And. Its paradise for a paleontologist we go fossil hunting in search of the mysterious and monstrous megalodon. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says hes convinced iran did carry out thursdays attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. That view is supported by the uk government. Earlier, the us military released a video which it said showed Iranian Special forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the stricken ships. Tehran has strongly denied any involvement in the attacks. Heres our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. This morning, a First Oil Tanker is set ablaze, ignited by an explosion. Crew members on this norwegian vessel were rescued by a passing cargo ship. These scenes filmed by iran possibly may be. An later come in other tanker, japanese own, also hit by an explosion. It is still not clear what caused these latest attacks and one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes. Today in washington, unequivocal condemnation of iran. These unprovoked
Afforded a home anyway. The warning just moments before a high speed crash during training thats left britains champion cyclist in intensive care after six hours of surgery. And a small whiskey. And the secret to a long life from britains oldest person gracejones who has died at the age of 112. Just a little drop every night in bed. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, rory mcilroy makes a strong start as golfs third major of the year gets under way. Well have the latest from the opening round at pebble beach. Good evening. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to become the next conservative leader and Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two, after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was way out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candidates andrea leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey didnt get enough sup
Battery acid at politicians. And at 11. 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers dawn foster and lucy fisher stay with us for that. Good evening. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to become the next conservative leader and Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. 10 candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was way out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candidates andrea leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey didnt get enough support and were eliminated from the race, leaving seven mps to face more votes next week. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Who was it to be . Mps voting behind the gates of the commons. I shall be voting for boris. I will be voting for boris. Borisjohnson. The person who might beat boris is boris himself. Get used to seeing this room where the Tory
Following the worst violence in the city for decades. A Photo Exhibition by the wife of one of chinas most famous dissidents, gives a rare insight into her life. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 3am in the gulf of oman, where two oil tankers were hit by explosions on thursday. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has accused iran of carrying out the attacks. A Us Navy Destroyer is now heading to the scene. Tehran has denied having anything to do with the incidents. Heres our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. This morning in the gulf, a First Oil Tanker set ablaze, ignited by an explosion. Crew members on this norwegian vessel were rescued by a passing cargo ship. These scenes filmed by irans navy. An hour later, another tanker, japanese owned, also hit by an explosion. Its still not clear what caused these latest attacks in one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes
Brent now at the highest levels of the year. Gold, copper, et cetera, and the stocks within that complex have all just ripped. And since february 11th, most shorted stocks in the s p 500 up 20 . This is a massive Short Covering rally. Theres two questions you want to answer for yourself. Is the bottom in . The answer to that right now, only is in will there be an exogenous event that takes you back to the lows. Not an economic event. Recession pulling off the table. Secondarily the question, where do we go from here . Higher. We go higher from here. 37. 50 in oil. Higher from here. Higher in all the names that are tied to the goldilocks formation. Youre shaking your head no. Im on the other side of this. I agree that its a short squeeze going on. But ive got to say that we havent solved any of the fundamental issues in the commodity space, which is simply oversupply. Who cares . Eventually, everybody cares, joe. Nope, wrong. Its about performance, its about Short Covering, the future s