but ships go through the suez canal?e from the united point of view in the syrian war. iran is trying to find a safer route. there is another point which might interest you. the european union aspect. because the ship is seized not because of american sanctions but because of european sanctions. yes. the sanctions on syria, not iran. and in gibraltar, people voted massively to stay in the european union, so this may be some gesture, those remainers in britain saying we can co—operate with europe, security is important, but also for the local gibraltar government, which demanded from the british navy to intervene. right. we have to leave the iran story there, we will come back to it in the next week or so. thank you on that one. now we're going to move to hong kong. every year political leaders in hong kong and beijing celebrate the anniversary of the territory's return from british to chinese rule in 1997. so, it was a loss of face for them when the first ofjuly was marred by yet another massive street protest. but then

was first raised when the ship, which would typically have had its oil transported through the suez canaler, cheaper and safer option — was instead tracked going a much longer way — on a detour right around the coast of the african continent. with more details here's our defence correspondent jonathan beale. britain's ministry of defence has released these photos the moment marines boarded the tanker under the cover of darkness. first by ropes, then more by fast boat. no shots we re then more by fast boat. no shots were fired. they'd been waiting until the vessel entered gibraltar‘s territorial waters, with the legal justification for the raid, enforcing eu sanctions on syria. we have reason to believe that the raise one was gary it's shipment of crude oil to syria —— grace one, thatis crude oil to syria —— grace one, that is a property subject to european sanctions against syria. as the sanctions invoiced are established by the eu, i have written to the presidents of the european commission and council setting out the details of the sanctions which we have enforced. but it's not just san

, they could have shipped it in smaller ships around the suez canal, and what i do not know, and perhapshis route has been practised andindeed long this route has been practised and indeed whether supertankers have been sailing past gibraltar regularly for the past few years without interference. relations between iran and egypt are very bad, they have never existed without resolution. egypt is on the wrong side from the united point of view in the syrian war. iran is trying to find a safer route. there is another point which might interest you. the european union aspect. the ship is seized not because of american sanctions but because of european sanctions. the sanctions on syria, not iran. and in gibraltar, people voted massively to stay in the european union, so this may be some gesture, those that remain in britain saying we can co—operate with europe, security is important, but also for the local gibraltar government, which demanded from the british navy to intervene. we have to leave the iran story, we will come back to it in the next week or so. come back to it in the next week or

it loaded up in iran and may have been expected to take a shorter route from iran, via the suez canalto 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 the legal justification for the raid, enforcing eu sanctions on syria. we have reasons to believe that the grace i was carrying a shipment of crude oil in the refinery in syria, that is the property of an entity that is subject to european union s

bust the sanctions, they could have shipped it in smaller ships around the suez canal.ou do, is how long this route has been practised and whether indeed supertankers have been sailing past gibraltar regularly for the past three years without interference. well, you know, relations between iran and egypt are very bad, and they in fact have never existed since the islamic revolution. ships continue to go through canal, however. yes, but the egyptians have seized several iranian ships in the past ten years because egypt is on the wrong side from the iranian point of view in the syrian war. obviously iran is trying to find a safer route. but there is another point which i think might interest you. the european union aspect. because the ship is seized not because of american sanctions but because of european sanctions. yes. the sanctions on syria, not iran. on syria. and in gibraltar, people voted massively to stay in the european union, so, you know, this may be either some gesture by those britons, those remainers in britain saying we can co—operate with europe, security

it avoids the suez canal, which is controlled by egypt and u.s. allies. unusual journey did not escape u.s. attention. spain challenges british ownership of gibraltar and said the action was prompted by u.s. requests to britain. it took place in spanish waters. britain's foreign office did not respond to request for comment. and thee u.s. now fourth of july celebration. donald trump on thursday sing praises of the country military while showcasing armored carriers and tanks on thee streets of the capital. the event was e engulfed in criticism with some saying he was pololiticizing the nation's independent states liberations. he delivered a speech close to the spot where martin luther king delivered his "i have a dream" spepeech. areident trump: together we part of one of the greatest stories ever told, the story of america. , daring andspirit defiance, excellence, courage and confidence, loyalty and love that built this country into the most exceptional nation in t the history of the world. nation is stronger today than it ever was before. it is at its st

. >> it almost seemed intentional that they were going to do this, go that route versus the suez canaltten up as sort of a conscious prod. >> the suez canal is no go for them so they try gibraltar. david: you got to come back again. we have a lot more to talk about this subject. >>> meanwhile, the u.s. women's soccer team is now the only women's team to win the world cup four times but as celebrations are under way, you just saw them arrive in newark, new jersey, so is a major debate over pay. everything you need to know after the break. hi, i'm joan lunden with a place for mom, the nation's largest senior-living referral service. for the past five years, i've spoken with hundreds of families and visited senior-care communities around the country. and i've got to tell you, today's senior-living communities are better than ever. these days, there are amazing amenities, like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars, and bistros, even pet-care services. and nobody understands your options like the advisers at a place for mom. these are local, expert advisers t

world's crude and all of them is you going to see on the map lying in the middle east we have got the suez canal here we've got and we've got the strait of hormuz as well the strait really important as we know it separates iran. in the united arab emirates and 20 percent of the world's oil goes through here 33 kilometers wide only at its narrowest point and even more the actual shipping lines themselves are just 3 kilometers wide and iran has threatened to close this if the oil exports blocked on tuesday the u.s. also said it wants a multinational force patrolling this area not far away you've got the gulf of oman the red dots coming up here where for oil tankers were damaged off the coast of nigeria in the u.a.e. on may 12th you may remember that in than a month later another tank is set on fire and another damaged now the u.s. and its allies also want to patrol another major shipping group this is bob a man the straight and narrow channel which separates yemen on the arabian peninsula and djibouti in eritrea in the horn of africa even more narrow here only 25 kilometers wide and 4000000 barrel

the past 2 months there was an oil tanker at the iranian oil tanker that was on its way to the suez canal carrying about 1200000 barrels of crude oil on april 30th and it where it experience apparently some engine problems and it was in the red port city of jeddah in saudi arabia where that this stress calls were issued and these saudi officials rescue this vessel with $26.00 crew members on port and it has been since fixed in this port city but the saudi officials are charging the iranians 200000 dollars per day for this vessel that's docked at the airport in the rain in oil minister has said that they are looking into this and the issue they have right now is they want this vessel back but the cost is very very high it will work out to about $12000000.00 so far for the 2 month period but the saudi government has said that they're not going to release it until the iranians pay this amount in the iranians have said they are investigating and looking into it and they are trying to secure the release of this vessel or see what happens with that in the coming days and also thank you for the

the fact they did not go through the suez canal and went around from africa and good hope south of africand coming back, it may be a way to avoid being tracked. reporter: iran reacted angrily and stuck in the middle of all of this is the grace one. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> we have reaction from tehran. andrter: a strange destructive act, that is how the iranian foreign ministry is describing the events that took place thursday morning in the strait of gibraltar. they are saying this act is illegal because sanctions the e.u. imposed on the syrian government is not endorsed by united nations, therefore iran does not recognize them as legal. ship was making its way to a mediterranean port city to be sent to a refinery. and this seizure by the british government will be seen as a very hostile act and something the irananians will not accept. the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said this act will likely increase tensions in this region further and that is something iranians do not want to see, but they are saying this act on behalf of the americans is a very provocative and will like

there has been ups and downs, the suez canal, wilson sending troops to vietnam, but basically the idea is the choice. now, and it has sometimes paid off, but if you have somebody who does not believe in nato, who does not believe institutions, free trade, in the white house, what do you get out of it? mrs may could not have been nicer to him. she was constantly abasing himself, herself to make sure that he did not get mad at her, and he run roughshod over her. differences in global warming, the piece process, they are substantive. boris johnson cannot make them disappear just by appointing somebody to washington who is... to come back to the red box problem. this is, again, crucial to defining britain's post brexit role. because, one of the multiplier effects in the so—called special relationship was that even in tough times, britain was a kind of bridge for the native states with a european union or a wider european continent. and that is easily under threat now. and so, if the decision in my first day in office is to kind of pivot towards the united states, the kind of thingsjeff was

when effectively the united states stopped us in alliance with israel and france from invading the suez canal the us flexed its muscles and we had to realise we we re its muscles and we had to realise we were thejunior its muscles and we had to realise we were the junior partner. nothing its muscles and we had to realise we were thejunior partner. nothing has changed over the decades since then. by changed over the decades since then. by the way, it's not donald trump as my gift to say who the british ambassador should be. he can make life impossible for the british ambassador if he wants to and he has just done that but we should take a measured decision on who should be the right person to represent not the right person to represent not the american interests but the british interests in the us and we have to recognise that the british interests does not always coincide with the american interests. thank you forjoining us. we are going to look at the weather whilst there is a bit more sunshine around today when you've got the cloud there is the chance of one or two showers. this is where th

arabia that vessel is called happiness one and apparently on april 30th it was making its way to the suez canal where it experienced some engine problems and the saudi officials. the red sea port of judge apparently brought this vessel in and helped the iranians fix it now it's been sitting there for a rich. months now and the iranians are saying that the saudi government is asking for $200000.00 per day as payment for keeping this vessel in the iranians according to the oil minister here saying that they're trying their best to get this vessel back but it's about $12000000.00 that will cost them to get it back but they are certainly pursuing all venues to see what they can do to return this ship to iran. more government airstrikes in syria have killed a mother and injured her son rebel held in the province was heavily bombarded early on saturday rescue teams are searching for survivors of the 13 civilians were killed during similar strikes on friday. celebrations as well as skepticism has been the reaction so far as they bounce friends off a political transition agreement and so done oppositio

find a way that means to bypass it and export their oil and the fact that they did not go through suez canal and went around from africa around the whole the good hope south of africa and coming back it may be i'm just guessing it way to avoid being tracked iran has reacted angrily to the seizure summoning the british ambassador to the foreign ministry in tehran and stuck in the middle of all of this is the grace want paul brennan al-jazeera. by brings us the reaction now from to run. a strange and destructive acts that is how the reigning foreign ministry spokesperson up us mousavi is describing the events that took place on thursday morning in the strait of gibraltar the iranians are saying that this act is illegal because the sanctions that the e.u. has imposed on the syrian government is not endorsed by the united nations therefore iran does not recognize them as legal this cruise ship that was making its way to the mediterranean port city of tire to swear it was going to be a cent to the bunny us refinery this interception or seizure by the british government at the request of the ameri

we now passed through the suez canal to reach europe by the maritime route many cities in europe a vying to become the next gateway for the new silk road say in the south of france stands a good chance. that. we arrive at a village near the port a chinese village built out of containers on the edge of ma say. i. ma say international fashion center is a center for textile wholesalers who deal in fashions made in asia. madame chong is a wholesaler who occupies one of the containers she sends her wares to shops across france while the country may be famous for. she's doing a booming business we've got a lot of that stuff. yet really come up and real. maybe think today's made in china from the big companies to the luxor relabels it's all made there and sent here nothing's made in france and you know. we work hard and we're proud of that the entire world knows that the chinese are industrious and hard workers and our quality is improving all the time. if they still work the chinese aren't clock watches. europe is hungry for fashionable clothing at low prices china is thirsty for expensive win

the suez canal to deliver the oil and it described the oil as being iraqi not iranian these are major problems false documents in shipping are are criminal acts lawrence brennan a maritime law expert thank you so much great to get your insights. thank you now iraq has found itself caught 8 in the middle of the escalating standoff between its neighbor iran and the us speaking to our desire iraq's national security adviser said a war could be disastrous for every country in the region. who had did though really it is a crisis that threatens international peace it threatens regional peace and stability in the middle east for the sure it escalates militarily it will be a catastrophe for this region i think if the whole region thinks deeply and wisely it will find that solving this crisis is in the interest of all a peaceful diplomatic solution. if you were both in yemen say they have carried out drone attacks on jews and airports in saudi arabia the rebel groups us all flights have been halted and a saudi coalition spokesperson says their forces intercepted and shot down a drone algis on

1000000 barrels of oil a day flow through the strait in comparison to 5000000 that goes through the suez canal it's hugely important for crude oil producing countries in the region when it comes to allowing their goods to go to global markets as well this will undoubtedly and will have a political and economic impact not only in the region but globally as well this is the parker for inside story. well there's been a series of incidents around the strait of hormuz since president trump or the us out of the 2050 nuclear deal and impose new sanctions on iran in may the united arab emirates said 4 of its oil tankers were targeted off its coast and saudi arabia reported 2 of its ships were attacked last month 2 vessels know we can end up an easel and where hits by blasts that cause major fires in the gulf of oman in june iran said it shot down a u.s. drone which violated its as space this month july 4th british royal marines seize any rainy and tanker brotha suspected of carrying oil bound for syria 2 weeks later president donald trump said the u.s. military had taken down an iranian drone that cam

only increases . 3 waterways of vital for shipping more than half of the world's crude oil the suez canal. strait and the straits of hormuz the straits of hormuz separates iran and the united arab emirates 20 percent of the world's oil that's around $80000000.00 barrels of oil per day is shipped through that iran has threatened to close it if it's oil exports of blocks not far away the gulf of amman for oil tankers would. damaged off the coast of java in the u.a.e. you may the 12th a month later another tanker was set on fire and another one was damaged the u.s. and its allies also want to patrol another major shipping route the man that straight the narrow channel separates yemen on the arabian peninsula and djibouti and eritrea in the horn of africa filled icon is a security risk analyst he says a military patrol in the gulf would require a great amount of course nation this is their main channel through to the gulf and not see the main channel to get the oil out and they are they are worried and confused as what to do so the idea of click a thing or be giving commercial shipping some p

the iranians that this is vessel is a super oil tanker and the reason it did not go through the suez canal and went around africa is because it is so large and it carries up to $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil and the destination was not even syria he didn't specify where it was heading he just said that what the british government has accused this vessel of is not true it wasn't heading to syria because the syrian government is under a u. sentients since 2011 and those sanctions are not recognized by the iranians because they haven't been indorse by the united nations he said that the iranians have hired an attorney and they've summoned the british ambassador in teheran twice over the matter and they are demanding that the authorities release this vessel as soon as possible now we heard the same thing from iranian defense minister who was at an event in the south of the country that are also where he was unveiling a new vessel there the there's a ship that they've unveiled that will be added to their fleet which will be in charge of patrolling the strait of hormuz and making sure that sec

power and strength to stop us in oui’ its power and strength to stop us in our invasion of the suez canalael. we showed our viewers the different approaches thatjeremy hunt and borisjohnson appeared to be taken, which do you think is the better approach, to stand robust and push back and say, thatis stand robust and push back and say, that is our ambassador, he will stay, all as you said to be more congenial with donald trump?|j stay, all as you said to be more congenialwith donald trump? i think we should play this semi long. it may well be that trump will get even more steamed up offered to another night's sleep and come out with more extreme language tomorrow. we have to wait for the immediate storm to pass, we have to wait and see exactly how constrained, how hamstrung pass, we have to wait and see exactly how constrained, how sir kim will turn out to be, and hope that when we have a new government in britain, when the summer holidays are over, when everybody is back in washington, there can be a fresh start. i thinkjeremy hunt said the very least a british foreign secretary can say i

1000000 barrels of oil a day flow through the strait in comparison to 5000000 that goes through the suez canal it's hugely important for crude oil producing countries in the region when it comes to allowing their goods to go to global markets as well this will undoubtedly and will have a political and economic impact not only in the region but globally as well this is the parker for inside story. well there's been a series of incidents around the strait of hormuz since president trample the us out of the 2050 nuclear deal and impose new sanctions on iran in may the united arab emirates said 4 of its oil tankers were targeted off its coals and saudi arabia reported 2 of its ships were attacked last month 2 vessels know each in n. japanese owned were hits by blasts that cause major fires in the gulf of oman in june iran said it shot down a u.s. drone which violated this as space this month july 4th british royal marines seize any rainy and tanker brotha suspected of carrying oil bound for syria 2 weeks later president donald trump said the u.s. military had taken down an iranian drone that came

1000000 barrels of oil a day flow through the strait in comparison to 5000000 that goes through the suez canal it's hugely important for crude oil producing countries in the region when it comes to allowing their goods to go to global markets as well this will undoubtedly and will have a political and economic impact not only in the region but globally as well this is the parker for inside story. well there's been a series of incidents around the strait of hormuz since president trump all the u.s. out of the 2050 nuclear deal and impose new sanctions on iran in may the united arab emirates said 4 of its oil tankers were targeted off its coast and saudi arabia reported 2 of its ships were attacked last month 2 vessels now we can end up an easel and were hit by blasts that cause major fires in the gulf of oman in june iran said it shot down a u.s. drone which violated its as space this month july 4th british royal marines seize any rainy and tanker brotha suspected of carrying oil bound for syria 2 weeks later president donald trump said the u.s. military had taken down an iranian drone that cam

in the seaport of saudi arabia that tanker is called happiness one it was making its way to the suez canal on april 30th where it apparently experienced some engine problems and they were forced to dock. and the saudi officials have now since the issues have been fixed on this vessel they have held it and they are charging the iranians $200000.00 per day for keeping the vessel there the iranian oil minister on wednesday said that they are looking into how to get this vessel back and they are they say that the issue now is the payments that saudi arabia is demanding from the iranians it would be around 12000000 dollars for the 2 months that it's been sitting there the $26.00 member crew apparently are safe and sound there but the iranians are saying they're investigating and they are trying to get this vessel back door so jabari with an update from to iran thank you. more government there are strikes in syria have killed a mother and injured her son rebel held the province was heavily bombarded earlier today rescue teams are searching for survivors at least 12 civilians were killed during s

arabia that vessel is called happiness one and apparently on april 30th it was making its way to the suez canalwhere it experienced some engine problems and the saudi officials. the red sea port of jeddah apparently brought this vessel in and helped the iranians fix it now it's been sitting there for work. months now and the iranians are saying that the saudi government is asking for $200000.00 per day as payment for keeping this farce on the iranians according to the all minister there saying that they're trying their best to get this back but it's about $12000000.00 that will cost them to get it back but they are certainly pursuing all venues to see what they can do to return this ship to iran. to saddam now where they have been celebrations and skepticism to the l. spent of a political transition agreement opposition leaders have held a series of public meetings to explain why they signed the deal as you should be finalized with military leaders by monday alexey o'brien reports. from early morning until late at night in main squares mosques and on street corners. sudanese people came togethe

which took a very circuit church has roots in the shortest route would have been to go through the suez canal instead of the went all the way around africa up east africa and then west africa and then into the entrance of the mediterranean instead of taking the short route america clearly wants to put what he calls max pressure on iran to try to force it back to the negotiation table over the 2050 nuclear deal the j. c.p.o. a europe on the other hand is doing its level best to try to prop up the iranian economy try to shield it from the worst effects of the american sanctions and so the europeans have been rather reluctant to go hard line against iran that said the europeans are very keen to level sanctions against syria so they can't really allow iran to use the benevolent wishes of the europeans towards iran to circumvent the europeans very strong feelings towards syria it's very complicated the idea that america is. involved i won't say interfere but involved certainly raises hackles in the middle east particularly with the islamic republic of iran ok paul brennan reporting live for us the

find a way that means to bypass it and export their oil and the fact that they did not go through suez canaland went around from africa around the good hope south of africa and coming back it may be just getting it weighed to avoid being tracked by the u.s. or others but these are of detail shipping techniques and ways of doing this it is not unique is not the only one there are other countries which are their sanctions and they do the trade and they find ways and means that iran has been has done it in the past on their united nations global sanction iran did export for 2 or 3 years it's all they did list quantity but it did and this time denied state is saying that it is tighter sanction and so on so the answer to your question is about the details of these logistics and mouse cat and mouse game and so on which has been going on on top of this global geo political issue that you could say as i repeating that the europeans who had been critical of the united states president this time maybe they are doing a little bit green frog or every person attitude towards the united states and the u.s

you have the entrance to the sue easy canal there -- suez canal there. u.s. has to start deutschdrawing military lines? >> in the red sea. we have a presence in the red sea. we do everything we can to try to interdict. there have been incidents in the past where the hoothies fired surface missiles. leland: as you take a list of the bell theactions that have b, why are the iranians so emboldened? >> i think i would say the hoothies are not a proxy for iran. they have their own agenda which they have been pursuing for many years. iranians see advantage in working with them because it puts pressure on saudi arabia, particularly a threat to the saudi border. it also as you said potentially threatens th a critical shipping lane that goes through the red sea. so the iranians are doing well by being able to use and exploit their relationship with the hoothies and put the saudis in particular in a very difficult situation. leland: here is what the british charge to affairs, they don't have an ambassador to the united states but they have a charge to affairs, thi

the iranians have been hesitant to put anything through the suez canal because they need to offload someeline so if you are an iranian oil holder you do not want to put your oil in a saudi pipeline. zone,raltar is a no go that cuts off the entire mediterranean. in terms of tensions within that war zone, that potentially exacerbates the problem. the second important thing is because the u.k. is involved and they are one of the powers trying to salvage the nuclear deal with iran. it does not look great when you seize your counterparty's tanker. you have the issue of territorial waters around breeds tension between the u.k. and spain. nejra: let me ask about the fact that boyle is set for a weekly decline. -- oil is set for a weekly decline. will they have to cut deeper? stuart: more rather than deeper. saudi arabia made it clear in the press conferences that what they want to do is move the goal post in terms of what measure will we look at to determine if the world needs more or less oil. it is a more aggressive target. the russians did not publicly go along with that, so we need to think

airfields and new military commands in the arctic and putin is talking about the arctic as the new suez canal and that they're going to control and we had a provision in this year's ndaa that just said america should have a port, which it doesn't have right now that could handle re-supplying a destroyer and not only an aircraft carrier in the arctic. the pentagon approaches and fortunately, this committee rolls the bad advice. can you commit to me to work with this committee to taking a strong look, a personal look at america's strategic and military interest in the arctic and how to protect those? >> yes, and i will try to. >> let me talk a little bit about alaska, mr. secretary, you had the opportunity to visit the secretary of the army. i'd like to say alaska constitutes three pillars of the military mite and we're the cornerstone of the first striker brigade and the arctic and the asia pacific. as a matter of fact, by the end of next year, we will have over 105th generation combat-coded fighters based in alaska. because of our strategic location and because of the fact as billy mitchell s

putin is talking about it as the new suez canal. and that they're going to control. and we had a provision. in this year's ndaa that just said america should have a port which it doesn't have right now that could handle resupplying a destroyer. not even an aircraft carrier in the arctic. the pentagon opposed this. fortunately, this committee rolled the pentagon's bad advice. can you commit to me to work with this committee to taking a strong look, a personal look at america's strategic and military interests in the arctic and how to protect those? dr. esper: yes, senator, i do. sen. sullivan: let me talk a little bit about alaska, mr. secretary. you had the opportunity to visit alaska as secretary of the army. i like to say alaska constitutes three pillars of america's military might where the cornerstone of missile defense, where a platform for expeditionary forces like the 425 and 1st striker brigade which is getting ready to go to iraq and the hub air combat power for the arctic and asia pacific. as a matter of fact, by the end of thx year we'll have over 100 fift

instead of going through the suez canal, which would be a massive shortcut for this supertanker to takest of syria where it was seized in gibraltar by british marines. now it's very odd that it would take this route. some people are saying that this may be a smoke screen by the iranians to disguise its route because it's not allowed to take oil from to syria because of eu sanctions and the british were tipped off by the united states that this cargo was heading to syria. some 30 british marines then boarded the ship, they boarded it by ropes coming down on helicopters, while others came on speed boats, and now the ship is being held in gibraltar waters. the crew of the ship are being questioned. it's not clear whether they're being questioned on land or on the sea. incidentally most of the crew are pakistanis and indians, not iranians, they're not being treated as criminals but rather as witnesses. now the authorities in gibraltar have said they are going to keep the ship for another two weeks until the investigation comes to an end, but iran is, obviously, up in arms. they are saying t