this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump says he called off an attack on iran with minutes to spare because too many people would have been killed. hello, this is bbc news, i'm ben bland. he said they had three targets in their sights. our top stories: president trump tehran has warned the us says the us military was set against aggression. to retaliate against iran the parents of a british man who went to syria to join so—called but he changed his mind ten minutes islamic state have been before planned strikes. found guilty of funding you know what, they terrorism by giving him money. shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, john letts and sally and here we are sitting lane sent payments to the sonjack letts, with 150 dead people. nicknamed "jihadijack". the couple were given suspended prison sentences. five men who were jailed in spain we hear from the for attacking a woman before we hearfrom the british we hear from the british teenager who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group as his parents are found guilty of funding sharing a video of it, terrorism. i did what i did, buti in an online group called the "wolf made a big mistake, and that's what pack", have had their convictions changed from sexual assault to rape. happened. i regretted what i did. the country's supreme court also raised their sentences from nine to 15 years. it was a case that led to huge protests in spain, five man jailed for attacking a woman and sharing video of it

online have their sentences increased. russia bans flights to georgia after clashes in the capital, thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament for a second night. eltonjohn receives france's highest civilian honour, the legion d'honneure from president macron. welcome to bbc news. president trump has confirmed that he called off a military strike against iran with minutes to spare after deciding to many human lives would be lost. mr trump tweeted that the us had been "cocked and loaded", but he is now facing criticism from democrats or revealing details of the plan. the attack had been planned in response to the shooting down

of an unmanned us drone by iran earlier this week. that happened in the volatile region which is a major supply route for one 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 straight of hormuz. here is our north america editorjohn 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. but at the last moment donald trump had a change of mind. he confirmed this on twitter this morning:

but now a rather different account from the president. the planes weren't even in the air, so weapons couldn't have been locked and loaded. were planes in the air? we were about ready to go. no, but they would have been pretty soon, and things would have happened to a point where you wouldn't turn back or couldn't turn back. that wasn't quite the impression he gave yesterday at the white house, when watched by his hawkish national security adviser and secretary of state he seemed to suggest that action was imminent. one of iran's deputy foreign ministers told the bbc they were only acting in self—defence. when you violate iranian territorial 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." last night donald trump pulled back, but this is still a tense and dangerous situation in a highly volatile region. you can read more about the story on oui’ you can read more about the story on our website, you will find analysis there from our diplomatic correspondentjonathan there from our diplomatic correspondent jonathan marcus about just what the us— iran conflict could look like. for all of that go

to the website or download the app. the parents of a british muslim convert known as "jihadi jack" have been found guilty of funding terrorism. john letts and sally lane said their money while he was in syria despite being warned that he was had joined the so—called islamic state and was becoming a dangerous extremist. our middle east correspondent met him last year but we had to wait until his parents trial was over before we could broadcast this interview. one of the islamic state group's most notorious recruits was former oxford 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 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 was a battle i'm ready. let's bring you some of the day's other news. thousands of protesters in hong kong have blockaded the city's police headquarters. they want a controversial extradition bill to be thrown out. this will be the third weekend of protests against the bill. hong kong's leader carrie lam promoted and then postponed the bill but demonstrators want it scrapped altogether. firefighters in the us have been battling a massive blaze at a gas refinery in south—west philadelphia many hours after the fire broke out. people living nearby say their homes we re people living nearby say their homes were rocked by four explosions early on friday, people were injured and

treated on—site. the cause of the fire is not yet known. the american rapper cardi b has been charged with assault in connection with a fight at a strip club in new york in august last year. the singer was arrested in october for allegedly ordering an attack on two bartenders. a british minister has been suspended from government after forcibly removing a protester from a formal event in london. conservative mp mark field who was also a minister in the foreign office, was filmed pushing a female greenpeace activist. mr field has apologised, saying he feared the protester might be armed. police were reportedly called to by a neighbour to the london home of the conservative leadership candidate boris johnson and his partner carrie symonds early on friday morning after a neighbour reportedly heard screaming and shouting. our political correspondent chris mason explains what happened after the police were called. their neighbour heard a loud argument.

the newspaper says it has spoken to a neighbour and this neighbour tape recorded some of the row, and the guardian says it has heard this recording — the bbc has not heard the recording. they say the neighbour said that mrjohnson‘s girlfriend could be heard telling him to "get off me", and "get out of my flat", she was allegedly heard saying that mrjohnson had ruined a sofa with red wine and told him "you just don't care for anything because you are spoiled, you have money or anything". —— you have no care for money or anything". in a statement the metropolitan police has said yes, it did take a call after midnight from a local resident concerned for the welfare of a female neighbour, police say they attended and spoke to all the occupants at the address who were all safe and well, there were no offences or concerns apparent to the officers and there was no cause for police action. as for his reaction, a spokesperson for mrjohnson tonight has said no comment, but he did not deny the story. and in a contest where character as well as policy is going to be under scrutiny,

these are headlines borisjohnson could do without. meanwhile the hustings for the two conservative candidates will be held in the city of birmingham on saturday afternoon. boris johnson and jeremy hunt will appear before an audience of party members. the event is open to the media butjournalists will not be allowed to ask questions. ahead of the first husting, the british foreign secretaryjeremy hunt challenged his opponent boris johnson to take part in a tv debate as close as possible to the day that our papers are posted out. the point i'm making is it makes an absolute mockery of this leadership contest for the conservative party if people will actually have started voting before they have a chance to see the two protagonists on tv. and boris challenged me to do the itv debate, i was very happy to accept until i realised that that debate is so far ahead that people will have already started voting before it happens.

i think we should be doing debates early, we should be doing them often, if the party wants him to go out to battle against nigel farage, jeremy corbyn, 27 eu countries, then surely it is not such a big deal to go out against a friendly foreign secretary. hustings are a very important part of the process but the kind of rigourous scrutiny that you get from the today programme, from andrew marr, sophie ridge, these are something quite different, and this is the biggestjob in the country, the most important position in the land. if you want the top job you have got to turn up for the interviews. spain's supreme court has ruled that an attack on a woman which shocked spain was gang rape rather than in earlier verdict of sexual abuse. the five men, known as the "wolf pack", were originally given nine years in jail 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. in the summer of 2016, during the running of the bulls festival in pamplona, five young men led an 18—year—old woman to the lobby of an apartment building in the early hours of the morning, where they had sex with her. she accused them of raping her, but when the case went to trial last year, the court ruled that the five defendants were instead guilty of the lesser crime of sexual abuse. thejudges said that because there had been no violence or intimidation, the rape charge did not apply. the accused, who were known as the "wolf pack" because of the name of a whatsapp group they shared, were given nine—year jail sentences. that verdict drew widespread outrage.

many spaniards, believing it had been a clear—cut case of rape, took to the streets to protest. the backlash against this particular court decision fed into a broader campaign for women's rights in spain. both the defendants and the victim appealed the verdict. on friday the supreme court heard from lawyers on both sides. translation: all the acts took place in an atmosphere of terror, of absolute subjugation in which the only thing the victim declared to the court was, "i closed my eyes and waited for all that to end as soon as possible." this time the court decided there had been intimidation, and that therefore this was a case of rape. the defendants had their original sentences increased from nine years to 15. one of them, antonio manuel guererro, received an extra two yea rs because he stole the phone of the victim during the attack. the five men who had been freed

on bail were arrested in seville shortly after the supreme court announced its ruling. stay with us if you can on bbc news, still to come: i am 93! we hearfrom one of the last surviving passengers of the empire windrush, 70 years after travelling from the caribbean to help rebuild britain. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin.

berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. hello, i'm ben. this is bbc news. 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. the parents of jack letts, a the parents ofjack letts, a british teenager who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group, i found guilty of funding terrorism.

thousands of people have again taken to the streets in the georgian capital tbilisi, day 200 people were injured in protests at the parliament buildings. on thursday, people used tear gas and rubble bullets against people who are angry ata bullets against people who are angry at a russian politician making a speech inside parliament. russia suspended passengerflights speech inside parliament. russia suspended passenger flights from russia to georgia and advised russian tourists not to travel to georgia. in this corner, some students are painting posters on the message is clear. russia is an occupying country and 20% of my country's is occupied by russia. this is a very common slogan that one would here in georgia. this is the reference to georgia's to break away territories, south ossetia and abkhazia, which are under russian control both militarily and financially. the

stu d e nts militarily and financially. the students will have gathered outside tbilisi state university, they are here to make their voices heard. they are saying this is an anti— russian protest. they also want political changes in the country. they don't want affiliation with any of the existing political parties in the country but because of what happened in tbilisi on thursday and friday morning, but thousands of people gathered outside parliament to protest against visiting russian mps, these students think that now is the moment also to come out and say that they are against russia and what russia is doing to our country. just over 70 years ago, hundreds of caribbean migrants sailed to britain on empire windrush to help rebuild britain after the war. many decided

to stay and create new lives in the uk. saturday is the first national windrush day, celebrating the contribution made by the generation and their families. one contribution made by the generation and theirfamilies. one of the contribution made by the generation and their families. one of the last living passengers is 93—year—old alford gardiner. we went to meet him atafamily alford gardiner. we went to meet him at a family get—together. i was one of lucky ones. that's why i'm still here. there are four generations of alford gardner's family — eight children, 16 grandchildren, and more than 20 great—grandchildren. i lived injamaica a long time ago. i don't know about you lot, but as a little boy, i was bright. i was very bright. and i knew it. laughter. at the time, there was no work, especially in my field.

where did you hear about the ship and when did you go? my sister heard about it and sent me the news. so within days after hearing about it, my brother was off to book his ticket. i didn't have any money, so i had to ask my dad! and he gave me the money. what happened on the ship? we had no problem. we had a bright happy ship. not much to do. just enjoy it. about three days out of england, we were told sleep as best as you can because it's cold. we had a very good time. very good time. but this wasn't his first time in the uk. he joined the raf at the age of 18 and served in the second world war. what was your first meal? lamb chops! and they were right little. my very, very first night, i had a problem. we had dinner, and there were some little bits of bone there, so i took a bit of the bone

and by the time i sat down, they were onto me. i had stolen two young men's ration! are you used to the cold yet, granddad? you never get used to it! how old are you? my brother said i'm three. you're three? iam 93. wow. 90 years more than you! a healthcare centre in california is trying a new approach to dealing with the effect of alzheimer's disease and dementia. they built a replica of a 19505 american town to spark memories and provide a comforting atmosphere for patients. it might look like a movie set, but it is actually part of what doctors call

reminiscence therapy. the minute my mum walks in the door, it's delightful, because you've walked back in time. my mom has been diagnosed with dementia, alzheimer's, along with aphasia, so trouble with word finding, putting sentences together. there is, there has been... avery nice... what do i want to say? so here's this woman who's, you know, well educated and who had a history on stage. she also had a history and broadcast. but was having a very difficult time and she was probably hiding it. # i've got a crush on you, sweetie pie...

when the music comes on, my mum goes right back into being happy jackie. it's the memories, it's that reminiscence. the concept behind town square was to create an immersive experience that was consistent with where people's strongest memories are. people make their strongest memories between the ages of 10 and 30. the average age of our participants, typically in their early 80s, they would be between the ages of 10 and 30 in the 1950s and 1960s. we make this as authentic as possible. this attention to detail is really intentional. down there... over yonder? there's a place, and there's a big... this picture, a big picture. the first time i really looked at it, "i thought,

oh, my gosh. this is from way back when." and you had one that looked very similar to the blue and white one? that's what i thought, yeah, that's what i'm telling you. she recognised herself, and she remembered, that's that reminiscence piece. sir eltonjohn has been awarded france's highest civilian honour, the legion d'honneur. it was presented by president macron at the elysee palace. the 72—year—old used the occasion to present his charity work with the elton john foundation. freya cole reports. hand—in—hand from french president emmanuel macron and the legendary sir eltonjohn. bonjour! sir elton has been in paris

for his farewell yellow brick road world tour, but before he departs the country, he picked up france's highest civilian award, the legion of honour. i have a huge love affair with france. i have a house here, i have always loved coming here. i love the french culture, the way of life and the french people. and as a musician, to receive this award on the day of the festival de musique makes it even more special. the ceremony was held at the elysee palace, the president describing him as a melodic genius, but also paying homage to his lifelong work championing gay rights and raising billions of dollars to ending the plight of hiv/aids. translation: we have to continue to finance the research, to finance treatments and to continue to allow access to treatments for everyone, and so this commitment to music and the fight against aids has been your entire life, dear elton.

the top accolade comes less than a month after the release of rocketman, a deeply personal bio pic revealing his life behind the scenes. people don't pay to see reg dwight, they pay to see eltonjohn! the 72—year—old says this final world tour will be his last, but those who have studied his life are not entirely convinced. he could never not perform, because i think it is too much in his blood and he loves it too much. and he wouldn't want to be away too much from the fans, i don't think. sir elton is now on his way to the sout of france, continuing his epic career, one which gets a big thumbs up. i was tempted to in the bulletin by singing you a medley, yes, a medley of eltonjohn‘s greatest hits but i've been told that sadly for you, 01’ i've been told that sadly for you, ora i've been told that sadly for you, or a relief, we are out of time. you

can reach me and most of the team on twitter you can find me at @benmbland. thanks for watching. hello there. things are warming up this weekend right across the board. it will certainly be noticeable across southern areas, weather humidity will also gradually increase, and into next week, certainly late on sunday, the threat of thundery showers increases as well. for the weekend, fine for most of us. lots of dry weather around. we start this morning on a cool mode outside town. the single digits in one or two places. the pressure chart reveals high pressure. this will be the driving force for the fine weather, certainly for the first half of the weekend, but this low pressure system will come into play later across the south—west. lots of sunshine up and down the country this morning, into the afternoon, cloud will tend to build up in places.

could see an isolated shower pretty much anywhere, but norther scotland will see a scattering of showers, i think, through the morning and into the afternoon. temperatures higher than we have seen over the last few days. the low 20s for england and wales. maybe 19 or 20 for the central belt of scotland. into saturday evening and saturday night, most places will stay dry. maybe still a few showers across the far north of scotland. we could see clouds just building up across the very far west of the country. notice the temperatures, they are starting to import warmer and more humid hour. double—figure values for all. sunday then, a warmer start to the day. plenty of sunshine around and still a few showers across the northern isles. then this weather from start to pushing across northern irleand, wales and the south—west of england later in the day to bring outbreaks of rain. to the north and east it should stay dry, feeling even warmer, 2a, 25 degrees across the south—east, high teens further north. this is the pressure chart as we head through sunday night. high pressure still holding on across the north of the country, with this low pressure and its weather front moving

north and east. the rain will pep up across southern and western areas later on sunday. during sunday night and into the early hours of monday, some potential of some really heavy and thundery rain moving northwards. hit—and—miss torrential downpours, but some areas could see the risk of some surface water flooding. it will turn warm and muggy by the end of the night across southern areas. into monday, that heavy thundery rain spilling its way slowly northwards, affecting much of scotland, the very far north of england as well. further south, sunshine could come out, but that could spark off further thundery showers, but we are really importing warm and humid air during monday afternoon and we could see the high 20 celsius in the south. still fairly warm in the north, despite all the rain. but as we head through much of next week, it stays warm, or even very warm, even hot, in southern areas. with the high humidity, thundery showers are likely to continue to be a risk. there are warnings in force for this, so head to the website 00:28:52,304 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to check those out.