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
The past 24 hours. Israel has now issued a warning to residents in the north of the strip, telling them to head south or they may be identified as sympathisers of terrorist organisation. An idf spokesman , organisation. An idf spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner , Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner, says forces are only targeting hamas. We know extensive how extensive their tunnel mechanisms is , is and how they mechanisms is, is and how they are operating and using them. So were confident that we have good intelligence, but the realm of warfare is the, urn, its not the known knowns, its the unknowns , unknown knowns. And so unknowns, unknown knowns. And so we know that we have a brutal enemy. We dont know exactly enemy. We dont know exactly what theyre doing. We have a good grasp of their operational capabilities , and we need to capabilities, and we need to confront that. And remove that as if it was a tumour. A former head of the Palestinian Diplomatic Mission to the uk, Manuel
Of artillery into southern lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing he was working as security at an Outdoor Party near the gaza border when the attack happened. And in egypt, two israeli tourists and their egyptian tour guide were shot dead in alexandria, apparently by a policeman. We are getting more lines coming into this from iran the president says he has spoken to hamas and islamichhad leaders, the latest coming into a spin on the iranian president and we will get more on that for you. Now on bbc news, were going to answer some of the questions you might have about the fighting in israel. We have had many people asking us to go Back To Basics and explain the history behind what is happening today and why it is happening. It, of course, marks the biggest escalation in the long Running Conflict