A quality women want more time more respect and more pay. And fighting back against the killer virus a South African town thats having some success and battling h. I. B. Thanks to a wide ranging Outreach Campaign. Plus the australian football fans of 3 a huge sigh of relief at the womens world cup as one of the tournaments favorites returns to the Winners Circle at the expense of powerhouse brazil. Im nicole good to have you with us. U. S. President donald trump says he wants to get iran back to the negotiating table as soon as possible washington has blamed terran for yesterdays attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman tensions have been high since trump told the u. S. Out of the International Nuclear pact on iran last year the u. S. Military has released a video that it says supports its claims about the tanker attacks a terror on says the allegations are baseless smoke billows from a stricken ship but is it a smoking gun the u. S. Says iran was behind attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman this is this based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raiding attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy Group Operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication the u. S. Military has released photographs that it says shows damage and a limpet mine on one of the tankers its also published a video purporting to show irans revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine the incident was sparked early on thursday when a fire broke out on a Norwegian Oil tanker following explosions. How is later a 2nd tank a japanese owned also radioed for help the crew said they saw a flying object hit the ship before hearing a blast the ships had passed through the strait of hormuz a strategically important waterway which carries a 5th of all global oil supplies. That. Iran has rejected the u. S. Accusations and says its navy came to the aid of one of the ships Iranian State t. V. Broadcast images of the rescued crew members. Irans foreign minister said the incidents were suspicious leaders from around the world expressed alarm facts must be established and responsibilities. And theyve that is something the world cannot afford is a major confrontation in the gulf region. As a reminder of the potential for the incident to escalate globally irans president Hassan Rouhani has met with Russias Vladimir Putin and they stressed the countrys close economic and security ties russia earlier cautioned against rushing to judgment against iran. Its just weeks since the us blamed iran for a series of attacks on 4 other ships in the same region those full details have yet to be released iran has also rejected those accusations. Were joined now by trita parsi a professor of middle east politics at Georgetown University and the president of the National Arena an American Council in washington mr parsi the u. S. Has released a video that it claims shows irans revolutionary guard for moving an unexploded mine but crew members from the japanese tanker say it was hit by a quote flying object whats your take on this video. Well i think the fact that the captain is coming out with a completely different story reinforces the fact that we simply do not have enough information right now to make any judgments perhaps it was the iranians perhaps it wasnt what we actually need some hard evidence the video itself frankly does not seem to be able to prove anything for instance if we assume that iran is actually didnt do it but they were there and they were helping some of the sailors get off the boat we know that for a fact they saw it on that unaided mind it would make sense for them to remove it because it would actually pose a risk to their own safety moreover perhaps they were suspicious of other countries potentially being behind this and they wanted to take this as evidence we dont know that it could also be that they were behind it and they wanted to remove evidence. Video in and of itself does not add any new knowledge to this and it makes it even more problematic when the captain actually comes out and says that mines really had nothing to do with it but rather it was something from the air that caused the attack on the ship around maintained an offense think there is no factual evidence who is around blaming for what happened. Well the iranians are making the case that this was a false flag that this is done either by and saudis the u. A. E. Or United States itself trying to pin the blame when you are on it what its be able to escalate tensions towards war in challenge that exist in all of this is that i mean theres a sign frankly seems to have a tremendous amount of credibility in the white house right now you have a serial liar as the president you have a serial fabricator as National Security advisor who played a Critical Role in luring the United States into the iraq war so one would have to be very careful not to take their words at face value in saudi arabia u. A. E. You have 2 countries that for a very long time have been pushing the United States to go to war with iran so they too clearly have a motive and then on the other hand you have the iranians who for many years actually have threatened to close off their all shipping in the persian gulf if their own oil could not be still so young plenty of parties that how plenty of motives and you also have plenty of parties that actually dont have a tremendous amount of credibility which all reinforces the need to actually get evidence before any conclusions are drawn where do you think going from here. Well im hoping that there would be some form of u. N. Investigation that actually would be able to get to the bottom of this but also recognizing that as long as the United States is pursuing this maximum Pressure Campaign against you wrong as long as it continues to violate a nuclear deal and punish countries like germany and others for trying to abide by the nuclear deal there is likely going to be a lot of tensions in the region if we wonder tensions to resolve as trump himself says that he wants to go back to the negotiating table when the positive negotiating table is actually very simple start respecting the nuclear deal and then build a new negotiations on top of it what trump is doing is that hes ruining and wrecking all previous agreements and then wants others to how really come to the negotiating table to meet him even though he has completely destroyed his own credibility by going after these existing negotiate deals and frankly violating u. N. Security Council Resolutions trade apart the president of the National IranianAmerican Council in washington thanks for your insight. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. Interpol says that one of the alleged ringleaders of a deadly attack in sri lanka has been arrested in the middle east and deported the Organization Also said 4 other people were extradited to sri lanka in connection to the case the attacks took place in april when as long as the militants killed more than 250 people on the island. A British Court has said next february for a hearing to decide whether we can leaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the u. S. Washington has accused the songe of conspiring to hack Government Computers and directing wiki leaks publication of secret documents. In saddam the Ruling Military Council has admitted that Security Forces committed violations when they broke up a protest camp last week over 100 people were killed in the capital khartoum and across the country in a crackdown on demonstrators protesters want the military to step aside and allow a civilian government to take over. Women across switzerland are on a 24 hour strike for greater equality its been nearly 30 years since the last such protest and demonstrators say too little has changed today women in switzerland earn 20 percent less than men and it was only 28 years ago that the last swiss canton was forced to grant women the right to vote. Stands for parity or at least it does in switzerland today at midnight hundreds its women gathered for the lengthy launch of a new nationwide strike and its highlighting switzerlands failure to defend the rights of women and families ok we literally did the qualities in shrines in the constitution but real effective quality doesnt exist for women that it was because of their mothers we have so many claims and so many reasons for this large popular protest by women but it was because despite. These laws we have really attained equality. Back in 1901 the 1st women strike in the alpine nation made history when half a 1000000 women rallied to call for gender equality. But that he is on thousands of swiss women from all walks of life are again downing tools in protest. They say despite its high Living Standards switzerland still falls short of the mark when it comes to putting women on a level Playing Field with men. When it says off that were really behind our european neighbors when it comes to ensuring that women are able to do their jobs whether its school hours a very high cost of daycare paternity leave. Activists hope this new purple wave of discontent will force policymakers to put issues affecting half the population back into focus. For more on the strike in switzerland im joined now by batteries born journalist based in the capital band. Thanks for joining me you took part in the strike back in 1901 why were you out again today almost 30 years later. Well we did some progress we have a modern surance we have the right we can go on the courts to fight for the same salary as the man for the same job but in reality its not the case so i dont want to fight for really that we have the same we get the same money for the same job. Equality. Really also in the position in the society and there is the. Lets talk a bit about your personal background have you experienced inequality because youre a woman. Well it was not. Hard to say heart to heart cards but when i went into the subject and i remembered suddenly that when i was pregnant and in 1901 i was in the 6 month and one month daughter was born i expected to go back to my job as a team leader as a journalist and when i was on my mothers holiday i got a phone call this is not necessary that they dont expect me to come back on the same level. So i was very astonished by. Because this didnt came into my mind that this could be possible. So its too late as one of the wealthiest countries in the world why does it lag behind when it comes to gender equality. Well i think on the level of the law we are quite forward. Really went forward but in the heads of the women and the men in switzerland a very traditional country there is the big lack there is a big lack between towns and. Villages for example i think it is also because we have this tired democracy we have to convince men that they give us the right to vote in 1971 for example and we think its also worth in this perhaps also proud country because women they can choose if they want to stay at home or not or if the women were forced to go to work they have no choice so this might be also an explanation. Or in a journalist taking part in todays women strike in switzerland thank you very much. Thank you to south africa now no other country is more severely affected by hiv the virus that causes aids more than 7000000 people are hiv positive thats one in 7 South Africans but theres good news some regions are seeing reduced infection rates thanks to a thorough Outreach Campaign carried out by International Health organizations our correspondent has more. Engineering student. 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Health center on campus its part of a project initiated by Doctors Without Borders that has been usually successful in the last few years its with the help of the project that the area has been able to reach the socalled 1990 goal a year ahead of schedule the goal was conceived at the un as a treatment target to help and lee aids epidemic world white the aim is this by 202090 percent of all those living with hiv know their status 90 percent diagnosed with hiv infection will receive and she richer rival therapy and 90 percent of people receiving therapy will have viral suppression since 20. 2 pandemic have as it is called this excess of the project. By the way in which we approached it from the web. Community and which allowed the Community Leadership to be part and parcel of the project and one of them is beginning my you said it traditional leader who is open about being h. I. V. Positive. When i 1st told people i was hiv positive they were shocked they took one look at me and said you can have aids and not look sick or lose weight no one had suspected anything until i told them only then did some people believe me and even have themselves tested as well. Young women are still of the highest brisk but Health Workers our also concerns about men many of them they say are very difficult to reach. At the main bus station Doctors Without Borders have set up a Testing Center just for men. Workers try to convince passers by to have themselves tested for free often without success less than half of the young male hiv carriers take and to retrieve viral drugs. Most of them i think most of them because they. And. I think. I think they said but they were using comfort as i said in the canaries time so they can we give them when they call home and misting and i think they have to cope a contest for doing so. Is convinced that her country is on the right path she wants to do her bit and continue to bring attention to the age iris amongst her friends. I was just now the vote to elect a mayor doesnt usually attract much attention on the world stage but here in germany the eastern city of gurlitz is under close scrutiny girl it sits right on the border with poland its a popular Tourist Destination whats attracting interest now is that for the 1st time in germany a candidate representing the far right if tea party could be elected mayor other parties have joined forces to try and prevent that. Sebastian vettel a former police off. A member of the far right populist party. He is running for mayor of gurlitz hes well liked around town and has already won the 1st round of voting that got a lot of people worried. You dont have to be scared to leave just look around at the people here at the stairs and you can talk to anyone were not vigilantes were just regular conservative Citizens Council model conservative liberal but many gurlitz residents disagree theyre worried about their citys reputation gurlitz with its beautiful old town attracts many tourists it also has attracted hollywood directors some movies have even been filmed here whole till all know martin feeds is worried about how his city will be perceived n s a c h n of tourist businesses has written an open letter expressing its concern over the a if t. Candidate although they didnt explicitly name him or his party. Shorn. Were worried that visitors may be scared off may have certain parties get the upper hand when. We feel this way because weve been listening to how visitors are reacting to the current alleges that. Businesses think that if the a 15 moves into the town hall the number of tourists may fall at the moment 300000 visitors a year stop by gurlitz. For the 1st time in a if Tea Party Member could become mayor of a german city that could send a powerful message to the rest of the country thats why Political Parties here in gurlitz are working together trying to prevent that. The man who has profited most from the current political unrest to supposing condit octavian or so of this hes lived in gurlitz for 30 years nevertheless his opponents accuse the native for a minute of not being a true girl but now the left and greens are also supporting him. Goodness what is going to be old are looking to gurlitz as a guide for how to deal with the future should we remain open or to learn songs. Proposes before you know. Theres more at stake here than just who wins the Mayoral Election has become a symbol of whether or not the far right is translating its popularity into political power not just in this city but across eastern germany. To the womens world cup now in the 1st of todays matches former champions japan have secured a 21 victory over scotland japan when their friend when. Last this early shot over scottish Kimberley Alexander shortly afterwards unique us to a cell was doubled her teams leave from the penalty spot a misplaced pass and the 88th minute offered scotland a late chance went well and hammered home but it wasnt enough scotland bottom of group day and luck to be heading for an early exit from the tournament. Last night saw one of the best games of the world cup so far australia pulled off a stunning comeback against brazil to reignite their campaign but they also had quite a bit of luck with the video review decision going their way take a look. Brazil welcomed their star player most of back to the side when the referee awarded a penalty for this shirt. She stepped up to school the opening goal from the spot that was her 16th world cup go to new record. Straight. Soon found themselves to know their crosstown cristiana and the inform strike a sense a glancing header into the far corner of brazil were flying but then australias football began 1st came in 4th the deficit touching home from close range then after half time chloe look god knows cross if they did everyone and found its way into the net 22. 00 and the momentum was with australia the matildas took advantage this long bull caused confusion in brazils defense and monica headed past goalkeeper. A spirited fight back from australia and one that keeps their world cup hopes alive before its a great time for football fans the copa america the south american mens championship starts later today jose presell won their last tournament along 6 years ago and has been struggling ever since its a strange situation for a country where football is more religion than sport. Brazil are no longer on top of the football world the National Team doesnt instill fear into their opponents like they once did brazil won their 1st world cup in 1958 with pele. Beto was part of the team that picked up the title in 199400 countries last won the world cup in 2002. Because if you put on the brazil jersey you have to be passionate you must enjoy it but you must really really want it when i was nominated for the National Side the 1st time i was delighted when the players today should feel the same way. Toward this. Same t. V. But the fans continue to support the team theyve gone a long time without success in 2007 brazil won the cup america and in 2013 the confederations cup. Now theyre superstar neymar is out injured the worlds most expensive player will miss the copa america its a big blow for Brazil Neymar left brazil when he was 21. 00 most of the young up and coming stars leave to play in europe fever reports say more than 800. 00 players left brazil last year alone higher wages and better conditions attract the young players. Promising talents like junior who was joined around madrid is just one example. In the old days the players stayed longer at their home clubs and i identified a lot more with them. But thats a thing of the past many players go away to europe quite a willy and lose contact to the people here. Over. The connection between players and fans was once sacred but theres a feeling that is no longer the case. Some basketball now and the Toronto Raptors have become the 1st non us team to win the n. B. A. Championship they beat defending champions the Golden State Warriors in game 6 and california that gave the raptors a 42. 00 stereos when they were the 1st Canadian Team to win a major north American Sports titles as the Toronto Blue Jays captured baseballs world series and 993 fans back home in toronto celebrated long into the night. And a quick reminder of the top story were following for you the United States has released a video it says proves that iran was behind the attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday but a random house called the claim baseless and alarming. Is untrue wanting d. W. News coming up next then g. W. News asia a proposal to make metro in basra is free for women in delhi has generated a storm of debate we look at all signs of the argument. 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