this week where tankers came under attack. a suspected hijacking of this ship, the panama flagged asphalt princess, is now over. it began on tuesday when armed men boarded the vessel. a uk maritime security agency tweeted earlier today. it s thought a criminal smuggling gang might have been behind that incident. but an attack on another tanker last week has been blamed on iran. two men died when a drone carrying explosives struck the ship. one of them was named today as a british security guard and former soldier, adrian underwood. the mt mercer street is the tanker, it s operated by an israeli owned company. israel s defence minister benny gantz has publicly named the iranian official he says ordered the attack, blaming it on the head of the revolutionary guards drone command. mr gantz called it an assault on global trade routes and an international crime . the head of the british military,
was shot dead by surveillance officers seconds after the attack in streatham last year. both his victims survived. a west midlands police officer has been found guilty of carrying out assaults on two black members of the public. ajudge has ruled pc declanjones acted unlawfully on two separate occasions when he wrongly suspected two different victims of committing crimes. neither had resisted arrest. borisjohnson has said iran must face consequences after a drone attack killed a briton and a romanian onboard a merchant tanker last week. the iranian government called claims that it was behind the attack baseless and provocative. the israeli owned mt mercer street was attacked off 0man on thursday. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. last month s heatwave took the uk to its joint fifth warmestjuly on record. wales, northern ireland, and scotland, according to the met office, were drier than average, and another dry day across much of scotland. england was wett
expensive part of travelling, as a series of tests can range up to £250 by the time they get tested in the uk and tested again to return to the us. travellers see this as a window of opportunity, concerned that the highly contagious delta variant may make it difficult to travel in the fall and winter once again. let s look at some of the day s other news. israel s top court has proposed a plan to enable palestinians threatened with eviction in eastjerusalem to stay, in a closely watched and divisive case. the supreme court was expected to issue a ruling to end a long legal battle, but urged the sides to compromise instead. it proposed that the four families could stay in their homes in sheikh jarrah if they recognised the land was owned by a jewish settlement company. uk prime minister borisjohnson has said iran must face consequences after a drone attack killed a briton and a romanian onboard a merchant tanker last week. meanwhile the iranian government called the claims baseless and
of committing crimes. neither had resisted arrest. borisjohnson says iran must face consequences, after a drone attack killed a briton and a romanian on board a merchant tanker last week. meanwhile, the iranian government called the claims baseless and provocative . the israeli owned mt mercer street was attacked off oman on thursday. the european union has sent assistance to turkey, after it asked for help in fighting wildfires raging in villages and towns along its mediterranean and aegean coast. eight people have been killed in hundreds of blazes which have destroyed huge swathes of forest and are threatening tourist resorts including marmaris and bodrum. scotland s most senior muslim politician has lodged a complaint against a nursery, alleging it discriminated against his two year old daughter. humza yousaf, the scottish health secretary, says that after his two year old was refused a place, a white friend put in an application and it was accepted within 24 hours. the nursery str