A battle for libyas oil the government in tripoli accuses the United Arab Emirates of ordering warlord Khalifa Haftar to block petroleum exit polls but whats behind the dispute and could it scuttle attempts to end libyas civil war this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im wrong come on oil has played a major role in the years long conflict in libya most of the oil fields in the east on the wall of the hull if i have to control this means the un recognized government a National Court in tripoli has been cut off from a huge source of income on friday have to us forces allowed a tanker to transport some of the crude for the 1st time in 6 months but they really imposed a blockade a day later libyas national all corporation blamed have to the United Arab Emirates for ordering the move the u. A. E. Says although Oil Production should resume it wants what it calls safeguards in place to ensure revenues arent used to fuel the conflict mahmoud has more from tripoli. Had the Nati
A place that us and the countries racism urge. Of the world this is our t. International my names you dont know me and youre welcome to the program. The New York Times is facing widespread criticism publishing an article claiming russia offered to taliban militants in afghanistan to kill u. S. Troops it also claimed donald trump was briefed on the matter however the director of National Intelligence to either the president or the Vice President wherever briefed on this mr trump himself labeled a piece. The free news New York Times must release anonymous source but they can do it this person probably does not even exist well the articles have been slammed by Russian Foreign ministry which called the peace deliberate decision from ation saturday all to solve the taleban denying the New York Times article as well you pushed it off takes a closer look now at the piece in question and asks who could benefit from its publication. Its time to blow off the dust that circled around any smear ta
Lets go straight to the meteorologist, we are seen rain, hail, and a lot of snow up in the mountains just today. Quite a bit of snow in the sierra. Locally, if you thought it was cold enough to snow, you were right on, with dropping snow areas in the bay area to 22,500 feet. You can see a little bit of a dusting of snow. So yeah, the snow levels continue to drop here in the bay area. A Winter Weather advisory in fact toward the big sur coastline for today into tomorrow. What about those rainfall totals . Those numbers really adding up. San francisco 1. 14. San jose,. 86. Oakland,. 70. Concord, just over half an inch of rainfall. These were measured today around 17 and 20 inches. Snow still in the forecast for today. Heres what it looks like on the satellite, and the radar as we come in closer. Today, we still have some scattered showers, in fact the possibility of some thunderstorms showing up. Some areas experiencing a bit of a break in the clouds, but right now, you can see activity
Thanks hugh and sarah has all the weather more rain to come. Also coming up a new streaming service to rival netftlix, the bbc and itv plan to launch britbox by the end of the year to show new commissions and classic programmes. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Hundreds of thousands of Public Sector workers are set to get a pay rise above the rate of inflation. The treasury is expected to confirm the details on monday, but reports suggest that among those in line for rises are the armed forces, police in england and wales and teachers in england. The pay award represents one of theresa mays last Big Decisions as Prime Minister. But labour have dismissed it as insulting. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. On one level, its quite straightforward actually, Public Sector. Now an apparent victory for some of those in the government payroll. The treasury was going to announce an inflation busting increase next week, the figure to be leaked to the Times Newspaper today. T
Hello and welcome to world news today. We start with some breaking news irans revolutionary guards say they have seized a british flagged tanker in the gulf. Iran says the stena impero was stopped while passing through the strait of hormuz on the grounds that it was not observing International Maritime rules. The stena impero was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, but it appears to have taken a sudden turn into iranian waters this afternoon. It was last tracked heading towards the iranian island of qeshm. The company that owns the tanker has confirmed that it was approached by unidentified small boats and a helicopter while it was still in international waters. Its since been uncontactable. We also have early reports that a second uk operated tanker sailing under a liberian flag also made a sharp turn towards iran in the persian gulf. The stena impero, which was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, joining me now is our defence correspondent jonathan beale. What more do we know about t