the royal marines did. the royal gibraltar police approached the vessel by ocean.eployed on to the vessel by what is known as a first drop from the helicopter and one senior officer, we understand, just seconds after the royal marines landed on board the royal marines landed on board the vessel was also airlifted from the vessel was also airlifted from the police vessel onto the deck of the police vessel onto the deck of the ship. and a pretty unusual operation, generally, and it has caused quite an international incident. iran is furious with what has happened. yes, indeed. that is what we hear from the international news. i am a local broadcaster and i can tell you about what is happening here on the ground, as regards of course to iran and the diplomatic fallout from it, i think that is not something i could possibly comment on. all right, good to talk to you. the headlines on bbc news... william hill blames new restrictions on fixed odds betting for its plans to close hundreds of shops — but critics say problem gambling had to be tackled. iran summons the briti

royal marines seized in a rainy an oil tanker of gibraltar. on the stasi attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the british ambassador to the u.s. stands aside over the leaks cables that criticize donald trump. house democrats condemn the trumpet ministrations treatment of children detained along the us mexico border. and a united front against china's treatment of. 22 nations call on the country to end its re education program. now there are reports that 5 boats supposedly belonging to the iranian revolutionary guards approached a british oil tanker and also just stop in a rainy and waters in the gulf on wednesday but the vessels withdrew the command offer a british warship gave them a verbal warning to back away the incident comes after gibraltar officials and the u.k. royal marines seized an iranian oil tanker headed to syria last week iranian president hassan rouhani had warned that britain would see the consequences of its actions well in a statement to the united states central command said where aware of reports that is

real drama with these royal marines getting on board.bout syria, it's about getting at them. you have two stories, where the ship was headed and where what's on it came from, iranian crude oil. iran having this i’ow iranian crude oil. iran having this row about its nuclear agreement, a deal it had with the us and mainly eu countries to say we won't pursue oui’ eu countries to say we won't pursue our nuclear programme, carry on enriching uranium, if you try to help us economically and ease up on us economically. the us have decided to go back on that and said we think you are pursuing a nuclear programme in one way or another, so we are going to hit you with sanctions stop the eu have tried to be more pragmatic to say, how can we help you out? iran is having one of the toughest economic climates in 40 years, so the eu is saying you don't have to crack on with this. iran has been enriching uranium at a quicker rate, saying we are serious, help us out or we are going to pursue a nuclear programme, and now this. the uk and iran going to each

royal marines seized an iranian oil tanker and brought her also in the news calling it quits the british ambassador to the u.s. stands aside over the leaked cables that criticize donald trump. we are in the generation of children that will never forget what we did to the house democrats condemn the treatment of children detained at centers along the us mexico border and the end of an era after more than 8 decades in production the last volkswagen beetle rolls off the production line. so there are reports that 5 boats supposedly 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 r

we've just got a bit more information about this operation involving the royal marines.were flown out from the uk, there is obviously intelligence in advance that the supertanker was heading gibraltar. working together with the police of gibraltar, they went on board in the early hours of this morning, defence sources describe it as a relatively benign operation, there's certainly no indication that they're boarding was opposed in any way. we don't know if they were invited on board or whether they had use their skills for getting on board eight supertanker on the high seas which is obviously not very easy. the broader picture is that there are eu sanctions in place against assyria. designed to stop the regime there violently repressing its own citizens. those sanctions are hurting, we hear there are queues for petrol, people are taking to horses and carts in syria. this supertanker is accused of breaking those sanctions, it was heading to an oil refinery in syria, according to the gibraltar authorities. we believe it probably left iran in early april, if it did leave ir

where are you surprised to see the royal marines helicopter rappelling onto the deck?”nes helicopter rappelling onto the deck? i would have thought so. i would have thought there must have been considerable pressure. itake thought there must have been considerable pressure. i take the point that you do not order anyone to do anything, you request them, but i suspect it was a firm request, and interestingly, it would have been mrs may to take this decision, she decided she had to go along with it. obviously everyone in this country, everyone remembers afghanistan, iraq and other big military adventures that have not a lwa ys military adventures that have not always gone to plan. the talk of the risks around iran and the gulf, very testing for our uk defence secretary. indeed, and for a uk government which is, shall we say, not terribly well equipped to deal with any of it at the moment, and i think we are entering dangerous international territory, when britain itself is kind of looking below the water line. i have a numberof below the water line. i have a number of ques

the vessel was stormed by royal marine commandos this morning after concerns that it was carrying twoillion barrels of iranian oil to syria, in breach of eu sanctions. british and american authorities have been tracking the vessel for months. it loaded up in iran and may have been expected to take a shorter route from iran, via the suez canal, to syria's mediterranean coast. this would have been cheaper and much safer than the route it actually took, which was around the cape of africa, around the east and then west coast of africa, adding thousands of miles to the journey and carrying this cargo of oil which could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars before it was seized. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. britain's ministry of defence has released these photos of the moment royal marines boarded the tanker under the cover of darkness. first arriving by helicopter using ropes, and then more arriving by fast boat, along with gibraltar‘s law enforcement agencies. no shots were fired. they'd been waiting until the vessel entered gibralter‘s territorial waters. with th

royal marines seized in a rainy an oil tanker and waters near gibraltar u.s.president donald trump says he'll soon increase sanctions on iran substantially accusing it of secretly enriching uranium for years tehran denies this iran announced that it was breaching the limit on uranium enrichment outlined in the nuclear deal only earlier this week and britain's ambassador in the u.s. has resigned days after a leak of u.k. diplomatic cables and which he describes the administration of donald trump as inept kim says it was impossible for him to stay on after he was slammed by trump on twitter and ambassadors from more than 20 countries are condemning china's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move they issued a letter calling for the detention of weak and muslims to stop at least 13 people have been killed in airstrikes in syria's it'd province this footage shows the aftermath of an attack on a hospital that killed 6 people that's according to the syrian civil defense it libya's the last major rebel stronghold in syria. algerian polit

it also seems that the reason why the royal marines we re the reason why the royal marines were sentt is not just request from the us to intervene. so it is notjust about request from the us to intervene. so it is not just about where request from the us to intervene. so it is notjust about where this was going, this oil which were syria and the reason why that intercept happened while that boat was seized by the royal marines along with the gibraltar forces was because it must use sanctions. the americans also being worried about oil being exported from the us after it stepped up sanctions. this is both about iran and syria. geopolitics writ large. tell us what you know about this operation by the marines. it happened in the early hours of the morning. we know that there was a supply ship, royal fleet auxiliary ship, a tanker that was in the area recently. that would have had helicopters on board. there is now an image that has been released by the royal navy, that shows the tank at no time with the helicopter in the distance hovering above that. the first people to board were royal

iran had threatened retaliation after british royal marines seized an iranian tanker last week, suspectedeaking sanctions. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. iran's revolutionary guard regularly patrol the narrow waterways in and around the strait of hormuz. a major highway for oil and international shipping. these pictures, taken earlier this year of an iranian exercise, show the type of fast boat that harassed a british tanker last night in what is being viewed as an attempt to seize it. the tanker, british heritage, was entering the strait of hormuz from the gulf when it was approached by three armed, fast iranian boats. the incident began near the disputed island of abu musa, claimed by iran. british officials say the iranian boats tried to force the tanker to change course into iranian waters but a royal navy warship rushed to its aid, positioning herself right next to the tanker and exporting her to safety. the frigate, hms montrose, was already there providing reassurance. an american military surveillance aircraft above watched and filmed the incident. the usa hms m

iran's actions are believed to be in response to this, the royal marines helping to seize an iranianker off the coast of gibraltar earlier this month. britain believed it was smuggling oil to syria in violation of eu sanctions. tehran accused london of piracy. a meeting of the government's emergency committee, cobra, went on late into the night. the big question now — who will make the next move? our correspondent katherine da costa is outside the foreign office. since the foreign secretary spoke to campus late last night after that meeting, he has put out another statement. it seems to be slightly tougher in its message? yes, clearly relations are deteriorating between iran, the us and the uk. in a statement put out this money by the foreign office and says ministers met in cobra to discuss the incidents. as the foreign secretary has said are responsible be considered, but robust. there will be further meetings of the weekend. jeremy hunt has tweeted this morning saying yesterday's actions in the gulf should wording signs... he added reaction will be considered, but robust. we have

british royal marine commandos have seized a supertanker suspected of breaking sanctions.tar because of it was believed to be carrying crude oil to syria, in breach of eu sanctions. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins is here. tell us more about what happened. this was a pretty dramatic seizure. we understand 20 royal marine commandos were flown out from britain to help the gibraltarians police to board this supertanker, a huge vessel, grace 1, 330 metres long, capable of carrying tens of millions of dollars worth of crude oil and they went out under cover of darkness using fast boats and helicopters. the first marines went down by rope and took control of the vessel. no resistance was offered, no shots were fired, there is no suggestion the crew have done anything wrong, but the suspicion is the vessel is carrying crude oil to the vessel is carrying crude oil to the syrian refinery at baniyas and that would be a clear breach of eu sanctions. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, has already said he wants to congratulate the team on helping to congratulate the team on

-- of royal marines are reported to have trained their weapons on the iranians and issued several warngs over the radio before they turned away. this is the tanker, british heritage, the target of iranian interest, as it was about to transit the naow, volatile strait of hormuz. as she approached a disputed island, defense forces say the iranian boats tried to force the tanker to change course. when t british warship came to the rescue and escorted her to safety. >> obviously very concerning developments, but also proud of bre royal navy and the role they played in keepinish assets, british shipping safe. we are continuinto monitor the situation very carefully. jonathan: iran's revolutionary guard regularly patrol what is one of the busiest sea lanes. in the past they have threatened to block it. 1/5 of the world's oil supplies travel through the strait of hormuz.e tensions hen rising ever since president trump pulled out of an international deal aimed at curbing the nuclear program. last month the.s. accused iran of tar

>> tehran summers the british ambabassador aft r royal marines see a tanker carrying oil. they say they were violating e.u. sanctions. ♪ hello, this is "al jazeera," live from london. also coming up, the u.n. says there are reports guards shot at migrants as they tried to flee airstrikes on a libyan detention center. at least 60 people were killed in the attack. demonstrators back on the streets of sudan as talks between the opposition and ruling military council are set to resume. and of the trump baby is back. protests in the u.s. as the fourth of july parade is criticized as wasting taxpayers money. the united states welcomed the seizure of an iranian oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar. it was detained by the u.k. early thursday. it is said they were delivering oil to a libyan refinery in reach of sanctions. iran called the interception illegal and the summoned ambassador in tehran to explain. reporter: a tanker in the shadow of a rock, the oil tanker grace one. calm, but the ship is at the center of a diplomatic storm. spain revealed the u.s. had been monitoring the

but ultimately, i cannot do the combat role of a royal marines which is why eve ryo ne role of a royal. soi everyone joins in the first place. so i was offered to do a role i probably didn't want to do or leave the marines and go and pursue a career that i really want to. put through the work you're doing now, asa through the work you're doing now, as a writer as well as an actor, you are drawing attention sell to some of the issues and the invictus games is so linked to? the last two films i have made and i havejust got a new arts commission, they are around pt not just for soldiers and vetera ns pt not just for soldiers and veterans but also the families. —— ptsd. that is something we don't really see. telus about that because iimagine, you really see. telus about that because i imagine, you talk about your own journey but for your family those must have been really difficult times? when you are injured. they we re times? when you are injured. they were living it with you. it is a fun, mother did not want to get and she had her own problems. experience it from the site of mother pers

royal marines seized in a rainy an oil tanker forces in the gibraltar. persons about today and the u.s. has resigned days after a leak of u.k. diplomatic cables in which he describes the administration of donald trump as inept says it was impossible for him to stay on after he was slammed by trump on twitter . and a guatemalan lover has told us politicians that her infant daughter died after receiving corps medical care while in the custody of american border patrol officials she recounted the story as a hearing of the u.s. congress. well the republican chairman of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee has introduced a bill seeking to hold saudi arabia accountable for human rights abuses and also criticizes crown prince mohammed bin cylon but doesn't go as far as to stop weapons sales to the kingdom republican senator ted cruz joins democrats and denouncing the state department. the process that the state department followed for these weapons not to put too fine a point on it was crap under the law under the arms export control or the administratio

this week the action moved to the mediterranean, when british royal marines seized an iranian oil tankererritory of gibraltar. in the same week, iran carried through on its threat to breach the limit for enriched uranium in the 2015 nuclear deal. amir, you start us off on this. coming to the oil tanker tit—for—tat, seniorfigures in iran say we should seize a british oil tanker in the gulf if the brits do not give us back ours. yes, you must remember there are two irans, one iran has an ideology and the other has a government. the second are not going to seize a british tanker, but the other iran might do so. iran is trying to manage its own internal contradictions, as it has been trying to do for the past a0 years, and the consequence of these contradictions sometimes is tension with outsiders. but what is interesting in the case of the gibraltar tanker, why did the british decide to act after four years? because they have been smuggling oil to syria for four years. let's look at what the iranians are going to do, before we get to the brits. the iranian government has said it's a form of

new hopes for the release of an iranian oil tanker seized by royal marines, which could ease tensionsbritain and iran. simona halep is the wimbledon champion! and simona halep stuns centre court as she wins her first wimbledon title — crushing serena williams‘ hopes of a grand slam record. good evening. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents after police warnings that it could be a criminal offence under the official secrets act. scotland yard is investigating the leak and publication of secret dispatches by sir kim darroch — britain's ambassador in washington — which were highly critical of the trump administration. sir kim subsequently resigned. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. the leaking of kim darroch‘s e—mails about president trump has caused diplomatic chaos political controversy and led to the ambassador‘s resignation. now it's caused a furious row about press freedom and what papers should be able to publish. scotland yard has warned publishing further leaks could be a crime, last night u

royal marines seized in a rainy an oil tanker. the u.s. says iranian revolutionary guard corps boats approached a british oil tanker and also to stop in iranian waters and laser withdrew the bond off to a british warship gave them a warning to back away iran denies the incident took place. u.s. president says he'll soon increase sanctions on iran substantially accusing it of secretly enriching uranium for years tear on denies this iran announced that it was exceeding the limits on uranium enrichment outlined in the nuclear deal this week. and versions in boston the u.s. has resigned days after a leak of u.k. diplomatic cables and which he describes the administration of donald trump as inept says it was impossible for him to stay on after he was slammed by trump on twitter. well you've heard us say many times that journalism is not a crime and once again that's been the message from a major conference in london on press freedom 80 journalists were killed in 2018 the worst year on record with 15 of those deaths happening in afghanistan alon

one week later, iran shot down a us surveillance drone, and last week british royal marines seized agibraltar carrying iranian oil to syria, in breach of eu sanctions. it is that incident which prompted iran's president to issue this warning just yesterday. translation: you, britain, are the initiator of insecurity and you will realise the consequences later. now you are so hopeless, that when one of your tankers wants to move in the region you have to bring your frigates to escort it because you are scared. british merchant vessels in the gulf have been put at the highest security level, with the advice not to enter iranian territorial waters. officials here at the foreign office say they are keeping britain's military posture under constant review in the region, but they insist they do not want to see tensions escalate. america's already beefed up its military presence to protect its interests. will britain have to do the same? up to 30 uk merchant ships are in the region on any given day. though iran still denies it tried to seize the tanker, the threat hasn't gone away. jonathan

this iranian oil tanker a super tanker there was detained by gibraltar authorities in the british royal marines a week ago and as we understand none of the 4 men that have been detained so far so we have the 2 2nd mates we have the chief chief officer and we have the captain of the ship none of them have been charged yet the gibraltar authorities insist that they are be given the proper consular assistance that they are being interviewed under caution and the investigation goes on of course this is putting more pressure on iran at a time when tensions in the gulf region are increasing significantly to bruce north already have taken the time to day the chief minister of gibraltar has addressed parliament a statement of parliament basically saying that the actions that were taken by gibraltar were done independently i.e. they were not the lens on by foreign government there is has been suspicion that perhaps the americans had said to gibraltar that they should detain this ship gibraltar is saying absolutely not we did this independently we had information that it was the ship was breaking e.u. sa

teheran summons the british ambassador off the royal marine sees a tanker carrying iranian oil off gibraltar the u.k. says it was violating e.u. sanctions. with al-jazeera live from london i'm maryam namazie also coming up on the program the u.n. says there are reports that guards shots at migrants as they tried to flee as strikes on an libyan detention center at least 60 people were killed in the attack . demonstrators back on the streets of sudan as talks between the opposition in the ruling military council all set to resume. on the trump baby is back protests in the u.s. is the 4th of july parade is criticised for wasting taxpayers' money. united states has welcomed the seizure of an iranian oil tanker in the straits of gibraltar the ship was detained by the u.k. early on thursday it says the tanker was delivering oil to a syrian refinery in breach of e.u. sanctions but iran has called the interception illegal and summoned the british ambassador in tehran to explain the reports. a tanker in the shadow of the rock with police boats in attendance the oil tanker grace want to see may be cal

earlier this month, royal marines detained a tanker full of iranian oil off gibraltar.accused of smuggling oil to syria in breach of eu sanctions. iran called it an act of piracy and threatened to respond in kind. the tanker is still being held. i think they want their tanker and their crude oil out of gibraltar because it is worth a great deal of money. they want to establish the position firmly that the united kingdom is not seeking to enforce us sanctions. yesterday, iran released these pictures showing american warships sailing through the strait of hormuz. washington said it had brought down and iranians surveillance drone, iran said the pictures proved otherwise. what they do show is a waterway crowded with military and commercial vessels. a fifth of the world's oil passes this way, and it's getting more dangerous. a senior permit has been summoned. what can you tell us about this latest diplomatic move? as you say, the senior iranian diplomat is due at the foreign office this afternoon for the political director meeting. that encounter is expected to be quite ten

the vessel was stormed by royal marine commandos this morning, after concerns that it was carrying two to syria — in breach of eu sanctions. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me now. tell us more about this. this was a very dramatic night time seizure. some of the royal marine commandos came down by rope from helicopters, others boarded their vessel from fast boats. 0nce others boarded their vessel from fast boats. once they had can taken control of the bridge and the vessel was under their control, it was ordered to go to an anchorage off gibraltar. there was no violence or resista nce gibraltar. there was no violence or resistance offered by the crew, it's the cargo, convinced they were heading it was heading to syria in breach of eu sanctions. british and americans have been tracking this vessel for months. it loaded up in iran, it might have been expected to ta ke iran, it might have been expected to take the shorter route from iran to syria's mediterranean coast. that is cheaper and much safer than for insta nce cheaper and much safer than for instance the route a

royal marines seized in a ring in the oil tanker off. color on the style of the italian this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the british ambassador to the u.s. stands aside over the leaked cables that criticize donald trump. the generation of children. house democrats condemned the trump administration's treatment of children detained at centers along the us mexico border. and the end of an era after over 8 decades in production the last of all i can beetle rolls off the production line. now there are reports that 5 supposedly belonging to the iranian revolutionary guards approached a british oil tanker and asked it to stop in iranian waters in the gulf on wednesday but the vessels withdrew the command offer a british warship gave them a verbal warning to back away the incident comes after gibraltar officials and u.k. boyle marine seized in a rainy an oil tanker headed to syria last week iranian president hassan rouhani had warned that britain would see the consequences of its actions and a statement of the united states cent

but it had already threatened to retaliate after british royal marines seized an iranian tanker lastk, which is being investigated for breaking eu sanctions. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the warship hms montrose was on patrol when the british tanker was approached by three armed iranian fast boats. montrose was reported to have quickly arrived at the scene, training her guns on the iranians who turned away after several warnings were issued over the radio. the tanker, british heritage, was about to transit the narrow volatile strait of hormuz. as she approached the disputed island of abu mousa, defence sources say the iranian boats tried to force the tanker to change course. just before the british warship arrived and escorted her to safety. obviously very concerning developments, but also i am very proud of the royal navy and the role they played in keeping british assets, british shipping safe. we are continuing to monitor the situation very, very carefully. iran's revolutionary guard regularly patrol what is one of the busiest sea lanes in these fast boats. an

sending royal marines onto that tanker just off gulf.al marines onto that tankerjust off gibraltar. exactly. these are not theoretical questions. this is about, again, what kind of international presence britain sees itself as having, if the dream scenario that she was talking about happens and they find themselves out of the eu. can you leave that paperwork on the table for the moment? can you take up for a minute for is the question, and i know this is telling you what is in your red box, but you are allowed to talk about what you want but i want you to deal with the question of the blue on blue action that we have seenin blue on blue action that we have seen in the past few days. how worried would you be if you were the new prime minister, on yourfirst day in office, and you had to do parliamentary arithmetic thinking that you have got a former primer minister threatening to take you to court over any move to suspend parliament. how worried would you be by that kind of parliamentary arithmetic and possible constitutional arithmetic? t

iran's actions are believed to be in response to this, the royal marines helping to seize an iranianker off the coast of gibraltar earlier this month. britain believed it was smuggling oil to syria in violation of eu sanctions. tehran accused london of piracy. a meeting of the government's emergency committee, cobra, went on late into the night. the big question now — who will make the next move? this morning the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt tweeted: g ra cei gracei is the ship seized off the coast of gibraltar. 0ur correspondent katherine da costa is outside the foreign office. good morning. just fill us in on those latest developments because that sounds slightly hardening, and toughening of the language at least that the foreign secretary has used compared to what he was saying last night. yes, that's right. the foreign office has issued a statement saying there is going to be extra emergency meetings here in london over the course of the weekend and it has reiterated its deep concern over the incident and says that it has warned of serious consequences. quite what that means ha

the capture of the stena impero comes two weeks after royal marines helped seize an iranian ship off gardner reports. under a new flag. pictures released today show the swedish owned by british flag tanker the stena impero flying an iranian flag. it's being held just off iran's strategic port of bandar abbas after a dramatic capture at sea on friday. this was iranian revolutionary guards fast roping down on to her deck, to take her over. only minutes earlier, this was the three—way radio exchange between the iranian guards, the tanker and a royal navy warship. you are ordered, change your course to a 360. 360 degrees immediately. you must not impair, impede, obstruct or hamper the package ——obstruct or hamper the passage of the mv stena impero. the tanker was intercepted in omani waters by iranian forces operating out of nearby base, the royal navy was too far away to intervene. the problem for the british government is this. it clearly needs to protect its shipping in the gulf — you can see here how easily this tanker was diverted towards the iranian coast. but the royal navy doesn'

is claimed to be the bally ass refinery in syria but under cover of darkness a contingent of 30 royal marines under the direction of the role gibraltar police boarded the ship using a wildcat helicopter and rigid inflatables to i mean to tell morse south korean did not actually we were aware of the operation police patrols bodies were guarding the area but we're starting the circumstances in which he happened to be and he was the man by the united states to be not a kingdom that we're looking into how it affects our sovereignty because it happened in what we understand a spanish waters the u.s. is applying what it calls maximum pressure on iran to try to force a renegotiation of the 2050 nuclear to european union those trying hard to support iran's economy against that u.s. pressure however this oil shipment was heading to syria which the e.u. definitely does have sanctions against iran being under pressure and the united states believes are and trying to twist the arm of of iraq of course the army and try to find a way that means to bypass it and export their oid and the fact that they did n

one week later, iran shot down a us surveillance drone, and last week british royal marines seized af gibraltar carrying iranian oil to syria, in breach of eu sanctions. it is that incident which prompted iran's president to issue this warning just yesterday. translation: you, britain, are the initiator of insecurity and you will realise the consequences later. now you are so hopeless, that when one of your tankers wants to move in the region you have to bring your frigates to escort it because you are scared. british merchant vessels in the gulf have been put at the highest security level, with the advice not to enter iranian territorial waters. officials here at the foreign office say they are keeping britain's military posture under constant review in the region, but they insist they do not want to see tensions escalate. america's already beefed up its military presence to protect its interests. up to 30 uk merchant ships are in the region on any given day. though iran still denies it tried to seize the tanker, the threat hasn't gone away. jonathan beale, bbc news. i have been spe

captured a rainy and old tanker for 30 more days before it is there with the help of britain's royal marines and seize the vessel off to suspecting it of carrying on oil to syria which is under international sanctions but tehran has rejected those accusations south africa's corruption what job watchdog has found president cyril ram oppose a deliberately misled parliament over campaign donations meanwhile the former south african president jacob zuma had withdrawn from an inquiry commission but has now decided to take. turkey has launched airstrikes in the kurdish region of northern iraq in response to the killing of one of its diplomats airstrikes targeted the p.k. k. stronghold where the killers still to have fled to counsel general was shot dead on wednesday. the group of antigovernment protests is fighting hong kong's controversial extradition bill has reportedly now fled to taiwan they are concerned that they could face severe punishment for the mass protests which have taken over parts of the city within the last month mcbride reports. according to media reports in taiwan dozens of prot

wildcats helicopter hovering above the above the above the front end of that ship putting the the royal marines down on to the deck an operation which you say was completed with no adverse effects and no shots fired obviously it was about 30 roll marines from the 4 to commando regiment who were actually flown from the u.k. to gibraltar with the specific game of taking part in this operation the question now of course what happens the tanker what happens to its cargo while the diplomatic and political wrangling goes on ok well for now paul brennan thanks very much indeed for bearing with this and they're updating us on the situation there from london. let's turn to another story now that's been dominating the headlines here in al-jazeera new details have emerged about the attack on a migrant attention sensor in libya the u.n. says it was hit by 2 airstrikes ant's there are reports that guards shorts of refugees and migrants who were trying to escape the bombing the ministry of justice in tripoli's says 60 people are confirmed deaths in choose the strikes with 77 injured alexia brian brings us th

illegal interception of an iranian oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar as it was boarded by royal marines early on thursday and detained it's alleged the tanker was delivering oil to a syrian refinery in breach of e.u. sanctions paul brennan has our report. tanker in the shadow of the rock with police boats in attendance the oil tanker grace want to see may be car but the ship is at the center now of an international diplomatic storm spain has revealed that the united states had been monitoring the ship's journey and passed that intelligence to the gibraltar government this action the rose from information giving the gibraltar government reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel the grace one was acting in breach of european union sanctions against syria in fact we have reason to believe that the grace one was carrying its shipments of crude oil to the ban yes refinery in syria. that refinery is the property of an entity that is subject to european union sanctions against syria the grace one is believed to have loaded with iranian oil off the coast of the gulf the ship made it this fa

and then last week, british royal marines seized a tanker off gibraltar loaded with iranian oil, promptingt to issue this warning. translation: you, britain, are the initiator of insecurity and you will realise the consequences later. now you are so hopeless that when one of your tankers wants to move in the region you have to bring your frigates to escort it because you are scared. there is a special place in iranians‘ thoughts for america as the great satan. they always see us as the little satan and they always feel that they lose face if they back down against either us or the united states, so i think it is an ongoing issue. america, which has taken a much harder line on iran and its nuclear programme, has already reinforced its military presence in the region. it has sent an aircraft carrier with several warships. the question now is whether britain will have to send more as well, and would that risk deepening the crisis? as you saw in that report, last week british royal marines helped sieze an iranian oil tanker off gibraltar that was suspected of breaking eu sanctions. well, now p

sanctions for another 30 days british royal marines assisted authorities in seizing the vessel off the suspecting it of carrying oil to syria to iran rejected the accusations. the seizure of the iranian ship has put a strain on french ties between to her own and the u.k. a source of just barley explains we haven't heard from any officials yet but this is been a very very sore subject between the iranian government and the british because the iranians have said this is an illegal seizure of their oil tanker the grace one tanker was heading to through the strait of gibraltar when it was seized by the british navy on july the 4th and it was carrying $2000000.00 barrels of rain in crude oil worth about $200000000.00 that the uranium foreign minister held a phone conversation with his british counterpart last week where they discussed the seizure and the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt reassured the iranian foreign minister which of our 3 that if the british government received reassurances that this vessel would not be heading to syria that they could possibly facilitate their releas

a detachment of royal marines boarded the vessel in the early hours of this morning.g to reports this isn't the first time this particular ship has been moving oilfrom iran this particular ship has been moving oil from iran to other countries, even though there are a number of embargoes from a number of nations, including the eu, in place. what happened is this vessel is believed to have left iran, the iranian port, gone around the horn of africa and as soon as gone around the horn of africa and as soon as it entered gibraltar waters, they were ready to take action. so they only took action when the ship entered gibraltar waters. we know marines were flung from the uk. members of a0 commando, quys from the uk. members of a0 commando, guys who are specially trained onboarding vessels, either by fast ropes from helicopters or by speedboat essentially, on board. they helped the gibraltar authorities, the law enforcement there. i am told there was, the military say there was a benign environment, no shots fired. they managed to seize the ship and it is now under their con

. >> reporter: this latest incident came ten days after british royal marines seized an iranian tanker that was about to enter the mediterranean in what officials believe was an attempt to smuggle oil to syria. iran vowed to retaliate and last week attempted to seize a british tanker in the strait of hormuz, but a british warship intervened and warned the iranians away. >> that's the gulf out there, norah. about 50 tankers pass by here every day going in and out of the persian gulf and every one of them is a potential target for iran. >> all right. incredible reporting, david martin, from oman. thank you. >>> more than a few politicians have promised us the moon, but john f. kennedy delivered. and though he did not live to see the success of apollo 11, this launch complex here in florida is named in his honor. mark strassmann tells us the future of space includes possibly as early as 2024, on the way to mars. >> reporter: this is the orrion. neil armstrong wouldn't recognize what's inside. >> come on down into the step. >> reporter: nasa's orion program manager showed us there's room f

released if tehran guarantees it will not be sent to syria the greys one was seized by british royal marines in the mediterranean earlier this month on suspicion of violating you sanctions. to the united states now where vice president mike pence says that the situation at the mexican border is in crisis this comes as he visited 2 overcrowded migrant detention centers in texas president donald trump said he had sent pens there to dispel reports of dire conditions at the facilities there been renewed calls to shut down the centers a vigil in front of the white house calling for the closure of detention centers it was one of around 700 nationwide the activists here say that the way migrants are treated is incompatible with american values. because of the kids held in cages because of the horrible treatments going on the borders of the united states we really need to demonstrate show people there were a better country than that we can really open our borders and welcome people i think we've deviated from our founding values and we need to return and i'm pleased to see this group united here and

tonight with a dramatic operation at sea and more tension between the united states and iran british royal marines shimmied down roads from a helicopter to seize a giant oil taker tanker loaded with iranian crude today it happened off the british territory of gibraltar in southern spain it suspected that the oil was on its way to syria in violation of european union sanctions the spanish government says that the seizure was requested by the united states iran's state run news agency says the seizure was illegal. to grace one has been at anchor and under god since the early morning british authorities stopped the ship as it passed through spanish territorial waters at gibraltar at the tip of the iberian peninsula they say the oil was bound for syria in breach of e.u. sanctions against the war torn country authorities also say the ship load of the oil in iran putting the vessel in breach of u.s. sanctions against tehran. that i want to if they need it if they want to go out yes he'll was patrolling the zone but we're studying the circumstances in which this is taking place there was a request made b

with iranian oil could be released if temper and guarantees it will not be sent to syria british royal marines sea used to be graced one tanker in the mediterranean earlier this month on suspicion of violating e.u. sanctions. while excitement is growing in india as the country prepares for its 1st moon landing mission the usual launch in just a few hours the ambitious chandrayaan to include a robot rover that will explore the lunar surface close to the moon south pole and if all goes to plan it will be the 1st mission to land in that region. to india's most challenging mission so far a highly complex undertaking. the spacecraft should reach its destination at the beginning of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. then it will approach the lunar surface. when the landing robot vic ram separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins india's 1st soft landing on the moon. the selected landing site is about 600 kilometers from the lunar south pole a region of craters that has literally been on the dark side of the moon for billions of years the blue markings here show where

oil tankers off the british territory of gibraltar bordering southern spain on thursday british royal marines boarded the vessel it's believed the oil on board was on its way to syria in violation of european union sanctions. now voters in greece will go to the polls this sunday in a snap a national election the early vote was called after greece's governing so recep party suffered major losses of recent european parliamentary elections now a prime minister like secrecy is battling to hold on to his job during his 4 years in office he has largely stuck to the austerity measures recommended by european debtors angry many voters the economy has improved somewhat under but many greeks are still suffering the effects of tax increases and budget cuts well the front runner to replace us is this man here. leader of the conservative new democracy party need to talk it is a harvard educated ex banker and the son of a former prime minister he has promised to create jobs privatized more state assets and cut taxes mix of talk it is benefiting from voters anger over the economic downturn that resulted fro

we welcome the action by the british royal marines on the fourth of july, no less, to enforce eu sanctions on syria by seizing a supertanker with millions of barrels of iranian oil off gibraltar. [applause] mr. bolton: that is a real fourth of july present. [laughter] mr. bolton: actions such as this to disrupt sanctions evasion are critical to denying the syrian and iranian regimes the financial resources they desperately need. we must redouble our cooperation with our allies and partners to enforce our sanctions and enforce freedom of navigation. we are cracking down on other sectors of the iranan run-- iranian economy such as metals and petrochemicals that tehran is banking on to diversify their revenue streams. the anticipated flood of foreign investment into iran has utterly failed to materialize, as private cubbies make the obvious calculation that iran is a bad debt.-- bad bet. [laughter] [applause] mr. bolton: german exports to 50%, for example, are down over last year, according to the association of german chambers of commerce and industry. as i said earlier this year in, miami,

released if tehran guarantees it will not be sent to syria the grace one was seized by british royal marines in the mediterranean earlier this month on suspicion of violating e.u. sanctions. the european council president donald tusk has criticised russia's decision to ban flights to georgia amid increasing tensions between the 2 neighbors now during a visit to georgia on thursday to pledged e.u. support for the country georgia has seen weeks of protests against russian president vladimir putin and has continued and the continued presence off russian troops in 2 breakaway regions that's south. and of. russia and georgia force a brief war in 2008 and since then diplomatic ties have been civet now in addition to the flight back and some russian lawmakers scored for the banning off georgian products the idea hasn't gone down well with ordinary people in the russian capital. a little slice of georgia in the heart of moscow a restaurant and the biggest wine shop in the russian capital in russia georgian wine is much loved to do to just barely people love georgian wine because of warm neighborly r

released if tehran guarantees it will not be sent to syria the greys one was seized by british royal marines in the mediterranean earlier this month on suspicion of violating you sanctions. now india is gearing up for its 1st moon landing mission scheduled to launch in just a few hours the ambitious chandra around 2 includes a robot rover that will explore the lunar surface and if all goes according to plan it will touchdown on september 6th it will be an exciting moment for india not pleased for its school children. it's just an obvious school day but their heads and the starts. gets in a school in new delhi can hardly contain their excitement over india with more mission. jumps around duis india's 2nd mission to the moon. was in the making the launch deepest ocean several times over the last year. but now we despite may be over for what could be a historic mission for the country. for these children from off tomorrow also in the astronomy club it is an inspiration. our neighborhood should mark like it or do a little more the searches of this planets and. discuss. the moment they came to he

, when ina radiant gibraltar earlier this month, when in a radiant tanker was seized involving royal marinestill being held their —— in a tanker. the extension, holding this tanker. the extension, holding this tanker gibraltarfor 30 more tanker. the extension, holding this tanker gibraltar for 30 more days. it is not that surprising, is it? tanker gibraltar for 30 more days. it is not that surprising, is mm is not just about that tanker being seized on gibraltar. even before, tensions were rising with the uk and iran and the us in iran, the sanctions being imposed, donald trump being convinced they were enriching uranium. that was a dispute doing iran and the us. written has been, with the rest of the eu, supporting the uranian nuclear deal. —— britain has been. there will be questions now, clearly, about... there is one british worship in the region. we know a frigate was involved in indecision earlier this month again after the seizure of that tanker off gibraltar, had to come to the aid of another british tanker of the trade of hormuz. warnings were given, and that tanker got a to safety,

_by —— by british royal marines.r last night in what is being viewed as an attempt to seize it. the tanker, british heritage, was entering the strait of hormuz from the gulf when it was approached by three armed, fast iranian boats. the incident began near the disputed island of abu musa, claimed by iran. british officials say the iranian boats tried to force the tanker to change course into iranian waters but a royal navy warship rushed to its aid, positioning herself right next to the tanker and exporting her to safety. the frigate, hms montrose, was already there providing reassurance. an american military surveillance aircraft above watched and filmed the incident. the us said hms montrose trained its weapons on the iranian boats. the frigate, hms montrose, was already there providing reassurance. an american military surveillance aircraft above watched and filmed the incident. the us said hms montrose trained its weapons on the iranian boats. the mod says it issued warnings over the radio. no shots were fired. o

time phil gale welcome to the program but his royal marines have seized a giant oil tanker loaded with a grain crude injure brolga and suspected that all the oil was on its way to syria in violation of european union sanctions the spanish government to said the seizure was requested by the united states iran's state run news agency has described the incident as illegal. to grace one has been at anchor and under guard since the early morning british authorities stopped the ship as it passed through spanish territorial waters at gibraltar at the tip of the iberian peninsula they say the oil was bound for syria in breach of e.u. sanctions against the war torn country authorities also say the ship loaded the oil in iran putting the vessel in breach of u.s. sanctions against tehran. deal was patrolling the zone but we are studying the circumstances in which this is taken place there was a request made by the united states to the united kingdom and we are looking into how this affects our sovereignty in the sense that it took place in waters which we understand are under spain's sovereignty.