Including against its oil industry which has helped fund its military activities and those of its proxies across the middle east. Data from Energy Analytics firm, vortexa, suggests that in the first three months of this year, iran exported more oil than at any time in the last six years, with most of it going to china. Iran currently produces about 3 of the worlds oil supplies. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director we have heard about new sanctions from the us and uk, targeting executives of an Engine Manufacturer that supplied the drones iran used in that attack on israel. Companies also linked to irans Steel Industry are being targeted. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director at Risk Consultanchs held. Philip advises on sanctions risk. Well, its interesting. Even with the recent Missile Attacks on israel, the price of crude really hasnt gone up in the same way that you saw with previous geopolitical shocks. So crude is kind of p
This is bbc news, the headlines. Ukraines Prime Minister warns the west of the threat of a Third World War, if they dont help to arm his country. Police take down an International Cyber crime gang based in the uk, accused of industrial scale fraud. And an end to fa cup replays from the first round onwards as of next season. Well get reaction from former footballer pat nevin. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah mulkerrins. We start with european football and the quarter final second legs of the europa league, which kick off in just over four hours. Last weeks matches produced first leg leads for roma, benfica, Bayer Leverkusen and atalanta. Liverpool are in bergamo looking to overturn a 3 0 deficit. The odds are stacked against them, butjurgen klopp hasnt ruled out his liverpool side. Everybody thinks it is already decided but, you know, we are here. And we can be good. Obviously we can be not so good as well, so lets see what we can do on the pitch tom
What is right. It is bringing awareness to the issue that is going on right now in america. Well get reaction from former nfl players. Labour will describe themselves as the grown ups in the room. That is not how everyone sees it. Tensions fizzle and fry over brexit as the mayor of london says we may never leave the eu. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. We will bring you the latest news, developing stories. Your messages and tweets are always welcome. Were going to be talking about the rise in crash for cash incidents. If that has happened to you, do let me know. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, is beginning the process of forming a new Coalition Government, after yesterdays election which saw millions of voters choosing the far right. She was re elected for a fourth term but on a reduced share of the vote, as the nationalist afd par
And well speak to a woman who says she was sexually harassed by the former fox news star bill oreilly. Hello. Welcome to cornwall. We are pretty much in the middle of the county, and we are just off the much in the middle of the county, and we arejust off the high and we are just off the high street, in the main square, a small, pretty square. We are talking to all sorts of people here ahead of the General Election. We are asking about the things they care about with 30 days to go. A lot of people say they dont have a great deal of time for politicians. They feel pretty forgotten, actually. Geographically, they are 300 miles away from westminster. We will hear from pledge of them this morning in detail. Wherever you are, get in touch. What issues do you care most about ahead of this General Election . We will hear from about ahead of this General Election . We will hearfrom more about ahead of this General Election . We will hear from more of you after the news. Our top story today, th
Show threwing a High School Student to the ground. Ill be here with all your sport, including wins in the finals. The United States plans to intensify the Coalition Campaign against the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. On tuesday defense secretary ash carter said that washington will launch more attract and better equip local forces fighting isil. Plus the countrys top military commander indicated he would consider sending i. Troops to reinforce iraqi units. The u. S. Has invited iran to talks on the conflict in vienna on friday. On the grounded the fighting continues. There is upsurge in violence that has displaced 120,000 syrians in the last month alone. That includes airstrikes carried out by russia. Rosalind jordan has the story from washington, d. C. The u. S. Military is rolling out a new version of its counter isil strategy. Theyre calling it the three rs. Taking over raqqa, and the ramallah area, an. Conducting such missions directly. Carter eights statement comes after la