Now i dont know what to do. Manchester Police Launch an urgent appeal after seven newborn puppies are stolen by burglars armed with machetes. Coming up at10. 30am, how the indonesian regional authorities are trying to return Komodo Island to the dragons. A recording has emerged of dramatic radio exchanges between a Royal Navy Warship and irans revolutionary guard, moments before a british flagged oil tanker was seized in the gulf. The stena impero was boarded on friday in the strait of hormuz a key shipping route. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has urged iran to release the vessel and its crew. Irans ambassador to the uk has tweeted, warning the uk government against escalating tension, saying it would be quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region. This report from ramzan karmali. The seizing of a british flag tanker, the stena impero, by the Iranian Revolutionary guard. Tehran says it was breaking maritime rules. The owners of the tanker insist it was obeying In
Attempting to board. Dramatic recordings reveals how a british warship warned Iranian Forces not to seize a uk registered oil tanker in the gulf. This is the scene live in hong kong, where tens of thousands of pro democracy protesters are taking to the streets, in the latest challenge to the influence of beijing. Can irish golfer shane lowry follow his sensational round yesterday with victory in the open at royal portrush this afternoon . And coming up at 1 30pm the travel show is in florida to meet the people who worked on that epic apollo 11 mission 50 years ago. Good afternoon. The chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, says hell resign this week if borisjohnson becomes the new conservative leader and Prime Minister. As expected. Mr hammond says he doesnt agree with mrjohnson over brexit and he thinks its unlikely britain will get a deal agreed with the eu by the current leaving date of october 31st. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. If there is one thing these t
Macro advisory in moscow. He said the situation for the russian currency is unique. You should not be looking at it in the same way as if there was a slide in a normally functioning economy or a european economy. The rouble is entirely managed now by the central bank in conjunction with the Finance Ministry, and has been since we last saw the rouble collapse down to about 130 in march of last year. So the Central Banks priority last year was to keep the Rouble Exchange rate high at around 60, because it was tackling inflation, but this year, because of the sanctions impact and because that has led to a big hit on the value of russias oil exports in particular, they have devalued the rouble in order to compensate for that fall in dollar terms. In other words, weaker rouble translating dollars into a higher rouble amount to balance the budget. Thats been the priority this year. It doesnt reflect an imminent crisis. Sort of a broad collapse in the economy. Its the result of the central Ba
questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact innocent o