in the port city of bam there are a bus where the revolutionary guards say they will continue their investigation and release more information in the days ahead meanwhile contradictory reports from the u.s. and iran on the fate of a drone that the iranians allegedly lost to the united states essentially targeting this drone now one of this footage that iran has added on state television. this footage was released by the revolutionary guards aerospace the vision earlier today and they say it shows that this drone did well. it was supposed to do with that the have these reconnaissance missions when the foreign ships come into the strait of hormuz the revolutionary guard sends out these drones to carry out a mission to see and assist if there's any issues in these vessels this took place on thursday morning in the strait of hormuz when the u.s.s. vessel came into that area the revolutionary guard say that this drone for 3 hours was monitoring this ship and there was no at no point was there any issue or warnings between the drone and this u.s. vessel the drone managed to get quite clos

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact sat in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. mark fitzpatrick is an associate fellow with the international institute for strategic studies said he says each incident increases the potential for conflict so far they've all been incidents that have not resulted in in casualties the drones run manned in a way that's tit for tat the british are trying to ratchet it down. trying to get the iranians to prove that the oil tanker was not going to syria so that may be a we have calming it meanwhile in the united states there had been a positive development. couple days ago when it looked like senator rand paul was going to meet with iranian foreign minister zarif as an emissary from presiden

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable when i spoke to mohammad marandi who is a political analyst also in tehran he gave me his perspective on how iran's are viewing this whole situation. i think that expect a sions among many in iran is that if you run is to retaliate it has to go after a far bigger target or numerous targets because a many people in iran feel that. it is time for you iran to push back and when the british carry out what the iranians consider an act of piracy and impede iranian tankers then the iranians which have much many more. many more tankers available for them to retaliate against i think iranians have they expect the government to do something on the o

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 the 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 sitting in the port city of bam there are bus with $23.00 crewmembers on board. and meanwhile there are contradictory reports on that the u.s. shooting down the drone with terror on saying that they have video of the drone returning to base can you tell us more. yes this video was released earlier this evening by the revolutionary guards aerospace division they said that this drone that went on a reconnaissance mission and it's very strict standard for them to do so once foreign ships enter the strait of hormuz they steer a knee and sent out these drones to monitor them to make sure that they are keeping in line with the rules and regulations in the strait of hormuz and the rains have said that for over 3 hours this drone moni

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the arabian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. well friday's seizure of the british flag tanker follows weeks of high profile international incidents on may 13th for oil tankers and damaged by explosions off the coast of the u.a.e. the united states accused iran of sabotag

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. well mark fitzpatrick is an associate fellow with the international institute for strategic studies and joins us from the border. thank you very much it's good to have you on the program we both our correspondents have outlined actions from tehran and washington which include shooting down a drone iran seizing tankers in the straits of her mo's the u.k. holding an iranian tanker off the waters of gibraltar where are we heading with this is this heading towards conflict there certainly is a stronger potential for conflict with each of these incidents so far they've all been incidents that have not resulted in in casualties the drones run m

claims to have destroyed revolutionary guard says the video proves the aircraft returned to its base that contradicts u.s. president donald trump's claim which was made on thursday that a u.s. warship shot down the drone in the strait of hormuz now trump has also said that the action was defensive because the drone came within 100 meters of the vessel and ignored calls to stand down. well in a few moments we'll get more on these developers from our correspondent standing by in teheran and washington 1st let's look at what the u.k. government is saying about the british tanker with them haywood to joins me in the studio now obviously authorities will be working very hard to make contact with those on board but do we have any further information or clarification from the government and i think they're very concerned tonight the u.k. ministry of defense saying it is urgently seeking further information about reports that this tank has been seized in the straits of hormuz the company which owns the ship has also issued a statement it's called stunna balkan or the memory management saying

well apparently this was the work of the revolutionary guard naval forces who were on a anti smuggling mission in the waters in the strait of hormuz when they came across the special after investigating what was going on board this ship the revolutionary guard commanders apparently says got the appropriate legal approvals to seize this vessel and when they seized that on sunday there were 12 crew members on board the nationality of those crew members have not been revealed yet this is just an example of what the revolutionary guards have been doing in the strait of hormuz they have repeatedly said that they will protect your rons and national interests and the security of the strait of hormuz is something they take very seriously they say that it is up to them is their number one priority now this of course comes as weeks of tension that we've seen brewing in this region because of various issues that are ongoing between iran and the united states government the 1st being that the u.s. was dropped withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear agreement last year and imposing a series of sanctions

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. so ron's announcement of the ship seizure coincided with a visit by the u.s. central command general kenneth mckenzie to saudi arabia him at the saudi general in charge of the coalition fighting the rebels they discuss the situation in the gulf and how to ensure safe passage for chip ships off the coasts of yemen and iran . an emergency meeting of the u.s. capitol police has been called because of heightened threats against 4 democrat congress women who come under attack by donald trump the u.s. president is now trying to distance himself from his supporters particle hane reports from washington. his campaign is known for controversial ch

guards from seizing this vessel but they revolutionary guards were there at the request of the local officials in the strait of hormuz on friday because apparently this ship had a small accident with a fishing. vessel in the strait of hormuz and that's when they tried to make contact with this ship and there was no response now we've also just seen footage that's been released by the revolutionary guard that shows the moments when the commanders of the revolutionary guard dropped down from a helicopter onto this vessel and seized control of it they have released this footage recently which shows that the revolutionary guards did seize this ship and the iranians have said that this was their preventing this vessel because it had gone dark sessile had turned off its g.p.s. system the tracking system on this muscle was off and they weren't able to as well established any contact and that was a concern a security risk and that is why they seized it and they haven't specified exactly what happened to that 2nd military british vessel but there is confirmation that this vessel try to interv

rescued by the revolutionary guard. in the strait of hormuz on sunday after it's on par with stress and no we would say that may change age 8 to help with. carrying a 1000000. fuel and then the 3rd one. into iraq in the strait of hormuz they understood that it was actually mother will be or else so that's one reason that there were 12 crew members on board we do not have any more information about the ship so long to reach governments where it was coming from or where it was trying turkey has called the u.s. decision to suspend it from the f. 35 fighter jet program unfair it says it will harm relations washington after turkey accepted the delivery of russia's s 400 ad defense system the body of the turkish diplomat shot dead in the northern iraqi city of irbil has been taken back home hey and to iraqi kurdish civilians were killed in the attack it's a restaurant the un special rapporteur on human rights in says her team is not getting access to what's happening on the ground that as more violence is being reported in ir

guards to the scene and that's when the revolutionary guards 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 in 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 sitting in the port city of. 23 crew members on board. mark kimmitt is a retired u.s. army brigadier general and he says there may be divisions within iran on how to proceed. this doesn't seem to make a lot of sense unless you take a look at perhaps the split inside the government right now between the i.r.g.c. between the revolutionary guards and the conventional government i mean you have mohamed zarif the foreign minister in new york right now trying to come up with some new deal to lift the sanctions but at the same time the revolutionary guard corps is seizing british tankers and creating other concerns in the strait of hormuz so i'm really wondering what's going on here if this is calculated on the part of the iranian gov

warship filmed by a drone that washington claims it had destroyed the iranian revolutionary guard says this is tangible proof the unmanned aircraft returned to its base on thursday president donald trump said the worship the u.s.s. boxer downed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz trump called a defensive action because it came within 900 metres of the vessel and ignored multiple calls to stand committee halkett is in washington d.c. for reaction from there but 1st we'll cross over to dorsey jabari joining us from the iranian capital tehran to tell us what we should make of that video just released by iranian state television. well there and this is what the iranian revolutionary guards aerospace division is calling hard evidence that what the u.s. president this claim happened did not in fact take place the footage appears to show this drone in the strait of hormuz they say the revolutionary guard says that once the u.s.s. boxer entered the strait of hormuz along with 5 smaller ships accompanying it this standard procedure for them to send their drones to monitor the movements of

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable let's move on to other news now and one of for us congresswoman at the center of a racism rally involving donald trump has had back saying she. don't be intimidated by the president and hanuman's comments come a day after trump supporters chanted send her back during a campaign rally she's just returned to her constituency in minnesota where wish where she received a warm welcome roslyn jordan reports was was u.s. congresswoman ileana omar arrived in her hometown airport on thursday to a wave of support it's been nearly a week since president donald trump started attacking her and 3 other nonwhite legislators as un-american in every possib

claims to have destroyed revolutionary guard says the video proves the aircraft returned to its base that contradicts u.s. president donald trump's claim on thursday that a u.s. warship shot down the drone in the strait of hormuz trumps at the action was defensive because the drone came within 100 meters of the vessel and subsequently ignored calls for it to stand down. well we are following the story closely with our correspondents in the iranian capital tehran also in washington we're looking at developments there as well 1st a door suggest bari and so do we have any more information on the sequence all of events today obviously you have to time because one british flag the other british own but slightly sort of diverging developments. yes we have heard from the revolutionary guards media relations department they released a statement saying that they have indeed seize this british flag tanker at the stern. rather a cent per imperio because there was an incident according to local officials in the southern hormones gone province where this vessel hit a fishing boat and therefore th

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. well the announcement of the ship seizure was made as u.s. central command general kenneth mackenzie was in saudi arabia he met the saudi general in charge of the coalition fighting yemen's heathy rebels the to discuss the situation in the gulf and house when short safe passage for ships off the coast of yemen and iran let me just emphasize that we don't believe war with iran is another bubble and we don't seek war with a room. what we seek is to deter iran from destabilizing and malign activities across the region and we believe the recent adjustments that we've made to our force posture have had some effect toward that im i still acknow

we know that the revolutionary guards have actually released a statement the iranian revolutionary guard saying that the ship failed to follow maritime rules do not respond to repeated warnings that was going the wrong way in a shipping lane but of course we know that this comes in the context of other escalations. there's also reports that are being confirmed now that there is a 2nd tanker that's also been redirected liberian flag tanker being redirected north as well so believe there are 2 tankers what about u.k. authorities how are they reacting right now as you said they're holding an emergency session we know also the president has said that he is in conversation with british leadership there the u.s. national security council released a statement saying that it will continue to work with allies do everything it can to defend our security interests against what it called malign behavior we also see that the british merchant shipping leadership or association has said that it would like to see more protection of its ships they're going through a very sensitive area there called the s

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. now mark fitzpatrick is an associate fellow with the international institute for strategic studies and he says that each and student increases the potential conflict. so far they've all been incidents that have not resulted in in casualties the drones run manned in a way that's tit for tat the british are trying to ratchet it down. trying to get the iranians to prove that the oil tanker was not going to syria so that may be a way of calming it meanwhile in the united states there had been a positive development. couple days ago when it looked like senator rand paul was going to meet with iranian foreign ministers have odds or repos an emi

the revolutionary guards have actually released a statement the iranian revolutionary guard saying that the ship failed to follow maritime rules and did not respond to repeated warnings that was going the wrong way in a shipping lane but of course we know that this comes in the context of other escalations . there's also apparently reports that are being confirmed now that there is a 2nd tanker that's also been redirected liberian flag tanker being redirected north as well so there are 2 tankers what about u.k. authorities how are they reacting right now as you say they're holding an emergency session we know also the president has said that he is in conversation with british leadership there the u.s. national security council released a statement saying that it will continue to work with allies do everything it can to defend our security interests against what it called malign behavior we also see that the british merchant shipping leadership or association has said that it would like to see more protection of its ships they're going through a very sensitive area there called the strai

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 the 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 sitting in the port city of. 23 crew members on board laurens brennan is professor of law at fordham university and joins us live from new york good to have you on the program thank you very much for speaking to us now iran says that the ship violated maritime regulations in the strait of hormuz is sarah justification for iran to seize that tanker. well i think we have to go back to the prior statements by the iranian foreign minister and other officials which are very clear that iran would seize british tankers or british ships if the tanker grey swan were not released from seizure and gibraltar. if this were a civil arrest for a maritime tort the collision between the alleged collision between the tanker and a fishing boat p

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 in 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 sitting in the port city of bam there are 23 crewmembers on board the law's brother who is professor of law at fordham university in new york and he says that the escalation is troubling. i think we have to go back to the prior statements by the iranian foreign minister and other officials which are very clear that iran would seize british tankers or british ships if the tanker grey swan were not released from seizure and your brault or. if this were a civil arrest for a maritime tort the collision between the alleged collision between the tanker and a fishing boat perhaps a normal arrest by a court would be proper but this was not an arrest by a court it was a premeditated act by the iranian revolutionary guard corps it's not

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. well. i'm on family on a lecture of politics and international studies at the university of cambridge she spoke about the increasing risk of a miscalculation the issue that perhaps lies at the heart of much of this is where ar

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a butterfish only if the revolutionary guard to say that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized that we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who. twittered about the issue when he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday meanwhile arounds foreign minister has been speaking at a meeting of the normal lines movements in venezuela he accused the u.s. governments of using sanctions to undermine many countries including iran basic laws u.s. go

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. sorry i spoke to simon mabon who's a senior lecturer international studies at lancaster university he says putting u.s. tensions aside the u.k. has its own complicated history with iran the u.k.'s cold essentially between work

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here about officially the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. in hong kong tens of thousands of protesters are marching through the city for the 7th weekend demonstrators want to keep up the pressure on the government officially with the draw a controversial extradition bill and to launc

welcome back a look at the top stories now iran's revolutionary guard say they've captured a british oil tanker in the strait of hormuz it comes on the day of course. the right to detain an iranian tank is suspected of smuggling oil to syria for another 30 days iranian state t.v. has also add footage it says was filmed by a drone the u.s. claims to have destroyed moving it returned to its base. and south africa's corruption watchdog says it's found the presidents are on the post said deliberately misled parliament when questioned about a donation to his campaign fund. when other stories we're following the netherlands supremes court has ruled that peacekeepers were partly liable for the deaths of 350 muslim refugees they handed over to bosnian serb forces in srebrenica in 1905 the case is groundbreaking and might set an international legal precedent for countries which contribute troops to peacekeeping operations but the court also reduce the degree of stay i ability from 30 percent to 10 percent angering relatives of the victims paul brennan explains. the bereaved relatives of the m

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the arabian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. now riot police and whoa. cong have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators the violence broke out after protesters refused to stop marching through the streets and blocked roa

you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now iran's revolutionary guards have seized the foreign tank they say was trying to smuggle oil tanker was reportedly seized on sunday just south of island in the strait of hormuz iran's announcement of the ship's easier happened u.s. central command general kenneth mackenzie was in saudi arabia he held talks with saudi military leaders on how to ensure safe passage for ships off the coast of yemen and iraq. the un special rapporteur on human rights in may in moscow is the persecution of the rangar there is still going on she says villages have been burned down in recent days and she has been prevented from getting in to gather information. british m.p.'s have made it more difficult for the next prime minister to push through a no deal bragg's it by suspending parliament the majority of m.p.'s have just voted for an amendment that would ensure parliament stays open in the run up so. the 31st deadline for briggs is jonah how joins us now from london so basically what has happened here jonah is that they've just tied up a little bit

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact sat in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable well earlier i spoke to mohammad marandi who is the political analyst and tehran and he gave me his perspective on how iran and viewing the situation. i think that expect a sions among many in iran is that if you run is to retaliate it has to go after a far bigger target or numerous targets because a many people in iran feel that. it is time for you iran to push back and when the british carry out what the iranians consider an act of piracy and impede iranian tankers that then the iranians which have much many more. many more tankers available for them to retaliate against i think iranians have they expect the government to do something on

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. well iran's announcement of that ship seizure happened as u.s. central command general kenneth mackenzie was in south saudi arabia he met with the saudi general in charge of the coalition fighting yemen's freeze the rebels the 2 discussed the situation in the gulf and how to ensure safe passage for ships off the coasts of both yemen and iran let me just emphasize that we don't believe war with iran is inevitable and we don't seek war with iran. what we seek is to deter him from destabilizing and malign activities across the region and we believe the recent adjustments that we've made to our force posture have had some effect toward that e

guard says the ship has been taken to a port on its territory. that's news bulletin up next shift living in the digital age some like the local more news at the top of the. robots are still in the development phase seem to happen when the world. will humans and machines be able to peacefully coexist. are we on the verge of a robot collapse. if we just bumble into this totally unprepared with our heads and say she seemed to think about what could go wrong then let's face it it's probably going to be the biggest mistake in history.

a british oil tanker has been seized in the gulf by the iranian revolutionary guard. the owners of the vessel, which was bound for saudi arabia, saying they we re bound for saudi arabia, saying they were unable to contact the vessel and it is heading north towards. and it is heading north 23 were unable to contact the vessel and it is heading north 23 personnel on board saying there was an one identified small craft, and a helicopter. we understand cobra is meeting. more at eight p:m.. a day to dodge the downpours. plenty of these. one of those heavy downpours captured from stapleton area in bristol. looking at the picture, you can see the extent of the cloud we have had across the uk during the afternoon, but that cloud extends well to the west and this is rain bearing cloud that will be heading in overnight. if anything, the rain is going to turn increasingly heavy across southern and eastern areas of england. that's probably where the widest weather is going to be overnight but there will be some rain in northern ireland, slowly pulling away from western later on.

guard say it's been taken to an iranian port a british government emergency committee has gone into session also coming up germany's chancellor delivers her verdict on donald trump's racist remarks. i reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked it was on the america's most forthright comments of her annual summer news conference at which she also credited young activists 1st bring her to task faster on climate change also on the program the dutch supreme court finds the state partially liable for the deaths of 350 bosnian muslims in the 7 it's a massacre when dutch troops failed to protect the victims from bosnian serb forces . plus helping migrants survive the desert on the us mexico border it's called the water drop and it's organized by a group known as border angels they're trying to stop by grants from dying of thirst as they tracked into their promised. tom calma aspen welcome. the program the british government's emergency committee is meeting at this hour after iran's revolutionary guard said it had captured a british oil tanker in the

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here about officially the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized that we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. but let's go to hong kong now a tens of thousands of people are out on the streets there marching for the 7th weekend they want to keep up the pressure on the government to officially withdraw a controversial extradition bel

guard patrolling the area to come to their aid and when the revolutionary guard got there they decided to take this vessel to a ban there of us which is the closest port city to them they say that the incident took place because this vessel violated a number of maritime laws one being that they were traveling in the wrong a maritime direction 2nd that they had turned off all their g.p.s. and tracking devices and 3rd that they were not responding to any of the calls or any attempts ever made to contact them on this vessel so this is why this vessel is now in there up us the revolutionary guards are investigating what took place and they for the time being they have maintained that the crew members are so on board this vessel they have not been taken off of it so they are still on going investigation ongoing and we're waiting to find out what the revolutionary guards will come back with in terms of the details of what happens next. thank you very much indeed those are the talking to us from the iranian capital tehran so let's have a look then at the route that the tanker was taking it's

of its revolutionary guards. to take control of the. germany is calling the capture a dangerous escalation in the middle east. german chancellor leeds tributes to the conspirators who tried to assassinate hitler and overthrow the nazi government 75 years ago today. and it's exactly 15 years since man 1st walked on the. millions actually believe the moon landings were faked we look at the conspiracy theories doing the round social media. thanks for joining us. iran is defying growing international pressure to release a british oil tanker detained in the strait of hormuz a vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the world seaborne oil supplies to iran says the vessel was seized after it collided with a fishing boat the british government has called it a dangerous move and germany says it's an aggravation of an already tense situation . iran's revolutionary guard sport the stand in pay to a pretty special it to team did in the streets of poor me after and every day an oil tanker was hailed in. britain say it's a dangerous move but london is deter

guard appears to be a different situation where the revolutionary guard has yet again shown that it is capable of carrying out the measures needed to secure the waters of the strait of hormuz and they have in fact said in the past that this is their number one priority the revolutionary guard me will forces are concerned with the security of the strait of hormuz and they will do everything in their power to make sure that their area remains stable. meanwhile president trump has distanced himself from his supporters after they chanted his own words about a u.s. congresswoman who was born in somalia. high profile politicians have defended iran omar following the crowd chanting sent her back at trump's campaign rally which the president now says he feels quote little bit badly about democratic presidential hopeful come about how it's tweeted that the rally the files the office of the president libya's u.n. recognize government has accused forces loyal to the warlord highly for have tire of kidnapping a female politician and injuring her husband see how this appeared from a house in the

guard sport the stand in pay to a british national it detained in the streets of poor me after and every day an oil tanker was held in. britain say it's a dangerous move but london is determined not to let the tit for tat spiral i use to control the priority. continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation.

warship filmed by a drone that washington claimed it destroyed the iranian revolutionary guard says this is tangible proof that the unmanned aircraft returned to its base on thursday president all trump said the warship the u.s.s. boxer a downed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz. south africa's corruption watchdog has found president cyril ramaphosa deliberately misled parliament over campaign donations from a post called the findings against him unfortunate meanwhile the former south african president jacob zuma had withdrawn from a corruption inquiry but has now decided to take part. in turkey has launched airstrikes on the kurdish region of northern iraq as it hunts down a suspect in the killing of a diplomat turkey's deputy consul general was shot dead on wednesday by a gunman believed to be a member of the armed group. libya's high council of state says warlords 44 have to his forces are planning more attacks on the capital tripoli has been trying to capture the libyan capital since april the council says have to it is backed by france the u.a.e. and egypt it released a state

shut down one of its strongest the revolutionary guard says this video was shot by the drone and proves that it returned to base safely. the netherlands has accepted that it's partially responsible for the deaths of $350.00 bosnian muslims and the line 995 minutes a massacre the supreme court said dutch peacekeeping forces could have allowed the men to remain at a un safe haven during the bosnian war. taiwan's president says her government will consider granting asylum to protests from hong kong based on humanitarian concerns sighing when it was responding to reports that a group fighting a controversial extradition bill and hong kong were seeking protection but toyah gayton be reports. during recent protests in hong kong millions of people rallied against him now withdrew an extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland china for trial. protesters who stormed the city's legislature was so concerned they could be punished unfairly they flown to neighboring thailand to seek asylum its president has offered them support for the kid regarding the hong kong people w

i want 10 seconds about the i iranian revolutionary guard seizing these british vessels. an escalation? >> absolutely. the seizing of a foreign vessel is big. we're going to talk about the squad and going to talk about it sunday. there's been serious questions raised about race and loyalty to the country. but when you get into a situation like the where ships are being seized and the possibility of military action and lives literally being at stake that obviously takes precedence. makes it a lot more serious. the second point i would make about iran, they're playing a dangerous game here. the one hand they're getting hammered by u.s. sanctions. the economy is getting squeezed. they're trying to create and go right up to the line of creating international crises that will try to get the west if not the u.s. to negotiate new deals and to find new ways to provide them with economic relief. when you start taking british flag tankers or in this case now a liberian flagged tanker, you run the risk of severe military reprisals at which point instead of getting a lifting of sanct

spokesman for iran's revolutionary guard has said that indeed there was a 2nd british vessel that was trying to prevent the iranians from seizing this tanker on friday in the strait of hormuz now the revolutionary guard has also released dramatic footage which shows the moment a tanker with seized by them we see the number of iranian commanders in a helicopter and they are parachuted down into this british navy a british vessel rather before it was seized on friday because the iranians said that it was causing a dangerous situation in the strait of hormuz the iranians have said that there was tanker had turned off its tracking devices and it was not responding to any communications that were trying to be made with the crew on board the iranians the size decided to see if this vessel because they said it was traveling in the wrong maritime direction and also it was not responding to any of the calls the seas this vessel and took it to the nearby support city of bam that up also where the $23.00 crew members are now still there waiting to be questioned by the authorities the foreign min

no sami we have not heard about the ownership of this vessel but the iranian revolutionary guards have said that they have at the request of the judiciary carried out the arrest of the 12 crew members they are all foreigners but they have yet to identify which nationalities they are and this is a very very crucial shipping route of course the strait of hormuz it's a very busy route for the war well the world's oil exports and the iranians have said that this is something that they the security of the strait of hormuz is in the hands of iran's navy as well as the revolutionary guard so this seizure comes at a very very short time when there has been heightened tensions in the region specially in the strait of hormuz and we've heard from various officials in iran that this the iran's own oil exports have been attacked and that's something that they will not stand for this latest seizure is something the iranians say is an effort to fight smuggling of oil and fuel in this region civil waiting to find out more information from the revolutionary guard about who actually owns this vessel or

iran's revolutionary guard says it has been taken to a port. the british government emergency committee has gone into session. german chancellor angela merkel has rejected u.s. president donald trump praises attack on four congresswoman. trump has rallied against the four congressman telling them to "go back to where they came from." and don't forget, you can always get dw news on the go. just download our app from google play and from the app store to give you access to all the latest news as well as push notifications for breaking news. you can also use the dw app to send us your photos s and video. you're watching dw news. next, i'll be back with "the day,.." i will be back in a moment. stay tuned. . iran says it seized a british oil tanker in the gulf the vessel operators. to contact the crew today was sailing in the strait of whole moose at the time more now this is coming up. the dutch government accepts responsibility for the deaths in separate set in nineteen and ninety five dollars. please keep this guarding you and base at the time. a

iran's revolutionary guard sport this day not in pay to a british vessel it to team did in the streets of harmony after and every day an oil tanker was held in. britain say it's a dangerous move but london is determined not to let the tent for tat spiral out of control. priority. continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation. that's why i reached out to the iranian foreign minister that's why due process interpol continues we need to see the illegal seizing of a british flag that's so robust we need the ship released and we continue to be very concerned the safety of well the 23 crew members. the u.k.'s allies are also stepping up pressure on iran u.s. president donald trump wants to run to accept more concessions over its nuclear program and he says his strategy is working iran they're showing their colors going to work out very nicely arad is in big trouble right now a lot of bad things happening to them and it's very easy to straight out for it's very easy for us to make it a lot worse however trump's familiar bluster isn't going to end well on the streets of tehran and.

the spokesman for iran's revolutionary guard has said that indeed there was a 2nd british vessel that was trying to prevent the iranians from seizing this tanker on friday in the strait of hormuz now the revolutionary guard has also released dramatic footage which shows the moment the tanker was seized by them we see the number of the iranian commanders in a helicopter and they are parachuted down into this british navy a british vessel rather before it was seized on friday because the iranians said that it was causing a dangerous situation in the strait of hormuz the iranians have said that those tanker had turned off the tracking devices and it was not responding to any communications that were trying to be made with the crew on board the iranians the size decided to seize this vessel because they said it was traveling in the wrong maritime direction and also it was not responding to any of the calls the seize this vessel and took it to the nearby support city of bam that also where the $23.00 crewmembers are now still there waiting to be questioned by the authorities the foreign mi

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. now the tension of a ship sailing in the gulf and the tank a seized in gibraltar earlier this month have highlighted the politics of flag ships the grace one through. flag of panama in gibraltar which is now stripped of its re

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here about officially the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the iranian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. right to hong kong now where protesters are gathering for another mass rally as they keep the pressure up on the government there demanding the official withdrawal of a planned extradition law and an independent inquiry into t

guards responded to them that is the sentiment here a better fish if the revolutionary guard to saying that this vessel violated international maritime law and that is why the iranians have seized it we've also heard comments from the british the arabian diplomat in the u.k. who has tweeted about the issue and he said that the u.k. government should contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate tensions between iran and the u.k. beyond the issue of ships and this is quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region iran however is firm and ready for different scenarios the general feeling here is that the iranians have carried out what they believe is their due diligence when it comes to securing the waters of the strait of hormuz and that is what the revolutionary guard has said they've done with the act that they carried out on friday. now earlier i spoke to simon mabon who's a senior lecturer in channel studies at lancaster university he says putting u.s. tensions aside the u.k. has its own complicated history with iran the u.k.'s cold essentially between w

guard patrolling the area to come to their aid and when the revolutionary guard got there they decided to take this vessel to about their of us which is the closest port city to them and they say that the incident took place because this vessel violated any number of maritime laws one being that they were travelling in the wrong a maritime direction 2nd that they had turned off all their g.p.s. and tracking devices and 3rd that they were not responding to any of the calls or any attempts ever made to contact them thousands of pro-government protesters held a rally in hong kong organizers say it was to condone violence during demonstrations against the now suspended extradition bill. police say they've seized what's thought to be the largest amount of explosives uncovered in the city of sunday's pro-democracy rally on the 1st regional elections are being held and back in stones a northern tribal region the territory bordering afghanistan was merged with khyber pass through hoare province last year that until now has been ruled by councils of tribal elders so big explosions across yemen'