hello and welcome to world news today. we start with some breaking news: iran s revolutionary guards say they have seized a british flagged tanker in the gulf. iran says the stena impero was stopped while passing through the strait of hormuz on the grounds that it was not observing international maritime rules. the stena impero was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, but it appears to have taken a sudden turn into iranian waters this afternoon. it was last tracked heading towards the iranian island of qeshm. the company that owns the tanker has confirmed that it was approached by unidentified small boats and a helicopter while it was still in international waters. it s since been uncontactable. we also have early reports that a second uk operated tanker sailing under a liberian flag also made a sharp turn towards iran in the persian gulf. the stena impero, which was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, joining me now is our defence correspondent jonathan beale. what more do we
and advantage lewis hamilton as he sits on pole position for tomorrow s saudi arabia grand prix. we ll have more on that story and all the day s other sports news. the uk s health secretary sajid javid has announced a further tightening of travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of covid. anyone arriving into the uk will require proof of a negative test taken before departure. it means britain isjoining a long list of countries who are tightening restirctions, including the us which announced a similiar policy last week. from monday, all travellers, even if you re vaccinated, will need to take a pre departure test. there are 27 cases already in england and that is growing, and nigeria is now second only to south africa in terms of linked cases to omicron. today, the government has decided to add nigeria to the travel red list and that will be effective from 4am on monday, meaning that only uk citizens and residents of the uk can enter the uk from nigeria from t
on the ukrainian border sends tensions soaring. and, could pole position at the first saudi arabian grand prix be decisive for lewis hamilton? hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s health secretary, sajid javid, has announced a further tightening of travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of covid. anyone arriving into the uk will require proof of a negative test taken before departure. it means britain isjoining a long list of countries who are tightening restrictions, including the us which announced similiar rules last week. like the uk, all travellers even if you re vaccinated will need to take a pre departure test. our political correspondent ben wright reports. travellers arriving into london on eurostar trains this evening did not need to take a covid test before boarding. but from 4am on tuesday morning, the rules change. everyone entering the uk will have to show proof of a negative test, whether they ve been
before he was shot dead by police. officers said he was known to the authorities and the attack was likely not a terrorism incident . katy watson reports now from the scene. shouting. fear and panic in bondi. chaos in one of sydney s busiest shopping centres. police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. the attacker entered the shopping centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. there was relief and terror. everyone move back! i was hiding in the back room just hearing gunshots. it wasjust like the worst thing ever. we saw these people running towards us, and then we heard a shot. my husband dragged us into a shop and the lady locked the doors. he just came in and started floating towards us. - all i heard was, put it down, and then she shot him. - if she didn t shoot him, i he would have kept going. he was on the rampage. the motive is s