In saudi oil output, but the authorities in riyadh say they aim to reverse a third of the losses by monday. The European Union says the attacks are a real threat to security in the middle east. Iran has dismissed us allegations that it was behind the attacks. Nina nanji reports. An increasingly bitter war of words between iran and the United States over who is to blame for the attacks on the heart of saudi arabias economy. The saudis say half of their Oil Production has been knocked out after drone strikes on two oilfacilities. Houthi rebels in yemen say they were behind the attacks. But the us secretary of state dismissed this, saying there was no evidence the drones came from yemen. In a tweet, he said that tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia, while irans president rouhani and foreign minister zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Iran immediately hit back, scathing of trump administrations methods. Foreign media reports say the attacks could have a Significant Impact
And we meet the 97 year old former Fighter Pilot taking to the skies to mark battle of britain day. Good morning. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london. And 6 in the morning in hong kong, where clashes between police and protesters continued into the night, after protests during the day that saw several people seriously injured. Violence broke out between pro democracy and pro china demonstrators in the north point neighbourhood. Thousands defied a ban to attend the rally, and in Response Police fired tear gas and Water Cannons. Nick beake reports from hong kong we have now seen 99 days of this. Violence the authorities just cant extinguish. Hardcore pro democracy activists are not backing down, in what is a chinese city, even setting alight the polices latest weapon to try to wash away this protest movement. The police have decided enough is enough. Theyre making use of water cannon as well as the tear gas. Its worked for a time, but weve just seen that these hard core of protesters just
And we meet the 97 year old former Fighter Pilot taking to the skies to mark battle of britain day. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, and 1am in london. Oil prices have soared at the opening of the markets in asia following saturdays drone attacks on two Key Facilities in saudi arabia. The cost of brent crude rose by the most on record, after half the kingdoms output was taken out that accounts for roughly 5 of the worlds oil supply. Iran has dismissed us allegations that it was behind the strikes and accused washington of being deceitful. With me is bob mcnally, president of Rapidan Energy group in washington. He served in the Bush Administration as its top energy advisor. Hejoins me now. Thank you so much forjoining us. Firstly, the us says that this was an unprecedented attack and indeed there has been a very significant market movement. How significant is this, in your view . Well, it is justified. Crude oil now in asia is trading 10 or more. That is justified. The folks who atta
Orca assaults on sailing vessels have been steadily rising. In cadiz, rafael matinez has witnessed the wrath of killer whales first hand. The experienced sailor had to send out a distress signal when the mammals destroyed his rudder. His boat made it back to shore but other vessels in the region have been capsized by such incidents. Scientists cant pinpoint the reason for their behaviour. One theory is that orcas are targeting boats because of negative experiences with them. The species is highly intelligent and their behavior is being learned by other whales in the pods. Killer whale a sailors Worst Nightmare a fullgrown orca rams a boat off the spanish coast. The animal is Strong Enough to damage the sailing yacht or, in the worst case, to capsize it. Its happened to Rafael Martinez, too. Hes had 30 Years Experience sailing the seas with his wife, and the couple from cadiz are not easily shaken. But their encounter with the orcas was terrifying. Suddenly i felt a jolt; the boat spun
Orca assaults on sailing vessels have been steadily rising. In cadiz, rafael matinez has witnessed the wrath of killer whales first hand. The experienced sailor had to send out a distress signal when the mammals destroyed his rudder. His boat made it back to shore but other vessels in the region have been capsized by such incidents. Scientists cant pinpoint the reason for their behaviour. One theory is that orcas are targeting boats because of negative experiences with them. The species is highly intelligent and their behavior is being learned by other whales in the pods. Killer whale a sailors Worst Nightmare a fullgrown orca rams a boat off the spanish coast. The animal is Strong Enough to damage the sailing yacht or, in the worst case, to capsize it. Its happened to Rafael Martinez, too. Hes had 30 Years Experience sailing the seas with his wife, and the couple from cadiz are not easily shaken. But their encounter with the orcas was terrifying. Suddenly i felt a jolt; the boat spun