More respect and more patriot a novel approach to solve berlins housing crisis, we visit with artists who are joined attention to spiraling rents in the capital. I am phil gayle. Welcome to the program. You and secretarygeneral Antonio Guterres is calling for an independent investigation into yesterdays attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oh man oman. The u. S. Says that iran is responsible. Tehran says allegations are baseless and tensions have an running high between the two countries since president t trup told the u. S. Out t of thehe inteternational nunuclear deal h iran lasast year. The uniteted states says this is the video that proveses iran was behind the attacks. U. S. Military claims it showows irans revolutionary guarard removingng and u unexplodeded bg from one of the tankers. It has also published a photo purporting to show damage and a mine attached to one of the ships. President donald trump declared iran guilty. They are a nation of terror. They have changed a lot since i have been president. They were unstoppable, and now they are in deep trouble. He also said he was open to talks with them. We want to get them back to the table if they want to go back. I am ready when they are. The incident was sparked on thursday when a fire broke out on a norwegian tanker following explosions. The crew radioed for assistance. As reported, it was in attack. Hours later, a second tanker, japanese owned, called for help. The crew said they saw a flying object hit the ship before hearing a blast. The ships pass through a shoot digitally important waterway that cararries a a fifth of all global oil supplies. Iran has rejecteted the u. S. Accusations and says its navy came to the aid of one of the ships. Iranian state tv broadcast images of the rescued crew members. The foreign minister said the incidents were suspicious. As a reminder of the potential for the incidents to escalate globally, irans president met with russias vladimir putin. Russia has cautioned against racing to judge iran. Both stressed their Strong Security ties. Under the current circumstances, with all the external pressure and foreign sanctions being imposed, the necessity for cooperation between the countries in this region, including our countries is becoming more critical each day. It is just weeks since the u. S. B blamed iran f for a serif attacks on or other s ship in te same region, though full details have yet to be released. Iran has rejected those accusations. Lets take a closer look at this area we have the Senior Expert of the gulf region. How convincing do you find the evidence that washington has presented . In the beginning of the show, there has to be an independent investigation if this video is credible or not credible. When i sought for the first time, i was reminded to the situation in the Un Security Council in 2002 when the former u. S. Secretary of state was presented with photos from these tankers from saddam hussein, which should prove that he owns weapons of mass destruction. N. It has a skeptical t thing, when wewe are confrononted with vidi. This has to be proven. We need to o be cautious and a good examination of v video. In order to get awaw from thee escalation of further military confrontation, we need strong diplomacy. Phil you have just come back from the region. When Something Like this happens, iran has said, this is not us. Do they turn around and say, it might be them . Everybody accuses everybody. So many actors have an interest in escalation. Phil who could iran accuse . The foreign minister said if there is any foreign extra who was to derail irans relations internationally. He is saying that because, at the same time, the Prime Minister of japan has been visiting iran and has been ordered to deescalate through diplomacy. His visit was important because the Prime Minister of japan has strong relations with u. S. President trump. That is an important visit. It needs stronger diplomatic efforts to deescalate. Phil there doesnt seem to be a week or month that goes by that we havent talked about tensions in the gulf. They are forever escalating. Do you see this going beyond shouting at the u. N. . The sunnis and the suit is ending up as a military conflict . No one can say. There is a big probability that a military confrontation can happen, following another incident like we talked about here. Since trump was in power and since he left the Nuclear Agreement, there is stronger confrontations in the gulf region. Theres a narrative of trump along with saudi arabia, saying the Nuclear Agreement does not serve peace in the region because iran and its proxies are making trouble. Iran has to be isolated and pressure. On the other hand, you have iran, russia, qatar, turkey, saying we have to keep the Nuclear Agreement. We have to deescalate. The americans, russians and chinese also want to keep the Nuclear Agreement in place that is correct. What has been missing after the Nuclear Agreement was signed, was that, especially the europeans did not go forward and address the other conflict aspects in the middle east. Phil the deal has been signed and that is it. The deal is important because of the multilateral of nuclear weapons, that these things have to be out. The conflicts in the region, the missile, the program of iran, irans role in syria, iraq, and yemen, this has to be addressed politically through negotiations. You need strong powers like the europeans, iraq and japan, to convince the americans and the others to go to the negotiation table. Phil except nobody is listening to them. No one is listening to them. This is now becoming a head to head between tehran and washington and the rest of the world sits by and watches. Yes and no. The european Democratic Power is stronger if there is not one foreign minister come about four or five. One after the other travels, and they are saying the same thing. 2004, when the european minister visited iran at the same time, the german come of the french and the british, they had some progress. The iranians were very astonished that the europeans would come with four for ministers pop. Ministers. This has to be repeated. Phil thank you for joining us. We will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. Workers across brazil have staged protests in major cities to strike down proposed pension reforms. Police have fired tear gas to break up demonstrations while protesters blocked roads and halted public transport. The new government has proposed cuts and region is of raising the age of retirement. Interpol says one of the ringleaders of the deadly attack in sri lanka has been arrested in saudi arabia and deported. They say for other people have been extradited d in connection with the case. Isislamist mililitants killed me than 250 people in apriril. Numbmb of kenynyas parliament s been arrested after slapping a femalele colleagueue. One lawmaker accused the other of assaulting her in a dispute. Three male mps walked out as they protested outside the building. The director of berlins Jewish Museum has resigned after an exhibition on jerusalem sparked controversy. He said he wanted to prevent further damage to the museum. That follows criticism of a jerusalem exhibit set to favor a palestinian perspective. People announced a recent tweet from the museums account concerning a boycott of israel. Hundreds of thousands of women across switzerland have taken to the streets to have greater gender equality. They blocked traffic, marched, waved banners and band that banged pots and pans. Swisss women earn 20 less than men, and now they say that is time to change. A protest for equality. Women all across switzerland walked offff the job on friday afternoon. They are calling for equal pay, time and respect. We are behind our european neighbors when it comes to ensuring that women are able to do their jobs, whether to school hours, the high cost of daycare or the lack of paternity leave area this walkout was modeled on the women strike of 1981, when half a million women protested in switzerland. As a result, and equaled opportunity act and Maternity Leave were enshrined in law. For the eight years later, the is still time to go. Gender discrimination, sexism and unequal treatment in the workplace are common. Even though equality has been guaranteed by the swiss constitution since 1981, when an artist and friend disadvantaged in many areas, encocoding wages. Including wages. We wanted to go i in strike n switzerland, so it is true today is incredible. People of all generations, from all induststries, studenents, retiredd people, and i think there will be an increased awareness of this issue. And member of the federal council and head of switzerlands department of environment, transport, energy and indications says the protesters have legitimate demands. There are things that have changed. Equal pay still does not exist. I think that is a scandal. It is important that women have a presence and that they are supported by men. These are demands that concern women, men and families. The protesters are loud and clear and calling for equality. Phil lets get more on this from our dw reporter print how widespread has the strike been . Quite widespread. The strike is happening all across switzerland. This is a map that shows this is not just happening in town, but also in small villages. As we heard in our report, you can see the different purple dots that show the different cities and places. It is quite spread out across switzerland and these women are wearing purple to draw attention to their protests. This is a protest that cuts through all generations. There are many women, one of whom i spoke to today who participated in 1991. Many of these women are back on the streets today. They say some progress is made, but there are also many younger generations who were not born back in 1991. There are many different ways that women are protesting and making their voices heard. Some are working less hours to symbolize the 20 pay gap highlighted. This 20 pay gap. This is also a strike organized largely on social media. It is a place where women are making themselves heard with stranding in german. Hashtags trending in german. The issue is equality. Exactly. But the swiss women say economic inequality is what theyre talking about. They earned less on average, they get lower pensions and they do the majority of unpaid work. Theres one tweet twitted by an microbiologist who explains why she is on strike. She says it is to fight against these numbers. While 56 of our phd students are women, 81 of our members are men and our faculty. Where do the women go to after graduation . Another key discrepancy, one of the key reasons for this discrepancy is childbearing area having children in switzerland still remains to be something that has a much bigger impact on women than men. It is known as the motherhood penalty. The women that are striking in switzerland are saying there needs to be more done. One of the things that needs to be done is to allow men to take time off when they have children. Men only get one paid day off when their partner has a child. That leaves the majority of the work to be done by the women, which has an effect on their career. Phil that might be a little extreme, but these problems are not unique to switzerland. Gender disparity is still a thing and europe. Iceland, norway and sweden currently ranked top of the world for gender parity according to a report released by the World Economic forum, and this report looks at factors like economic participation, health, empowerment education, and youre right, in every country, more needs to be done to make sure women are disseminated against just whether gender. Just for their gender. Phil the campaign for control of turkeys biggest city is ramping up. In a surprise blow to turkish president erdogan, is candidate lost the election back in march two and opposition candidate. Under pressure from the president , the countrys electoral board voted the result because of alleged irregularities. Candidates will face off again on the 23rd of june, but can he win it a second time . Our correspondent has been on the streets of istanbul to gauge the mood. The matter where the campaign makes stops these days, hundreds of people are arty waiting, we need hear what he has to say. Ever since he narrowly won the election at the end of march, against the candidate of the ruling party, everyone knows him. The fact that he was then tripped of his man kate made it only made him more prominent. I rightfully won this election. They intervened and canceled the vote. That was a political decision. A blow to the judiciary and turkeys democracy. Ekrem imamoglus supporters are these two people. As long as they can member, their hometown of istanbul was of the control of president everyones party. Erdogans party. People have the idea that the akp is undefeatable. I thought the same. But he has crushed this idea. Maybe he cannot change everything because the ruling party is very powerful, but he has made a huge impact already, and because of that, i am hopeful for my country again. He gives us hope. This encouraged them to volunteer as campaigners as often as they can. The distribute flyers and explain to people why it is important to vote on june 23. They often experience how divided the city is. This man claims that Ekrem Imamoglu had thrown money out of the window. She does not get through to him. Some people have prejudices. They dont want to listen. Maybe if they listened, they would understand and change their minds, but they are blocking other opinions. Phil Ekrem Imamoglu has arrived at his next stop. The former Prime Minister now the ruling akp candidates are everywhere. This district is an akp stronghold. Evil are celebrating imamoglu in the local market. They shout. Food prices and overall costs are a big issue for this Election Campaign since the economic and currency crisis, everything has become much more expensive. Would imamoglu have as much influence as mayor . Many seem to think so. These two want a picture with the candidate and they are not the only ones. Many here support him. They consider him sincere, he is religious and conservative as well as modern. Someone who represents all of istanbul. He won because he deserved it and he will win again. This time, he will get even more votes. I am not upset that his mandate was taken away from him, because he gained more support this time around. And the and, they even get their selfie. In the end, they even get their selfie, with patience and determination. A bit like Ekrem Imamoglus fight for istanbuls mayorship. Phil german Drugs Company buyer has launched a pr offensive to counter the growing criticism of its weedkiller, round up and its controversial key ingredient chemical ifo safe. The company has said it has listened and understood and will try to find a more sustainable alternative. Buyer is making headlines with again, following talks with politicians, shareholders and a bimetal activists, it has conceded it must make changes. They promised to invest 5 billion euros in research over the next 10 years to develop a more sustainable alternative to glyphosate. In the pr campaign, buyer is repeating its same old mantra. Glyphosate is safe when used correctly. It wishes to continue to sell the product. The very existence of this pr campaign shows they are feeling the presessure. Court cases in the u. S. Have done particular damage to the companys image, and their bank balance. They were sued for 2 billion in may by a married couple who both got cancer. A further 13,400 people have filed lawsuits. Their debt and reputation is affected in their share price, which has halved in one year. Shareholders are understandably disgruntled. They do not hold back against the ceo at the annual Shareholders Meeting in april. They fear the acquisition of monsanto, and with it, the retailer roundup could spell the end for them. In 50 activists are just as unhappy. They point out the potential risks of the compound of long ago. Spiraling rents in big cities around the world are growing sources of conflict. Here in berlin, a petition is calling for properties owned by Housing Companies to be taken over by the state. A controversial process known as expropriations. The City Government is considering a rent cap. As you here in our next report, two artists have come up with a different approach. For more than two weeks, this selfmade construction of wood, and plywood has spent a lot of time. This penthouse is what he and his remake have called it. A penthouse that occupies the roof of a residential building like a parasite. Here in the center of berlin, they want to highlight the citys housing crisis. Prices are rising. Visual path is further away, but in any case, moving. This house is trying to resist and saying, no, we are staying in the center and going up onto the roof. And other major and major german cities, rents have exploded in recent years. Attempts by the federal government to stop that are being criticized by many as being too lax. Housing policy was largely ignored for two decades, and that explains why problems have piled up and grow. Speaking at a nation wide conference, Angela Merkel says she was to take a different route than expert creating houses or introducing a cap on rent. We want to successfully build 350,000 new apartments in germany every year. The best answer to a housing shortage is to create new living space. Creating new living space, that is what they have also done in their own, not quite legal way. The landlord does not know about the roof. The two artists have installed a mailbox or they can receive official mail from the landlord or authorities. As long as they receive no warning, the law cannot touch them. Is fiction area utopia on the one hand, but on the other, it is real. You can imagine small houses popping up all over on these routes. If the city gets populated by small parasitic houses, the houses are some possible they can disappear. Until a legal warning comes, they want to stay here for now. Maybe even with a new roommate starting next week, everyone can spend a night in the house. Phil sports, we will start with basketball and the Toronto Raptors have become the first nonus team to win the nba championship. They beat the Golden State Warriors in game six in oakland, california, giving the raptors a 42 series win. They are the First Canadian team to win a major north American Sports title since the Toronto Blue Jays captured vaped the world series in 1993. Raptors fans in toronto celebrated long into the night. Former tennis champion ivan lendel has picked up a trophy he won 30 years ago. He did not take this over with them from the student guard open. They kept the trophy safe and finally presented it to him on friday. He said this had been the first time here than back to stoop guard since 30 years ago. Heres a rememinder of our top story. United states has received footage that says proveses iran was behind thursdays attacks on to oil tankers in the gugulf of iran. Iran d describes the accusatatis as baseless. Up next on dw, an indepth look on the news for the day. That is on the way and just a moment. I am phil gayle. Have a good day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org]