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canalfor six and the container ship thatjammed the suez canal for six days and caused a huge delay totrade finally arrives in felixstowe. and coming up on the bbc news channel, heartbreak for british sprinter adam gemili after injury forces him to pull out of the 200m. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. team gb are celebrating more medals at the tokyo olympics. there was double gold for britain's sailors: dylan fletcher and stuart bithell claimed victory in the men's 49er class, and giles scott retained his title in the men's finn class. jason kenny gets silver in the men's team sprint and equals the total medal haul of sir bradley wiggins to become thejoint most decorated british olympian; and there was also silver for his wife laura kenny in the women's team pursuit — herfifth olympic medal. meanwhile the american gymnast simone biles — who pulled out of three finals to focus on her mental health — has been back in action, winning bronze in the beam final. more on all that coming up, but first, daniela relph on britain's sailing triumphs today. are not believable finish. it was

we will be live in felixstowe were the container that blocked the suez canal has finally reached port: high drama on the waves. britain win two golds in sailing, and it's celebrations all around as it goes right down to the wire in the men's 49er class. the number of drug—related deaths in england and wales has reached the highest level since records began, nearly 30 years ago. there were over 4,500 deaths linked to drug abuse registered in 2020, according to the office for national statistics. but delays in registration caused by the pandemic mean that around half the deaths happened in 2019. record figures for scotland were published last week. the latest figures for england and wales represent a 3.8% increase on the previous year. the trade in illegal drugs has increasingly been blamed for rising levels of violence in towns and cities across britain. in the seaside community of rhyl in north wales, research by bbc news shows that violent crime increased for four years before the pandemic, with drug gangs playing a significant part, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchan

they ask people if they know with a chokepoint is and they would say the suez canal, panama canal. but not a lot of other ones at the top of their head. seeing the ship stuck in the suez canal after you get past the points of names, this is a novel thing, this is normal -- enormous thing. every ship looks gigantic compared to this canal. the fact that it's a vulnerability of chokepoints, and not only that, but china wants to essentially create their own chokepoint. and want to make the insiders -- entire south china sea a chokepoint by building up these features, which we don't recognize, disputed maritime claims, activity that would prevent and disrupt the traffic of merchant traffic sanction through the area. and then the russians are the same things. so we have the chinese and the russians who want to essentially create neutral points. not only that, the chinese opposition themselves in a variety of ways with every major chokepoint in the world. the overseas naval base is in the red sea. but now they will operate their carrier out of there. it's an incredibly strategic point to

four months later and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canalever given finally got into the port of felixstowe. this giant of the seas became stranded after negotiating one of the narrowest part of the canal, she was stuck fast and the waterway was not for six days. hundreds of ships could not pass through and it caused havocin pass through and it caused havoc in a global container industry already under pressure because of the covid—19 pandemic. the saga of the ever given may be either but what it is shown is how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain and just how vulnerable the systems we rely on four imports every day, really. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks to otherfactors chains are still under strain, thanks to other factors such as covid outbreaks in key chinese ports in the weather, meaning freight rates are continuing to solve. this has won awards for us all over the world.... gavin runs a puzzle company importing toys and puzzles in china to be sold in br

four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canalne of the narrowest part of the canal. she was stuck fast and the waterway was not for six days. hundreds of ships could not pass through and it caused havoc in a global container industry already under pressure because of the covid—19 pandemic. the saga of the ever given may be over, but what it has shown is how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain, and just how vulnerable the systems we rely on for imports every day, really are. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks to other factors such as covid outbreaks in key chinese ports and severe weather, meaning freight rates are continuing to solve. this has won awards for us all over the world. gavin runs a puzzle company importing toys and puzzles in china to be sold in britain. he is ordering supplies for the busy christmas. but the costs are becoming insurmountable. prior to this year, we'd never paid more than £2700 for a 40 foot container coming to us from ch

a crisis erupted when the suez canal was abdicated.as closed to british, french and israeli ships. israel invaded egypt. russia proposed a soviet american force to restore order but secretary dulles prevailed on the combatants to yield to a u.n. mission pending mediation. also in the mideast a communist faction attempted to overlow the lebanese government. the president asked for aid from the united states. in the first application of the eisenhower doctrine, the president dispatched u.s. marines to beirut despite strong russian protests. the presence of the marines quickly restored order. when an acceptable plan was adopted in the united nations guaranteeing the integrity of lebanon, american troops were withdrawn in favor of aun force. a sim erring problem came to a head in 1958 when islands were bombed by the republic of china. the united states's seventh fleet prepared for action, though america's allies opposed action. the shelling dwindled to a stop leaving the china conflict unresolved. in cuba, several rebel factions united to

it was wedged into the show�*s canal, they would digging parts —— suez canal. is quite a sight. that this may one or two people pleased to see because their deliveries may well be on board. labour says the government's policy on international travel is in �*total chaos' — after proposals for a new amber watchlist were abandoned. the list would have allowed holidaymakers to see which countries were in danger of being put on the government's red list — which would mean having to quarantine in a hotel on their return at their own expense. travel firms opposed the idea, but the government has denied it's made a u—turn. tony bonsignore reports. holiday—makers want to go. the travel industry wants to take them. the problem though is there are concerns over covid cases in countries like spain and greece. the idea of an amber watchlist was to warn travellers about those countries currently on the amber list but that are in danger of turning red. if that happens, it would mean a forced stay in a quarantine hotel at the traveller's own expense. it was an idea discussed b

in the middle east, a crisis erupted when the suez collateral was nationalized by egyptian premier abdul hoax were scott as barricades, the canal was close to british, french and israeli ships. israel invaded egypt while england and france enten a military expedition to seize the canal zone. russia proposed a soviet american force to restore order. a secretary dulles prevailed to yield to a un mission pending mediation. turn a communist faction attempted to overthrow the lebanese government. it's president asked for aid from the united states. in the first application of the eisenhower doctrine, the president dispatched u.s. marines to beirut despite strong russian protests. the presence of the marines quickly restored order. when an plan was adopted in the united nations, guaranteeing the integrity of lebanon, american troops were withdrawn in favor of a un force. a simmering international problem came to a head in 1958, when the red forces and china's mainland shelled the offshore islands -- garrisoned by troops from the republic of china. the united states seventh fleet prepare for ac

foreign secretary and about a week despite this being the biggest single foreign policy disastrous in suez. so i don't know what the foreign office is thinking over say the united kingdom has been part of this nature occupation over the last 18 years. the brit 1st. c and initially when to under the international pretense of a pro, humanitarian and pro democracy mission, however all carefully but the very fact and speed of this taliban take as many people point to the defeat 1st. militarily, politically, the sounds is a very humiliating time for the west and that foreign policy because the west has always predicated its entire regimes on being the most robust. and it's not jump on to will activists that have this point of view. but even some tory back benches in government, this is completely humidity eating for the west. we assembled the most incredible technologically advanced lines. the world is ever seen and were being defeated by an insurgency that armed with a k 40 sevens and all p, jeez. this will be the biggest own goal made by the west. so far this century, the humanitarian disaste

four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canalay was blocked for six days. hundreds of ships were unable to pass through, causing havoc in a global container industry that was already under intense pressure due to the covid outbreak. the saga of the ever given itself may now be over, but what this affair has shown is just how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain, and just how vulnerable the systems we rely on for imports every day really are. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks to other factors, such as covid outbreaks in key chinese ports and severe weather. it means freight rates are continuing to soar. and this has won awards for us all over the world. gavin ucko runs the happy puzzle company, which imports toys and games from china to be sold in britain. he�*s ordering supplies for the busy christmas period, but he says the costs are becoming insurmountable. prior to this year, we had never paid more than £2,700 for a 40 foot container coming to us

the decision many holiday—makers will be following the giant container ship that blocked the suez canalril. our correspondent theo leggett is just across the river orwell at shotley marina for us. the evergreen is the company and ever given is the ship. this the evergreen is the company and ever given is the ship.— ever given is the ship. this is the shi that ever given is the ship. this is the ship that became _ ever given is the ship. this is the ship that became wheat - ever given is the ship. this is the ship that became wheat across . ever given is the ship. this is the i ship that became wheat across the suez canal and prevented hundreds of vessels from being able to go down with the worlds busiest shipping lanes. it caused all sorts of knock on effects for the shipping industry around the world and its showed that there were delayed and they would arrive together at congestion and that caused all sorts of knock on effects that lasted for weeks, if not months and all this happened at the time of the container shipping industry was already suffering from the stresses caused by covi

canal backin become stranded in the suez canal back in march for six days, blocking all shipping andugh the canal onceit their turn to go through the canal once it was clear all travel thousands of miles by a different route past the southern tip of south africa. to speak about this a little bit more timejoint africa. to speak about this a little bit more time joint by stephen, you have clients who have been waiting a long time for the cargo? yes. have clients who have been waiting a long time for the cargo?— long time for the cargo? yes, some of them for — long time for the cargo? yes, some of them for four _ long time for the cargo? yes, some of them for four months. _ long time for the cargo? yes, some of them for four months. they're i of them for four months. they're expecting — of them for four months. they're expecting it to arrive from china by the end _ expecting it to arrive from china by the end of— expecting it to arrive from china by the end of march and all of a sudden they had _ the end of march and all of a sudden they had to — the end of march and all of a sudden the

— bit like suez? there are a lot of --eole bit like suez?here are a lot of people losing their _ bit like suez? there are a lot of people losing their heads - bit like suez? there are a lot of people losing their heads right | bit like suez? there are a lot of - people losing their heads right now, suggesting this is a moment of existential crisis for the us, uk relationship. anyone who remembers past crises, not even suez, you don't even have to have been alive in 1996 to know there have been many subsequent crises, for example the us invasion of grenada in the 1980s which made margaret thatcher very grass, the us and nato action in bosnia and against kosovo in 1999 where the americans felt very grass they were being pulled into the balkans against their will. in 2011 over livia where the brits were angry over the cancellation of us air strikes, angry over the cancellation of us airstrikes, and on angry over the cancellation of us air strikes, and on and on and on. the us uk relationship is very substantial. we have a british aircraft carri

a cargo ship has successfully crossed the suez canal without blocking it.e months ago, the vessel became stuck in th canal, hoing up global supply chains for six days. on its return journey to china, guides and tugboats accompanied it to avoid any issue. chinese astronauts have carried out their second spacewalk outside the space station and installed equipment and worked on its robotic crime. the facility is scheduled -- robotic arm. the facility is scheduled to be ready by 2022. astronauts have been living and working on the states patient -- space station for more than two months. and go merkel has paid her 20th and final visit to moscow as chancellor, where she and vladimir putin agreed that dialogue is important, but remain at odds over many issues, including energy policy the conflict in ukraine, and the fate of jail opposition leader alexei navalny. correspondent: vladimir putin, paying tribute to another long serving leader with flowers. both he and angela merkel stressed the historic nature of this meeting, their last. >> [speaking foreign language

when the ever given ran aground and blocked the suez canal for a week in march, it halted roughly 15%ed for four months. the ever given saga highlighted our reliance on global supply chains for just about everything and exposed the weaknesses in seaborne transport. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canal, the ever given finally limped into felixstowe, her last port of call. this giant of the seas became stranded after negotiating one of the narrowest parts of the canal. she was stuck fast and the waterway was blocked for six days. hundreds of ships were unable to pass through, causing havoc in a global container industry already under pressure because of the covid outbreak. the saga of the ever given itself may be over but what it has shown is how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain and just how vulnerable the systems we rely on for imports every day really are. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks

to can hart spoke in the commons during the recall, talk about this being the worst disaster since suez— afghanistan was finished budget borisjohnson. is there a difference between someone who starts intervention and someone who starts intervention and someone who finishes it? it’s someone who finishes it? it's different because politicians of every — different because politicians of every political persuasion have all tried their— every political persuasion have all tried their best over the last 20 years— tried their best over the last 20 years to — tried their best over the last 20 years to make this work, and itjust hasn't _ years to make this work, and itjust hasn't that — years to make this work, and itjust hasn't. that doesn't absolve anybody from responsibility, of course, but ifthis_ from responsibility, of course, but ifthis was— from responsibility, of course, but ifthis was a— from responsibility, of course, but if this was a simple problem to solve, — if this was a simple problem to solve, it— if this was a simple problem to solve, it would've been done. it's solve, it woul

between 20122017, at least 40 shipments from north korea passed through the suez canal. but in 2018, the us managed to have one of them intercepted. so we found something called go on its way to syria. these were acid resistant tiles, involves which could be used in chemical weapons development. but also missile fuel is highly corrosive and such tiles could be used for ballistic missile program as well. the bill of lading clearly gave has an address in syria established from the company for syria scientific studies research center. the s s l c, which is responsible for a serious ballistic missile chemical weapons development program. the russians did in the chemical weapons produced in these lavar trees, who have been used by serious dictator against his own people for years and many of those who died in agony, foaming at the mouth. a little known fact was that the syrian chemical weapons program we've created with the help of the north korean technicians and the scientists. some of these sites with armed by the united states. the purpose or actions today is to establish

we sought early in the administration when the evergreen was stuck in the suez, international maritimeraffic both commercial and military was stuck stuff egypt matters for suez transit and military overflight, cooperation with egypt for red sea's security, maritime security, the current you of the administration is that egypt is playing a constructive role when it comes to border security. lydia and the conflict in gaza, etc. this remains an important tool for us to work with egypt and making sure they have u.s. origin defense particles oriented towards shared security threats whether it's counterterrorism, maritime security or borders and i would note -- or border security. egypt is interest in continuing this relationship and they recently agreed to upgrade the apache helicopter program by shared financing. they made this for us and they believe this is after extensive negotiations that they are interested in putting their resources to bear, not just u.s. forces and they up rate their u.s. defense articles. >> the question i'm particle is to assess the cost of altering our relationsh

you know they were able to cross the suez canal, they were able to regain some of the sinai need see them. so i think can it's interesting, it could well have been that he didn't have entirely the right time and it was in the state and he was just trying to help these raise. but i think also it does cost a very interesting life. actually, him, potentially still being an egyptian don't agent with both sides, claiming i shot the mall. one is a hero who would want him dead. it's possible that which ever country he was really betraying, may have exacted revenge. again, there are theories, but little hard evidence. what makes sense doesn't necessarily happens in a story, but if this is the case that he was killed by someone, there is more than one candidate to do that. so he said it's the massage, not for with some of his enemies in egypt. so what has egypt got to say in response to israeli sources who claim my one as one of their ages was his desk, an act of revenge in response to his legs. betrayal of egypt, national secrets. miss alverado, missouri on how did you leisure ton of demand?

foreign secretary and about a week despite this being the biggest single foreign policy disastrous and suez. so i don't know what the foreign office is thinking over say the united kingdom is being part of this nature occupation over the last 18 years, the brit fast and initially when to under the international pretense of a pro, humanitarian and pro democracy mission. however, all you believe, but the very fact and speed of this taliban take as many people point to the defeat for minutes early. politically. this sounds as a very humiliating time for the west and that foreign policy because the west has always predicated its entire regimes on being the most robust. and it's not just on to will activists that have this point of view. but even some tory back benches in government, this is completely humiliate for the west. we assembled the most incredible technologically advanced lines. the world is ever seen. and we're being defeated by an insurgency that is armed with a k 40 sevens and all p, jeez. this will be the biggest own goal made by the west. so far this century, the humanitarian dis

secretary and about a week despite this being the biggest single foreign policy dissolve this and suez . so i don't know what the foreign office is thinking. while his handling of the crisis in afghanistan has really gone from bad to worse. in fact, he's now saying and advising that, anybody that's still to leave ask on a stone would probably be better off. going to a neighboring country to try and return to safety. here in the united kingdom. however, of course i easier said than done considering the taliban operating board checkpoints and really is putting a lot of trust in the taliban to uphold that side of the deal. allowing any safe passage to anybody that wishes to leave. it does come. of course, the britain promised that all you k citizens all u. k. nationals. and indeed, all of those assisted and the occupation assisted the british army and the occupation in the last 18 years would be able to return to the united kingdom. however, as the weeks and days been passed, many ministers in parliament was saying not everybody would be able to get out. and now dominic rob, as we heard,

about a week, despite this being the biggest single foreign policy department, disaster, sorry, since suezrophic miscalculation, that is absolutely clear. the uk and the united states both overestimated the capacity of the afghan government to hold off the taliban and underestimated the capacity of the taliban to advance throughout the country, and that has been clear, actually, for days. the uk says its mission in afghanistan had to end once the us announced its decision to leave, despite the consequences. it's a mark of the crisis that mps and peers will be brought back from their summer break on wednesday for a day's debate. many are livid about the way afghanistan is being left. but talking here won't stop the taliban, and all mps can do is ask ministers how a humanitarian and security disaster might be avoided. forjames kyle, today is difficult. he was a captain in the light dragoons, served in afghanistan in 2007 and 2009, the year the regiment lost six of its soldiers. it's incredibly sad to see the change happen so quickly after years and years of incredibly hard work from remarkab

about a week, despite this being the biggest single foreign policy department, disaster, sorry, since suezutely clear. the uk and the united states both overestimated the capacity of the afghan government to hold off the taliban and underestimated the capacity of the taliban to advance throughout the country, and that has been clear, actually, for days. the uk says its mission in afghanistan had to end once the us announced its decision to leave, despite the consequences. it's a mark of the crisis that mps and peers will be brought back from their summer break on wednesday for a day's debate. many are livid about the way afghanistan is being left. but talking here won't stop the taliban and all mps can do is ask ministers how a humanitarian and security disaster might be avoided. james was a captain and served in afghanistan in 2007 and 2009, there year at the regimental sikh soldiers. i5 regimental sikh soldiers. i3 incredibly sad to see the change happened so quickly after years and years of incredibly hard work from remarkable armed services in the country. i don't know how i could ever

and the world and also that was exacerbated by the suez canal blockage . so the prediction i would, i would say, is i would look to i n g, the bank because they're james smith. the chief economist there has said he looks to basically the beginning of 2022, that things should eat. so maybe there be some sort of is up to through the holiday season in the u. k. but by early 2022 things should be more back to normal. busy particularly in the supply chain, and that will be the same globally. and it feels like that's something we hear regularly is that these things will kind of work themselves out relatively soon. but the question is, will they really? and i have about 30 thanks for this last one, but data from the bank of england shows that debit or credit card spending has fallen to just 94 percent of pre pandemic levels in recent weeks following freedom day. what do we know about spending in the u. k right now? well, actually, the euro, of course, ended in july left. and up until that there was a massive build up a lot of spending. and i think that decline ac

foreign secretary and about a week despite this being the biggest single foreign policy disasters and suez. so i don't know what the foreign office is thinking over, say the united kingdom has been part of this nature occupation over the last 18 years. the brits 1st and initially went in under the international pretense of a pro, humanitarian and pro democracy mission. however, all of you believe, but the very fact and speed of this taliban take as many people point to the defeat 1st. militarily. politically, the sounds is a very humiliating time for the west and that foreign policy because the west has always predicated its entire regimes on being the most robust. and it's not just on to will activists that have this point of view. but even some tory back benches in government, this is completely humiliate for the west. we assembled the most incredible technologically advanced lines. the world is ever seen and whipping defeated by an insurgency that armed with a k 40 sevens and all p, jeez. this will be the biggest own goal made by the west. so far this century, the humanitarian disaster

good at these tankers, given that we have all studied the aggregate and which has been stuck in the suez, but there are some concerning things— concerning things happening in afghanistan — concerning things happening in afghanistan right _ concerning things happening in afghanistan right now. - concerning things happening in afghanistan right now. looks l concerning things happening in i afghanistan right now. looks like concerning things happening in - afghanistan right now. looks like it may be _ afghanistan right now. looks like it may be fined to the taliban. it i new prime _ may be fined to the taliban. it i new prime minister and israel, and leader— new prime minister and israel, and leader in_ new prime minister and israel, and leader in iran, ultraconservative, they— leader in iran, ultraconservative, they both — leader in iran, ultraconservative, they both have their own domestic constituencies to be planed to them and you _ constituencies to be planed to them and you can — constituencies to be planed to them and you can kind of cds heightening tensions— and you can kind of cds