of the news the iran's revolutionary guard has denied to plucking a british tank in the straits of hormuz meanwhile police in gibraltar have arrested the captain of an iranian tanker seized by british troops past week. sudan's ruling military council says it's holding 16 people over an attempted coup by on the offices council members say the group tried to prevent the signing of an agreement with the pro-democracy coalition and the un is to investigate the philippine government's so-called war on drugs which what to watch dog say has now claimed more than $20000.00 lives the philippines is being urged to prevent extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances and says the allegations are offensive. now u.s. president says he's not backing down on efforts to determine the citizenship status of the american population but he's abandoned plans to put a citizenship question on the 20. 20 census instead he'll issue an executive order to proceed in other ways to get the data cable as and i reports from washington d.c. . the debate over the so-called citizenship question in america appears to be over p

the news this hour iran's revolutionary guard has denied blocking a british tank in the straits of hormuz meanwhile police in gibraltar have arrested the captain of an iranian tanker seized by british troops. saddam's ruling military council says it's holding 16 people over an attempted coup by all the offices as african union mediators announced progress in talks between the military and a pro-democracy coalition. and the united nations is to investigate the philippine government's a so-called war on drugs which watchdogs say has claimed more than $20000.00 lives the philippines is being to prevent extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances it says the allegations are offensive. now front has passed a tax bill targeting tech giants the 3 percent levy hits companies such as google apple facebook and amazon but it's angered to the white house to talk about the reports from paris. a show of hands and a display of defiance french senators passed a law taxing tech giants despite straits by the united states washington says the levy on thoroughly targets american companies and it's opened an in

stories on al-jazeera iran's revolutionary guard has denied blocking a british tanker in the strait of hormuz meanwhile police in gibraltar have arrested the captain of and the rain in tankers seized by british schultz last week rory chalons has more from london. this is the result of days of searches that have gone on on the tanker they have the documents the police have electronic devices at the moment there are no charges but the police say this investigation is carrying on. so dance transitional military council says it's foiled an attempted coup or the council says it was carried out by a group of serving and retired officers and that 16 people have been arrest said they had been held at a power sharing agreement with the forces of freedom and change would be signed on ferries say but that did not happen in italy prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible corruption involving deputy prime minister ahmed tale salvini it follows media reports that a covert russian oil deal was devised to funnel millions of euros to his ruling league party salvini has denied his party received any money f

stories this hour iran's revolutionary guard has denied blocking a british tanker in the strait of hormuz meanwhile police in gibraltar have a rest said the captain of any radium tanker seized by british troops last week. so dance ruling military council says it's foiled an attempted coup 16 people have been held council members say the group tried to prevent the signing of an agreement with a pro-democracy coalition and the united nations is to investigate the philippines government's so-called war on drugs you anymore rights council wants a report focusing on extrajudicial killings arrests and disappearances that are part of president ordering go to 10 days on time not politics campaign. china has reacted angrily to accusations that it's detaining hundreds of thousands of ethnic wig or muslims in an unprecedented move ambassadors from $22.00 countries including australia britain canada france germany and japan have written to the u.n. human rights office they say china's policy in the sheen jiang region is unlawful when he is in beijing to tell us more about the chinese reaction. china's ministry

boxer downed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz meanwhile they cordoned her has extended the detention of an iranian oil tanker suspected of breaching e.u. sanctions for another 30 days british royal marines assisted or for a reason seizing the vessel after suspecting it of carrying oil to syria to her and had rejected the accusations south africa's corruption watchdog has found president cyril ramaphosa deliberately misled parliament over campaign donations from a poster called the findings against him unfortunate meanwhile former south african president jacob zuma had withdrawn from a corruption inquiry but has now decided to take part. the high council of state in libya says we're going to have to forces backed by france the u.a.e. and egypt are planning more attacks on tripoli has been trying to capture the libyan capital since april turkey says its warplanes and drones have hit multiple targets in the kurdish region of northern iraq the earth strikes were in response to the murders of one of its diplomats and 2 other people the netherlands has accepted it is partially responsible

later in the month a british—flagged oil tanker was seized by iranian forces in the strait of hormuz. meanwhiless how to save the 2015 nuclear deal. iran said the meeting was constructive, but warned that it will further reduce its commitments unless its interests were protected. our correspondent bethany bell is in vienna. well it's interesting, we heard from iran's deputy foreign minister, abbas araqchi, saying that the talks were constructive, and that all sides were determined to save the iran nuclear deal, but it's interesting, while president rouhani may have had warm words for borisjohnson, mr araqchi was saying that the seizure by britain of an iranian oil tanker earlier this month was a violation of the iran nuclear deal, and that's a step that hasn't been made before, and you will remember that britain seized that ship in gibraltar, because it said it had evidence it broke eu sanctions on syria. now iran is linking that to commitments under the iran nuclear deal, it says it has the right to export iranian oil, so this is a meeting where, in the words, notjust of mr araqchi and the chi

military shot down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz. meanwhile, iranian foreign minister javad zarif accused the u.s. of engaging in economic terrorism with its sanctions. which have devastated iran since president trump's 2018 decision to withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal. >> this is economic terrorism, pure and simple. we need to repeat it again and again. we do not negotitiate wiwith terrorists. they do not negotiate with terrorists. we do not negotiate with terrorists because this is economic tererrorism what thth'e dog. amy: amimid the heightened tensions with iran over the safety of shipping lanes in the gulf, the pentagon has said u.s. troops are beingng deployed to saudi ararabia to dedefend amern interests from so-called emergent credible threats. saudi arabia confirmed that king salman had approved the move to -- and the kingdom has not hosted u.s. combat forces since 2003 when donald rumsfeld announced their withdrawal. meanwhile, u.s. national security adviser john bolton is in tokyo, reportedly to meet with japanese officials ab

this is iran refuses to release a british oil tanker, it seized in the strait of hormuz yesterday. meanwhilent trump warning to run against anymore provocative action. lucas tomlinson joins us live. reporter: hi laura peer secretary state mike pompeo just spoke to reporters in ecuador. he said the u.s. is willing to talk to iran if iran seizes the grasses revocations which have escalated in the past two months. >> the iranian regime has to make a decision that it was to behave like a normal nation. and if they do that, we are prepared to negotiate across a broad spectrum of issues. with no preconditions. i hope they will do that but today we have seen no indications that the iranians are prepared to fundamentally change the direction of their nation. >> was not the pentagon announced it was send more troops to saudi arabia for the first six years included fighter jets like these f-15 strike eagles which arrive in the uae in june. a patriot antimissile battery will also be sent to protect the candy from missiles launched from iranian backed fighters in yemen. there are currently 70,000 u.s. t

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz, and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters. meanwhile understand there has been an extraordinary meeting called indiana for sunday, july 28, between the remaining signatories of the jcpoa, the 2013 nuclear agreement. the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories and mainly the european ones. britain, france, and germany. on tuesday, the iranian president dispatched the deputy foreign minister with a letter for him a numeral macron. he will deliver the -- emmanuel macron. we understand that this is really a last-ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of because nuclear deal iran is insisting it will scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. marianne: kenya's finance minister has been released on bail in a corruption case. he has been accused of defrauding the government out of hundreds of millions of dollars but he insists he has done nothing wrong. catherine reports from kenya. >>

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait that's a 2015 uclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones that's britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. with a letter for french president and on the micron she will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal if he appears government has deployed troops to the south following violent protests at least 25 people have been killed in the southern region where ac

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p o 8 that's a 2015 nuclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones that's britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has dispatched for that meeting foreign minister. with a letter for french president micron. will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitment every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. russia has carried out what it says was its 1st long range patrol with china in the asia pacific region triggering hundreds of warning shots from south korea also said

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait that's a 2015 uclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones that's britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. with a letter for french president. she will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. now south korea is claiming russian officials have privately expressed regret for flying into south korean air space on tuesday russia and china carried out their 1st j

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait that's a 2015 nuclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones that's britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. with a letter for french president. she will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is life.

boats tried to block a british ship in the strait of hormuz and later withdrew after warnings from a british warship iran denies the incident took place meanwhile u.s. president donald trump says he'll soon increase sanctions on iran substantially accusing it of secretly enriching uranium for years but an emergency meeting of the u.n. nuclear watchdog on wednesday has failed to produce any results according to iran's ambassador to the international atomic energy agency the session was held at the request of washington iran defended itself against the accusations our correspondent on the whole has more from vienna. i think the most important thing to come out of this meeting at the i.a.e.a. in vienna is that iran is not at this moment anyway planning to take any further steps away from the new clear deal although envoy for some arab body did affirm that after another 60 days now if indeed the parties have still not come back into full compliance with their commitments to iran under the deal particularly the europeans of course and their commitment to protect iran's economy under the deal will then it will be prepared to launch a 3rd phase of act

comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday meanwhile arounds foreign minister has been speaking at a meeting of the normal lines movements in venezuela he accused the u.s. governments of using sanctions to undermine many countries including iran basic laws u.s. government probably using a terminology that has long been this is a canard pearl of wisdom pure and simple we need to repeat it again and again. not negotiate with us. we go shake because this really will not negotiate with us because this is. what they'll do you know cuba the republic of the. particular this being that is the. question. the u.s. military is accusing a venezuelan fighter jets of flying dangerously close to one of its intelligence planes here southern command released what it says is a video of the encounter and israel says the incident happened in their airspace but the u.s. denies this saying it was in international skies washington doesn't recognize venezuelan president nicolas maduro and is supporting an opposition leader who's trying to ice him from power. h

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait that's a 2015 nuclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories and mainly the european ones that's britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. with a letter for french president and micron. will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. now iraq relies heavily on a rainy and trade with 2 and a half $1000000000.00 worth of imports every $100.00 days but with the united states increasing sanc

strait of hormuz on friday the u.k. has warned all its ships to avoid the strait for now. meanwhile they want has released this footage of the actual moment the british ship was seems to tehran has opened an investigation into alleged maritime law violations by the vessel. and the 2 main suspects behind the murder of a turkish diplomat in northern iraq have been arrested ankara accuses a muslim dog on mohamed bess a search of killing the region's deputy consul general and 2 other people on wednesday. thousands of people are marching to the u.k.'s parliament hoping to persuade the next prime minister to stay in the e.u. organizers of the march for change say they want to send a probe europe message to boris johnson the man tipped to become the next prime minister and stop chaos. this update from the march in central london. this protest wasn't as large as the previous demonstration in london but there are a number of groups and people have trouble from all over the country saying that they're determined still to stop it but also to oppose them and that they soon will be the next brit

on sunday again in the strait of hormuz all 12 crew members were detained the ship is based in the united arab emirates but the country denies ownership of the vessel. meanwhile president trump is trying to distance himself from his supporters after they chanted is only words about a u.s. congresswoman who was born in somalia. president now says he feels a little bit badly about the targeting of iran omar at wednesday's campaign rally the u.s. house homeland security chairman has called for an emergency meeting to address what he calls heightened threats against members of congress because of trump's actions. libya's u.n. recognized government has accused forces loyal to the warlord holy for half tide of kidnapping a female politician and injuring her husband see him said what this appear from a house in the eastern city of benghazi on wednesday she's an m.p. in the alternative parliament set of thing to book which is backed by have titles currently trying to take over the capital tripoli in the west those are the top stories coming up next why no one east india's women warriors and my colleagues and the how we'll have more news in half an hour. after 25 year

capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait that's a 2015 nuclear agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones that's britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this patch that heating foreign minister. with a letter for french president micron. will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. well iran is economy suffering from u.s. sanctions many iranian kurds a crossing the border to find work in the kurdish region of northern iraq as natasha going to a r

the coast of gibraltar and they sent a clear message saying they were going to retaliate and i think this is it. meanwhile, the wider context is not to stop at another event in the strait of hormuzooting down iranian drones been saying no you didn't, so explain how that fits into this wider picture? yeah, i think you have to separate them slightly, because clearly tensions rose with iran, and they are rising, ever since i met out of the international nuclear deal. and they imposed tougher sanctions on iran and iran and britain and france and germany did not do the same they are trying to keep that deal together. but it's clearly fraying at the edges. the response, this response we are talking about and clear —— and seizing these is clearly a reaction by iran to what britain did off the coast of gibraltar by keeping their tanker. they say they are perfectly within and that they we re are perfectly within and that they were doing something because i think i was breaking sanctions, on syria. he sanctions on syria. iran has demanded that tanker be released, we know the held for at least another ten days in gibraltar. probably it will be part of the bargaining chip now, but the editi

strait of hormuz they say it was smuggling oil plus. the u.s. expels turkey from its f. 35 fighter program. delivery meanwhile of russian missiles plus. donald trump supporters repeat his racist comments during his 1st campaign rally since insulting for congress women. face sap is one of the most popular internet applications in the world but if you use it the russian based company owns your image forever. and in sport gold's final major tournament of the year has teed off in northern ireland tiger woods is targeting his 1st open championship win since 2006. but let's begin the news hour with developments in the gulf iran's revolutionary guards have seized a foreign tanker they say it was trying to smuggle oil the announcement was made a few hours ago but the tanker was reportedly seized on sunday just south of lara kyle and in the strait of hormuz the island is home to a guard base and is the closest iranian territory to oman. well this is how the tank a seizure was announced on state television about 100 to a patrolling operation of ships passing through the posing gulf in order to find and far to fuel smuggling on sunday revolution

meanwhile, more from tehran on the seizure of the oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. >> the revolutionary guard naval forces were on an anti-smuggling mission in the strait of hormuz when they came across this vessel. they said it was suspiciously cargo on board, so they decided to investigate and decided they needed to pursue legal avenues to see if this vessel. that is what they did. this vessel. that is what they did. it was seized in the strait of hormuz with 12 crew members on board. iran, iteled up from was heading further south to sell the fuel it how on board. that is when the iranians decided to carry out an operation and sees the ship. this all comes at a time when tensions are very high in the strait of hormuz. a number of incidents have taken place. also noteworthy is the seizure of the iranian oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar on july 4 where it caused a major incident between the iranian government and the british government. carrying 2 million barrels of iranian crude oil. iranians have said that was not the destination of that vessel and they are demanding it to be ret

oil tanker in the strait of hormuz it comes on the day a court granted gibraltar the right to detain an iranian tank a suspected of smuggling oil to syria for another 30 days meanwhile iran's state t.v. has also add footage it says was filmed by a drone the u.s. claims to have destroyed proving it returned to its base. and our other top story south africa's corruption watchdog says it has found the president so around the posts and deliberately misled parliament and question about the donation to his campaign fund. benevolent supreme court has ruled that dutch peacekeepers were partly liable for the deaths of 350 muslim refugees they handed over to bosnian serb forces in srebrenica or in 1905 a case is groundbreaking in may set an international legal precedent for countries which contribute troops to peacekeeping operations but the court also reduced the degree of state liability from 30 percent to 10 percent angering relatives of the victims as paul brennan now explains the bereaved relatives of the mothers of srebrenica group of 40 for more than 2 decades for justice emerging from court they were bitterly disappointed. i'm shaken i'm surprised but i will never for

how to save the deal meanwhile denmark the netherlands and france have backed persons proposal for a european led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz that's where iran sees a u.k. flying to oil tanker on friday russia has carried out what it said was its 1st long range air patrol with china and the asia pacific triggering hundreds of warning shots from south korea at the exercises and increasing cooperation and not directed at any 3rd country but south korea said the aircraft violated its airspace coming out next week look at the musicians who gathered from across the world to revive the palestine national orchestra that story coming up next in al-jazeera world. thank. you. 2 2. it was. was. was. one of them and. then in the orchestra of semi security in the corner no it's not an orchestra a symphony for us the locusts of the month a lot but it said limit so evil of history so limited as it was a limitless scene. as if you live. lennon had it and has an advantage with. you should i leave the only survivor of the show all of us a bit of a for you tom go. early and walk in the number of guests i want on the scene as a you don't know

of bandar abbas. meanwhile, a recording has emerged of radio exchanges between a royal navy warship and iran's revolutionary guard — moments before the tanker — the ‘stena impero' — was seized in the strait of hormuz uk, says any further escalation of tensions between britain and iran would be ‘unwise and dangerous'. daniala relph reports. the radio messages came ahead of the iranian revolutionary guard taking over the stena impero, descending from a helicopter to the deck of the tanker. a british warship, hms montrose, had been alerted, but failed to reach the ship on time. it did, though, embark on a radio exchange with an iranian patrol boat. the swedish—based owners of the tanker insist the vessel did not breach any regulations. it says its priority is protecting its multinational crew. translation: we followed the ship every second and every minute and the tanker never left international waters. we understand that the crew are in relatively good condition, but it's a stress situation for everyone. the british government says it is now looking to its international allies to help ease the tension. our first and most important responsibility is to make sure that we get a solution to the issue to

meanwhile the british have talked about a new maritime patrol unit here in the strait of hormuz.families. russia has now confirmed it carried outjoint russia has now confirmed it carried out joint exercises. for russia has now confirmed it carried outjoint exercises. for bombers flew over the sea of japan and the east china sea. it also says the russian military plane violated the airspace over the disputed islands. earlier, i spoke to a visiting scholar and asked him if he thought this is linked tojohn bolton's visit. it is possible it was time to coincide withjohn bolton's visit but it may also be completely unrelated. what is interesting is that this is something that the chinese do fairly regularly off of south korea's south—west coast. they violate these defence identification zone which is not the same as territorial airspace. but what kind of statement want to make here with russia? the russians and the chinese have been cooperating, the military ts, have been cooperating, the military ‘s, much more in recent years, particularly the navy. perhaps we are seeing now beginnin

of pakistan. meanwhile, new audio is revealing the dramatic moments leading up to iran's capture of the british capture of that bri tanker on the strait of hormuz seize the tanker. >> if you obey you will be safe. if you obey, you will be safe. a lot your course, 2, 3, 6, 0, degrees immediately. over. who better to talk to than an admiral? our commander at msnbc and chief national security and diplomacy analyst, you know those words very well from what you know and the britts were claiming they were in international waters. was iran looking for provocation here? >> absolutely, andrea. every one of those ship has a transponder on it. the position is not only to the people of the ship goes up to the satellite and shipping company knows where they are. there is no question in my mind that ship was conducting routine international passage. the problem was the british warship was too far away this time to actually intervene so they attempted simply using the radio to wave off the iranians. just to give your viewers a sense of scale here. the iranian gulf is a huge body of water. it is the size of california. think of trying to patrol california, the

meanwhile the british have talked about a new maritime patrol unit right here in the strait of hormuzrobert mueller faces questions on wednesday from two congressional committees, about his report on the donald trump election campaign and russia. the bbc‘s anthony zurcher, now, on how we got here and what may lie ahead. robert mueller. mr mueller. the mueller thing never stops! remember this guy? robert mueller is back for a curtain call. it was just four months ago that the special counsel concluded his investigation into russian meddling of the 2016 election, and issued a 450—page report that concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to find any criminal conspiracy between members of the trump campaign and russia. no, russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? i got me elected. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. but he also notably declined to conclude whether or not donald trump obstructed justice. if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commita crime, we would have said so. in his one and

meanwhile the british have talked about a new maritime patrol unit right here in the strait of hormuz. tom bateman, bbc news, fujairah. exactly one year from today, tokyo will welcome the world's best sportsmen and women when the 32nd olympics gets under way. for local athletes, it's a chance to shine and show the world what they're capable of. but as temperatures topped 41 degrees celsius last summer, conditions during the games time is a source of concern for both athletes and organisers alike. our olympic sports reporter david mcdaid has this report from tokyo. at a summer course in tokyo, foreigners and locals alike study japan's biggest sporting export. it is little wonder then that, of all the sports at next year's home olympics, it is judo where the japanese want to excel most of all. translation: at the rio olympics last time, our men won medals in all seven categories but even then we were not satisfied. for the tokyo olympics they all say i want to win gold. as a coach i believe in them and want to help them achieve that goal. expectations then are high in one of japan's mos

meanwhile the british have talked about a new maritime patrol unit right here in the strait of hormuzis set to endure its second record—breaking heatwave in as many months. it comes after soaring temperatures worldwide made last month the hottestjune ever recorded, prompting some climate groups to warn of an ecological emergency. laura westbrook reports. keeping cool in the middle of the city. here in paris, temperatures reached 35 celsius and forecasters say it is only going to get hotter. although already set its highest temperature of a1 degrees. —— bordeaux. at this retirement home, residents are kept inside. translation: i have a room facing the sun so it is 30— 35 celsius. i have fans, a cooler with cold water but we cannot stand it, i mean, i cannot stand it. this is the second heatwave in quick succession. it comes as climate activists, greater, had this message. we are after all, just children. you do not have to listen to us but you do have to listen to us but you do have to listen to us but you do have to listen to the united science, the scientists, that is all we ask. jus

ross thank you meanwhile for suggest ari has more from tehran on the seizure of the oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. the revolutionary guard able forces where on an anti smuggling mission in the waters of the strait of hormuz when they came across this vessel on sunday they said that it was suspicious 3 cargo on board so they decided to investigate further and after about they decided that they needed to pursue legal venues to seize this vessel and that is what they did on sunday the revolutionary guard statement says that the vessel was seized near island in the strait of hormuz with 12 crew members on board apparently this vessel had fueled up from iranian dows where it was heading further south in the strait of hormuz to sell the fuel that it had on board that is when the iranians decided to carry out an operation and seize this ship of course this all comes at a time where tensions are very high in the strait of hormuz a number of incidents have taken place here and also noteworthy is the seizure of a new raney an oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th where it caused major incident

meanwhile, president trump announced that the us military has shot down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuzne as it was "threatening the safety of the ship and the ship's crew," trump announced at the white house. the headlines on bbc news: president trump has distanced himself from chanting at a rally when a crowd chanted send her back as he criticised the somali born congresswoman. a lodger who killed a 13—year—old girl to stop herfrom exposing him as a sex abuser has been found guilty of rape and murder. a careworker who killed 13—year—old lucy mchugh, to stop her exposing him as a sex abuser, has been found guilty of her rape and murder. stephen nicholson had been taken in as a lodger by the girl's family in southampton. lucy was always full of smiles, set her mum, always on the go, welling around like a hurricane. but the 13—year—old was being abused by a man her family had trusted, the 13—year—old was being abused by a man herfamily had trusted, the man who killed her. stephen nicholson was a lodger in lucy's home. he worked for the same care agency is lu cy‘s worked for the same care

enter the strait of hormuz considering that it was seas around 8 pm local time in iran on friday the tanker was passing through their route for about 8 hours without any coordination meanwhile we've heard from the speaker of parliament larijani who spoke about the issue and he had one very strong sentence to say about this event he said the british committed piracy and the revolutionary guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the arabian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary

meanwhile the u.k. government says a british warship has intervened tried to obstruct a british oil tanker in the strait of hormuz on wednesday denies there was any confrontation. 3 people are dead and 17 more have been taken to hospital after a car bombing in libya the blast happened at the funeral of your former commander who served under warlords 24 have to. a u.s. congressional committee has voted to authorize subpoenas for a dozen current and former trump aides including senior white house adviser jared kirshner these subpoenas would be for an obstruction of justice investigation the house panel also took aim at the president's immigration policy. it's looking to subpoena documents and summon testimonies related to trump's 0 tolerance policy which led to the separation of children from their families at the border let's bring in mike hanna he's joining us from washington d.c. so now that the house panel has authorized these subpoenas mike what happens next. will essentially it's up to the chairman of the house committee to decide whether or not such subpoenas should be issued now that congress has the power