this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories... iran says it's seized a british—flagged oil tanker in the strait of hormuz: it's claiming the stena impero had turned off its tracker before it was intercepted. it comes as tehran says this video footage disproves american claims to have destroyed an iranian drone over the gulf — but does it? a dutch court rules the netherlands was only partly responsible for the srebrenica massacre of hundreds people in the bosnian war. braced for a heatwave: warnings that up to 200 million people could be affected by soaring temperatures along the east coast of the us. and coming up, the latest from the africa cup of nations final between senegal and algeria.

hello and welcome to world news today. we start with some breaking news: iran's revolutionary guards say they have seized a british flagged tanker in the gulf. iran says the stena impero was stopped while passing through the strait of hormuz on the grounds that it was not observing international maritime rules. the stena impero was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, but it appears to have taken a sudden turn into iranian waters this afternoon. it was last tracked heading towards the iranian island of qeshm. the company that owns the tanker has confirmed that it was approached by unidentified small boats and a helicopter while it was still in international waters. it's since been uncontactable. we also have early reports that a second uk operated tanker sailing under a liberian flag also made a sharp turn towards iran in the persian gulf. the stena impero, which was bound

for aljubail in saudi arabia, joining me now is our defence correspondent jonathan beale. what more do we know about this first tanker and also the official government reaction the uk? we know definitely that one tanker was taken, that's definitely that one tanker was ta ken, that's been definitely that one tanker was taken, that's been confirmed by the iranian at revolutionary guards even though the company says it was in international waters, the revolutionary guide are saying that it was not obeying maritime rules and another way to string into their territory. i think you have to take that with a pinch of salt the importantly, it seems to be confirmation from the foreign secretary now that a second tanker has been taken, this is a library and flight tanker, but british own we understand, take this evening, this stair —— jeremy hunt saying he's extremely concerned from the seizure of these vessels, he says

the ambassador to to head on is in contact with the foreign affairs to resolve the situation, that seizures are acceptable he says, it's essential freedom of navigation maintained. we understand that none of the crew we know there were 23 crew members on board, but we did not know how many on the second ship. but none of them are believed to be pretty citizens, but clearly, imean, britain to be pretty citizens, but clearly, i mean, britain is clearly involved in this now. we know this was a warning iran made because after early this month, british were marines were involved in seasoning and iranian oil tanker off the coast of gibraltar and they sent a clear message saying they were going to retaliate and i think this is it. meanwhile, the wider context is not to stop at another event in the strait of hormuz, you shooting down iranian drones been saying no you didn't, so explain how that fits into this wider picture? yeah, i think you have to separate them slightly, because clearly tensions

rose with iran, and they are rising, ever since i met out of the international nuclear deal. and they imposed tougher sanctions on iran and iran and britain and france and germany did not do the same they are trying to keep that deal together. but it's clearly fraying at the edges. the response, this response we are talking about and clear —— and seizing these is clearly a reaction by iran to what britain did off the coast of gibraltar by keeping their tanker. they say they are perfectly within and that they we re are perfectly within and that they were doing something because i think i was breaking sanctions, on syria. he sanctions on syria. iran has demanded that tanker be released, we know the held for at least another ten days in gibraltar. probably it will be part of the bargaining chip now, but the editing to see is there's been one british warship out there. any one given time, there are about 30 ships that had a british

interest where it's like i owned a carrying british goods. in that region, and one ship one worship is not enough. we have hurried from a foreigner —— former head of that royal navy, saying he was astonished, you find it absolutely extraordinary that does vessels were not protected, given the windings that have been coming out from tamron. what do you think now that we parted that for a secretary saying it's a serious situation, as an emergency meeting of the members that the government this evening to discuss this, my options are on the table, had i did like to try to de—escalate or resolve the situation out? it's very difficult because all along the reasons why we kept a relatively low military posture in that region, i like the americans is sent more warships, is because they do not like pensions to escalate. they want iran around the negotiating table about that nuclear dealfor negotiating table about that nuclear deal for starters negotiating table about that nuclear dealfor starters and

negotiating table about that nuclear deal for starters and resolve the issue of the ship seized off of gibraltar. in that they did not want to up the ante, but now it has been very high pensions and it's up now, and after is all that and they said more warships? do they hope that by having discussions about the ship seized off of gibraltar they could release it and iran releases the other two? we do not know. you know, that's not been clear and transparent about iranian behaviour, so transparent about iranian behaviour, soi transparent about iranian behaviour, so i think it's a very, very difficult situation and i think the government here will face difficult questions about why it had not sent more ships to protect these thinkers going through the strait of hormuz which is always been a vulnerable choke point. thank you, jonathan. the dutch supreme court has upheld a ruling that the netherlands was partly to blame for the deaths of 350 of the 8,000 muslim men, killed in the massacre at srebrenica in the bosnian war. dutch troops at a united nations safe zone handed the unarmed men and boys over to bosnian serb

forces, who then murdered them. it's rare for a state to be held responsible for failures in un peacekeeping work. 0ur correspondent anna holligan reports from the hague. 0n on this finaljudgement day, the mothers who travelled to the hague from srebrenica, in search of justice and they felt only humiliation again. today, we were humiliated. before the judge humiliation again. today, we were humiliated. before thejudge even said anything. because we did not have a translator. i only got about 396 have a translator. i only got about 3% that my youngest sun's body. thousands of muslim refugees had fled to the un compound seeking protection and what was a designated safe sound. when the bosnian serb army leader and his men arrived and demanded they be surrendered, but lightly armed and dutch soldiers peered consequences of failing to

co—operate. and despite realising there was our risk they be married, they took charge of organising the evacuation, putting refugees —— murdered, and bundling them through tunnels. where the bosnian serb soldier separated the men from the women and children. what happened next, genocide. 8000 muslims executed will stop their bodies buried in mass graves. the worst atrocity committed on european soil, since the holocaust. the dutch state argued for them, it was mission impossible. the soldiers were overwhelmed and under supported. i spoke to one soldier, who is serving a srebrenica on that day. if i had 150 marines fighting against 3000 serbs, for like four or five days, then go rescue 30,000 refugees and

only 7000 were killed, that's the most brutal rescue mission ever. so this case relates specifically to 350 muslim men who are hiding and safety inside the un compound. instead of getting them the option to stay, the dutch soldiers forced them to me. and bjj said it does not had at least been given a choice, they waited had a 10% chance of surviving and so, i found the dutch state liable for a 10% in those evacuations that ended in the mass executions. and this judgement means that the dutch were partially responsible. with me is dutch author drjan honig — who co—wrote srebrenica: record of a war crime. welcome and thank you forjoining

us, what you make at the judgement? this has been a long time in the making, it's gone through courts and reached high court with a final verdict. it is on the one and not entirely surprising but on the other hand,it entirely surprising but on the other hand, it does contain a number of things that may be important for the future. and the most important, to things one is that the place —— it pays attention to who is responsible for what happened in that compound and whether the dutch state and troops had a degree of responsibility, or it it fell under the un entirely and in many peacekeeping international interventions, it's quite fuzzy as to who is really in charge of the troops. if it was the un, then they can sin be taken to court, it would be different but in this particular case, the dutch government got involved. in the goings—on in the compound with a 350 bosnian men and therefore they were deemed to have

control over these people and responsibility. the dutch state called his mission impossible so when your view having studied this could they have done and should they have been typically? well, there's lots of what it history that could be done, but it's clear that the dutch soldiers on the ground were not prepared for this particular mission and the difficulties and a day did not really properlyjudge what the serbs were likely to do with the refugees that they were going to capture especially the man that they were a danger of losing their lives. if they had known that and prepared better for their lives. if they had known that and prepared betterfor it, then maybe there was a different outcome but although whether that's a 10% likelihood is what the high court decided or 30% they could've survived its highly debatable. but there would've been, dutch soldiers that they had done and understood the situation better and if the government had as well, then the

outcome may have while been different. what lessons have been learned here? while a major lesson hopefully learn from this on the positive side is clarification of the chain of command. and people are clear as to who is responsible to what extent. 0n the negative side, the lesson is that an international intervention, governments and armed forces will become more cautious and careful in very dangerous and difficult situations like the one that dutch faced in srebrenica. thank you very much for your analysis. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come, all the sport, algerian fans celebrate the first goal of the africa cup of nations final , we'll bring you the latest score injust a minute.

this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines... iran says it's seized a british—flagged oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. a second liberian flagged ship is also reported to have been seized. it comes as tehran says this video footage disproves american claims to have destroyed an iranian drone over the gulf. let's bring the update to this point. we are going to start with senegal who are looking to make history and when the africa cup for the first time ever, things however are not going to plan for that at that moment in the final in cairo. algeria so strong throughout the tournament, currently leading by one goal with 50 mike —— 55 minutes plane. deflecting the shot after two minutes is a difference. northern ireland, rory mcelroy missed the cut

in his home 0pen ireland, rory mcelroy missed the cut in his home open championship, shocker i'm day one shooting eight over par at royal port rash, but it was scintillating for my friday, scoring a six under par 65 to finish date two on two under par, that's one shot off the cut so he misses out on the weekend, as does the master can be an tiger way. out on the weekend, as does the master can be an tiger waylj out on the weekend, as does the master can be an tiger way. i went in major championship this year, so it's a matter of being consistent, that's the hardest thing to accept as an older athlete. is that you're not going to be as consistent as you we re not going to be as consistent as you were at 23. if things are different. i have to have my hot weeks and i will have and have my i will be there to win tournaments but there will also be times when i'm not going to be there. on the other end of the leaderboard another good day

for ireland's shane lowry, has a share of the lead withjb holmes at the end of day two, both hate under with a shot and had a couple of englishmen, tommy fleetwood and lee westwood. dinner, going on holiday, nailfile in the bag. yet for me. no mean feat carrying that golf around that golf bag especially in this weather because it's loaded up. yeah, i don't give her an easy break oi’ yeah, i don't give her an easy break or anything like that. it's got everything in it. i literally don't ca re any everything in it. i literally don't care any more, ijust go out and have fun, i'm 46 years old, i'm still competing with the young lads, one last year. no pressure on me, it's just one last year. no pressure on me, it'sjust going one last year. no pressure on me, it's just going out there and having fun. julian extended his lead over garrard thomas in the tour de france with a surprise victory on the 13th stage, he was expected to close the

gap on the individual time trial and that britain was the pronouncement writer and didn't have to take the lead when he finished, but on —— philippe was last to go smash the time by 14 seconds increasing his lead by a minute and a half. marianne witt —— one to sixth edition, alongside tour de france, a better writer over to the leader and amanda on the steep final climb in ——. could be the english weather is the final nail in the coffin for england's a chance to win the women's ashes, australia dominated on day one, and they moved on to 341-5, at the ics on day one, and they moved on to 341—5, at the ics avoided they can retain the ashes but the showers stopped the play after lunch hampering their chances at turning things around. meanwhile, england world cup winning captain when morgan says he's not sure if he will still be enrolled for the next

training for years. he's been delimited of his captain since 2015 and a key part of the transformation in that time, morgan says world cup wind has made him think about his future. i don't thinki a wind has made him think about his future. i don't think i a good state right now to make a decision, it simply the fact that i had not had a chance to get away from the madness and craze of winning the world cup. they had not been able to get into logical mindset and actually asked myself a few questions about four yea rs myself a few questions about four years being a big commitment with 50 of her world cup and the t20 next year is probably more realistic time for me, but even then i had battled my way through this he is world cup it's a huge toll on me mentally and physically so when everything comes down the next two months, i will hopefully come to a decision on the forefront it'll be my family that decision. and the team. that's all your support for now, back to you samantha. police injapan have

identified the main suspect in thursday's arson attack against the kyoto animation company. the 41 year old man has been named as shinji aoba. he had been convicted of robbery in 2012 and is believed to have suffered mental health issues. 33 people died in the attack — many of them from carbon monoxide poisoning. people who witnessed the suspect‘s arrest say he seemed to have a grudge against the company. david campanale has the latest. the fire at the tal animation centre is one of japan's worse not casualty incident since world war ii. eyewitnesses to the incident described a loud explosion followed by an inferno that rapidly engulfed the building. thousands died in the incident, and ten people remain in hospital in critical condition. —— data centre. workplace complete this pa rt data centre. workplace complete this part —— destroyed. data centre. workplace complete this part -- destroyed. with regards to the incident, it's something we had never seen before and unforgivable.

to be honest, we are shocked something people died in such a small space. caught on camera at the moment of his arrest, it's still not clear whether police have been able to question the chief suspect in this horrifying arson attacks. 0bservers this horrifying arson attacks. observers to the arrests made this aspect was visibly angry, and could be heard complaining that the animation company had stolen his ideas. the man is now in hospital and reported to have suffered severe burns. none —— the animation company produces films and graphic novels about teenage school life. their work as a global following. translation: i imagine the shock must be significant for those working in industry, when you see this news, seems to me and to many people that the attack specifically attacked animation or animators. meanwhile confirmed by the fire department that 20 of the victims

we re department that 20 of the victims were found huddled together on a stairway leading from the third floor of the building up onto the roof. the fire department said the building did not have sprinklers, and neither were indoor hydrants installed , and neither were indoor hydrants installed, as these are not required underfire codes installed, as these are not required under fire codes for this type of construction. questions are already being asked about why so many people we re being asked about why so many people were unable to escape and why did the building was picked to be used as an office for 70 people. major cities in the eastern us are bracing for extreme temperatures as a dangerous heatwave rolls in. it has been declared a heat emergency by washington dc‘s mayor. temperatures pushing a0 degrees celcius, that's one—hundred degrees fahrenheit are expected to smash records. the intense heat—dome — caused by tropical air blowing north is forecast to last several days. with more than 130 million americans at risk of heat related illnesses — experts are calling on people to check on those most vulnerable. here's cbs's laura

podesta from new york. it's all hands on back in chicago if the city prepares to take care of its youngest and eldest residents, the method on to keystrokes. we have a coordinated collaborative and comprehensive response. temperatures have been hovering in the upper 90s all week and could climb near triple digits on saturday. best thing to do during a heat wave to stay out of the silent possible and stay hydrated, and stay in cold areas. he's talking about the majority of the us population, more than 200 million people are under heat alerts from the central us to the northeast. the new york city triathlon scheduled for this sunday let's cancel it for the very first time in the event's history, organisers say it's due to the forecasted oppressive heat and humidity. some athletes say they are relieved. a part of me was hoping it would be cancelled but i wasn't sure they would actually do it. it's not

just people who are seeking relief, animals from the scouts in wisconsin to this panting red panda and virginia are helping the heat wave brea ks virginia are helping the heat wave breaks and sin. by that we cities and at least 1a states expected to break their height temperature records. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... the prime minister of kosovo has resigned after an international tribunal said it wanted to question him over alleged war crimes. ramush haradinaj led the kosovo liberation army during the war for independence from serbia. he denies the charges and has been twice acquitted by the un war crimes tribunal at the hague. haradinaj, said he has chosen to attend the proceedings as private citizien rather than as pm. a french court has rejected compensation claims from the victims of the 1994 estonia ferry disaster —

the deadliest accident involving a european ship since the titanic. 852 of the 989 passengers and crew on board died when the ship sank in the baltic sea. victims and theirfamilies had been pursuing damages from the french safety certification agency and german shipbuilder, but niether were found to be at fault. an earthquake of at least five—point—one magnitude has been measured in greece, north—west of athens. there were no reports of serious injuries but several aftershocks have been felt. the fire service reportedly rescued over a dozen people trapped in elevators, following a power cut. the head of the anti—quake protection agency called for calm, saying buildings are built to withstand a much stronger quake. let's return to our top story — iran's revolutionary guards say they have seized a british flagged tanker in the gulf. for more on iran's reasons for the move i've been speaking to majid afshar from bbc persian. there is a statement now saying they actually seized the tanker because

it turned its gps off and it was going through the wrong direction or the wrong route, but will recheck the wrong route, but will recheck the tanker tracker website where you can track the pink is in the area, we see that certainly —— suddenly near the island where the areas quite close to iranian waters, the vessel suddenly changes direction goes towards another island in iran, and we also have the director general of the port marine organisation saying they received reports that the british oil tanker causing problems but it doesn't say what the problems i said therefore they had military forces guide the tanker towards the airport and south of iranfor tanker towards the airport and south of iran for further investigation. british foreign secretary has said he is extremely concerned about what he is extremely concerned about what he believes his two naval vessel seizures by the iranian authorities. plenty more here, coming up —— stay

with us, it stayed with us. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter — i'm at samantha tv news. hello there, from any advice it's been a quiet and wet day with pulses of heavy rain coming and going, with damper captured early on today from the bristol area. umbrellas required foran the bristol area. umbrellas required for an outline, overnight tendency for an outline, overnight tendency for heaviest rain to work into southern eastern areas of england at the same time rain slowly pulls away from western counts of northern ireland that moves in across scotla nd ireland that moves in across scotland so rain changing location from place to place, but a night, temperatures between 17 and 70 degrees but in the weekend let's try to things and across eastern areas of scotla nd to things and across eastern areas of scotland and england, another pulse of rain between the west and

east. northern ireland stays dried black cloud here, and then later in the day western practise scotland and england and wales, it brightens up and england and wales, it brightens upa sunny and england and wales, it brightens up a sunny spouse, dan feels warmly temperatures saturday afternoon in the low and mid 20s and baxter weather. record levels in wales, wyre davies looks at the impact it is having on our streets a murder investigation is under way following the death of a man in cardiff earlier this morning. officers were called to a lane near the cardiff university students' union following reports that a man had been stabbed. he was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. we didn't find out until 6:30am. i was sleeping, i remember my mum came into the room. she was panicking.

i don't know what she was panicking for. she said there were police downstairs. because my mum doesn't speak english, you see, she was like, "i don't know what they are saying, i don't understand. help me." the woman was like, "sorry to tell you, but your brother has died." 18—year—old fahad mohamed nur suffered 21 stab wounds. i kept saying, "is this true? are you sure it's my brother? are you sure you haven't got the wrong body?" and the woman was like, "it is, i am sorry to tell you." and that is when i broke down. fahad's brother has asked us not to show his face. my mother was in absolute shock. she went upstairs and made prayers for him straightaway. i will never forget that ever in my life, having to break that news to my mum.

this photograph, taken by their mother, has now become synonymous with knife crime. when was that taken then? it was taken about three years ago, on eid day. mum took a picture of us both before we went out. he always used to have a smile on his face. you know what mums are like, they want to show off their sons. fahad was the third young man from the city to die because of knife crime in a year. incidents involving knife crime have risen by 90% in south wales in just under a decade. there were three incidents in the last 24 hours to do with knife crime. there was a threat with a knife to a 13—year—old boy in grangetown, reportedly threatened

by an older boy. an arrest in cathays where a machete was recovered and there was a robbery where a drug dealer went to an address to deliver drugs, and whilst he was there, he robbed the occupant of his diamond bracelet. the 0peration sceptre team is targeting knife crime across the capital. they have conducted 750 stop and searches and seized around 90 weapons in the last year. so what we have got is a mix of different communities in this area. so there is a lot of stuff going on. we are on patrol with officers in an unmarked police car. these officers are working covertly. what we are finding and what we are seeing and hearing when stopping people is a lot of people these days are carrying weapons for their own protection. the reality is if you have a knife, you are at far more risk than if you don't.