Those taking part in fridays for future demonstrations across europe and as he assumes the e. U. Presidency he says solving Climate Change should be europes quote next heroic act. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us britain says 3 rainin boats tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker near the persian gulf now london says they were driven off by royal navy forget the h. M. S. Moat montrose escorting that tanker in the strait of hormuz the frigate seen here escorting other ships aimed its deck guns at the iranian vessels as a warning no shots were fired. Iran has denied that any of its boats tried to stop that tanker saying they were simply carrying out routine duties now the British Government called for calm after the incident we are concerned by this action. They said and continue to urge the iranian authorities to deescalate the situation in the region while this incident comes after a warning yesterday from the iranian president Hassan Rouhani he said that iran was ready to retaliate after one of its oil tankers was seized off the coast of. Last week britain claims that a rainy and tanker was delivering oil to syria in violation of sanctions. Against you Great Britain are the initiator of insecurity and you will realize the consequences later that they know you are so hopeless that when one of your tankers wants to move in the region you have to bring in your frigates to escort it because youre scared to need it but thats just because 8 as times it 2. For more of this lets bring in analysts simon ma been a lecturer in International Relations at the university of lancaster in britain thanks so much for coming in for us attentions of already been a very high and high in the call for how much of an escalation is this incident. I think its quite a seismic us collations be honest weve heard a lot of words or rhetoric weve heard cycles of tit for tat diplomatic rhetoric from both sides. Calling on the oh the calling out the other i should say for these actions but this is it seems to be at least at the next step taking this to the next level of actually putting these words into action and i think what weve got to do is contextualize it further and say that look this isnt just a product of over recent tensions between the u. K. And iran but this goes back decades the Iranian Regime is always viewed britain with a great deal of hostility dating back to the 1953 could at the top pulled that the democratically elected president a Prime Minister straight Mohammad Mosaddegh so theres a great deal of tension here deep structural tensions between the 2 states that really do escalate quite quickly when there are particular crises like this one and it really looks to be coming to the fore the sun awaiting for confirmation on a lot of the details in this story but it looks like that apparently these were reigning in revolutionary guard armed vessels trying to interrupt this British Oil Tanker how likely is iran to use vessels like those to block the strait of hormuz and disrupt the flow of trade in oil. Well youre right to say that were waiting for confirmation that the revolutionary guard have denied involvement as far as im aware at present because that doesnt mean to say that theyre not involved is just posturing i guess that with regard to close in the straits of hormuz weve heard over the past number of years that iran has threatened to close the strait on number of occasions and there it there are several ways of doing that of course one of the ways is might hang the straits by by by dropping deep ports and mines to prevent prevent ships from accessing but perhaps the more that the easier option the more obvious option is with with the use of these small boats that are able to then come india vessels such as what we saw what we saw today it seems like the more flexible the most strategic option that gives it gives iran the ability to get material and goods out of the strait without having to 2nd nothing gates these mines i think this is probably the law the whole obvious strategy that iran could use if it wanted to disrupt the trade flows through this busy waterway a sign like to jump in here and ask you this this incident comes just a day after the u. S. Called for an International Military alliance to safeguard freedom of navigation in the gulf are we likely to see this coalition coming together. Thats the 1000000. 00 question i guess and if you look at it it is sort of prima facie level you would say that there are a great number of states who view iran with a great deal of comes all concerned particularly after what were seeing this morning about the potential threat to to traffic to cargo flowing through the straits of hormuz but then the question comes what would that look like who would be involved what would be the strategic town mentions of the type of coalition and thats where we get really quite problematic and thats where all the political issues that that would characterize this coalition would emerge because they said certainly not a great deal of unification behind the u. S. On this so while im a significant good at it yes im sorry to jump in there and wrap this up simon mabyn from the university of lancaster thanks very much for coming in simon thank you. As preview on some of the other stories making the news at this hour police in spain and 3 other countries arrested 6 suspected members of a gang the trafficked women for sex they seized about 3000000 euros in assets as well the women were mainly nigerian forced work as prostitutes in finland and sweden. The last ever v. W. Beetle has rolled off the production line in mexico this car built to a revamp design from the late 1990 s. Brings an end to a series that began with the w. s very 1st model 938 the original beetle was in production for 65 years. Ukraine has installed busy a giant metal cover over the destroyed Nuclear Reactor at chernobyl that structure is meant to contain radioactive dust from the reactor it exploded in 1906 that was the worlds worst ever nuclear disaster. Now a french quadriplegic man at the center of a bitter dispute over his right to die is passed away in hospital doctors removed and sent on bears life support more than a week ago that against his parents wishes following a legal battle that divided both his family and the country bears spent more than a decade in a vegetative state following a car crash the supporters have been holding a prayer vigil for him in paris. Well lets bring in lisa lois joining us from paris on stay on the story lisa can you tell us more about what was behind the decision to take the patient off of life support. Well its been a long. Battle between 2 sides of the family of the parents who were opposed to letting him go and letting him die and then the wife whos been fighting since 2013 for his right to die really now what happened is that after his car crash he went into a deep coma and then came out of it a few years later and was in a state of minimal conscience as the doctors call it and that one point in 2013 apparently the doctors realized that his body was somehow reacting to the treatment refusing it they thought so thats when they stopped the treatment based on a law here in france that prohibits euthanasia but allows for passive euthanasia now 11 years after his accident finally the court case that the court paris court decided that this person could effect of lee actually be taken off life support that means that the doctors could stop feeding and hydrating him ok why was this decision taken now can you tell us something about the timing by. Well its you know its a good dish decision but obviously this has been long ongoing for 4 years and years and after a while the parents actually after the latest Court Decision they decided not to put in additional appears so they kind of gave up finally obviously there is a lot of concern here about other such cases theyre about 1700 cases of people you know who are in an in a similar state in a vegetative state of minimal conscience really and some doctors are now obviously concerned that this decision this Court Decision this case might have an impact on all these other people here in france. The story for us in paris thanks very much. This is deja vu news still to come on the show theres fords dream lives on that gas card in football fever as its National Team prepares for the quarter finals in the africa cup of nations will join some of the fun. But 1st this to greece where 6 terrorists are dead after a powerful storm battered the north of that country scores of people have been injured after the Violent Storm and how. It toppled trees and power pylons mung the dead are a couple who were killed when the strong winds flipped their car about the storm followed very hot weather and agrees with temperatures soaring to 37 degrees celsius over the past 2 days. Now difficult weather has also hit italy where 18 people were injured when a storm pelted the town with massive hell stones that storm came during the peak tourist activity there. The east coast of italy during an aerial bombardment of ice. Came down here and bowls the size of oranges. Further inland streets were awash. People took refuge in doorways and whited 10 to 15 minutes until the deluge of passed all along the a dramatic coast people were surprised by the sudden onset of the storm. An enormous cloud arrived there was an incredible down pull with wind rain a really big storm. The wave of bad weather also broke windows in windshields in the resort town of milan no matter team a about 200 century old pine trees were knocked down by a tornado. One woman was taken to hospital in a serious condition. The storm came at a bad time for tourists currently on the coast and it was devastating for many tourist operators there. Was a cool story that in all the things i patiently built up over the years have been ruined in just 2 minutes really had to do with. The heavy rain came after weeks of sweltering heat in italy and one day after authorities issued a yellow alert for rain and high winds in the north of the country. Now for the next 6 months the European Union will put Climate Change at the top of its agenda finland has just assumed the block 6 month rotating presidency in the finnish Prime Minister says the e. U. Should provide Global Leadership on the issue he says its important to take seriously the demands on this of europes young people. 16 year old spent many fridays travelling 2 hours each way to protest at the Finnish ParliamentHolding Signs pleading for Climate Action the climate itself wasnt too cooperative as he stood there through the winter its really horrible in front of the its always been the end it will be raining some sleet or snow or ice and most of politicians just go by and dont even look at us. Or say hello and some even come to us but says it was all worth it as Prime Minister until now has declared solving the Climate Crisis should be europes next heroic act at the very least its the top priority for the finnish e. U. Presidency has credited the youth climate strikers for inspiration got to thank him in person and vice versa i really. Have listened to their young listen and i need to listen more yeah thats why for back up appointed green politician picked the harvester as foreign minister to press the message in the Foreign Policy arena already overflowing with wars Nuclear Threats and humanitarian disasters harvester knows it will be difficult despite party government. And its a climate. That the silence around the table you can hear the silence in the way that its so surprising but harvesters says its the activists to whom he feels responsible. And they actually think the power. Base is enough but i think its good we need to see the society as opposed to politicians helsinki is determined not to be a hypocrite its maximising sustainability minimizing Everything Else meetings will all be held in the capital there will be no bottled water mostly plant based meals. And e. U. Bureaucrats traveling to finish meetings will receive a unique gift half a 1000000 euros worth of air emission offsets spent on projects in developing countries and yet lycee head of the presidency secretariat says the finnish way is not to lecture but to lead by example we want to be practical and what we promise we want to keep. Says whatever finland achieves is great but its so much more is needed hell be protesting outside the e. U. Meetings rain or shine or salute or snow. Ok were happy to be joined now by todd youre miller hes a longtime climate expert x. Divest an analyst for the euros a lot some Bird Foundation think tank close a German Left Party thanks for coming in tied to having me what do you expecting from the finnish presidency of the well 1st of all im expecting what has been the power for the course of your policy for the last several decades which is to talk a good talk but fundamentally not deliver anything the really existing record of european policy is lousy our central Climate Change policy trading has not delivered any actual Emissions Reductions while creating a new playground for financial criminals and that is the main time of policy and financial criminals but but but climate c o 2 Carbon Trading is going on there but it is not delivering any Emissions Reductions and thats the Central Point if you look at the history of you Climate Policy it hasnt done anything to actually reduce emissions and were seeing a situation where. In late spring in northern germany there were forest fire is next and therefore already make 2 for one already now were living in a Climate Change world so if i hear somebody saying were going to climb a new 2050 thats about as relevant as telling me theres a man going to be on mars by 232030 years wont think ok well youre saying the Carbon Trading is not working a france is proposing a flight on every plane takes off in france germany is looking at taxing carbon consumption and energy more seriously is that the way forward townsite times is the way forward for consumers i do believe that a carbon tax would be a better and more efficient way to protect the climate than emissions trading however you need to look at fundamentals the only thing in the last 40 years that has measurably reduced global Greenhouse Gas emissions is reductions in Economic Growth when the eastern bloc collapsed in the early ninetys that led to global Emissions Reductions where are you saying we need less Economic Growth absolutely in fact Economic Growth the fact that we have. An Economic System that perpetuates it to infinite growth on a finite planet is precisely the reason why we have not only the Climate Crisis but also the diet of biodiversity finds in others and the European Union is fundamentally an Economic Growth project as a result i know that the European Union will not deliver climate protection ok well climate activists have been targeting flying sometimes through mention this as a major environmental threat in the swedish 16 year old data to bird of course has been spearheading europes anti flying movement that encourages people to stop flying by by air to lower Carbon Emissions but how much difference does it actually make to travel long distances by trains for example heres how it compares on a 600 kilometer journey from berlin to munich a train emits 34 kilograms of c o 2 per person with a typical car it moves up to 90 kilograms but flying pumps out a mass of 300 kilograms of c o 2 perhaps thats left many people thinking twice about how they travel. On their vacations. Its summer break in germany temperatures have topped 30 degrees celsius around the country many germans are happy to take their vacation without getting on a plane martina flicka and michelle get a car among them theyve shown trips abroad on Budget Airlines for years. Was it all of course i could say ill take flight so i can have a vacation somewhere who cares. But thats so short sighted that its a terrible legacy to leave the world for the next generation was and the loss of that so is it right to assume some people are taking a stand on the Climate Crisis by staying closer to home. Youll be a young people leading the Climate Protection Movement giving us a lot to think about not thinking of infantry gets a bad conscience for going away on vacation especially by plane on long haul flights but what else can you do especially if you want to see more of the world out opposite it was not tough enough as much as your recent event was in this travel agency in the city of friedrichs often is fielding questions by Vacation Planners are the climate protests having an impact its off to the usually high prices or a pretty biting factor the want to travel package or a feeling is cheap then other considerations go out the window stood to e a nationwide travel agency says travel choices havent changed that much long haul trips are as popular as ever and booking numbers are increasing analysts say they dont expect that trend to change its were not seeing any difference its really hard to make total sense of these numbers because you have to factor in other things like weather and the political situation interest destinations but we can say that travelers are thinking twice about what. He says 3 times more people have registered with Carbon Offset organizations than this time last year the travel sector is counting on governments to take more action. Taishan sector you have to remember that were talking about very large investments for example in alternative energy in the air travel industry will require Political Support and if the protests are encouraging that then we hope. It remains unclear what Political Support should look like usually it means taxpayers should help out but taxpayers still like to travel on oil burning cruise ships and Budget Airlines. Martina still couldnt they have taken the train to Lake Constance instead of their car no guilty conscience. And. Yes it was a good thing people should question the rule the place i usually take the train to work instead of the car. They say theyre much more flexible with their car especially with all their baggage that protests it seems havent yet made their mark on german vacations. So what should be happening here the Climate Change activists Extinction Rebellion recently announced plans to disrupt flights to and from London Heathrow Airport this Holiday Season by using drones is that the right way forward well 1st of all the right way forward would be to change the incentives around this it would be to have political decisions whereby we tax at plane fuel or reduced value added tax on train tickets or do not cut back on regional train lines as been happening around him for example for many many years the point is that individual decisions about when and how to travel take place in a particular framework if the framework is airplane travel is dirt cheap. Then ill probably do airplane travel because also its faster than i my my my holidayed hours and days are getting cut back all the time is a raise in the price so what im saying is that not going to start raising the price would be one option the point is we need to make collective societal decisions about how we want to behave in this world now i do think that people asking themselves should i fly not fly is a useful exercise its a useful exercise not in shaming oneself as as a sexual myself i dont think that shaming people into changing their behavior is going to be a very good effective way however we are solver an ethical individual act as we can decide not to do something one example if your Favorite Luxury Hotel and your latest nation were having its towels cleaned by its actually exploited mine as i wouldnt want you to feel shame but during that hotel i would you want you to decide not to go to that hotel because so should be your politics and not shaming president s is the way forward taja muller climate expert activist and expert at the Rosa LuxemburgFoundation Thanks very much thank you very much. We have some sports now and madagascar is in the grip of football fever after the National Team defeated 3 time champions nigeria to top their group in the africa cup of nations theyll now face tunisia in the quarter final stage it is a huge deal for this island nation. Ok celebrating as if they were already well champions football fans on the streets of the capital singing for their National Team came out against the have won 3 matches in a row and now theyre just 2 wins away from the championship game. Its one of the all time fairytale stories in africa cup of nations history and the whole nation is behind them. 24 year old to. Sue is a huge fan hes been playing football most of his life but suddenly everything feels very Different Police to. The teams success is so inspiring if they can be the successful its proof that everyone can achieve their dreams. Lots of children have now started playing football on the street instead task. Every time madagascar when it makes me want to play more. I just want to play every day every day. Madagascar doesnt even have a professional league but football helps people forget the challenges of everyday life about 3 quarters of the population live under the poverty line here but the National Football teams success is giving them a sense of hope they visa born during the africa cup of being named the teams nickname the official football jerseys are almost all sold out in the market traders are enjoying the profits. We are really selling a lot of jerseys probably about 1200 every day. Even foreigners want them go but a yeah. But. I dont go to the r. S. On remanent sue is sus and madagascar will win the africa cup but even if they dont the virus success has made a big impact on malagasy society. Up front to their success has really brought people closer together foreigners and malagasy are mingling more because we all watch the games together and i think its a chance for the whole world to get to know madagascars. This is about more than just sports some success from madagascar there is hope this will make the world sit up and take note of what the country is all about. And much more of that story a website interview dot com up next either of you business with ben physics and when we usually think about trade tensions is china and the u. S. Then but now it looks like south korea and japan are the odds that well exactly is the threat of export curbs from japan which is becoming real and could slow down Global Supply chains south Korean Companies that make chips and devices are worried about this the small ones could fall under this pressure the big one. Have stockpiles that are right for the short term its the long term theyre worried about and that it could affect us it could take longer to get out smartphones and tvs and all sorts of electronic im not hearing samsung in the background heres an ad for example also apple which has a u. S. Company so it could hurt the u. S. It could also hit the likes of weiwei in china ok well much more on this with ben straight ahead but you know if you. Thomas thanks for being here. Ok you know this is you know 5 minutes 4 minutes. Past the hour and the beauty combines he has it all. Fits in the pantheon of the great tenors certainly hes one for the ages. What secrets lie behind these moves. To find out in an immersive experience and explore fascinating world Cultural Heritage sites. D w World Heritage 36050. Its been 50 years since the moon landing. He was the 1st man to walk on the moon. As a small boy he dreamed of the stars. 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