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British ships in one of the busiest oil shipping lanes in the world have been put on the highest state of alert. It comes as a Royal Navy Warship had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker owned by bp and the iranian vessels and issued several radio warnings before the iranian boats turned away. Iran has denied that any confrontation took place. But it had already threatened to retaliate after British Royal marines seized an iranian tanker last week on suspicion of breaking eu sanctions. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. The warship hms montrose was on patrol when the british tanker was approached by three armed iranian fast boats. Montrose was reported to have quickly ....
How the elections took place in the new regions of russia. They took place despite numerous attempts to disrupt them with provocations or numerous artillery attacks , even with cluster munitions. Moreover, they took place, showing the highest turnout in the country. Mikhail fedotov on the historic vote in the new regions is ending for security reasons. Earlier than throughout country in the kherson region. People are in a hurry to make a choice. But at exactly 15 00 the polling stations close for the Election Commission to begin the most important stage the ballot boxes will be opened and the counting of votes will begin based on the results. It is clear how many mandates the secret Political Party will receive in the frigin parliament. But first, under the supervision of international experts, members of Election ....
Morning edition, the most widely heard United States program of the United States. I take your guys word for it. Hes back now to talk about his second book jacksonland. In it steve goes not abroad but back in time in the United States to the era of Andrew Jackson. He tells a story not only of jackson but john ross, tribal chief of the cherokee, ended up in opposing sides in struggle over land seizure that severely tested americas young democracy. As steve notice in his acknowledgments authors have grappled with that period and protagonists in different ways at different times since. Jackson has been portrayed as the hero of democracy and indian hater. Ross is the moses of his people and the explosion of the indians were trail of tears, practical ineinin inevitable resp ....
Guilty thats the verdict boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev heard in court after two days of deliberating jurors believed the the 21yearold and his brother carried out the attack that killed 4 and injured more than 2060 people. Our very own john terret is here on todays verdict. Whats next . Morgan a whole new trial is next. Effectively, thats whats going to happen because today was thend of the guilty phase. Next comes the sentencing phase. The jury must decide whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his crimes hors doeuvre life in prison. Guilty of all charges against him, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev listened but didnt react. One by one the 30 counts were read out, 1 through 17 that carry the death penalty. Among those counts use after weapon of mass destruction, bombing of a place of public use, malicious destruction of ....
The president everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Welcome to the white house. Six months ago today, a big part of the Affordable Care act kicked in as healthcare. Gov and state insurance marketplaces went live. And millions of americans finally had the same chance to buy quality, Affordable Health care and the peace of mind that comes with it as everybody else. Last night, the first openenrollment period under this law came to an end. And despite several lost weeks out of the gate because of problems with the website, 7. 1 million americans have now signed up for private insurance plans through these marketplaces 7. 1. applause. the truth is, even more folks want to sign up. So anybody who so anybody who was stuck in line because of the huge surge in demand over the past few days can still go back and finish your enrollment 7. 1 million, thats on top of the ....