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i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. well leaders are gathering in the japanese city of us had a friday's g 20 summit with no shortage of big issues to discuss the trade war between the united states and china is expected to dominate the white house says washington is still insisting on changes to intellectual property rules as a condition for any trade deal a top aide says president trump will decide whether to impose more tires on chinese goods after meeting president xi jinping. stormy weather greeted donald trump as he arrived in osaka but his fans braved wind and rain to get a glimpse of the u.s. president all eyes will be on trump when the 2 day g 20 summit begins on friday some 32000 police are on hand to provide security as they usually do the g 20 leaders will debate the condition of the global economy and world trade they'll also be plenty of bilateral meetings in luxury hotels on the sidelines of the summit one of these will come under particular scrutiny president term sit down with his chinese counterpart pi

i am phil gayle welcome to the program to get attacked this week in the gulf. why should you care while setting us. the fact that 4 others were attacked in this area about a month ago you need to understand what happened here in the strait of hormuz so let's start with oil 30 percent of the world's seaborne oil passes through that narrow channel about 21 miles across at its narrowest stretch that's oil leaving kuwait iraq and other gulf countries going out into the indian ocean and on to world markets remember oil prices jumped as much as 4 percent within hours of thursday's attacks then just look at the joe graphy iran to the north facing off against saudi arabia qatar the united emirates and oman the strait sort of vast geo political significance any state carrying out attacks against shipping would be in violation of u.n. rules and could face a massive and military response so who's behind the explosions the u.n. has called for an investigation united states has already made its mind up here as u.s. acting ambassador to the u.n. jonathan cohen. the united st

time phil gayle welcome to the program. 2 oil tankers have reportedly been attacked in the gulf of oman near the strait of hormuz so one was hit by a suspected torpedo crews have been rescued leaving both vessels to drift the apparent attacks come as tensions between the u.s. and iran are run high the white house says the u.s. is assessing the situation german foreign minister germany's foreign minister called for d.s. . for all sides in the gulf describing the incidents as extremely disturbing. to oil tankers in the gulf of oman damaged under mysterious circumstances crews forced to evacuate. the norwegian owned from tell to carrying a highly flammable petroleum product and the japanese courageous carrying methanol were both allegedly targeted in iranian waters near the strategic strait of homeowners a conduit for a 5th of all global oil consumption. you know the rain yet news outlets of local search and rescue teams had picked up 44 sailors from the front before it sank in the gulf of oman but the vessels norwegian owner says the tanker remains afloat. confusion about the situation pr

trade insults and accusations the rest of the world is reduced to watching and calling for calm i'm phil gayle this is the day. the united states assesses that iran is responsible for these attacks. china is worried and concerned about the continued rising tensions in the gulf. shores i think it's important that we gather independent information we have no reason not to believe the american assessment our instinct is to believe that facts must be a step and responsibility is clearly far.