Your morning briefing: What you should know for Tuesday, September 17

Sean Morrison @seanmorrison_17 September 2019

Trump: It's looking like Iran is responsible for Saudi oil attacks

Donald Trump has warned that it is "looking like" Iran was responsible for the attacks on key oil installations in Saudi Arabia.

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo also said "emerging information indicates that responsibility lies with Iran".

Iran has denied involvement, though it comes amid heightened tensions over Tehran's unravelling nuclear deal with world powers.

The US pulled out of the deal last year.

Tories round on Luxembourg leader for attack on no-show PM

Tory MPs have criticised Luxembourg leader Xavier Bettel after he took aim at Boris Johnson at what would have been a joint conference.

The small European country’s Prime Minister angered many Conservatives after going ahead with his address alongside an empty podium yesterday.

Amid chaotic scenes outside Luxembourg's Ministry of State, Mr Johnson walked out complaining a noisy anti-Brexit demonstration made it impossible to go ahead.

To cheers from the crowd, Mr Bettel then mounted an emotional onslaught, complaining the future of citizens across the EU was being held hostage for "party political gains".

Even some pro-EU MPs supported Mr Johnson's decision to walk out. Sir Nicholas Soames, one of 21 MPs to have the Conservative whip removed by Mr Johnson for rebelling over Brexit, accused Mr Bettel of "unhelpful grandstanding".

'Priceless' jewellery stolen in stately home raid

A stately home has been raided by a gang of sledgehammer-wielding burglars who stole "priceless" jewellery King Edward VII had given to his mistress.

The thieves forced their way into the exhibition area of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire and stole serval valuable artefacts during the early hours of September 8.

Millions in dark as blackout hits four Central American countries

Millions of people have been left in dark as a blackout hit at least four Central American countries.

Honduras was the hardest hit by the electrical grid failure, with all its territory and more than nine million inhabitants affected.

The four nations plus Costa Rica and Panama have shared a linked electrical network since the late 1980s.

Love Island's Ovie speaks out on break up rumours

Ovie Soko has finally broken his silence on the rumours he and Love Island co-star India Reynolds have broken up.

The Love Island finalist and his girlfriend were faced with speculation last week that their romance had ended.

Rumours swirled along with claims the model had cheated on the basketball player with her footballer ex.

Speaking at the launch of his new ASOS collection, Ovie shut down the cheating rumours.

"Me and India are happy. I think that's definitely the most important thing. We're very happy,” he said.

On this day...

1745: The Jacobites, under the Young Pretender, occupied Edinburgh.

1787: Some 39 delegates (out of 42), under the chairmanship of George Washington, approved the Constitution of the United States of America.

1827: Wides in cricket were first scored in the Sussex v Kent game at Brighton.

1894: A Gaiety Girl opened at Day's Theatre, New York, the first British musical on Broadway.

1908: Lt Thomas Selfridge of the US Army Signal Corps was killed in a plane crash in Fort Meyer, Virginia. Pilot Orville Wright was also seriously injured. Selfridge was the world's first military aviation fatality.

1931: Long-playing records (33rpm) were demonstrated in New York by RCA-Victor, but the venture failed because of the high price of the players, and the first real microgroove records did not appear until 1948.

1944: Blackout regulations were lifted to allow lights on buses, trains and at railway stations in Britain for the first time for five years.

1961: One of London's biggest "ban the bomb" demos ended with 830 arrested, including actress Vanessa Redgrave and playwright John Osborne.

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