accused iranian vessels of trying to impede one of its tankas for a challenge reports from london. british shipping in the gulf is now on its highest possible alerts the u.k. moved to maritime security level 3 after its government said this ship the b.p. oil tanker british heritage was approached by 3 iranian vessels london says h.m.s. montrose a warship moved in to warn the iranians away we're very concerned this is a very serious escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was there to protect their heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the claims to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. they would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brought her last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship i

iranians have been it's protected so the revolutionary guards bravely seize this violating british tanka as they refused to take orders and fully regulations in my opinion an appropriate action was taken and the whole world should be thankful to the revolutionary. guards for the security of the strait of hormuz we reiterate that we won't let anyone create disorder in this region what has been done so far has been proportionate and professional and. it is good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera robert says that u.s. president donald trump could be charged with crimes after leaving office a former special counsel is testifying in washington about his reported to russian interference in the 2016 election but also said his report does not fully exonerate donald trump as the us president himself has repeatedly claimed the president has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated. but that is not what your report said is it correct it is not what the reports now reading fro

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nucular deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barca al-jazeera london. well friday's seizure follows weeks of high profile maritime incidents on may 13th for oil tankers with damaged by explosions off the coast of the u.a.e. the united states accused iran of sabotage a claim iran strongly denies a month later it happened again 2 tankers were reportedly targeted in the gulf of amman an iranian vessel rescued the cruise but the u.s. accuse the iranians of attaching mines to the ships just 6 days later iran

flag tanka powerful. and sport around the dread may be trying to sell gareth bale the $100000000.00 player made a goalscoring return to the spanish side as they beat arsenal in a preseason game. now boris johnson will become britain's new prime minister in just a few hours' time the newly elected leader of the ruling conservative party will meet queen elizabeth to get the official nod to begin forming his government johnson's replacing to reason may hold a final question time in parliament before handing in a resignation to the queen 1st start for the new prime minister will be appointing a new cabinet one that will ensure his own brags that deadline of october the 1st is met several ministers have already quit refusing to be part of johnson's government we've got 2 correspondents covering the transition of power in the u.k. jonah how is just out south outside the houses of parliament where outgoing prime minister is a mayor will take questions from m.p.'s from the very last time but 1st let's head over t

flag tanka. robert mueller is facing more questions about his russia election meddling reports that a 2nd hearing just underway on capitol hill the former u.s. special counsel is testifying in washington for the 1st time publicly at the 1st hearing in front of the house judiciary committee says that u.s. president donald trump could be charged with crimes after leaving office he also said the report did not exonerate trump as the president claims let's listen in to what's going on right now as a source for leaking to the press. after comi himself was fired by his own admission he leaked derogatory information on president trump to the press for the specific purpose and successfully so of engineering the appointment of a special counsel who sits here before us today the f.b.i. investigation was marred by further corruption and bizarre abuses d.o.j. official bruce or whose own wife worked on fusion g.p.s. as anti trump operation fed still's information to the f.b.i. even after the f.b.i. fired stee

escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the claims to create tension but iran had borne the u.k. they would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brawl to last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices to ship. is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions by taking all to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an internationa

rain ians had been its protect is so the revolutionary guards bravely seize this by losing british tanka as he refused to take orders and fully regulation is in my opinion an appropriate action was taken and the whole world should be thankful to the revolutionary guards for the security of the strait of hormuz we reiterate that we won't let anyone create disorder in this region what has been done so far has been proportionate and professional. there is more fallout over a south korean war plane that far to hundreds of warning shots at a russian reconnaissance aircraft russia wants an investigation into tuesday's incident during its 1st joint patrol there with china now south korea's news agency says russian diplomats have expressed deep regret for violating airspace the russians say they haven't apologized and japan is protesting it says the military action happened in japanese territory near disputed islands. and meanwhile china's defense ministry says its aircraft didn't invade anyone else's air space the ministry also blamed increasing tension in the region on the united states japan

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off it was to give you an idea of how vitally important the strait of hormuz is well every day. 18000000 barrels of oil are transported through the state in comparison to about 5000000 through the su is camaro it's hugely important for the crude oil producing countries of the region to be able to ship their goods to international markets but already big questions are being us as to how politically diplomatically possibly even militarily the ships in the oil can keep f

of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the car used to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. there would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brawl to last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions by taking to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an internationa

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment we're in at the moment the u.k.'s in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barca al-jazeera london. well you know lawrence is a professor at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university he says the u.k. response needs to be measured in order to avoid escalating the crisis the u.k. is about to announce action sanctions either sunday or monday. briefing the parliament on the situation and it's possible that they were put in place the same sanctions that they imposed on iran prior to the i

warms british ships to temporarily avoid the strait of hormuz after iran seizes the british front tanka london says tehran is choosing a dangerous. if the situation is not resolved quick to be there will be serious consequences. hello martin the initial without zerah live from doha also coming up for the 1st time millions go to the polls in pakistan's tribal northwest to vote for a provincial assembly. probe aging demonstrators gather in hong kong following weeks of anti china protests over an extradition bill. and one step at a time with few doctors and millions of patients why physiotherapy in ethiopia is a luxury. thanks. to the u.k. has warned british ships to avoid the strait of hormuz for an interim period this is a warning that comes after a round sees a british or tanker in the strait as tension continues to mount in the gulf the ship and its 23 crew have reportedly been moved to banda abbas port while the authorities investigate what they say a possible violations of maritime rules iran's state t.v. says the tanker was involved in an accident with a fishing boat before it was s

emergency committee to decide on new sanctions against iran off to the seizure of the british flagged tanka stina impaired iran claims the ship free to respond to distress calls after hitting a fishing boat. in the philippines thousands of anti-government protesters marched outside the house of representatives in manila where president rhodri go to ted was delivering his state of the nation address the recording to detail told to step down over his controversial policies including a brutal anti drugs campaign despite international criticism remains popular at home. now to korean president as alinsky spotty looks to be on course to win an outright majority following sunday's parliamentary election if confirmed the result would be the best any party has achieved in your prince posts on beach history selenski course that elections after his lance life presidential event in april because it was dominated by his opponents he said a parliamentary majority would be would help support his strongest of forms and his fight against corruption. for more let me join. of course fun an economy he is in th

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment we're in at the moment the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barca al-jazeera london. well iran says it was simply up holding international maritime law when it sees the vessel on friday it follows weeks of high profile maritime incidents on may 13th for oil tankers were damaged by explosions off the coast of the u.a.e. united states accused iran of sabotage a claim iran strongly denies a month later it happened again 2 tankers were reportedly targets in the gulf of oman an iranian vessel rescued the c

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where we're in at the moment the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran. joins us live now vastly different narratives from london and to iran on what has happened i suppose it won't be easy to find a face saving way out of this but from the outset what is very very clear is that there are 2 very very distinctly different versions of events at the u.k. refutes what the iranians say that the vessel was in some way contravening maritime regulations and that's the reason why it was boarded by special forces an

more leverage in this game because the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nucular deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barker al-jazeera london when you lawrence is a professor at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university he says the u.k. response needs to be measured in order to avoid escalating the crisis. the u.k. is about to announce action sanctions either sunday or monday. briefing the parliament on the situation and it's possible that they will put in place the same sanctions that they imposed on iran prior to the iran nuclear deal and

escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down. so as we heard there from jeremy hunt him saying we want to play the way we want to deescalate this we don't want to raise tensions now this is interesting because of course the context there is going on at the moment is that the u.s. department of defense the pentagon is coming up with plans it wants to create a an international task force of naval forces in the gulf to protect civilian shipping using that passage and the british at the moment are not swinging wholeheartedly on board with this they are not saying they're not going to do it but they as we heard from jeremy hunt there are looking at all possibilities for increasing security in the gulf i think the americans are going to be looking at this instance just happened and thinking that it does bolster their case though for increased naval presence in the gulf well we'll see what does happen certainly in the comin

flag to tanka mohamed jobs of eve says bolton is quote turning his venom against the u.k. britain says it wants to deescalate tensions it's written to the u.n. security council expressing its concern at the detention of these stand and peril in the strait of hormuz iran insists the ship was violating maritime rules when its bordered on friday but the u.k. says the tank that was it on mon the territorial waters oman has yet to comment on the position of the ship at the time but it has joined calls for it to be released let's go now to our correspondent there such as she is live for us and the iranian capital interesting comments from the iranian foreign minister daughter who is blaming the current tensions in the strait of hormuz is all in the u.s. national security adviser. yes it's certainly much about zarif who is on a tour and latin america at the moment has been speaking these using this case to illustrate how the united states government has been pressuring the british government insurance forcing these sanctions against their aunts oil and banking sector but in this

british tanka so he has to deal with that but 1st and foremost he has to deal with breakfast this is why theresa may had to resign no resigned this is why he was elected by members of the membership of his own conservative party and they are expecting him now to see this through we've just said that. promised to get the u.k. out of the european union by october 31st do or die come what may he just hasn't offered to a concrete plan yet on how he's going to do that and we know that brussels says we are not going to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement that is the contentious part so just how he is going to do that he needs to lay it out in the next days and of course one of his biggest priorities really to get the right cabinet and appointed cabinet which will help actually achieve what he wants which is a briggs it. any ideas as to what the government could look like. yeah that's very interesting so tonight he is going to announce most of his cabinet we expect and this cabinet will hold as we are hearing a record number of women and a record number of ethnic majority support from that

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barker al-jazeera london when lawrence is a professor at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university he says the response needs to be measured in order to avoid escalating the crisis. the u.k. is about to announce action sanctions either sunday or monday. briefing the parliament on the situation and it's possible that they were put in place the same sanctions that they imposed on iran prior to the iran nuclear deal and if they

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment we're in at the moment the u.k.'s in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stana imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barca al-jazeera london. well in the last few moments we understand that britain has sent a letter to the un security council denying that that vessel had collided with a ship they have also protested to the u.n. secretary general however britain is also saying that the while the current tensions are concerning the priority is to deescalate and that britain does not seek confrontation with iran let's get more on this william lawrence is a prof

leverage in this game because the the the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barca al-jazeera london. well william lawrence is a professor at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university he says the u.k. response needs to be measured in order to avoid escalating the crisis. the u.k. is about to announce action sanctions either sunday or monday. briefing the parliament on the situation and it's possible that they were put in place the same sanctions that they imposed on iran prior to the iran nuclear deal

escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the claims to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. they would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brought her last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions by taking to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an international na

he was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the car used to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. there would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brawl to last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions are taking boil to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an international naval task force in the gulf to protect commercial

you've seen them engage in tit for tat measures in the downing of drones for example in the seizure of tankas in the potion gulf so it certainly hasn't been successful but at the end of the day the europeans also have to consider this that some resolution is also needed because the strait of hormuz is a vital waterway for them as well a 5th of global oil supply coming through that as well as a significant fortune of european food supplies while held humphrey in washington kate brady here in berlin to both of you thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world brazilian authorities say the death toll has risen to at least $57.00 after a prison riot one day in the north of the country officials said a brutal fighting erupted between rival criminal groups at the altar mira prison in the state of parma many of the dead were decapitated were strangled police and protestors have plans to get in hong kong the latest in a series of demonstrations for by the government's attempt to introduce a controversial extradition lot protesters have been gathering

into a possible swap to seize tankas but to iran condemn the idea of a european protection force for vessels in the strait of hormuz samus ravi has more from the iranian capital. and there were 2 important 1st from iran's president during this week's cabinet meeting since seizing the british flag oil tanker stand in peril last friday hasan rouhani is the 1st iranian official apparently suggesting in exchange for an iranian oil tanker the grace one was impounded by britain's royal marines 3 weeks ago if british government leaders were to undo what rouhani said were wrong actions in gibraltar they get a proportionate response from iran does this signal a way for both countries to get their ships back perhaps not iran maintains its seizure was internationally legal because the british vessel violated maritime regulations britain denies that. the strait of hormuz is a very important location neither a place for joking nor a place for a country to violate maritime rules so the g.c. bravely sees this violating a british tank of force as it refused to take orders and follow regulations we r

of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down. u.n. human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs it accuses president to of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women. u.s. president donald trump says he's not backing down on efforts to determine the citizenship status of the american population he's abandoned plans to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census but trump says he will issue an executive order telling federal agencies to provide the data to the commerce department in order to get the information in another way france has passed a controversial tax bill targeting tech giants like google apple and facebook 3 percent tax affects any digital company with a revenue of at least $844000000.00 of which least $28000000.00 is made in france but the

sanctions paul brennan reports tanka in the shadow of the rock with police boats in attendance the oil tanker grace want to see may be calm but the ship is at the center now of an international diplomatic storm spain has revealed that the united states had been monitoring the ship's journey past that intelligence to gibraltar government this action the rose from information giving the gibraltar government reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel the grace one was acting in breach of european union sanctions against syria in fact we have reason to believe that the grace one was carrying its shipments of crude oil to the ban the us refinery in syria. that refinery is the property of an entity that is subject to european union sanctions against syria the grey sworn is believed to have loaded with iranian oil off the coast of the gulf the ship made it this far as gibraltar a british overseas territory at the entrance of the mediterranean its final destination is claimed to be the bunny ass refinery in syria but under cover of darkness a contingent of 30 royal marines under the directi

iranians have been it's protected so the revolutionary guards bravely seize this pilot and british tanka as he refused to take orders and fully regulations in my opinion and appropriate action was taken and the whole world should be thankful to the revolutionary guards for the security of the strait of hormuz which we reiterate that we won't let anyone create disorder in this region what has been done so far has been proportionate and professional. now the main thrust of the comments by president hassan rouhani during this meeting seemed to be something that iranian leaders have said time and again that they remain open to negotiation now iran feel short changed by the international community for years of sanctions for signing the 2050 nuclear deal but having to implement a lot of the tenets of that deal on their own to present hasan rouhani said that while his kind through remains open to talking for open to dialogue to resolve any disagreements those have to be fair those have to be legal they have to be based on the principles of international law and he made a very interesting point

escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the case to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. there would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brawl to last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions by taking to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an international na

more leverage in this game because the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to seize the stone imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran leave barca al-jazeera london well meanwhile panama is withdrawing its flag from another royal tank it is being held by iran tehran accuses the rear of smuggling on all 3 the strait of hormuz iran says it told the vessel into its waters after a distress call panamanian authorities say they're canceling its registration because the tanker failed to report an unusual situation in violation of international rules at least 8 people have been killed in 2 attacks i

be prepared to deal with any hostile activity coming from elsewhere in the region of the british tankasoperate a stand balck says the vessel is no longer under the cruise control and can't be contacted tehran says it's been transferred to an iranian poet said to bari explains. well this seizure apparently took place earlier on friday and there were a few events that led to the reign of revolutionary guard seizing this british vessel 1st the local officials in hormones gone province out of a country said that this vessel hit came in contact with a small fishing boat and that is when they tried to contact it and a few attempts were made but no response was received by the iranians and that's when officials called the revolutionary guards to the scene and that's when the revolutionary guard said that the vessel was in a number of violations 1st that it was going in the wrong maritime direction 2nd that it had turned off all its tracking your g.p.s. devices and 3rd it was not responding to any of the warnings that was being issued that is when they decided to seize the tanker and it is now

closely with iran's supreme leader says a seizure is in response to the you came pounding any raney and tanka tehran earlier said the step in and para was involved in an accident with any rainy and fishing boat. before we were informed that a british flag to oil tank it collided with a fishing boat which tried to contact the tanker and find out how the accident happened but unfortunately the british tanker didn't respond and changed his direction changing direction in that fashion is against international regulations it could lead to new accidents therefore we requested help from military forces it should issue authorities in the region to tackle was directed to ponder about sports and history custody of the order of judicial authorities while britain has summoned iran's envoy to the u.k. and its foreign secretary says he's worried iran may be going down a dangerous path need baka has more from london. britain has said that there will be a considered and rebuffed response to the seizure of a british tanker in the strait of hormuz if according to jeremy hunt britain's foreign secretary the tan

of trying to drag bush and to a quagmire after the seizure of a british tanka the u.k. government has rushed into the u.n. security council calling for the ship's release. a suicide bomber has killed at least 6 people at a hospital in northwest pakistan the attack happened in the city of dead a smile come soon after a gunman opened fire on a police checkpoint killing 2 officers the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility. security forces there in the kurdish region of northern iraq are continuing their hunt for assassins who killed a turkish diplomats last wednesday the main suspect as of rest he belongs to the kurdish group the p.k. k. which is 14 long running conflict with the turkish government now to all the customers in the restaurant were killed in the shooting and editing the name reports from the town of john deon family members have been mourning. heavy jamelle wife's premonition the morning of her husband nariman giuliani's death last wednesday she told him to postpone traveling to or built to renew his passport. in the morning i told him don't go today f

more leverage in this game because the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k.'s in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nucular deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barkha al jazeera london. william lawrence is a professor at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university he says the u.k. response needs to be measured in order to avoid escalating the crisis. the u.k. is about to announce sanctions either sunday or monday. briefing to parliament on the situation and it's possible that they were put in place the same sanctions that they imposed on iran prior to the iran nuclear deal and if they

leverage in this game because the the the british government know us make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to seize the stand in pirro given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran leave barca al-jazeera london. and a quick look at our other headlines the 2 main suspects behind the murder of a turkish diplomat in northern iraq have been arrested anchor accuses them of killing the region's deputy consul general in 2 others on wednesday it's believed the param embers of the kurdistan workers party also known as the p.k. k. saudi arabian media is reporting that coalition jet fighters have destroyed a number of added fences and missile sto

of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was that to protect their heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down so in misrata has been monitoring reaction in the iranian capital. diplomatic relations between iran and the united kingdom have been suffering for many months now and the events of the last 24 hours will not help that situation and the arrest of senior officers of the graceful one the oil tanker that was detained last week off the coast of gibraltar by the u.k. oil. that is likely to bring the same level of anger for leaders here into iran that the detention of the best of the seizure of the vessel the oil tanker brought from the senior most levels of government last week iran's president and other senior leaders calling it a violation of the sanctity of international waterway something that was creating insecurity many senior iranian leaders also called the u.k. a move that was by all accounts taken at the behest of the united states an act of piracy now iran is very ang

escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the claims to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. there would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brawl to last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions are taking boil to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an internat

escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that the royal navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down iran has denied the incident took place with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the british had made the case to create tension but iran had warned the u.k. there would be reprisals for the seizure of an iranian tanker by british marines off the coast of to brawl to last week on thursday gibraltar police arrested the tankers captain and chief officer and have seized documents and electronic devices the ship is accused of breaking e.u. sanctions by taking to syria the u.k. finds itself in a difficult position with iran like the e.u. it wants to keep tensions low and save the iranian nuclear deal the j c p o 8 but it also wants to keep its close alliance with the u.s. which has walked away from the deal and has hit iran with tough economic sanctions the u.s. department of defense believes the british tank incident reinforces its argument for an international. a

closely with iran's supreme leader says a seizure is in response to the you came pounding any raney and tanka tehran earlier said the step in and para was involved in an accident with any rainy and fishing boat. before we were informed that a british flag the oil tank it collided with a fishing boat which tried to contact the tanker and find out how the accident happened but unfortunately the british tanker didn't respond and changed his direction changing direction in that fashion is against international regulations it could lead to new accidents therefore we requested help from military forces it should issue authorities in the region potential was directed to ponder about sports and history custody of the order of judicial authorities while britain has summoned iran's envoy to the u.k. and its foreign secretary says he's worried iran may be going down a dangerous path need baka has more from london. britain has said that there will be a considered and rebuffed response to the seizure of a british tanker in the strait of hormuz if according to jeremy hunt britain's foreign secretary the ta

the gulf but not if negotiations mean surrender as an rouhani hinted at a possible swap to seize tankas but to condemn the idea of a european led protection force for vessels in the strait of hormuz same restaurant he has more now from the iranian capital. in those. and there were 2 important 1st from iran's president during this week's cabinet meeting since seizing the british flag oil tanker stana in peril last friday hassan rouhani is the 1st iranian official apparently suggesting in exchange for an iranian oil tanker the grace one was impounded by britain's royal marines 3 weeks ago if british government leaders were to undo what rouhani said were wrong actions in gibraltar they get a proportionate response from iran does this signal a way for both countries to get their ships back perhaps not iran maintains its seizure was internationally legal because the british vessel violated maritime regulations britain denies that. the strait of hormuz is a very important location neither a place for joking nor a place for a country to violate maritime rules so the g.c. bravely sees this viol

the worsening crisis in the gulf is mediating in the dispute over and pounded british and iranian tankas last week amman's government tehran to release a u.k. flagstone i'm peril iran's revolutionary guards detained it 2 weeks after the u.k. moyle marines house sees a vein in tank and grace one. has more from tehran. the amount of foreign minister use of been allowed we've been a visit comes at a very critical time we know that this morning he's met with members of the foreign minister including his counterpart jawad serif no doubt they were discussing the sea's tankers the u.k. and iran as you said have both seized each other's oil tankers and later today your money foreign minister will be meeting with iran's national security advisers so really these tankers will be the crux of the conversations they'll be having he's been here before his last visit was 3 months ago so this dialogue about regional tensions has been ongoing with oman for some time it also comes as the u.k. announced just days earlier that it will be sending as a matter of routine as a matter of course military vessels

of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was there to protect the heritage tanka but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down. of course the iranians deny that any incident took place but what they did say was that there would be some sort of reaction reprisal if you like to what the british did about a week ago when they see an iranian oil tanker just off the coast of gibraltar and on thursday the captain and the chief officer of that iranian vessel have been arrested by gibraltar police this is the result of days of searches that have gone on on the tank they have seized documents the police have and electronic devices at the moment there are no charges but the gibraltar police say this investigation is carrying on. rory chalons with an update from london thank you let's not bring in dr he's joining us from tehran and to pick up on what warry was saying about the arrest of the captain and she thought of that iranian oil tanker or is there any official reaction song to her on this latest develop