In australia, join the queue theres a trafficjam of tourists doing it, before climbing is banned altogether. The uk says iran tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the gulf of oman and that the royal navy had to repel several iranian boats. This is the tanker, the british heritage. The uk says it was moving through the strait of hormuz when it was approached. This is the route the british tanker took. The allegation is that iranian boats tried to force it into iranian waters to the north. Iran denies that this happened. These are the type of boats the british say were used theyre armed speed boats that irans revolutionary guard uses to patrol the strait. This footage is from an exercise last year. The uk says it was this ship, a frigate called the hms montrose, that was shadowing the british tanker, and that came to its defence. Were told it trained its guns on the iranian boats and ordered them to withdraw. The mod said they did so and no shots were fired. Iran says it didnt happ
By the British Charity regulator for mishandling allegations of Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti. And botswanas high court has decriminalised homosexuality its the latest country to overturn laws on sexuality from the colonial era. Yesterday, we talked about the public outcry in russia over the arrest of an Investigative Reporter called ivan golu nov. Well this is russias interior minister today. Translation the decision was made to drop the charges against mr. Golunov, because his relation to the crime was not proven. Today he will be released from under house arrest. And here he is a short while ago being released from house arrest. All charges dropped. And the two Police Officers who carried out the arrest have been suspended. That arrest was in moscow last week. Ivan golu nov accused of trying to sell a drug that he was carrying. His lawyer says the drugs were planted and that this was in an attempt to silence him. Plenty of people might want to. Mr golu nov investigates hig
Launch the missile strike against the assad regime. The latest from our security correspondent, jim sciutto. As always, in the case of syrian stories, we must warn you, some of the images in his report are graphic. The u. S. Military the investigating whether russia was complicit in the Syrian Regimes gruesome chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier this week. Whether a russian war plane dropped a bomb on victims of the attack five hours later, perhaps to destroy evidence. U. S. Intelligence shows that a russian drone flew over the hospital site just before the bombing. The probe comes after President Trump ordered a barrage of missiles on a seyrian air base n retaliation for the deadly attack. The first u. S. Military strike against the assad regime in the bloody sixyear war. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley warned of further military action. The United States took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more. But we hope that will not be necessary. Reporter the target
The President Donald Trump willing to tell his story under oath, denying allegations made by fbi director james comey. It was supposed to be a strong, stable victory. Instead, britains election weakened. From moscow, the stigma and struggles of being hiv positive in russia. Welcome to viewers in the United States and around the world, we are live in atlanta, i am natalie allen. I am george howell. Newsroom starts right now. Good day to you, 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The president of the United States donald trump struck a defientd tone when asked about james comeys testimony. He says he will 100 testify. Hes willing to do so to dispute comeys account. Oddly enough, he doesnt want to dispute everything comey said. Here is jim acosta from the white house. Reporter speaking as he tweets in short bursts, President Trump tried to have it both ways, claiming the testimony of james comey as his salvation, slamming the man he fired in the same breath. No collusion, no obstruction. He