this is bbc news. the headlines... iran has seized a british flagged oil tanker in the strait of hormus, according to iranian state tv. the media says it was captured in the strait of hormuz for breaking international maritime rules. for an office is seeking urgent information. an above inflation pay rise for police, the armed forces, teachers and other public sector workers but the money may come from existing budgets. 17 people injured after vehicles collide with spectators at a meeting of car enthusiasts. the man who raped and murdered a 13—year—old girl to stop her exposing him as an abuser has been jailed for life. and america lights up the washington monument to mark

the 50th anniversary of the apollo moon landings. you want to go to the moon? yes, do you think you'll ever get that?” don't know. good evening. we start with our breaking news, iran says it seized a british flag oil tanker, the owners admit which was heading to saudi arabia, say they have been unable to contact the vessel and its heading north towards iran. the company says the ship was approached by an identified small boats and a helicopter in the straight of hormuz. it's a busy shipping lane for oil tankers, there are more than 20 people on board we understand and

foreign office is saying it urgently looking into the reports. government emergency cobra committee is meeting in the white hall, this development outcomes and made heightened tensions between uk and iran. jonathan beal has been explaining. we have been able to track where it was going, it's moving for the emirates and then going up the strait of hormuz, on its way we believed to saudi arabia, when it was in the words of the company that owns it, it was intercepted by unidentified small cracks, helicopter also in the air, and now we have confirmation from the iranian revolution guide saying they had seized and captured a british oil tanker. —— cracked. they say they seized it because it was not following international maritime regulations and others are saying it called prize the best problems of the presentation is that

it was inside their territorial waters, it wasn't following the maritime regulations and you have to treat that with the pinch of salt because we also know full well that iran has said it would sees a british thinker in retaliation for what happened off the coast of gibraltar earlier this month, when an iranian tanker with fees involving more marines and it's still being held there in fact, there has been an extension holding there has been an extension holding the tanker after brought to another 30 days, but they have been clear about retaliation and this seems anyway, i mean it's not surprising really is that? it's notjust about the tanker that you're talking about that would sees in gibraltar, even before tensions are rising before uk and iran and the us and iran over sanctions that were imposed after donald trump decided that he wasn't convinced they were enriching iranian -- convinced they were enriching iranian —— they were using arena uranium. that was a dispute between

the iran and us, of course britain is been viewed throughout as that little satan and it's been with a vested deq, supporting the iranian nuclear deal unlike america. they did not pull out of that but what's triggering this as far as why target a british tanker, is what happened off the coast of gibraltar i think. they will be questions now clearly about, there is one worship we know in the region at the moment and a second going there, we know that hms mantras was involved in an incident early this month after the seizure at that tanker off gibraltar, and have to come to the aid of another british tanker off the straight of hormuz, warnings were given over the radio for the iranian revolutionary guard to stay clear. and that tanker got to safety but this time, itjust seems that that tanker, which to be honest, when trying to patrol the area whether —— where there are

about 30, tankers and vessels, that are carrying stuff going to pretend, you know, it's a hard job to keep an eye on all of those with only one worship. and clearly, in this instance, it does not seem and there isa instance, it does not seem and there is a confirmation yet, that the tanker was in the immediate vicinity but it was at sea at the time. jonathan was speaking to me earlier and left a reaction now from the formerfirst and left a reaction now from the former first sea and left a reaction now from the formerfirst sea lord, that and left a reaction now from the former first sea lord, that evening to you and thank you for us. picking up to you and thank you for us. picking up on the correspondent information there, there appears to be one naval ship in this area protecting goodness knows how many tankers and other cargo vessels, that's clearly not enough that i'm no expert. absolutely, i'm afraid we have a desperate shortage of escort vessels in the royal navy and number of us have been banging on for a few years about that and to just have one free

gift and the golf when if such an important area for us, where —— frigate, where tension was rising, i find it extraordinary that i would have thought we move something else in the indian ocean at least, if not it extraordinary that i would've thought we move something else in the indian ocean at least, if not in the indian ocean at least, if not in the golf, some weeks ago, about a few weeks ago. as the disc hms duncan is on its way out there to stand in for the tanker that was getting repair work but they shall be alone when this ship is not there, but that's unsatisfactory. my biggest concern actually i have to say, ifind it extraordinary biggest concern actually i have to say, i find it extraordinary that british flag ships and tankers particularly, steaming on their own into this area of danger. i would have thought that after the board an attack on the tanker, which was thwarted by this ship, we would have put in place some sort of control of british black shipping holding it clear in the area until we were ready to escorted, and i find

clear in the area until we were ready to escorted, and ifind it absolutely extraordinary but it appears the ship that was allowed to proceed on its own. is there not a danger that know that if you send more naval frigates in danger that know that if you send more navalfrigates in the danger that know that if you send more naval frigates in the area, danger that know that if you send more navalfrigates in the area, you set to increase tensions and the last thing donald trump or our prime minister whoever that is at the moment, once his were at with iran? but i think greater attention is that if we find they are starting to ca ptu re that if we find they are starting to capture innocent ship and holding cruise hostage. that is not a policy for countries to follow. you cannot allow that to happen, we have to protect our ships and people. sorry if i'm naive though but is there not another route to avoid this tensions? well i think we should de—escalate but you cannot allow dogs and criminal actions —— side, that's a recipe for appeasement and who knows what you could let them

get away with if you do it and they think they can do everything and i think they can do everything and i think i'm afraid the iranians have track records of breaking international rules and doing the thing. but unfortunately, the reason we are where we are now, is because at the breakdown in the agreement allowing iran to do exploits. they are allowing iran to do exploits. they a re really allowing iran to do exploits. they are really hurting now because trump had seized and ceased to recognise that agreement and they are casting around and thrashing around trying to show, look, if he did not come up with a good and not an agreement with a good and not an agreement with us, and let us expert things, we are able to stop and cut your trade routes and i'm afraid that's is why this is happened. it does not mean know that you cannot look after your own ships and people. bearing in mind there is no free press in iran, cani in mind there is no free press in iran, can i read you a press release from the news agency. it says, that the tanker, it was seized for not

observing the regulations. the british tanker shut down its gps system, contrary to marine laws and regulations and instead of passing through the entranceway industry departments, it was going through the exits, which could have caused accidents with other vessels, it said that it's also been seized because the tanker ignored warnings by iran. they‘ re because the tanker ignored warnings by iran. they're saying it has nothing to do with the fact that when it bears has been seized.” mean, basically they have a track record of saying things that are com plete record of saying things that are complete lies, so that would be my initial view of what they had said but i do not know whether those things actually happen. i do imagine they may had not wanted to follow warnings when they are surrounded by ships heading towards them but i don't know, but there is a track record of life getting in a pattern here i mean they try to stop this ship, and they said firmly we are going to do something because you ca ptu red going to do something because you captured that tanker off gibraltar

and we'll get something of yours and they made it very clear. and they will live. they will lie about why oi’ will live. they will lie about why or what they had dined at the bottom line, they want to be able to get a red duster ship in their hands, which they would then use for the bridge we know they like having hostages they did the same to the americans from the end of the years ago. this is the way they operate, and we should not allow them to do that, so as i say i am horrified cannot they are normally about ten oi’ cannot they are normally about ten or 20 cannot they are normally about ten or20 any of cannot they are normally about ten or 20 any of our ships going there, there are other nations, but i would've thought with some sort of control that our shipping we would've sorted it out, and i'm quite shocked that the ship on its own was going up what's clearly not a dangerous water is and i hope we are not spending more tankers through there. a lease without anyone looking after them. fascinating, thank you for speaking to us. let's get some more analysis

now with me is majeed. if you believe what they're saying, it was in breach of three maritime regulations, but when you listen to lord last and the british government and the american government, iran turned on the pressure on the uk and what seems to be active tat movement because of the seizure of one of one of their tankers, which we believe heading to syria. and on top of the reasons they now saying it was polluting the environment and wide this is quite a new tanker, it is that last year. you have insight into their thinking, but why would they release a statement like not saying it was in breach of maritime law, why not to say if you're going to ta ke law, why not to say if you're going to take our tanker lite carrotswhy not? they will not say that and because if you listen to their leader who spoke a few days ago, they faded vicious british seizes

oui’ they faded vicious british seizes our tanker they faded vicious british seizes ourtanker in they faded vicious british seizes our tanker in gibraltar on behalf of the americans, that's what they believe they think americans ordered the seizure at that tanker and it was not the british to do that. they knew that tanker was not actually in the document show it was going to syria but it wasn't, it was going somewhere else, it was bound for summer somewhere else, it was bound for summer house, so they see it as a british thing, but they had said open lead they would take revenge for this and they would retaliate. the president any iran and the prime minister as well they are said in the last statement as well, invariably they said this and an open way. it was unprecedented from him to talk like that. but, as you know, we read the news today that the iranian tanker, i mean, they we re the iranian tanker, i mean, they were hoping that the british and gibraltar officials would release their tanker. and they read they we re their tanker. and they read they were really helping it happen soon and there were indications it would happen but today, we heard the news that now it's not happening so that

extended eye. so, it's 30 more days and now they step up and now they are even reports and a second tanker we are not sure yet though it has not been confirmed by irani news agencies are now saying... it's the iranian news agency saying that but we don't know yet, but it takes time to confirm and see what has been happening, but as you know tensions are quite high there. and with what we had seen last night, with the iranian drone being shot down, they deny it. we don't know, so there is this rhetoric and war of words going on, which you cannot somehow confirm from any of the sides. how are they likely to react if there is a larger british even american naval presence in that golf to protect these tankers? i guess, the us and british presence in the region is the

biggest since the iran—iraq war three decades ago. especially americans who beefed up the military presence there, they now calling for a coalition of warships to escort their oil tankers. because they know that they did not have security there. if you take a look at the route that this tanker today was taking, we see that it mirrors the island which is where the corridor to the iranian borders, and that's where it changes route. and i'll be tankers we have seen, not rehab that was seized last week but then the iranians announced yesterday, they have come up with different explanations on that one and once they said oh it was out of order and at problems and we went for mechanical problems, but then they said no, it was smuggling oil. they

come up with all types of explanations and bees, there's no way to verify whether these things are true or not. please do keep us updated and many thanks for speaking to us. there has been a statement regarding the iranian seizure of the british tanker, from the national security council in america. they say we are aware of reports that iranian forces seize the british oil tanker, it's the second time in just over a week the uk has been the target of escalatory violence by the iranian regime. the united states will continue to work with our allies and partners to defend our security and interest, against iran's maligned behaviour, said that from the national security council —— counsel. because for tonight for more protection for british interests. in the gulf of tension certainly do seem to be writing right now between united kingdom and

the usa and iran. we will find out how the story and many others are covered into my‘s my pages. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages. newsrooms around the country will be trying to get that on. at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are the mirror's head of politics jason beattie and former conservative adviser mo hussein. here are the other top stories. up to a million public sector workers including teachers in england, police officers in england and wales, and members of the armed forces across the uk are set to get a pay rise above the rate of inflation. the treasury is expected to confirm on monday details of what's thought to be the biggest public sector pay rise for six years before theresa may steps down as prime minister. but with suggestions the rise will come from existing budgets,

labour has dismissed the offer as insulting. our political correspondent alex forsyth has this report. in recent years, some of the country's key workers have had their pay frozen or rise is limited, part of the government's austerity programme. now thousands of public sector employees are in line fora pay bump, most above the rate of inflation. ready for the last few minutes of the shift? for some, it is a mixed blessing. head teachers will have to find the money to pay their staff more if there is no new government funding and many say budgets are already at breaking point. it is a no—win situation. we want to reward the staff, they deserve the pay rise 100%. but now we have now got to find that money from somewhere and it is impossible if the government are not giving us money to say, this is for a teacher pay rise. in effect they are cutting our budget. nonetheless, on monday the treasury is expected to say teachers and school staff will get a 2.7 pay rise. for the armed forces it is 2.5% across the board with some soldiers expected to get more.

police officers and dentists are in line for a 2.5% rise and senior civil servants, 2% with details for other sectors expected next week. the pay rise is similar to what was offered last year. it is not out of line with what we might expect. it is a bit ahead of inflation but is probably the minimum you would think was reasonable, given where we are with private sector pay and pay and recruitment retention issues among teachers. it's thought government departments will have to fund this from existing budgets with no new money, so the pay rise comes with a price tag. today the home secretary seemed confident that for the police, it could be managed. i know for example, if that was for the police force, a 2.5% police force, some police forces can fund it from their budgets because when we set budgets, we try to take into account what might happen further down the line.

some unions say their members have been short—changed over pay for some time at the public sector needs more investment. without that money and investment in terms of their pay and the balance of terms and conditions, then we are going to see a slow decline in people wanting to come into the civil service, but also to stay. in making this decision, the chancellor, philip hammond, has posted a challenge for whoever takes over from theresa may. do they make cuts elsewhere to fund this pay rise or put more into budgets, increasing borrowing? the binding choices made by ministers now can create difficult decisions for whoever comes next. what seems good news for public sector workers, comes with a political sting in the tailfor the next prime minister. how to meet spending commitments and still balance the books. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster.

let's bring you up—to—date with the main headlines tonight. at british like oil tankers seized by iran's revolutionary guards according to iranian state television. after it was tracked moving off course and a straight appointment is, the government here has been holding an emergency cobra meeting. above inflation pay rise for public—sector workers, but the money may come existing budgets. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello. thanks, we start northern ireland where we get to a critical point at the open championship, the couple be made at the end of the plates and big names will miss out on the weekend. but will rory mcelroy be amongst them and adam has been watching at royal port rash,

and you just found out the answer to that question. i have, real, real drama and the dying light here at the end of day two. at the 148 hoping to hear a royal port rash in northern ireland. rory mcelroy has almost completed the open contact since port rash. remember he started today eight over par after his disappointing opening round, i know the chance of getting within a few shots at that pipe. he has produced the rounds of the day. six under par, but it was one shot short of making that cat. absolutely agonising, crowds and stayed well into the evening, to watch him come down the 18th. he had to make a birdie and he did not manage itself huge disappointment for hand and his name friends. we came so close, it was an extraordinary performance

after what happened yesterday, so he can take some hard and i think you will be bitterly disappointed. further up the leaderboard, play is doing rather better, it's an irishman at the top of that leaderboard, shane irishman at the top of that leaderboa rd, shane lowry leads irishman at the top of that leaderboard, shane lowry leads the way on eight under par, he had a joint lead with the americanjb holmes, for under par around for shane lowry today. a few english men, not breathing down his neck. tommy fleetwood and lee westwood, who would've thought at 46 years old, and his 25th consecutive open championship, he is a shot behind the leaders. what a story that would be. spare a thought finally fred darren clarke, another irishman who was so instrumental in bringing the championship back to northern ireland and then stop at the last hole as well so disappointment but still great excitement and for the weekend ahead. looking forward to mark adam, thank you. jillian

extended his lead at that tour de france of the surprise victory on that 13th stage. thomas was expected to close the gap on the individual time trial britain was the ultimate —— pen ultimate writer and did enough to take the lead, but philippe was left to go smash the time by parking seconds increasing his overall lead to a minute and a half. england's world cup cricket captain says he's not sure if he still in the road by the time the next when it comes around in four yea rs. next when it comes around in four years. he's been england's limited of paris in 2015 and a key part of the team's transformation in that time. morgan says the world cup wind and made him think about his future. i don't think i'm in a good state to make a decision at that moment, simply the fact that i have another chance to get away from the madness and craze of winning the world cup, i've not been able to get it to logical mindset and asked myself a

few questions about four years is that they commanded to ask 250 over world cup, t20 next year is more realistic, but still, i had battled my way through this year's wild type it's a huge toll on me mentally and physically so once everything comes down the next two months then i'll come to a helpful decision in the forefront will be family and the team. england plus plus one then struggled on the second day that must win * that's nice, addictive important wickets, —— ashes match. reaching the century, helping staying at 341/5 for the rain stopped the play. parry was at 116 on when she was cut off. marsh bold for 86. england are six points down and a series with a price match being worth four points. fact is all your sports for right now, back to

you. thank you. returning to the breaking news and flagged oil tanker has been seized by the iranian revolutionary guards. british government is in a cobra committee emergency meeting right now, we are getting unconfirmed reports of the second british tanker being seized in the gulf by iran. the second oil tanker is called the iberian flag i think that's how you pronounce it, turned north to the iranian coast after passing lester the history department is in the gulf, and the turn took place about 1600 gmt. —— straight departments. data shows 40 minutes after a similar tanker that was seized. —— straight of hormuz. no immediate words from the operator or guards yet on what prompted the change in direction. along this vital international oil shipping

route. there is criticism tonight on bbc news, that the government should have more naval vessels protecting british interests in the strait of hormuz. now, this feature at the first oil tanker, we did not know there is a second, they still needed confirmed, it comes hours after the british government announced it will continue to hold and sees an iranian registered oil tanker, but britain believes was heading toward syria, breaking easy sanctions after delivering oil to the side machine, something iran denies, but that tanker will be docked in gibraltar for another 30 days. iran promised there would be revenge for the seizure that tanker, and it seems we are seeing it tonight.

17 people were injured two seriously after two cars collided and then crashed into spectators at a charity motor event in stevenage last night. hertfordshire police say they've identified the drivers of both cars involved and that they've been interviewed. sarah campbell reports. fast cars being driven at speed along public roads. hundreds had gathered to watch from the verges and central reservation. the danger appears obvious, the outcome almost inevitable. a car pulls out, collides with another and both plough into the watching crowds. so there were people standing all there and there? kim choudhury, a nurse, was watching from the roadside and immediately went to help. someone said they thought she'd like flipped in the air so ijust grabbed her head and yeah, ijust felt under her head and she had a massive — i got blood on my hands so i knew she'd smashed her head. you're a nurse, you're used to seeing injured people but even so, how bad was it? ijust burst into tears after it

because it wasjust, i think obviously when i had my adrenaline going, but it was just horrific and i've actually never been involved in anything like that before. the emergency services were quickly on the scene. despite attending previous events, hertfordshire police said they weren't aware last night's meet was happening. what i would say is not to attend these type of events and i think what happened last night shows what could happen when you've got such large numbers in the road and cars perhaps committing offences. this has become an issue for the police and councils across the country. road racing is banned by high court injunction in the birmingham area, but as show last weekend, crowds still gather. the meets in stevenage are held weekly, organised by local car enthusiast via social media. do you feel at all responsible for what happened last night? i do, but i don't at the same time. because we told everyone it's a static meet. and that means the car is parked?

the car is parked in a car park, that is a static meet. it's difficult because we don't want people to race, we don't promote the racing, but the racing is out of our control. unable to stop people racing, the organisers have said there will be no repeat events. sarah campbell, bbc news, stevenage. the bbc and itv have decided to have a joint streaming service, at the monthly subscription cosseting that's costing £5 99 seeming as a uk rival to establish services like netflix which saw the share price file after a slow down and subscriber growth. they have also increased their subscription, max

from broadcast magazine joins us now. it scrutinises things like this, is it a good move for the bbc and itv? i think so, this, is it a good move for the bbc and itv? ithink so, ithink this, is it a good move for the bbc and itv? i think so, i think a lot of its success depends on the a metric success ejected by such a separate box is a natural rival would be incorrect in that is what the direct general and the itv executive are pushing for,. why is it not as good at netflix what does it not as good at netflix what does it have that they want to?” it not as good at netflix what does it have that they want to? i would say one word answer is money. to set it into context, a budget for britbox in the next two years is £65 million, all of which is put in by itv. netflix drama series the crown, two series were £100 million. netflix had increased their subscription as well. was it wise?

they rolled out worldwide so i suppose it goes beyond the uk, but again, that's where britbox could stand out it's only £5 99 a month or so half the cost. but if you're paying a licence fee to watch bbc would then why pay back to watch another service? that's a good point, but i think again it's something that director general would say, is it sort of similar to a dvd market is to be like, fill in the past, the bbc with a programme sinai playerfor a while the past, the bbc with a programme sinai player for a while and then you could buy a dvd at happy valley and a gentleman jack whatever you're watching, the equivalent to that now would be that box but only it's better because it fits together like the different kinds of shows. i think that's the argument. the programmes will be left on iplayer for longer so it's annoying when you're busy for a while you don't get to watch the next episode because it's gone so what i become a

thing of the past? it is, so the regulators have given the plans to extend the iplayer window to 12 months, a provisional green light so inafew months, a provisional green light so in a few weeks, they are likely to say these plans are fine. so it's the way bbc adapts to the modern sort of tde ecology really. do you think people are going to sign up to this, while they pay a pound 99 plus for netflix and £5 99 or more eventually, for britbox, dan you have their subscription services as well such as by television. it's becoming expensive to have a tv in your own. you're not wrong, i think they've done some research and they we re they've done some research and they were saying they've done some research and they were saying more they've done some research and they were saying more than half of uk —based netflix subscribers say they happily would pay for additional uk focused services, so i think they're not going to hit huge numbers, but i think the regulatory predicts about 100,000 may 10 million within the

first five years or so. anything around that mark would be happy. fascinating, television is changing and the way we watch it so thank you for joining and the way we watch it so thank you forjoining us. let's look at the weather now, something to look forward to his chris with the details. hello, for many of us, it's been quite a wet day with pulses at heavy rain coming and going, one such downpour was ca ptu red and going, one such downpour was captured early today by landauer weather watches from the bristol area, umbrellas required for the island. every night there is a tendency for heavy rain to work into southern and eastern areas of england, the rain will slowly pull away from western northern ireland but moving to scotland, rain changing location from place to place, one night though, temperature between 13 and 17 degrees and on into the weekend, let's start to things, especially eastern areas of scotla nd things, especially eastern areas of scotland and england, and another pulse of rain the swings from west

and east later on. northern ireland stays dry but some cloud here, and later in the day for western practise scotland and england and wales whether brightens up with funny spouse and then sunshine feeling warmly temperature is a saturday afternoon into the low and mid 20s. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. a british flag tanker has been seized by revolutionary guards, he will hold talks with britain. track to moving off course in the street, the government here has been holding an emergency meeting. unconfirmed reports of a second british operated tanker that is turned sharply towards iran's coast. above inflation pay rise for the police,

the armed forces, teachers and other public sector workers, but the money may come from existing budgets. 17 people are injured as vehicles collide into spectators. murdering a 13—year—old girl to stop them from being exposed has beenjailed for life. now on bbc news it's time for the last programme in this he said was stopped because he was not observing international maritime rules. the company that owns the tanker says it was approached by unidentified boats and a helicopter while in international waters. a second vessel is not reported to have turned sharply north towards iran after passing to the same area. reaction from the former british ambassador after the first tanker

was seized. i am very surprised that the owners of this tanker was sent through the straits of hormuzjust a couple of days after explicit threats from the leader of iran. for retaliation, for what they described as british privacy, piracy in gibraltar. unlike the tanker which had shadow was on the previous occasion, there are no others in reach, so does look like a rash act on behalf of the owners of the vessel to send it through at this particular time. iran should not have done it, this tanker, the latest incident took place in an international waterway, but it is a measure of iran possible is desperation at the state of its economy and the state of its

relations with the rest of the world over its nuclear agreement and the corresponded saying that they are now trigger—happy and something urgent is got to be done to talk the iranians down and secure flexibility from all of those involved in implementing the uk deal, including the united states in order to de—escalate these very serious tensions. let us remind you of the latest developments regarding this story. we understand that donald trump has said to reporters outside the white house, i will be able to bring you that clip shortly, that he intends to speak to the uk on an emergency meeting, discussing this. this is not just emergency meeting, discussing this. this is notjust about tankers being seized by iran, in response to an iranian tanker being seized by britain. this is about the iran

nuclear deal which collapsed under donald trump's presidency, saying that he did not believe iran would abandon its nuclear ambitions and therefore implemented the sanctions that should have been lifted in return for them abandoning their nuclear ambitions. what happened since then it was a tanker called grace one was seized by british marines because it was believed that it was on its way to syria to deliver oil to the president which was against the sanctions and in breach of the sanction. they denied that but they have not shown any proof to back up that denial. it will be stuck for the next 30 days and reports of two tankers have been seized in the gulf by iran, british tankers, british crew on board. this is what president trump had to say when he heard the news. as you know,

we have a very close alliance of the uk and we always have. we heard that. the united states has very few tankers going in because you are using our own energy now. we have made a lot of progress over the past two and a half years, so we do not have that many tankers going in, but we have a lot of ships there, warships and we will talk to the uk and we have no written agreement, but we have an agreement. there been a great ally of ours and we heard it was one or two and we will be working with the uk, they will have a new prime minister soon, which is a new prime minister soon, which is a good thing and will be working with the uk. we have no written agreement but we have an agreement thatis agreement but we have an agreement that is long—standing. agreement but we have an agreement that is long-standing. speaking to reporters a few moments ago. we understand the foreign office are investigating exactly what is happened and we know there were 23

crews on board to be seized by iran, and reports of the second tanker we do not know the detail of the crew of the second tanker, but will we do know is that it has sharply made a turn towards iran in the same area the first tanker was seized and we have had criticism this evening from various naval experts and lord west as well saying that this should be more naval frigates in as well saying that this should be more navalfrigates in the as well saying that this should be more naval frigates in the area protecting british interests in protecting british interests in protecting cargo going to this very busy international channel for oil and other cargo as well. we have it to speak to the government tonight, but will certainly be asking them why they are protecting how many cargo ships passing through that

area. let's move onto something com pletely area. let's move onto something completely different, far removed our breaking news, we will talk about butterflies. once in a decade phenomenon, painted lady butterflies seem phenomenon, painted lady butterflies seem to happen in the uk. this is according to wildlife experts. these species are a common sight but once every ten years, there is a painted lady summer when millions arrive en masse as part of a mass migration from tropical africa to the arctic circle. people have been asked to record numbers as part of an annual survey. but speak to sharon who was one of the conservation managers at the big butterfly counts survey. this is actually really important, that we do this and get involved. yes, it is. you're one of the biggest butterfly surveys in the world and over the next three weeks,

will be asking people to spend 15 minutes during the big butterfly count to record what they see, gardens, parks, forests, where ever they are. we hope that one of the species that will be seeing is the painted lady. we have seen the first big wave has come through and so we are starting to see if you and we know that there are more waiting in europe, so we're hoping that folks will be able to capture this invasion as it happens. and where you are likely to find them? they like gardens, they like lavender, they like thistles, anywhere where there's flowers, you might encounter there's flowers, you might encounter the painted lady. is their concern about butterfliesback i know there isa about butterfliesback i know there is a lot of concern about wildlife, particularly in the uk because of

climate change was that bees being a particular concern. butterflies, because their lifecycles are so short, they are an excellent way of monitoring change and we can pick up trends quite quickly, the painted lady for instance can move from eggs to adults and a month. so it is one to adults and a month. so it is one to monitor to monitor to see how successful it is in this country when it begins itsjourney successful it is in this country when it begins its journey here shortly. the big butterfly around the whole of the uk can collect some data from that that it can access trends from all different sorts of species that help us plan conservation work and the type of schemes that work best with landowners and farmers. how would you suggest, they are beautiful butterflies, how would you suggest we do this because i can make it a family outing, whole community? a whole army of data collectors shall he can do as many as you like and it

is an ideal opportunity for children, they can download the app onto the funds and then they can do all of the information they need is there end of the identification to there end of the identification to the 17 species we are looking for and that is all on the app or online and that is all on the app or online and anybody can do it. from the big butterfly counts survey, best of luck. the uk ministry of defence are aware of reports that a second tanker has been seized by iran, the liberian mp is british owned and we just heard that from our defence correspondent he has been in touch with the defence. there are investigating, but it does look like to british tankers, almost certainly one have

been seized by iran this evening. we'll keep you updated with live news on the bbc news. time to the last programme in this series of news watch. series of newswatch, with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. getting away from the westminster village. i'll be asking the bbc‘s new political correspondent based outside london about her role and... it really is the end of an era. ofan era. thanks! ..it‘s farewell to this week with andrew neil, viewers vent their feelings about the axing of the late—night politics show. first, you may have noticed a different look to bbc news programmes this week with new on—screen graphics rolled out on all programmes, including, as you can see, newswatch. the corporations own typeface named reith after its