Irans corner on this one and yet you have the sort of closer relationship between trump and putin where particularly President Trump wants to try to say hey we want to have a Good Relationship with russia here. Well the problem is that the obviously mr trump is under tremendous pressure at no time in history did we have such a situation that all the meetings between putin and drawn. Between the american president and the russian leader would be just sabotaged by the American Press by the European Press please notice all this your thick statements about you know putin given trump a food bowl you know so go for blow with k. G. B. Barbs in the end all of this nonsense will remember it and were on the stand that trump is on the pressure but certainly certainly the stand of something prevents the war its not going to be the cause relationship between trumpets and i think it will be pressure from the International Public opinion including russia and certainly russia will you know we have a w
As well as of course on iran and syria all in all you are going to see this more resistance if you will to americas policies now in the absence of a real strategy by the United States in the face of this ongoing a skirmish in the gulf its clear that the Shanghai Group its clear that the american russian chinese position it has far more weight far more clarity if you will than the u. S. Position that is not clear whether its going to war thats going to diplomacy because the economic pressure why it is working certainly the way i see it whether there is proof or not it makes all the sense in the world for iran to be pursuing a low intensity warfare a submit their cold war fare if you will against the United States that is blockading it economically trying to cripple it while pursuing a gunboat diplomacy if you will sending aircraft carriers the gulf so what we have now is gunboat diplomacy versus bomb boats the plum a sea by perhaps iran and given the dangers of where this could all lead
Battery acid at politicians. And at 11. 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers dawn foster and lucy fisher stay with us for that. Good evening. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to become the next conservative leader and Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. 10 candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was way out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candidates andrea leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey didnt get enough support and were eliminated from the race, leaving seven mps to face more votes next week. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Who was it to be . Mps voting behind the gates of the commons. I shall be voting for boris. I will be voting for boris. Borisjohnson. The person who might beat boris is boris himself. Get used to seeing this room where the Tory
Following the worst violence in the city for decades. A Photo Exhibition by the wife of one of chinas most famous dissidents, gives a rare insight into her life. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 3am in the gulf of oman, where two oil tankers were hit by explosions on thursday. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has accused iran of carrying out the attacks. A Us Navy Destroyer is now heading to the scene. Tehran has denied having anything to do with the incidents. Heres our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. This morning in the gulf, a First Oil Tanker set ablaze, ignited by an explosion. Crew members on this norwegian vessel were rescued by a passing cargo ship. These scenes filmed by irans navy. An hour later, another tanker, japanese owned, also hit by an explosion. Its still not clear what caused these latest attacks in one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes
Still be alert the borders us to visually porous cases of people are increasing in the d r c and as long as people can still manage to walk in and out of both countries without being properly screened at some point there is still a danger that it could be another outbreak if people arent you. A military spokesman for yemens whos the rebel group is warning civilians to stay away from ports in saudi arabia and the u. A. E. The rebels have already targeted saudi arabias portion of the border with yemen. Mohamed al highty says whos the operations on the airports and military sites will continue as long as the war in yemen goes on another whos the military official has told al jazeera that its retaliate against previous saudi attacks. Your are drawn operation of the airport is a strategic talk its resulted in the complete destruction of the radar system that means the navigation of commercial flights would be terminations such a move puts king solomon and his regime in a difficult position