On t. W. This is you know we news live from berlin showdown in the gulf britain says a royal navy forget has driven off iranian boats trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker but iran denies there was any confrontation also coming up on the show a powerful storm devastated greece is from northern coastal areas leaving 7 dead and Dozens Injured plus a french lawmakers to vote for a Digital Services tax that washington says unfairly targets american tech giants
good to us speak airing out full but no other trade war this time with france. Its great to have you along everyone britain says 3 iranian boats attempted to intercept a British Oil Tanker near the persian gulf but were driven off by a Royal Navy Frigate iran has denied that its vessels tried to stop the tanker in the Strait Of Hormuz saying its boats were carrying out routine duty. The Strait Of Hormuz one of the worlds busiest Shipping Lanes through which a 3rd of the worlds seaborne oil passes. Irans navy is an active presence
certainly not the americans we know donald trump has said repeatedly he doesn t want to get drawn into another conflict in the middle east in spite of that he sent more ready more u.s. troops u.k. certainly doesn t want to get more and broiled in the us so i think given that given that none of these actors will really benefit from a conflict it s just a case of figuring out ways of getting out of this situation with all sites saving face and all sites feeling secure in the best possible light and that will take creativity it will take creative diplomacy as a way of escaping this this incredibly worrying situation salmon maven from the university of lancaster in the u.k. thank you so very much. and i stop greece at least a 7 people there have died after a powerful storm battered the country in the north violent weather and healthy dickie also injured scores more and toppled trees and power lines the storm followed intense heat in greece with temperatures soaring to 37 degrees celsius
don t think any of the parties involved want a direct military confrontation certainly not the iranians and i would argue certainly not the americans we know donald trump has said repeatedly he doesn t want to get drawn into another conflict in the middle east in spite of that he sent more more u.s. troops u.k. certainly doesn t want to get more and broiled a nest so i think given that given that none of these actors will really benefit from a conflict it s just a case of figuring out ways of getting out of this situation with all sites saving face and all sites feeling secure in the best possible light and that will take creativity it will take creative diplomacy as a way of escape invests this incredibly worrying situation salmon maven from the university of lancaster in the u.k. thank you so very much. let s get you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. at least one person has been killed in a huge blaze at a gas fired power station near moscow