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load. load. play. this is the news wire from burlesque britain awaits another political shake up in just a few hours todd the country will find out who will lead the conservative party boris johnson is tipped to win and become the new prime minister. also coming up on the show britain's foreign. secretary calls for our european naval force to protect

shipping in the gulf he says action is needed after iran sees a british oil tanker there. and the united states and pakistan discussing working together to end the war in afghanistan that after years of strained relations. plus making amends for germany's colonial past a replica of a stone cross looted in the 19th century stands on this beach in the may be but now the original is on its way back home. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us we begin this program in britain where in just a few hours there'll be a new conservative party leader boris johnson is expected to win the head to head contest against the foreign minister jeremy hunt and become the next british prime

minister. there's nothing this man wants more than the keys to number 10 downing street where they take the keys out there that. they wanted and fortunately for boris johnson the keys to this forklift truck off found although he's on course to be britain's next prime minister his drive towards the top job has been a little bumpy. around with his girlfriend that went public threaten to derail his leadership bid. when britain's ambassador to the u.s. became embroiled in a diplomatic spat with president donald trump johnson was criticized for failing to give him his full support being better he was even heckled about it in a recent tory leadership posturing.

thank you mr johnson has though been very clear about one thing that the u.k. must leave the european union by halloween with or without a deal of to 3 years to listed lines we must leave the e.u. on october 30. 6th he's been criticized for his lack of detail how would you handle paragraph 5 c. i would i would confide entirely in paragraph 5 b. because that is the how would you get round watson 5 c. i would confide entirely in paragraph 5 b. which is. says. i thought you were a man of. the former foreign secretary and london man is still the conservatives favorite candidate and it's the 160000 party members who decide who wins we are going to get young people voting conservative again although. jeremy hunt knows

he's trailing mr johnson in the party polls but the current foreign secretary has done what he can to stay in the race he's even promised to embrace a no deal breaks it. if my judgment is that there is no deal to be done i will immediately cease all discussions with the european union and focus the whole country's mission or no deal preparations he might be presenting himself as the serious candidates but throughout this contest mr johnson has looked like the man who would be given the keys to number 10. ok let's go straight to london now and interviews for a lot of pots joining us there are a lot of good morning boris johnson the overwhelming favorite of course to win the tory leadership and succeed theresa may when will we know for sure and can you give us a timeline on the procedure. good morning brian well the votes have been

counted overnight voting closed yesterday and as we've heard 160000 members of the conservative party were voting over the last 4 weeks whether it is going to be jeremy hunt or boris johnson of course boris johnson being the overwhelming favorite so we are expecting to hear those results the announcement just shortly after 11 london time so in just over 3 hours now we are expecting those results and then there will be a very quick chant over things will happen very quickly here in london we are expecting tomorrow to hold to see the reason may hold her resignation speech in front of number 10 downing street she will then go to the queen to say her goodbyes then boris johnson will be welcomed officially by the queen as prime minister today just to make that clear he is going to be elected as the conservative leader morrow

then he will become the prime minister because the conservatives have the majority in parliament we will then expect we are then expecting major cabinet announcement by boris johnson who will join his cabinet will those be pro breaks to tears that make him leave make make him help him make the u.k. leave the european union and we are also expecting to see more resignations the justice minister and the development minister already quit their posts in opposition to boris johnson as well as a senior foreign office official so boris johnson remains a very divisive figure ok divisive but so he's gotten to where he is today by promising to take britain out of the you including with no deal is that the most likely scenario right now as it were people are saying in longer. well

that scenario has become increasingly like. boris johnson has vowed to take the u.k. out of the european union by october 31st his plan is to go back to the european union renegotiate that contentious withdrawal agreement the european union though has already said there is no renegotiation and if that doesn't work for boris johnson then he wants to take out the u.k. without a deal on october 31st he said do what may that is very devices but he is also of course has been talking over the past 4 weeks to a constituency to the members of the conservative party that really want to leave the european union rather sooner than later so we don't know if you will see that through as prime minister but we can say he's boris johnson is really good in reading his constituency and this is what they want so we will see what happens ok but creasing number of his constituents are rebelling against leaving the view without a deal so considering that how stable would his future government possible government

be. absolutely so a senior foreign office minister wanted to basically plot against boris johnson before he even is moving into number 10 downing street he wanted to see if parliament can command a majority for the new prime minister the 1st 100 days are going to be very crucial for any leader but especially for boris johnson he has a major crisis with iran on the table and this deadline he remains an extremely divisive figure and it is a matter of if he's able to unite his paci behind him that's going to be a make or break for him. bring us up to date we'll have more from long throughout the day. well the man we saw in that report the british foreign minister jeremy hunt has called on european allies to join together to create

a naval force to protect shipping in the strait of hormuz iran says it's not seeking a confrontation with britain but 4 days after it seized a british tanker in the region that wrestle remains in a rainy and hence. the crew appear well according to these images shown on iranian state media the 23 sailors were captured by iran along with the british flag tank a stain imperio seized by the revolutionary guard have been held in an iranian harbor since friday the british government says it's a violation of international law it faces criticism at home for not preventing the capture of british ships by iran despite multiple warning signs britain's foreign minister wants to deescalate tensions is turning to europe for help and says he disagrees with the united states strategy of applying maximum pressure to iran over the nuclear deal we will now seek to put together a european maritime protection mission to support safe passage of both crew and cargo in this fight which it will not be part of the u.s.

maximum pressure policy on iran because we remain committed to preserving the iran nuclear agreement which. iran has connected the fate of the steamer imperio with that of another tanker the grace one it was seized by british special forces 2 weeks ago in gibraltar and was accused of carrying iranian oil to syria in violation of a use sanctions but charged tehran rejects. when you illegally seized a ship and even the spanish believe that you have done this unfriendly and hostile act in their territory we don't deem it necessary to show tolerance. the united kingdom is now dispatching another warship to the region whether other european ships will join the mission remains unclear. let's brief you know some of the other stories making the news at this hour a power cut as hit large parts of venezuela the social media indicating that 19 out of 24 states are affected the country's main airport lost power and the outage

cause traffic jams in the capital caracas the government has said the blackout was caused by sabotage by electro magnetic attack. to wildfires that blaze through central portugal are now under partial control but the wind forecast for the next few hours is causing concern so far 39 people have been injured but no deaths have been reported more than a 1000 people are on the ground working to put out the fires. a libel trial of a prominent philippine journalist critical of president roderigo de territory has started maria ressa leads the online news outlet rappler and both have been hit with a string of charges which critics say are ended silencers she faces years in prison if found guilty. authorities in singapore have seized a record $8.00 tons of elephant ivory were $13000000.00 the seizure also includes

pangolin scales worth $36000000.00 singapore is often used by smugglers as a transit route for illegal animal products when u.s. president donald trump has struck a positive note in his 1st meeting with pakistani prime minister imran khan relations between the 2 countries have been strained for many years and the 2 leaders have traded barbs on twitter in the past but the new friendlier tone could hold the key to ending u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. a push to mend tense u.s. pakistan relations in person after clashing on twitter pakistani prime minister imran khan has held his 1st one on one talks in washington with his us while online sparring partner u.s. president donald trump the afghan conflict responsible for straining those ties was a key focus of talks trump hopes khan can help broker a peace deal between the taliban and the afghan government and pave the way to

ending nearly 18 years of u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be god it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policemen right now and we're not supposed to be police but we've been there we've been there for 19 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic so there's only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we've been to a peace deal. and we hope that. in the coming. we

will be able to urge the thought about to speak to the. compass of what the political situation. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now trump has held up the carrot of possibly restoring aid if this meeting yields results offering the prospect of better relations between the 2 nations. ok let's talk about the. shamo shop's joining us from our bureau and bonnie good morning from hell are we seeing the beginning of a new era in relations between the u.s. and pakistan. i would say that. is that improving definitely but to say that it is a start of a new year would be i think a little premature at this moment much depends on how it deals with washington's

dumond's regarding pieces of congress on the issue of doubt it is and. not just in afghanistan but also in kashmir pakistan's economy is it is in a mess right now and islamabad needs the financial assistance so it is likely that pakistan. would pay heed to us to mines. ok now during that meeting our president trying to use a very dramatic rhetoric claiming that the u.s. could wipe afghanistan off the face of the earth and 10 days of the. reaction to those statements i think it is the drums way of saying that do you cooperate with those otherwise we have a military option so it was a match just to han and also to other players in the region. he has been using using discounted and stick dollars you know gone it's gone so i don't think i've begun a toadies would like this statement it was quite irresponsible to be honest but i think it was a message aimed also to other players in the region and to khan who was sitting

next to him ok donald trump and i am wrong also voiced their ambitions for a peace deal with the taliban in afghanistan is that where things are heading right now it is that realistic. i would not give too much importance to con i think the person. calls the shots the person who is resisting with his army chief general. he has a lot of influences on me has a lot of influence on the taliban so much depends on the pakistani military experts say that the pakistani civilian government headed by on the military on the same page over a number of security defense and foreign policy issues. you have to see how much influence what role the pakistani military would like to play in this thing.

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