Marks half a century since the woodstock Music Festival kicked off makes a pilgrimage to the new york town now a shrine to those 3 days of peace love and rock n roll. Im serious almost kind of thank you for joining us the u. S. Has applied for the right to seize an Iranian Oil Tanker detained by gibraltar last month the move legit Supreme Court to adjourn a scheduled decision on whether to release the ship but a job growth or government spokesman said the ships captain and 3 officers have been free to police and british marines captured the vessel the grace one at the beginning of july that was suspected of bringing a rainy oil to syria which would violate the e. U. And us sanctions iran denied any wrongdoing and 2 weeks later it seized the british. Piro tanker near the strait of hormuz which is a vital shipping route. Lets get more on the story now dave used to theres a top joins us from iraq. Do you have any word on what the developments in gibraltar will mean for a british flag tanker thats being held by iran well at least for now the iranians still seem to be preparing for an exchange here we hear from all sources within the revolutionary guards that the british tanker was moved in the past days from the place in the strait of hormuz where it was detained and kept since to another place closer to the port of ponder abbas and thats a place we couldnt go to because we were told that there are many military forces out there so things seem to be moving but one thing is for certain iran is not going to make the 1st move 1st the iranian tanker and needs to be freed and then the british tanker here in the strait of hormuz might be released as well. That weve seen escalating tensions around the strait of hormuz iran has repeatedly threatened to block it in this conflict with the u. S. Why is this shipping route so important. Well thats because a quarter of the global all consumption the strait and that strait is very close to the iranian mainland so considers the persian gulf altogether and specifically the strait of hormuz as its backyard and people here are living in the region i used to that through their region being a leveraging point for. And we just spoke to some of them and they say theyre used to it theyre not afraid of war right now they dont want a war but if it happens theyre willing to stand up for what they believe is right and stand up to defend their country against what they think Foreign Countries that do not have any business here in their region that we see in the e. U. Is considering sending a naval force to the persian gulf to protect merchant vessels so would iran support backed. No way the Islamic Republic believes that it. It is supposed to defend the strait of hormuz and make sure that shipping here is safe and so its willing to build its own mission with neighboring countries like qatar the United Arab Emirates even the saudis. To make sure that shipment here is safe. All other countries that have ships us specifically warships are considered as threat to security of course especially the ones that are considered enemy countries like the u. S. Like Great Britain and also israel but also the European Union so iranians and the iranian government agree that all other ships except their own and other ships of this region would be a Security Threat to the persian gulf. For speaking to us from iran thank you. And lets get some more analysis on the story with scott lucas hes a professor of International Politics at the university of birmingham hi scott so what do you think of this move by the u. S. Why has it applied to seize the reigning tanker. Because the u. S. Goals are different from that of the u. K. And europe the u. K. Sees the ship on the grounds that it was preventing under e. U. Sanctions the delivery of oil to syria now the u. S. Priority is not what happens in syria to do us wants to cut off all your whining or what a lot of us wherever they go quite clearly if this ship was released with 2100000000 barrels of oil it was set a precedent which is ok iran cannot possibly send a well to decide regime in syria without the fear of ships being intercepted but it could do so elsewhere and washington is trying to make a last minute stand to say they want no no iranian shipping to be able to move freely so the u. S. Has different goals where does that leave britain scott because there were reports of britain wanted to a swap the iranian tanker for a british flag ship that had been taken but the u. S. Seems to be working to what that plan. It leaves the u. K. Johnson government which is only been in office in a month in a tight spot and want to get its 1st Foreign Policy crisis they have a choice and they either have to accept washingtons wishes. Vast away from their position because they said that it was up to gibraltar what happened they would have to tell gibraltar no you have to continue to hold the ship or alternatively they have to stand up to the americans and stand up to the trough of ministration what do they do because if they do about washington they are not only possibly increasing confrontation they are splitting from the rest of europe in the European Union who do not want to see this ship being held indefinitely scott this is a really complex situation we have tanker sees as youre saying escalating rhetoric what needs to happen at this point to calm relations with iran. Well i think we were close at least in this immediate case to to not a resolution but at least a step back and that is. With assurances that the ship would not continue to syria at least the European Union and the u. K. Could say that had been accomplished you could then have the exchange of tankers with the u. K. Fly swedish owned stan imperio being brought back and perhaps you could then say right this is been a sign on both sides that well step back now can we move to talks to result wider conflicts and those are conflicts for example over the security the strait of hormuz. Because the americans have now stepped again the risk is the iranians will beat their chest and say we will not back down either and were back to where we were in june where there were tankers being attacked and we remember donald trump approved but then backed away from american airstrikes inside iran you know its got lucas a professor of International Politics at the university of birmingham thank you for that analysis. Lets get around to some other stories making news around the world an autopsy performed on jeffrey abstained the disgraced u. S. Multimillionaire has found a several broken bones in his neck absent was found dead in his jail cell on saturday forensics experts say that such broken bones can occur to people who hang themselves or who have been strangled epstein was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges and canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau says he takes full responsibility for the findings of an ethics report which found he acted improperly trudeau is accused of attempting to prevent the criminal prosecution of a Construction Company on corruption charges the Prime Minister said he acted to protect canadian jobs. Chinas ambassador to britain has warned that china will not quote sit on its hands at the situation and hong kong worsens for democracy demonstrations are now in their 10th week and growing increasingly violent so far beijing has shown restraint but a build up of Paramilitary Forces near hong kongs border has raised concerns that the crisis may end with force rather than an olive branch. Of the messages are conflicting one of the original protest leaders was released on bail after serving 2 months in jail on public nuisance charges related to the occupy demonstrations also a law professor expressed his gratitude to supporters i can still see many hong kong people. Who have sacrificed south of the 2 to fame because of values of hong kong and many moments. I was very touched by what they have done. Meanwhile theres been a show of force on the mainland thousands of Chinese Military personnel amassed at a sports stadium in the city of shenzhen just across the border from hong kong the fear is that they may be deployed on the island chinese Authorities Say protests there are approaching what they call terrorism demonstrations started 10 weeks ago when the Hong Kong Government passed an extradition law that could have seen locals tried on Mainland China protests then prompted authorities to at least temporarily retract the law. However demonstrations have continued with protesters also insisting on more democratic rights hong kongs crisis is also Going International another large demonstration is planned this weekend where protesters will also be calling on the american and british governments to support their cause and after initial silence from u. S. President donald trump hes now tweeted about the situation asking for restraint and for a possible meeting with chinese leaders. And maybe money will talk trump has hinted at a tie in concerning trade should the situation in hong kong improve the 2. 00 countries are currently in a bitter trade war having each impose billions of dollars worth of tariffs on many of each others products. Youre watching the news still to come on our show the concert that defined the sixtys on the 50th anniversary of the iconic rock fast to do that he visits woodstock for peace love and rock n roll never gets old. But 1st indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has defended his decision to end the kashmir 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 tensions are high between the south asian neighbors more than a week after the Indian Government withdrew the semi autonomous state status of kashmir pakistan also claims the region as its own. Indias National Flag unfolds its Independence Day celebrations in delhi a symbol not only of 72 years of freedom from british rule but now also perhaps of the countrys nationalistic shift months off to his landslide election when Prime MinisterNarendra Modi defended his recent decision to strip kashmir of its special status he said the step would restore the disputed regions possed glory. It can greatly contributed indias 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 noti spoke indian controlled kashmir spent its an 11th day under a lockdown and Communications Blackout authorities 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 modis decision on kashmir and express solidarity with residents that tensions between india and pakistan hanging like a dark cloud over the region. Lets get more of the story with nima such as well our correspondent in delhi hina mr good to see you so well they gave a speech today to mark Independence Day he said that he wants to restore past glory what did he mean by that. Well i mean by most americans are more the has once again greed to do it to the last 70 years all of the special status as being in place has actually been detrimental to christian leader in a speech he made a few days ago as well he talked about how its responsibility for indians to make sure that fish meets can now participate in indias Development Project tree and this is the point he drew you to your head today as well in his speech as he said that india indians should be proud that we are finally one nation one constitution the reference to the fact that the Indian Constitution did not apply to me in its entirety because of the special status of this form of law do you deficits do is a beautician of this point hes making and which has been diet government has been making sure that the people of kashmir should finally have access to opportunity is the development of the growth trajectory of the rest of us but of course this in the midst of an unprecedented near complete Communications Blackout in the valley itself tell us more about that blackout whats been happening during this time in kashmir. Well so we the seat of someone pushed me it has been divided into 2 parts and in some parts the Communications Blackout has been lifted but in the most rest of bought off the state of the value of me the communication blackout persists now and its 1130 and the people look wish we could not only have no Internet Access they also have more for one connectivity and they actually have to line up to ours to make a call for a few minutes to their loved ones outside of the states the states justification the governments justification all this communication blackout is to ensure that peace is maintained theres also been a massive military deployment on the ground more than what is usually out there to make sure that theres no potus some process how about how people cannot be pure didnt these from we dont report that its of course the government pushing back saying many of these reports are not true but the valley continues to be in shutdown and well still waiting to cure completely free the what the precedents of push me to julie think about this abrogation you should just very briefly if you can pakistan is furious as of now appealing to the United NationsSecurity Council to address indias actions can International Mediation help disused tensions between pakistan and india. But some im afraid the short on flows north of the un and the us have been good and asking both countries to exercise restraint but also do this through dialogue the pockets of exxon the market funds foreign minister himself a company as a goal said dont expect the International Community to have to intervene but of course pakistan continues trying to internationalize the issue and hope that there will be intervention however because of economic interests in india 1000000000 strong population this seems very unlikely all right our correspondent nima says i still reporting there in delhi thank you very much. 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 isnt just confined to the worlds waterways tiny pieces of plastic are increasingly entering the atmosphere as well and from the air theyre spreading to some of the most Pristine Environments on earth millions of tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year and where the sun and the waves eventually break down the waste into microscopic pieces these socalled micro plastics mel blanc at the Marine Environment are 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 or who want to house. Were trees and we have the. Eyes of those on the beaches. But also want to bring it to the area oh 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 theyre 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 and marine scientists from the hunt for would be going to 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. Our science reporter Derek Rowlands put together that story is with us in our studio now for more hi derek so how can michael plastics be harmful to human health well the chemicals that are used in the elements that are used to to make plastics which have to have a very wide variety of characteristics theyre often toxic for example p. V. C. Has as flooring that which is which in greater amounts can be toxic for the human system and were ingesting them not only through the food chain because these animals these organisms in the ocean are eating by crow plastic but also weve discovered now were breeding them in and then we have no idea what the what that the results medically are going to be from that particular aspect of this 300. 00 surprising is that were finding micro particles of plastic in snow in the arctic interestingly when i 1st looked at the story a couple of days ago i thought you know as it was coming out i thought. I was really very shocked because i associated very strongly with with the oceans but the idea that its now also in the atmosphere and not in small amounts i mean the numbers of particles micro particles that were talking about 15000. 00 per liter of snow that they measured and in areas of the alps and bavaria was 10 times that so its really talking about a whole new vector for how it can get into the human system and we have no idea what kind of an effect thats going to have on human health ok so its alarming what can we actually do to stop the spread of micro plastics well obviously we need to cut down on the use of plastics in general i mean thats a very wide question but there are several Different Things that we need to do we need particularly single used sticks for example the micro beads that are used in cosmetics that would thats a will be a big step forward to to cut down on the use of Single Use Plastics the 2nd thing that we need to do definitely is keep these plastics from entering the oceans because thats where they both break down most quickly a particular its a big problem particularly in asia we need to keep. Them out of the waterways and from reaching the oceans in the 1st place and then obviously we also need to think about long term about new plastics that break down all the way to the molecular level that dont just break down into smaller and smaller pieces but they can break down and be absorbed by organisms in the environment completely so there are really no quick fixes but we need to be start doing more of these things in order to come to Long Term Solutions all right our science reporter Derek Williams bring us the story thank you derek now same sex couples in the animal world are not on common science this scientists have observed homosexual pairings and species as diverse as beetles and monkeys but 2 male penguins at the berlin zoo have attracted huge public attention for their fatherly dedication to hatching an egg together did he went to visit the expectant couple. The happy parents to be these 2 milking penguin skip and ping have adopted an egg together taking turns to keep the egg warm nestling it in their flaps of belly skin and they completely dedicated to the task at hand even the daily feeding con to struck them from caring for the long desired a. Such elocutionary its emerged rather quickly that the pair belong to each other and have become a couple and wanted to have generic so they started taking stones of fish they hadnt eaten and looked after them pretty well or and anguished afghans they would want to come out. And thats why the keris gave the couple an egg which had been abandoned by the zoo so female penguin same sex couples and males which brood arent so unusual in the Animal Kingdom but these visitors still found it fascinating. Life and sometimes i think its really great and i think that in our world many more men should take more time to do just that and do something for the children. Through this you. Know the simply trying. To keep on your side also things that these penguins are doing it right. Back home to which you mentioned i think humans could perhaps learn a thing or 2 from them because penguins are really tolerant and a large breeding colony a same sex penguin couple wouldnt be looked at strangely by any other pair its just the way it is so and they defend their breeding spots just like the others on a social. At the start of september it will become clear whether the egg was successfully fertilized or not and if it is balanced it could be welcoming its 1st penguin to be born to 2 fathers. Right this week marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic woodstock Music Festival event became a key moment in history as a symbol of the Counterculture Movement and entire generations hope for the future in 1969 an estimated 400000 people descended on a farm in upstate new york for 3 chaotic days of music and indulgence the festival featured acts including james joplin and jimi hendrix but it also became a byword for mind expanding drugs and youthful idealism. 60 years later probably. Visit the town where it all happened. There are reminders everywhere from peace signs to toys 19 sixties hippie culture is still ever present. But is woodstock become somewhat of a theme park. Mark hedrick has run a souvenir shop on the towns 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 my knowledge there was never a shirts on and. 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 doesnt matter now that it was held over 90 kilometers away in the time of bethel its 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 werent even born when the festival took place back in 1969. This night i think its just i think its not just people who are here and. That feeling of woodstock like this special place for people like the people that believe in peace and love this is the place. Back at mark souvenir store business a steady who says tourist numbers are up despite this years festival being counseled the lure of woodstock remains unfettered we do get visitors and many people claim to have been what stock and. Maybe they were. I think there was an article a number of years ago about the number of people who claim to have been at woodstock is probably closer to like 5000000 residents 500000. The number who attended doesnt matter its the legacy the festival holds for young and old alike on this its 50th anniversary you know. A reminder now of our top story here on d. W. The u. S. Has requested the right to seize an Iranian Oil Tanker that was detained by gibraltar last month gibraltar Supreme Court was supposed to decide whether to release the ship today the tanker was under suspicion of illegally transporting oil. Youre watching t. V. News conflict zone with Tim Sebastian is coming up next but well leave you with some images of historys most iconic Music Festival woodstock on its 50th anniversary. The be. The big. Lead. To. Live. Thanks. To the conflicts. My guest this week. The Qatari Foreign ministers. Folks passing the moon walk on. 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Im dealing with facts so youre dealing with come something that you know what i said that you want to call terrorism for not a war in this region i mean its a problem for the entire world because you dont think for the last 2 years the gulf state of qatar has been blockaded by a cortex of arab states which accuse it of supporting terrorism my guest this week here in berlin is the Qatari Foreign ministry Spokes Person lol well ill cough up 2 years always denied the charges but with question marks going back many years to those do not