Comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked was on the americas most forthright comments that her annual summer News Conference at which she also credited young activists for spring her through asked faster on Climate Change. And the Dutch Supreme Court finds the state partially liable for the deaths of 350 Bosnian Muslims in the massacre dutch troops that fail to protect the victims from bosnian serb forces. Im calling assman a warm welcome to those of you watching on p. B. S. In the United States and our viewers all around the world tonight the British Governments Emergency Committee is meeting at this hour after irans revolutionary guard captured a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz iranian Officials Say these 10 imperio was stopped for quote noncompliance with International Maritime laws and regulations and has been taken to an undisclosed iranian port the owner of the tanker has confirmed that it lost contact with the ship after it was approached by unidentified vessels and a helicopter. Lets get more on this now im joined by reporter Steven Beardsley steven what else do we know what other details can you give us because a lot of this is still developing what we know as you said imperio this is a ship that was heading to saudi arabia is a massive oil tanker about 50000. 00 tons it was being directed north towards iran the company the swedish own company that owns the ship has acknowledged that it was redirected that it actually is the word attacked it mentions several small craft boats and also a helicopter. We know that the revolutionary guards have actually released a statement the Iranian Revolutionary guard saying that the ship failed to follow maritime rules do not respond to repeated warnings that was going the wrong way in a shipping lane but of course we know that this comes in the context of other escalations. Theres also reports that are being confirmed now that there is a 2nd tanker thats also been redirected liberian flag tanker being redirected north as well so believe there are 2 tankers what about u. K. Authorities how are they reacting right now as you said theyre holding an emergency session we know also the president has said that he is in conversation with british leadership there the u. S. National Security Council released a statement saying that it will continue to work with allies do everything it can to defend our security interests against what it called malign behavior we also see that the british Merchant Shipping leadership or association has said that it would like to see more protection of its ships theyre going through a very sensitive area there called the straits of hormuz sort of a bottleneck for one 5th of all the oil exported in the world. What we can imagine then is basically a call for more sort of military basically protection is what that would sort of seem to imply so you can see this sort of escalating further so does this now apply imply i mean basically rising tensions now even a new level of escalation in some ways this is a rise. Tory rise because we. No the iranian tanker was seized in for alter earlier this month and actually earlier today a British Court injured brought her extended that attention for another 30 days so is it a coincidence that suddenly theres a british tanker thats been seized on the same day is that we also know that this is not a change in tactics for iran theyve said that they will respond a tit for tat everything thats directed against them theyve done it for decades and that this is basically them sort of fulfilling that promise you know you take our tanker well take yours we dont know the full picture yet but it would seem to suggest very strongly that this is a response to the seizure of an iranian tanker reporter Stephen Beardsley getting us up to date there thank you much. Meanwhile u. S. President donald trump has said there is no doubt that a u. S. Warship brought down an iranian drone on thursday even though iran denies that it has lost any of its Unmanned Aircraft trump says the u. S. S. Boxer patrolling the strait of hormuz brought down the drone because it had flown too close to the warship. A view from the drone that the u. S. Claims it shot down of the ship the u. S. S. Shot it down iranian say this footage credibly disproves the american claim that one of their drones moved too close to u. S. Navy ship the u. S. Has stuck to its guns u. S. President donald trump today addressed the issue in an event at the oval office when questioned by reporters as to the veracity of the story. We. Said a drone had come within a 1000 yards of the assault ship the u. S. S. Boxer pictured here and ignored calls to stand down. Iran has responded with derision the foreign minister suggested that perhaps the u. S. Shut down its own drone by mistake. This is the latest scrape between the 2 countries over who is provoking whom in the strait of hormuz on june 20th iran shut down a u. S. Drone it said had violated its airspace just days ago the Iranian Military seized a foreign tanker in the strategic strait saying the ship was Smuggling Oil theyre released this footage on legibly showing the incident. United nations has urged restraint on all sides to avoid an open conflict. Or figure harder to get now for that inquest for more lets bring in our washington correspondent Helen Humphrey hell no it seems we have a case of he said she said President Trump says he has no doubt that the u. S. Down the drone iran still claims that its drone returned home i mean it is either sign providing any proof here right kabul the latest that we have is a video released by the Iranian Revolutionary guard which it says is footage taken from that drone and we can see in that footage you know essentially that footage hovering over the u s s box and there is a time stamp on the size and iran says that that was off the u. S. Claims to have downed that drone now we cannot independently verify that video but the u. S. Marines say that the downing all of that drone would have been not we would have been able to see that just you know with would not have been visible to the naked eye so we continue to see that of words which threatens of course to boil over into something far more serious as we see these continued military show of force this of course as you mentioned the latest flare up in the region between these 2 countries so that the seizing of this u. K. Oil tanker can you put all of this regionally into context for us. Well the latest that weve heard is that President Trump says that the United States stands with its ally the u. K. And that he will speak shortly to london although there is no written accord between the u. S. And the u. K. About how they proceed with this but you know tensions have been ramping ramping up for the past 3 months now between iran and the west with shortening intervals between these provocations and of course now were talking about the targeting of civilian mariners who are just not crucial strait of hormuz doing their jobs and that is very worrisome indeed and we have seen further measures from the United States i mean early this morning secretary of state more mike pompei are saying that there are further sanctions against against companies and individuals believed to be helping iran in procuring movement Nuclear Materials and that a further 500. 00 u. S. Troops are on their way to saudi arabia in a prepared this measure. Our very own Helen Humphrey in washington for us thank you very much. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world kosovos Prime Minister denied as resigned he stepped down after being called for questioning by a court in the hague investigating crimes against ethnic serbs during the countrys 19982999 war with serbia mr howard denies said he had agreed to be interviewed at the Court Next Week and didnt want to do it as Prime Minister. Says theres no sign that he bola has spread from the democratic republic of congo to neighboring rwanda the case of a congolese woman who died from the virus had previously sparked fears that the outbreak could spread and after it was thought that she had crossed the border the w. H. O. Now says she was not in rwanda a strong earthquake has hit just north of the greek capital athens the 5 point one magnitude tremor sent people running out into the city streets there were no reports of casualties but the quake caused damage to buildings including harbor facilities at the major ports of koreas a 2nd tremor was felt some 40 minutes later. Germanys foreign minister heikal moss has presided over the return of a looted painting to the world famous p. T. Gallery in florence italy the still life vase of flowers by dutch master john fund high some was stolen in 1904 by retreating nazi soldier as a gift for his wife. 50 pilot whales were discovered dead on the beach in remote western iceland its not known what caused the Marine Mammals to become stranded local biologists say have large groups of the social animals regularly do wash up on land in the area and die but they say it now appears to be happening more often. As rejected u. S. President Donald Trumps racist remarks about 4 nonwhites u. S. Congresswoman speaking at her annual summer News Conference the german chancellor. Said she stood in solidarity with them she also credited young people and the fridays for future movement with jump starting her environmental policy merkel to questions on a wide range of topics including her health. Confident and satisfied the german chancellor appears relaxed in front of the cameras for anyone wondering how shes feeling after being seen trembling several times recently angloamerican answered. Good. Short and to the point its not always merkel strongpoint on this occasion she also had some clear words for the u. S. President she criticized donald trump for his racist attack against 4 democratic congresswoman from ethnic minorities. I reject trumps comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked not far from eccles press conference climate activists from the fridays for future movement were out on the streets. Thousands took part among them the swedish student created to invade michael admitted the movement has pushed the German Government to act more quickly on Climate Change he conceded more needs to be done if germanys to meet its commitments under the paris climate accord. Concerning the 2030 goals we dont know the exact details yet but the experts say and i agree with them that the most efficient path to achieving those goals is to put a price on Carbon Dioxide emissions but we must also take into account the social impact. Of. Mikkel brushed off complaints from her partys Coalition Partners the social democrats over the election of the lion from eccles c. D. U. Party. Business we shouldnt be overly proud about it but we also dont need to be the only ones in europe who are grumpy about it its all flaky. After 90 minutes the press conference came to an end with a strong signal that the chancellor hasnt given up her job just yet. Our Political Correspondent simon young was watching that press conference now this was as you mentioned wide ranging i mean she took questions for some 90 minutes what do you think what was her strongest message that she had today yeah i had the impression the main thing she wanted to get across was that shes still here and shes very much in control and everythings fine really from her point of view she repeated how happy she was that her 2 allies her 2 female party allies have moved into top jobs this week on the line to the European Commission presidency and a great karen bower to the Defense Ministry here in berlin she said she was relieved about that she also talked about lots of issues saying the challenge of Climate Change was something they had to get on top of and greater good added to the with her school protests that added to the urgency there she was talking about a range of other things modernizing germanys universities reforming the Pension System building houses and so on so shes really saying im here i mean charge i know what im doing as we said there after she made her Opening Statements there was more than an hour of questions she was asked about a whole range of stuff of course also about offensive remarks by President Donald Trump lets have a listen to what she said about that. Let me say clearly that in my view americas strength lies precisely in the fact that its a country where people of very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of america as a whole. So these are let me say comments that very much run counter to the firm impression i have i have to say that he does my look for me and it is gunther. Thats the son. And later she she said when she was asked you know do you distance yourself from these remarks and and solid arise yourself with the. Those congresswoman who were attacked by donald trump she said absolutely i do so she was pretty emphatic on that strong marks there now theyve also been concerns of course about the chancellors health weve seen these 3 different bouts of shaking that shes experienced in public she says shes fine whats your impression was she looked fine today she was there was no shaking or anything weve seen these troubling incidents of her shaking when she had to stand but it was a sitting Performance Today to put it like that she said she knows what her responsibilities are and that shes she said to the journalists you know maybe so you know that i wouldnt say that i could carry out this job if i couldnt and she was sort of rather on a put in a personal way she said you know im im the one who cares most about my own health because when i eventually step down a couple of years i want to carry on enjoying life for a few years at least after that you know im feeling fine is what she said course continues after politics chancellor merkel she repeated that she will she wants to govern until 2021 that would officially be the end of her or her term here or coalition though its been a bit shaky hasnt been the smoothest ride in the in recent years how long will she last will she make it to 2021 you know the coalition is shaky just like the chancellor but she said today that relations within the cabinet with her social democrat Coalition Partners are very good but it has to be said the social democrats are under a lot of pressure theyve really failed to reorganize since the elections a couple of years back and they are struggling in the polls weve got some key Regional Elections coming up in Eastern States at the end of this year so. In actually in a couple of months time already so you know if the social democrats feel they have to sort of move to the left to restate their socialist credentials they may feel that they cant win elections any more inside government that may want to pull out and of course would mean a premature end to the political career of angloamerican. Political correspondent simon young thanks very much. Well the supreme courts of the netherlands has found the dutch they partially liable for the deaths of 350 Bosnian Muslims in the massacre the muslims were killed by bosnian serb forces after being expelled from a un safe haven being guarded by dutch troops during the bosnian war in 1905 the murders were part of an organized massacre that left 8000. 00 muslim men and boys dead. Its the final decision from the netherlands supreme court. And for the mothers of srebrenica its a disappointment. On jenny hall as the dutch Defense Ministry and the dutch government are responsible for the start of the genocide in srebrenica if its one percent 10 percent or 100 percent they are responsible it is their cynicism primitivism and their own incapacity that they can only recognise it for 10 percent. Reasons that we dont know. Why 10 percent according to the court Dutch Peacekeeping forces should have been aware that the 350. 00 men hiding in the compound would be mistreated and even killed but the court also said even if they remained in the compound there was only a 10 percent chance that they would have survived. In 1905 thousands of muslims were fleeing serb forces they headed to muslim majority strip in its in bosnia where dutch un peacekeepers were stationed the courts decision is specifically about the 350. 00 men who are hiding inside the dutch peacekeepers compound. Due to the dutch battalion known as dutch but deprive these men refugees of the chance of staying out of the hands of the bosnian serbs. If you think the verdict is fair if people make mistakes. Made a mistake. So be it thats fine i mean im human i can make mistakes so but to. Say that you made a mistake but its like 10 percent. But thats not fair whatever the percentage for the mothers of serbia the netherlands remains responsible. To japan now which