and the remainder of that manias again, the pentagon has released video which us central command claims from the holiday japanese own tanker. the secretary of state of the us has accused iran of carrying out two attacks on tankers in the gulf of oman, one of the well‘s busiest export roots. iran denies that. there is more on that and all the news any time on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. hello. as the flooding and disruption continues, particularly across parts of england, some spots have had three months' worth ofjune rainfall and just a week, over 150 millimetres in the wettest places. still rain in the forecast but not necessarily the same areas, as low pressure adopts a new position to the north—west of the uk in the coming days, means showers are most frequent in the north and the west. and there is, as friday starts, a fresh area of rain affecting parts of england and wales, also rain in north—west scotland. fairly chilly for the clearer parts of scotland and northern ireland as the day begins. bu

i think the us central command and the white house are making conclusions based on that video, but iof people in the open source intelligence community that are looking at this online have a lot more questions as to what exactly is going on in that video. why would you remove a mine from a ship which you placed? it is quite dangerous as well, isn't it? it absolutely is. i don't think you would see an american explosive ordnance disposal team operates like that, we have, you know, 15—20 people on a small boat next to something that could be potentially explosive. there is also this discrepancy, because people on the japanese ships say they didn't see mines, they sell flying objects. so, there is not really enough evidence to be conclusive one way or the other. myself and a lot of other reporters have been covering the story since it broke and we have asked central amount the question, how do you explain this discrepancy? and we have not got a whole lot of answers yet. —— central command. i would say it would be responsible to speculate based on the information we have now and whether

tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday which the united states was quick to blame all around us central command sought to bolster the accusation by releasing images allegedly showing an iranian naval team removing an all mix loaded mine from one of the vessels to run strongly denied that it was responsible for the deteriorating relations between the 2 rivals house calls growing concern in the international community in recent weeks including reportedly the u.n. we're joined now by dr afshin shah senior lecturer in international relations on middle east politics out of the university of bradford in the u.k. welcome sir both the u.s. around there saying quite clearly they do not want war but how concerned are you that a miscalculation could trigger a conflict how precarious is the situation. i think you really are with mission beans gary cheer i very much now answer you all the only in grace in need rex confrontation with the united states particularly at this very very very sensitive situation for the regime or when there are a lot of economists parsons' on the government when it comes to the po

in the past hour the pentagon has released video which us central command says shows the crew of an iranianatrol boat removing an unexploded limpet mine from the hull of a japanese—owned tanker. sudan's military rulers have admitted they ordered the operation that led to the killing of at least a hundred peaceful protestors 10 days ago. they were demanding a swift transition to civilian rule. the un security council has condemned the massacre and called for an end to all attacks on civilians. now on bbc news, it's extra time with rob bonnet. hello. i'm rob bonnet. welcome to this edition of extra time. what does an international cricketer, a leading run scorer of his time and a player who relished the machismo challenge of facing the world's fastest bowlers do when his confidence is shot and he's finally told it's time to retire. in the case of our guest today, england's robin smith, he enters a downward spiral of depression fuelled by drink and involving also divorce and eventually a determination to kill himself. thankfully he is still here and he is about to tell us his story. robin smit

us central command claims it shows one of the crew removing an object which it believes to be a limpet that led to the killing of at least a hundred peaceful protestors 10 days ago. they were demanding a swift transition to civilian rule. the un security council has called for an end to all attacks on civilians. now on bbc news, panorama. as for many people, social drinking has always been a big part of my life. then last year, i took a hard look at quite how much i was putting away. yesterday i had four pints of guinness, plus four bars of beer before dinner. bloody hell, that's eight pints not including wine yesterday. i realised i had gone and damaged my health. you're at risk of disease progression. disease progression to cirrhosis, cirrhosis, in stage liver disease and liverfailure. why is it we understand public health messages like eating 5 a day

us central command release this photo. ankers is the same type used to attack more oil tankers in the same area. united arab emirates presented evidence to the un security council the attacks were state-sponsored. oil prices increased by 4% following thursday's tanker attack but remain lower than where they were two months ago. the 20 ministers proud to stabilize the oil market, the us granted a waiver to iraq to import iranian gas. when encouraged baghdad to find an alternative. this video shows proof of iran's involvement in thursday's effect. the israeli and islamic revolutionary regard fast boat were the first to remove the unexploded mine from the whole of the ship. iran denied playing any role in the attack. the bridge government issued a statement backing the us conclusion that iran is to blame. the iranian's put out a press release that they rescued all 44 sailors on the two disabled tankers. one of the tanker crews were detained after being rescued by another merchant vessel. those sailors remain in iranian custody

the secretary is on his way for meetings with the azeri leaders at us central command after spendinghe last few days speaking with top official in asia, europe and the gulf. the city with urging international response to iran that they will exceed the stockpile limit set by the nuclear deal prompting the pentagon's order 1000 more troops to the middle east. patrick shanahan releasing a statement, quote, the united states and conflict with iran. the action today has been taken to ensure the safety and welfare of military personnel throughout the region and protect our national interests. we will monitor the situation diligently and make adjustments as necessary given intelligence reporting incredible threats as pentagon releases several photos showing iran's responsibility with two tankers near the strait of hormuz, removing an unexploded mine from one of the takers. iran categorically denies any involvement despite these images. at least one ally, germany, says they are sure who was behind the attacks. nancy pelosi reacting saying this is deeply concerning decision. escalating the si

us central command says there was no drone over iranian terry, donald trump revealing he will meet with vladimir putin that next week's g 20 summit in japan. an interview with sean hannity trump said he would hold meetings with p and chinese president xi jinping. >> i want to get along with russia and i will. i want to get along with china and i think we will meaning both of them next week in japan at the g 20. >> reporter: the kremlin is not confirming the meeting. a hot button issue for democrats pushing to repeal a than on using your tax dollars to pay for abortion. it appears what is known as the hyde amendment will get to the house budget process meanings and democrats publicly the railing on it also voted for it because a spending package included. mike emanuel is on capitol hill to tell us why. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: of the 226-23, they passed a bill prohibiting using taxpayer dollars, you known as the hyde amendment. democratic leaders say they had no choice even if it will a liberal base. >> let me be clear. i would repeal hyde immediately as with the vast majority

members of that norwegian ship, those sailors are touching down in dubai, this comes as the us central command releases that video showing iran's revolutionary guard taking and unexploded mine off of one of those targeted ship settings to growing fears jillian: the trump administration is weighing its options against iran though the country's foreign minister is denying any involvement in those attacks. donald trump says he has no doubt that iran is to blame. >> iran did do it and you know they did it because one of the minds didn't explode and it got iran written all over it and it was them. they didn't want the evidence left behind. >> jennifer griffin following this from the dc bureau. >> new details of an incident we first reported about the us drone fired on by the iranian's on thursday. a senior us official tells me just minutes after the first distress call went out at 6:12 am local time the us military moved to an unmanned drone over the out tear. it arrived at 6:20 local time and at 6:45 local time prior to the second attack on the second tanker. a missile was fired at the us drone on

navy picked up the stress signals and sent a ship to assist and we had this statement from the us central commandof the boats. but in direct contradiction to that, according to iran, it was iranian ships that rescued all of the crews. and an iranian news agency posted this picture as you can see shows the fire on board the norwegian ship. it also quoted the iranian government and in this statement here, carried a statement that there was a warning that some countries are trying to deceive people to cause instability in the region. let's look at this a little bit more detail. with international reaction, we know the european union has expressed concern and we have heard from industry bodies representing tankers saying if the waters are becoming unsafe, they supplied to the entire western world good to be at risk. the supply to the entire western world good to be at risk. and we have heard from the un. the un secretary general now. i note with deep concern this morning's security incidents. i strongly condemn any attack against civilian vessels. facts must be established and responsibilities clarif

we are also hearing from the pentagon, the us air force's central command statement, saying a bit moren surveillance mission in international airspace in the vicinity of those recent attacks tankers when it was shut down by an iranian surface to air missile, fired from a location in the facility of iran. this was, say the american military, and unprovoked attack on us surveillance asset that had not violated reigning airspace at time during its mission. the us military think this attack is an attempt to disrupt our ability to monitor the area following recent threats to international shipping and the flow of commerce. they are calling it a dangerous and escalate free attack that is irresponsible. that is the latest from the united states about that shooting down of the us drone. we will bring you much more on that as it comes into us. campaigners have won a legal challenge over the british government's decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. since the bombing of yemen began four years ago, the uk has licensed almost £5 billion worth of exports to saudi arabia, including fighter j

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt luke asians in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have that as forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have their forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a major setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the west of libya supporting them and the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations in civil axes including in active international airport and also in neighborhoods in the southern in the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including a little bit journey hood's. jonathan winer is a scholar at the middle east institute any former u.s. special envoy to libya he says have ties not interests in a political settlement of the forces have been frozen in place with

officials claim the drone was in their air space when it was down while the us armed forces directorate for the region central command insisted that the drone was attacked over international waters now joining us deeper into the dilemma david mack ommaney the c.e.o. of mckelvey wealth management and former pentagon official michael maloof thank you both for being here so michael let's start off with the geopolitical aspects of everything going on here we know the importance of the strait of hormuz when it came to congress can you tell us how this has been a thought baran in the past it's been a contentious period contentious area for quite some time you can go back to the to the so-called tanker war during the iran iraq iraq war and then subsequent events leading up to that when iraq was shipping oil through. canadian ships i'm sorry on kuwaiti ships and and they were they were attacked by iran and as a consequence reagan. knocked out some of the oil platforms that were there in a very restricted air strike and then stopped and then there was the escort the armed escort afterwords. of these ships and then you fast fo

can you update us on the situation and reaction from iran and the u.s.? guest: u.s. central command acknowledged the type of john -- drone shodo

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt luke asians in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have that his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have those forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a major setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the west of libya supporting them and the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to his forces have been losing strategic locations in civil acces including in active international airport and also in neighborhoods in southern in the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including . a little for a journey able hood's but jonathan winer is a scholar at the middle east institute and a former u.s. special envoy to libya he says after not interested in a political settlement. of the forces have been frozen in

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt luke asians in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have to his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have to his forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a major setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the worst of libya supporting them in the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to his forces have been losing strategic locations in civil axes including in active international airport and also in neighborhoods in the southern in the western in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including. a little for a journey of what holds let's speak now to jonathan winer who's a scholar at the middle. since issued and a former u.s. special envoy to libya is via skype from washington thank you so much for being with us on al

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt locations in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have to his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have those forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a measure of a setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the worst of libya supporting them in the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations in civil axes including in active international airport and also in neighborhoods in the southern the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including . a little bit journey where hood's jonathan winer is a scholar at the middle east institute any former u.s. special envoy to libya he says both sides have been locked in a stalemate and have talk is not interested in a poli

on 9/11, hhs had no central command center to keep us linked up across the government, to track the public health threats that could arise from a terrorist attack or other significant event, natural or man made. our main phone system had gone down, so our only way to communicate with other agencies was actually on our personal cell phones. i'm sure a few people in this room had that same experience here in d.c. or in new york and experienced the same kind of realization about the need for better preparedness. hhs's role in national security and foreign affairs became more prominent when we suffered the anthrax attacks shortly after 9/11. our first real bioterrorism attack on this country. we had to come up with countermeasures, and we had to procure and develop the anthrax vaccine. anthrax was far from the last infectious threat we had to handle in my first tour of duty at hhs. there was pandemic flu, sars and many more. all of this was a reminder that infectious disease threats are not just a health issue, but a national security and foreign policy issue. sometimes the threats we faced we

air forces central command. he is calling us from the center. he is going to make a brief statement on last night shoot down, and he is not going to take any questions, but we hope to come back to you with more information later today. [indistinct question] >> hello. hello. good afternoon. this is the commander of u.s. air force central command. i am prepared to give a statement, but i won't be answering questions at this ti time. the u.s. navy on our recent mission in the vicinity of recent maritime attacks. when it was shot down. this was an unprovoked attack on the u.s. surveillance asset that had not violated iranian airspace at any time during its mission. this attack is an attempt to disrupt our ability to monitor the area, and the free flow of commerce. iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false. the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters. at the time of the intercept, it was operating at high altitude, approximately 34 kilometers from the nearest point of landing

us as well. we're waiting for the lieutenant general from central command to brief. it will be an audio briefing, not a video briefing but we'll bring you the details live when it starts to happen. meanwhile let's discuss in the room here. joining me to share their reporting and insights, kylie atwood, phil mattingly, retired rear admiral john kirby and ileana johnson with politico. you've stood at that podium, you've been at the state department, put your pentagon hat on. if they have evidence that this drone was in international airspace, then it is an unprovoked attack over international airspace by iran. if you're sitting in a room and the president wants options, what would they be? >> from a military perspective, he would certainly be in his right, because this is a technically hostile act in international airspace, to invoke article 51 of the u.n. charter which is the right of self-defense. there's two things about that. it has to be of necessity, and i think they can prove the point there's a necessity for sel self-defense and it has to be proportional. that'

. >> harris: jennifer, you've been with us for the better part of an hour now, with therefore central command with one video and audio telling us what was coming up and this latest shootdown video. i'm going to lean on you more this hour, we will come back to you shortly. i want to bring in now at 25 year veteran of the u.s. air force, senior research fellow for defense policy at the heritage foundation and so good to see you today. it's interesting, if you've been watching our coverage you heard general jack keane talking about what we might do and he said we might go after -- i can't forecast to you what's going to happen tomorrow here but let's look at the pass to us. we might go after the means that took out our drone, the means that hit the oil tanker, your response? >> harris, it's great to be with you. i think the general was right in several senses, one of the challenges for this particular missile system, both of those are shoot and scoop type of missiles and so they may have launched and may have moved those missile batteries to a different location. certainly we will go after the a

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt luke asians in cite the city of what he and including the central command of have to his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have those forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a major setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the west of libya supporting them and the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations in civil axes including in active old international airport and also in neighborhoods in the southern in the western in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including a little for journey towards. no u.s. president all trump is talking tough ahead of a summit of the world's largest economies g. 20 leaders have begun to arrive for the meeting in the japanese city of osaka flying to the summ

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt luke asians in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have that as forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have their forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a measure of a setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the west of libya supporting them and the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations. including in active international airport and also in neighborhoods in southern the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including a little bit journey hood's. the syrian rescue group known as the white helmets. and russia of war crimes after 2 of its members were killed on wednesday the group says 7 other civilians died and russian airstrikes in the northwestern provi

central command says mines were used in the attacks and released this video which it says shows an iranian patrol boat removing an unplowed mine. a u.s. aircraft saw an iranian revolutionary guard boat in the vicinity of one of the attacks. this morning the owner of the japanese tanker said its crew saw iranian naval vessels nea y nearby. however he disputes the america's account of mines. saying the ship was attacked by a flying object and a bomb on the side of the vessel is something we're not thinking. u.s. command has released these images showing damage to that ship. and what it says is the likely mines still attached prior to it's removal. iran denies the allegations that it is responsible for the attacks with iran's foreign minister saying they are conducting economic terrorism. >>> after 23 months of white house press secretary president trump announced sarah huckabee sanders will be leaving her post at the end of june. her tenure has been marked by contentious confrontations by the media as well as her own misstatements. sanders told reporter that members of the fbi supported trum

central command says limpit mines were used and released a video of a iranian boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels. these images have been released. iran denies these allegations. in an expected move, tehran has announced in less than ten days, it will break the stockpile deal established. the deal was struck in early may. let's talk bhor this. joining us now from at the monday, -- middle east. there are real concerns things are getting closer and closer to that very real outcome. >> reporter: the situation is becoming more hazardous and delicate. i've been reporting from here for a long time. i can't recall circumstances being so dangerously unpredictable. in the absence of any dialogue or diplomacy, it makes the situation all the more volatile and increases the possibility of actions. i'm not saying we are on the precipice ofhe a war but all of these moving parts are unnerving. i've never seen the people of iran so unnerved. talk of war and anxiety about war is a daily conversation in this country. the u.s. sending battleships to the b region, bolstering their troops

central command. he joins us now on the phone from aboard the "uss abraham lincoln." courtney, how rare is this and what exactly happened? what do we know? >> reporter: so, chris, there was a stretch there about two years ago, where we saw a lot more of this, russian -- whether it was aircraft or ships, coming over and sort of probing u.s. military ships in the region. this distance though, as close as they got, 50 to 100 feet, that is unusual. and to characterize it as unsafe and unprofessional is appropriate here. the navy tends to err on the side of caution when they're characterizing these kind of interactions. the seventh fleet, which is based in asia, they came right out and said it. what happened here, was about 11:45 a.m. local time on june 7th, the "uss chancellorville" was what they call recovering one of their helicopters. basically, one of the helicopters was getting ready to land. when a ship is doing that, they have to stay on a steady course so the helicopter can come in safely. this russian destroyer came up from behind the ship and approached it from

forces have managed to take control of the whole city of that including the central command of have those forces that they were used to run the battle against the government forces in southern tripoli now have to his forces with the road to the town over and southern the west of the city now it's only one city in there west of libya supporting have to which is the city of atlanta who are in the south of tripoli the city of that he has been sending troops and munition to have to his forces in southern tripoli and now we're getting reports from military sources with the government in the city and saying that dozens of proof. have to the fighters were killed today in the battle for the u.n. on the other side the government of the government forces lost 8 fighters and were wanted in today's clashes listeners have been a situation has been going on for a long time now what's meant what's made the difference the government forces how they suddenly met managed to take it back. well because the fighting. in southern tripoli has taken longer about 3 months or since the have to a large of his military campaign to take contro

you today while also say that they have taken control of us throughout egypt locations in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have that his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have their forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a major setback for have to us forces as they now have only one city and the west of libya supporting them and the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations. including in active international airport and also in neighborhoods in southern the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the eastern and southern part of the capital tripoli including and collective adjourned neighborhoods would head there for libyan families in the united. dates are suing hafter for alleged war crimes they say their relatives died in attacks carried out by his forces after is a u.s. citizen which makes him su

protect us and more than a good job with the crew say they were hit by a flying object we don't think it could have been a bomb attached to the boat. as mentioned the u.s. military central command claims the video shows he runs responsibility u.k. foreign office also confirmed to us accusations saying the revolutionary guard corps should be held accountable if any leader hassan rouhani is accuse the u.s. of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east but u.s. sect of state my compost says no one else in the region the capacity to carry out such an attack islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no proxy group operating in the early has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. over the last 2 years the us has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region and to global security. well the iranian foreign minister has branded the claim is could she was behind the attacks as sabotage diplomacy russia's foreign minister said that the u.s. was creating an artificial escalation of tens

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armed forces directorate for the region central command insisted that the drone was attacked over international waters now joining us into the dilemma david mcenaney the c.e.o. of mac.

central command. the flip side of this, what makes it rather amusing when it comes to what would you say reading the tea leaves coming out of tehran, they're using same video on iranian state tv, but clipping the top of it where it shows the iranian revolutionary guard crew fiddling with the side of a ship when we talk about what happened to these two tankers in the last 24 hours, what we know is they're on their way to this port, docking here probably to see -- to have more investigations and more intelligence being shared with us later in the day, in the coming hours, as to what happened to them it seems as if this video released by u.s. central command shows iranians meddling with the side of those ships. >> hadley, thank you very much we're showing that video right now. what it appears to show and what the u.s. is saying it is is effectively an iranian small naval ship removing an unexploded mine from the water because they believe that at least one or both ships was hit with what they call a limpet mine it shows the ship coming toward one of the tankers and then moving away very quickly after removing something from the water. thank you ver

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military central command claims that this video here shows iran's responsibility u.k. foreign office also confirmed to us like is ations saying the revolutionary guard corps should be held accountable iran's leader hassan rouhani has accused the u.s. of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east but america's secretary of state mike compost said that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no proxy group operating in the or has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. over the last 2 years the us has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region into global security and the iranian foreign minister has branded the claim his country was behind the attacks sabotage diplomacy russia's foreign minister said the us was creating an artificial escalation of tensions in the region with details is kill him open. so there were 2 or oil tanke

unexploded mine removed from the tanker is the same type of mine used to attack four oil tankers last month in the same area. u.s. central commandt it says is the unexploded mine attached to the hull of one of the tankers attacked thursday. it's claim of iran's involvement in the attacks. the iranian revolutionary guard fast boat. iran denies it played any role in the attacks. they put a press release out saying they rescued all 44 sailors. one of the tanker crews were detained by the iranians thursday morning after being rescued by a her channel vessel. one of the crew members spoke yesterday. >> i am from russia. the service is excellent. they hosted us fine. reporter: the sailors have been held for nearly two days against their will. the u.s. navy he it rescues the other 21 sailors. the sailors on board the japanese vessel have been treated and released back to their ship. but u.s. officials told me four tugboats contracted to pull the norwegian tapinger were prevented from doing so by the iranian gun boats surrounding the tanker. blake: congressman, thanks for coming in. what do you think iran's end goal is here? what are th

military central command claims the video shows iran responsibility. the iranian leader hassan rouhani has accused the us of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east a secretary of state mike pompei i said no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman the proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. over the last 2 years the u.s. has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region and to global security iranian foreign minister has branded the claim his country was behind the attacks as sabotage diplomacy all russia's foreign minister said the us was creating an artificial escalation of tensions in the region and has more. so there were 2 or oil tankers that were hit. i'm going to vote on but i want to know. from one of them to from both of you. don't want company. to go and you've been wondering why i h

shoot down an american drone on two separate occasions in recent days, using surface-to-air missiles. in fact u.s. central command released this photo officials say the unexploded mine removed from one of the tankers is the same type of mine used to attack four oil tankers last month, in the same area. the you arab emirate presented evidence to the u.n. security council that the attacks were state sponsored. oil prices increased by about 4% following thursday's tank era tacks, but remained lower than where they were two months ago. g20 ministers meeting in in japan vowed to stabilize the oil market and the u.s. granted a waiver to iraq to import iranian gas for the next three months but encouraged baghdad to find an alternative. in fact this video released by the u.s. military claims to show proof of iran's involvement in thursday's attacks. officials say this iranian islamic revolutionary guard were the ones to remove that un exploded mine from the hull. iran denies it played any role in the attacks the british government issued a statement late yesterday backing the u.s. con inclusion that iran is to blame. the

control of a strategic locations in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have that his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know. that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have those forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of lahore now it seems to be a measure of a setback for have to us forces as they now have only one city and the worst of libya supporting them in the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations in civil axes including in active old international airport and also in neighborhoods in southern the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the southern part of the capital tripoli including collective adjourned neighborhoods. u.s. president all trump is talking tough on trade ahead of a summit of the world's largest economies she 20 leaders have begun to arrive for the meeting in the city of sarka the summit will discuss and find solutions to pressing issues

targeting the command and control systems that iran allegedly used to target two oil tankers in the persian gulf a couple of weeks ago. the operation was apparently coordinated through centralresponsibility for military operations here in the middle east, but central command and cyber command have not responded officially, only saying that they don't comment on cyber attacks, cyber preparation, or cyber intelligence. but an interesting development, launching a nonlethal operation, reportedly, while holding off on an operation that could have caused casualties on the iranian side. but there is also a diplomatic push. there are numerous visits under way. one of them is with john bolton, the national security adviser, meeting in jerusalem with israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. and during that meeting, these two iran hawks -- netanyahu has called for military action against iran repeatedly. so has john bolton. john bolton has argued for regime change going back many years, even before he was the national security adviser. so, you had the two of them today in jerusalem with john bolton saying that while the u.s. held off on that military strike, it does not mean the u

us the latest from westminster. >>> our top story today, the u.s. blamed iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman u.s. central commandreleased footage it says shows an iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels. iran categorically denied the accusations. just a quick look at the price of oil, yesterday we did spike up 4% on news of the attacks, today trading a little bit softer wti track backing to $52 it has plummeted in the last couple of weeks or so, trading at a five-month low. that on the back of the weak oil demand outlook but notwithstanding some of the geopolitical developments in the last 24 hours. let's bring in an expert here and neil roberts, ahead of marine underwriting at lloyds market association, very interesting to hear from an insurer's perspective how you're thinking about the geopolitical developments over the last 24 hours and also might be worth just reminding our viewers that this is the second type of -- this type of attack in the last month. they seem to be happening with increasing amount of frequency >> certainly we are aware of tensions in the gulf and have bee

us. >> thank you. >> can we read anything more into the fact that pompeo was at central command today? >> i think we can, and i think the new appointment of mark esper is important in the trump dynamics related to iran. the acting secretary was seen as someone very close to john bolton whose i'd yo logically militaristic, wants to overthrow the iranian government, and shanahan was working closely with him. pompeo, secretary of state pompeo on the other hand has had a more new answered approach. he's left the door open for negotiations and he seems to pivot quite easily to wherever president trump wants to go on iran. the appointment of mark esper is important in this regard. he was in the same west point graduating class as pompeo. they're really from the same ilk. they went to west point at the same time, they left west pint and pursued higher education at ivy league institutions. they're very much of the same ilk. esper like pompeo is conservative, he was at the heritage foundation here in washington, d.c.. he's much more open to a new answered approach, this gives secretary pompeo a