In the semis today. Talking of rain, edgbaston may see a shower today as good wimbledon although it is an outside chance. There are showers in the forecast, the heaviest from lincolnshire northwards. Its thursday the 11th ofjuly. Our top story. Iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship trained its guns on them. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz a strategically important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Lets get more details now from simonjones who is outside the ministry of defence for us this morning. Peter bowes. Growing tensions in the gulf of. A British Oil Tanker should be seized, steady run, if the iranians ship is not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom not released. It was expected of carrying oil from iran not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom iran to not released. It was expected of c
Shine the spotlight on racial discrimination. We begin this broadcast in libya where theres been an airstrike on a migrant camp in the capital tripoli there are reports of many deaths and the area has seen fighting between the forces of the warlords are and those to the internationally recognized government for more on this lets speak to. The way ahead who is at a hospital in tripoli mahmoud firstly tell us exactly where you are and describe the scene there. Well the migrants they wanted migrants in the host helpless and theyre just in pain many of them cant even speak and do it we were we were not allowed to speak to many of them according to the medical doctors and. Even. Wanted victims have been distributed to 4 main hospitals in tripoli here and when we when we where at. The Detention Center that was targeted we so horrible scenes buddy parts i can tell you codes and flesh spread everywhere its a tragedy other migrants trying to save the lost their family members in citizens as you
Is slashing its workforce by 20 . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Summer is in full swing in the uk, and temperatures are rising. So today we want to know, is a strict dress code at work a good thing . Does what you wear make you more or less productive . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party new democracy has won, with current projections showing it is closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party seems to to have paid the price for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, wi
Seeing here is really the direct consequence of the rise of the Security State in Mainland China weve seen the suppression of tibetans more than 1500000. And concentration camps the crackdown on christians is also very well documented feminist and Public Interest law is a tetra not surprisingly especially the young people in hong kong are also at the receiving end all c. C. P. Lead shop power. Sold by c. C. P. I mean of course Chinas Communist Party which has really undermined political institutional design over the past 22 years and really crippled dissin situations which in a way which have become dysfunctional and todays protests really showed that hong kong in a way has become ungovernable as a result and how does the scituate situation in hong kong and how china deals with it contrast with. The other uprisings that you talked about there in Mainland China given that hong kong has enjoyed this autonomous government with its with its own its own laws and so on and its own free media
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