Hello and welcome to bbc news. Iran reported that it has captured a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz. The stena impero was bound for saudi arabia when the owners say they lost contact with the vessel. There are 23 personnel on board but no british citizens are among them. It comes after an iranian vessel was captured earlier this month. James robbins reports. This is stena impero, built only last year, british flagged, 183 metres long, now in the hands of iran, together with her 23 crew. Routine satellite tracking of the tanker shows her under way from the emirates of fujairah, around midday, heading north, staying well inside International Waters of the gulf until this happened. Just after three oclock, the 30,000 ton tanker diverts seriously off course. Her last known movement was around four oclock, inside iranian waters. The owners, stena bulk and Northern Marine management, say in a statement and then news tonight that a second ship had been seized, the mesdar, iberian r
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President thinks hes a great deal maker and if the 2 sides can come to a face saving way to start the negotiations i think will be ok but i do worry about an accidental conflagration here with drones for example or seizing the ships that could get out of hand thank you very much joining us on the news out Lawrence Korb for us assistant secretary of defense thank you for having me. In all the developments u. S. President donald trump is blaming fake news for the backlash against racist chance that his Campaign Rally in North Carolina on wednesday has been an outpouring of support for somali born congresswoman ellen omagh after transporters chanted send her back at the event in a series of tweets over the weekend trumpet and 3 other Progressive Democratic congresswoman to go back to their countries of origin. After trying to distance himself from the chance on thursday trump was back to attacking omar again when he spoke to reporters in the oval office. Im unhappy with the fact that a co
nomia, tell us some of the reaction you have been seeing to the vote having passed? fix, to the vote having passed? huge sigh of relief, really, by those members of the republican party and democratic party who were somewhere in the middle and glad this has now past this hurdle before it gets to the senate. the numbers are really interesting. 71 republicans opposed the bill. some are not surprising. 46 democrats also voted against. again, some of those members were not surprising. but what is interesting, ultimately more democrats supported, 165, than republicans, 149. now the next big battle is the senate. find big battle is the senate. and what can we big battle is the senate. and what can we expect - big battle is the senate. and what can we expect in the senate, nomia? what can we expect in the senate, nomia? well, the democratic senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, - senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, chuck i democratic party, chuck schumer, the demo
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