in the media across the world. we begin with the arab news. an image of the tanker front altair on fire in the gulf of oman dominates their front page. the paper reports on comments made by the us secretary of state mike pompeo blaming iran for the suspected assault on two oil tankers. the financial times leads on the same story but focuses on the impact of the attack on the markets, they illustrate the point with a graph showing how the incident has pushed the price of brent oil up by as much as 4.5% the daily telegraph, along with many of the uk papers, lead on the same story, borisjohnson and his bid to be the next british pm.

the paper reports on comments from johnson's supporters who have called on "vanity candidates" to drop out of the race to speed up the selection process. the japan times leads with an interview with the us ambassdor to japan, who told the paper that president trump is frustrated by the lack of a trade deal and wants one in place by august. and finally the front page of the times scotland carries a report by a leading transport expert who says that drivers who switch their commute from car to public transport should be paid a £400 a year bonus as a way of combatting scotland's climate and obesity crises. with me is nina trentmann, from the wall streetjournal. let's begin with the arab news, and this picture that has been on all

the papers today. they say the tehran, the us security consultant telling arab news that tehran had the motive, the means and the opportunity to do this crime and the iranians always have an actual reason. what are they referring to ina reason. what are they referring to in a nutshell? and what does that mean for the political system ? in a nutshell? and what does that mean for the political system?m refers to the fact that it is a regional power that has military equipment and it has in the past been able to showcase that. what is interesting in this article that it points to the fact that within iran, there is of course, notjust one solid block that is driving this forward but there is disagreement between various fractions and parties. so we have the president who was re—elected in 2017 who is

somewhat centrist, we have the supreme somewhat centrist, we have the supreme leader who has been trying to keep control as the paper says of the islamic revolutionary because the islamic revolutionary because the us sanctioned in 2018, and the concern is that the current situation and the recession in iran and the sanctions are leading to that more radical faction within the system to gain power. so it remains to be seen what they were saying in the coming days to see where this is going and whether this is like marking a change as to how the iranian leadership is dealing with this where we are seeing economic pressures , this where we are seeing economic pressures, building up. the financial times looking at the

effect of this conflict. the oil market, talking about this 4.5% spike in oil prices were so yesterday, they also focus in on the timing of these attacks yesterday, just as the supreme leader and the ultimate decision—maker at the moment is meeting japan's prime minister and the prime minister is one of the leaders he was trying to forge some sort of peace between the us and iran. that doesn't look like is happening anytime soon. the timing is really interesting, it is not a coincidence i would assume. interestingly enough, both mr trump as was the iranian government say it is not the type of negotiations. —— as well as the. it seems that mr trump is on a mission there but it seems like the wrong time. i think it is of course interesting to see how this fits into the current situation of global markets we have seen a lot of volatility and

fluctuation because of tensions between the and other trade partners. sm that this opening another front of volatility at nervousness in the market. this will of course have implications for companies operating in the region, we yesterday had a story about a freight company and companies that are transporting oil through the street and other places in the persian gulf seen that insurance fees have gone up and will continue going up and the sudden vessels are being held where they are even though they are set to go because of lack of clarity about where this is going and whether there is an ongoing threat. a think there will be an economic cost caused by this. and also an economic benefit if you happen to be a producer of oil. which the united states is. yes, that's true. i guess you always have to counterbalance that with any costs that are being caused if there

we re costs that are being caused if there were some sort of increased escalation of the situation. it remains to be seen how much their oil prices are going up because it's still lower than what we have seen recently. so it seems as if that is still up to be seen. that's move on and talk about the daily telegraph and talk about the daily telegraph and of course they are... they have and of course they are... they have a picture of the tank as well. an article also about the conservative leader race there. referring to them as vanity candidates, urging them to drop out. we're going to have a beauty parade of some these candidates on television on sunday in the uk. will you be watching? possibly. i haven't decided yet. i guess i've because it's quite interesting that this is going on with such an extended number of candidates even though from the

beginning when theresa may were saying that she would step down as the head of the conservative party and also as prime minister, people we re and also as prime minister, people were already saying, that's now time for borisjohnson to take over. i guess is going to take some more days and possibly weeks and months until we have a new prime minister and time is running out. absolutely. there is in the six weeks left until the summer recess and you can understand the impatience of some mp is that they have some form of leadership in place because there is that 0ctober leadership in place because there is that october that invest deadline that october that invest deadline that the leaders of the brexit deadlines. at the moment there is no clarity of the terms of the u.k.'s exit at all. so this also party protocol, how you select a leader and of course this people in the party that would say no, we have to stick to this was not so unless more of these candidates drop off and drop out, this is going to be more

voting until there is only two candidates. it will be interesting to see whether borisjohnson, who has not confirmed whether or not he will be part of those televised debates, on sunday, will actually do so because it seems to be doing very well by saying very little. the japan times, the exclusive interview with us top to japan is saying that the resident is frustrated, he feels the resident is frustrated, he feels the country is way behind in negotiating a trade deal but he is looking for a lot, isn't it? he wasn't open up that water and agricultural sectors and he —— it appears that the more time that goes on, the greater the gap seems to be growing between these two countries. even though they historically have been very alone, it is interesting that it isn't actually that long that it isn't actually that long that they've been discussing the trade deal, they started talking about it when the us pulled out of the transpacific partnership of which japan is a part i guess my

japanese point of view it would have been very good if the us had stayed in that. since then, it's been two and a half years since they've been negotiating and as a european union citizen i'm quite aware of how the evening japan negotiated their trade deal which took effect earlier this year. so i think, of course, the us is currently in a very ambitious mood when it comes to striking trade deals but it remains to be seen whetherjapan deals but it remains to be seen whether japan is suffering deals but it remains to be seen whetherjapan is suffering the same fate of china if it does make any progress. thank you very much, we do not have time to get to the times, ironically, but do let me know what you think of that story. what a financial incentive get you out of your car financial incentive get you out of yourcarand financial incentive get you out of your car and onto public transport?

hello. as the flooding and disruption continues, particularly across parts of england, some spots have now amazzes three months‘ worth ofjune rainfall in a week. over 150 millimetres in the wettest spots. still rain in the forecast but not necessarily the same areas, as low pressure adopts a new position to the north—west of the uk in the coming days, means showers are most frequent in the north and the west. and there is, as friday starts, a fresh area of rain affecting parts of england and wales, also rain in north—west scotland. fairly chilly for the clearer parts of scotland and northern ireland as the day begins. but where you start the day with rain, things should improve as we go through the day, it should brighten up and it will be an afternoon of sunshine and showers. here's a look at things at 8:00 in the morning. so you're in the rain in north—west scotland, especially into the western isles, one or two showers elsewhere, but where you have got the clear skies and here into northern ireland, too, your temperature could be around the mid single figures as the day first starts. but you can see the outbreaks of rain from northern england, the midlands into wales, perhaps affecting parts of south—west england, perhaps the odd showery burst

towards the south—east. but the further south—east you are, may well be seeing some sunshine as the day begins. so on through the day then, you can pick out the two areas of rainfall but they are slowly easing and things start to brighten up. more widely so by the afternoon, it is sunshine, showers, may be heavy and thundery, very few for east anglia and south—east england, perhaps up to 20 celsius here. for most of us here it will feel a bit warmer, especially where you've had days stuck in the rain. going through friday evening, we'll see another area of rain, this time pushing into northern ireland, and then feeding on towards south—west scotland, wales and western england as saturday starts. ahead of that, it will be mainly clear bar the odd shower. that takes us on to the weekend, the big picture has low pressure here to the north—west of us, it will be feeding in weather disturbances from the west this time, and this is the first one we are contending with on saturday morning. so it will be an area of cloud, some showery rain out of that, slowly moving further east as the day goes on. ahead of it, sunny spells, maybe a shower.

behind it, sunny spells and the chance of catching a shower. on a fairly breezy day with temperatures topping out in the mid to high teens. now, part two of the weekend on sunday, if anything, it looks a little bit breezier, and it will be another day of sunshine and showers. now the showers most frequent in the north and west where again it could be heavy and possibly thundery, some though, will push a little bit further east on the breeze during the day. showers — not everybody will catch one. and again, temperatures mostly in the mid—to high teens. that's your latest forecast. i'll see you soon.

good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. grenfell two years on — families come together to remember their loved ones, as we learn that almost 8,000 residents in the area are assessed for trauma. hundreds of passengers are rescued from a train in northamptonshire overnight after heavy rain causes a landslide and widespread flooding. in lincolnshire, raf helicopter crews worked into the early hours after a river burst its bank, forcing 100 people from their homes. the flooding comes on the back of close to a months worth of rain in

parts of the country yesterday. still