this is bbc world news today. our top stories. poised to attack iranian targets president trump cancels a us military mission against tehran with ten minutes to go. in britain, the parents of a muslim convert dubbed "jihadi jack" have been found guilty of funding terrorism. it was a case that led to huge protests in spain. five men jailed for attacking a woman and sharing video of it online have their sentences increased. eltonjohn receives france's highest civilian honour, the legion d'honneurfrom president macron. hello and welcome to world news today.

president trump called off military strikes against iran with just minutes to spare last night. he said the planes were in the air cocked and loaded and had three targets in their sights. but the president said he decided to halt the air strikes because too many people would have been killed. the attack was to be in retaliation for the shooting down of an american unmanned surveillance drone on thursday. in the volatile region which supplies a third of the world's oil. tehran says the drone entered iranian airspace. the us maintains it was shot down in international airspace over the strait of hormuz. the last time the us launched a significant military effort here's our north america editorjon sopel. in iran, they are celebrating taking out of the sky a $130 million us drone, the latest escalation in tensions between washington and tehran. today on iranian tv, the results of their handiwork were being shown off. america has no shortage of military assets in the region but the anticipated

retaliation never came. it turns out military strikes had been ordered. planes were in the air, ships in position, but at the last moment, donald trump had a change of mind. he confirmed this on twitter this morning... "on monday they shut down an unmanned drone flying into international waters. we were cocked and loaded to retaliate last night on three different sites when i asked, how many will die? yesterday, meeting the canadian leader, with his hawkish national security adviser and secretary of state looking on, donald trump gave a rather different impression. iran made a big mistake. this drone was in international waters, clearly, we have it all documented, it's documented scientifically, notjust words. and they made a very bad mistake, 0k?

how are you going to respond? you'll find out. today, one of iran's deputy foreign ministers spoke to the bbc. when you violate iranian space, then we defend. this is defence. and to back up their argument, iran's foreign minister produced a sketch to claim the drone was flying over iranian territorial waters. the us put out a more formal looking map to claim it was in international airspace. regardless, the federal aviation authority has issued orders preventing american airlines from flying over the persian gulf and the gulf of oman as a result of this incident. british airways is doing the same. at friday prayers today in tehran, there were renewed chants of ‘death to america', and fiery language from the country's spiritual leaders that the strait of hormuz will become a graveyard for trespassers. last night, donald trump pulled back, but this is still a tense and dangerous situation

in a highly volatile region. the parents of a british muslim convert dubbed "jihadijack" have been found guilty of funding terrorism by a uk court. john letts and sally lane sent their son money while he was in syria, despite being warned he had joined the so called islamic state and become a dangerous extremist. chi chi izundu reports. they say they are loving parents put in an impossible position, but sally lane and john letts have been convicted today of funding terrorism after sending money to their son in the middle east. the heavy price we paid today is an indication of the love we have for our children. we are committed to helping jack return home. we will continue our campaign to help those that the government has turned its back on. thank you. jack letts with his parents. a picture perfect childhood, but just a few years later at the oxfordshire schoolboy was inside islamic state group—held territory in syria.

the jury was told this one—fingered salute was associated with is. butjack‘s parents, his dad an organic farmer and his mum a fundraiser for oxfam, had told the old bailey their son had converted to islam at 16, and said he was travelling to the middle east to study arabic. sally lane told the court she was horrified when he called her in september 2014 to tell her where he was. she said she screamed at him, how could he be so stupid? nearly a year after being in syria, jack letts had begun asking for money, first to help out a poor friend with a large family, then he said it was to get out of syria. i've run out of money completely. didn't you say if it was to get out, you would send? the pair had argued in court that they just wanted to get their son out of syria safely. in a police interview, john letts tried to explain. i've got to get him out, somehow. and how am i going to do that? he is in danger and i feel i have to do something, but on the other hand, i don't want to get put

away and i don't want sally to get put away. i've got another son to worry about. so, what am i supposed to do? despite warnings from police, ms lane was captured on cctv at her local western union sending £233. speaking to the bbc back in 2017, they said they believed him when he said he wasn't involved with any banned groups. we've always been in contact with him from the beginning. i think that is unusual for anybody who was some sort of fighter. they tend to drop all connection with their parents. he has always been in touch with us and he has always, from the beginning, denied that he was ever a member of isis or involved with isis or a fighter or anything like that — and i believe that. it's not for individuals to decide when it applies to them and when it doesn't. the really strong message is, despite whatever you might think you're doing, ultimately you are breaking the law and that's not ok. a jury at the old bailey agreed. they found sally lane and john letts both guilty of sending money to their son jack, knowing or having reasonable grounds

to suspect the funds would be used for terrorism. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. his parents refused to believe that he became a dangerous extremist. he had a child with an iraqi woman before he was captured by kurdish forces in 2017. our middle east correspondent met him last year. he had to wait until his pa rents try parents try was over before we could broadcast this interview. one of the islamic state group's most notorious recruits was former 0xford schoolboy jack letts. he agreed to speak to us in october last year. only now that his parents‘ trial is over can the interview be broadcast. he said he wasn't speaking under duress and he wanted to come clean about his membership of is. i asked him if he had betrayed his country. what were you?

were are you a traitor or were you are a collaborator? that's the question i'm asking you. a traitor to britain? you mean a traitor to britain? it's the first time i've heard that term in a long time. i was definitely an enemy of britain. i have no doubt about this. i haven't tried to make myself innocent. i did what i did, i made a big mistake and that's what happened. i regretted what i did and thought, supposedly the british idea is that even if you do make big mistakes, you can sort of go back. not go back to britain, i mean go back from your mistakes. you can set things right. did they ever ask you to put on a suicide vest? they don't ask you but they encourage you. in a sort of indirect way. i used to want to at one point, believe it or not. i now think it's actually haram. that's the first time i say this. i might as well tell the truth. i did at one point want to. not a vest, i wanted to do it in a car.

so i said, if there's a chance, i'll do it. i didn't request to do it but at the same time it was obvious that, i made it obvious to him that if there is a battle i'm ready. this is one of the places where jack letts lived in syria. he loved raqqa to begin with. he says he fought on the front lines. in iraq, he was badly injured. later he got married and had a child. he says, though, he eventually grew disillusioned and attempted to leave is. but why did he abandon britain in the first place? i had a comfortable home, i had a very good relationship with my mum especially. my dad as well, actually. i thought it was leaving something behind and go into something better. i thought i was never going to see them again. in britain, they call youjihadijack. while you've been away, there have been attacks in manchester, the london bridge attacks, there have been attacks in paris. there's very little appetite to give you a second chance because of what you've done.

to be honest, i'm not asking any... it's not like i'm appealing to the british public to give me a second chance. it's not something anyone would do. if i was a member of the british public, i wouldn't give me a second chance, probably. maybe in the specific situation but i don't expect that from anyone. so what do you expect, jack? that's the problem, i don't know what's going to happen. i've been here two years, every few days i hear any promise. it never gets kept. as for, and it's probably not that important, but in manchester, what happened in london on the bridge, etc, i was in prison at the time. this was a long, long time after i left isis. yeah, but, jack, that's the point. your recruitment as a westerner, as a white middle class boy from oxford, signed up and joined the so—called islamic state, that you were a rallying cry. you gave their insanity more credence for other people to go and join them. that's one of the things i regret. i realised that me coming was a lot more...

had more meaning than a syrian coming to isis. the fact that i came from england, i understand that it made a big difference. that's one of the things i regret as well. they used us as well. they used us as a sort of, what do we call it in english... like a poster boy. his kurdishjailers say he can't stay in syria. jack letts also has canadian citizenship, although he's never lived there. the british government says it washed its hands of him the day he joined the islamic state group. spain's supreme court has ruled that an attack on a woman that shocked spain was gang rape, rather than an earlier verdict of sexual abuse. the five men, known as the "wolf pack", were originally given nine years injail when they were cleared of rape. but prosecutors appealed to the supreme court to upgrade the conviction and judges increased their sentences to 15 years. here's guy hedgcoe on the outcry over the initial sentence.

viviana waisman is the president and ceo of madrid based womens link an international non profit organisation for women's rights. she says this was a very controversial case. with the court said originally is that there had not been sexual violence, not rain because they found the situation did not constitute the violence that rain requires. this was despite the fact that this young woman was cornered by five very large men and there was a very intimidating situation and the outcry that was described was a belief that the way she acted, the judges said the way she acted meant that she had not been raped. because she did not fight back and a lot of the outrage happened because we all know that young women and women fight back rape, or other sexual

violence, while the consequences could be death and so it is the outrage that was around the idea that you have to fight back and that there was violence that been taken place. and what kind of reaction has there been to the supreme court ruling in this case? i think overall, there is a feeling that this decision is very important. it sends a very clear message to judges, really to society at large, about the importance of investigating the accusers when a sexual violence victim comes forward. across the world, it is so often where women are denied sexual violence instead of on the accusers and those that are accused, the judicial system and society at large questions the woman, what was she doing out? she doing by yourself as mike how she dressed? instead of focusing the investigation on what it is that the men did or did not

do. is also prompted calls for changes in the laws well. what do you believe needs to change? there isa you believe needs to change? there is a commission that is been instructed to review the criminal code to see if there's a change in the law but what this case clearly shows is that it's not about a change the law, law can always be improved but how the law is implemented in the importance of implementing the laws without gender stereotypes because what we see in this case, but in many other cases, is that women, the stereotypes about women lying or the idea of how victims act when something has happened to them is making it so judges are deciding based on stereotypes instead of making decisions based on the case they have in front of them. and what this case clearly shows is the fact that the lower court decision was overturned and it really does demonstrate that the law as it stands could be implemented with this gender perspective that is so neededin

this gender perspective that is so needed in orderfor the this gender perspective that is so needed in order for the loss to be applied in a non—discriminatory fashion. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: thousands of people have again taken to the streets in the georgian capital tbilisi a day after more than 200 people were injured in protests.

this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. president trump says he called off an overnight attack on iran with just minutes to spare because too many people would have been killed. it was a case that led to huge protests in spain. five men jailed for attacking a woman and sharing video of it online have their sentences increased. thousands of people have again taken to the streets in the georgian capital tbilisi a day after more than 200 people were injured in protests at the parliament buildings.

on thursday, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters angry over a russian politican making a speech inside parliament. tensions with russia remain high since georgia lost a brief war against russia a decade ago. rayhan demytri is in tbilisi. thousands of people have gathered outside for the second sick consecutive day, the force used by the police on friday morning against the police on friday morning against the demonstrators we are hearing a lot of speeches, a lot of speeches calling for the resignation of the interior minister and early parliamentary elections. there are lots of people who are here to say

no to russian occupation, a lot of speeches against russia. georgians are incredibly angered by what happened here in this very building in the parliament building on thursday when a russian mp entered the building and set and the chair of the georgian speaker. sir eltonjohn has been awarded france's highest civilian honour the legion d honneur. the award was presented by president macron at the elysee palace. the 72—year—old musician used the occasion to promote his charity work with the eltonjohn aids foundation. like music, the fight against aids has been my passion for many many yea rs. has been my passion for many many years. and like music, despite reminds me every day of the extraordinary power of the human spirit. and the things that bind us are stronger than those that divide us. are stronger than those that divide us. it is this magical human spirit that i will carry with me as a proud

member. with music ringing in my the offer of the 2004 biography of eltonjohn on why he was given this award. it makes a lot of sense because ever since the early 70s when he became a favourite of the british royal family and when he became a favourite of the british royalfamily and he when he became a favourite of the british royal family and he was honoured by the swedish government in the mid—90s, and he became a night, he was also previously honoured, i think it was 1993 by the french government with a letters award and so, it makes sense now that this would happen, especially in light of his impending retirement and also the fact that he has accomplished so much with his foundation and helps so many people all over the world. itjust seems

like it ought to happen and it is. impending retirement, a farewell tour, people retire and then retire again and then retire again, is this it for again and then retire again, is this itfor him, again and then retire again, is this it for him, do you think?|j again and then retire again, is this it for him, do you think? i think in terms of touring, going on a tour of the whole us or europe, i think that is probably over. i do not see any real reason to doubt that, but he has already said that it's definitely going to continue to make music, work on movies and broadway musicals and work on albums but also to live shows, but in the context of an extended tour, he can never not perform because i think it is too much in his blood and he loves it too much. he would not want to be a

way to much from the fans, i don't think because i think he gets a lot of energy and he feels a lot of affection from audiences and of course the audiences deal that coming back to him. my neck to of if ever sex drugs and rock and roll was named after somebody, it was certainly him. he certainly had a difficult past, hasn't he? absolutely. i am amazed that he has made it through as well as he has, given the abuse that he put himself through and do drugs, drink, promiscuity is essentially without worrying about aids and things like that before rehab and now, i guess so that before rehab and now, i guess so you that before rehab and now, i guess so you can that before rehab and now, i guess so you can say is you can look back

on itand so you can say is you can look back on it and know that he succeeded in overcoming it. an update on all the sport. an upset in the cricket world cup and they were beaten by sri lanka potentially damaging their semifinal ambitions after winning, they reached 2003249, another three wickets, but the modest target was soon looking ominous after early wickets and then so ominous after early wickets and then so often the saviour, going forjust ten rounds, one of four wickets and stokes did his best to carry england over the line, ran out of partners, mark with the last fall, 212 all out england scored 20 runs short. third in the table but with their three most difficult group games to come. look at the basics of partnerships a very important to get enough going

and depends on the individual endings, but that is not good enough to win the game. i think when we get beaten, we come back quite strong, rigorous or too aggressive, smart positive cricket and let us hope thatis positive cricket and let us hope that is the case on tuesday. and 20-20 that is the case on tuesday. and 20—20 action, the second of three matches, inc. and batted first, scored 183 of the 20 overs, the west indies replied with 64 for three from eight overs england over the past 13 completed matches and all formats, you can follow them on the bbc website. the first female jockey to write a winner after 32 years and just the second ever and one to victory in the states, leaving the queens horse, magnetic charm and second later given a ban and a fine

for over using the web during the race. the spanish world cup winner has announced his retirement from football, the 35—year—old striker plate for madrid, liverpool and chelsea, currently injapan, he played 110 times respin, scoring the winning 2008 and he won the champions league and the europa league. one of his former team—mates, the goalkeeper is back at the club as a performance adviser. spent 11 years there winning 13 trophies including the premier league 14 times at the champions league title, hejoined arsenal in 2015 and he retired at the end of the season, chelsea with the end of the season, chelsea with the former midfielder frank, the favourite to take over following his departure last week after one season in charge. tennis now it was a busy day over the canadian at the queen's

clu b day over the canadian at the queen's club championship after beating nick after the singles yesterday, he costs another absent today, beating up costs another absent today, beating up the top seed, the youngest player beating them in straight sets, he also played and lost a doubles match. the third major pg eight match. the third major pg eight match is into the second match, out in front after another good round at the national, she followed yesterday's but the 69 today to go seven under par for the tournament, four shots ahead of the two were still out on the court, four shots ahead of the two were still out on and that is of the sport for now. that is it for me, you can reach me on twitter and keep up—to—date on

all the stories covering bbc dot com forts news, thanks for watching. hello again. for many of us it has been a decent summers day out and about, plenty of sunshine for most of us and to try weather for long last as well. in cumbria, some find sunshine and feeling presently warm as well. the fairweather cloud that we had during the day has been melting away, so will have increasingly clear skies, overnight england and wales and northern ireland and scotland. exceptions to that across the northern island, will see some passing showers and stay quite breezy and perhaps later in the night, you can see more cloud across northern ireland into western scotland. medical night for many of us scotland. medical night for many of us temperature six to 12 celsius and the start of the weekend is looking promising, the reason is we have a

lowering of high—pressure moving across the british isles, something we have not seen in the hole in the month ofjune. it means weather—wise, was start of the sunshine across england and wales and that is the way it's going to stay all day. cloudy times for scotla nd stay all day. cloudy times for scotland but mostly find two with spots of sunshine coming through it again, the northern isles could remain quite breezy. temperatures are rising and turning warmer, quite quietly for england and wales as temperatures move on into the low 20s. the second half the weekend isn't looking quite so good because although the high—pressure is still there, the low pressure to the southwest is going to start to cause a few problems. initially, during the morning, it should be dry with hazy spells of sunshine with a bit of high cloud in the sky it should start to feel increasingly humid across the south of england and southern parts of wells as temperatures rise as well and up to 24 degrees, you can't help but notice this area of rain, but sunday

afternoon, and into the evening time, you'll notice some potentially torrential downpour is across parts of england and wales, but it will va ry of england and wales, but it will vary from place to place and in the western areas, and up to cause some localised flooding, given that the rain is going to come down very heavily in a short space of time it could be even worse for the hills of scotla nd could be even worse for the hills of scotland ready to get up to 100 mm of rain posing the threat of some flooding. next week, very hot and humid for some of us, temperatures could push into the 30s while for others, the threat of country downpours brings the threat of localised flooding issues. that is your weather.

this is bbc world news. the headline. president trump says he caught up and attack because too many people would've been killed. he said they had three targets in their site, to run has won the us against aggression. the parents of a british man who went to syria to join the islamic state group have been guilty of fighting terrorism. john letts and sally lane sent money to their son and 2015. spain supreme court has wrote that an attack on a woman that shocked the nation was gang raped rather than in earlier verdict of sexual abuse. five men have had their jail sentences of sexual abuse. five men have had theirjail sentences increase to 15 yea rs. protesters in theirjail sentences increase to 15 years. protesters in the georgian capital to gathered outside parliament to demand the origination

of the interior minister after violent