as a pretext to force them out. 2 weeks ago britain seized an iranian tanker now iran has taken control of a u.k. ship a tit for tat to take a crisis that london says is now a battle iranian piracy versus freedom on the sea to night britain's awkward and ironic request for help to patrol the strait of hormuz soon to be breaks it britain sending out an s.o.s. to europe sending a thanks but no thanks to the united states i'm brigs off in berlin this is the day . at approximately 4 pm u.k. time on friday iranian forces intercepted the pushbike trying to stand in pearl in the strait of hormuz through our.

european table. and she was montrose a role maybe top 23 frigates currently deployed in the gulf trying to come to the time because i hate to. obstruct. and be. good for the real truth. iran has no rights to stop the ships passage let's. close to all those countries calling on iran to release the tanker we asked them to tell britain the same thing that most of us will but there is simply no comparison between iran illegal seizure of vessels inside a recognized shipping lessons and the force which of e.u. sanctions it was that for an act of state piracy. also coming up in parliamentary elections ukrainians have given their new president

a strong mandate to fight corruption and that's rather remarkable. it's interesting what incumbent lawmakers allegedly did to stay in power voting transparent and open a vote if you want to transfer and power companies or mocked by the latest. news over come and. go to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the growing crisis between the united states and iran and britain firmly caught in the middle today iran said that it has captured 17 spies working for the cia and sentence some of them to death the u.s. president reacted with a tweet calling that announcement faults busy and nothing but propaganda at the same time the british government was in an emergency meeting to come up with

a response to what it calls iranian piracy on the open sea on friday iranian revolutionary guard troops ignored warnings from the british navy and seized a british ship in the strait of hormuz the fact that it has taken 3 days for london to announce its response speaks to the few and frustrating options that it has ever since the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal britain has found itself in an almost impossible position how to help the rest of europe save the nuclear deal while maintaining ties with its most important ally the united states and to make matters more difficult britain is counting on a new trade deal with the u.s. after it leaves the european union later this year so the irony was not lost today when the u.k. said that it will put together a naval protection mission in the strait of hormuz to be led by europe and not connected in any way with a similar alliance that the u.s. is struggling to create because freedom of navigation is

a vital interest of every nation we will now seek to. it together a european let's maritime protection mission to support the safe passage of both crew and conquer in this final region we've had constructive discussions with a number of countries in the last. and we will discuss later this week the best way to complement this with the recent u.s. proposals in this area or that was the u.k. foreign minister there jeremy hunt let's take this story now to london i'm joined by our correspondent barbara vague good evening to you barbara there is another important part of this story tomorrow we expect to find out who the new u.k. prime minister will be either jeremy hunt who we just saw or boris johnson i mean would you agree that this has to be the worst timing possible. we are also the. french that is the most likely candidate to step into downing

street 10 downing street on wednesday afternoon is going to be boris johnson and the timing is absolutely horrific because of instead of sort of throwing himself into his favorite topic that is brecht's it and sort of go to europe and sort of to hit everybody around the head and say you now finally have to do what we brits want because i'm boris johnson i'm the new prime minister what he has to do is go cap in hand to paris and to berlin and talk to them and say now listen can you come up with anything that swims off flies so we could form convoys in the straits of hormuz and protect the tankers there and so he has to sort of strike is rather to say polite and more or less conciliatory tone no insult against the french for instance we know how much he likes that and he also has to talk to i'm going to marco who is not an easy partner in negotiations like that so it's very difficult

1st day and week for boris johnson likely in all likelihood. do we know how boris johnson would handle the situation with with would it be different from what theresa may has don't. we have not the foggiest idea to be truthful because when he was still foreign minister boris johnson upheld the european line he said we want to keep the nuclear deal with iran a life he was very diligent and talking to paris and talking to the linen sort of talking to the other foreign ministers and trying to keep those diplomatic ties or diplomatic contacts as they were to iran a life and he did not try to rock that particular boat bought now he's in a totally different position you already mentioned he does want a trade deal with the united states. so what bar is johnson under pressure to be ready to sort of throw everything away she said just go to washington and say

listen i sort of. changed sides here i'm going to be was you now and let's sort of beat the iranians over the head was a big stick and i'm your boy the british papers talk about the danger that boris johnson might make britain and to the us poor again we've had this was blair and the iraq war so that would not be very welcome but we don't know what he's thinking we don't know what's in his head even his closest advisers say we should just have to wait and see what you do take a listen barbara to what the u.k. foreign minister jeremy hunt said today about this proposed maritime protection alliance. he will not be part of the us maximum pressure policy on iraq because we remain committed to preserving iraq agreement. but that's astounding

what do you make of the u.k. announcing this maritime protection force in the strait of hormuz they wanted to be led by europe and not to be connected with a similar force led by the united states. and the political will behind this is quite clear i mean britain does as the of the europeans does not want to be drawn into this increasingly and village driven stance that washington shows to its around they don't want to be drawn into a possible military conflict in the region with which would be absolutely horrifying so they still trying to sort of keep diplomacy a life they still saying now we really did something for iran we sort of worked it was them for so many years now they should sort of be more conciliatory towards us they should sort of give something back we tried our best and so this is the clinging to that but the station objectively of course is dire and in the end they

will have to come out with some sort of protection for cancun convoys in the straits of hormuz the voice oil will not be transported and everybody will hit by that equally difficult situation for the british side because they sort of stock this difficult situation by what you already call the tit for tat tanker crisis and also for the other europeans because they know they've won us have to get involved . before we run out of time to talk to me about the irony here britain leaving the european union later this year tonight it is asking europe to help it to troll the holy see. yeah it's not all about taking back control i mean you can hardly sort of pronounce this without really start to start laughing because of course britain when it's under pressure it's just a medium sized country on the edge of europe and they of course do need their allies in europe and of course they need to rely on them and then they will have to

turn around and say now let's do breck's it and now let's be enemies again i mean this is such an impossible political situation is entirely paranoid and what boris johnson will make will make off it there is no telling who you know or correspondent barbara when the story for us tonight in london barbara as always thank you. well you're watching the day still to come. on india on its way to the moon does it also represent the latest launch in a new space race i'll try to find out in just a moment. if you can eeks and guests as they say welcome to the new reality the parliamentary election has taken place you can see the data on the screen as we process preliminary

results to put it in 3 months which it will show in reality we may be looking at a situation when for the 1st time in the history of independent ukraine we'll have one party in the parliament which will be able to make all the decisions and will have the $226.00 votes to support all their legislative initiatives. isn't going to shoo in he says it will voters in ukraine went to the ballot box yesterday and made history for the 1st time parliament will be led by one party the party of the new president a blow to me as a lenski the comedian turned president who came to power with the promise of fighting corruption a mandate for change that is that much stronger tonight thanks to yesterday's parliamentary elections so let's take this story now to our correspondent nick connelly he is on the story in the ukrainian capital kiev force good evening to you nick so the president he must be laughing all the way to the parliament building his party controls parliament this should make it very easy for him i would think

to to get legislation passed to keep his campaign promises will it. well brant these are really uncharted waters for ukraine politics as you mentioned this is a 1st the ukrainian politics the 1st ukrainian president to have an absolute majority in parliament his strategy of pulling those elections forward really banking that honeymoon he had with the voters really seems to have paid off not only that but also he's a rule new p.c. boards palm and not one of his new members of parliament has sat in parliament before you've got a t.v. chef there and a limb pick wrestler a fellow comedian so it's all expected that these people will see be fairly pliable and easy to be disciplined compared to political veterans that have been in ukraine's parliament up till now what would you say nick was the parliament election result was it a strong show of support for selenski or was it more of

a protest vote against the established. i think this is very definitely still a rejection of the establishment and the status quo the people who have been responsible for ukraine failing to live up to its potential this is a country that has huge huge economic potential but where people are still living much worse off than in neighbors like poland for instance so huge frustration about sons of living here selenski has been very careful since he won the presidential election a couple of months ago not to offend anyone in his big electoral coalition as it was to. please everyone to say bring peace to don't basses approach the walls of the same time not sounding too friendly towards russia he's basically been in campaign mode all this time so i think they're only going to really find out what kind of president selenski will make now after these. elections election observers from the oas see they say that the election this weekend was fair and free however

they accuse incumbent m.p.'s of trying to buy votes in order to keep their seats as they've been anything said about that by the president today and i mean this really speaks to how big the problem of corruption in ukraine really years doesn't. but there's no getting around the fact that ukraine routinely comes at the bottom of european corruption rankings only russia routinely really doing worse i think the positive takeaway from today is that the old timers trying those tricks vote buying they didn't get away with it they were swept away by this tide of political newcomers that he has brought into parliament i think the real test of mettle and his real determination to fight corruption will be how he deals with. the channels made him a star in the 1st place and who's been really instrumental with his media resources in helping his political rise to power. used to own ukraine's biggest bank but it was nationalized under the previous government with support from western lenders

because it's alleged. billions to buy real estate around the world including in the us if it turns out the business interests are now going to be given preferential treatment on the government the credibility in terms of fighting corruption will obviously be shot our correspondent nick connelly on the story for us tonight talking about the fallout from this weekend's parliamentary elections nick as always thank you. well in hong kong it appears to be going from bad to worse over the weekend in thai government protests descended into violence but it all began peacefully as chan's of thousands took to the streets against an unpopular extradition bill that they fear will erode the city's tanami as protesters headed for the office of china's communist party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in

a new development video has emerged showing suspected mafia members attacking demonstrators. it was a vicious assault gangs of men all dressed in white attacking anti-government protesters on their way home from another huge demonstration. the brutal attack was life streamed on social media showing journalists as well as protesters being beaten as the men rampage through a subway station and on to trains. the way i saw somebody bleeding all over the floor in front of me i tried to drag him away but they wouldn't let me i had all sorts of weapons and i came over and attacked me too. but i got up and although. i'm not position or make it he was injured claims triad gangstas suggesting the shadowy criminal network was intervening in support of the chinese government. as the dozens of injured received treatment police

finally arrived on the scene and work used by witnesses of taking more than an hour to get there despite frantic calls for help so far no arrests have been made on monday from homs probating leader carry out condemned the attack which absolutely do not hold all that sort of our lives and our levy latest fear is good but the rules is not a solution to any problem above those who only bring more albums. but other pro china nor makers focus their condemnation on the anti-government protesters who threw eggs and paint at china's hong kong liaison office. once again protesters clashed with police well into the night. such as it should be severely condemned and i think these rebels who look almost all these who focus you actually watch who she was the one which the relationship between so to a couple let them hold but it is the closeness of that relationship that

pro-democracy protesters are worried about the concerns of expand. it beyond the controversial extradition bill as far as plenty of democratic freedoms are being upgraded fears that would only be stoked by the unchecked intervention of suspected criminal gangs. well it's 2nd time lucky for india's lunar mission monday's launch brings in the year closer to its goal of becoming the 4th country ever to land a spacecraft on the mood after the united states russia and most recently china the chinese are young to lift it off from its launch pad in entrepreneurship state and play and this time sparking celebrations at the country's mission control space said these us will lift off comes a week after an aborted forced into. the unmanned spacecraft will explore for the 1st time the lunar south pole.

chandrayaan 2 is india's most challenging mission so far a highly complex undertaking. the spacecraft should reach its destination in the 2nd week of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. then it will approach the lunar surface. when the landing robot separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins india's 1st soft landing on the moon. to selected landing site is about 600 kilometers from the lunar south pole a region of craters on the dock side of the moon. the blue mocking is here shows frozen ice in craters i spotted by satellites. given the high plateau the landing

robot should touch down gently amid ancient rocks. after landing will open its doors and release india's 1st lunar rover on to the surface small as a briefcase it can travel up to 500 meters. with its on board instruments the rover will measure water bearing minerals in the lunar rock as well as the concentration of elements such as aluminum silicon and titanium. meanwhile the landing robot will record moonquakes and explore so-called luna plasma a thin layer of electrically charged particles above the surface. and the rover will be able to collect data for a few earth days then it will go dark for 14 days that's when the temperature drops to $160.00 degrees below 0 celsius. the all but it will spend

a year gathering data about the moon the objective is to fill in the gaps from india's previous mission it has 8 measuring instruments on board their function is to investigate the moon's fin atmosphere and show which minerals and chemical elements make up its surface. for the 1st time a special radar will be used to determine the location and quantity of frozen water . india's mission is the 1st to bring this type of instrument to the moon. and for more i'm joined tonight by a group of seeing who is considered an authority on india's space endeavors his latest book is entitled the indian space program india's incredible journey from the 3rd world towards the 1st mr singh joins us tonight from manchester in the

u.k. mr singh welcome it's good to have you on the day how did you feel today when you saw that rocket launch and head for the moon. exhilarated and really and this was as you know the 2nd attempt it's a very complex and intricate. is that what you want and one of the things i think that been missing is that not many people recognize that this would be the mockery that with us today it is a relatively new can occur and it's only today that it and its operational like it previous developmental why it's so into so great relief to light and successful and i understand it's also incredibly inexpensive compared to other rockets produced by other countries is is that one of the the qualities that india

can bring to what appears to be this international space race but it can get into outer space and cut costs at the same talk. well certainly it is one of the lower cost. anything to seize the. whole thing because they international commercial they feel. not on board just like for india but also for countries around the world because in the us. the in addition to the lower class in the middle class could bring a great deal of experience in the house one of the oldest space program started with back in 93 and today because the huge infrastructure which allows for. to cooperate with international partners not only with.

europe and america but also with russia in terms of the. cost think the increasing development in the commercial that i think also we can prove it still don't know what cost of getting into space operating them will be something that becomes cheap enough more and more players will move countries which traditionally went out because of things to take part in things missing let me ask you we've got about a minute left you mentioned cooperation would you say that there is a a new space race taking place right now one that is international in its nature. i think it's healthy competition and that's always in the room moves not to the space program the nature of. innovation and economic growth

come from. competition and the space race merely stems from the old days of the cold war and sure in those days when with just america and russia the u.s.s.r. . were the only player in the place in space but today these days in the news just one of the many players hopefully will collaborate not only with. the place in your broken china just as. russia and america not elaborate hoping one day trying that and india will also collaborate. blogger and author of the india space program mr singh we certainly appreciate your insights tonight thank you. well the day is nearly done the conversation continues online to find us on twitter you can follow me on. t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day i will

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