this is bbc news, the headlines at five. the foreign office says borisjohnson has held "frank and constructive" talks in iran, over the imprisonment of a british woman and other issues. her husband says he's optimistic: it would be great if she came home, thatis it would be great if she came home, that is beyond my wildest expectations. it is a realistic hopes, it still is possible she will be home by christmas. 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. more violence in the west bank, as palestine says it will seek a un security council resolution over the us's decision onjerusalem. thousands of people gather in the streets of paris, to pay tribute to the french rock starjohnny hallyday,

who died on wednesday aged 7a. and coming up — a win for west ham as they beat chelsea at the london stadium, the first under new manager david moyes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, and says he has and frank and constructive talks. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe is serving a five—year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies.

this afternoon, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins spoke to nazanin‘s husband richard ratcliffe, who spoke about his hopes that the foreign secretary's visit could help see his wife released from prison before christmas. it's obvious that nazanin is not coming home with the foreign secretary, but you think there is any evidence this series of meetings could make a difference? i'm sure it will make a difference, him being there, him raising the case in the context of a lot of other stuff can only help improve relations and improve relations can only lead to a better case for us. i think that's right, i'm not expecting that on monday morning she comes back with him on the plane, looking closely at who she gets to meet and what happens tomorrow with her court case. and will we have it, and how

will it go? and i'm looking forward to hearing on monday and tuesday whenever he is back with the debrief is about what went on. and surely wa nt is about what went on. and surely want me of a thing because some things stay secret, but we are in a place where we're looking at the tea leaves to see what it means, and fingers crossed it can result by christmas, which means in the week so christmas, which means in the week so afterwards the might be a happy outcome. would you disappointed you could not go with him? as time went oni could not go with him? as time went on i began to realise it was less and less likely. i had always wanted to go, but they felt it would not have been helpful to over politicised the case by me standing next to him, and there is a logic to that, how that could distort other issues and distort other cases. i still would have wanted to go there and still would want to go there as soon as possible. but faced with a choice between going with him and her still being in prison and him going and coming back sooner, take the latter. do you think boris

johnson and the foreign office could've been more forceful with iran? i have long criticised the foreign office for not being as rob boston public as i would have liked to be, and that is a battle with her behind closed doors as well, with me saying you should be tougher, and then saying, that is not how things work. and yes, if he is able, through his charming presence, bring her home, then great. i've always been clear that my job her home, then great. i've always been clear that myjob and campaigning is to say that this is unacceptable and outrageous and she should be with herfamily. but she should be with herfamily. but she should be with her family for christmas, and please cannot be arranged? —— christmas, and please cannot be arranged ? —— please christmas, and please cannot be arranged? —— please can that be arranged. how much did what the foreign secretary say to the committee and if you worry about him a p pa re ntly committee and if you worry about him apparently damaging her case, and much to that affect his ability to bring about the positive results? suddenly he is now associated with

her case in a way that he was not six weeks ago. because of what you regard as a gas? because of what he said, and the way the iranian media used it. it was endlessly repeated, saying that the foreign secretary revealed that nazanin was their teaching journalism. he went to parliament and that's not true they kept repeating it. there is a way that her fate and hence have been aligned. he is now in iran battling for her. there is a way he has a personal interest and personal care for case that was not the case six weeks ago. you are taking something positive out of that? we will see where things go tomorrow. we have a court case scheduled, and figures crossed there is no court case. fingers crossed that there is a court case, it goes well. i'm watching to see where we are on monday, and conform to hearing from him as faras monday, and conform to hearing from him as far as he can sharejust how things have gone. tell me a bit

about sunday's court case. she is due in court to have her case heard by one of the most hardline iranians judges. and it is a charge of spreading propaganda against the regime, the also talk about the spider which is more serious charge, which will not come to that. at the moment as things stand she will be going to court without a lawyer, which is a very intimidating prospect. and there was a risk of sentence could be increased. prospect. and there was a risk of sentence could be increasedm depends what her sentences. our experience far as we will have a court case and that may have to wait a bit for the sentence to come. my understanding of the way law works, it will be potentially an additional sentence but the wake it is counted can be merged with our existing sentence. it is watch this space, all sorts of possibilities could happen, and if we're lucky and no difference, if we're really lucky it doesn't happen, if we're really unlucky it does make a difference. if the court case is heard, will

that tell you very much about the prospect of being freed?m that tell you very much about the prospect of being freed? it feels like there is the possibility... today could be the possibility of good news, tomorrow could be the possibility of bad news. on monday we could be the position of having had just good orjust the bad news. and that will give a very clear signal as to whether she will come home for christmas or not. in some ways, no news is home for christmas or not. in some ways, no news is more home for christmas or not. in some ways, no news is more positive than conspicuous bad news. it would be great if she can home on think that would be beyond my wildest expectations, but in terms of realistic hopes, figures crossed it still is possible she could be home by christmas. but that would mean we don't have a big sentence coming next week. let's get more in sight into this with michael axworthy—director of persian and iranian studies at exeter university. he joins us now via webcam from lucerne in switzerland. richard radcliffe hoping that

nazanin can be home for christmas list of how likely is that in your opinion? i fully understand his help, andl opinion? i fully understand his help, and i very much hope he is right. it is very hard to say. i think there will be an instinctive reaction among many of the most hardline people in the iranian regime that the thing to do when the british foreign secretary visit to run asking for something is simply to say no and turn him away unsatisfied. i hope they won't take that line, i hope they will be people who will see benefits including this poor woman in the which should be treated, and released. we've had a statement from the foreign office, just describing the foreign office, just describing the talks that were hard, —— the

talks that happened, and one word i found very interesting was frank talks. how frank can you afford to be with iran sitting opposite you at the table? i think in a private meeting between boris johnson the table? i think in a private meeting between borisjohnson and him, the two can be very frank indeed. and i would hope they would be, because it is important that both understand exactly the position of the other. and i think that could do quite a lot of good. both for the wider relationship between iran and the uk, and in this particular case we are concerned about. but other people in the regime, it would not be wise to be so frank with.|j suppose there you are to be talking about the revolutionary guard. how does what is said perhaps with the government line in sync with the revolutionary guard? the iranians

syste m revolutionary guard? the iranians system is quite tightly controlled and integrated. and that is something that sometimes is forgotten. there is this body cold the supreme national security council, and the leader is chairman of that. and all interests including the foreign ministry, the revolutionary guard and others, are represented on that body, and it is quite tightly controlled in order to satisfy iran's security interests. there is one end of opinion, the revolutionary guard and others are often at the other end of opinion within the regime. but those interests, different opinions are usually quite tightly coordinated. and i would expect, anticipate, that

they have decided what line they will take before boris arrived in tehran. we are also hearing as part of the statement that obstacles in the relationship were discussed, but at the same time emphasising their commitment to work together. what are those obstacles, and how closely can the uk and iran work together? there is a long history of bad relations between britain and ran. that goes back to the 19th century. the latest thing we're in that history is the british embassy being broken into and partially burned in 2011, the sorts of things the iranians remember include are, evans and supplies of weapons to saddam hussein during the iran— iraq war, and the removal of their prime

minister from power in 1953 which out minister from power in 1953 which our secret minister from power in 1953 which oui’ secret services were minister from power in 1953 which our secret services were implicated in. it's an unhappy history, and we've never fully got over it on either side. it will be wonderful if someday we could, but it will require a lot of commitments, patience and effort. thank you very much for your time. 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. 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 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 particularly remarkable or surprising about it. every election has the ability for the electorate to boot the government out, and clearly the electorate make a bunch of decisions about not only things in the past, like this example, but also what parties are promising and pledging to do in the future. it doesn't seem to be that surprising to say that it will in part be a referendum about this. so far theresa may seems to have done

enough to keep most within the conservative party happy for now with this arrangement, but as we know, 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 of the people be that they do that. i don't really see that 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 that iain duncan smith used when he was interviewed this morning to say it will be very difficult, and for all the hard work that it has taken to get to this, the wrangling with theresa may's political allies at home, the trade talks will be tricky, not least 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, it will be tricky the whole way through. the headlines on bbc news: the government says borisjohnson has held frank talks in a run over the imprisonment of a british mother. 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. weather warnings for part of wales and northern ireland. for the heavy snow showers expected overnight. police are investigating the deaths

of two teenagers which they believe are drugs related. police were informed that two men were found dead inside this nightclub. two jennyjones were then taken to the hospital where the pair both later died. police believe they had taken the drug known as mdma, and the urge anyone else in king of taking regression of drugs to think twice before taking any substance. the families of both have been informed but no formal identification has yet taken place. but no formal identification has yet ta ken place. police but no formal identification has yet taken place. police have an 18—year—old man in custody awaiting questioning and suggest there is no evidence to say that the drugs were taken inside this venue. 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 with craig dale from oldham council. a busy tonight, isn't it going to be? a busy night, a busy 2a 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 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 10mm, 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 mitigate that? 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 rather famous nicole saltslinger. it brings in humour, 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 tra ns—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 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. at least eight 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're 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's horrific. there's 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. 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 insta ntly, and what apple is doing 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 apple 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. 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. the funeral of the french musical legend johnny hallyday has been taking place in paris. huge crowds of people have lined the streets to pay 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 the very end, because just a few months before he died, when he had lung cancer and was really suffering, he was on 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.

in an in top disruption from this and flurries. it will ease a little through the night turning very icy. and further snow flurries in scotland. temperatures as low as — 11 in scotland, and then this band of rain turning to snow quite quickly as we go through the night. that could cause is the big issues for tomorrow. in met office amber weather warning out for heavy snowfall tomorrow across parts of mid and north wales, the midlands, just fringing into northern england and the home counties. big travel disruption expected. the snowfall will push into all parts in the

morning even if it is not snowing first thing. on the southern flank of it it will be a mixture of rain, sleet and snow through the day. southern counties of england, the far south and south—west wales, mainly rain, heavy bursts, some sunshine on and off, but the big worry is the strength of the wind. possibly severe gale—force winds. temperatures could be up to 11 celsius. struggling to get about freezing in the midlands. but even with sunshine, scotland not going above zero. as the snowfall fizzles out eyes will be a big concern through sunday night, notjust here but in northern parts of scotland. sunday night into monday we are watching this area of low pressure. the biggest impact across spain, portugal and france, but there is a small risk that could produce deals in the south—east and east anglia. rain could turn to snow at times.

more likely to see snowfall in the far west of wales and cornwall. monday will be dry and bright and very cold for many of you after a an icy start. severe frost and choose the morning. it dry and sunny day for the vast majority. a few showers around. another weather front pushing into the northwest. rain lifting the temperature tuesday night into wednesday. some heavy burst of rain pushing across eastern areas first thing, and then sunshine and heavy and thundery showers. but less cold for many. hello. this is bbc news — the headlines: the foreign office says talks between boris johnson and his iranian counterpart have been ‘frank‘ and ‘constructive' , amid continuing tensions over the imprisonment of a british woman. her husband says he's optimistic she can come home. it would be great if she came home

on the plane. i think that would be beyond my wildest expectations but in terms of realistic hopes, fingers crossed, it's still possible she could be home by christmas. the environment secretary michael gove suggests voters could use the next general election to have their say on the final brexit deal. icy conditions prompts highways england to advise motorists against nonessential travel, as the met office issues weather warnings for large parts of the uk. let's find out how the sporting world is looking. hello, john. a packed weekend of football, ahead of the manchester and merseyside derbys tomorrow, we start with today's action and a london derby with the champions chelsea beaten by west ham in the early kick off at the london stadium. marko arnotavic with the only goal of the game to give david moyes his first win since taking charge. adam wild reports. it may only be december, but chelsea's hopes of retaining their

premier league title are already beginning to cool. west ham's struggle to stay is real. change is needed. the first came in goal, joe hart needed. the first came in goal, joe ha rt left needed. the first came in goal, joe hart left out in the cold. but the difference on the pitch is what matters and it needs to come quickly. lost on 01, least of all, marko arnautovic, goal bringing celebration, as much as a sigh of relief. there was a long way to go, chelsea was threatening. the second half brought more chelsea chances, but with those came further frustration. two going close and adding to the west ham nerves. they held on for an invaluable win and offering promise of better times ahead. what a great result for us. we came

close against manchester city. don't get me wrong, it was really tough, chelsea kept us under pressure but we scored a good goal, played well at times in the first half. if we had been better with the ball a couple of times in the second half, we might have got another goal. we have to face another game every two days and you have to be ready. we have just started this period. tottenham's league form has been patchy of late, not that you would have known as they beat stoke 5—1 at wembley. four came in an impressive second half display — harry kane with two, to take his tally to 12 for the season. that moves them above arsenal up into fifth. stoke three points off the relegation zone. you need to open the game and then

change the situation. yes, i am very, very pleased. the team was so clinical in front of goal. if you are not against good players who are quicker and stronger, you have to get tight and not allow those strengths and those are advantages to have an effect on you. if you don't allow them space to play, then you can negate that threat. we gave them too much time and space towards the end, which is the disappointment. in the first half, we were better. burnley faced watford, seventh up against eighth in the table, who would have thought that at the start of the season. burnley winning1—0.

watford down to ten men marvin zeegelaar sent off in the first half, the big moment of the match.