On t. W. This is v. W. News live from Berlin Britain pledges to protect its ships from what it is calling a running in piracy foreign minister jeremy hunt says that the u. K. Against joining with european allies to ensure ships can travel safely through the Strait Of Hormuz that is after all ron seized a British Oil Tanker there on friday. Also coming up another weekend of antigovernment protests in hong kong and in Violence Police fired tear gas and Rubber Bullets to disperse thousands of demonstrators and this protesters seek
refuge in a Train Station and theyre attacked by dogs thought to be chinese gang members plus a big win for ukraines president bloaters alaskas party claims an outright majority after sundays parliamentary elections and he now deliver on promises reforms and to bring peace to eastern ukraine. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program British Foreign minister jeremy hunt says that his country is not looking for confrontation with iran but had strong words for tehran over its seizure of british flags tanker in the Strait Of Hormuz on friday the senate carol was seized by the Iranian Revolutionary guard in the key Shipping Route of the Strait Of Hormuz after tehran says that it was quote violating International Maritime rolls it comes amid a rising tension between britain. In recent weeks. On to address the british house
of commons after a meeting of Prime Ministers cobra a Motion Seeking Immunity so lets have a listen to what he had to say under International Law iran had no rights to obstruct the ships passage let alone board. It was therefore an Act Of State Piracy which the house will have no hesitation in condemning. It because freedom of navigation is a vital interest of every nation we will now seek to put together a european led Maritime Protection mission to support the safe passage of both crew and cargo in this fight whole region weve had constructive discussions with a number of countries in the last quarter and we will discuss later this week the best way to complement this with recent u. S. Proposals in this area. So lets get more now were joined from london by Correspondent Barbara Faisal with the latest on this so we heard the foreign
minister there barbara articulating how hes going to seek out this mission how exactly could it work. Thats sour is its absolutely the 1000000. 00 pound or euro Dollar Question whatever you want because nobody knows there is not really a lot of volunteers all out there if you look to berlin for instance are if you look to paris and other european capitals who say oh yes this is what weve been waiting for the problem behind this is that other european capitals feel that the british have brought this upon themselves we do need to remember 2 weeks ago they sort of captured in the rainy and tanker that was headed to its syrian ports and they said this was in breach sections and International Regulations so they were in the right and the iranians are in the wrong but most Security Analysts here see this as
a simple tit for tat as situation the iranians are simply taking revenge on the british so how to get European Partners into the boat in order to protect ships in the Strait Of Hormuz that is going to be very difficult indeed and how deeply could we see that tit for tat deepen barbara because i mean jeremy hunt he really didnt mince words here he called this iranian piracy could we see sanctions sanctions that actually bite. And thats tall talk of course by jeremy hunt and that doesnt cost anything and now thats for free and they are there is talk of further sanctions beyond really looking at the at the sanctions that the United States already heaped on iran what else would britain have to. Think about as freezing it iranian assets that are being held in britain. That certainly that is a possibility but that doesnt really mean a lot to a regime that is already under such intense pressure and wants to sort of withstand
that pressure now we also its worth mentioning the u. K. Is amidst a Leadership Transition we have a new Prime Minister soon to be sworn in and its looking like its going to be Boris Johnson as the front runner what could that mean for the situation. It means for him at least that immediately after he will come into office on wednesday afternoon he has this big and very dangerous diplomatic and political crisis on his hands when he was the foreign minister he did toe the line the other European Countries did particularly france and germany the signatories of the nuclear deal to keep it alive by all means and to sort of stick to it and will he continue doing so nobody knows who he sort of tried to throw the british like in with the more Hard Line Stance and aggressive stance of washington nobody knows
even his closest advisers at the moment admit that they have no idea what Boris Johnson might turn out to do in this situation we are in part of a cell in london thank you. Well now to a 7th straight weekend of antigovernment protest in hong kong which has descended into violence the demonstrations began peacefully as Tens Of Thousands took to the streets against an unpopular Extradition Bill that they fear would erode the citys autonomy as protesters headed for the office of Chinas Communist Party police fired on them with Rubber Bullets and tear gas and in a new development suspected members of criminal gangs attacked demonstrators. Oh it was a vicious Assault Gangs of men all dressed in white attacking antigovernment protesters on their way home from another huge demonstration. The brutal
attack was life streamed on social media showing journalists as well as protesters being beaten as the men rampage through a Subway Station and onto trains was the way i saw somebody bleeding all over the floor in front of me i tried to drag him away but they wouldnt let me if i had all sorts of weapons and i came over and attacked me to the mall and of course all that build up that more. Im not position or make it he was injured claims triad gangstas suggesting the shadowy criminal network was intervening in support of the chinese government. As the dozens of injured received Treatment Police finally arrived on the scene and work used by witnesses of taking more than an hour to get there despite frantic calls for help so far no arrests have been made on monday when Holmes Probating leader carry out condemned the attack we absolutely do not hold all that sort of violence and i let him make
his fear. But rose is not a solution to any problem above those who only bring more violence. But other pro china nor makers focused back on their nation on the antigovernment protesters who threw eggs and paint at Chinas Hong Kong liaison office. Once again protesters clashed with police well into the night. Such and should be severely condemned and i think these reporters who look who are still the most provocative action or choice you would see dont make the relationship between central couple and then hold i guess it is the closeness of that relationship that prodemocracy protesters are worried about that concerns have expanded beyond the controversial Extradition Bill as fears grow that democratic freedoms are being eroded fears that would only be stoked by the unchecked intervention of suspected criminal gangs. And israel authorities have begun demolishing dozens of Palestinian Homes in east
jerusalem israeli Officials Say that the buildings were constructed illegally and constitute a Security Threat as they lie too close to a Security Wall Separating Jerusalem and the west bank but the demolition has sparked International Criticism the European Union and the United Nations are calling for its a v. V. It halts. Smashing through concrete breaking International Law according to the Palestinian Authority heavy machinery turns Palestinian Homes in this district to rubble backed by hundreds of israeli troops around 20 people have been displaced the United Nations says hundreds more Building Owners are also affected palestine has pledged to complain to the International Criminal court. There was a lot yes think of the cabinet condemned as grave aggression out there because the this is a continuation of the forced displacement of the people of jerusalem from their homes and lands this is a war crime and
a crime against humanity the. Palestinians are used to seeing their houses destroyed but this operation is larger than any in recent years residents had appealed to Israel Supreme Court to save their homes but their claim was rejected. And they are destroying our dreams and the dreams of the. Children this is not something new for them but we are steadfast and they wont destroy our determination even if they demolish all of the houses. But israeli insists the demolition is justified it says the buildings are too close to its Separation Barrier and could be used to shelter terrorists. The palestinians know fully well that they are not allowed to build new the Security Fence and israelis totally within the its when he destroys those buildings those buildings which were built in the going to be and the destruction or do what has
been approved by the Supreme Court under those conditions we have no other alternative. The Palestinian Authority has warned this could be just the beginning it says thousands more buildings that line israels wall could be targeted for demolition. Now to ukraine where president Vladimir Selenski Party claims to have won an absolute majority following sundays parliamentary election if confirmed the result would be the best any party has achieved in ukraines post Soviet History Selenski called Snap Elections after his labs high president ial win in april because parliament was dominated by his opponents he wants a parliamentary majority so that he can push through promised reforms and fight against corruption. That connelly joins us now with more on this story so nick it looks like his party will have an absolute majority in parliament how significant is this. This is big news we are in uncharted
territory here. Says of how this level of support in Parliament Yesterday evening the celebrations a bit muted does it look like even though he was on record breaking 4445 percent he would still need a Coalition Partner overnight the counting of the direct vote of the direct members of parliament has really swept his the tide of his party and he now has a real mandate to change this country just to give an indication the nearest place to party and 2nd place is not about 12 percent so this is really a story of. The rest and his gamble to pull for those elections while his poll ratings were flying high has paid off ok so he has the mandate but you know hes also made some really big pledges here. Hes lacking a bit of experience so how do you see this playing forward. Well obviously he and his team have shown that they are able to really pull off you know what was the impossible just a year ago he was someone who was a t. V. Entertainer and who only patients to go into politics on new years eve they do have a track record of achieving big and. You know proving that doubters wrong having said that they are really concerned to bring in technocrats experts people with Policy Experience to kind of. Image i think the greater risk here is now given that he has so much power concentrated in his hands the buck stops with him in the past Ukrainian President to be able to blame the parliament for getting the way of reforms now he really has to deliver on those promises to voters or else he will face the. Next time around how is he likely to bounce relations with the west and russia. Obviously this puts mr on position hes proven hes got a lot of ukraine started behind him on the head i dont think were going to see some kind of quick with russia there was
a policy running this election that was offering that basically run by a friend of proposed a friend of latina putins they went to russia during the campaign and picked up only 12 percent i think well see a lot more change internally on the domestic agenda and in terms of ending the conflict i think theyll be maybe greater willingness to engage better mood music but in the fundamentals i dont think ukraine side is really willing to let villages events can make the concessions to russia and bring this conflict to a quick end any time soon calmly and kiya thank you. To swimmings World Championships in south korea and adam p. T. Has extended his dominance in the breaststroke events he took the gold medal in the 100 meters the british swimmer had broken his own world record in 05 for the spine and though he fell short of that time today it was well clear of his rival to the 3rd straight 100. 00 metres world