For sabotage operations. How can the uk now respond to the seizure of an oil tanker without making matters worse . What is the answer . The answer is, this freedom of navigation was perfectly practised in that part of the world until President Trump decided to mess everything when he decided to mess everything when he decided to mess everything when he decided to pull out from the nuclear deal with iran. Now he has imposed huge sanctions. He wanted to prevent any single barrel of a uranium oil to be exported, he wanted to starve the iranian people, hoping he can topple the regime. Starve the iranian people . That is a strong language. That is not strong language. That is not strong language. They starve the iraqi people before that for ii language. They starve the iraqi people before that for 11 years. They are starving gaza people also until this moment. I think this is the practice, starve the people, the People Revolt and they will topple the regime. It cannot work at all. Sol the r
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week, in the fortnight since a tanker carrying iranian oil was seized off gibraltar, tehran repeatedly threatened to retaliate by seizing a british tanker in the gulf. And then it did exactly that. So much for british hopes of de escalation. Its a grave challenge for the world, but particularly for a new british Prime Minister. The uk changes leaders this week, with no sign of de escalation at home either, as the brexit clock ticks down inexorably with no clear path out of crisis. My guests today, writer on arab affairs abdel bari atwan, Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh, Stefanie Bolzen of german newspaper die welt and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai brown. Freedom of navigation is a fundamental principle of International Law and no self respecting government can ignore the seizure of its ships on the high seas. But us economic sanctions are choking iran, the nuclear deal is in tatte
For the world, but particularly grave for a new british Prime Minister. Because the uk changes leaders this week, with no sign of de escalation at home either, as the brexit clock ticks down inexorably with no clear path out of crisis. My guests today, writer on arab affairs abdel bari atwan, Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh, Stefanie Bolzen of german newspaper die welt and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai brown. Freedom of navigation is a fundamental principle of International Law and no self respecting government can ignore the seizure of its ships on the high seas. But us economic sanctions are choking iran, the nuclear deal is in tatters, drones are shot down and commercial shipping targeted for sabotage operations. How can the uk now respond to the seizure of an oil tanker without making matters worse . What is the answer . The answer is, this freedom of navigation was perfectly practised in that part of the world until President Trump decided to mess everything when he de
Hopes of de escalation. Its a grave challenge for the world, but particularly for a new british Prime Minister. The uk changes leaders this week, with no sign of de escalation at home either, as the brexit clock ticks down inexorably with no the uk changes leaders this week, with no sign of de escalation at home either, as the brexit clock ticks down inexorably with no clear path out of crisis. My guests today, writer on arab affairs abdel bari atwan, Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh, Stefanie Bolzen of german newspaper die welt and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai brown. Freedom of navigation is a fundamental principle of International Law and no self respecting government can ignore the seizure of its ships on the high seas. But us economic sanctions are choking iran, the nuclear deal is in tatters, drones are shot down and commercial shipping targeted for sabotage operations. How can the uk now respond to the seizure of an oil tanker without making matters worse . What is th
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week hong kong in tears. Gulf tankers in flames. And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next Prime Minister. My guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . It looks like a a dramatic u turn. Last week the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. It is in some ways a surp