Human fossils outside africa for the first time and. England prepare to take on australia in the cricket world cup semifinal at edgbaston. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. A Royal Navy Frigate has intercepted iranian boats that were harassing a British Oil Tanker in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker and the iranian vessels, issuing a number of warnings over radio, before they moved off. Iran has previously threatened retaliation for the seizure of a tanker carrying iranian oil off gibraltar last week. The ministry of defence said three iranian vessels, believed to belong to the revolutionary guards, asked the tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a warning from a Royal Navy Frigate. Its a strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the United Arab Emirates. Iran has denied any encounter between its forces and foreign ships in the last
There are also interesting developments at sea where since the collapse of a major agreement last month that allowed ukraine to export grain through an agreed route through the black see it then announces humanitarian corridor without any kind of acknowledgement from russia which has continued to target commercial vessels. Yet we have a cargo ship leave the port of edessa this morning. It had been trapped there since before the invasion, and it continues to make its way south towards turkiye. There are some in the insurance and Shipping Industry that are rightfully nervous about this because russia enjoys quite a lot of dominance on the southern ukrainian coast. It uses its vessels to blockade ukrainian ports. And yet this vessel seems to have made its way through. More could follow but there is a big if here on whether russia decides to leave the vessels alone and it is a big if because it continues to strike ukrainian ports with drone strikes. As the war in ukraine continues, a bbc i
In manchester. We can see the goals on the screen, talk us through the reaction . , ,. , on the screen, talk us through the reaction . , ,. ,. Reaction . There has been so much excitement reaction . There has been so much excitement in reaction . There has been so much excitement in manchester. Reaction . There has been so much excitement in manchester. When l reaction . There has been so much i excitement in manchester. When ella toone scored that fantastic first goal for england, toone scored that Fantastic First Goalfor england, everyone toone scored that fantastic first goal for england, everyone was cheering, there were so many happy faces and lots of young people who are big fans of ella toone. This is where her career first started when she was about five years old. As you can imagine, people were delighted to see her score in the semifinal of the world cup and also pleased to note that england are now through to the final. I want to speak to some of the people who are watching.
For a humanitarian corridor. More details emerge from the Music Festival attacked by hamas where 260 people died. Imagine yourself using a rocket that is meant to fire on houses or tanks, fired on a group of 20 civilians. This is gaza now, still plumes of smoke rising from the horizon as israeli missiles continue to strike. Well have the latest from both sides of the border. Israeli air strikes israel air strikes have continued strikes through the night in gaza israel says it has struck around two and a half thousand sites linked to hamas. This is the scene live in gaza on tuesday morning. The on tuesday morning. Latest lines coming in are tha we the latest lines coming in are that we know that 900 people have died on the israeli side, and we think more than 700 people have been killed in strikes on gaza, according to palestinian authorities. The Un Childrens Agency is calling for a humanitarian corridor in and out of gaza, but israel has cut supplies of fuel, electricity and water. Th
So, do you have what it takes to steer pakistan through these really tough times . Well, definitely. We are committed to steer pakistan out of these challenging and difficult times. And for that, the laws of the country are there to guide us, help us and enable us to do the right thing. And thats what were going to do. Doing the right thing really means a priority for you is to ensure that the elections in january for the National Assembly are free and fair. How confident are you that they will be . Im pretty much confident that theyre going to be free and fair. Whatever the objective tests are by any International Observer or International Media or domestic media or domestic observers, those indicators which does determine any sort of transparent and independent elections in that region, im pretty much confident that were going to acquire and achieve that. But, look, i have to put it to you that youve got the very popular Opposition Politician of the pti the Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf p