good afternoon. the government has advised british ships to avoid the strait of hormuz, a key route for exporting oil from the gulf, after the stena impero, a tanker registered in the uk, was seized by iran's revolutionary guard. france and germany have demanded the immediate release of the ship and its cre, after the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warned of serious consequences if iran fails to comply.

iranian state media say the tanker was detained because it had been involved in an accident with a fishing boat. paul adams reports. iran says the stena impero and its multinational crew which doesn't include any britons is now being held at the port. the authorities say the tank is being investigated following an accident involving a fishing boat. the ship owners haven't confirmed this and say no rules were broken. the stena impero was making its way through the strait of hormuz in international waters when it was intercepted by a helicopter and several baits. it made a sharp turn north towards iran. its last reported position, a few miles south—west of an iranian island. we will respond in a way thatis island. we will respond in a way that is considered but robust. we are absolutely clear that if the situation isn't resolved quickly,

there will be serious consequences. a second tanker, the mv mesdar, was also detained but only briefly. it is now making its way to a port in saudi arabia but concerns over the safety of shipping are rising. saudi arabia but concerns over the safety of shipping are risingli don't safety of shipping are rising.” don't think the raising of further tensions is in anybody's interests. we call for caution, de—escalation, so we call for caution, de—escalation, so that we can restore some sort of confidence and security in the busy waters in the region say that ships and seafarers can carry on doing their business supporting global trade. earlier this month, royal marines detained a tanker full of iranian oil off gibraltar. it was accused of smuggling oil to syria in breach of eu sanctions. iran called itan act breach of eu sanctions. iran called it an act of piracy and threatened to respond in kind. the tanker is still being held. i think they want their tank and their crude oil out of gibraltar, because it's worth a great deal of money. they want to

establish the position firmly that the uk isn't seeking to enforce us sanctions. yesterday, iran released these pictures showing american warships sailing through the strait of hormuz. washington said it had brought down an iranian surveillance drone, iran said the pictures proved otherwise. what they show is a waterway crowded with military and commercial vessels, a fit of the world's oil passes this way and it's getting more dangerous —— one fifth of the world's oil. katherine da costa is at the foreign office for us. clearly, rhetoric will play a big role in how this plays out. jeremy hunt has ruled out using military intervention, he says he is looking to diplomacy. in a statement this morning the foreign office said it was deeply concerned by the unacceptable actions and warned there would be serious consequences if the situation isn't resolved. mr

hunt tweeted that iran might be choosing a dangerous path and reaction would be considered but robust. today he will be trying to contact his iranian counterpart. there will also be further emergency meetings in london over the weekend. france and germany have already called on iran to release the british tanker immediately but clearly britain and the eu won't wa nt to clearly britain and the eu won't want to be seen as escalating an already volatile situation. thank you. police are hunting for two men after gas was released on a london underground train this morning. they've released cctv images of two young white men they want to trace. a number of people were treated at oxford circus by paramedics. officers say their symptoms suggested that cs gas was used. ministers have promised to put an end to the use of so—called "poor doors" in newly built blocks of flats in england. planning permission can be conditional on developers building some social housing units in private developments. the communities secretary,

james brokenshire, says separate doors stigmatise social housing tenants, and divide them from private residents. the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by £30 billion. allan cook has written to the department for transport to say the high—speed line, which connects cities including london, birmingham and manchester, cannot be delivered within its £56 billion budget, according to the financial times. the dft said a review of hs2‘s costs is continuing. our business correspondent katy austin is here. will this add more fuel to the fire for critics of the scheme? indeed. the current government has repeatedly committed to hs2, its first stages due to open in 2026.

critics will see this as further evidence that there are questions over its value for money. hs2 itself hasn't commented specifically on this other than to point out its chair is regularly reporting back over his scrutiny of the scheme and the department for transport says allan cook's review is ongoing and he will deliver his final assessment in due course. hs2 does have support from business groups such as the cbi, which told me that although taxpayers money must be well spent, the potential benefits to the northern economy in terms ofjobs, rail capacity, etc, shouldn't be overlooked. this is a very sensitive time for hs2. if borisjohnson becomes prime minister, he has said he would like to do his own review into the project. news that there is a potential overspend, delivering the cost of £85 billion will be listened to by many quarters. thank

you. labour has set out plans to stop private companies providing council services in england. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says if the party wins the next election, outsourcing of work such as rubbish collections, would end within five years. susanna mendonca reports. who should be responsible for local services like bin collections, your local councils or the private companies they might be paying to do it for them? it is called outsourcing, a practice that was supposed to make it cheaper and more efficient to deliver local services, but labour says it's led to councils often paying a high price for a poor job and if it were in government, it would bring an end to most outsourcing in english councils within five years. to put it simply, the business model of outsourcing failed and is broken, and that's why it needs replacing. so after year upon year of failures, the public themselves have lost confidence in the privatisation of our public services and the carve up of the public realm for,

well, for private profit. labour points to the collapse of the construction giant carillion last year which saw work on its public contracts, like this super hospital in birmingham, come to a grinding halt when it went out of business. bringing local authority services back in—house is just one of the policy ideas labour is rolling out as it prepares for a possible general election, but a government spokesman said it should be for councils to decide which services to let private companies run, notjohn mcdonnell. susana mendonca, bbc news. golf and it's day three of the open championship and the tournament lost some big names yesterday. let's get the latest from adam wild at royal port rush. beautiful blue skies here on the causeway coast of northern ireland, lovely sunshine but don't be fooled. condition is particularly tricky, lots of wind out on the course. much of the chat is about rory michael

roy who came so agonisingly close to making the cut last night. lots of british interest, graeme mcdowell is out on the course at the moment. he's from portrush and his brother is still one of the green keepers. huge support for him as there will be for shane lowry who leads the way going into this third day. we are in foran going into this third day. we are in for an intriguing afternoon of golf. england will aim to reach their first netball world cup final today — they face four—time winners new zealand in this afternoon's semi final. kate grey is in liverpool for us. we've just been treated to a spectacular first semifinal which saw australia narrowly beating south africa by two goals which means the defending champions are into the final. now it's the turn of england versus new zealand. england have been faultless in the tournament so far, six wins from six. they significantly, their win against south africa which boosted their

confidence. new zealand will be their toughest match so far, they are very experienced, they've been in the last five world cup finals and will be desperate to do it again. at england have the home crowd behind them hoping to continue their winning form. you can see it on bbc two from 2:1i5pm today. celebrations are being held around the world to commemorate the first manned lunar landing. 50 years ago tonight, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. pallab ghosh looks back at that day. the saturn 5 rocket shimmers on launchpad and at the kennedy space centre. 3 astronauts get ready for a mission that will propel them and the rest of humanity into a new year. 25 seconds. commander neil armstrong leads edwin "buzz" aldrin and mike collins into the spacecraft. three, two, one... we have liftoff.

neil armstrong reporting the roll and pitch programme which puts apollo 11 on a proper heading. ok, our flight controller's going to go for a landing. retro. go. vital. go. guidance. go. neil armstrong takes manual control and with fuel running low, brings the spacecraft down. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. we copy on the ground. he then makes his descent onto the lunar surface. i'm going to step onto land now. and uttered the words that would reverberate through history forevermore. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. it was a time when all things seemed possible, the very stars seemed within our grasp, only for plans for the human exploration of other worlds to fade. but neil armstrong himself said

that the dream was still there and it would come back in time. the next news on bbc one is at 6:40. bye for now. hello. broadly these are only latest pictures of these denim pero, they were released this morning. . —— stena impero. in

london the foreign secretary has warned tehran of serious consequences, saying the british response would be robust. france and germany havejoined response would be robust. france and germany have joined the uk response would be robust. france and germany havejoined the uk demanding the release of the tanker and its greatest letter tog 90 and associate fellow. very good afternoon to you. what do you deduce is iran's ambition with this move? it has the potential to be, at the very least, professional, but also explosive? thank you for having me on. i think their strategy here is twofold. first, it is trying to demonstrate and put its money where its mouth is. it has been saying for the last few days that it intends to respond to the british seizure of iran's own

tanker in gibraltar. this is iran's in—kind response and it is very much in line with the way iran responds to pressure in many different fields. secondly, iran is trying to increase the tenor of tensions and pressure on the international community to also bring about a greater momentum and a push, so that... the nuclear agreement will be able to respond in some sort of way and help iran. there is a sapping the anti and playing a dangerous game, but calculating that by doing so people welcome to the table. how curious a choice is it by

the iranians, given that the uk government has been one of those most strongly arguing for measures that would effectively allow companies to bypass the sanctions and carry on trading with iran? as i said, it is dangerous, but did a calculation that iran feels it can make. because it too was very frustrated over the tanker that is currently in gibraltar and its this move as one where the uk was very much siding with the united states and responding to us pressure. so, a disorder of changing its turnaround and putting pressure also in order to try and reverse the british position. and again, try to come down to some sort of resolution. middle east specialist, thank you very much. let us look at how these

tensions are going to effect shipping in and around the reigning gulf. guy is the secretary general of the international chamber of shipping. explain that the international chamber of shipping is. so we are an association, national shipping associations around the world one part of the international chamber of shipping. thank you, that is helpful. in effect you represent all the different organisations that represent ships? that is correct. what is the risk that this incident will have a knock—on effect, that it will have a knock—on effect, that it will cause, for example, ship owners to think twice about using the restraint and that screws themselves could get caught up in some sort of military intervention? exactly, we

are really concerned, extremely concerned about these latest developments. freedom of navigation, the right of passage, we need that to be upheld. we really do not want our crews and ships to be as responds in any sort of way. we need their safety to be guaranteed. of course, this does have an effect on those decisions, whether to take others in and out of the goal. there isa others in and out of the goal. there is a cost as well, in terms of insurance premiums and the like. we have got it on all sides now, to resolve this diplomatically, to allow the tank to be released and to allow the tank to be released and to allow the tank to be released and to allow the freedom of navigation to continue. the british government last week warned of the risk of some kind of action of this kind. they we re kind of action of this kind. they were effectively expecting retaliation from iran after the seizure by the gibraltar coastguard of the grace one. in those circumstances, really, isn't it the case that this is a commercial risk that was taken and it has just not

paid off? i think going back to the fundamental principles, it is that safety of navigation. it is about the right of innocent passage, it is completely legitimate for people to wa nt completely legitimate for people to want to transit through there. you know, we advise shipowners to take unnecessary precautions, to look carefully at the risk. they need to get a special insurance in place to travel through, so all of these things. we should also remember that 10,000 ships a year use this straight, you know, it is really fundamental, that ability for ships to pick—up and drop—off cargo. of course, shipowners will always take a commercial and security risk assessment before proceeding. the iranians say that stena impero had been involved in accident with a fishing boat and that they are simply carrying out their obligations under international law, which is to ensure safety in the

persian gulf. i do not know the facts about that. what we do know is that a ship was diverted from transiting through the international waterway northwards. but it is not possible to say whether iran has carry out out an illegal act yet because we do not have the full circumstances of which they detained the boat? thing it is important to recognise, certainly, the ship's owner is saying there was nothing reported to have been done wrong and for ships transiting through the straits as normal. we do not want to be as responds in any sort of game here. we call upon the freedom of navigation, the fundamental principle of international law, and we want now both sides, all sides to de—escalate and to guarantee those freedoms. the international maritime organisation based in the uk, london, in a sense has played an important role in maintaining the international laws that govern

navigation in maritime operations. given it is hosted here, should be now becoming an emergency meeting? invites, the international maritime organisation met last week. it meets regularly, the council meeting was la st regularly, the council meeting was last week. the secretary—general made quite a strong statement regarding this. is there now needs for further meetings now given that the situation has deteriorated further than they met las vegas mac they meet on a regular basis in different forms and we maintain close contact. i think what room at now is for this. to be does de—escalate it and guarantee the freedom of navigation, allow the ship to exercise the right of innocent passage and for trade to flow. we must bear in mind some 20% of the world's oil passes there each year and of the world's oil passes there each yearand10,000 ships, of the world's oil passes there each year and 10,000 ships, that is 19 million barrels a day pass through

the strait. so, it is a fundamental waterway. it is so important that we guarantee the safety of the crew most importantly as the right of ships to pass through unhindered. would you be content with the suggestion that the former head of the navy that may be for the foreseeable future at least, tankers and other ships operating commercially should be provided with some kind of escort? we would like to see... this is not unprecedented. the somali piracy saw a similar sort of coalition of ships protection. we would like to see more detail on that, but fundamentally what we want ships to be able to go about their innocent passage unhindered. thanks by much forjoining us this

lunchtime. let me bring you some breaking news. iam afraid let me bring you some breaking news. i am afraid there's not much sign of de—escalation at the moment. iranian diplomat in london has been summoned for a meeting at the foreign office following the seizure of the stena impero boat in the gulf. he was met by the political director of the foreign office, one of the senior officials there. i think it is probably fair to say that it was not a friendly chat over a cup of tea. but the official will- been but the official will have been repeating in very strong terms that it could do the warning that the foreign secretary jeremy it could do the warning that the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt issued of serious consequences, unless the vessel is returned. meanwhile, another ministerial meeting will be held this afternoon of the cabinet office briefing room. that is the group of ministers and officials including people from the security service who will provide an update

for the foreign secretary on the situation in the gulf and what options are available to the british government. jeremy hunt is reported to be hoping to speak to his reigning counterpart, later today. he tried to reach him late last night, but the gentleman was flying overnight and return from a trip to washington. so, there was not the opportunity for them to speak. but clearly it will be important for the two men to discuss ways of the escalating the situation. so, i expect to hear more from the government are little later today. not least because of that cobra meeting. of course is sinister get anything out of the bring it to here on bbc news. police in hong kong say they've seized a large amount of explosives ahead of a weekend of marches by both pro and anti china demonstrators. officers found two kilogrammes of a powerful explosive as well as petrol bombs, acidic substances and knives. they've arrested a 27 —year—old man who's understood to be a member of the hong kong national front, which advocates independence from china.

police say they're trying to determine whether the hoard is related to this weekend's protests. our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell has been following developments... today, the same day as we have seen best pro—beijing rally, i suppose we could call it, these early have, today to support the hong kong government and also the police force. the police force has been criticised here for a very heavy—handed approach to the mass rallies in support of democracy and opposing this very unpopular extradition bill, allowing potentially for extradition to mainland chinese courts, controlled by the communist party. on the same day as having this rally, which is just winding appear today, a protester from a just winding appear today, a protesterfrom a pro—independence group you could call them, has been arrested for having explosives. the

police say when molotov cocktails and a storage area. this will feel the criticism in certain circles that hong kong's political crisis is moving into a new potentially more violent face. we saw that last weekend, we may see it again tomorrow when there will be a much larger rally than this. while today's rally, nothing inside of the huge rallies, as i say, any pro—democracy camp. nevertheless, thousands of people have been there. they are very keen, they are turning out to their posters. no, i did not say they were not peaceful people. so, this and there is a sort of anti—media feeling amongst these... partly because they do not like they reporting we are doing. well, there is nothing to say, i am sorry. i'm just talking about what is happened

here today. so, this rally does might well, tell me what you would like to say. very quickly. what is the problem with what i have just said? it is not real. sima, does the problem? said there is more violence. know, somebody has been arrested today with explosives. we will have another rally tomorrow and it could deteriorate like last weekend into more clashes. there are fears that both sides are now, sort of, had scores to settle, if you like. and so, there has been predictions that there could be the is of water cannon and the like tomorrow. a very large crowd as i say, a pro—democracy crowd expected to gather here. and, yes, it could well deteriorate into yet more running street clashes. my track let's get more now on fears that the cost of the. h52 rail project track h52 rail project could rise by £30 billion. the financial times says the chairman of the project allan cook has written

to the department for transport, saying it can't be completed for the official budget of £56 billion. earlier i spoke to the rail analyst, christian wolmar and asked him if he was surprised by these latest revelations. it has been expected that the estimate of 56 billion has stayed the same for several years. there has been lots of rumours about the property crisis going up, about the complexity of the scheme and all sorts of other aspects. of course we helps in crossrail budget go up from 15 to £17 billion for top this is no surprise. the amount is quite surprisingly. i mean, tojumpfrom 56 billion to maybe 75 to 85 billion, that is serious bananas. particular important timing, isn't it? we are about to get a change of prime minister. if it is, as predicted, borisjohnson, taking charge next week, he is not known as afan of charge next week, he is not known as a fan of hs2. charge next week, he is not known as a fan of h52. his constituency is dead against it, it goes underneath

oxbridge and does not do any good to them. politically, he likes grad proteges, so he quite likes that. so he is kind of waffling, as it were. the timing of this leak is rather interesting, isn't it? because, you know, why would suddenly beget this news through just as we are getting a new prime minister, who may or may not be in favour of the scheme. so, i somewhat suspect there are going to be moves against it. one of the interesting examples which was offered to me as a possible explanation for some of the cost of a run at least, is that there has been an enthusiasm by government to adopt almost every environmental standard that has been proposed. some of them have had unintended consequences, the example i was offered was a commitment to be used 90% of the soil that is taken out. but they discovered that a lot of the soil was not a very high quality and they then had to add in other

soil to make it strong enough to support the tracks. all these kinds of things have added to the cost, kind of, incrementalism stops and try these things do. they agreed to ta ke try these things do. they agreed to take out a lot of soil by barge and search through to be much more expensive. but i mean some of the excuses that have been offered like unexpected ground conditions, i can tell you, every project i have ever written about has had unexpected ground conditions. so, this is a project that is clearly in trouble. what they have got to do is actually look at their costs and say, you know, so far they have absolutely refused to do this. we have a railway that is at the moment being built to 400 common chairs and our, most high—speed lines around the world operate at 300 kilometres and are. that out a lot of calls in terms of maintenance, structure and also in terms of the fact that has to be straighter, less that ability. they have got to look at these things in the face of what is a new

political situation. now, it is hotter than hades and new york. what'll be like over the weather will turn much hotter next week, but we have to get through this week, first. at the moment, it is sunshine and showers, the majority of showers across eastern scotland and eastern areas of england, particularly north—east england, where we have low pressure. showers are widespread, heavy and sundry, but will put eastwards, many western areas becoming drier through the afternoon, with increasing spells of sunshine, particularly late in the day. overnight, showers will eventually clear from eastern areas, and with pressure rising, it will become dry with a lengthy clear spells. temperatures overnight 10-14, spells. temperatures overnight 10—14, and tomorrow, a nice start to the day, bright with hazy sunshine. scotla nd the day, bright with hazy sunshine. scotland england and wales will be dry. but cloud will spread from