Sailed for International Waters with a new name 6 weeks after it was captured by British Special forces. And 30 years ago the border was removed between hungary and austria allowing tens of thousands of east germans to make their way to the west soon the berlin wall came down signaling the end of the cold war. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the n. G. O. S operating a rescue vessel in the mediterranean has described the situation for the 100 people on board as a humanitarian emergency the spanish like ship open arms is currently anchored off the italian aisle. Of lampedusa authorities have refused that permission to dock there now spain has offered to take the migrants to the port of ill just say it is now to take them in that spanish port that is but the charity that owns open arms has rejected this ofter offered says that the journey of several days over that stretch of ocean is quote unrealistic given the conditions on the ship right now now spain says the vessel can dock at whichever port is most accessible some migrants have been so desperate to get to dry land that they have attempted to swim ashore. Dried some on the horizon safety on the italian island of lampedusa behind them chaos aboard a charity beso the migrant struggle through the water. Unli to be brought back to the visibly overcrowded open arms and this is what they were turning to. The state of new mutiny board the ship the charitys director sounding an s. O. S. About what might happen if they arent allowed to dock you need by italy you know were all here weve spent days waiting to find people in the water fights violence crises older time what more do you want deaths remember to double the magnificent on the. Dice open arms has been mowed several 100 meters off lampedusa. These people are at the center of a judicial and political battle immediately the countrys interior minister wants him to go elsewhere. You know do what i love you shit tough guy wins in the end so im pleased to report that the migrants aboard the open arms have had the good news that the Spanish Government will open its ports to them most fun euro low for. Dozens of young and frail people aboard open arms have already been allowed to shore neatly this weekend. But salvage the alkies to take the obvious would send a wrong signal. Oh no. Its a maritime standoff thats lasted for weeks now. At risk the safety of a 100 people aboard the spanish best so. Well the German Government meanwhile is calling on the e. U. To restart Naval Missions for rescue operations in the mediterranean for more on this im joined by hans brought from the political desk good morning on what is a German Government want to see to prevent these types of all to regular crisis situations in germany by government basically is pushing for an e. U. Mission again to pick up people in the mediterranean who are in need we must remember they. Was the european the until area of the sea until spring this year the mission called sofia which basically was canceled because of the Italian Government refused to participate in. Any food after this current Italian Government came into power and knowledge the German Government is pushing for a renewed e. U. Mission but i think what they are hoping for is. A number of states to participate possibly not the entire ok if italy continues to refuse to participate which nations can pick up the slack cant even work without a time sources and a time ports well the german the German Foreign minister has been saying that theres a more than a dozen states that are possibly interested in participating that have expressed their willingness but of course we have to remember there are a number of states that are adamant that they will not participate it today has been one of the until recently we dont know whats going to happen in it to do since the government there is likely to fall apart very soon but what the germans are doing at the moment i think also because a german woman is going to be the new Commission President also left underline she is trying to renu the inside and system in the e. U. And in the in that context i think i was hoping that there will be a kind of coalition of the willing of maybe a dozen or more european states who will participate in this and will then also take up the migrants thats a crucial issue for it to the obviously and for countries like spain that dont want the migrants all to end up in their countries ok lets let me pick up on that what happens and who decides. To resettle migrants once they make landfall once theyre allowed into port whats the process for them right now right at this moment was ships like the one were seeing here are its a very at talk process. Which countries prepared to take some of these may have more than 100 migrants and theres another migrant ship currently waiting for more than 300 to be. Taken up then a few countries in this case maybe 5 or 6 france germany romania luxembourg countries such as these will take take up a number of these and they will then be taken to their country and go into the normal asylum process in those individual does it is a tool called brown thanks very much for bringing us up to date on this. Its to hungary now where president viktor orban is hosting a german chancellor on the machall at this hour the 2 leaders are in the city of show problem thats where hungary borders austria were getting these live pictures right now theyre on hand to attend events to commemorate a Pivotal Moment in the fall busy of the iron curtain 30 years ago now on this day in 1990 was the site of a picnic but not just any pick it was organized by the Pan European Union a group that supported civil Rights Groups in communist countries back then now during the event hungary unexpectedly allowed hundreds of east germans fleeing communism to cross its border without any kind of documentation they then made their way to west germany it was the 1st rip in the iron curtain between communist Eastern Europe and the democratic west tens of thousands would follow in their footsteps of just a few weeks later when hungary opened its western border with 2000 and so. Did every assignment young joins us now from a show prawn in hungary good day to you simon i could you tell us whats happening where you are today any. Other you probably hear the church bells as you mentioned there is a. A ceremony about to begin in the lutheran german speaking church that you can see perhaps behind me. And chancellor merkel and Prime Minister viktor orban jiechi. Address the congregation no doubt of course theyll be talking about the events of 30 years ago but perhaps also referring in some way to todays year and what those events mean for today and later on theyll be holding a press conference it was hoped that the cheerleaders would go to both go to the borders. Site together and and see where those east germans were able to escape in 1989 but chancellor merkel has a very full shedding today shes taking off pretty soon to fly to iceland for more talks with the european leaders ok were getting these live pictures as we talk simon this was the beginning of the end for communism 30 years ago wasnt this Pivotal Moment on the hungary and border can you give us a sense of of the significance of these incredible of dance completely unexpected 3 decades ago. Here well as you mentioned that the paneuropean picnic because it was called was intended as a kind of. Peace demonstration really organized by western groups but more importantly oppositional groups politicians local politicians here in hungary you had said you know lets see what we can do to sort of promote the general european idea and throughout the summer of 1909 the reformist government in hungary. Was looking for ways to send signals to the west that it was beginning to open up and its border had become a little bit poor us but and as a result of that you had some thousands of east german citizens who decided to take their holidays in hungary as they often did but they heard about this planned picnic about the idea to open the border with austria for 3 hours to allow austrians that was the idea of it to come through and meet their local friends and neighbors in hungary but a group of around 600. 00 east german citizen seized their moment rushed through the gates and they were in freedom the camera crews were there too to welcome them and. To see those pictures of people many of them breaking down in tears with the their unexpected sort of walk to freedom and that was the Largest Group of people whod made it across the iron curtain from east germany since of the berlin wall had been put up 28 years previously as an incredible story isnt it and theres a real interesting coincidence is now 30 years ago the current Prime Minister viktor orban was protesting against the communist regime in hungary jasser i was living in then communist east germany today theyre going to have talks together its not an easy relationship right now what can come out of those discussions. It will be very interesting to see how directly the 2 leaders talk about that because of course we talk about east german refugees in 1909 people who really didnt know where to go how to get to a better life and thats exactly the same sort of question as migrants were seeing arriving in Southern Europe today are facing and of course. Leading a government which is you know refused to participate in a europe wide distribution of migrants and is generally skeptical on the whole idea of large numbers of people coming to europe has blamed merkel for opening the borders and so on thats going to be a real point of tension i think the chancellor will have to Say Something about how pointed it will be will be very interesting but there are other areas too where the 2 countries need to Work Together reforming the e. U. And for instance deciding how the e. U. Should relate to russia and future germanys been very worried about hungarys close relationship with russia also about the development of Civil Society and Democratic Institutions here in hungary so theres a lot for the 2 leaders to. Talk about not much time and itll be interesting to see how much detail theyre able to go into on this historic anniversary on a very historic anniversary it is people in much of europe i imagine remembering this day 13 years 30 years ago simon thanks very much for that show problem unger. Lets get you up to date now on some of the other stories making news this hour late in court has postponed a trial of the countrys next Prime Minister on fraud charges not because accused of involvement in the looting of a state Investment Fund he faces 5 trials in total after losing elections last year he accuses his successor of seeking political revenge. The afghan president offered on or off gandhi rather has vowed to eliminate the Islamic State group in his country over the weekend a suicide bombing at a wedding killed at least 63 people his comments come as the u. S. To go shares with the total of all 2 and nearly 18 years of fighting. Wildfires on the Spanish Island of gong caria have for some 4000 people to be evacuated from their own Officials Say a number of communities are threatened in an area hit by fire last week they say tackling new blazes is being complicated by a combination of high temperatures strong winds and low humidity. Well the Iranian Oil Tanker seized off the british territory of droll to us at sea once again after a court there released at the grace one was held on suspicion of Smuggling Oil to syria contravening e. U. Sanctions has been renamed the dar you want its now under iranian flag expect that tehran will now release a british tanker that it seized in retaliation is the latest. July 4th moments that further inflamed the wests tensions with iran British Royal marines entered brought her officials seize a tanker carrying iranian oil accusing it of plans to deliver its cargo to syria they halted the ship off the coast of to brawl to a british territory located on spains southern tip 2 weeks later iran responded in kind it also seized a ship a british tanker sailing just south of iran in the strait of hormuz. Iran published this video of troops repelling down to capture it tehran alleged the british vessel violated maritime rules. Then deadlock both ships stayed where they were until gibraltar announced last week it would release the iranian tanker gibraltar said it had been assured the tanker full of iranian oil would not go on to syria but that wasnt enough for washington the u. S. Submitted its own request to seize the vessel over sanctions violations. Gibraltars government denied that petition on sunday writing the e. U. Sanctions regime against iran which is a clickable injured is much now or were than that a clickable in the u. S. Irans vessel has now set sail once more raising hopes of a deescalation in the dispute with tehran. Lets get some analysis now with recent tropper shes just returned from iran and from the strait of hormuz good morning teresa do we know 1st off if we have any idea where this newly named arabian flag tanker is headed well thats the 1000000. 00 question here i mean iran has never disclosed original destination of the tanker but always saying it was not headed for syria and now marine checking apparently shows that its heading toward the east of the mediterranean maybe towards greece listing the potential for this final destination. But its absolutely unclear what will happen to the tanker like even if it goes to come on time because greece was one of the countries that was still allowed to buy iranian oil even under u. S. Sanctions until recently but thats no longer the case so any country that will buy the cargo the ship has might be subject to u. S. Sanctions and its still unclear whether the ship will reach this final destination because iran is not just warn the u. S. Against seizing the oil tanker in the open sea and he was just coming we coming across a few moments ago theyre still not sure whether the tango will be allowed to go away at once to ok now you were in the strait of hormuz you have been talking to people there you are out on the waters as were looking at the vessels underway there around the u. S. And britain have all been seizing tankers whats the strategy at play and in tanker seizure well at least the seizure of the british flag tenko was an act of a tele ation thats for sure the iranians said the official reason was a violation against International Law but Everybody Knows its been an act of italian. And thats a reason that resonates very well with iranian public because they feel that the detainment of their bessel in gibraltar was unjustly done so and this is also the sanctions against their country of a hostile act and ive been talking to people and they said we dont want any conflict with any other countries but if they treat us that way were willing to defend our country against that so whatever the initial strategy was behind him and of the tango it has somewhat backfired because the tensions with iran and in the region have only become worse and ok so the seizure of the iranian tanker got the people to back the regime in tehran. With the iranian tanker now released from dr brault a does that mean that tehran is going to free the british flag vessel that its older yeah well thats very likely to happen i mean i was. Just a couple of days ago thats where they took the bridge flecked tanker from the open sea where it was detained so now its in the port there and remote controlling everything there is what i was told i couldnt go there as a far no and specifically as a journalist not in danger proceedings so theyve been preparing for some sort of an exchange so far but as i said the trust in the u. S. And the United Kingdom as well is not very high so i suppose theyre waiting until their own tanker has reached a safe destination until they said the british tank of free ok to secure the flow of oil and to protect the freedom of shipping it in the gulf region britain said to join the u. S. Task force now in the gulf germany has turned down the call from washington to trumpet ministration of course not after about that whats germanys justification for its refusal to protect its oil as well that comes through the gulf well germany Still Believes that negotiations are the best way to deal with iran thats why theyve been advocating to save the nuclear deal they signed with iran back in 2015 the one us president pulled out of a year ago and the printing. They also know that iran will see any type of Naval Mission in the gulf as a hostile act specifically if it comes from countries that the iranians consider enemy states like the u. S. Like the u. K. And also israel so thats why germany is not taking part of that and people there also see it the same way they dont want any extra Regional Forces in their backyard so any sort of mission will only complicate things even further and germanys still looking for a political solution ok and iran has just underscored with with the news from the Foreign Ministry that it will not tolerate america seizing any vessels that news coming through this morning teresa thanks very much for. The state of the news live from berlin still to come on the books lee is Opening Weekend are the lights tarnished newly promoted in your own berlin just off life debut with a crushing defeat. But 1st the people of hong kong have once again filled the streets on the 11th straight weekend of mass prodemocracy protests organizers saying 1700000 people thats nearly one quarter of hong kongs total population turning out and that in spite of heavy rainfall to show their support for local rule this weekends demonstrations were also about what did not happen little violence no rubber bullets and no tear gas. The. Calm dignified resilient these are the scenes organizers have cool if you expect that its not quite like this. Protest is a boo and just braving the pouring rain to march the crowds swelling in every direction bringing parts of the city to a tie to a standstill this week protesters marching through the streets feel like it never going to add a lot of these protests is what if they take rubber bullets over the last few weeks get it right so right. Sadly i know its going to space i these demonstrators had a point to preach many had felt weeks of clashes and shocking scenes of hong kong airport on tuesday to tarnish their movement beijing branding the move on in protest as close to terrorists. But as they arrived on sunday they were united. To the people power and peace their weapons of choice in the battle for the image last week theres a lot of protests in the airport and i think that caught of attention for the whole world thats why i think today is one of the important day for us to see peaceful try to be a rational and civilized group of people because i know the worse watching us as night fell the true test began as protesters converged outside the government complex it seemed like this could end like so many protests before take out masks at the ready trepidation police could come in at any moment to disperse the crowd then came this. Small classes a protest is spreading through the Kremlin Mission complete they chant everyone go higher. We. Have a victory today we have nearly 8 sumi they have people coming out. For you so our 5 demands peacefully so we want todays protests to be absolutely peaceful and so thats why we are encouraging people to go home. 11 weeks into this movement theyve proven they still enjoy improved support. Its move people take up the cry the demonstrators the stands no need for riot police to meet in these protest is what policing themselves. The 1st weekend in weeks take a half month unlived. On sunday berlin made their bonus league debut after decades in the lower divisions their passionate fans decided to remain silent though for the 1st 15 minutes of their home match that in protest at leipzig corporate coffers their opponents were created pretty much overnight with corporate money back in 2009 now after the silence it was all cheers for the away site for. You in berlin fans have been waiting for this moment for decades and the emotion showed finally in the big time those who didnt live to see the day were also there in spirit. The out the 1st of high is a very Different Ground to what ill be like to get used to in the bunkers later but the negative reception for the club backed by an Energy Drinks firm was very familiar. To our. Own players were looking to hit the ground running and show the togetherness which helped win them promotion. The game had a muted start on 15 minutes to supporters brought into life but just as they did like 6 marcel house them struck. Here now guzmans 1st one is a good goal celebration is like the boss who knew him gave the fullback far too much room but it was still a fine finish. A crack of a muscle sun its a double the lead on 31 minutes if you knew and didnt know how tough the blunders they get would be they knew now. When you dont coach fisher bravely put his glasses back on but it soon got worse team of them in a burst. To make it 3 no just before half time. Because if you graph to fall after the break. A new one hump broken at the end it will be a tough season for the promoted bilin as the coach clubs supporters will keep on singing. I. Its to tell us now in the cincinnati masters where russia has done the medvedev beat david goffin in the final to seal his 1st masters 1000 title medvedev here in blue had lost in the final in the last 2 tournaments he played in but despite suffering tramps nothing was going to stop him this time around against his belgian opponent never have capped off the win with an ace having saved 2 break points while serving for the match he took in straight sets 766. Im so exhausted to celebrate like if you would ask me before the tournament what would i do if i win the derby i would say i would have a ball down on the court or scream like crazy and finally when i made this last days i had no power to even say want to order so i just went to the net and i was like ok its finished i want it. The state of new news live from berlin up next your heart says year hell be taking a taking a look at the business side of that hong kong story were covering for you how is the protest movement affecting the economy in hong kong im brian thomas for all of us back to being. Welcome aboard. Make yourself comfortable. Please try our inflight food. And our fitness center. Enjoy the spectacular view. Point your bellow wishes you a pleasant flight. Lift off to mars in 45 minutes on t. W. Welcome to the what is the gate here for deep delta. Templates to talk about. This coverage. Remember for. Us a little we have. Lets have a look at some of the other matches around the need to still shaking in their boots and took a brief a sigh of relief so you dont want to miss a day. Just got. T w. The water starts rising people by force are. Told her it could be dangerous. To floods and droughts will Climate Change become the main driver of mass migration you could write any are going to be snide if you want and probably most of the book on. Climate exodus starts september 5th on d w. Hong kongs Business Community is beginning to feel the heat off of cooler heads prevailed at the weekends protests beijing is increasing pressure on western companies to distance themselves from the protests. 2 years after the war against Islamic State has ended the economy of the kurdish regions of Northern Iraq is finally showing signs of a revival. This is business im going to have the office and berlin wall come