david is currently in hospital in oman, but running out of time and money.ow? and i went back and ijust got the ru na round. "it‘s still under process, still under process..." so, i then, as time went by, it was about a month or two months, because this was injuly, i think, july in 2017. i said, "well, i can‘t get anywhere." so i called the embassy. the british embassy? yeah, the british embassy, the consulate emergency department, and i said, "i‘d like to come and see somebody urgently." and the woman asked me, you know, "what‘s it concerning?" and i touched on the subject. and she said, "well, you‘re going to have to have a phone interview first, which will then be evaluated and then we‘ll see." so i said, "well, can‘t we do that now?" she said, "yeah, i can do that now." so, the so—called interview was, ok, say what happened. i‘ve explained basically what i‘ve just said, what happened in the accident, they‘ve got my passport. and they won‘t tell me anything. they won‘t give me it back. and she said... i said, "i‘m looking for support from the british emba

or the gulf of oman is based upon this economic warfare now there are conflicting. perspectives or conflicting reports as to what is actually happening the iranians are very suspicious about about some of the attacks the attacks of the port of jade in the united arab emirates have to have happened right after bolton said that he received intelligence from the israelis there iran is about to carry out that in an attack the one off of the iranian coast is even more suspicious because the americans said mine to use the chinese owner of the ship the japanese owner of the ship rather said that they were not mines they were.

or the gulf of oman is based upon this economic warfare now there are conflicting. perspectives or conflicting reports as to what is actually happening the iranians are very suspicious about about some of the attacks the attacks of the port of jade in the united arab emirates have to have happened right after bolton said that he had received intelligence from the israelis the iran is about to carry out that in an attack the one off of the iranian coast is even more suspicious because the americans said mind to use the chinese owner of the ship the japanese owner of the ship rather said that they were not mines they were they came from the air and also the explosions were above the water drop. put place under the water and finally that this attack took place as the japanese prime minister was about to visit the iranian law that doesn't i just ask i just ask. that just has to be a coincidence really capitol hill let's go let's go to beirut. if you look at the administration the trump administration you certainly have john bolton in my column pale beating the drums of

all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of oman going to be practical no doubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security. bakehouse more from to her on. well it's the 1st time president rouhani has addressed reports that israel may be participating in this u.s. led naval coalition in the region which the united states says is to guarantee freedom of navigation in the gulf now president rouhani said that the idea is taking part because of the security is absurd and that if israel was able to provide security it should do so in its own region he also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and says that the u.s. goal in the region was to souls discord and money he said that coastal countries are fully capable of providing security and stability in the region there's no need for foreign troops now the context for this is that the united states that pu

to geologists works full time is vice president of the oman geological society and is a mother. she documents and measures the geological history of her country. 800000000 years worth of it. that's the upper most part of that if you're lying it's called. buzzards. and that's main form of the sea floor when the magma actually has the cool water so 30 to find that he will bellows. anyone who knows what they're looking for can recognize pillow lava immediately the lowest section of the outfield light is called the mantle rock molten mantle that solidified several kilometers below the cold sea floor. they're quite unique in terms of they are checking the public worldwide let's say attention because there is recently the studies fury that saves a few that runs actually can capture the carbon dioxide from the air and then at transform it into different minerals so that's reducing the carbon dioxide percentage from the atmosphere. if these rocks could store the climate kill a c o 2 in oman one of the biggest oil producers could actually help mitigate the impact of fossil fuel productio

there so iran is willing to put together its own naval mission with other neighboring countries like oman the united arab emirates what even saudi arabia but so far that was not excess yet but iran says any other country is sending ships through the persian gulf is a security threat and that's not only for countries like the us great britain or even israel that iran considers enemy countries but if that's also true for european countries that runs this iranians agree here that any other country sending ships you know is a security threat to iran to use to race a trooper and iran thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world tensions have spiked in kashmir where a border clash as left 8 soldiers dead that's according to the pakistani army it says that 3 of its soldiers and 5 indian soldiers have been killed kashmir has been on lockdown for 11 days since india provoked the special status of the bridge and sparked an international crisis. a spanish charity rescue ship with some 150 migrants onboard has been allowed to dock on the i'll tell you island o

there so iran is willing to put together its own naval mission with other neighboring countries like oman the united arab emirates even saudi arabia but so far that was not access yet but iran says any other country sending military zips through the persian gulf is a security threat and that's not only for countries like the us great britain or even israel that iran consider as enemy countries but it that's also true for european countries iran says and iranians agree here that any other country sending ships here is a security threat to iran debbie used to race a trooper and iran thank you. and let's get more now with scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in the u.k. welcome to the program scott and what do you make of this decision by the court and baltar to release the iranian vessel. well i think legally it's a pretty straightforward decision and. the 1st minister did not ask for the ship to continue to be held there is an assurance that it was not one to deliver oil to syria which would violate e.u. sanctions and the us are close to the justi

in the region iran try to reach out to again to you know many countries in the region kuwait qatar oman and they are open of course to the u.a.e. and i think saudi arabia as well to discuss these kind of fissures and. there's been no movement on the issue so far iran's neighbors seem unwilling to offer support. few people on the island seem interested in politics they're just hoping there will be a swift end to the regional standoff. bene's them and again if the tensions are resolved the entire economy may improve and we're part of that. everyone is out of work here in hormuz i don't know what to do with my wife and kids we can't all live on fishing alone. things would improve for tourism more tourists would pay a visit to this island and that way it could develop. without stability turning homo's into a popular tourist destination remains a distant prospect. anyone who's a fan of the sound of music will remember julie andrews yodeling her heart out in the song the lonely gold heard long before the advent of smartphones cow and goat herders used the else as a way to call from one mounta

is a strategic location the strait of hormuz behind me between it's now response between iran and omanis only 33 kilometers wide and in fact the shipping lanes are 3 kilometers wide and the increase of military presence here will concerns that they could be a miscalculation and lead to a conflict but the united states has struggled to put together this coalition the united kingdom 1st wasn't going to join they want to put together a european mission but that didn't emerge because european countries are still wanting to save that 2015 nuclear deal she knocked it states pulled out of last year in fact germany said they weren't going to commit and nothing should be done to escalate tensions in the region so that coalition is being put together the 5th fleet the united states 5th fleet is here the united kingdom has to up its warships here and iran is fundamentally opposed to that because 20 percent of the world's oil passes through the straits one 3rd of the world's liquid natural gas so there is a fear that if there is a conflict all of that supply could be disrupted i said bank. in the

38 across into abu dhabi but even on shore flow for the next couple days into southern sections of oman say this could also produce wanted to show is very light there across into sila and then in southern africa wednesday is the day for the showers but they do carry away from cape town so by thursday it's actually going to really be a dry picture a little bit cooler 13 degrees in capetown in the wake of that system and then we could see 23 and been on thursday and again here in on shore flow so we could see some showers. the weather sponsored by. i have been looking at your instagram account and reading. this is a dialogue announce his candidacy for president after that everyone has a boy's best chance for democrats to beat. is to nominate an exciting inspirational charismatic nominee joining the global conversation. amount is iraq. a reminder of our top stories. some of the pressure on india after decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its autonomy prime minister in. the situation could lead to a regional war. also the u.s. says new sanctions against venezuela will cut off fi

may 12, four ships including two saudi oil tankers suffer explosions while at anchor in the gulf of omancident set off a crisis, coming at a time of already heightened tensions between the u.s.s. and iran ovover the lattr nuclear program. similar attacks damaged two oil tankers, one norwegian and the otother japanesese. the u.s. again blalamed iran and tehran accused washington of warmongering. on the 20th of june, iran's revolutionary guard shot down an american drone saying it was flying over the military. i did not like the idea of them knowingly shooting down an unmanned drone and then we kill 150 million people. i did not like that. >> in july, the u.k. was dragged into the fray. . tehran issued a warning to britain. >> you are the initiator of insecurity and you will realize the consequences later. the next day, the royal navy said they drove away boats trying to impede an oil tanker. the incident prompted the u.k. to send a second warship to thee area. >> also very concerning developments, but i am proud of the royal navy and t tm keepingg british navy safe. on the 19th of july, i

percent of the world's oil passes through and just between its most narrow point between iran and oman is just 33 kilometers wide and the and the shipping lanes are 3 kilometers wide and iran said that they oppose the u.s. presence there the u.s. 5th fleet is here that u.k. has to warships and a straight yes committed to a frigate a surveillance and patrol plane as well as military personnel and europe is fundamentally opposed to europe to join this coalition in fact germany said every.

all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of oman won't be practical no doubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security as a bank has more from tehran. well that's the 1st time president rouhani has addressed reports that israel may be participating in this u.s. led coalition in the region which the united states says is to guarantee freedom of navigation in the gulf now president rouhani said that the idea that is taking part because of the security is absurd and that if israel was able to provide security it should do so in its own region he also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and says that the u.s. goal in the region was discord and money he said that coastal countries are fully capable of providing security and stability in the region there's no need for foreign troops now the context for this is that the united states pulled that 2015 n

across into abu dhabi but even on shore flow over the next couple days into more southern sections of oman so this could also produce wanted to show is very light the across in tucson and then in southern africa wednesday is the day for the showers but they do carry away from cape town so by thursday it's actually going to really be a dry picture a little bit cooler 13 degrees in capetown in the wake of that system and then we could see 23 and been on thursday and again here in on shore flow so we could see some showers. i have been looking at your instagram account and reading takes into the atmosphere behind the scenes this is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president everyone laughed at them everyone has a voice the best chance the democrats have to beat donald trump is to nominate an exciting inspirational callus mother nominee join the global conversation in your thoughts get twitter and. find out his era. where every you. talk to al-jazeera. what guarantees will you give to the people who will be attending the minimal workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain

. >> reporter: but on april 20th, 2018 tim was found dead in oman, where he had been vacationing. "our beloved tim was a seeker, a fragile artistic soul searching for answers. he could not go on any longer. he wanted to find peace." after months of silence tim's family announced the new album. >> tim's mother and i decided that tim's music should be released to his fans and to people who wants to listen to it. >> reporter: with most of the music completed, his collaborators turned to notes and e-mails tim had left behind to finish the work. >> we talked so much about it. and we just got back to how he felt about this music. he wanted this demo which had t kind of sketch vocals which me and tim had figured out to a certain point. ♪ but it ain't nothing >> reporter: for janiak tim's lyrics have taken on greater meaning like in the song "ain't a thing." >> that's definitely one of the most haunting songs for me because of the chorus lyrics. which we didn't really discuss a lot of the times. when the record plays the final song and the parties will be long, long gone, all the pretende

a narrow stretch of water iran and oman share rights to. >> without iran, there would be no securityn the region. providingsuperpower security for the persian gulf. stop encouraging your friends to be hostile toward us. we are ready to fight back any invasion. grace 1ranian tanker was released under orders of the gibraltar supreme court, now headed to greece. iran is still holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz. seized by the revolutionary guard for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations. they say the vessel changed directions in a shipping lane. it collided with a fishing boat. but also turned off tracking systems to avoid iranian forces. iran says the seizure and --ease of this vessel although a foreign ministry spokesman said a few days ago he hopes the issue would be in front of the court and the ship would be released soon. britain, and bahrain have joined the coalition. it is iran that still feels it holds the strategic advantage in any potential conflict. >> the united nations security council has been meeting to discuss current u.s. mi

from entering the country because of what it described as the boycott activities against israel in oman rush the plan to visit israel and the occupied palestinian territories this weekend well israel's move came quickly after u.s. president told trump had tweeted saying that it would have shown great weakness if israel had allowed the women in so he also really it reiterated his stance a few hours ago they are very edge a jewish and they're very anti israel i think it's disgraceful that they save said you have lists of this is a just a one line mistake what they've said about israel and jewish people is a horrible thing and they've become the face of the democratic party so i did absolutely put out a very strong statement i think if you look at their language if you look at what they've said if i ever said it it would be it would be our horrible it would be our above month to put it mildly so the things that they've said omar believe what they've said is disgraceful so i can't imagine why israel would let them in but if they want to let them in they can but i can't imagine why they woul

percent of the world's oil passes through and just between its most narrow points between iran and oman is just 33 kilometers wide and the and the shipping lanes are 3 kilometers wide and iran said that they are opposed to the u.s. presence in the u.s. 5th fleet is here that u.k. has 2 warships and australia has committed to a frigate a surveillance and patrol thing as well as military personnel and europe is fundamentally opposed to this that's why europe didn't join this coalition in fact germany said everything should be done to avoid escalation in the region and that's because europe is trying to save the 2 $1050.00 nuclear deal which the united states unilaterally pulled out of last gen you post sanctions against iran and the fear is that the increased military presence in the region could lead to a miscalculation and a conflict a rebel fighters being killed in a gun battle with security forces in indian administered kashmir this is the 1st such death since new delhi revote the regions in town and me earlier this month some parts of the area still under lockdown pakistan opposes in

the white house has blamed iran for two separate attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman in may ando shot down a us surveillance drone over the strait of hormuz, again under disputed circumstances. the seizure of ships isn't anything new in this growing dispute. early last month, uk forces helped authorities in gibraltar seize iranian tanker grace 1, because they believed it was carrying oil to a syrian refinery in breach of eu sanctions. then, on 13july, the iranian coastguard detained the panama—flagged mt riah. six days later, it also seized the british—flagged tanker the stena impero in the strait of hormuz, saying it had collided with a fishing vessel. and, earlier this month, the us treasury department imposed sanctions against iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif, a move that has angered tehran. translation: we believe that this sanction shows the politicians of the white house have to some extent made this a personal issue. the latest incident was said to have taken place on wednesday, and there are reports that tanker was from iraq. and, though the cargo was fairly

a bit of cloud into the southern sections of the saudi arabia and pushing up into the northeast of oman said maybe a mix of cloud into moscow but even so feeling pretty good with a high of 32 degrees celsius southern africa it is mostly clear that we've got place guys through much of madagascar across into mozambique where we have got the cloud is around the cape 15 degrees in capetown on thursday and you'll see it sliding up the eastern side so durban maybe without clouds certainly by friday meanwhile in johannesburg temperatures well above the average $28.00 which is 8 degrees above. legally prescribe for the pain relief of the sick but taken in life threatening doses by millions in search of a fix. huge illegal shipments of the opioid tramadol are flawed because that's how . people in power goes to nigeria to investigate the devastating addiction epidemic that is even fueling the boko haram insurgency. west africa's opioid crisis on and. you're watching out just 0 time to recap headlines now for tonight's prime minister barak's johnson has moved to suspend parliament until the middle

that iran and oman share territorial rights too. bad oh yeah without iran they would not be any security in the region iran is a superpower ready to provide security for the region persian gulf and strait of hormuz stop pressuring us and stop encouraging your friends to be hostile towards us we are ready for friendship and defense as we are ready to fight back any invasion you know the iranian tanker grace one i renamed. was released on the orders of the gibraltar's supreme court and is now heading to greece iran however is still holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz the british flexed and impaired was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also a trained officer tracking systems to avoid iranian forces now iran says the seizure and release of this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vessel that was seized by british royal marines off the

we're 20 percent of the world's oil posses through a narrow stretch of water that iran and oman share territorial rights too. bad oh yeah without iran there would not be any security in the region that iran is a superpower ready to provide security for the region persian gulf and strait of hormuz stop pressuring us and stop encouraging your friends to be hostile towards us we're ready for friendship and defense as we are ready to fight back any invasion. the iranian tanker grace one i renamed a dream and was released on the orders of the gibraltar's supreme court and is now heading to greece iran however is still holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz the british flexed and impaired was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also a trained officer tracking systems to avoid iranian forces and iran says the seizure and release of this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vessel that was seized

further to the south is also holes we've got some quite nice on shore breezes into coastal areas of oman so $27.00 in salalah and meanwhile in doha the temperature $38.00 but on sunday around 40 celsius but still feeling pretty humid with these lower temperatures and then heading south into southern africa madagascar we've got quite a bit of cloud along the east coast that may just be a stray shot but we could see a shot into the eastern coast of mozambique as we go through saturday meanwhile durban and johannesburg in south africa these temperatures are really quite a bit above the average for this time of year look at this on sunday 32 celsius in durban and that's around 8 degrees above the average cape tell me while we've got some cloud in your 4 course it should they dry with a high there of 60 degrees celsius. what is resistance. in akra people are grabbing social and political issues by the horns. and time to sing creativity. and protest to challenge and change i.d.'s. a gun a controversial a witness documentary on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from the h

we're 20 percent of the world's oil posses through a narrow stretch of water that iran and oman share territorial rights to. about oh yeah how man without iran they would not be any security in the region iran is a superpower ready to provide security for the region persian gulf and strait of hormuz stop pressuring us and stop encouraging your friends to be hostile towards us we're ready for friendship and defense as we are ready to fight back any invasion you know the iranian tanker grace one i renamed. was released on the orders of the gibraltar's supreme court and is now heading to greece iran however is still holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz the british empire was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also tracking systems to avoid iranian forces now iran says the seizure and release of this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vessel that was seized by british royal marines off th

all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of oman won't be practical nodoubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security. correspondent in tehran a said bank. well it's the 1st time president rouhani has addressed reports that israel may be participating in this u.s. led naval coalition in the region which the united states says is to guarantee freedom of navigation in the gulf and president rouhani said that the idea that israel would be paid taking part because of the security is absurd and that if israel was able to provide security it should do so in its own region you also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and said that the u.s. goal in the region was supposed discord and newt money he said that coastal countries are free capable of providing security and stability in the region there's no need for foreign troops now the context for this is

the white house has blamed iran for two separate attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman in may anda us surveillance drone over the strait of hormuz, again under disputed circumstances. the seizure of ships isn't anything new in this growing dispute. early last month, uk forces helped authorities in gibraltar seize iranian tanker grace 1, because they believed it was carrying oil to a syrian refinery in breach of eu sanctions. then, on 13july, the iranian coastguard detained the panama—flagged mt riah. six days later, it also seized the british—flagged tanker the stena impero in the strait of hormuz, saying it had collided with a fishing vessel. and, earlier this month, the us treasury department imposed sanctions against iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif, a move that has angered tehran. translation: we believe that this sanction shows the politicians of the white house have to some extent made this a personal issue. this latest incident was said to have taken place on wednesday, and there are reports that the tanker was from iraq, and though the cargo is relatively smal

we're 20 percent of the world's oil posses through a narrow stretch of water that iran and oman share territorial rights to. about oh yeah without iran there would not be any security in the region iran is a superpower ready to provide security for the region persian gulf and strait of hormuz stop pressuring us and stop encouraging your friends to be hostile towards us we're ready for friendship and defense as we are ready to fight back any invasion. the iranian tanker grace one i renamed. was released on the orders of the gibraltar's supreme court and is now heading to greece iran however is still holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz the british flexed and impaired was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also a trained officer tracking systems to avoid iranian forces now iran says the seizure and release of this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vessel that was seized by british roya

elsewhere it is dry but by sunday the cloud is back again into these more southern coastal sections of oman as well but a nice day 33 celsius and a warm day in doha both days 44 there on sunday southern africa no real sign of any rain here we have got to the system against a scouting by the south coast of south africa 17 degrees on saturday 16 celsius on sunday and warming up again in durban you can see here on sunday expecting a high of about 23 degrees celsius. where there is water there is life but finding me there australia's arid desert is a skill few still possess they took years to raise a small what sparked interest in the desert and this was this is a very important place they've been telling us about for the last 5 days to clean it out. and the word is comfortable against all odds an aging population is passing on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback are not just 0. well again you're watching al-jazeera and his reminder from main stories this hour saddam's military. groups have finalized the constitutional agreement the deal paves the way for a transitional government's rol

in the region iran try to reach out to again to you know many countries in the region kuwait qatar oman and they are open of course to the u.a.e. and i think saudi arabia as well to discuss these kind of issues and. there's been no movement on the issue so far iran's neighbors seem unwilling to offer support. few people on the island of a movie seem interested in politics they're just hoping there will be a swift end to the regional standoff. bene's them and again if the tensions are resolved the entire economy may improve and we're part of that because everyone is out of work here in hormuz i don't know what to do with my wife and kids we can't all live on fishing alone. well now that the music things would improve for tourism more tourists would pay a visit to this island and that way it could develop. more bad news. without stability turning homo's into a popular tourist destination remains a distant prospect. still to come. we tell you what the. indian fisherman. and this one. but for us the latest controversy over immigration in the u.s. the trumpet ministration wants to give autho

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back at the decision to scrubbing it as a sign of weakness and an insult to democratic values and oman rashida to late had planned to visit israel and the occupied palestinian territories but israel banned their entry over anti boycott laws shortly before the decision was announced u.s. president trumps that israel would show quote great weakness if the visit was allowed to go ahead several people have been killed in an exchange of fire across the line of control between indian and pakistani security forces pakistan says 3 of its soldiers died alongside 5 indian soldiers india denies that any of its soldiers were killed and 5 migrants and their companions have been allowed to disembark on the italian island of lampedusa follows a court ruling on wednesday which said emergency support must be provided to migrants onboard a spanish rescue vessel which has been stranded in the mediterranean for more than a week the boat itself has been barred from docking in optics. and those latest headlines here on al-jazeera more news at half an hour's time when i want to east is coming up next thanks

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in may, four tankers were hit by blasts in the gulf of oman.tions that its forces had planted mines on the vessels. on 4july, the iranian oil tanker grace i was seized by british royal marines near gibraltar. a fortnight later, iran's revolutionary guard seized the british—flagged oil tanker stena impero in the strait of hormuz. that ship is still being held. kasra naji is in gibraltar and has been monitoring today's events. and apparently the authorities in gibraltar received an e—mail from the department ofjustice, from the us, ati:30am this the department ofjustice, from the us, at 1:30am this morning, asking the gibraltar authorities to hand over this ship, grace one tanker, to them, because of a series of allegations. we don't know what those allegations are, or where. they were never made public. but the court in the end decided that there has been no formal request through the court to attend to this particular issue. the local authorities didn't ask the court to attend to this, so the judge said, 0k, attend to this, so the judge said, o

one to asian countries, like we have in malaysia and singapore, we have expanded in china, japan, omanuntries, that is why [indiscernible] step.have passed one big we have separated the company already. we have a financial statement already and we will move in the in theep to the filing stock market, because we need time to do it because of regulations. and i can't tell you now. [laughter] the next how soon, three months, the next six months? year.hink by the next new haslinda: in the next 12 months? >> i think in the next year, 12 months. haslinda: the ipo will be delayed by rules and regulations. our expectations the ipo will happen in the first quarter, so some disappointment. paul. haslinda amin in bangkok, thank you. another bigst, decision for the central bank. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ paul: we are counting down to market opensmajor this morning, south korea, japan opening at the top of the hour, nikkei futures traded out of chicago weaker currently. this is daybreak asia. i'm paul allen in sydney. in newi'm shery ahn york. south korea has urged japan to agree to talks so they can

percent of the world's oil passes through and just between its most narrow points between iran and oman is just 33 kg. as white in the and the shipping lanes are 3 kilometers wide and iran said that they are opposed to the us presence in the u.s. 5th fleet is here that u.k. has 2 warships and a stray yes committed to a frigate a surveillance and patrol thing as well as military personnel and europe is fundamentally opposed to this that's why europe didn't join this coalition in fact germany said everything should be done to avoid escalation in the region and that's because europe is trying to save the 2050 nuclear deal which united states unilaterally pulled out of last gen you post sanctions against iran and the fear is that the increased military presence in the region could lead to a miscalculation and a conflict. the leaders of uganda and rwanda have finalized a new agreement they hope will mend 3 times no one's close allies for one does paul kagame me and ugandans are your 70 i mean accusing each other of espionage and political interference rwanda closed its border with uganda in

flag tanker was seized by iranian forces it led to the deployment of 2 british ships to the coast of oman a 3rd one day defender will join them soon. protesters in hong kong have been throwing bricks at police in the latest round of violent demonstrations to rob the city hundreds of black clad protesters 4 with riot police following a march against so-called small sparks surveillance fears the chaotic scenes unfolded outside a police station in nearby shopping mall with protesters setting up makeshift street barricades. has more from hong kong. after a week when the police in hong kong appeared to adopt a different tactic seemingly standing back allowing the protest to happen without intervention on saturday it seemed that they were in no mood to muck around the riot police very quickly moving into this area of cow loon to clear the protesters away using tear gas the day it started peacefully there was a march through this part of cow loom the protesters had asked police for permission for their march to take place the permission was granted by the police but as we have seen before a larg

there's a bit of cloud there bubbling up just along the southern and central portions of the coast into oman and again into the southwest of yemen we might just see a shot but it will remain largely dry at temperatures 43 celsius in mecca and 39 celsius on thursday in doha that we have down into southern africa 1st of all across into madagascan and we might just see a little bit bring some showers the far north east over the next couple of days not really pushing very far inland and again we could see some showers pushing into southern sections of mozambique meanwhile into but i want to show that of an onshore flow temperatures not too bad 21 sells his on both wednesday and thursday and getting a little bit warmer day 18 celsius under mostly sunny skies. i have been looking at your instagram account and it really takes. is a dialogue when donald trump announced his candidacy for president carol after them everyone has a points best chance the democrats have to beat donald trump. to nominate an exciting inspirational callus mother nominee to join the global conversation on your thoughts get t

yemen and think that it only matters to the yemeni it is something that is absolutely crucial for oman iraq iran saudi arabia other states you see countries and beyond that egypt and of course you know western capitals we need to have a safe and stable yemen in order to move forward and tackle radicalism in the region so i think that this is collation is not all positive stuff it is just again another military posturing on the color of of different see saying we can hurt we can hurt you badly so we're going the problem at hand i'm not a social because we need to we out of this will not not qualities entrench further into this ministry to schools saying that you know we can hurt you we can't get shit whenever we wish as demonstrated by these that that condemn on this dimension before we need to we advocate we need a way towards peace and i think that intent got entangled i was saying additional months in time is not a great idea. thank you very much. as we move on rwanda has partially closed its border with the democratic republic of congo earlier one year old girl became the 3rd patien

hormuz where 20 percent of the world's oil policy is through a narrow stretch of water that iran and oman share territorial rights to yad all but all about oh yeah how men without around there would not be any security in the region that iran is a superpower ready to provide security for the region persian gulf and strait of hormuz stop pressuring us and stop encouraging your friends to be hostile towards us we are ready for friendship and defense as we are ready to fight back any invasion. the iranian tanker grace one i renamed. was released on the orders of the gibraltar's supreme court and is now heading to greece iran however is still holding the british tanker in the strait of hormuz the british flexed and impaired was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also a trained officer tracking systems to avoid iranian forces and iran says the seizure underneath this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vesse

all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of oman going to be practical no doubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security as a bank has more now from to iran. well it's the 1st one president rouhani has addressed reports that israel may be participating in this u.s. led naval coalition in the region which the united states says is to guarantee freedom of navigation in the gulf now president rouhani said that the idea that is taking part because of the security is absurd and that if israel was able to provide security it should do so in its own region he also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and that the u.s. goal in the region was to sow discord and money he said that coastal countries are fully capable of providing security and stability in the region there's no need for foreign troops now the context for this is that the united states union