ina gibraltar and wrong to release it. security adviserjohn bolton said anyone believing the ship was not headed for syria was in denial. tehran thinks it is more important to find the murderous assad regime and providing for its own people. so far there has been no comment from tehran which is desperate to evade tough us sanctions and curbing its ability to export oil which have hit its economy hard. iran announced today a further breach of the deal is agreed in 2015 to curb its nuclear programme. western officials said the move had been expected. the tensions with iran are deepening and optimism remains thin on the ground. labour have said they would severely constrain — or even ban — staff bonuses paid by banks and financial institutions, if they won an election. in an interview with the financial times, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said people were "offended" by the current level of payouts. russia and ukraine have completed a prisoner swap involving 70 detainees. it's hoped the swap will ease tensions between t

satellite images appear to show the iranian oil tanker, adrian darya one — previously impounded in gibraltarnow off the syrian coast. ukraine prisoners are united with theirfamilies, as part of swap with russia. it's hoped it will ease tensions between the two neighbours. keeping children safe from gangs and violence — a call to open schools in the evening and weekends. and click speaks to the team behind virgin galactic‘s plans to put tourists into space. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. a group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill — which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. the prime minister has said he would rather ‘be dead in a ditch' than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn — speaking this morning — said the government had a duty to comply with the will of parliament. we are not taking legal action as a party but we are aware of the action is being discussed

satellite images appear to show the iranian oil tanker, adrian darya 1 — previously impounded in gibraltars now off the syrian coast. ukraine prisoners are united with theirfamilies, as part of swap with russia. it's hoped it will ease tensions between the two neighbours. keeping children safe from gangs and violence — a call to open schools in the evening and weekends. and click speaks to the team behind virgin galactic‘s plans to put tourists into space. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. a group of mps are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to carry out the instruction of a new law requiring him to ask for a further delay to brexit. the legislation, to rule out the option of a no deal exit at the end of october, is expected to become law on monday. the prime minister has said he would rather be " dead in a ditch" than ask for a brexit extension. our political correspondent matt cole reports. after a week of wrangling and some of the most testing days a fledgling prime minister has faced, borisjohnson now has a weekend to pause and a think. as many of t

the document made clear the severe impact the scenario would have on gibraltar's economy. for workers used to making the short journey from la linea della concepcion on the spanish side such a scenario doesn't bear thinking about. nobody any owns being unable to go to work at what time are we going to have to go to work if we have to spend 4 hours lining up it's impossible and another 4 hours to get out that's what i don't understand a little bit in the. you could also we are the ones most affected by brinks it the ones who come to work in these situations only annoy the most disadvantaged people are the evil people near the economy of the linnaeus and the ark and house hippie of us is going to be very affected but there are a lot of people from tampa to help out their county working here not just from the linea did a phone out of the way to put in the 2016 bragg's a vote gibraltar voted by 96 percent to remain 3 years on the very opposite of that option remains firmly on the table. airlines are battling a growing backlash against the impact of their industry on the enviro

detained injuly by gibraltar with the help of british marines.cted of heading for syria in breach of eu sanctions, released in august after iran gave written assurances that this was not the case. but look at this. new satellite images appearing to show the tanker moored a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. a foreign office spokesman said the reports were deeply troubling and any breach of iran's assurances would be morally bankrupt and a violation of international norms. this is hugely disappointing and demonstrates why the uk government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet clearly pointed at european allies, the us national security adviserjohn bolton said anyone believing the ship was not headed for syria was in denial. tehran thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime than providing for its own people. so far there has been no comment from tehran, which is desperate to evade tough us sanctions curbing its ability to export oil

detained injuly by gibraltar with the help of british marines.ria in breach of eu sanctions, released in august after iran gave written assurances that this was not the case. look at this. new satellite images appearing to show their tanker moored a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. a foreign office spokesman said the reports were deeply troubling and any breach of iran's assurances would be morally bankrupt and a violation of international laws. this is hugely disappointing and demonstrates why the uk government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet clearly pointed at european allies, the us national security adviserjohn bolton said anyone believing the ship was not headed for syria was in denial. tehran thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime than providing for its own people. so far there has been no comment from tehran, which is desperate to evade tough us sanctions curbing its ability to export oil that have hit its so econ

have not disclosed where exactly this ship is heading since it was released by the authorities in gibraltar on august 15th this ship has made its way towards various different countries 1st greece then turkey and finally the last known location in lebanon now since then we don't know where it is currently but the raid officials have said that they have not disclose where it's going but the spike that the syrian destination of the rate that they've been accused of where this was headed they say that the e.u. sanctions against the syrian government are not recognized by the iranian officials because they haven't been endorsed by the united nations that is why they call this seizure earlier in july an act of piracy you know this was what the iranians said that the americans trying to flex their power when they put pressure of the british government to seize this vessel and the $28.00 crewmembers on board on july the 4th in the strait of gibraltar the iranians say that this was an act of hostility towards this tanker which is carrying $2100000.00 barrels of iranian crude oil worth over $1300000

here have said that this vessel was seized illegally by the british government in this strait of gibraltar on july the 4th and the 28 crewmembers on board the iranians have said that since it's released on august 15th the ship is heading to an unknown location that in the contents of it which is $2100000.00 barrels of iranian crude oil worth over $130000000.00 have already been sold where they haven't specified to whom the point here point of conflict contention rather here is that the e.u. sanctions that are in place against the syrian government are not recognized by the iranian authorities as binding because they haven't been indorsed by the united nations that is the point of dispute the issue surrounding this vessel is that the marines have said that the british government seized this vessel at the request of the american government because the united states has been trying to pressure iran into coming back to the negotiating table over the 2015 nuclear deal but since it's been released adrian area has been seen heading towards greece turkey and tripoli in love and on since last night

prevent that but we see an attempt by the united states and the seizure of our ship in gibraltar was not in response to e.u. sanctions but it was in response to u.s. pressure and if you don't believe me look at the tweet by ambassador bolton he said that this was the best 4th of july presents a president that the that the united kingdom could have given to the united states so it's clear that it was done under request of the united states since its release the united states has been interfering with freedom of navigation as for interfering with the selling of iranian oil which is perfectly legal actually it is required we are we should be selling our oh not that the international law is silent about it security council resolution. requires others to work with us for economic normalization so the united states is just like a bully trying to prevent others from respecting the law minister with all due respect that's not a new development is it i mean that's pretty much the way the united states has been behaving for many decades is just a little bit more transparent with donald trump a

the ship had been held in gibraltar, suspected of carrying oil to syria, in breach of eu sanctions.eased after assurances from iran that it was not bound for syria. however satellite photographs reveal it is now sitting at anchor outside the port of tartus. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is the iranian oil tanker at the heart of the row. the grace 1, now known as the adrian darya—i, which was detained injuly by gibraltar with the help of british marines. it was suspected of heading for syria in breach of eu sanctions, but released in august after iran gave written assurances that this was not the case. but look at this. new satellite images through the clouds appearing to show the tanker moored just a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. this is hugely disappointing and demonstrates again why the united kingdom government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet clearly pointed at european allies, the us national security adviser john bolton said anyone believing the

in july near gibraltar it was released in august despite protests from the united states it has been heading east since then and was a last detected in the eastern mediterranean but it's tracking device and has now been switched off that is daniel hawkins has more on the story. if at 1st you don't succeed try and try again so keen with u.s. authorities to get their hands on a rainy and. they used everything at their disposal 1st came the stick accusing the tiger of moving the world to syria in breach of sanctions they went to the u.k. for help the british marines impounded the ship while it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the spanish foreign minister said the arrest came after a demand from the u.s. to the u.k. . but on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel it's a sail into the mediterranean a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot we've all had one of those emails i'm writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise not true when perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal family member in afr

for help the british marines impounded the ship while it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the spanish foreign minister said the arrest came after a demand from the u.s. to the u.k. . but on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel it's sail into the mediterranean a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot we've all had one of those emails i'm writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise not true when perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal family member in africa well that's exactly the email that the ship's captain received but this wasn't the regular spam for the junk folder this came direct from the state department. this is brian hook i work for secretary of state mike pump a o. and serve as the u.s. representative for iran the offer millions of dollars for captain kumar to dock his own tanker in a us friendly port that would allow it seizure while washington after the possibly confuse captain failed to reply a 2nd email hit his inbox the tone now less friendly with this money you can hav

and gibraltar. anyone who said the adrian daria one wasn't headed to syria is in denial terror and thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime than provide for its own people we can talk pretty runs not getting any sanctions relief until it stops lying in spreading terror in august that tanker was released by the u.k. despite protests from the united states which is increasing pressure on iran it's been heading east since its release for about 2 weeks and was last seen in the eastern mediterranean region and after its tracking device was switched off don't know hawkins has got more this morning. if at 1st you don't succeed try and try again so keen with u.s. authorities to get their hands on a rainy and. they used everything at their disposal 1st came the stick accusing the tanker of moving the world to syria in breach of sanctions they went to the u.k. for help the british marines impounded the ship while it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the spanish foreign minister

prevent that but we see an attempt by the united states and the seizure of our ship in gibraltar was not in response to e.u. sanctions but it was in response to u.s. pressure and if you don't believe me look at the tweet by ambassador bolton he said this was the best 4th of july presents a present that the that the united kingdom could have given to the united states so it's clear that it was done under request of the united states since its release the united states has been interfering with freedom of navigation as for interfering with the selling of iranian oil which is perfectly legal actually it is required we are we should be selling our own not that the international law is silent about it security council resolution. requires others to work with us for economic normalization so the united states is just like a bully trying to prevent others from respecting the law minister with all due respect that's not a new development is it i mean that's pretty much the way the united states has been behaving phone many decades is just a little bit more transparent with donald trump and l

the document made clear the severe impact the scenario would have on gibraltar's economy. for workers used to making the short journey from la linea della concepcion on the spanish side such a scenario doesn't bear thinking about. nobody of the only ones being unable to go to work at what time are we going to have to go to work if we have to spend 4 hours lining up it's impossible and another 4 hours to get out that's what i don't understand the end of the could also we are the ones most affected by bricks it are the ones who come to work in these situations only annoy the most disadvantaged people that evil people mean the economy of the lenient son or on how to feed us is going to be very effect. there are a lot of people from tampa to have it out there county working here not just from la linea did a pull out of the way to put in the 2016 brags of vote gibralter voted by 96 percent to remain 3 years on the very opposite of that option remains firmly on the table. airlines are battling a growing backlash against the impact of their industry on the environment climate cha

but on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel its sail into the mediterranean a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot we've all had one of those emails i'm writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise lottery win perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal family member in africa well that's exactly the email that the ship's captain received but this wasn't the regular spam for the junk folder this came direct from the state department this is brian hook i work for secretary of state mike pompei oh and serve as the u.s. representative for iran the offer millions of dollars for captain kumar to dock his own tanker in a us friendly port that would allow it seizure by washington after the possibly confused captain failed to reply a 2nd email hit his inbox the tone now less friendly with this money you can have any life you wish and be well off in old age if you choose not to take this easy path life would be much harder for you what lay behind this thinly veiled threats was left to his imagination to run.

in gibraltar. anyone who said the adrian daria one wasn't headed to syria is in denial terror and thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime than provide for its own people we can talk pretty iran's not getting any sanctions relief until it stops lying and spreading terror more part of history here in august the tank was released by the u.k. despite protests from the united states which is increasing pressure on iran it was last seen near syria and afterwards it said tracking device was switched off washington's monitoring the whereabouts of the vessel confirming that it did attempt to bribe the captain of that vessel in a bid to detain that hawkins has got more. if at 1st you don't succeed try and try again so keen with u.s. authorities to get their hands on a rainy and. they used everything at their disposal 1st came the stick accusing the tanker of moving the world to syria in breach of sanctions they went to the u.k. for help the british marines impounded the ship while it wa

for help the british marines impounded the ship while it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the spanish foreign minister said the arrest came after a demand from the u.s. to the u.k. . but on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel its sail into the mediterranean a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot we've all had one of those emails i'm writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise not true when perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal family member in africa well that's exactly the email that the ship's captain received this wasn't the regular spam for the junk folder this came direct from the state department. this is bryan hook i work for secretary of state mike pump a 0 and serve as the u.s. representative for iran the offer millions of dollars for captain kumar to dock his own tanker in a us friendly port that would allow it seizure by washington after the possibly confused captain failed to reply a 2nd the email hit his inbox the tone now less friendly with this money you can have an

an iranian oil tanker, which was seized by royal marines off the coast of gibraltar injuly because itas suspected of travelling to syria against eu sanctions, has been spotted near a syrian port. the ship was released on the condition it would not take oil to syria. it's been photographed by satellite near the port of tartus. helena wilkinson reports. this is the iranian oil tanker, the grey swa n this is the iranian oil tanker, the grey swan which was detained off gibraltar, sparking an international diplomatic crisis. back injuly, it was stopped by royal marine, suspected of moving oil to syria, a breach of eu sanctions. the americans tried to stop the tanker from being released. but last month, iran gave assurances it wouldn't discharge cargo in syria, so authorities in gibraltar let the ship go. but look at these recent satellite image, released by a us space technology company, they appear to show the iranian oil tanker now renamed adrian i in the waters off the syrian port of tartus. the trap kerr is believed to have turned off the trans ponder this week. the president's nationa

the tanker was seizing the strait of hormuz shortly after one of iran's tankas was held in gibraltar as a bay has more now from tehran. the british flag was seized by iran's revolutionary guard back in july iran says the seized a tanker in the strait of hormuz for alleged maritime violations including turning off destructive devices to avoid iranian forces and colliding with a fishing boat many people saw it as a retaliation for the seizure of. off the coast of gibraltar by british royal marines that taken place 2 weeks to the job role to hide accused iran of violating sanctions and said that that tanker was on its way to deliver oil to the syrian regime that iranian tank was released back in august but has since been seen on the coast of syria at the time of the seizure of the state in peril it had increased tensions between the united kingdom and iran and included states both sides accusing each other of acting illegally and the united kingdom has since joined the u.s. naval coalition that the united states says is to protect freedom of navigation in the gulf earlier this month ira

the iranian oil tanker seized off gibraltar before being released appears to have turned off its tracking dejan the adrian downey a one formerly known as the grace one reportedly switched off its track on monday ship tracking websites previously shown the vessel off the coast of lebanon heading north towards. protesters in hong kong gathered for day 2 of a general strike earlier chief executive kerry lamb dismissed the lead all be a recording of her saying she'd resign if she'd had a choice. a rescue workers have pulled dozens of bodies from the rubble of a detention center in the yemeni city of the modern saudi u.a.e. coalition airstrikes hit the building run by the rebels on sunday the red cross says about 100 people were killed in one of the worst attacks or years of war coalition has fought the who distance 2015 and faced international criticism for its air strikes that have hit schools and hospitals the taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in afghanistan's capital that killed at least 16 people on monday $119.00 others were injured the blast struck the heavily guarded

an oil tanker adrian darya one previously called grace wine was held by british authorities and gibraltar john bolton tweeted this image saying anyone who doubts that the adrian darya one is headed to syria is in denial of gibraltar court order of the ship's release in mid august following a 5 week standoff the judge said he was satisfied with the rods assurances that it wouldn't be used to take oil to syria and breach if he used sanctions. more from washington d.c. . for weeks there have been reports about how john bolton has been sidelined in various foreign policy negotiations and discussions in the administration he wasn't included in the talks with the taliban for example and in the deliberations about those talks and just on friday there were several reports about how his relationship with my pump a with the secretary of state is completely broken down that there's a report that the white house chief of staff has been trying to sideline john bolton for meetings about foreign policy meanwhile this week we had donald trump suggested maybe he could talk to the iranian president on the

satellite images appear to show the iranian oil tanker, adrian darya i, previously impounded in gibraltar coast. ukraine prisoners are united with theirfamilies, as part of swap with russia. it's hoped it will ease tensions between the two neighbours. now on bbc news, david shukman reports on the battle to preserve the world's largest rainforest in amazon under threat. the amazon rainforest is the largest in the world. home to an incredible variety of life, but suddenly, it's all at risk. the clearing of the trees is accelerating, and scientists are warning about the danger of irreversible loss. it's never going to come back again. we are never going to be able to build an amazon. it's going to be gone forever. brazil has a new president, and he wants to develop the amazon, and he is encouraging his supporters to exploit it. so the people who live inside the forest fear that their days may be numbered. a gentle view of field and forest in the amazon, but this region is now the scene of a struggle over land, and a battle for survival. this is the home of the uru—eu—wau—wau, a tiny band ofj

satellite image appears to show any rainy and tanker which was held by british authorities in gibraltar now anchored at a syrian port present donald trump's national security advisor john bolton has tweeted the image which he says shows iran was lying about the destination of the adrian daria one british authorities seize a vessel in july suspecting it of taking oil to syria in breach of sanctions gibraltar court releases shipped back to iran said it would not go to syria tansey has more from washington. for weeks there have been reports about how john bolton has been sidelined in various foreign policy negotiations and discussions in the administration he wasn't included in the talks with the taliban for example in the deliberations about those talks and just on friday there were several reports about how his relationship with the secretary of state is completely broken down that there's a report that the white house chief of staff has been trying to sideline john bolton for meetings about foreign policy meanwhile this week we had donald trump suggest that maybe he could talk to the ir

in july near gibraltar despite objections from the united states which is increasing pressure on the around the ship was released in august after tehran give assurances it wasn't heading for syria after that it sailed east although its tracking device was switched off however it was spotted in satellite photos having anchored off syria. we go live now to political analysts. so iran has confirmed it's already sold the cargo but doesn't reveal the name of the buyer why not be transparent to avoid any further speculation and suspicion. well and thanks for having me well you know you're on is on there tight us sanctions the union lateral illegal sanctions so revealing the identity of the cost america would make it much more difficult for iran as well as for those who might be willing to buy uranium oil you know on their the tight sanctions it was said that some lebanese you know margins and traders where willing to buy the iranian cargo as well as a number of others. they are under this serious threat of all you know being being in a list and the u.s. list of sanctions but iran is you kn

boat now many people saw it as a retaliation for the seizure of the rain tanker off the coast of gibraltar by british royal marines that taken place 2 weeks earlier the 3rd to the job role to how you used iraq of violating e.u. sanctions and said that that tanker was on its way to deliver oil to the syrian regime that iranian tank was released back in august for has since been seen on the coast of syria at the time of the seizure of the state in peril it had increased tensions between the united kingdom and iran and included didn't like to state both sides accusing each other of acting illegally and the united kingdom has since joined the u.s. naval coalition that the united states says is to protect freedom of navigation in the gulf earlier this month iran released 7 of the $23.00 crew members of the sterner in peril u.s. democrats are accusing president trump of a cover up after a sense of version of a whistle blower's complaint was made public the memo details out from trying to persuade his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his rival joe biden the whistleblower says white house offi

tanker the adrian dariya one previously called the grace one was held by british authorities in gibraltar so john bolton tweeted this image saying anyone who doubts that the adrian daria one is headed to syria is in denial a gibraltar court ordered the ship's release in mid august following a 5 week standoff the judge said he was satisfied with iran's assurances that it wouldn't be used to take oil to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions let's bring in shihab rattansi joining us from washington to talk us through what john bolton tweeted what this means. well the context is the tanker itself it disappeared from satellite tracking monday off to noon between cyprus lebanon and syria in the mediterranean just a few hours ago we saw a report from one outlet middle east and i who said they had 2 sources that confirm to them that the tank had reached syria unloaded at least some of it's called of oil no one else has confirmed that a few hours off the vat report we get this tweet from john bolton which itself doesn't confirm the time that has actually docked in syria let alone on loaded it's awful