this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: the foreign secretary is in tehran and has raised the issues of the imprisonment of the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, with his iranian counterpart. the environment secretary, michael gove, says voters can use the next general election to have their say on the final brexit deal. snow is continuing to fall in some parts of the uk, with warnings of worsening conditions overnight. clashes continue in the west bank—over president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem bank—over president trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of paris to pay tribute to the french rock star johnny hallyday, who died on wednesday aged 7a. out for a duckett — the batsman is dropped from england's ashes tour game following an incident in a bar in perth. and in half an hour, click looks at how children

are learning about technology and staying safe online. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, where he's pressing the authorities to release nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and others with british—iranian dual citizenship on humanitarian grounds. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe is serving a five—year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. adina campbell reports. a big day for the british foreign secretary. ahead of a highly anticipated meeting, borisjohnson greeted

by his iranian counterpart, looked keen to get the discussions off to a quick start. where the topic of the imprisonment of dual nationals will be high on the agenda. one of them is nazanin zaghair—ratcliffe, seen here with her daughter, who she has been away from since being arrested in tehran 18 months ago. the iranian authorities have accused the 37—year—old of spying and trying to overthrow their government, something she and her family have strongly denied. in a statement, borisjohnson said he will raise grave concerns over the imprisonment of dual nationals where there are humanitarian grounds to do so. her british husband, richard ratcliffe, has been campaigning tirelessly for his wife's release. it was made very clear that we shouldn't expect any miracles. but the one thing i did ask,

which richard ratcliffe and the family have been asking, is whether he can arrange for a visa for richard ratcliffe to go to iran. as well as this case, there will be a number of other issues borisjohnson will be hoping to discuss, including britain's continued support for the nuclear deal with iran and concerns about iran's involvement in conflicts, notably in yemen and syria. our bbc persian correspondent siavash ardalan, told me that several important contracts are also expected to be signed during borisjohnson‘s visit. one for the building of the huge solar panel, the fifth biggest one in asia. also there is a contract between the private sector building a huge cancer research centre in iran worth over £1 billion and it is the resolution of the issue relating

to the payment of £400 million that iranians are demanding from the uk from a defence contract that goes back to the 1970s and hasn't been paid and the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe are hoping the resolution of that case in particular will urge the iranians to show more leniency. how likely are we to move towards the release for nazanin? it is not likely that boris johnson will be coming back with nazanin. the family are hoping maybe by christmas, but the iranian authorities have not indicated that this would happen. borisjohnson has met with his iranian counterpart and met with his iranian counterpart and met with his iranian counterpart and met with the iranian speaker of parliament. the key is meeting the head of thejudiciary. thejudiciary are affiliated with iranian hardliners and separate from the government and sometimes even undermining the government so they have to sort of, you know, show more leniency and so far they haven't

indicated that, but the speculation is that if those other issues get resolved, if the investments start flowing in iran and if the government of the uk makes it easier for british banks to operate inside iran as well, what they haven't been doing, because they're fearful of us reprisals then the khans will be increased for nazanin‘s release. nazanin is due to appear in court tomorrow, isn't she, to face additional charges and we've been hearing from the bbc itself on this issue. what's being said? well, the timing of this trial is also very telling. the iranians wanting to show it has nothing to do with boris johnson, the process will flow according to iranian rules, but in terms of the bbc persian staff, the bbc has just asked borisjohnson, they have released a statement asking borisjohnson to raise the issue of over 150 british bbc persian tv employees who are under pressure and being harassed by the government of iran. mrjohnson

brought up discussing the by lateral relations with iran. what state are theyin relations with iran. what state are they in at the moment? well, it's better than before. before it used to be very bad. especially before the nuclear deal, but no with the removal of sanctions, they're hoping, borisjohnson removal of sanctions, they're hoping, boris johnson has removal of sanctions, they're hoping, borisjohnson has gone with the big delegation in iran. they are signing contracts. they‘ re the big delegation in iran. they are signing contracts. they're hoping that, you know, they could get a move on in terms of investment and so on move on in terms of investment and so on and there are regional issues to talk about the issue of syria, yemen, the iranians are hoping they could forge a bigger gap between the us policies and british policies in yemen and in syria. one of the cabinet's leading brexiteers has suggested that voters can use the next general election to have their say on a final deal with the european union and to force a future government to change course if they don't like it. the environment secretary, michael gove, made his comments in the daily telegraph, a day after theresa may's agreement in brussels cleared the way for trade talks. he said if voters didn't like the final deal,

they could force a future government to change course. i've been getting more details from our political correspondent jonathan blake. he praised the prime minister's tenacity, but is clear to point out that the caveat that is on page one of that agreement, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. so suggesting that things may change and as if to remind people the uk is taking back control of its laws and borders he uses the phrase, "after the two year transition outside the eu, the british people will the opportunity to diverge from eu law on the single market and the customs union." now that's a bit controversial because the prime minister said we will remain, we will leave the customs union and the single market during the transition period, but we will stay with the eu on the current terms. so technically, we will be out of those bits of eu,

but we will be operating as if we're still in. it's a technicality. people are picking up on that as something that's significant. michael gove seems to be, stating the obvious, suggesting that once we leave the eu, the deal that's negotiated is in place, doesn't have to stay there forever. it, of course, takes two to negotiate a new deal and a new arrangement, but mr gove is making the point that voters could influence that by voting in a new government and having them do something different. we've heard from a few high—profile politicians on this so far and grant shapps the former conservative party chairman was interviewed on the bbc news channel earlier and this was his response to what mr gove had to say. i saw what michael was saying in the paper. i didn't think there was anything remarkable about it. in every election there is the opportunity fort the electorate to boot the government out. clearly, the electorate will make a bunch of decisions not only the brexit deal that's been negotiated, but what parties are promising to do pledging to do in the future, it doesn't seem

surprising to say it will be in part a referendum about this. there are differences of opinion. there are differences of opinion. the leader of the house, andrea leadsom has spoken about what mr gove had to say and as far as she was concerned, he was stating the obvious. sovereign governments are always in a position to undertake and then subsequently to make different arrangements should the will of the people be that they do that. i don't see this is getting us anywhere. it is the case in a sovereign parliament that the voters can choose to take a country in a different direction. jonathan, trade talks are coming up next. how bruising could this be for britain? bruising was the word

iain duncan smith used when he was interviewed on the radio to say it will be very difficult and for all the hard work that it has taken to get to this point, the midnight phone calls, the pre—dawn flight to brussels, the hard wrangling with theresa may's political allies at home, the trade talks will be tricky because the cabinet has yet to agree on what they want the outcome to be. if they can, then it might smooth the passage a little bit more easily, but if they can't, then it will be tricky weather warnings are still in place for large parts of the uk with more snow and freezing temperatures forecast. a yellow warning for snow and ice will remain for scotland, northern ireland, wales and parts of the midlands until this evening. our correspondent, olivia richwald, has been at a gritting station in oldham. there does seem to be a bit of east—west divide today. i've driven

over from the east of the country where it was sunny, but cold, but a lovely day. cross over the pennines and as soon as i got over here, the snow started and it hasn't stopped since then. the worst of the weather appears to be in the west midlands and shropshire where roads are described as treacherous. some homes are without power and one hospital in shropshire appealed for people who drive 4x4s to help ferry staff to and fro, but the worst is yet to come. i am at a gritting depot in oldham come. i am at a gritting depot in old ham with come. i am at a gritting depot in oldham with craig dale from oldham council. a busy tonight, isn't it going to be? a busy night, a busy 24 hours. today we have got snow showers. we will keep going. we have just done a shift change. there is a frost forecast tonight. so that won't help. again, through the night and then we will prepare ahead of tomorrow's forecast which is the big one tomorrow morning. how do you prioritise on a night like this, when it's snowing everywhere. you

have got some rural areas in your area, haven't you? we have. the main thing is keeping on the primary gritting routes. we have seven primary gritting routes. if conditions go to what the forecast is saying, and we will have to be careful with that at the minute because it's changing all the time. if it does, we may reduce the network down and keep key roads open instead and if the weather then falls in ourfavour, at instead and if the weather then falls in our favour, at that point we will try to widen it again. so yeah, we willjust keep going on them. it is a special type of grit you have in oldham, different to many other places? it's not quite special, it's just that we order a bigger aggregate. we use a ten mil because it is windier in oldham and we need it to stay on the road rather than blow off. one of the things that always happens, people who drive gritters come under fire for not going a good job. you have tried to four or five

for not going a good job. you have tried to four orfive mitigate? years ago we named our gritters. this year we have a new set of gritters. it is done by schoolchildren in oldham. that was brad grit and a ratherfamous nicole saltslinger. it brings in humour, but it gets public interest in it. how much grit are you expecting to use? on a normal run, 50 tonnes. this weekend we could use up to 2,000. we normally use in a season 6,000 in an average season. we just keep stocking up. so we keep, as we use it, fresh orders will come in. the snow started earlier than perhaps expected this year, hasn't it? not for oldham, no! snow in oldham, you're right, probably about november onwards we can get it because we have the saddleworth moors as well, so we have four trans—pennine moors as well, so we have four tra ns—pennine routes. moors as well, so we have four trans—pennine routes. it is not unusual to get it even in mid—october up there. yeah.

thank you very much. we better let you get back to work because i think you're needed elsewhere. the gritters are all brand—new and they are electronically programmed so the drivers, they drive one driver in each vehicles. they push a button which shows them the priority routes which shows them the priority routes which they need to follow around. they will need to do a good job because the worst is yet to come. temperatures across the country could drop well below freezing, minus six celsius around here and perhaps down to minus 12 celsius in the north of scotland. so we better let these guys get back to work and keep us all safe on the roads. two 19—year—old men have died after being found unconscious in a plymouth nightclub. police believe they were part of a larger group that had taken what they thought was the drug mdma. the men had been at the pryzm nightclub attending an event last night. an 18—year—old man is in police custody. the headlines on bbc news:

the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has been discussing the imprisonment of british iranians. michael gove says voters will be able to force changes to a brexit deal at the next election if they don't like what the government has negotiated with the eu. and an amber weather warning has been issued for parts of north wales and north—west england. further heavy snow is expected overnight. and in sport, west ham have beaten premier league champions chelsea for their first win under new manager, david moyes. marko arnautovic scored the only goal — his firts for the club. despite the 1—0 win west ham are still in the relegation zone. ronnie o'sullivan has a lead over stephen maguire.

ben duckett was dropped from today's ashes tour against the cricket australia 11 after pouring a drink—over england bowlerjames anderson in a bar in perth. i will have details on those stories at 5.30pm for you. iraq's prime minister has announced that the war against islamic state in his country has been won. he says that iraq has been liberated and his army are in control of areas along the border. ist grew army are in control of areas along the border.ist grew out of what was al-qaeda in iraq. in 2014, the group overran large swathes of northern and western iraq, proclaiming the creation of a caliphate. at least two people have been killed in israeli air strikes in gaza. the israeli authorities say they were targeting hamas military positions after rockets were fired from there into southern israel.

four people are now known to have died in violence since president trump announced the united states would move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. sebastian usher reports. the palestinians are continuing to show their anger over president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital. there have been more clashes in bethlehem at student—held protest rallies. yesterday was the first day of rage declared by the palestinians. two protesters were killed in confrontation with israeli troops in gaza and many were wounded across the palestinian territories by tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds. hamas has called for a new palestinian uprising or intifada. translation: we announce that in the face of the invaders, israel and the united states, we will launch protests everywhere, in and out of palestine. starting from today, there will be no route to retreat, no red line for us. overnight, the israeli military said its air strikes targeted a base

of the military wing of hamas, killing two of its members. the attack came after rockets were fired towards israel from gaza. but the level of violence so far appears containable, as far as israel is concerned. but international criticism of president trump's move has not been muted. many other protests were held across the arab and muslim world. top officials from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have warned that the move has given extremists a new lease of life. there is almost no support so far for president trump's view that the long—moribund peace process needed a shock to the system. and scepticism over mr trump's much—vaunted new initiative for peace, due to be unveiled in the new year, is only growing as the immediate consequences of his actions play out in gaza and the west bank. wildfires in southern california show little sign

of letting up as hot, dry winds continue to fan the flames. one woman has died and more than 200,000 people have fled their homes with more preparing to evacuate today. president trump has declared a state of emergency as sarah corker reports. in the mountains north of los angeles, wildfires continue to roar through the forests of ventura county. powerful winds are fanning the flames, the fires spreading quickly and cutting dangerously across highways. radio: these guys are scrambling. and the thick plumes of smoke billow for miles. across southern california, tens of thousands of people have already fled. and this is the destruction they are escaping from. i always kind of equate these to my family friends as disaster war zones is what you see, with the homes that are lost,

and the tragedy that hits all of these families that live in these areas. that was the living room. some people now returning home see what, if anything, they can salvage from the charred wreckage. it's unbelievable, it's devastating, it is horrific. there is nothing left. not a darn thing. the first fires broke out on monday, reaching the exclusive area of bel—air in los angeles and threatening the mansions of hollywood stars. at night, it looks like a volcano erupting. across a huge area, from santa barbara to la to san diego, more than 8,000 firefighters are trying to contain these furious fires among the worst in living memory here. strong winds forecast through the weekend are making for extremely dangerous conditions. the funeral of the french musical legend johnny hallyday has been

taking place in paris. homage to the 74—year—old who died earlier this week. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, explained why he was so popular. in france rock is not rock, it is le rock. it is a concept. it has been elevated to a concept in france like everything else. he saw himself as a servant of this concept of rock'n‘roll and impossible to define which the french really responded to. he really saw himself as a creature of this thing, this concept and that's what he did all his life. he dedicated himself to it. and when you ask the french people about him and why they love him, they say because he dedicated himself, he gave himself to us and to his art form and he did it right to very end because just a few months before he died when he had

lung cancer and was really suffering he was on tour stage touring with some of his old buddies and he had to sit down in the concerts, but he kept going and that's what the french love and that's what he saw his role to be, to perform this kind of sacrament with the public. that was hugh schofield remembering johnny hallyday. the consumer group which? says an urgent review into the availability of free—to—use atms is needed to make sure customers do not struggle to access cash. there are concerns an overhaul of the link system could result in a significant reduction of free—to—access machines. which? is calling on the payment systems regulator to step in and conduct an urgent market review. link's plans could potentially reduce the number of atms in the uk or increase the number of paid—for atms in the uk. we want to make sure that consumers have access to money in the way they want to, particularly in the face of closing bank branches,

where people find it more and more difficult to get hold of a bank and get their money the way they want to. apple is reported to be close to buying the music recognition app shazam for about $400 million. shazam, which is based here in the uk, allows people to use their smartphone or computer to identify music through a snippet of sound as well as giving the option to buy it. our business correspondent, joe lynam, says any deal is potentially very lucrative for apple. every time you hear a song or piece of music that you might like it, name that song, it not only names it quickly, it gives you a link to buy it instantly and what apple is doing, it is cutting out the middle man because they have to pay shazam a commission for routing traffic via their app, whatever it is, to their

buying service, other music services are valeable. so they are cutting out the middle man and paying $400 million, that's less than people thought the company might be worth and they would be able to use the technology that shazam is also working on other types of technology. metropolitan police horses are being shown off at the horse of the year show in olympia this week. although their real value is in the way they patrol the streets of london. so mike bushell went to their training ground to see how they, and their riders prepare. they're the heavyweights of the equestrian world, with some of the bravest riders. despite the size and the weight of these beasts, it's all about the most delicate precision and accuracy. as theyjump through fire and even manage to remove some of their uniform while jumping and the saddle, and stirrups.

but this isn't just about showcasing their skills at olympia this week. the mounted police use this training to help them prepare for their main job, and whatever they might face on the streets of london. we are cops on horses. we are police officers on horses. these horses are all operational horses. they patrol the streets of london daily. this ride we are doing, what you see today, it's all about training. in a public order situation, like a riot or football crowd, they say that one mounted officer can do the job of ten on foot. you are more approachable. i couldn't believe how many people stopped and wanted to speak to you. if we go to an estate, we will start having a crowd around us just if we go to an estate, we will start having a crowd around usjust purely to pat the horse. this is where it begins. not all policemen and women who have joined the mounted force have been on a horse before they start the training. 16 weeks later the trust between horse and rider is such that

they will run through walls together. a colony has forced the closure of a swimming pool in queensland. there are about 200,000 flying fox bats in the town describing it as a playing. local are angry that more hasn't been done to manage the bat population and locals say they have never seen numbers population and locals say they have never seen numbers like this. the weather now. here is matt. at the moment we have seen disruption from snow flurries. they will ease through the night. turning icy and ice where we have seen further snow flurries. temperatures

as low as minus 11 to minus 14. could get to minus six for a time through parts of wales and the midlands ahead of this band of rain. and it is that which could cause the big issues for tomorrow. a met office amber weather warning for heavy snow fall across parts of mid—and north wales. fringing into northern england and the home counties. widely five to ten centimetres of snow. big travel disruption expected. the snow fall pushing to all parts through the morning. a little bit uncertain. the southern flank, it will be a mixture of rain sleet and snow coming and going. southern counties of england, far south and south—west of wales, rain. some heavy bursts too. sunshine in between. here the worry is the strength of the wind. temperatures could be around 11 celsius. struggling to get above freezing through the midlands and

wales. but even with sunshine, scotla nd wales. but even with sunshine, scotland the far north of england and northern ireland a chilly day. further snow flurries in the far north of scotland. with the snow fall fizzling out, but as it does so, ice will be a concern through sunday night. not just so, ice will be a concern through sunday night. notjust here, but again in northern parts of scotland. to ta ke again in northern parts of scotland. to take us through sunday night and into monday, it looks like this will be the biggest area of low pressure. rain which could turn to snow at times. we will keep a close eye on that. more likely to see snow fall from. severe frost into tuesday morning, but a dry, sunny day for the majority. fewer showers around. there will be another weather front pushing into the north—west later, proceeded by snow, but mainly rain. some heavy bursts of rain pushing across eastern areas and then sunshine and heavy and thundery

showers, but little less cold for many. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3:30: foreign secretary boris johnson, is making his first visit to iran, as he seeks to press for the release of british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and other detained dual—nationals. the environment secretary, michael gove says voters can use the next general election to have their say on the final brexit deal.