Human fossils outside africa for the first time and. England prepare to take on australia in the cricket world cup semifinal at edgbaston. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. A Royal Navy Frigate has intercepted iranian boats that were harassing a British Oil Tanker in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker and the iranian vessels, issuing a number of warnings over radio, before they moved off. Iran has previously threatened retaliation for the seizure of a tanker carrying iranian oil off gibraltar last week. The ministry of defence said three iranian vessels, believed to belong to the revolutionary guards, asked the tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a warning from a Royal Navy Frigate. Its a strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the United Arab Emirates. Iran has denied any encounter between its forces and foreign ships in the last
Challenges in their respective countries. That was part of the Navy League Sea air and space composition held at the National Harbor earlier this month. Okay good afternoon, everybody. Well let folks continue to wander in here. The music stopped and the mic went hot. Im assuming its time to start. Good afternoon and welcome to the last panel of the first day but i think in my opinion its the most distinguished panel of the day. And certainly its the most vital. Which is the international navys panel. We have the unique opportunity to hear from leaders of our partner navies, in this case three, their perspectives, challenges and efforts in in very dynamic and changing Global Environment which were all living in now and which has been discussed at some of the earlier panels today. Im rear admiral frank morely. And i have the privilege of moderating this very unique and critical discussion. So before i introduce our panel members, i want to offer just a bit of context to our discussion to
Complicated budget everyone will do. Tomorrow were going to be doing an update to our 2018 budget which we released in the spring in order to bring it in line with the spending deal passed last week. Last year in the 2018 budget we asked for some money for the wall. I think it was 1. 6 billion. Were asking for 3 billion this year. Were assuming in our 2018 proposal that a daca deal is done and border deal is funded. John roberts is live from the white house. Good morning. 11 30 this morning the office of management and budget will unveil the 20182019 which includes a massive infrastructure program. The president tweeting about that this morning saying it will be a big week for infrastructure after so stupidly spending 7 trillion in the middle east. It is time to start investing in our country. Give you the broad brush strokes. Its 1. 5 trillion in total. 200 billion of that will be money from the federal government, seed money, loan money. The white house pointing to the fact like prog
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Freighters reconfigured to carry hidden missiles. President trump reportedly tells his defense secretary he doesnt want to go to war with iran, but are top advisers pushing for just that. Attorney general bill barr says he wont stop special Counsel Robert Mueller from testifying before congress, but will President Trump go along with that . And kims crisis. Kim jongun is known for his lavish lifestyle. But now north korea admits to its worst drought in decades as the United Nations says millions face severe food shortages. Could a new crisis threaten the dictators rule . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news as top congressional leaders and the heads of the Intelligence Committees get a briefing on the growing tensions with iran. Cnn is learning the United States has images showing iranian freighters, their decks altered to carry hidden missiles. At the same time, Officials Say Iranian Naval forces have beefed up their presence in strate