential elections. well a lot of people i've spoken to are actually very well informed of what's going on they've looked at the programs did looked at the candidates but that doesn't actually reflect into voter turnout. so for until about afternoon it was relatively know just because a lot of people mistrust political institutions and mistrust

a lot of. establishing a titian's who are running for office so a lot of them who said did probably want to or will just cause of the well because they don't trust institutions tunisia is seen as the arab spring success story possibly the only success story but given what you've just said how much of a success is it really. would have been some considerable progress has that has been made when it comes to the political transition there's been the elections testing a new constitution adopted in 2014 and the if it's not fully and place you do some things like the constitutional court actually that's been part of the place for 4 years yet but politically it's relatively well the very you have an active civil society as well that is playing the role of when it comes to the thick of iraq on the other hand which is lacking has to be correct i left from the dots a lot with a lot of our national budget criticize

a lot on the surface and said we haven't seen any results of this rising when it comes to economic development and the country in crisis. inflation is. very tired and some just maybe that's one of the reasons as well and are you prepared. to talk us through the rest of the process how soon are we likely to get the 1st results and then what happens next. so basically these results will be published by tomorrow or tuesday. using the latest and very probably the high number of count at state at once that there will be a 2nd tours of nobody will win in the 1st and the 1st from so the 2nd. will take place 2 weeks after their final result and 2000 people or objects resolves a lot so basically it can be anytime between let's attack and of september and adopt it so we don't have to wait for the 2nd round yet in the family there will be a much reluctance to take place for the 6 or so i'm straight. for us in

tunis thank you so much. it's out of humboldt was an intrepid explore a natural scientist and an ecological visionary the 7 polymath made a lasting mark in latin america he was the 1st european to explore and describe the geography and biodiversity of the region from a modern scientific point of view now the 250th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated by international artists at the humboldt forum here in berlin. alexander von humbled is that liberated in a projection on the facade of bellin tumbled home the universal genius traveled around the globe most famously to latin america his discoveries more than 200 years ago a simpleton and science politics and today in teaching for this colombian performance group extended. then all my alexander

from home made a great contribution to human knowledge and to the geography of the americas. because the scientific vision that he defended has become you need for certain knowledge to. you know. when you have. homebuilt was the supreme that worker who fell to 10 men many branches of the arts and sciences from biology to physics and from botany to politics and he was always interested in exploring new cultures and fresh ways of looking at the world. we all learned that we as humans are more connected to each other than we are separated and if that message can be communicated up to homebush forum it's because home what was the pioneer who taught people that even centuries ago. a group of artists and computer programmers from peru use virtual reality to experience home both obsession with measuring everything and then attempt to find out everything without

missing a thing. i think that approach impacts us nowadays with phenomena like globalization and the internet which connects us saw. something that is related to the holistic nature of humboldt's philosophy. on the phone. live discussion between novice or best and belin allows participants to exchange the different points of view across borders and international exchange which would have loved that conversation centers on how to continue legacy today everything is interaction was humble central statement about nature and the world i created that couldn't be more topical today and which was still a hot topic for the many people who attended tumble to 250th birthday in belin. coming up after the break it's the phone as they go with my colleague max merrill match day 4 is in the can did freiburg manage to stay in the mix at the top when

the battle hoffenheim answer to that and more coming up next on the point just think of. it washington news live from berlin don't forget you can always check out our website d.w. dot com and twitter at d w n is my ass waiter thank you so much for joining us and stay tuned. to its. with its own gravitational. finest musical composition. with some mysteries to read.