Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. And coming up at 10. 30am, the travel show is in florida to meet the people who worked on that epic apollo 11 mission back in 1969. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period, after iran seized a british flagged tanker. The warning came after a meeting of the governments emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in tehran say the tanker, the stena impero, was involved in an accident with an iranian fishing boat before it was seized. The reports also claim the vessel had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britains response would be considered but robust. Our correspondent simonjones repo
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today the government warns ships to stay away from the persian gulf after iran seizes a british oil tanker. The foreign secretary sends a stern warning to tehran. We are absolutely clear that if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed. Events will take place around the world today to mark the 50th anniversary of when man first set foot on the moon. The mayor of new york declares a local emergency, as two thirds of the United States prepares for a dangerous heatwave. Good morning. Our weather is set to get hotter next week. In fact, very hot for some of us, but were not there yet. Still a bit of rain to come this weekend. Ive got yourfull forecast coming up. In sport, rory mcilroy falls agonisingly short at the open as he misses the cut by one shot in front of home support at royal portrush in Northern Ireland. Its saturd
Well be exploring the role the uk played, and how this observatory in cheshire captured the moment when the eagle space Capsule First landed on the moon. Dry and warm 50 years ago but today heavy rain spreading to the south west. Heavy rain spreading to the southwest. A full forecast into the weekend. The big Summer Getaway airports prepare for their busiest day of the year, but road congestion and train delays are also expected. Ill have the details and some top tips for your Holiday Travel a mclroy meltdown at the open for rory. The home favourite, says he felt the nerves after shooting an opening round of 8 over par, at port rush, and now faces a fight to make the cut. Its friday the 19th ofjuly. Our top story Public Sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. The times reports that several groups of employees, mostly in england, are in line for above inflation pay rises. But in almost all cases the money will have to come from current budgets. Bens here to tell
Dateline london discusses whether hong kong is losing the battle for hearts and minds following thejuly 1st protests. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The Trump Administration has been labelled inept, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the uk ambassador to washington. Sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. But the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. Speaking to andrew marr, the justice secretary said that ambassadors should be free to give frank assessments to their government. I think its very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. Justice secretary, david gauke. Our correspondent andy moore has been at the us
Following thejuly 1st protests. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. And this week threats of tanker tit for tat after an Iranian Oil Tanker is seized off gibraltar. Hong kongs protests turn ugly. And balloting begins. Will Boris Johnson be britains Prime Minister before the end of this month . My guests today iranian writer amir taheri, political commentator adam raphael, Isabel Hilton of the website China Dialogue and greg katz of the associated press. Welcome to you all. Over recent weeks weve talked a lot about rising tension in the gulf, with western powers blaming iran for attacks on half a dozen oil tankers. This week the action moved to the mediterranean, when British Royal marines seized an Iranian Oil Tanker off the territory of gibraltar. In the same week, iran carried through on its threat to breach the limit for enriched uranium in the 2015 nuclear deal. Amir, you start us off on this. Coming to the oil tanker tit for tat, seniorfigures in iran say we sh