Considerable. What the iranian government has said is that the british ship had switched of communication devices for that not to be detected and it was going the wrong way in the streets of hormuz which is a danger to other ships the reason the british thank you has done that is probably to avoid. Iranian forces because i think the British Government realize that you may be looking to confiscate a ship as a retaliation for what they did to the iranian ship right but the british tanker did was sorry but there are also the iranian authorities are also suggesting that this tanker was involved in an accident with the reigning fishing iranian fishing that. Yes when you turn off your communication devices you get into accidents so what the british ship did was not legal under International Law and iran had the right to confiscate the ship for india injuring the lives of others but i think in normal situations iran would have given the ship a warning in a set of confiscating the ship the fac
4000 critically endangered snails are being released back into the wild after a successful Breeding Programme at chester zoo. And coming up in sport british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care with multiple fractures, after a high speed crash. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Conservative mps will get their first chance to vote for the person they want to see lead the party and the country this morning as the first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest gets underway. At least one of the ten candidates vying to be our next Prime Minister will be knocked out of the race. Tory mps will hold a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of 17 votes to carry on. Voting in secret will start in the house of commons this morning at around ten oclock with a result expected to be announced by the 1922 committee at around one oclock this afternoon. Further ballots will then be held next week, with the two most popular mps moving to a run off of tory part
Lowest in five months. We start in the us, where just days after pulling back from the brink of a trade war against mexico, President Trump has a new target in his sights. He has criticized germany for overdependence on russia for energy and threatened sanctions against european firms involved in a massive project to bring more russian gas to europe. Michelle fleury in new york explains. Donald trump has upped his criticism of germany over a gas pipe line that would double the amount of gas that can be transported directly from russia to germany. The american president said on wednesday he is still considering using sanctions to block the nord stream to pipeline. Still considering using sanctions to block the nord stream to pipelinelj think block the nord stream to pipeline. think it is an enormous mistake to germany, but again germany is running its affairs and they will do just fine. But i was critical, i had been critical of it. A tremendous amount of energy will be supplied by that
Snails are being released back into the wild after a successful Breeding Programme at chester zoo. Hello, a very good morning to you. Welcome to bbc newsroom life. The first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest is under way, tory mps have their first chance, this morning, to vote for the person they want to see lead the party in the country. At least one of these ten candidates vying to be oui of these ten candidates vying to be our next Prime Minister is going to be knocked out of the race today. The mps are holding a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of 17 votes to carry on. Voting started in the house of commons this morning at around 10am, with a result expected to be announced by the 1922 committee at around 1pm this afternoon. Further ballots will be held next week with the two most popular mps moving to a run of five tory Party Members. The winner is expected to be announced in the week of the 22nd ofjuly. Lets talk now to our political assistan