stations in the gulf. welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: footage from iran shows the seizure of a tanker in the gulf as london says it wants to defuse the crisis through diplomacy. british airways suddenly suspends all flights to and from cairo for a week over security concerns. neil armstrong: the eagle has landed. mission control: roger... the moment the world held its breath — astronauts touchdown on the surface of the moon, exactly 50 years ago. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. nato has condemned iran for seizing

a british—flagged ship on friday, describing it as a clear challenge to international freedom of navigation. in a statement, the organisation says it supports british efforts to resolve the issue through dialogue. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has more. this is the moment iranian revolutionary guards took over the stena impero, descending from a helicopter onto the deck of the tanker, as fast boats circled nearby. iran says the ship had broken international regulations following an accident involving a fishing boat. the ships owners have not confirmed this and say it was obeying the law. it's now being held at the iranian port of bandar abbas. we are calling on iran to reverse this illegal act. we're looking for ways to de—escalate the situation, but we're also very clear that we will do what it takes to ensure the safety and security of british and international shipping.

the tanker was making its way through the busy strait of hormuz, in omani waters, when it was intercepted. it made a sharp turn north towards iran, a clear sign that something was wrong. a british warship, hms montrose, was alerted and raced to intervene, as it did successfully with another british—flagged tankerjust over a week ago. but this time, it was too far away. the tanker was already in iranian waters. to allow a ship to go out when we knew the iranians wanted to actually take a hostage is extraordinary, and it's hardly surprising. they said they would do it. several times they said they would do it and, lo and behold, they've done it, and now we've got in this very, very difficult situation. tensions started to rise last year, when donald trump pulled the us out of a 2015 nuclear deal with iran and imposed crippling sanctions. iran grew increasingly frustrated. in may and june, it was blamed for a series of attacks on international tankers.

then, in a dramatic escalation, iran shot down an american surveillance drone. donald trump briefly contemplated a military response. and earlier this month, off gibraltar, the royal marines intercepted a tanker full of iranian oil that britain said was bound for syria. iran threatened to retaliate. today, iran's foreign minister accused britain of piracy. "it is iran", he tweeted, "that guarantees the security of the gulf and the strait of hormuz. the uk must cease being an accessory to the economic terrorism of the united states." what we have at the moment are two captured tankers and an angry war of words. mr hunt says he feels betrayed by his iranian opposite number. he says that javad zarif told him a week ago that iran wanted to de—escalate the situation, but that iran had done the opposite. the stena impero and its multinational crew, which does not include any britons, are now prisoners of iran's revolutionary guard, hostages in a deepening geopolitical row. paul adams, bbc news.

british airways says it's cancelling flights to cairo for the next seven days amid security concerns. the german carrier lufthansa is also suspending its flights to the egyptian capital until sunday. the bbc‘s matt cole reports. for some cairo—bound passengers, the first sign of trouble was when their boarding passes failed at check—in. others have told of confusion from ba ground staff as news filtered through that all the airline's flights to and from egypt's capital were being suspended. at one stage, the met police were called to deal with agitated would—be travellers. it is very disappointing and frustrating, especially to my kids and family. we have a big family over there waiting to see the children. there was no information, there was no help, there was no advice on any alternative ways of getting there. it was just a case of, "ring this number", which of course you couldn't get through to. ba says it made the decision to suspend flights, but has given

few details as to why, save for a short statement which said: "we constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports "around the world and have suspended flights to cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment." the uk government says it is aware of ba's flight suspension. but other than acknowledging that, the foreign office has made no alteration to its long—standing advice for travel to egypt. we understand that ba has helped at least some passengers to complete theirjourney, flying via other countries on other airlines into cairo. which seems to suggest that ba is happy for passengers to land at the egyptian capital's airport, just not on its aircraft. but ba does stress the safety of its passengers and crew is its priority. matt cole, bbc news, at london's heathrow airport. events have been held around

the world to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing. this was the moment that the russian soyuz space capsule, whose launch was timed to coincide with the moon landing anniversary, successfully docked at the international space station. the three astronauts' uniform patch was designed to echo that of the apollo mission. our correspondent nada tawfik is at washington's air and space museum, which is hosting a special ‘the eagle has landed' celebration event to mark the occasion. nada tell us what is going to be happening? it's already filling up with people who have come to relive that historical moment, that historic journey. you that historical moment, that historicjourney. you will see behind me that there are, there is a set up here are one of the lunar

modules that looks just like the eagle, and above me they are going to have a new year's eve eagle, and above me they are going to have a new yea r‘s eve style countdown. they have a big astronaut that they will be lowering down when that they will be lowering down when that ten second countdown starts. really just celebrating that ten second countdown starts. reallyjust celebrating again that moment. you see people lined up there waiting to take a look at neil armstrong's original suit. that has been put back on display here to mark the occasion. it still has the original moon dust on the suit. people are very excited about that. as you can see, still a lot of wonder and awe about this historic occasion. that is extraordinary. that will be dropping in about one hour's time. tell us about the event itself. it wasn't necessarily a smooth operation to land on the moon? that's right. it was dramatic right up and still the last moment. we've been hearing a lot of —— you can heara we've been hearing a lot of —— you can hear a lot of tension between

missing control and you'll armstrong and buzz aldrin as they were towing to d esce nts and buzz aldrin as they were towing to descents of the lunar surface. there were computer alarms with error codes. they were running low on fuel and neil armstrong had to manually take control of the lunar module and the sand on his own. luckily, it all worked out and we have because had that historic moment where he went down the ladder after landing for a while. the astronauts were supposed to rest but they decided they wanted to go right to the surface. landed with his left foot first and then of course those famous words "one small step a man, one giant leap for mankind. " since then everyone has been looking back on that footage, just how tight that was because even the astronauts themselves believed it was a 50—50 chance of success. just briefly, what did they do once they started walking on the moon? well, they collected sa m ples walking on the moon? well, they collected samples from the moon, they placed, planted the american

flag there but also a plaque making it clear they came in peace for all of mankind and this wasn'tjust a achievement for america, of mankind and this wasn'tjust a achievement foramerica, but of mankind and this wasn'tjust a achievement for america, but all of mankind. there was interesting because buzz aldrin, you can see him in the footage just walking around the moon, just trying to show people what it was like, the conditions there, the gravity there. really amazing historicalfootage. there, the gravity there. really amazing historical footage. nada tawfik in washington at the air and space museum stop we will be back there for the live coverage of the anniversary. 025a gmt before the countdown ceremony in washington. let's return now to the perplexing move by british airways to cancel flights to and from cairo in egypt. our news reporter ramzan karmali sat down with me earlier and said the company's unilateral action has

left more questions than answers. we have had passengers arriving at the airport getting their boarding passes, getting to the gates and being turned away. it's extremely unusual and also this was a decision made by the airline, by british airlines, not any government official. and what's also is unusual is how temporary this suspension is. till the 27th ofjuly, so a very unusual move indeed. this is no — this has not come from the british government or the foreign office, although on their website they say in certain places of egypt, you should avoid some places. they also say there is a terrorism threat to aviation as well on that website, too. but, again, i must stress this was a decision made by british airways, and so this is very, very unusual and makes me ask more questions because the detail we got from british airways was very limited indeed. there are certainly a lot of questions around that.

but what about other airlines, what are they doing? lufthansa, they have suspended forjust one month, just one night, really. we're going to have flights again tomorrow. and thomas cook, in total about 415,000 british nationals travel to egypt, they travelled last year, and thomas cook was the main operator. they are going to carry on. they fly daily from manchester but they also fly from birmingham, newcastle and london gatwick. now the other one is easyjet, they take a lot of passengers from london gatwick and they put out a statement saying they're watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. so what do people do if they've got tickets or they've been affected? if you are a british airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. you will be able to delay your

flight and you could rebook on other flights and maybe complete it only with another airline. more likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. thank you very much. ministers have promised to end the building of new developments in england with separate entrances for private residents and social housing tenants. the communities secretary james brokenshire said the so—called "poor doors" can stigmatise those in social housing. jenny kumah has the story. social housing tenants in this development can only use this entrance. while those living in the privately—owned homes here get to use this one. and for several years, the children of social housing tenants were prevented from mixing in this play space, as it was reserved for the wealthier families who'd bought their homes. it did upset me, because i thought, "why are the kids all separated?" there's enough hate in the world as it is. why do we want our kids to hate each other for what one's got and what one hasn't? it was really sad for us mums and for the children.

the children used to watch from the windows down there at us playing. we were like, "come down and play!" they were like, "we don't have permission". we were like, "we'll give you permission, come and play! " until recently, this wall went all the way across here and it meant that the children living in social housing here were segregated to this part of the development. it was only after a long campaign that this gate was put in and it enabled them to access the play facilities and open spaces that were available to the rest of the private homeowners in this development. many developers say the separate entrances allow housing associations to keep costs down, but it was media attention on the situation here that's inspired the government to announce a crackdown. i think it's unacceptable. i think it embeds this issue of stigma attached to social housing and therefore, we're going to be introducing new guidance, a new manual and design to see that councils have to take this into account when considering applications of this kind coming forward. residents here agree.

they say breaking down the barrier that separated their children has made it a better place to live. jenny kumah, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: footage from iran shows the seizure of a tanker in the gulf. london says it is working to defuse the crisis. british airways suspends all flights to and from cairo for a week over security concerns. let's get more on our top story now, this is a in the golf —— the seizure in the gulf. mike singh, managing director of the washington institute and former director of middle east affairs at the national security council, explained what diplomatic measures the uk could take. these are very difficult circumstances. you have so many issues that are mixed together. i think the first concern that the uk will have will be for the ship and its crew. and i am sure they're already engaging a quite intensive diplomacy to try to win their release and i'm sure that iran is probably connecting that to their own tanker which was seized by the british

in the strait of gibraltar a couple of weeks ago. then you have the issue of trying to deter the iranians from doing this sort of thing again. that can't really be done diplomatically. there the uk will have do look to say, increasing its naval patrols of the persian gulf, or doing something to give the iranians an impression that there is a cost to this kind of action. when you say something, what do you mean? as i said, you could beef up patrols. it could also be that the royal navy could be a bit more aggressive in confronting iranian vessels that approach british shipping. you can't just turn you can'tjust turn off shipping. so firing? you think it might come to firing on an iranian vessel? that obviously would be the last result for any professional navy, be it the british or american. you can escort the tankers more closely. you can fire warning shots.

there are a number of steps up the escalatory ladder you can take before it comes to sinking a ship. on the diplomatic side, one british newspaper is reporting that the uk is considering new sanctions, it is considering asset freezes. is something like that going to work? well, i think the complication is that it gets mixed together with the broader tensions between, especially, the united states and iran. in the british have, in fact, been looking to de—escalate that. they've urged washington to perhaps step back from some of the pressure they have placed on iran. and so the real question for london now is can you punish iran for this latest action without abolishing the policy that you have been taking for the overall situation? on that point, isn't this just for the uk closer to the us, forcing the uk to work with the us on a policy it doesn't even agree with? well, i think that people in washington are hoping so. that is, in fact, will be from the united states' perspective a wake—up call for allies

about the nature of the iranian regime and what's at stake. but i think iran is hoping for the opposite. that what this will lead to is stronger calls from europe to london to the united states to change its policy because of the tensions that have resulted in the persian gulf. forensic experts have extracted bones from a burial chamber at the vatican in an attempt to solve the mystery disappearance of a 15—year—old girl in 1983. earlier this month, emanuela orlandi's family received an anonymous tip—off that she might be buried in the tomb. rhodri davies has more. 36 years missing, and still they are searching. these experts are looking through two chambers at the vatican in the case of emanuela orlandi. it follows the opening of two tombs in a vatican cemetery after orlandi's family lawyer received an anonymous tip—off pointing to the marble—topped graves.

but the tombs turned out to be empty, and the chambers revealed only centuries—old bones of two german princesses. orlandi's family had urged the vatican to open an internal investigation into the disappearance, which it did this year. she was the 15—year—old daughter of a vatican employee. she vanished in rome in 1983 after her flute lesson. it is a disappearance that has kept italians captivated. it's probably italy's most enduring mystery. everybody has a theory about it, a favourite theory. it was the mafia. it was a paedophile ring inside the vatican, some say. it could have been the stasi, or islamic terrorists who wanted the release of popejohn paul ii's would—be assassin. and so there's enormous sympathy for the family and support for this vatican investigation that we're now seeing. yet the family has regularly appealed to the vatican to provide more information, and some say

the holy see knows more than it is telling. orlandi's father died still wanting answers. her brother has now made resolving the case his life's work. but, with the latest attempts lacking a breakthrough, he'll continue to search for her. rhodri davies, bbc news. police in hong kong say they have found explosives and other weapons in a raid on a warehouse. they dispayed 2 kg of explosives, ten petrol bombs, and literature opposing the plans to allow extradition to mainland china. a senior bomb disposal officer said it was the largest seizure of the explosive triacetone triperoxide, or tatp, police had come across in hong kong. staying in hong kong, and tens of thousands of people have joined a protest in support of the territory's police force and calling for an end to violence. it comes after a wave of demonstrations against that planned extradition bill. another big anti—extradition protest is planned for sunday. our correspondent stephen

mcdonell has the latest. today in hong kong it has been the turn of the pro—beijing camp to have a rally. they have turned out today, they say, to support the hong kong government and the city's riot police, who have been criticised for their at times heavy—handed suppression of the mass rallies in support of democracy and opposing a controversial bill to allow extradition to mainland chinese courts. and, while this gathering is not as big as those in the sort of pro—democracy camp, if you like, nevertheless there are thousands of people here. however, as you can see, many are already leaving after just 30 minutes. one of the reasons for this could be that the weather is driving them back. it is raining, and we've

heard, at times, thunder. it will be interpreted, i'm sure, by the pro—democracy camp as a sign of the lack of conviction of those who are here. they would also say there are many in attendance who are actually from the chinese mainland, but living in hong kong, and that they are traditionally bigger supporters of the central government. let's look at some other stories in brief: more than 20,000 people have taken to the streets of the russian capital, moscow, to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. those excluded say they are being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists. in london, pro—european opponents of brexit have held a "no to boris, yes to europe" march. it featured this inflatable cartoon of boris johnson, the man expected to become the next british prime minister. he or his only rival, jeremy hunt, will take over in number ten downing street next week. both have promised to see brexit through,

but only mrjohnson had his own balloon caricature. the triumphant algerian men's football team have received a hero's welcome on the streets of algiers after their victory in the african cup of nations. algeria beat senegal i—0 during last night's final in cairo, taking home the trophy for the second time in its history. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has launched a stinging attack on his own country's national space institute, saying it is misrepresenting the scale of deforestation in the amazon. according to new data, deforestation has surged to record highs since mr bolsonaro took office. tiffany wertheimer reports. de amazonas the largest rainforest in the world. the amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. the huge trees store carbon dioxide, making it vital in the fight against global warming.

preliminary satellite data by brazil's national space research institute found it 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'm convinced that the data are lies, and we will call the president of inpe 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's 95% accurate.

a skate park built by a german charity is helping to change children's lives in a damascus suburb. eight years of civil war in syria have had a traumatic effect on children, and the park aims to develop their sense of self—determination and promote development. the skate park is also a public green space encouraging community engagement, as gail maclellan reports mohammed doesn't care how many times he falls off his skate board. he is happy to learn and probably lucky to be alive. translation: i hurt my arms, legs and shoulder, until i learned how to do it. he says it took a while to get to grips with the board. at first we used to sit on it. we didn't know how to stand. and then the volunteers came and told us these are skateboards. we

didn't understand in the beginning, but they told us, and now we know how to do it. mohammed was displaced from an area that saw fierce fighting in the syrian conflict. the skate park was built a month ago by the german ngo skate aid, which has transformed a public square in this area into a playground for the children. their aim, they say, is to help children traumatised by years of conflict and violence. one really important thing is, that fits very importantly in these countries with conflict, skateboarding shows the most important thing in their lives is to have to stand up one more time than you fold down. mohammed might now be safe from a past of bombs and fear, but still, learning how to keep standing is a precious gift.

just before we go, another reminder that we will be back on air for live coverage of the anniversary of 50 years since humans first stepped on the moon. that is at zisiigtt‘i gmt, just before the countdown ceremony in washington to mark the exact moment. we will be live with our correspondent nada tawfik. you can reach me on twitter. weather now, with sarah. hello. saturday brought us a day of sunshine and heavy showers. sunday will be the drier day of the weekend for many of us. now, this was the picture on saturday in norfolk. we had some huge shower clouds around, thunderstorms as well. those showers have now eased away towards the east. so what we're left with as we head through the day on sunday are long spells of sunshine and further rain. that's going to be arriving

across north—western parts of the uk later on in the day. from the word go, a lot of dry weather with some sunshine, lighter winds than we had on saturday. through the morning, the winds pick up and the cloud increases across northern ireland, ahead of some rain arriving in the middle of the day. that'll spread across the western half of scotland in the afternoon. heavy, wet and windy here in the north—west. eastern scotland and the bulk of england and wales stay dry and fine all day, with temperatures about 20—25 degrees oi’ so in the sunshine, typically the high teens where you've got cloud and the rain. and that rain is likely to affect the final day of the open at royal portrush. dry, i think, through the course of the morning, but things will turn pretty soggy during the course of the afternoon. through the afternoon into the evening, the attention turns to northern ireland and western scotland in particular, where rainfall totals are really going to be mounting up. could be some localised flooding as we head through into the early hours of monday. western scotland and also north—west of england seeing some of those torrential downpours. it's going to be quite a humid night, actually, first thing monday the temperatures already in the high teens. through the day on monday,

the story improves and the rain we've got initially is going to work its way gradually towards the north. so for much of england and wales, i think, a dry day. again lots of sunshine, and with that south—westerly wind, the humidity and heat increasing. there could be a lot of low cloud around some of these irish sea coasts. temperatures up to about 29, possibly 30 degrees towards the south—east on monday. even across scotland and northern ireland, we've got those temperatures in the mid—20s. but through the middle part of this week, the heat is really going to be rising, and across much of central europe that heat will be setting in, and we could break the all—time temperature record in paris with 41 celsius possible by wednesday. that heat pushing up towards the uk. so into tuesday, then, another warm day everywhere. we could well see those temperatures above 30 degrees for several places across southern and eastern england. hot weather across the uk. it is looking dry for most of us, but increasing humidity, and that means there could well be some heavy and potentially thundery showers through the middle part of the week.

so showers around in the north and the north—west, warm and dry towards the south—east. do keep an eye on the latest forecast. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: iran has released footage of the moment its troops seized a british—registered tanker in the gulf. the uk foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says britain will do what it takes to keep international shipping safe. british airways has suspended all flights to cairo for a week over security issues. it said the security situation in the egyptian capital would be further assessed. the german carrier, lufthansa, also cancelled its saturday flights to cairo. neil armstrong: the eagle has landed. mission control: roger, tranquility. it was 50 years ago today six hundred million people watched neil armstrong take that first, small step onto the moon's surface.