back to tensions in the gulf and the situation regarding a british show trying to that's been seized by ron we can talk to forward who is a professor of world studies at terror on university he's joining us live from tehran thanks for talking to us what does this incident signify in terms of the tensions in the gulf right now what does this specific incident mean in terms of the relationship between iran the united states and india with the u.k. and i think it's an indication that we don't live in the 19th century british government illegally. hijacked gray sickly and iranian oil tanker following orders from the white house so this is a misallocations to sanction iran sorry sorry to jump in say so the seizure then of this british tanker is in retaliation for the seizure of the grace one of the

considerable. what the iranian government has said is that the british ship had switched of communication devices for that not to be detected and it was going the wrong way in the streets of hormuz which is a danger to other ships the reason the british thank you has done that is probably to avoid. iranian forces because i think the british government realize that you may be looking to confiscate a ship as a retaliation for what they did to the iranian ship right but the british tanker did was sorry but there are also the iranian authorities are also suggesting that this tanker was involved in an accident with the reigning fishing iranian fishing that. yes when you turn off your communication devices you get into accidents so what the british ship did was not legal under international law and iran had the

right to confiscate the ship for india injuring the lives of others but i think in normal situations iran would have given the ship a warning in a set of confiscating the ship the fact that iran has confiscated the ship could be in a deterioration to what the british government to did to the iranian ship so we don't live in normal relations normal times i think iranian government used this opportunity to in a sort of just issuing a warning to just take the ship in as a very of sending a signal to the british government that we don't live in the 19th century and a dish so needs to behave under international law what message do you think i mean you said that the iranian authorities want to send a signal what what is that signal what is the message that iranians want to give to the u.k. and other. the signal is that don't interfere in iranian oil sales

iran has been selling oil for many decades iran is a major oil producing country the us congress has sanctioned iranian oil that doesn't mean the british government or any other government should be following the orders from the us congress or from the white house and when they engage in illegal activities which is not sanctioned the united nations we have no un sanctions on iran when you have this type of activities engaging in illegal activities confiscating an oil tanker trying to implement us foreign policy they are going to be consequences and you saw one last night when the british ship was stated the u.s. government i think is making a mistake of following us orders and i think they were regulated sooner or later

and finally there was another offer coming from secretary of state might pompei an offer of talks of the k.c.'s as well without preconditions how do you think iran might respond to that. i think iran would take any serious negotiating. proposal the problem that might pump oh is that he says he doesn't have any preconditions and then he comes up with preconditions in an hour or so the us government knows what the u.s. government needs to do they have. a lot of pressure on iranian people but iranian leaders called economic warfare and they need to stop that type of behavior for iran to. try to see if this can be dissolved peacefully iran was at the negotiating table negotiated the nuclear agreement it was the u.s.

that left the agreement and left the negotiating table and welcome to come back to it anytime i think full ad is already thank you very much indeed for joining us live from tehran. still to come here it out of his era is the 40th anniversary of the nicaraguan revolution has it been changed for the better. how i welcome some of the look at the international forecast places say things are quiet and down now for the philippines logically a skies policy should have said the possibility in the heat of the day but anyway weather will tend to be a bit towards thailand towards the peninsula where we see the usual seasonal rain starting in bangkok at around $31.00 celsius with some big downpours as we go

through sunday and a similar picture really as we go on into monday there is some showers into malaysia the financial i weather now across a good part on of indonesia and that stretches that into much of australia has been on the cool side of the possible straight into parts of new south wales temperatures have been tipping close to around 3 or 4 degrees overnight high pressure in charge it is winds for of course we got some blustery showers just driving their way through the bites temperatures paid back to around $1314.00 celsius death in melbourne and fragile a 2120 safer place but and for sydney will struggle get around 80 and pass on monday and it's cooler still so on sunday and this cold is still as we go on into monday that bits and pieces of rain that will make its way towards that western side of victoria as we go on into monday hope across the other side of the day is looking fine and dry but chilly in the zealand.

on counting the cost of the trillion dollar luna fountain 50 years off the man 1st stepped on the moon we find out why there's a scramble to return and the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running we find out what's gone wrong counting the cost. the boxer . all right time for sake of the top stories here about you sarah the u.k. has warned british ships to avoid the strait of hormuz for an interim period the

warning comes after iran sees a british old tanker in the strait as tension continues to mount in the gulf the ships are reportedly been taken to banda sport of the authorities investigate what they say is possible violation of maritime rules the 1st regional elections are being held in pakistan's moving tribal region it's a territory the borders afghanistan and was merged with khyber pass to include province last year and until now has been ruled by councils of tribal elders saudi u.a.e. led coalition forces of launch strikes on military person yemen's capital sana'a saudi media says they have destroyed and here weapons and missile storage sites. that is the 40th anniversary of the revolution in nicaragua it's a revolution that toppled the dictator anastasio some in the capital supporters of the governing party filled the main square in celebration but for many nicaraguans

the party and president danielle ortega have betrayed the ideals of the revolution they fought for john heilemann has more. at the moment when they could i was sunda meets the rebels finally triumphed in training the capital of the toppling a dictator. and the same day 40 years later they're back to celebrate it in troubled times now the sandinistas seen by many is the repressive ruling power president and former rebel daniel ortega called for a divided nation to come together when eric i mean what's the road to be able to work study have health care have highways to get people out of extreme poverty what's the fundamental condition peace people need peace to work and live. for those not with him it brings hollow mullin child with the sundanese does it she feels or take a betrayed the revolutionary cause long ago. under

a day that they keep mentioning peace but this concept of peace they talk about doesn't correspond to reality because today there kidnappings of people have gone up and murders of innocent people it's shameful a state of impunity and criminality under this government the president in the eighty's will take has been back in power for the last 12 years they promote with accusations of nepotism and growing the authoritarian isms. since protests broke out last year hundreds including mollen child have been thrown in jail civil groups and media have had their offices run sacked and demonstrations and so we've been banned. so on the day of the anniversary the streets were left to the sundin easters government supporters are all in numbers in the capital they say that the opposition a little more the right wing coup mongers and point to the things the president

take is done especially for the country's poor also feels like. i'm 100 percent sandinista my house fell down in an earthquake and the president ordered for it to be rebuilt and say. we are here to celebrate with our command because he's the only one in history who's worried about the people. saying health education is the best the t. shirts read here no one is giving up in a country in turmoil it seems the mood even on this anniversary is on survival rather than triumph john homan how does it work the u.s. secretary of state might pompei or has praised argentina for declaring the lebanese group hezbollah a terrorist organization he was in what deciders where he attended a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of an attack on a jewish center which left 85 people dead argentina has blamed hezbollah and iran for the bombing both deny involvement speaking at

a counterterrorism summit is to pump arrow promise greater u.s. corporation and commitment to the region. has more now from the argentine capital. the u.s. secretary of state might pompei was in latin america looking in general terms for allies of the united states' war against terrorism more specifically in the war of words against iran he's found here in argentina his timing was perfect arriving the day after the 25th anniversary of the attack on the army a jewish cultural center in one of cyrus in which 85 people were killed 2 years previous to that the israeli embassy just a short distance from here was also destroyed 29 people killed those are attacks at the arkansas north or it is blamed specifically on the hezbollah group more generally against iran by usually a lot of the majority of the countries in the region agree that hizbollah is dangerous for us all hizbullah because of its links with other terrorist

organizations which are present here in the united states has said it will do all it can to help argentina in the search for what they call the perpetrators of those crimes something that iran has always said it was not involved in bombing was kidnapped by hezbollah for support. as announced at the minister he notices give or take actions against. his will operative for his role as the underground coordinator for that attack but what's in it for argentina support for president maurice your machree from the trumpet ministration for his reelection in elections in october and other allies with the united states in their fight against left wing governments in the region in cuba venezuela and nicaragua thousands of people have demonstrated in puerto rico for another day demanding the governor's resignation ricardo rosario is accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages between him and his aides were leaked they show them mocking women the disabled and

victims of hurricane maria. and the v. mass demonstrations in iraq protest as they're angry about corruption and high levels of unemployment they're accusing the government of failing to provide basic services including electricity and water. hong kong police and seize was thought to be the largest amount of explosives uncovered in the city and proved china groups are holding a rally to condemn violent acts during recent protests pro independence material was also found as an industrial building on the eve of a major march against the now suspended extradition bill. that the world health organization has warned other countries the border the democratic republic of congo to be on high alert for a boner the u.n. agency declared the latest outbreak an international health emergency on wednesday

as a rare designation only use the severe epidemics more than 1600 people have so far died from a burglar in the d.l.c. within the past year. the physical therapy or physio therapy is considered rather a luxury in ethiopia there are very few therapists available to treat the 10s of millions of people who need it and even then not all of them a qualified they are holding reports from the capital addis ababa. rebecca nya deck lost her legs in a land mine explosion she's a refugee from south sudan and was sent to add as a buffer physical therapy treatment now after 2 years she's learning to walk again but when we came to ethiopia they welcomed us we came because of the crisis now we're waiting to learn how to use these artificial limbs this is the 2nd time for me to come here. ethiopia's physical therapy program is just getting started and the demand is staggering with an estimated 105000000 people in the country there

are only 7000 doctors a physical therapy but to give an example here was one of the 1st the hands up program started in 2002 in going to enlist and i was among. the students to enroll into this program and after 10 years or in it took them down to the stockton program i was also the farthest thing in order to this program so for sure i feel like playing a part of this profession 3 doctors a physical therapy work at this clinic in alice abbott and treat patients like rebecca others are scattered across the country as of now they're graduates from the 1st and only doctor class in ethiopia mohammed hussein is another patient he had a stroke and relies on his rehab to move again. who thought he knew i suffer from this and was shocked when i found out there was physical therapy here i thought it was a luxury not this i feel awful that's one. of the services here are free paid for

by the government but when we visited there were a few patients getting help at the clinic. one of the biggest challenges with physical therapy in ethiopia is lack of awareness most people don't even know that facilities like this exists but even if they did there still aren't enough therapists to treat everyone and this is a misconception existed in most parts of in our country because not only physical therapy even is that what we have to consider past. some of the physically disabled are often reduced to begging at times relying on their disability to make money even though ethiopia's physical therapy program is relatively new it's still more developed than in neighboring countries many patients from south sudan sudan and eritrea rely on the facilities here to gain their life back for rebecca her new legs mean she can get around in the refugee camp where she lives part of her treatment is learning how to walk on an even ground similar to the surfaces in the

camp during the time when i didn't have these legs i was just sitting at home with no place to go because i had no mobility progress on a national level is slow going but for patients here it comes one step at a time leon harding al-jazeera at us africa. so stay with us here at al-jazeera rather today with the growing tensions in the gulf our website will keep you right up to date as well the very latest we're hearing is that france is now expressed full solidarity with britain with regards to the sea of one of its oil tankers by the iranians to say with at al jazeera. traverses a couple the top stories. of the u.k. has told british ships to avoid the strait of hormuz for an interim period the warning comes off to iran seized a british oil tanker in the straits as tension continues to mount the ship has been

reportedly moved to iran's band of all support of the authorities investigate. possible violations of maritime rules the 1st regional elections are being held in pakistan's northern tribal region it's a territory that borders afghanistan and was merged with khyber pass. province last year and until now has been ruled by councils of tribal elders come all high the has the latest word the demand of their drivers that they should be merged or a director of target on to be represented by the political party or it is going to be important here he for the 1st time be dry bread really become mainstream are part of the political situation is concerned the day here drill now or have a court like the rest of the province they were allowed to leave for israel and really be merged into main target on the main. walk

saudi u.a.e. led coalition forces of launch strikes on military outposts in yemen's capital sana'a saudi media reports that they've destroyed weapons and missiles storage sites and it comes after a series of drone attacks from yemen's who see rebels at airports in the south of saudi arabia. hong kong police have seized was thought to be the largest amount of explosives ever discovered in the city pro independence materials were also found in an industrial building on the eve of a major march against the now suspended extradition bill and pro group save been holding a rally to condemn violent acts during the recent protests is the 1st in a series of planned activities demonstrators were told to wear light colored clothes and not to participate in any clashes. firetruck today those are the very

latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up in about 30 minutes or so so hale will have the news coming up next is counting the cost. of housing sleeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the trillion dollar moon bounty as india prepares to become the 4th nation to land on the moon we find out why there's a new scramble to get there. the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running after years of improvements we find out what's gone wrong. and the multi-billion dollar muslim fashion industry why are big brands buying into the trend. of 50 years ago this week neil armstrong became the 1st man to step on to the moon man's flirtation with it was brief with

a dozen men walking on it the last in 1972 but now there's renewed interest china plans to build a lunar base by 2030 and nasa hopes to have men and women on the moon by 2024 over the next 5 years the space agency is expected to spend $30000000000.00 on this it's funding several projects from lunar landers to a mini space station that will allow craft to dock around the moon billionaire's iran musk and jeff bezos are also spending billions to get to the moon and mars but there's a new emerging powers india is trying to become the 4th nation to land a probe on the moon the chandrayaan 2 mission hopes to land a lunar rover close to the south pole sometime in september the area of the moon has not been explored before there it hopes to find signs of water and he i'm sorry this thought to be 1000000 metric tons of helium 3 on the moon only about

$250000.00 tons could realistically be mined but that would be enough to power the earth for at least 2 centuries each ton is estimated to be worth $5000000000.00 there are problems in getting helium 3 to earth though but because it is not radioactive it would not produce dangerous waste. on the indian space research organisations mission is expected to cost just $125000000.00 india has built a reputation for its low cost space exploration its budget of $1700000000.00 a year is just a 10th of nasa says 19000000000 india's 1st mission to the moon in october 2008 discovered water molecules on the surface we're joining me now from london is talk to ian crawford professor of planetary science and astrobiology at birkbeck college university of london thanks very much for being with us so its 50 year is since man

1st set on the moon why is there a race to get back there. well i think there are several reasons to go back to the moon but from a scientific point of view we've now had 50 years studying the apollo samples and the apollo data and ways now raised many questions and we now realize the moon can tell us so much more about the early evolution of the solar system that apollo didn't and so from a scientific point of view there's a tremendous interest in exploring parts of the moon that apollo didn't go to and there's a been a growing interest as well in trying to mine the resources of the moon like water what do you think is economically exploitable i think the context here is that in terms of the future exploration of space if we can find things in space which we can use without having to lift out of earth's gravity then this will make space exploration much more affordable in the long term now water is one of those

commodities water is very useful essential for human life of course but also can be split into hydrogen and oxygen and the oxygen can be used to breathe and the hydrogen can be used as a rocket fuel so water's got multiple applications in space exploration and we've now realized that the poles of the moon probably do contain water ice and this would make this would be the in the in the near if you near east future anyway probably the most economic resource that the moon might have but that would be to enable future space exploration obviously we wouldn't mind water on the moon to import to the earth and we'd be using it in space. well what about helium 3 then at indian and china seem very interested but your skeptical about the possibility of mining it on the moon helium 3 is a light ice a tape of helium so it's a form of helium with 2 protons and one neutron in a nucleus it exists in the lunar soil because it's implanted by the solar wind and

we know it's present in very small quantities in the lunar soils thanks to the apollo samples so there is speculation that helium 3 might be used to serve fuel for nuclear fusion reactors in the future to provide electricity on the earth i am skeptical about this firstly because we haven't actually got any nuclear fusion reactors to work on the earth yet so it's a bit premature to start mining the moon for a fuel for something we don't know whether we can use it yet but even if we can use it it's a nonrenewable resource and it's present in very small amounts to make any sensible impact to the earth's 21st energy 21st century energy requirements you'd have to strip mined many hundreds of square kilometers of the lunar surface every year extracting helium 3 from it and then you'd have to transport that helium 3 to the earth to use in these uclear reactors that we haven't designed yet so i just think

the house to be a better way it's a provide the earth's future energy needs than mining helium 3 on the moon and what would it take and what would it cost to colonize the moon does it depend essentially on os finding water there i think talking about colonizing the moon that's a very ambitious thing that our law is probably a long time in the future i think what we should talk about colonizing we should be thinking in terms of establishing small scientific outposts on the moon so imagine bases on the moon similar to the research stations we have home antarctica. these research stations are not all to enable a lot of science to be done on the continent of antarctica and similarly small scientific research stations like those on the moon would enable of an enormous amount of research to be done on the moon and then later a similar outpost on mars would help us explore that planet so i think rather than thinking of sort of a full blown colonise ation the next step is set it would be setting up small

research stations a likely as we have in antarctica but yes lunar resources would greatly facilitate the establishment of such research stations i mean water is a good example he wouldn't want to import water off into your main base from the earth because it for expensive to lift out of earth's gravity so if the moon has water of its own it would be much more economical to utilize that and then maybe other resources on the me and also that could be helpful in making a moon base more affordable and under 1967 u.n. treaty no nation is entitle to you know appropriate the moon but the terms of this treaty are more vague when it comes to exploiting its mineral resources aren't they how much of a in issue could that be yes well it's potentially is an important issue the the $967.00 outer space treaty was a product of its time it lays the foundation for international cooperation in space

exploration but at the time that it was written no one envisaged the possibility of commercial operators acting on the moon or other planets so there is a pressing need to update the outer space treaty to make it more explicitly clear as to the responsibilities of nation states but also the rules that would it govern private entities on the moon and other places in the solar system so yes i agree it is important to consider updating the 967 outer space treaty to make it fit for purpose for space activities in the 21st century. dr ian crawford thanks very much for being with us thank you. now the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running after years of improvement that's according to the united nations which blamed conflict climate changes and an economic slowdown globally more than 820000000 people or 11 percent of the

population suffer from hunger africa has the highest percentage with one in 5 people going hungry the number rises to nearly one in 3 in east africa according to 5 u.n. agencies more than 2000000000 people worldwide can't get safe sufficient or nutritious food as the u.n. agencies say conflict and climate change is having a huge impact on hunger in central mali thousands of people are struggling to feed themselves are being displaced by fighting the conflict between herders and farmers belonging to rival ethnic groups as led to the deaths of hundreds of people magazine as malcolm webb reports from mali's region i 1st called malaria then became constipated her mother mariam says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes wait plummeted i wonder how we all mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still

think so i came to the hospital and we're still here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part to the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and 3 lani ethnic groups. landscapes dry at the best of times now many gone who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's traded here at the port in the town of

martinis sacks of ground up rice husks will be sold and fed to cattle and the interdependence between the herders and the farmers has lasted for centuries as well the herders buy food from the farmers and in the dry season the farmers pay the herders to take their livestock out onto the plains for grazing but that interdependence is now strained. hundreds of been killed in the last 3 months as militia connected to both groups of burned homes and massacred villages. many of those who fled to the safety of nearby towns are hungry instead of handing out food un's world food programme is keeping credit on cards for people to buy from local traders they have the right to trolls on their free for this is the full 30 years from their village this is for their dignity of choosing what they want to. second the most. and that's what it was.

like most here that it mattered jacket had to leave everything behind when her village was attacked. me as i knew well we really need is peace the crisis needs to be handled and brought. forth to matter will be raising her children alone in a camp she says her husband was killed in front of her. the attacks keep happening every week the piece she longs for seems a long way off. we're joining me now from rome via skype is cindy holland she's a senior economist with the food and agriculture organization and co-author of the report the state of food security and nutrition in the world in 2019 good to have you with us so hunger levels are not falling right now according to u.n. findings what's behind that you know this is important because what we're doing we're seeing you're witnessing is

a reversal and trends and terms of the long term trends of decline hunger hunger is now rising and one of the key drivers is that we're we're showing that hunger is increasing in countries that are experiencing economic slowdowns or downturns and what's important we're finding is that it's not in low income countries but middle income countries so there's a link between economic slowdowns and hunger is an important driver and can you give us an example of some of these middle examples of some of these middle income countries where food insecurity is a problem yes i mean one of the things that we find is that many of the militant countries that are experiencing rising hunger are highly dependent on commodity in primary commodities for trade and what is happening is that over the last few years primary commodities that like oil minerals fuel prices have been declining and this is affected the overall revenue that so for countries and it also affects the

slowdown in terms of the economic performance so that so this link between the reliance and commodity parlance and also slowing economic trade is affecting hunger for example in africa many many and and in middle income countries in africa are affected by all countries agreed to achieve 0 hunger by 23rd. the under the sustainable development goals that means ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 do you think that's that's achievable is are they taking the right approach well the simple answer is no or we wouldn't be seeing the trends that we're seeing in hunger and malnutrition and i think what needs to happen is that we need to look more closely at the drivers behind these trends and we need to start to take bolder actions hunger and different forms of tradition are interleaved therefore it's not one sector that will be able to resolve this problem

or address it it takes tackling it from many different angles for example agriculture health also economic policies and trade we need to make sure that households and the poor especially have access to affordable nutritious food and we need to protect our in terms of economic downturns so so when their lives need to be a different approach a kind of a paradigm shift we need to start thinking of hunger i'm out tricia and as a human issue but it also is an economic issue if we look at the cost related $200.00 now titian there staggering asia and africa are the 2 regions that have the highest levels of hunger and malnutrition and if you look at under nutritional load the projections are this could cost down levon percent of their g.d.p. in the next few years also overweight and obesity which is

a growing problem in asia and africa is estimated to cost $2.00 trillion dollars annually so the approach we're taking is not enough we need this multifaceted multi sectoral approach it involves governance private sectors. the we need a transformation of our food systems we need a transformation of agriculture will revive healthy nutritious food system for a whole cindy holman good to speak with you thank you. now burbery dolce and gabbana and d. k. and y. have all attempted to crack one of the fastest growing markets islamic fashion what started off with brands targeting wealthy muslims with one or fashion lines for religious occasions has now grown to a global trend for women who prefer to dress conservatively according to the pew research center muslims are the world's fastest growing major religious group by 2050 it estimates there will be 2700000000 muslims worldwide making up 29.7 percent of the global population and when it comes to islamic or modest

fashion sector spending is forecast to grow 5 percent annually to $361000000000.00 by 2023 a turkey is the biggest spender on modest fashion at $28000000000.00 a year followed by the u.a.e. and indonesia but it's not a one size fits all trend what's popular in indonesia may not have the same appeal in the middle east. let's get more now on what's driving the market joining me now from london is she is the founder and chairman of the islamic fashion and design council good to have you with us so let me ask you 1st of all now the islamic economy is growing and growing fast from food to travel fashion and so on what it what is islamic or modest fashion then and why do you feel the need to build a platform to support this industry well islamic fashion is by the parameters

of what they call modest fashion today. it follows the guidelines of coverage that people adhere to in order to practice their faith the islamic faith but there's a strong secondary market as well from the jewish and christian following as well who have similar practices and. we needed this this platform for a long time. this is not a new thing it's not a passing fancy it's been around since the beginning of time and it will be til the end of time and it's actually surprising that we didn't see a platform like this years ago and we came along we saw a need and it was desperately needed to be filled and what has helped it grown so fast around the world i think what's helped it to get noticed around the world is social media it's always been growing has them and that's what's amazing about this

industry is that the opportunity has always been there we've had a huge consumer market you know for a long time in the end primarily led by the muslim global population which is the fastest growing population in the world it's indeed a coveted consumer and and finally this consumer is being noticed and getting a nod from brands like dolce and gabbana. and why you know victoria beckham tommy hilfiger all of them now as our eye has come up with their own ramadan collection and really i think it's because they noticed that on social media there was huge following wherever you have these. muslim fashionista or modest fashion influencers who were able to don a great stylish look and yet stay within the parameters of the modesty guidelines that they follow a many big names in fashion they used to you've mentioned there have in the past

tried to crack this market but didn't succeed why is that you think. what i think still there's hits and misses and i think that's that truly boils down to not understanding your audience there's not a huge learning curve but there is some due diligence required here it's a completely different mindset it's a different audience it's a different consumer behavior and if the brand can understand that they will succeed. you know there are a few of these brands that kind of didn't do it right the 1st time around some of the ramadan collections that 1st came out didn't quite get the point and consumers spoke about that and there was a lot of chatter on social media where the fashionistas were feeling like they weren't being represented correctly so remember there is there are certain guidelines that need to be respected. and you know this is

a lifelong journey for them so they're not doing it this season and out next season and if you do get this audience you've got a consumer for life or are there any young muslim designers startups that are succeeding in your view and. well the young muslim designers and startups that are succeeding are doing so because they understand this market and perhaps they are the market as well. the reason i founded and started the sonic fashion and design council is because i felt either misrepresented or not represented or under represented and i initially thought perhaps it might be a good idea to come up with a collection or a line of my own. that would sort of speak to a professional woman who wants to cover and yet remain stylish and elegant and all the things that that you see in our in our mainstream counterparts and that was very hard to find so 2 coming up with the council was important because there was

no agency or even the local chamber of commerce that could for vijay with the basic information that could guide you in succeeding in this in this consumer market and so that's what we did and and it just keeps growing and growing from there com thank you for being with us thank you germany's comic has all rushing to get electric cars into production and on to the road but how realistic is it to maintain an electric car the mccain reports from the heartland of germany's vehicle making industry still got. this is the e.q. see the sadie's most recent venture into the electric car market a vehicle for their green ambitions to replace fossil fueled engines says leone had gave. every possibility to change the recuperation so in some situations you want to get back to smarter energy as possible it's clear the city sees aleck

trick as a long term investment but what about long distance driving the traditional weakness of the battery powered eco they were seen spencer q.c. of us 471 kilometers of fully electric range so far more than 95 percent of every day driving this is totally sufficient of course there are distances for example if you drive from here fast approaching where this is not sufficient and therefore we have always had a standard on the car the so-called d.c. fast charger which allows you to recharge the car in 40 minutes which is a break you probably would do anyhow i'm such a distance so is that right there not just give me the case let's find a half hour we can drive. as it stands the car is saying we can drive it for more than 300 kilometers before recharging many green campaign to say this is not a problem because most daily journeys are only around 20 to 40 kilometers so it's fine for urban driving but out here on the outer band comes the real test driving

at high speed. right has dropped considerably which means we want to carry on. after. and that is another traditional shortcoming to these sorts of cars in germany a glance at this map shows the distribution of charging points right now on the face of it there appear to be very many but some people think society needs to think more creatively to make electric cars feasible such as providing charging points in lamp posts and other existing streets. half the fun of africa and of. thought and we are convinced that it is a good solution in areas where drivers park their cars for longer periods of time we see from statistics that cars are charged where people park for longer and that's usually at home or at work and so we want to have a way for people to charge surprise close to home. back in the e.q.

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to have you with us on the news hour the u.k. is telling all british ships to avoid the strait of hormuz for an interim period the warning comes after iran seized a british light oil tank in the strait on friday britain's foreign secretary jeremy hunt says he's worried to herat is going down a dangerous path. we will respond in a way that is considered robust and we are absolutely clear if this situation is not resolved quickly there will be serious consequences france and germany have condemned the seizure and the u.s. central command has intensified their patrols over the strait in response to tehran's action it's also deploying troops to saudi arabia against what it says are credible threats well iran's opened an investigation into alleged violations by british flagged tankers and says it was involved in an accident with a fishing boat before being detained well we'll be talking to toss the debris in

iran's capital in just a few moments of 1st let's cross over to neve barca with reactions coming from the british capital of course britain's foreign minister has been condemning that seizure as the news broke late on friday i mean what more for the moment can we expect from london because europe is now weighing in on that whole debate. yes and i think the british authorities will take or draw some confidence given that stay european allies france and germany are showing solidarity and also condemning the seizure of this tanker in the strait of hormuz as both france and germany have also warned of a regional escalation in tensions and just to remind you of course from germany and the u.k. diplomatically have been instrumental when it comes to encouraging the united states to step away from completely scrapping the iran nuclear

agreement these are potentially important links in the chain between iran and the united states so you may question well is it counter-intuitive then for the iranians to seize this british vessel that is perhaps why the british foreign secretary said in his response on friday ahead of the cobra meeting that they were reacting in a considered way he did of course say that if the vessel is not released then they would be a significant response they would be serious consequences jeremy hunt said at the moment no the british government is being very careful indeed all it can do now is to escalate what initially said in the region describing the wrist the british shipping as a critical increasing that now to the logical next step in halting for an interim period or british vessel going through the region careful calculations are undoubtedly being worked out by the british authorities right now because david

does seem that the iranians are putting pressure on the u.k. in a sort of tit for tat motion for the detention of that tanker in the mediterranean by the forty's and gibraltar. that's right grace one was seized on july the 4th that was held for 14 days is accused of breaching european union sanctions by shipping crude oil to syria something that the iranians deny accusing the british authorities of piracy on friday it was decided that that vessel would be held for a further 30 days perhaps no coincidence then that this british vessel was then seized in the strait of home or that's how it's being seen here in the u.k. most certainly as a tit for tat seizure the british foreign secretary has said that it will that he will try and deal with the grace one situation without having a further negative impact on british shipping but it may be a little bit harder than just simply letting the grey swan go it's being currently

under some sort of judicial process as a said it's been accused of breaching european union sanctions it's not a simple it's just letting the vessel go and then the iranians letting the british ship go it's much more complicated well for the moment we'll leave it there and of course come back to you through the day let's cross over to tehran and also to bari our correspondent there are some serious ratcheting up. of this. detention of this particular vessel which seems to upset obviously the u.k. and sparked reaction from there and from washington d.c. what's terror on saying. well. this is a matter of actual the events that unfolded led to the seizure of this vessel the reins revolutionary guard media relations department says that there was a series of events that led to them cizik this tanker it wasn't just on a whim or as a response to the grace one seizure what happened was according to their statement

on friday in the strait of hormuz this british vessel came in contact with a small fishing boat so it there was some kind of an accident a minor accident that is when the local maritime officials called on the revolutionary guards that were patrolling the area to come to their assistance in that process there was a number of attempts made to contact the crew on board that this pair o. ship and there was no response that is when the revolutionary guards then seized this vessel and carried it to the nearby port of bend that boss where they are currently still investigating and all 23 crew members are on board and they are still there and they're waiting to be questioned by the revolutionary guard authorities so how much of this really is directed in directly a response to the u.k. detaining grace one does need just mention a few moments ago this is all part of a much more complicated jigsaw puzzle. certainly

things have become very very complicated and tense in the strait of hormuz over the past few weeks a number of incidents and attacks on various oil tankers that the united states and the western powers have blamed on iran but the iranians have venomously denied any involvement in those attacks they said that the security of the strait of hormuz is a number one priority for the revolutionary guards this is not according to the iranians a response to the seizure of the grace one tanker by the british navy this is a separate incident and it was as a result of a series of events that unfolded in the strait of hormuz that led to the revolutionary guards seizing this british tanker they say that it has nothing they have been no links made to the fact that it is as a result of what the british did on july 4th in the strait of gibraltar now having said that the various different levels of authority in iran from the foreign

minister to the president even the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei on wednesday said that it was the british government has done by seizing the race one tanker which was carry $2000000.00 barrels of iranian crude oil was an act of maritime piracy and it was an illegal seizure and they've demanded the immediate release of that vessel before the time being no specific connections be made between what took place in the strait of hormuz on friday before the move it will be with the doses of all real correspondence into. well let's take a closer look at the route that the tanker was taking now the swedish owners of stone imperius a british flag vessel was traveling through the strait of hormuz to the saudi port of jubail they say the tanker was approached by an identified small naval craft and the helicopter the vessel then suddenly changed course and moved towards iran the ship signal was lost near the island of luck which is in iranian territorial waters on saturday iran's semi official news agency reported the ship had been taken to

the port of blunderbuss with the 23 crewmembers still on board well phil daikon is a maritime security analyst and the managing director of dear riyadh global he joins me now via skype from tunbridge wells in the united kingdom good to have you with us and start on the program was the detention of this british ship in the gulf regardless of the circumstances just a matter of time in reprisal for what we've been seeing in the mediterranean. i think that's absolutely the case you know we are rising saying quite clearly that there's going to be some consequences to the detaining of the grace one but what's missing from this story so far is an act that yesterday there were 2 vessels that were intercepted the mester was another vessel which is further out the west was also approached and forced to take a new course further north to iran and that vessel was later released in the afternoon and was allowed to continue on its way having been boarded initially by

armed guards and that vessel that have a russian captain or which may have had an implication on why that vessel was released but absolutely you know this is not a surprise and it probably is a result of what could be perceived as a miscalculation by the well if that's the case you've got the you're the u.k. certainly very angry at the moment european allies are supporting the u.k. position want to tell you actually deescalate this before it gets any worse now absolutely right and all the talk about a coalition will have everyone partner in a potential coalition will have is absolutely the forefront of their mind to talk about germany and france being behind it came here but they are also the nation that wants to deescalate the vents in iran and is also trying to do it in the 10 day and the deal with iran so putting their warships into the area is an escalatory move and there we were very careful not to do so what is iran doing now while they have 23 people captive so that in itself is creating

a tinderbox situation the most likely outcome of this really what we would end visit is iran releasing the crew retaining the vessel and in that situation we now end up as your previous contribution said we have a long protracted process now of releasing the great one what would be an equally long and protracted process of releasing the captured esle yes they they stand area of course then is it clear to you with the information that's available about what rules have been broken for iran then to see. or detain this oil tanker when we heard our correspondent talk about the circumstances of. an identified that's all coming towards the tanker and the tanker reid directed itself into iranian waters has that vessel actually broken rules or has it sort of diverted an accident in the making there is nothing to suggest that anything that any rules were broken would justify a detention of a battle and its crew so at the moment it's very difficult to pin a legit.