The first men set foot on the moon. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers penny smith and bonnie greer stay with us for that. Good evening. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has expressed his extreme disappointment in a phone call to his iranian counterpart over the seizure of a british registered tanker in the gulf yesterday. He said the government would do what it takes to keep british and International Shipping safe. Germany, france, the netherlands, and the eu have all called for the Immediate Release of the stena impero. Iran has released a video which appears to show masked gunmen descending from a helicopter to board the tanker, as paul adams reports. This is the Moment Iranian revolutionary guards took over the stena impero, descending from a helicopter onto the deck of the tanker, as fast boats circled nearby. Iran says the ship had broken International Regulations following an accident involving a fishing boat. The ships owners have not confirmed
Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines riot police in hong kong clash with thousands of protesters who defied a ban and marched through the streets for an eighth weekend. There is tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray. And every week it seems to get worse. Michael gove, the minister who has to prepare the uk for a no deal brexit, says its a very real prospect. Getting ready for it is now the governments number one priority. Democrats in the United States have renewed accusations of racism against president trump, after he criticised an African American congressman. Iran says it will reduce its commitments to the nuclear deal signed in 2015, until its interests are protected, following a meeting of Senior International diplomats in vienna. A 15 year old boy from essex wins nearly £1 million in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite and hes only the runner up. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The rain in germany hands victory to Max Ver
He has a lot of work to do if he is going to make it through to the weekend as well. He certainly does. Thank you very much indeed. Time for a look at the weather. Well, with some heavy rain around today you might not need an art but a barge would come in handy. There is some pretty wet weather to come, particularly for england and wales. Rain trickling across Northern Ireland and into southern scotland as well. This is the radar picture. You can see the rain coming in bursts and it will continue to be that way into tomorrow. Certainly a lot of cloud showing up on the satellite picture. The best of the sunshine in northern scotland. The cloud is extensive to the west of Northern Ireland and the west of england and wales and more rain to come. Over the next few hours, the rain will tend to offer across east anglia and south east england, so it should become drier and brighterfor a time, but at the same time the rain will turn much heavier across wales and south west, with some really he
Tonight at ten the Foreign Office investigates the leak of classified emails that are highly critical of the Trump White House. Written by the British Ambassador to washington, they call the president S Administration inept, insecure and incompetent. Its the job of ambassadors to give frank personal opinions about whats happening in the countries they serve, and those are just that, personal opinions. Its not the opinions of the British Government or. Its not my opinion either. In the last few minutes President Trump said ambassor darroch hasnt served the uk well. Also tonight the shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell, sasteremy corbyn must get on and back another public vote over brexit. One of the citys biggest employers, Deutsche Bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff worldwide. Greeces centre right opposition looks set for a convincing win, in the countrys snap general election. And savouring victory, the usa womens Football Team are crowned world champions after beating the ne
Wimbledon 2019 is under way. A fortnight guaranteed to entertain in equal measures. And we are in for a treat. It has been a good day for the brits. Djokovic looked at home on centre court. At just 15 years djokovic looked at home on centre court. Atjust 15 years old, she defeated williams. Here is lydia campbell. For so long, Venus Williams has ruled these courts. She is a five time wimbledon champion and had w011 five time wimbledon champion and had won two of those titles before cori gauff was even born. But as with life, there always has to be a changing of the guard, and for the 15 year old, perhaps that time is nigh. As she played the former world number one around the court with ease. The first break soon followed, with history perhaps brewing. Most teenagers right now are busy with homework. But here, cori gauff is screwing her elder, taking the first set. And the second looked to be going that way too, but at a break, she wobbled when faced with her first break point. It was j