Human fossils outside africa for the first time and. England prepare to take on australia in the cricket world cup semifinal at edgbaston. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. A Royal Navy Frigate has intercepted iranian boats that were harassing a British Oil Tanker in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker and the iranian vessels, issuing a number of warnings over radio, before they moved off. Iran has previously threatened retaliation for the seizure of a tanker carrying iranian oil off gibraltar last week. The ministry of defence said three iranian vessels, believed to belong to the revolutionary guards, asked the tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a warning from a Royal Navy Frigate. Its a strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the United Arab Emirates. Iran has denied any encounter between its forces and foreign ships in the last
Thunderstorms my breaking out and into scotland as well. The reason why is low pressure moving across the British Isles at the moment and its moving across scotland. This is where we are going to see some of the heavier downpours, with the risk of flash flooding particularly across the eastern side of scotland this afternoon. It is eastern scotland, down into parts of north east england, where, if you do catch a thunderstorm you could see may be 20 30 millimetres of rain in an hour. Theyll be fairly slow moving. You can pick out one or two in the midlands and east anglia, maybe 10 15 millimetres of rain so the potential for some disruption. May be rather drizzly towards west facing welsh hills and its a rather muqqy facing welsh hills and its a rather muggy, warm afternoon out there, very pleasant if you get to see some sunshine and many places will be dry with sunny spells, but through the Late Afternoon into this evening just a closer look at where we are expecting some of the thunde
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