Plus mozambique goes to the polls will the ruling partys decades long hold on power slip our correspondent is on the ground for todays general. Im brian thomas great to have you with us the United States has imposed economic sanctions on turkey that after President Trump demanded an immediate cease fire in syria and a phone call with president erred on the sanctions include an end to talks on a 100000000000. 00 trade deal Vice President mike pence is also heading to ankara for talks were getting live pictures right now on the ground the offensive inside syria can continue these are the latest images coming in from ross and thats just across the border with turkey turkey is targeting a number of syrian towns close to its border and has been pushing deeper than expected. Now at the same time from the south Syrian Government forces are advancing to join up with kurdish fighters in the very same area. Syrian troops heading towards the Turkish Border 80 years after president bashar assad lo
From political outsider to the president of tunisia young voters propelling law professor. To a landslide victory is the valves to implement forms of direct democracy. Im brian thomas great to have you with us the United States has imposed economic sanctions on turkey now this comes after President Trump demanded an immediate cease fire in syria in a phone call with president erred on the sanctions include an end to talks on a 100000000000. 00 trade deal president mike pence is also heading to the region for talks now on the ground turkeys offensive continues these are live images coming in from ross all thats just across the border with turkey. Targeting a number of syrian towns close to its border and has been pushing far deeper than expected. Now meanwhile from the south Syrian Government forces are venturing to join up with kurdish fighters in the very same area. Syrian troops heading towards the Turkish Border 80 years after president bashar assad lost control over Northern Syria
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 you s tonight that a second ship had been seized, iberian registered. It has been released. Jeremy hu
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
If countries could evoke their domestic laws to seize iranian ships or shipments, iran could use International Law to seease wayward ships. After all, vessels could be seen violating International Regulations in the straight of hormos. This is look at how the british and other seazures of iranian oil in high seas has opened a new front in the western shadow war on iran and how iran has been fighting, all of that in a nutshell. In july 2019, britain deployed commandos to stop and detain a panama flag tanker that was carrying an iranian oil cargo, the grace one off of gibraltar. The uk government said it suspected the cargo was bound for a refinery in syria that was under European Union sanctions. Two weeks later, iran seized a british flag tanker, the stenna empero in the straight of hormoz. Iran said the ship had violated international maritime. Law, then a judge in gibraltar said there was no legal basis to keep holding the grace one, and he ordered it to be released. One day after th