Well have the latest from ukraine, where the party of comedian turned politician president Volodymyr Zelensky is on course for a decisive victory in parliamentary elections. And liftoff in india which has launched its Second Mission to the moon. Irans seizure of a british flagged tanker has been described as an act of state piracy. Heres uk foreign secretary jeremy hunt. If iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline, not because we wish to increase tensions, but simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which britain and its allies will always defend. That statement came after the uk government held an emergency meeting over the escalating International Crisis in the gulf. Its called for the release of the stena impero tanker which the uk says was seized here in omani waters. Lets take a listen to how it unfolded. Heres the Radio Exchange between iranian guards, the tanker and
So desperately needs. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katy balls, from the spectator, and political commentator, lance price. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. A convicted paedophile who accused some of the uks highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51 year old carl beech, who was known by the pseudonym nick, claimed he was sexually abused in the 1970s and 80s. Among those he accused were the former Prime Minister, edward heath, the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall, the late lord brittan, and the former tory mp, Harvey Proctor. His allegations led to a £2 Million Police investigation. But the court heard he was a fantastist whod ruined peoples lives. June kelly reports from newcastle. In hours of Police Interviews he played the part of a victim. I had poppies pinned to my chest while they did whatever they wanted to do. Carl beech claimed
If iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in their waters along the coastline. And blast off for indias mission to the moon. Scientists hope theyll be the first to explore the lunar south pole. 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 7 00 in the morning in hong kong where the authorities have defended the police, after groups of pro democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. 45 people were injured in the incident, which happened after a rally in the centre of the city. Opposition politicians have accused police of being suspiciously slow to arrive at the scene. You may find some of the pictures in stephen mcdonells report upsetting. Gangs were waiting when pro democracy activists arrived. Their attack was brutal. Using home made weapons, they set upon individual protesters. One of t
It was a little bit farther north, now its to the west of eureka, portland, in between portland, eureka, funneling in an on shore flow and the water temperatures went down, 5253. Temperatures not moving that much or changing that much. Few 40s to the north. 50s, low, mid to upper. 49 gilroy. 5151 san marteen. Couple observations in san jose, 52, 53. West, southwest breeze, out to the delta, fog and low clouds in place. This low wont kick out until thursday. Until then, upper 70s and 80s. Pretty quiet. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Typical problem spots we usually see this time of the morning is your drive from 205 westbound, westbound 580, a little bit backed up. Checking on the commute, east contra costa county. Highway 4 starts to got busy. You will see no problems. Your drive through concord and walnut in to 24 looks good. On 24, lafayette, no problems, making your way towards the tunnel. Busy on the roads but everyone moving, traffic is moving smoothly overall. The bay bridge, g
Were actually a little bit quicker to warm this morning, but into the afternoon, were going to be slightly cooler by a couple of degrees compared to where we were yesterday. A pleasant day. High pressure will continue to dominate but beginning to move out of the area. Once that happens, a drop in temperatures will be much more noticeable into the work week. Mid 80s for san jose. If youre headed out to any of the beaches today, expect to keep that cloud cover through about 2 00, and well get some better clearing by 3 00, talking low to mid60s, a little chilly for the beach but i think folks here in the bay area are used to this sort of pacific weather. If youre headed out there, i will say this, as we head toward monday and tuesday, we have a bit of a cooling trend thats expected to bring us a little bit below seasonable. Ill talk more about that and what you can expect coming up in 15 minutes. Well see you then, thanks, vianey. Our top story, tensions are running high across the bay ar