this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at three: following the seizure of a british—flagged tanker in the gulf, the foreign secretary speaks to his irainian counterpart and expresses his extreme disappointment. we will respond in a way that is considered but robust, and we are absolutely clear that if the situation is not resolved quickly, they will be serious consequences. 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. england hope to reach their first netball world cup final their match against a—time winners new zealand has just started

one small step for man, one giant lea p one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. it's 50 years ago today that neil armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. and in a special edition of witness history at 3.30pm, hear the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has spoken to his iranian counterpart expressing what he said was extreme disappointment over the seizure of a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. a senior iranian diplomat has also been summoned to the foreign office. the government has advised uk ships to "stay out of the area"

of the strait of hormuz for an interim period after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. state media in teheran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated international maritime rules. but the ship's owner, the swedish company stena bulkt, says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. mr hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britain's response would be considered but robust. paul adams reports. iran says the stena impero and its multinational crew, which does not include any britons, is now being held at the port of bandar abbas. the authorities there say the tanker is being investigating following an accident involving a fishing boat. the ships owners have not confirmed this and say no rules were broken. the stena impero was making its way through the narrow strait of hormuz in international waters when it was intercepted by

helicopter and several small boats. it made a sharp turn north towards iran. its last reported position a few miles south—west of the iranian island of larak. we will respond in a way that is considered but robust, and we are absolutely clear that if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. a second tanker, the mesdar was also detained, but only briefly. it is now making its way towards a port in saudi arabia. but concerns over the safety of shipping are arising. i don't think the raising of tensions further is in anybody‘s interest, there will be no winners, if that's the case. so, we call for caution, we call for de—escalation so that we can restore some sort of confidence and security in the busy waters in the region so that ships and see bearers can carry on doing their business supporting global trade. earlier this month, royal marines detained a tanker full

of iranian oil off gibraltar. the grace i was accused of smuggling oil to syria in 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 tanker and their crude oil out of gibraltar because it is worth a great deal of money. they want to establish the position firmly that the united kingdom is not 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 and iranians surveillance drone, iran said the pictures proved otherwise. washington said it had brought down an iranian surveillance drone, iran said the pictures proved otherwise. what they do show is a waterway crowded with military and commercial vessels. a fifth of the world's oil passes this way, and it's getting more dangerous. our correspondent, katherine da costa, is outside the foreign office.

that senior iranian diplomat is due at the foreign office this afternoon for a meeting with the political director. that encounter is expected to be quite tense. earlier today, the foreign office put out a statement in which it said it was deeply concerned by iran's unacceptable actions and warned there could be serious consequences if the situation is not resolved. they will also be another cobra emergency meeting this afternoon. that will be to discuss how to proceed in such a volatile situation. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, is hoping to speak to his iranian counterpart. earlier he tweeted that iran may be choosing a dangerous path and stressed a reaction would be considered but robust. clearly, rhetoric well play an important role in how this plays out because mr hunt has already ruled out using military

intervention. he is hoping to use diplomacy instead. the us is trying to pull together an international coalition to condemn the situation. france and germany have already called on iran to release the british tanker immediately. meanwhile, the british ships have been warned to avoid the area but the threat to uk shipping in iranian waters in the gulf remains critical. the latest tweet from jeremy hunt says he has expressed extreme disappointment having been assured last saturday... that is the latest reaction from the foreign secretary jeremy that is the latest reaction from the

foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. our middle east correspondent, lina sinjab, has been monitoring the situation from beirut. the iranians have been clear about their message, they made it clear that what has happened is a violation of international time regulations, which the ship owners, they have denied it, and they said they have denied it, and they said they had not been involved in any violations of the regulations. obviously for iran this is also a reaction to what the uk have done earlier this month with the seizure of their oil tanker that the uk says it was intending to transport oil to syria which is a violation of the sanctions on syria. this is a big economic burden on tehran. they want that tanker removed, they want the tanker mood, actually, and they want their oil as well. iran is facing a terrible economic situation with the renewed sanctions of the us on them and this is a h for them to

negotiate and to have a way to find a solution for their economic problems, but also to treat the uk with a tit for tat after the seizure of their oil tanker earlier this month. it would appear that iran really has nothing to lose now, just how hard... you described terrible economic hardship. everyday life, ta ke economic hardship. everyday life, take us through what those sanctions are doing to iranians? it is definitely a difficult situation economically. you can feel it also across the region where iran is involved with other countries like syria. the money shrinking. also, ordinary life in iran is becoming difficult for the ordinary people. although you can get a sense of defiance amongst people against the us actions and sanctions on iran, but of course there is a difference between the people and the government and also within the government and also within the government there is the official

government there is the official government and there is the revolutionary guard, the hardline ones, the one in charge of this seizure of the british tanker today. but the whole country is feeling the pressure of the economic sanctions and this action by tehran today, as you rightly said, they have nothing to lose by pushing the boundaries and asking for, you know, for equal treatment and to get their tanker released by the uk. the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project — has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by 30—billion—pounds. the financial times says, allan cook has written to the department for transport — saying the project cannot be completed for the official budget of 56—billion—pounds. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. hs2 — a new high—speed line linking london, birmingham, manchester and leeds — was already set to cost a hefty sum — £56 billion. and in recent months, there has been a growing acceptance at the company building hs2

that the project is likely to cost more. now, with work on the line between birmingham and london already under way, and £5 billion spent so far, a report saying hs2 could cost an extra £30 billion. according to the financial times, the chairman of hs2, who is carrying out a review of cost and schedule, has written to the government, warning the new rail line cannot be built within budget and could cost between £70—85 billion. the government says the new high—speed line is needed because the west coast main line between london, birmingham and manchester is already crowded. both the department for transport and hs2 said the review into the cost of the project was ongoing. they wouldn't comment on this latest report, but it comes at a sensitive time. borisjohnson says he will carry out his own review if he becomes prime minister next week.

he has said the project's costs are spiralling out of control. some say the high—speed line is vital to link the north of england to the midlands and to london. but many question whether it's value for money, and if it gets even more expensive, that case will be harder to make. police are hunting two men after gas was released on a london underground train earlier 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 suggest that cs gas was used. the metropolitan police say they are still trying to work out what happened to their twitter account after it appeared to be hacked. a series of messages appeared on the force's official account last night. it has more than a million followers. officers said they were assessing to establish what criminal offences have been committed over

the security breach. 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. 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 poorjob 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. we have had a response from the eu high representative for foreign affairs, he has sent a statement reading, the seizure of two ships by iranian authorities in the strait of hormuz is of deep concern in an already tense situation, this brings risks of further escalation and undermines ongoing work to find a way to resolve current tensions. we urged the immediate release of the remaining ship and its crew and call for restraint to avoid further tensions. the statement ends, freedom of navigation must be respected at all times. the latest reaction there regarding events taking place in the arabian gulf.

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 isjust winding up here today, a protesterfrom a pro—independence group you could call them, has been arrested for having explosives. the police say ten 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, there is a sort of anti—media feeling amongst these... amongst this crowd. partly because they do not like they reporting we are doing. well, there is nothing fake in what we're saying, 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. what is the problem? you said there is more violence. no, 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, have 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. time for the headlines here on bbc news. following the seizure of a british—flagged tanker in the gulf — the foreign secretary speaks to his irainian counterpart and expresses his extreme disappointment 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. england hope to reach their first netball world cup final — their match against a—time winners new zealand has just started. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro has launched a stinging attack on his own country's national space institute, saying it's misrepresenting the scale of deforestation in the amazon.

according to new data — deforestation has surged to record highs since mr bolsonaro took office.tiffany wer—thurma reports. the amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. the huge trees store carbon dioxide, making it vital in the fight against global warning. preliminary satellite data by brazil's national space research institute found more than 700 square kilometres of rainforest was lost in may this year. that's the equivalent of two football pitches every minute. and in the first two weeks ofjuly, 68% more rainforest was destroyed than in the whole ofjuly last year. but despite the science, president bolsonaro doesn't accept the findings. translation: i am convinced that the data are lies and we will call the president of impe here to talk about it. the right—wing leader is known for attacking environmental agencies,

his policies favour development over conservation so rainforests are being cleared at a faster rate to make space for cattle pastures. mr bolsonaro's government is lenient towards environmental crimes like illegal logging, and penalties have dropped under his leadership. the national space research institute is standing by the data, saying it is 95% accurate. in the same news conference, mr bolsonaro said this. translation: to say that people go hungry here in brazil is a big lie. some are doing badly and don't eat well, i agree with that, but go hungry? no. according to the united nations, about 5.2 million people suffered from hunger in brazil in 2017. as the old adage claims, those in pursuit of success need only an endless

supply of persistence. but several learner drivers in the uk have taken the "try, try again" mantra to new levels, according to data from the driving and vehicle standards agency. a couple of wannabe motorists racked up at least 20 practical tests in a single calendar year. earlier i spoke to mark winn, dvsa chief driving examiner. i asked him why some people are finding the test so difficult to pass. i think they are failing because they are not getting enough training and enough proper practice before they come and take the test. what other interesting statistics can you ta ke other interesting statistics can you take us through? those figures are incredible, the average is 15 tests, is that right? of those people who have taken repeated tests, yes, they have taken repeated tests, yes, they have taken repeated tests, yes, they have taken between 15 and i9 have taken repeated tests, yes, they have taken between 15 and 19 tests in that period of time. most people, if you take the average across everybody who takes their driving test, it is between one and one and

a half times that they take their test, and we shouldn't lose sight of the 19,000 people who took and passed their test without committing any faults at all. we need to be careful to keep it in perspective. what has changed? when i took my test, yes, it was a lot cheaper, but also i think that the roads have changed, what are the new skills drivers are having to learn? these days, as well as driving and dealing with the increase in the traffic volume, our new drivers have to drive independently for about 20 minutes, most of them are asked to follow directions from a satnav device during their test, and this makes sure they can plan and be aware and drive really independently without support from anybody else, a really important, vital skill once they pass their test. how is it then, i watched the video, and it said it doesn't matter if you go the wrong way. driving tests isn't about navigation and learning the right way to, learning a test route, it is about whether you can drive safely,

interact with other traffic on the right way. examiners don't mind if you go the wrong way when you are on your driving test, as long as you do it safely. 0k, parallel parking, on the right—hand side reverse two car lengths and drive off, what is at all about? what is the of that? again, it is about making sure our driving test reflects real—world conditions. if you want to park on the right—hand side of the road is thatis the right—hand side of the road is that is where your house, people will pull up and park on the right, so will pull up and park on the right, so this gives us the opportunity to make sure that our new drivers can do this skill safely. it's a bit like the 4—w00d bay parking. as well as making sure that learners can reverse into a car parking space, the driving test contains a manoeuvre which looks at whether they can drive forwards into a parking space and back out again safely. some people may question that but it is what i do when i go shopping in a supermarket because it

makes loading the shopping a lot easier. again, it is about the driving test reflect real world conditions. a lot of people are saying that the gps system, sometimes we rely on it too much, we actually switch off from what is going on around us on that road, is an element of that included in the test? as well as responding to the gps, the satnav, the new drivers on their test have to relate that to their test have to relate that to the real world driving they are seeing in front of them and the picture that is going on. the satnav device will give them basic directions on how to get through the hazards they are expected to deal with but they need to think and plan for themselves and drive independently to be able to get through. we have had a response by the iranian foreign minister, in response to jeremy iranian foreign minister, in response tojeremy hunt's statement a short while ago. this is by the reuters news agency, coming from

iranian news sources. it reads, iranian news sources. it reads, iranian foreign minister tells his uk counterpartjeremy hunt that detention of british flagged tanker must go through legal process. this is in response a statement in which jeremy hunt said that he was disappointed at what had taken place following assurances last week, saturday, that they were working to resolve the situation quickly. more on this as and when we get it. in the meantime,... 50 years ago today, humans landed on the moon for the first time. all week we've been taking you through the key moments of the historic 1969 mission — all leading up to those key hours in the evening of 20thjuly. here's rebecca morelle to guide you through them.

four days after setting off the descent to the moon's surface, the world was watching, and we have recreated the bbc tv studio where the drama was unfolding. let's take a look at what happened. on the journey to the moon, the astronauts had been inside the command and... michael collins and there for the duration of the mission but for neil armstrong and buzz aldrin, it was time to climb into the lunar module which separated and headed down to the men's surface. this really was a voyage into the unknown. and it might not sound like it but the astronauts were about to run into trouble. radio communications were patchy. the eagle was overshooting its landing zone and an on—board computer was flashing up area codes the astronauts hadn't seen before.

looking good. over. bravo two. bravo two. it's a reading on a 1202 programme alive. and then just above the lunar surface... 60 seconds. the eagle was almost out of fuel. there we re eagle was almost out of fuel. there were 60 seconds to decide whether to land abroad. neil armstrong kept his cool land abroad. neil armstrong kept his cool. mission control awaited. 30 seconds. the eagle has landed. we copy on the ground. you've got a branch of guy is about to turn blue, we are breathing again. for the first time, humans had landed on the mend. here in the studio, it was pretty‘s first night broadcast, and was summed up by the bbc ‘s

generalist at mission control. we are watching these pictures together. a lot later, at two o'clock in the morning, i'm sure no one who has got a television set ought to be going to bed tonight.- was right, just hours after the eagle touchdown, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin were ready to make history. it is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. england are fighting to reach their first netball world cup final todayengland are unbeaten in their home tournament so far. they're playing four time winners new zealand in this afternoon's semi final. kate gray is watching the match in liverpool. how is it looking? it isn't very tense here in liverpool and it is certainly not going to

england's way at the moment. new zealand are leading 20 gallons to 14. zealand are leading 20 gallons to 1a. england already trailing by six goals. we are part way through the second half, and it has been a real nervy start by the england roses, they went five down in the first five minutes, lots of mistakes being made, lots of missed shots, which is what we have not seen of this team all match, all tournament. they have been very clinical and calm in their previous matches but clearly the pressure of this game against new zealand, england hoping to make it through to their first netball cup final, tracey neville i'm sure trying to give as much words of wisdom but at the moment the silver ferns are proving why they are one of the best teams in the world, they are incredibly experienced, many of their pariahs have been in the situation before adding that new zealand have been in the last five world cups finals so they know how to see at this kind of matches. they

only lost to the defending champions by one goal earlier in the tournament and england are having to really dig deep and find somewhere than in this tournament, they have had to change their shooting line—up, we are used to seeing the likes of helen house b and jo hart and very comfortable in that shooting but they have been switched around, they have brought on natalie and taken of chelsea to try and see if they can settle those nerves. the sound of that crowd would suggest they are starting to close that gap. england are now only four goals behind new zealand. but this game is going down to the wire. we've already seen one incredible semifinal here, and it looks like we are getting another one today. we know that whoever wins this match here will face australia but they've got a long way to go, and england have got a lot riding on this, this crowd will be with them every step of the way, and we will keep you