Cops in 5 days for future demonstrations across europe as he assumes the presidency says solving Climate Change could be europes next heroic act. On their dream lives on not a casket in football fever nation that National Team has passed for the quarter finals of the african cup. Im phil gale welcome to the program. Britain says 3 iranian boats attempted to intercept a British Oil Tanker and the other persian gulf but driven off by a Royal Navy Frigate iran has denied its vessels tried to stop a tanker in the strait of hormuz saying its boats were carrying out routine duties. The strait of hormuz one of the worlds busiest shipping routes through which a 3rd of the world seaborne oil must pass irans navy is an active presence. The strait is only about 40 kilometers wide at its narrowest point iran has long used its coastline to project an implicit threat to the worlds oil supplies in this latest incident britain says this frigate turned away iranian speedboats that threatened its oil tanker. Ron has blamed tensions on the gulf and britain which just days ago seized an Iranian Oil Tanker in gibraltar claiming it was violating sanctions by delivering oil to syria. In d. C. On the game in card issuer will he say to the british that your action is preposterous wrong and its a mistake. And we will harm you as get in on the s. C. We should all try to make shipping secure at the international level. Tell britain you are an initiator of insecurity and you will understand the repercussions later because now you have become desperate and when your tanker wants to move around in our region it has to be escorted by your destroyers because you are afraid dont you i am a bush in. Britain called for calm a Government Spokesperson said we are concerned by this action and continue to urge the iranian authorities to deescalate the situation in the region. Escalation is the great fear the latest incident comes as iran has started enriching uranium beyond the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal its signed with International Powers diplomats are scrambling to keep that deal from unraveling completely while the tension in the gulf simmers. Lets hear more on this from simon mabon who lectures in International Relations at britains like a University Welcome to day w. How much of an escalation is this i think its a serious escalation in the sense that its not just words its actually deeds as well over the past couple of months weve heard a lot of rhetoric about about iran and threatening to close the strait of hormuz amidst i missed the range of different debates about how this would happen but this is the 1st real instance of it directly affecting a british ship then directly iranian agents trying to effect a british transport convoy so i think its quite a quite a symbolic thing particularly after last week in that the seizure of an iranian tanker as you as you mentioned in your package i think its quite a serious move if iran were to make good on its previous threats and block the strait of hormuz bearing in mind how important that is to International Shipping the worlds not going to sit by and let that happen is it. No its not as you say its a hugely symbolic hugely Strategic Point its one of the busiest waterways in the world its one of the most strategic choke points in the world a 5th of the worlds oil goes through that each day so we know its a hugely important point in so iran can exercise a great deal of power and leverage by threatening to close this now if it goes that little bit too far and actually does something that would jeopardize these Global Transit routes and by extension the Global Economy and International PowersEnergy Supplies then that would require i think some type of action some type of response i would urge diplomacy of course but it might not necessarily be that that is the chosen path and we foot donald trump talking about an International Coalition to make sure that iran contra do this and has that basayev that cold been met with much enthusiasm. Well i think this is where regional politics comes to the fort that the iran and the u. S. Have been going head to head for a while now we know that the us all very keen to prevent iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon that withdrawn from the chase c. P. O. Way theyre trying to strangle and suffocate the iranian economy and that has not been particularly well received by other global powers particularly those in europe but also weve got a complex set of situations in the gulf where people who might extensively be against the iranian states and the siting together actually have their own differences their own set of problems that would prohibit such a unification such a Coalition Forming so i think its going to be incredibly difficult to pull together that doesnt say its impossible but i think its going to be quite difficult to bring it all together without politics and geo political aspirations getting in the way so must we presume that the the whole of this latest flare is about the j c p o or is it vats plus of the usual regional tensions i think its not plus the other usual regional tensions plus longstanding british a rainy and relations tensions however you want to colin you know that britain and iran have had a long fractious history dating right way back to the discovery of oil in iran back in the 1920 s. And exacerbated by the toppling of mohamed was it that the 1st democratically elected Prime Minister of iran and so britain isnt view particularly favorably in iran and so i think that weve got to put all these things together to paint an incredibly complex picture if we want to understand whats happening its not just about the nuclear deal the picture is fall more complex than not and thats what makes it incredibly difficult to resolve ready i think youve explained that rather clearly if i can say so i thank you so much for joining us simon women from the universities i have just. Well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the French Parliament has passed a law taxing many of the worlds Biggest Internet Companies the move has angered the United States for the white house saying it would unfairly affect American Companies french finance minister or a limit says it could raise up to half a 1000000000 euros a year. Germanys Domestic Intelligence agency says it is increasing observation of the identity tarion movement which campaigns against mass migration and is an agency said the group believed to have around 600. 00 members is now officially classified as an extreme right movement. 6 screws me 6 tourists adat after a powerful storm hit the north of greece scores of people have been injured after the Violent Storm in how keep toppled trees and power pylons amongst the dead are a couple who were killed when strong winds flipped the motor. A french quadriplegic man at the center of a rout of whether he should be allowed to die has passed away in hospitals doctors removed votes on lambastes life support more than a week ago against his parents wishes and following a legal battle that divided his family and the country is in the best bend more than 10 years in a vegetative state following a car crash a private has been held for him in paris. Lets get more on this from v. W. Religious fest correspondent martin that guy welcome why did this story attract so much attention well i mean friends of euthanasia actually is continuing life support is legal so this is not something that this is not a battle that was had in the middle of sort of hard discussion about the politics of euthanasia this was more or less settled what did happen was that the family was very divided. Have a had essentially the parents of the mouths of very very religious got the licks were actually try to find different instances of appeal to stop the process of discounting life support that had originally been attempted in 2011 so i mean this has been going on for a very very long time and finally the french courts have decided that its a matter of fact life support can be discontinued and obviously this has not actually settled the sights of the debate but it has had a really settled that result and the Catholic Church did become involved to get to church became involved essentially in the way that the Catholic Church can be involved in a bottle that is substantially legal battle they gave support to the side of the family that opposes euthanasia those was 2 of the siblings of mr maritz and the parents and of course they put pressure sort of in terms of public the public debate you know position to euthanasia but this was something that was upheld in several instances by the french courts ok so just go about the point that you touched on your 1st answer. So as far as a little concerned in front euthanasia is illegal but passive use a new thing as you describe it right so assisted suicide aside its legal in very few cases in europe i mean germany actually being one of them and since very recently but both of euthanasia that exists that these continue off life support is something that is virtually in all of europe would i think 3 cases very ambiguous loss you need to lean maybe in portugal and spain if im not mistaken by and large of euthanasia its actually legal and one has the right to demand sation of life support the issue is that even that has to actually go through a process of legal supervision so courts are very often involved when there is a dispute if nobodys or so usually the hospital and medical professionals with the family that make decision in this case the family those who were both decision made by the hospital could actually go to court and try to review the case and thats exactly what they did. Religious Affairs Correspondent thank you are welcome. To brazil where the lower house of congress has approved president also has a landmark over the whole of the Pension System he wants the riffle to help him plug a big deficit to budget a big budget deficit the bill one far more support from the chamber of deputies than expected. Anticipation on the floor of brazils parliament as the votes are counted. The yes votes in green show victory for the government. Many see that as a victory for brazil and for the poor. Yash raj here for hornish these reforms are aimed at reducing inequality gee here 2 suited to each. Years im sure that is the goal of all parliamentarians here i keep it as those who voted for and also against the bill. Protesters against the bill like here in sao paulo who are not convinced yet that if im up this reform hurts poor brazilians enormously its a time bomb but were not going to see it immediately. This reform is not going to create employment just dont create anything its not going to give a cent more for the workers absolutely nothing. But out of that meeting not by that then a few years we will see misery on the rise and people who will not be able to retire suppose it that. This man protests to say is the devil. They say the president will work them to death to turn around the economy oh the god of. Casey the money of the little old poor people when the minimum salary that is bringing down the Pension System its not thats why were here. But they may be back the bill has a long march into law and its a 2nd fight in parliament and then 2 more in the senate. This is d. W. News life from ballots still to come that dream lives madagascan football fever as the National Take the pass for the quarterfinals of the african cup of nations. In joining the fight. First the European Union is to put Climate Change at the top of its agenda for the next 6 months finland has just assumed the block 6 month rotating presidency on the finnish Prime Minister believes the e. U. Should provide a Global Leadership on the issue until then says its important to take the demands of europes young people seriously. 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 snow or snow or ice 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 recently 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 a listen to their young people have listen and they need to listen more yeah i think for backup appointed green politician pick 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. 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 put it this helsinki is determined not to be a hypocrite its maximizing sustainability minimizing Everything Else meetings will all be held in the capital there will be no bottled water mostly plant based meals. And even 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 anya 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 that so much more is needed hell be protesting outside the e. U. Meetings rain or shine or sleet or snow. But take a closer look at this with a touch oh hes a climate expert on this for the Rosa Luxemburg foundation a think tank close to Germanys Left Party welcome so dave w thank you do you expect to finish e. U. Presidency to make any difference to told policy i expect to finish you presidency is really that same that the e. U. Has done for the last 3040 years which is to do nothing at all to protect the climate now of course theyll be conversations about targets say maybe climate neutrality by 2050 but as a kind of person said targets in themselves that reduce emissions you know what reduces emissions is taking up less coal producing fewer cars not expanding fossil Gas Infrastructure was one of the big projects of any of the current e. U. So in essence i dont expect much to happen because nothing has happened over the last 30 years and is that because they do believe that this is because there is no waiting list on behalf on the part of the institution not because theres a fundamental misunderstanding of how Climate Change is produced the European Union seems to believe that you can create Something Like an emissions Trading Market that would fundamentally reduce emissions the thing is we produce Climate Change again by producing cars. With our industrial agriculture by digging up coal with our economic model that goes for infinite growth on a finite planet thats how we produce Climate Change to create an essentially irrelevant policy field Climate Policy and hope that it reduces a problem that is generated by society as a whole is just unrealistic so the problem as a let me let me tell you what i think you think of and you can tell we were wrong to vote as you say is that were essentially what dating with politicians because its a hard sell for a politician to say to its electorate well get a close down the pits in your community were going to close down the car factories were going to make people unemployment but your grandchildren and the planet will thank you for it well 2 things i hope we all understand that we already live in a Climate Change world i mean this year in northern germany forest fires erupted in late april now that is not something that should happen so reducing emissions is not something that just benefits future generations it benefits the world now so its very important to remember that Climate Change isnt about the future its about now secondly id say were talking about what we are as a Growth Society we are a society that has say the only way our lives are going to improve is if we produce more and more stuff and then maybe share it out a bit more fairly thats what has to change we need to get away from a system that prioritizes infinite growth on a finite planet except that goes back to the point i just made which i think youve really addressed yet the value you go for growth by producing things and by producing things were producing all the nasty things that you dont like so how does a politician sell unemployment now against Climate Change in the future. We could for example talk about a guaranteed basic minimum minimum income which was something that would allow people in coal regions to adjust to the transition much more easily we should talk about distributing labor time differently so that maybe we all work 20 hours a week not 40 hours a week we do have to ask ourselves some pretty fundamental questions about how we exist on this planet if we want to stop the Climate Crisis and i dont believe its just the fault of politicians it is the fact that we live in an Economic System that needs to grow all the time even if we decided against it we still have to grow ok so thats its so its not the politicians its us its our fault and yes it is but i get back to the big so to say to say well yeah you know in 50 years time so that your grandchildren can have upon it you need to work less you need to go you need to just do that that its a big sell but i spoke to a friend of mine from the philippines recently and we all understand i hope that the way the global north has been living its life for the last several 100 years is destroying the livelihoods of other people elsewhere the people who suffer most from Climate Change are those who have contributed least to it and vice versa so folks in the philippines will say that may be a big sell but when youre worried about rising electricity prices we have rising sea levels if youre worried about maybe Climate Policy strengthening the brakes at ponti or the f. T. They already have a fascist president in the philippines so really it may be a big sell but how else would you solve a fundamental societal crisis of this of this magnitude and leave that huge question is in the it. From the Rosa Luxemburg foundation thank you thank you. Madagascar is in the grip of football fever after the National Team defeated 3 time champions nigeria to top the group in the africa cup of nations they now face chin is in the quarter final stage its a huge deal for the island nation. Celebrating as if they were already world champions football fans on the streets of the capital singing for their National Team not against 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. The teams success is so inspiring if they can be this successful its proof that everyone can achieve their dreams. Lots of children have now started playing football on the street its fantastic 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 babies are born during the africa cup of being named the teams nickname the official symbol 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. To the r. S. On remanent sue is certain madagascar will win the africa cup but even if they dont the burress success has made a big impact on malagasy society. From. Their success has really brought people closer together foreigners in malagasy are mingling more because we all watch the games together. Its a chance for the whole world to get to know madagascars. This is about more than just sports some success the madagascar there is hope this will make the world sit up and take note of what the country is all about. The u. S. Womens Football Team enjoy the new york ticker tape parade as the country celebrated their 4th world cup victory after beating the netherlands the team was praised for pushing themselves on the field and raising the issue of equal pay in sport. A heroines welcome for the champions of the world after the historic title defense in a moment that was always going to be about move on just. As evidenced by trump 2020 flags hanging above the crowd the larger part of which was here to dote on that darling Megan Rapinoe who have tussled with the president in recent weeks. Its our responsibility to make this world a better place i think this team does. An incredible job of taking that on our shoulders and understanding the position that we have in the platform that we have in this world yes we play sports yes we play soccer yes were female athletes over so much more than. Statements like that one of a large part of the reason that rypien 0 has become such an icon for her adoring fans. I honestly i would bring my dinner in have after she came out and see what she made a statement not just with her words but with her son im just really impressed by her i think she did great representing. Peanos rigi refusal to meet President Trump and the teams going fight for parity of prize money with the american mens squad have won her and her teammates plenty of admirers many hope that this team can provide an inspiration for the next generation we are so proud of this u. S. Womens team they are so outspoken and theyre so brave theyre also just on the leave a bull soccer players and experiencing it with my girls is really wonderful wearing the world champions crown is no novelty for the usa but this time they hope to build a legacy that will outlast to current moment in the sun. As a. Briton says royal navy for the. It has driven off iranian boats that tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the gulf iran denies it and come from tension took place. Now this is day w our focus on europe is next looking at how ukraines new president is raising hopes for peace thats next ill be back at the top of the hour with that. The flop. Mum. The current. Half. Searching for identity and recognition. Of turkish citizens with african roots. Their forebears were brought to the Ottoman Empire as slaves. Even today their descendants are treated like outside. No clear demanding change. On. Entering the conflict zone with Jim Sebastian weeks of mass protests in hong kong showed no sign of coming to an end my guest this week wrote the song a member of the hong kong governments compliment to feel sorry to sound good to you extradition bill which provoked the crisis should be scrapped now and feel good why should there be amnesty for those complex. In 60 minutes d w. A forrester equivalent to 30 soccer pitches is cleared every. Hour consumerism is causing a radical depletion 1st. For 25. Forests and. Tragic reality behind the exploits. Starts july 24th w. Hello and welcome to focus on europe. Thanks for joining us today its been called the forgotten war but the conflict in Eastern Ukraine continues to claim lives 5 years after it started ukraines new president lot of he says ending up fighting with pro kremlin separatists is his number one priority well the political