Secret tunnels of a london landmark as its transformed into a luxury hotel. Hello and welcome. The us secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to the middle east for talks with both saudi arabia and the uae and an offer to negotiate with iran. There have been days of extreme tensions between washington and tehran. It includes reports of an american cyber attack on iranian weapons, apparently in retaliation for the shooting down of a us drone. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Having backed away from military strikes, america is trying to show it is not afraid of conflict with iran. Officials say they launched cyber attacks, which they claim disabled iranian systems controlling rockets and missile launchers, exactly the kind of hardware that was responsible for shooting down an american drone over the gulf. With tehran showing off the wreckage and President Trump threatening iran with obliteration if this ends up in confrontation, the International Community is inc
For the trapped footballers. And in business, china warns tariffs threaten the Global Economy as World Leaders prepare for the 620 we take a special look at how the us is reshaping the world of trade. A very 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 tell us what you think. The party of turkeys president erdogan has been dealt a major blow after losing control of istanbul in a re run of the citys mayoral election. The vote has been seen as a key test of mr erdogans authority and of the future of democracy in turkey. The opposition candidate, ekrem imamoglu, said his landslide win was a new beginning for the countrys biggest city. Heres the latest from our correspondent mark lowen. They roared, notjust in victory but in celebration that their turkey still exists. Chanting. An opposition thats waited 25 years to control istanbul, but long felt incapable of success, savoured its moment. Ek
Deputy Prime Minister, is in hospital after suffering a stroke on friday. England face norway in the quarterfinals of the womens world cup, after beating cameroon in a match dominated by drama and incident. And coming up on bbc news, england openerjason roy was back in the nets today. Hell miss tomorrows world cup match against australia, but could in time for india on sunday. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The tory leadership race has turned more personal, withjeremy hunt urging rival borisjohnson not to be a coward about facing public scrutiny. He said that mrjohnson should man up and debate with him on television, before most conservative members vote. It comes as sky news announced it was cancelling a planned debate for tomorrow because mrjohnson had declined to take part. Meanwhile, mrjohnson has been talking about policies, warning that the uk will face a democratic explosion if it does not leave the eu by 31st october. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley
Power to try to hold back the desert sands. Good morning. It is 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 8 00am in osaka, where leaders of the worlds biggest economies have gathered for the 620 summit. In just a few hours time, they will gather for the official family photo which will get the summit underway. Trade wars, iran and Climate Change are all topics that are likely to dominate. For more on this, i am joined now by our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes in osaka. Rivets, even before the summit begins, already tensions building with President Trump ruffling a few feathers rupert. With President Trump ruffling a few feathers rupert. Thats right, rico. President trump on his way he has managed to sort of throw down the gauntlet or say some fairly controversial things about several of the people that he is going to meet here today. So he managed to say to indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he has imposed unacceptable Narendra Modi that he has imposed u na cce pta ble t
More respect and more patriot a novel approach to solve berlins housing crisis, we visit with artists who are joined attention to spiraling rents in the capital. I am phil gayle. Welcome to the program. You and secretarygeneral Antonio Guterres is calling for an independent investigation into yesterdays attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oh man oman. The u. S. Says that iran is responsible. Tehran says allegations are baseless and tensions have an running high between the two countries since president t trup told the u. S. Out t of thehe inteternational nunuclear deal h iran lasast year. The uniteted states says this is the video that proveses iran was behind the attacks. U. S. Military claims it showows irans revolutionary guarard removingng and u unexplodeded bg from one of the tankers. It has also published a photo purporting to show damage and a mine attached to one of the ships. President donald trump declared iran guilty. They are a nation of terror. They have changed a lot