Off. But a bit of a leak coming from europe. That is right. After a week in which some of the rhetoric from that year ps that has been somewhat following. We heard from Jean Claude Juncker of his sort of willingness and desire to form some kind of deal with the uk. We now see eu officials pouring hot water on the british proposalfor an pouring hot water on the british proposal for an alternative to the backstop. Licking their displeasure. All of downing street do insist the proposals they made were merely a kind of springboard for future talks, the rhetoric from the eu officials has been fairly damning. They refer to it is a stupid idea, almost insulting to have been suggested. My problem with this is not the contents of the story is much as the headline. Because it is a little ove rd ramatic much as the headline. Because it is a little overdramatic to put it lightly. It implies that we have a workable brexit plan. The dastardly people in it brussels as he said are trying to sabotage i
A decade sauna millions actually believe the moon landings were faked well look at the conspiracy theories doing the rounds on social media. Im next by sir thanks for joining us iran is defying growing International Pressure to release a British Oil Tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the 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 its an aggravation of an already tense situation. Irans revolutionary guard sport this. To team did in the streets of poor me after and every day an oil tanker was held in. Britain say its a dangerous move but london is determined not to let the tit for tat spiral out of control. Priority continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation thats why i reached out to the Iranian Foreign minister thats why due process interpol to continue says we need to see the legal seizing of a push
50 years since man 1st walked on the moon a decade saw millions actually believe the moon landings were faked we look at the conspiracy theories doing the rounds on social media. Nick spicer thanks for joining us iran is defying growing International Pressure to release a British Oil Tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the worlds seaborne oil supplies to iran says the vessel was seized the after it collided with a fishing boat the British Government has called it a dangerous move and germany says its an aggravation of an already tense situation irans revolutionary guard sport the pedo. Detained in the streets of poor me after and every day an oil tanker was held in. Britain say its a dangerous but london is determined not to let the tit for tat spiral out of control. Well the priority continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation thats why i reached out to the Iranian Foreign minister thats why due process interpol continues we ne
Now to many it may seem like sheer lunacy but if youve been on social media today theres a good chance you seem at least one person claiming the moon landings were fake for more on why so many people online are claiming that we never went to the moon joined by children our social media reporter why does this rumor continue to stick well i mean if you look at it its kind of a sexy idea i mean if you really think about it the whole idea that maybe you could learn a secret out there that the whole world doesnt know has kind of a way of resonating with a lot of people so its kind of understandable but unfortunately comes the claims that the moon landing were fake when we just know thats not true historical evidence doesnt back it up i mean 400000 people were involved in bringing us to the moon developing the technology and they would all have to be lying in order for it to be true but what were seeing with conspiracy theories like this is that they really kind of resonate in social media b
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