Of the tanker, as fast boats circled nearby. Iran says the ship had broken International Regulations following an accident involving a fishing boat. The ships owners have not confirmed this and say it was obeying the law. Its now being held at the iranian port of bandar abbas. We are calling on iran to reverse this illegal act. Were looking for ways to de escalate the situation, but were also very clear that we will do what it takes to ensure the safety and security of british and International Shipping. The tanker was making its way through the busy strait of hormuz, in omani waters, when it was intercepted. It made a sharp turn north towards iran, a clear sign that something was wrong. A british warship, hms montrose, was alerted and raced to intervene, as it did successfully with another british flagged tankerjust over a week ago. But this time, it was too far away. The tanker was already in iranian waters. To allow a ship to go out when we knew the iranians wanted to actually take a hostage is extraordinary, and its hardly surprising. They said they would do it. Several times they said they would do it and, lo and behold, theyve done it, and now weve got in this very difficult situation. Tensions started to rise last year, when donald trump pulled the us out of a 2015 nuclear deal with iran and imposed crippling sanctions. Iran grew increasingly frustrated. In may and june, it was blamed for a series of attacks on international tankers. Then, in a dramatic escalation, iran shot down an american surveillance drone. Donald trump briefly contemplated a military response. And earlier this month, off gibraltar, the Royal Marines intercepted a tanker full of iranian oil that britain said was bound for syria. Iran threatened to retaliate. Today, irans foreign minister accused britain of piracy. It is iran, he tweeted, that guarantees the security of the gulf and the strait of hormuz. The uk must cease being an accessory to the economic terrorism of the United States. What we have at the moment are two captured tankers and an angry war of words. Mr hunt says he feels betrayed by his iranian opposite number. He says that javad zarif told him a week ago that iran wanted to de escalate the situation, but that iran had done the opposite. The stena impero and its multinational crew, which does not include any britons, are now prisoners of irans revolutionary guard, hostages in a deepening geopolitical row. Paul adams, bbc news. British airways says its cancelling flights to cairo for the next seven days, amid security concerns. The german carrier, lufthansa, is also suspending its flights to the egyptian capital until sunday. The bbcs matt cole reports. For some cairo bound passengers, the first sign of trouble was when their boarding passes failed at check in. Others have told of confusion from ba ground staff as news filtered through that all the Airlines Flights to and from egypts capital were being suspended. At one stage, the met police were called to deal with agitated would be travellers. It is very disappointing and frustrating, especially to my kids and family. We have a big family over there waiting to see the children. There was no information, there was no help, there was no advice on any alternative ways of getting there. It was just a case of, ring this number, which of course you couldnt get through to. Ba says it made the decision to suspend flights, but has given few details as to why, save for a short statement which said we constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world and have suspended flights to cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment. The uk government says it is aware of bas flight suspension but, other than acknowledging that, the Foreign Office has made no alteration to its long standing advice for travel to egypt. We understand that ba has helped at least some passengers to complete theirjourney, flying via other countries on other airlines into cairo. Which seems to suggest that ba is happy for passengers to land at the egyptian capitals airport, just not on its aircraft. But ba does stress the safety of its passengers and crew is its priority. Matt cole, bbc news, at Londons Heathrow airport. Forensic experts have extracted bones from a Burial Chamber at the vatican in an attempt to solve the mystery disappearance of a 15 Year Old Girl in 1983. Earlier this month, Emanuela Orlandis family received an anonymous tip off that she might be buried in the tomb. Rhodri davies has more. 36 years missing and still they are searching. These experts are looking through two chambers at the vatican in the case of emanuela orlandi. It follows the opening of two tombs in a vatican cemetery after orlandis family lawyer received an anonymous tip off pointing to the marble topped graves. But the tombs turned out to be empty and the chambers revealed only centuries old bones of two german princesses. Orlandis family had urged the vatican to open an internal investigation into the disappearance which it did this year. She was the 15 year old daughter of a vatican employee. She vanished in rome in 1983 after her flute lesson. Its a disappearance that has kept italians captivated. Its probably italys most enduring mystery. Everybody has a theory about it, a favourite theory. It was the mafia. It was a paedophile ring inside the vatican, some say. It could have been the stasi or islamic terrorists who wanted the release of popejohn paul iis would be assassin. And so theres enormous sympathy for the family and support for this vatican investigation that were now seeing. Yet the family has regularly appealed to the vatican to provide more information and some people say the holy see knows more than its telling. Orlandis father died still wanting answers. Her brother has now made resolving the case his lifes work. But with the latest attempts lacking a breakthrough, hell continue to search for her. Rhodri davies, bbc news. Lets look at some other stories in brief. More than 20,000 people have taken to the streets of the russian capital moscow to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. Officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. Those excluded say theyre being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists. In london, pro european opponents of brexit have held a no to boris, yes to europe march. It featured this inflatable cartoon of boris johnson, the man expected to become the next british prime minister. He or his only rival, jeremy hunt will take over in number 10 downing street next week. Both have promised to see brexit through but only mrjohnson had his own balloon caricature. Youre watching bbc news. More now on our earlier story, the suspension of some British Airways and lufthansa flights to cairo for the next seven days amid security concerns. With me is our News Reporter ramzan karmali. Can you give us an idea of how unusual this is . Can you give us an idea of how unusualthis is . This is can you give us an idea of how unusual this is . This is very unusual, especially as we have had passengers arriving at the airport getting their boarding passes, getting their boarding passes, getting to the gates and being turned away. Its extremely unusable and also this was a decision made by the airline, by british airlines, not any government official. And what also is unusual is how temporary this suspension is. Till the 27th ofjuly, so a very unusual length indeed. This is no single dust this has not come from the rydges government or the Foreign Office, although on their website they say in certain places of egypt, you should avoid similar strides to avoid those places. They also say there is a terrorism threat to aviation as well on that website, too. But again, i must stress this was a decision made by British Airways and so this is very, very unusual and makes me ask questions because the detail we got from British Airways was very limited indeed. There are certainly a lot of questions around that were what about other airlines, what are they doing . Look stands as we heard, they have suspended for just doing . Look stands as we heard, they have suspended forjust one month, just one night, really. Were going to have flights again tomorrow. And thomas cook, in total about 415,000 british nationals travel to egypt, they travelled last year, and thomas cook was the main operator. They are going to carry on. They fly daily from manchester but they also fly from manchester but they also fly from birmingham, newcastle and London Gatwick. The other one is eased out, they take a lot of passengers from London Gatwick and they put out a statement saying theyre watching the situation, but theyre watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. So what do people do if theyve got tickets or theyve been affected 7 theyve got tickets or theyve been affected . If you are a British Airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. You will be able to delay your flight and you could rebook on other flights and may be completed only with another airline. More likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. Thank you very much. Ministers have promised to end the building of new developments in england with separate entrances for private residents and social housing tenants. The communities secretary James Brokenshire said the so called poor doors can stigmatise those in social housing. Jenny kumah has the story. Social housing tenants in this development can only use this entrance. While those in privately owned homes here get is this one. And for several years, the children of social housing tenants were prevented from mixing in this place pays as it was reserved for the wealthierfamilies who pays as it was reserved for the wealthier families who had pays as it was reserved for the wealthierfamilies who had bought their homes. It upset me because i thought, why are the kids all separated . There thought, why are the kids all separated . There is thought, why are the kids all separated . There is an update in the world as it is. Why do we want our kids to hate each other for the one that has got more on the one that hasnt . It was sad for the mums, and sad for the children. The children used to watch from the windows at the kids and they would say come and play, we would have to say we dont have permission. Then they would say we will give you permission. Segregated to this part of the development, it was only after a Long Campaign that this gate was put in allowing them to access the play facility and spaces that were accessible to the private owners of this development. Many Developers Say the separate entrances allow Housing Associations to keep costs down. But it was Media Attention of the situation here that inspired the government to announce the crackdown. I think its unacceptable. I think it embeds this issue of stigma attached to social housing and therefore, we are going to be introducing new guidance, new manual on designed to see the councils have two really take this into account when they are considering applications of this kind coming forward. Residents here agree. They say breaking down the barrier that separated their children has made it a better place to live. Jenny kumar, bbc news. This is bbc news. The headlines footage from iran shows the seizure of a tanker in the gulf london says its working to defuse the crisis. Lets get more on that story now. We can speak to abbas milani, whos director of iranian studies at Stanford University in the United States. He is in oregon for us. Why did around used to relieve that footage of the commanders going down from helicopter onto the chip why did iran . I think part of the reason was for domestic reasons. Onto the ship . This was very much a theatrical performance, showing iran in commanders can take over and an armed vessel iranian commandos. How do you think the uk can get out of this without getting into an Armed Conflict . I think the way the uk has managed it so far is the most prudent way. That is to recognise the theatrical aspect, recognise the tit for tat aspect of it, but also to recognise that iran is in no position to engage in a full fight with the uk or with the United States or with United States and uk. So in this situation, acting prudently, this cannot go on, this is not all theatre, this is International Maritime inaudible. You think there is a sympathetic element into the way the uk has responded . Sympathetic element into the way the uk has responded . |j sympathetic element into the way the uk has responded . I think the uk has responded by im surprised they didnt after seizing the iranian tanker, they made a very direct threat. They werent expecting this. Pa rt threat. They werent expecting this. Part of the way they have set this up, is that iran has claimed the oil tanker was not heading to syria. It seemed that the uk was being cautious. Iran says it was there commando action, the British Forces we re commando action, the British Forces were afraid to engage them, which i think was exaggerating it. Prudence is exactly what the uk did. If they had engaged it would have u nfortu nately have had engaged it would have unfortunately have been much more dangerous. On the bigger picture, of course we know iran and the us are at loggerheads. There have been a lot of tension there. Is anyone actually talking or negotiating with two is all behind the scenes . Actually talking or negotiating with two is all behindthescenes . My strong sense is that both the United States and the uk and france, the japanese would be but im not surprised if the russians are trying to negotiate behind the scenes and it is this situation. They think will literary confrontation in the persian gulf is in no ones interest. I am almost confident that right now as we speak in spite of the bragging, in spite of the rhetorical firepower that iran keeps increasing, they are negotiating and i think they are trying to find a negotiated solution to the tension. I think thats why javed siri zarif is talking about back channels going on. We will keep watching how it unfolds. Police in hong kong say they have found explosives and other weapons in a raid on a warehouse. They displayed two kilos of explosives, ten petrol bombs, and literature opposing the plans to allow extradition to mainland china. A senior bomb disposal officer said it was the largest seizure of the explosive triacetone triperoxide, or tatp, police had come across in hong kong. This is an extremely sensitive and extremely powerful explosive. It will cause exceptional amounts of damage when used. It is also very unstable and it will react to heat, friction and impact. It puts at risk everybody within this building, it puts at risk bystanders outside. Staying in hong kong, and tens of thousands of people have joined a protest in support of the territorys police force, and calling for an end to violence. It comes after a wave of demonstrations against that planned extradition bill. Another big anti Extradition Protest is planned for sunday. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell has the latest. Today in hong kong it has been the turn of the pro beijing camp to rally. They have turned out to support the Hong Kong Government and the citys riot police who have been criticised for their at times heavy handed suppression of the mass rallies in support of democracy and opposing a controversial bill to allow extradition to mainland chinese courts. While this gathering is not as big as those in the pro democracy camp, nevertheless there are thousands of people here. However, as you can see, many are already leaving after just 30 minutes. One of the reasons for this could be that the weather is driving them back. Its raining and we have heard at times thunder. It will be interpreted, i am sure, by the pro democracy camp as a sign of the lack of conviction of those who are here. They would also say there are many in attendance who are actually from the chinese mainland, living in hong kong, and they are traditionally the supporters of the central government. Extremely hot weather has started to hit most of the United States. Temperatures are set to peak over the weekend and the heatwave could affect 200 Million People in major cities on the east coast and in the midwest. And the hot air is expected to lead to rising temperatures in europe next week, as chris fawkes explains. The weather is going to stay very hot this weekend across southern and eastern parts of the United States with temperatures widely getting up into the mid high 30s, that is the high 90s fahrenheit. It is the heat and humidity that could cause problems after such hot weather by day, overnight we could even see some record temperatures being set in some of the north atlantic cities. Something to watch out for. Over the next few days into next week we see cool air working down from canada shifting the hot air into the west atlantic and it is the changes in the temperatures in the atlantic that causes the jet stream to become more wavy. Across into europe that helps build an area of High Pressure and it is that that leads to some hot weather building in as we head towards the middle part of the week. If temperatures reach 41 degrees in paris, that would be a new temperature record for the french capital. It will also get hot across parts of england and wales with temperatures reaching 34 degrees mid week. 50 years ago today, Neil Armstrong took that first, small step onto the moons surface a pioneering moment watched by an estimated 600 Million People back on earth. While originally fuelled by cold war rivalry, its become a source of inspiration across the globe, with events taking place worldwide to mark the anniversary. So far we had a lot of people coming into ta ke so far we had a lot of people coming into take a look at Neil Armstrongs space suit that is on display here in the museum. The line wrapped around the hallway and everyone trying to get a look to see the moon dust still on the spacesuit. Big event, of course, will come in a few hours to mark the moment when Neil Armstrong based his left foot on the lunar surface. You can see behind me they have it all set up and people are streaming in. We have a lunar module looksjust like are streaming in. We have a lunar module looks just like the eagle and we have a giant boom above me. I dont know if you can see it, that will be brought down new years eve style for a ten second countdown to that moment. Everyone here is hoping to relive that historicjourney, one that continues to inspire people to do we have spoken to many parents here with their children, children who are going to be experiencing this for the first time. They said they wanted their children to realise that one thing we take for granted now was once unthinkable and to inspire them to dream big. Granted now was once unthinkable and to inspire them to dream bigm granted now was once unthinkable and to inspire them to dream big. It was an extraordinary story, the moon landing and it was quite fraught as well. How much did humanity learn from that moment . It really was. The journey was dramatic right up until the last second. Neil armstrong had to manually take control, to descend down onto the moon despite computer alarms and only having 30 seconds of fuel left. It really did show that even though president john f. Kennedy when he announced that man would be on the moon by the end of the ten years, nasa hadnt even had the ten years, nasa hadnt even had the capacity to go there. And yet they achieved it. It really opened people s minds to what mankind, when they are united for a common goal, what they can rise to the occasion and achieve. I have to say that here, certainly you have her children saying we have gone to the moon and now it is time to go to mars. Looking forward to that next step. I wanted to ask you about that because the Us Government has spoken about going back to the moon and pushing on to mars. That is right. Us government, nasa has started the Artemis Programme hopes to return to the moon i2024, using that as a jumping point to possibly go to mars later. We heard Vice President pence today at a ceremony in Cape Canaveral florida next to boz aldrin, saying that, you know, in the next five years we will have an american man and woman on the moon again. Really promising return to the glory days of American Leadership in space. But what is interesting is that while we saw a space race between the us and the soviet union back then, now we see a space race with private companies, the likes of a long mask and spacex and amazon on, lockheed martin, boeing, so Many Companies now also working with nasa. It will be interesting to see how that develops over the next 50 years. We will be back with her in the coming hours as we cover those celebrations at the moment, that Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. Stay with us for that. Take a look at these extraordinary pictures from the United States. It shows the moment a man took drastic action to escape a fire in a high rise building in philadelphia. He can be seen scaling down multiple storeys with a helicopter spotlight guiding his way. The unidentified man, whos been dubbed a real life spider man by local media, reached the ground safely. We have more coming up here on bbc news. Dont forget i can be reached on twitter. Time now for the weather. Saturday brought us a day of sunshine and heavy showers, sunday will be the dry day of the weekend for many of us. This was the picture on saturday in norfolk where we had huge shower clouds and thunderstorms. Showers have eased away towards the east so what were left with as we head through the day on sunday are long spells of sunshine and further rain arriving across North Western parts of the uk later in the day. From the word go, a lot of dry weather with some sunshine, lighter winds than we had on saturday. Through the morning the wind picks up and the cloud increases across Northern Ireland ahead of rain arriving in the middle of the day, spreading across the western half of scotland in the afternoon. Heavy, wet and windy here in the north west. Eastern scotland and the bulk of england and wales stay dry and fine all day. Temperatures about 20 25 degrees also in the sunshine, high teens where you have cloud and rain. That rain is likely to affect the final day of the open at royal portrush. Dry in the morning but things will turn pretty soggy during the course of the afternoon. Through the afternoon into the evening, the attention turns to Northern Ireland and western scotland in particular where rainfall totals will be mounting up. Could be some localised flooding as we head through into the early hours of monday. Western scotland and North Western england have seen some of those torrential downpours. It will be a humid night and first thing on monday the temperatures already in the high teens. Through the day on monday, the story improves and the rain we got initially will work its way gradually towards the north so for much of england and wales i think a dry day. Again a lot of sunshine and with that south westerly wind, the humidity and heat increasing. There could be a lot of low cloud around some of these irish sea coasts. Temperatures reaching 29, 30 degrees towards the south east on monday. Even across scotland and Northern Ireland you have temperatures in the mid 20s. Through the middle part of the week, the heat will be rising and across much of Central Europe that heat will be setting in and we could break the all Time Temperature record in paris with 41 celsius possible by wednesday. That heat pushing up towards the uk. Into tuesday, another warm day everywhere with temperatures above 30 degrees for several places across southern and eastern england. Hot weather across the uk, it looks dry for most of us but increasing humidity and that means there could well be some heavy and potentially thundery showers throughout the week. Showers around in the north and the north west. Warm and dry towards the south east. Do keep an eye on the forecast. This is bbc news. The headlines iran has released footage of the moment its troops seized a british registered tanker in the gulf. The uk foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says britain will do what it takes to keep International Shipping safe. There are 23 crew mostly indian on board the tanker which is being held at the port of bandar abbas. British airways has suspended all flights to cairo for a week over security issues. It said the security situation in the egyptian capital would be further assessed but didnt elaborate. The german carrier lufthansa also cancelled its saturday flights to cairo. It was 50 years ago today 600 Million People watched Neil Armstrong take that first, small step onto the moons surface. The eagle has landed. Buzz aldrinjoined him 19 minutes later. Events to mark that giant leap for mankind are taking place in washington and florida. 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
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