montrose has already in the gulf.has already had to come to the rescue of already had to come to the rescue of a british tanker being harassed by iranian gunboats. with that increased threat to commercial shipping, there are clear economic costs of doing nothing. you now enter into an area where you need to inform your insurer is that you are entering and that will result in quite significant additional premiums. after the events of last month, they quadrupled. the strait of hormuz close to iran is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes with dozens of tankers carrying 19 million barrels of oil every day. at any given time, there are up to 30 british merchant ships sailing in the region. sending a second royal navy warship will provide reassurance. but in his bid for the tory leadership, jeremy hunt warns the navy is already stretched and has suffered too many cuts. he's promising to boost the fleet ofjust i9 frigates and destroyers. promising to boost the fleet ofjust 19 frigates and destroyers. i'm surprised mr hu

news live from berlin tonight to shoot down in the gulf that's what britain says it was iran says that's what it wasn't for it says a royal navy frigates has driven off iranian boats trying to intercept a british oil tanker iran denies that there was any confrontation also coming up tonight a powerful storm devastates greece's northern coastal areas leaving the southern people dead and dozens injured and the rumors about german chancellor angela merkel's health are swirling after another spell of shaking but many germans say they don't want the media speculating about the health of their chance. it's good to have you with us we have some breaking news coming in right now in sudan's ruling military council says that it has just for oil and an attempted coup attempt general announced the attempt on state television just moments ago sudan's state t.v. reporting at least 12 officers in full were soldiers have been arrested the general did not say when the attempt was made but it cues members of the national intelligence and security services of taking part in this is a dramatic change turn o

it's not the gulf of mexico.ting our territorial waters and if this drone had been shot in international waters, over international airspace, why did we have to pick up the pieces? all right. so, well, as i told you, the americans and supported by president macron, it happened over international waters. were they there? that's what we told them, were you there? we were there. tensions in the gulf, we've seen recent tensions about the norwegian and japanese—registered oil tankers which you have said iran had nothing to do with, the attacks on those tankers. but the suspicion is by the united states and the united kingdom and others that iran was involved. and we've also seen the recent tensions between britain and iran over the seizure of grace 1, your vessel, what do you think the possibility of you stumbling into an accidental war in the gulf are? well, again, it's the persian gulf because it's next to our borders. it's a body of water that iran has protected, iran has maintained the security of freedom of navig

louis, right on the gulf.ey, steve. >> reporter: you can see the surf behind me churning pretty good, the rain starting to come in again too. we've seen steady bands of rain coming in. as you spoke with the governor, that is what they're worried about. we could see 10 to 20 inches of rain here. that could create flooding, not just along the coast, but inland as well, as far up as jackson they are concerned especially in towns along smaller rivers in mississippi. they're concerned about potentially catastrophic flooding. we've seen high water vehicles here in bay st. louis already out. we rode along in one this morning, a military vehicle around 5 feet offer the ground. they were looking for people who needed help. since katrina, most of the houses built are 10 to 30 feet off the ground here. so most of the people we saw did not need help. there's a foot of water on the ground but we spoke to the deputy fire chief who said sometimes even veterans get surprised by these storms. >> most of the time it's where the

what is happening in the gulf of mexico? >> wolf, we don't even have a tropical depression but this came from energy inland and drifted south into the gulf of mexico. hurricane season started on june 1st and this could be a hurricane as we look at the weekend. the first landfall during the month of july in the gulf since 2008 and that was bonnie -- or dolly that moved into texas. tropical storm watch from the pearl river to the mouth of the mississippi. in peak is a hurricane watch from the mouth of the mississippi across all of the way over toward cameron, louisiana. there is uncertainty of where this will make landfall but there are a couple of things we know for sure. a precursor today, tremendous amounts of rainfall, two tornado watches, a flash flood emergency, with over 250 emergency calls today, as the system brushed through the area. the river system can't take any more right now. just to give you an idea, the broad circulation is still well off to the west. in the next 24 hours, we could have a named storm barry and

news mind it from berlin tonight a showdown in the gulf britain says that's what it was iran says that's what it wasn't britain says a royal navy frigate has driven off arabian boats trying to intercept a british oil tanker iran denies that there was any confrontation also coming up tonight a powerful storm devastates greece's northern coastal areas leaving 7 people dead and dozens injured. plus making internet companies pay more france becomes the 1st european country to slap a tax on tech and washington does not like it saying american companies will be unfairly targeted the white house is threatening to impose retaliatory tariffs on french goods and it's a museum to take the whole family to maybe japan's parasite museum offers a glimpse into the world of human and animal parasite. i bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight britain says that 3 iranian boats attempted to intercept a british oil tanker near the persian gulf it says they were driven off by a royal navy frigate iran has denied that its vessels trying to stop the tanker in

trying to seize a british oil tanker in the gulf unsuccessfully. cnn's fred pleitgen is monitoring the latest developments live from moscow. fred, the revolutionary guard essentially rebuking the u.s. and the british version of events. they're denying what happened. >> reporter: yeah, they absolutely are, boris, denying what happened. they're not giving very much in the way of details. all they're saying is they deny the claims by the britts. the iranian foreign minister came out and said all the claims made by the britts are aimed at fueling tensions in the strait of hormuz. they're denying it but not saying what their version is. we are getting information from the british defense ministry. they say all of this happened late last night when the tanker was trying to go through the northern end. they say they came close to the ship, got in its way and out of international waters. what happened then is the british ship and then issued a verbal warning and that then these boats changed course and went away. obviously a very serious incident. it does

britain is sending a second warship to the gulf as tensions with iran rise. duncan will bejoining hms montrose, which earlier this week had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. hms duncan, a type 45 destroyer, will operate alongside hms montrose in the gulf for a short period, before hms montrose goes back to bahrain for routine maintenance. the deployment comes as the united states tries to assemble a coalition of nations to give more military protection to shipping in the gulf. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. there has been a constant american and british naval presence in the gulf for decades. this recent exercise involving both countries, though the presence of warships ebbs and flows. but now tensions with iran are rising and the us is calling for a wider military coalition to protect commercial shipping in the region. i think that what we are trying to do with the coalition, put back together in terms of military escort, for commercial shipping, may be an important factor and i think th

brent: we have been observing growing tensions here in the gulf for weeks now.s the situation between iran and the u.k., is that what is escalating or iran and the west that we're seeing escalate now? >> i would say the west and iran are the major players here. it's escalating or it continues escalation for the last couple of weeks. it's a strategy of warfare pursued by the iranians under the threshold of deniability. they deny to be involved another time. they have denied to plant the bombs two weeks ago. so they intend to spread instability and insecurity here and try to target u.s. interests or western interests in general. brent: yeah, they claim that the reports by the royal navy are an example of fake news, for example. we heard today from the foreign secretary in the u.k., mr. hunt, calling for de-escalation, but the u.k.'s potential new prime minister boris johnson, i'm sure you have heard of him, he chose a slightly more aggressive stand today. take a listen. >> well, i t think it't's very important t that all vessels, u. flaggedd or otherwise, are able

the number of uk flagged ships in the gulf is not that large.ened today as a bp tanker, probably only around eight ships with the british flag, maybe if you more, but we do run global shipping from london and an awful lot of the other tankers are involved in insurance in the uk, british firms are involved, so it is very important. it is right we should raise the threat level and we should raise the threat level and we should think about joining should raise the threat level and we should think aboutjoining with allies to escort ships, because clearly they are under threat. we did a similarthing clearly they are under threat. we did a similar thing during the tanker wore during the 1980s which was hotter than this, but there are very real risks that something could escalate. iran has a track record of trying to take hostages, there was the dreadful incident in the northern gulf, and that would not lessen the tension, and we have to be very clear that whilst we want diplomatic efforts and lines of communication, we must have sufficient military, b

hurricane watches issued in the gulf. the first tropical system to hit the u.s. this year expected to make landfall as a hurricane. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. >> an explanation but no apology from alex acosta for the 2018 jeffrey epstein deal. this labor secretary trying to rewrite history. >> it looks like the retaliation that iran promised. five armed boats trying to seize a british tanker in the persian gulf unsuccessful. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm boris sanchez . >> i'm christine romans. nationwide raids to round up undocumented immigrants three days away. the raids are scheduled to begin sunday. that's according to one former and two current homeland security officials. the final details of the operation in flux. the "times" reports the raids will include so-called clalt deportations, detaining immigrants who happen to be on the scene even though they were not the original target. family members arrested together will be held in family detention centers when possible. on wednesday a top immigration off

of hormuz, a very narrow strait, and it had just entered the gulf.territorial waters within the 12 mile limitand territorial waters within the 12 mile limit and it was diverted north towards an iranian port. it is a huge big sprawling port, it is iran's main gulf port with a big container terminal, and it is home toa container terminal, and it is home to a major revolutionary guard naval base. they have got submarines and other stuff there and they have got naval ports all down that coast. it isa naval ports all down that coast. it is a very congested area. but this tanker was heading towards a saudi port to take on oil, so it was empty en route. this is the first time something like that has happened. frank gardner speaking to me earlier. some news in the last few minutes regarding british airways. we understand it has cancelled all its flights to cairo in egypt for seven days. they say it is because of security concerns. passengers about to board a flight to the egyptian capital at heathrow were reportedly handed a letter saying the decision had be

. >> parts of the gulf coast are getting ready.s already drenched new orleans is predicted to strengthen overnight. we have the latest storm track. >>> also this morning the security scare at buckingham palace. an intruder hopped the fence while the queen was asleep. >>> plus the backyard encounter. a bear comes to visit but one neighborhood dog wasn't having >>> it's one of the biggest nights in sports, the espys. superstars from different sports are all together in one place. bryant, wade, brees, plus the entire u.s. women's soccer team. it's thursday, july 11th. >>> good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. a lot to get to. >> yes, the espys were on last night. apparently it was a really good show. i saw snippets of it. i also saw social media chatter being critical of our boy tracy morgan. clearly there were crickets inside the room. i guess somebody always got something to say. >> right, of course, of course. we will get to everything they're all saying. >>> we do begin with the drenching thunderstorms swamping parts of th

developing story out of the gulf of mexico. prices moving higher as tropical storm barry picks up strength preparations are on the way along the louisiana coast. let's get to wendy live for us in new orleans this morning. wendy, what is the latest? >> courtney, good morning to you. we're starting to feel the outerbands of this slow moving storm. we had rain and a lot of winds picking up as this storm creeps itself way -- crawls it's way up on to the louisiana coast and it's going to be a rain maker no matter what and it's going to bring that rain to an area that doesn't need it at all these coastal communities and new orleans proper are bracing for what could be the first hurricane of the season. they are expecting in some areas to get 20 inches of rain in the next couple of days. if it becomes a hurricane, though, it will be the first time a hurricane has made landfall here in louisiana while the mississippi river is at flood stage. right now it's 8 feet above normal and barry could drive it to its highest level since 1950. th

tanker british heritage in the gulf.hreat to british vessels was spelled—out earlier this week by iran's supreme leader. translation: evil britain commits piracy and steals our ship. it's an act of piracy. of course the islamic republic will not leave such evil deeds unanswered. there will be a response at the appropriate time and place. so the iranian guard corps will consider today's seizures a significant victory in a crisis which has been escalating for months. a former head of the royal navy, lord west, says britain simply has too few ships to provide escorts for merchant vessels. my biggest concern, i have to say, is i find it extraordinary that british flagged ships, tankers, particularly, are steaming on their own into this area of danger. i mean, think we should be trying to de—escalate, but you can't allow thugs and effectively criminal actions by a nation against your nation. with american warships the dominant naval force in the gulf, british cooperation with washington will be key if protection of a vital tr

british flagged vessels are underan gulf region. very much. theresa may has said that whoever succeeds her as prime minister must be more interested in public service than power. she made the comments in an interview with the daily mail as the final two contenders, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, prepare to set out their stalls in interviews with the bbc‘s andrew neil in a special bbc programme tonight. the postal ballot for conservative party members will close in ten days. our political correspondent chris masonjoins us from westminster. what is the prime minister evincing? this is a valedictory interview. i suspect there will be a few more until two weeks on wednesday when she departs. she invited the daily mail newspaper into the downing street garden. she was wearing a necklace that had been sent to her from well—wishers in wiltshire. she has received correspondence who sympathise with her plight given how difficult it has been in recent months to be prime minister. she reflect did on the job of being prime minister and how the

barry batters the gulf coast. the tropical storm packing torrential rain and topped winds of 65 miles an hour is slowly e moving ashorith louisiana, mississippi and alabama in the cross hairs. the biggest fear, flooding. mlions at risk. the natnal guard at the ready. we're live on the scene. s.> terror atta armed gunmen storm a hotel over seas after setting off a car bomb. at least 26 people dead wit some americans among them. the latest on a siege that lasted all night. >>> up close and personal. vice president penceisits a detention facility in texas filled with hundreds of chanting immigrants and calls it tough stuff. this is a day before a planned immigration sweep. >> shut it down. >>> all that plus dramatic rescue. a police officer stops a car fo speedind ends up rescuing a baby that is having trouble breathing all caught on camera. >>> courting a record. ilserenaams in the wimbledon finals this morning hoping to tie the all-time grand slam singles mark and win her first title since becoming a mom.nd >>> a h

iran tensions in the gulf unemployment of a new minister al jazeera. time for a quick check on the main stories here britain's new prime minister will be announced shortly to resume is holding a final cabinet meeting before she resigns and then the result of the conservative party's leadership election will be revealed boris johnson is a favorite to be rival jeremy hunt in the vote by tory party members. iran says it doesn't want to seek confrontation with the u.k. over the seizure of a british flag the oil tanker the u.k.'s foreign secretary jeremy hunt is calling for a european led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz. i think it is very important drones at. 10 downing street who understand that iran does not seek confrontation iran want to have normal relations based on mutual respect kenya's finance minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges henry wrote it is accused of awarding contracts and payments to build dams to an italian owned company and his public prosecutor says it will seek the extradition of the

duncan which i think has been our own deployment in the black sea area it was to be heading to the gulf that deployment but it has been fast tracked so it's heading straight to the gulf now and it will bolster the h.m.s. montrose which has been on deployment in the gulf for some time now of course in the last few days there has been this incident where the british say that the h.m.s. want tris had to get in the way between a british oil tanker and iranian vessels that were trying to stop it as it exits it from the go through the straits of hormuz so what the british are basically doing bolstering their military capabilities in the area this will allow the h.m.s. montrose to go and do some refueling but essentially for some time at least there will be british warships there that have the capabilities to stand up and defend british ships because british shipping in the gulf at the moment is on its highest possible security low because of what the brits feel is an imminent threat from iran ok average charles thank you still ahead on al-jazeera the feud between 2 asian neighbors that's thre

new trouble if the persian gulf. apparently involving iran. let's go to barbara starr. what are you learning, barbara. >> fweeng, cnn learned in about the last seven hours iran made of an up successful attempt to seize a british oil tanker trying to move through the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf region. this is a british oil tanker that was surrounded essentially by five iranian revolutionary guard mall boats, armed iranian boats that tried to make the tanker shift course and go into iranian territorial waters. there was a british warship nearby escorting. it moved into position. we are told that montrose trains guns on the iranian ships and gave them a verbal warning to back off. montrose especially equipped with large canons on the deck to drive off small boats. the iranians had been threatening itting to seize an

all the electrical stations in the gulf.ntigrade there, it means that people will be deprived of water, air conditioning... i think michael is right. this can't be, this will not be. i know why you are feeling these things and i respect your feelings but there is another force, a nuclear power in israel. but if you want to starve me to death, do you expect me to throw in the towel? the iranians, when they said they will shoot down american spy drones, they did. when they said, we will detain a british tanker, they did. and when they said they will hurt israel, they did. ijust want to quickly say, two days ago, at an annual press conference, like vladimir putin does, russia once again is serving its interests and friendship towards iran, before we get to desalination, before planes go flying into israel, russia will have much to say about this crisis. and potentially china. a lot of the oil and gas that goes through the gulf is heading east to china and india. a little bit of nuance to what you said, in terms of the british g

meanwhile, to the persian gulf. tensions ramping up as the royal navy warding off an attempted attack on a british oil tanker by vessels of the iranian revolutionary guard. this follows successful attacks on tankers last month, tand the shooting down of a u.s. recon drone. the iranians are denying that. let's look at oil. oil is already in the after-market. it actually closed down, right, $60.20 a barrel, down just a touch. but you know, at least it's above the $60 mark and that's significant. can the market overall weather these storms? let's get to jeff flock at the chicago mercantile exchange. let's talk about oil traders. are they worried? what does this mean for oil names in the sector? reporter: well, they thought earlier in the day that this day would be driven by those two gulf crises you mentioned. the persian and the mexico but actually, it wound up oil closing down, it was up to let's see, what's my number here? up 50 cents during the session but closed down almost at the session lows. why? the president

: as dramatic footage emerges of armed iranian troops boarding a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulfthe foreign secretary called on iran to reverse the "illegal act". we are looking for ways to de—escalate the situation, but we are also very clear that we will do what it takes to ensure the safety and security of british and international ships. all british airways flights to the egyptian capital cairo have been cancelled for a week as a security "precaution". labour sets out plans to stop private companies providing council services in england. their hearts are broken! england wilt under pressure — narrowly losing in the world cup semi—final to new zealand. and exactly 50 years ago tonight the first men set foot on the moon. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers penny smith and bonnie greer — stay with us for that. good evening. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has expressed his "extreme disappointment" in a phone call to his iranian counterpart over the seizure of a british—registered tanker in the gulf yesterday. he said the government would do what

to protect shipping in the gulf i want to approach every one of an incident in the strait of hormuz today. involving u.s.s. boxer and navy amphibious assault ship the boxer took defensive action against an iranian drone which had closed into a very very near distance approximately $1000.00 yards ignoring multiple calls to stand down and was threatening the safety of the ship and the ship's crew the drone was immediately destroyed this is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by iran against vessels operating in international waters how diplomatic at the james bay is reports on how the increased tensions between the u.s. and iran a seen by diplomats at the u.n. in new york. foreign minister what do you make of the truth you shot in riyadh. no question about losing control here possibly going over the iranian foreign minister's brief comments came as he arrived at the united nations for a meeting with the secretary general to discuss the current crisis. that's what i said you know you imagine the last drop today have you met mama job and zarif has spent the week in new york his

the headlines at ten: iran seizes a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf.he uk government says there'll be serious consequences if it isn't released. we will respond in a way that is considered but robust. we are absolutely clear that if the situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. i don't believe that ships and seafarers, innocent farers who are going about legitimately doing their business in support of global trade should be drawn into the politics. a warning from the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project its cost could rise by £30 billion. this is 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 coming up at 10.30am, the travel show is in florida to meet the people who worked on that epic apollo 11 mission back in 1969. the government has advised uk ships to "stay out of the area" of the strait of hormuz for an "interim period", after iran seized a british—flagged tanker. the warning came after a meeting o

obviously the gulf of mexico is very vast, so we've got platforms and operations all over the gulf. so just those impacted by the storm have gone through the necessary emergency procedures to evacuate personnel and prepare for the weather. liz: you know, we've got seven rigs, 33% of the total, that have been evacuated. we also saw rig count itself for overall rigs in america down about five. i'm just surprised to see that oil prices aren't responding or firming up in a way that you would expect with that type of storm coming. they closed at $60 and change, barely even higher in the after-market session. can consumers and investors expect that we won't see much change beyond this? >> i mean, unless something, you know, drastic changes, i think that the slight increase that we have seen as a result of the storm probably as the storm passes and we get activity going back in the gulf again, we don't see any major shutdown in refineries, we should see prices resume normal, really only on a much larger scale storm will we see long-term impact to prices. so much of our production has moved

raised the threat to british shipping in the gulf to its highest level and the following day a u.k. warship says it stopped iranian military boats from impeding a british or tanker in the strait of hormuz iran though denies this incident ever happened it's. time to introduce our guest now on skype in london we have a nice a best siri to breezy who is research fellow at russi that's the role united services institute in tehran we have mohammad marandi head of american studies department at the university of tehran also in london we have phil dyer cohen he's managing director of dryad global that's a maritime security risk management company welcome to you warm phil can i start with you and just ask you to give us a very general. assessment of what the maritime security situation in the gulf currently is with we understand a british the british sending another warship to the region and ratcheting up its security alert level. so the increase in the security level that was announced yesterday for british interest vessels is is as you say the highest level security that can be applied to

flag or otherwise are able to use international waters in the in the persian gulf elsewhere with the with perfect security and of course where i could be that should be taking immediate advice about what extra steps we might need to protect u.k. vessels. extra steps so what is he trying to signal here are we looking at britain's next prime minister saying he's ready to escalate the situation with iran and dumping so he might be considering measures like protecting by international falls the tank of the. best holds in general in the persian gulf as we have seen images of the us war exactly as we have seen in the ads and $70980.00 s. during the iraq iran war were both pretty effective cost a lot of money it costs a lot of effort however it was. very effective tool to protect international malta ways but it would go run counter to the us interests in the persian persian gulf because you the current president has run on a compelling arguing that he would withdraw all of this right the united states and the military terms on the arab persian gulf when you look at the u.k. it is it seems t

breaking news, the gulf coast bracing for what barry could bring. we're live in the path of the storm and the rising waters. >>> they were told to drink out of a toilet bowl. i believe them. >> we do have a crisis at our border. it is one of morality. >> why are we not funding i.c.e. so we have a place to be able to put people when they come through border patrol. >> outrage on capitol hill about migrant detention centers. plus, what happened when the vice president toured a facility. >>> and speaking out on the eve of highly publicized i.c.e. raids targeting undocumented immigrants in major cities. we begin right now with breaking news on tropical storm barry, and we have some new pictures just out of how ominous this is looking so far. it's a massive system slowly making its way towards the gulf coast, threatening to hit three states, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. new orleans, for the first time has shuttered all major flood gates in and around the city and barry is packing winds up to 65 miles per hour. the storm is expected to dump 20 inch

proposal for european led task force to escort takers in a busy shipping lane in the persian gulf the u.k. suggested the move after iran's seized one of its tankers in the strait of hormuz reactions to repose will here in germany are mixed. it may have been one step too far on july 19th the arabian revolutionary guard seized a british tanker in the strait of hormuz the united kingdom is now calling for a common european defense mission to secure that important trade route. german chairman of the munich security conference 4th king ischinger has thrown his weight behind the proposal writing germany cannot watch from the sidelines if any new maritime defense mission in the gulf is now being discussed how did it get to this point in 2018 u.s. president donald trump announced his country's withdrawal from the nuclear accord with iran the consequence new u.s. sanctions since may of this year a number of tankers have suffered attacks in the persian gulf attacks washington blames on tehran in june the us came close to bombing iran after iran shot down an unarmed american drone. it was only a

strategy of maximum pressure now this notion of a of a european led military mission to the gulf was that discussed at that meeting this this past weekend in vienna now well you were on hand as folks person in vienna said there were constructive talks in vienna regarding iran nuclear do and remaining. to suggest to it now he made it clear that everyone wants to save the day but he also links the current situation to a d. iran nuclear deal do you and say that the presence of foreign forces into state of home was would be hostile watts. germany has supported efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the current standoff between iran and the united states what exactly is being done diplomatically to avoid further escalation well further talks germany wants to avoid any escalation they want to keep the channels of communication open ended dialogue on come on moves it showed an intervention take place open as well and for germany's new defense minister on a guy. this days it is all about diplomacy it is about continuing to talk swatted on taking a decision on a possible intervention into r

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 ac

yousef: i think back to the first gulf war and second gulf war, it was a series of dominoes. got going, it was hard to stop. if you asked most players a year or two before hand, most of them would've said that would've not -- there would have not been a war in iraq. with this iran and united states tension, standoff, we are seeing gulf markets come under pressure. this graphic tells the story powerfully. do you stay back and see how this plays out? or could this be a buying opportunity? because ultimately, a lot of these assets rebound. >> give or take. volatility on one hand, definitely creates dislocations and prices. creates some opportunities. but then basically, the impairment of visibility is the problem. how do you go from here in your forecasting ability in case of a war? really, it's completely impaired. what we look for is the chances of how things are escalating, where are we in the process. really, trading some of the core names that we own becomes something that we look at very closely during such times. manus: msnbc, taking one-off items for the ipo. their profi

of the persian gulf. wanted to take an oil tanker, they wanted to take an oil tanker, they would have taken it. whether it was american or british or anyone else, i think that's clear as day. the tension between iran and the west isn'tjust playing out in the strait of hormuz. last week royal marines boarded an iranian oil tanker off the coast of gibraltar, which is a british territory in the mediterranean. the ship was believed to be heading for a syria. specifically a refinery owned by the syrian government, which would be a breach of eu sanctions because of the civil war there. today the captain and first officer were arrested by gibraltar police. but here's bbc persian on why we can't be certain where the tanker was actually going. many ma ny a nalysts many analysts believe that that cargo, the oil tanker that was seized in gibraltar, was not bound for syria although its documents state that it was. many are saying now iran is using and the pink are going to art training at gps sending out oil to refin

but only belonging to the iranian revolutionary guards have approached a british oil tanker in the gulf on wednesday and asked to stop in iranian waters however the vessels withdrew that command after a british warship gave them a verbal warning to back away this incident comes after gibraltar officials and the u.k. royal marine seized an iranian oil tanker headed to syria last week the iranian president hassan rouhani had warned that britain would see the consequences of those actions now in a statement the united states central command said we are aware of the reports of islamic revolutionary guard corps navies harris meant an attempt to interfere with the passage of the u.k. flag merchant vessel british harris. today near the strait of hormuz we refer you to the u.k. ministry of defense for further information it's always coming at the same time as the us president don't want trump issued another threat to iran over its nuclear program he tweeted this iran has long been secretly enriching in total violation of the terrible 150000000000 dollar deal made by john kerry and the obama adm

raised the threat to british shipping in the gulf to its highest level and the following day the u.k. warship says it stopped iranian military boats from impeding a british or tanker in the strait of hormuz iran though denies this incident ever happened it's. time to introduce our guest now on skype in london we have a nice a best siri to breezy who is research fellow at russi that's the role united services institute in tehran we have mohammad marandi head of american studies department at the university of tehran also in london we have phil dyer cone who is managing director of dryad global that's a maritime security risk management company welcome to you warm phil can i start with you and just ask you to give us a very general. assessment of what the maritime security situation in the gulf currently is with we understand a british the british sending another warship to the region and ratcheting up its security alert level. so the increase in the security level that was announced yesterday for british interest vessels is is as you say the highest level security that can be applied t

the freshwater dump can alter the salt levels in the gulf.also carries agricultural run-off, including fertilizer, which along with warming gulf waters, could fuel the outbreak, now extending along 40 miles of mississippi coastline. the algae blooms can cause a host of ailments including rashes, nausea and diarrhea in people and animals. alison robertson, a researcher at dauphin island sea lab, says the water adviry is out of an abundance of caution. >> a very, very low chance of any kind of human health effects associated with being in the >> reporter: still, business owners along the coast are worried. tourism there accounted for more than $2 billion in 2018, and more than 28,000 jobs. >> i have been in business 38 years. i don't think i'll be back next year. >> reporter: barny foster's jet- ski business in biloxi thrives or dies by the water. last year was good, so he invested in 28 new jet-skis. >> they came in here on july 3 at 6:00 p.m. and shut us down. they told us we could not put those skis in the water, pretty much we would get arr

>>as wind and rain lashed the gulf coast. >>this is going to be a very very significant rain event across most of louisiana. >>barry is expected to become a category one hurricane before it makes landfall saturday. the biggest threat is expected to come from massive rainfall and the potential for extensive flooding. some people have evacuated but most residents in the communities around new orleans have been told to shelter in place. so they're received defined sandbags. >>sandbags, yes, sir and gather supplies to supplies. >>get your family ready if you're worried in them be words like israel. >>while authorities monitor the mississippi river which is expected to crest at 19 feet on saturday, just one foot below the height of the flood wall weather warnings from the sky, the river the gulf, the surge waters water and. >>we've got to fight all 3 of them here but we're ready for it. >>in orleans on conner powell kron 4 let's take a live look now. >>and along the gulf coast where tropical storm barry is moving to show this is a

the incident occured in the strait of hormuz, a stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulfrdered by iran and the united arab emirates. joining us now for more on this is our north america correspondent peter bowes. i know that details are limited, no comment at the moment from the british mystery of defence, what are you hearing and tell something more about the background of this very tense time in that region. you're right, and is extremely tense. these potentially five iranians boats approach the british heritage as it was moving out of the persian gulf is crossing into the strait of hormuz. under the tango, is crossing into the strait of hormuz. underthe tango, itself is crossing into the strait of hormuz. under the tango, itself was being escorted by a frigate and it was the guns on that frigate that we re was the guns on that frigate that were trained at the tabernacle were given a warning to back off and no shots were fired, they did a golf in the tanker was allowed on its way. the background to this is that about a week ago, a iranian supertanker was intercepted and

has not brought forward plans to send a 2nd war syrup to the gulf amidst the rising tensions with iran. yes so this war ship the h.m.s. duncan which i think has been our own deployments in the black sea area it was to be heading to the gulf after that deployment but it has been fast tracked so it's heading straight to the gulf now and it will bolster the h.m.s. montrose which has been on deployment in the gulf for some time now of course in the last few days there has been this incident where the british say this. has had to get in the way between a british oil tanker and iranian vessels that were trying to stop it as it exits aids from the gulf through the straits of hormuz so what the british are basically doing bolstering their military capabilities in the area this will allow the h.m.s. montrose to go and do some refueling but essentially for some time at least there will be british warships there that have the capabilities to stand up and defend british ships because british shipping in the gulf at the moment is on its highest possible security because of the.

the vast majority of the rain that is falling right now is falling in the gulf. that will soon change. >> reporter: louisiana governor john bel edwards at 10 to 15 inches of rain is expected with pockets of higher amounts. the rain presents a test of the flood prevention system new orleans built after hurricane katrina 14 years ago. edwards says know that these have failed or breached. this levy south of new orleans in myrtle grove was one of several that have overtopped. it is not a key levee protecting the mississippi river. barry made landfall saturday near morgan city about 50 miles south of benton ridge. saturated grounds and heavy winds called trees, signs like this one, and powerlines to come tumbling down, leaving thousands in the dark. >> i'm really nervous. i work in a nursing home. they are evacuated, so kind of wishing we would've went with them. >> reporter: the coast guard several people had been rescued in tarragon parish after it was cut off by rising water. floodwaters from lake pontchartrain filled the streets of mandeville comes 30 miles north

most of of it in the gulf.when it made landfall earlier this afternoon. downgrade to a tropical storm. the heavy rain combined a slow-moving storm, that could cause what is predicted to be dangerous flooding the next few days. the mayor of baton rouge told me people are taking it in stride. >> you can probably hear some of the strong wind gusts moving through. that's been happening all afternoon as we get closer to the evening. every once in a while we'll get a break. we'll have strong gusts and the rain will start dropping in. this is the outer band. this is one of the levees that separates the city of baton rouge and the mississippi river. that is the mississippi river. it is full of water right now, and this area very saturated. as the storm makes its way up inland and northwest as they are saying it could, the concern is that all that water won't have anywhere to go. and you will see a lot of flooding in these communities, especially in baton rouge. they are sort of being proactive, i don't know if you can

ministers post but that didn't happen this is a key area isn't it when you've got a crisis in the gulf with the british flag tanker being held by the iranians and you've got a turnaround in the defense ministry and you've got a new foreign minister as well jeremy hunt going to the to the backbench is what do you make of that yes i mean it's sort of shows how michael think we've become about this one issue which effects in not recognizing there were these other issues going on the world. events that take over the tank and to the developing story there. yet this week we had one of the key ministers in the phone office resigning and we've now lost the foreign secretary and we've lost the defense sector you've got new people in post tonight who you know will need to very very quickly get up to speed those things they don't have a background in the 7 that's not how it works you know they haven't been spending a long time folks on phone policy but now they find themselves at the helm of that ministry so the talk was about keeping some stability in those posts given the developing situation t