this is bbc news i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at eight. the mother of teenager harry dunn who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. 37 people are injured after a double—decker bus overturns in devon. a british—australian woman and her boyfriend are released after more than three months in an iranianjail. and at 8.30 — we'll bring you the highlights of a special week of coverage by bbc news from stoke—on—trent.

good evening. the wife of an american diplomat has left the uk while suspected of being involved in a fatal road crash. police say they want to interview the woman about the death of 19—year—old harry dunn, in a collision in crowton in northamptonshire in august. the foreign secretary dominic raab says he's called the us ambassador to express his "disappointment" that she's left the country. duncan kennedy reports. this is how local people have reacted to the death of harry dunn, on the country road where his accident took place. this is how local people have reacted to the death of harry dunn, harry, who was 19, had been on his motorbike when he was hit by a car. he died of multiple injuries.

the 42—year—old woman driver of that car, who's not been identified, left this nearby american air base before the collision took place. she's known to be the wife of a diplomat and told police she would cooperate with them and said she had no plans to leave the country, but it's now been confirmed she has left britain. in a statement, northants police said, "harry dunn's family deservejustice. harry's mother, charlotte, says the woman involved must come back to the uk. we're really hoping to try and get her back. you know, we don't wish her any ill harm, but we don't understand how she can just get on a plane and leave our family just utterly devastated.

today, the foreign secretary dominic raab became involved in this diplomatic stand—off, saying he had called the american ambassador to express his "disappointment" that the woman had left the country. the options open to the government and the police are limited, but harry's family say they cannot grieve properly until this tragedy has been resolved. and duncan has more on what the us authorites have been saying. theyjust put out a very short statement to say they confirmed the woman has left the country. they actually say the family has left the country. they are not identifying her or saying where she has gone to, which creates a huge predicament for not only dominic raab but also the police here because we are now into what is called diplomatic immunity territory. being the wife of a diplomat means she has diplomatic immunity which in short cut terms means she is immune from

prosecution in this country. so unless she decides to come back voluntarily to face this further police inquiry, as a suspect in this issue, it will mean that britain will have to seek her through extradition and that could be an extremely long and painful process and could take many months. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson, and the political commentator, jo phillips. democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump have issued a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents on its dealings with ukraine. mr trump is accused of abusing his position to put pressure on the ukrainian leader to investigate his presidential rival, joe biden. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler reports.

no matter where america's commander—in—chief goes, there's no escape from the talk of impeachment, or the many questions about his request for a foreign government to investigate one of his political rivals. requests for documents from the white house have become demands. with a subpoena issued by the democrats, alongside a strongly worded letter, that accuses the president of choosing a path of "defiance, obstruction and cover up." among the many records they want is a full rather than a rough transcript, showing exactly what mr trump said to the ukrainian president in a phone call during the summer. that's when he controversially tried to pressure volodymyr zelensky into launching an inquiry into the potential presidential candidatejoe biden and his son, hunter, who had business dealings in the country. on a visit to greece, the us secretary of state couldn't hide his frustration at this latest attempt by congress to put

pressure on the president. this is what's wrong... when the world doesn't focus on the things that are right, the things that matter, the things that impact real people's lives, and instead you get caught up in some silly gotcha game. but democrats have still to decide on whether to hold a formal vote to impeach the president. some people say, "why are you doing this?" "he's not worth it, to divide the country this way." i say, "well, he may not be, but our constitution is worth it, our democracy is worth it." applause. the battle lines are being drawn in washington, and congress is preparing for yet another bitter fight with this white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. dozens of people have been injured, eight of them seriously, after a double decker bus overturned in devon. a major incident has been declared. john ayres has more.

lying in a field, this stagecoach bus came off the road. thankfully, no one was killed. it happened around 11am this morning on the a385. the ambulance service described it as a major incident. it is thought that eight people have been seriously injured and taken to hospitals around the region. other passengers were taken to paignton library and provided with support. emergency services everywhere. five air ambulances in total, must have been 15 or 20 police cars, ambulances, but it was calm. everyone... they were just doing a brilliantjob of getting everyone to safety. everyone has been taken away from the scene and the driver of the bus has not been arrested, but is helping the police with the investigation. the road had to be close along with minor routes in the area, causing serious traffic congestion. the police serious collisions investigations unit is trying

to establish exactly what happened. we are trying to work through whether it's best to remove the coach tonight, but we don't know how long that will take. and whether it can be done before we lose the light. if it can't be done we will leave the recovery for the morning and the road will remain closed overnight. in a statement, stagecoach south west said that the immediate thoughts are to those involved and helping in any way they can. they say they will be assisting the investigation into the circumstances of the incident. tonight, the region's hospitals are busy and advising people to come to a&e only if it is absolutely necessary. a british—australian woman and her australian boyfriend say they're relieved to be home after more than three months in an iranianjail. it's reported thatjolie king and mark firkin were freed afteran iranian man was released by australia. 0ur diplomatic correspondent,

james landale, reports. the views here are just epic! jolie king and mark firkin were travelling the world, recounting their adventures to thousands of followers on social media. but three months ago, the british—australian woman and her australian fiance were arrested in iran, allegedly for flying their drone without a permit near military installations. yet more foreigners detained in tehran‘s jails. but after what the australian authorities described as "sensitive negotiations", the couple from perth have been released and have returned home. forjolie and for mark, the ordeal that they have been through is now over. they are being reunited with their loved ones, which is a source of great relief and joy to everyone. i can tell you that they are in good health and in good spirits. within hours, it emerged that australia had released an iranian

student, reza dehbashi kivi, who had been arrested in 2018 for allegedly sending us—made military equipment to iran. this prompted speculation both countries had negotiated a prisoner exchange — something the australian authorities refused to comment on. they said they were still trying to secure the release of another british—australian national detained by iran. kylie moore—gilbert, a lecturer in islamic studies at melbourne university, has been held for almost a year after being charged with spying. today's release will prompt questions about why the british government has yet to secure the freedom of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the foreign office would not comment but the cases are different. the british—iranian mother is considered by tehran to be fully iranian, and officials say iran sees her as having greater diplomatic value in its campaign against growing economic pressure from the international community. james landale, bbc news.

pro—democracy activists in hong kong have condemned the government for using emergency powers, as violent protests brought parts of the territory to a standstill. demonstrators, who defied a new law banning the use of face masks, forced the closure of the underground system and many shops and businesses, after a 14—year—old boy was shot during yesterday's protests. hong kong's leader, carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. translation: the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong and made hong kong society semi—paralysed. everyone is very worried and concerned or even scared. the government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. i appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance to the law, condemn violence together, and cut ties with rioters with a firm will.

at a news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelet, said the ban on face coverings should not be used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. bans on face covering during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target particular groups and improperly curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. but on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. that is also not acceptable. earlier we spoke to bonnie leung, she's a pro—democracy campaigner in hong kong and organiser of the some of the recent protests.

well, i am extremely worried because i am worried about our front line protesters‘ safety. carrie lam is again doing a very bad move and a very bad strategy of bypassing our legislature to impose yet another evil law. and by doing so, i believe that she is actually creating some sort of systematic petrol bomb to public anger, so the public anger exploded. it is totally counterproductive. she said the reason of imposing the anti—masking law is about resuming public law and order, protecting front line police officers‘ safety but you see it is counterproductive. the public is more angry and more people are wearing masks, wearing facemasks to protest in the streets and people are forced

to be even more radical in protest of the latest evil law. so it is totally counterproductive and not serving the purpose at all. after the handover, we used to have is rule of law and freedom. despite not having true democracy. but now, because we do not have true democracy, the government is totally not being accountable to the people and they are destroying our rule of law and they are destroying the rules that we have always treasured. so hong kong people are now to conclude freely to seek for protection and now we see police officers breaking the law so blatantly, caught on camera, without any legal consequences at all and they are protected by the police commissioner and the hong kong government and protected by the beijing government, so we see absolute power

corrupts absolutely. at least 5 people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police in the iraqi capital, baghdad. the iraqi parliament says more than 90 people have been killed and almost 4,000 others have been injured in unrest across the country this week. the protests began over unemployment, poor public services and corruption, but demonstrators are now also demanding that the government resign. the top un official in iraq, jeanine hennis, says she is deeply saddened by the senseless loss of life. she says "this must stop. i call on all parties to pause and reflect. those responsible for violence should be held to account. let the spirit of unity prevail across iraq " the headlines on bbc news. the mother of teenager harry dunn, who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat, says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk.

democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. dozens of people are injured, eight of them seriously, after a double—decker bus overturns in devon. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. another british medal in the world athletics championships in doha. britain's women have taken the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay. it means dina asher—smith has another silver medal to go with the one she won in the individual 100 metres, and of course she also claimned gold in the 200 metres. it's the first time a british woman has won a sprint gold. laura muir produced a gutsy display in the 1500m final as she finished fifth behind winner sifan hassan.

muir tried to catch front—runner hassan but was caught with 150m remaining in doha. hassan, who also won the 10,000m title, took victory in a championship record time of three minutes 51.95 seconds. she had previously worked under banned coach alberto salazar. liverpool have maintained their 100% record in the premier league, but only just. james milner scored a 95th minute winner from the spot at anfield against leicester. 2—1 the final score. leicester's frustrations boiled over at full—time. sadio mane had put liverpool ahead before halftime, butjames maddison scored an 80th minute equaliser with their only shot on target. but they then conceded an injury time penalty with a foul on mane. that's eight wins out of eight for liverpool heading into the international break.

here are the other results in the premier league, jeff hendrick scored the winner for burnley against 10—man everton. villa won 5—1 at norwich, wesley scored twice and also missed a penalty. goaless between watford and sheffield united. the top two, celtic and rangers, play tomorrow in the scottish prmiership. we've had four results today. nine man aberdeen scored a late eaqualiser against hibs. england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games was "not acceptable" as his side were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored

both of brazil's goals, the first largely due to a goalkeeping error by mary earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes but brazil held on for the win. back to the world athletics championships in doha, where great britain's men have won silver in the four x 100 metres relay race. adam gemili, zharnel hughes, and nethaneel mitchell—bla ke came second to the usa. fantastic result for great britain. another silver medal for britain. england beat 1a—man argentina 39—10 in tokyo to qualify for the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. england's last pool match is against france and that will probably decide who finishes top in the pool.

its qualifications for quarterfinals but our emphasis is on getting better in each game. that was a tough game for us today. when they went down to 1a men, you know, they possibly got a psychological lift. it's human nature that we drop off a little bit because you think you're going to win the game, and we probably did that. i was pleased how the players got into the game in the second half and dominated. silver medals for the men's and the women's four x 100 metres relay. another two medals, four great britain. that's all the sport for now. some breaking news in the last few moments regarding our top story. we we re moments regarding our top story. we were talking about the fact that the wife of american diplomat has left

the uk despite being suspected of being involved in a fatal road crash which resulted in the death of 19—year—old harry dunn in northamptonshire. we said the foreign secretary dominic raab had beenin foreign secretary dominic raab had been in touch with the us ambassador to express his disappointment that this lady has left the country. we are getting a response from the us state department. a spokesperson has issued a statement: we express our deepest sympathies and offer condolences to the family of the deceased in the tragic august 27 traffic accident involving a vehicle driven by a spouse of the us diplomat assigned to the united kingdom. any questions regarding a waiver of immunity with regard to oui’ waiver of immunity with regard to our diplomats and their family members overseas in a case like this receive intense attention at senior levels. they are considered carefully given the global impact such decisions carry. and then,

perhaps this is an important point, immunity is rarely waived. it says we cannot speculate on what action the british government may take. it says while we are in close consultation with the appropriate british officials we cannot comment on private diplomatic conversations with the british government. so, not a lot of information. the statement contains the fight that immunity is rarely waived, as it says, despite the fact that the family of harry dunn are very keen to have the wife of that american diplomat returned to the uk to answer questions from northamptonshire police, in the first instance. police in new york have said four homeless men have been beaten to death with a metal object in chinatown. a 24—year—old suspect is reported to be in custody. cbs journalist, christina fan, has this update from new york.

we are in chinatown in lower manhattan, where police are investigating an attack against the homeless that left four people dead and one other seriously injured. this is one of the many locations where police found the bodies this morning. we want to give you a look at the massive police response at the heart of chinatown. there is a suspect in custody. we have learned that he and all of the victims are believed to be homeless men. officers found the bodies after getting a call around 2am of a possible fight near bowery and doyers street. here they found two victims. just a block over on east broadway, they found three more bodies. it is believed the victims were sleeping when they were hit by a metal object that looked like a pipe. one of the victim survived the attack and is now being treated at a local hospital. again, police say the suspect, a 24—year—old man, is in custody, and they are questioning him but do not know the motives of the attacks at this time. at least nine climate change activists have been arrested in london ahead of planned protests by the extinction rebellion group on monday.

police say the group have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance. they've been taken to a south london police station. extinction rebellion say police confiscated equipment including portable loos, kitchen equipment, gazebos and big tents. tens of thousands of people have attended a pro—scottish independence march through the streets of edinburgh. groups and organisations who support separation from the uk joined the all under one banner procession, which began at holyrood park and continued up the royal mile. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon didn'tjoin the event but said she was there "in spirit". five years ago she thought it was the end of her career but tonight lucia lucas is making a little bit of history — with the first performance by a transgender singer on the london 0pera stage. she's appearing in 0rpheus in the underworld at the english national opera. however, on stage — because of her deep baritone voice — she continues to play male roles. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito reports.

hi. my name is lucia lucas and i am a professional opera singer. she sings opera. i am not trying to be a pioneer. i am trying to see how far i can get this to go and how long i can stay in the business because i hope that people in the future won't have the difficulties that i have had. lucia lucas. it has been more than five years before she decided the time had come to be her true self. the director of the opera at the time said... "just one question — what happens to your voice?" i've done some research on that and for better

or worse it doesn't change. and so with that baritone voice she makes the journey each evening from she to he. tonight, a debut for english national opera. ladies and gentlemen, you have 15 minutes. there you go. thanks. on stage you play male roles. is that uncomfortable? no, not really. it actually, in a certain way, justifies the difficulty that i had as a child because i knew that i was not team boy. because you've always been acting. i'v always been acting but now ijust do it on stage. if it had been a choice of singing or being yourself? be myself. 100%. i never envisioned that i could do both at the same time. you thought it would be the end of your career?

yes, of course. five years on, rather than ending her career, it has blossomed. transitional hormones haven't affected that extraordinary voice and tonight, a debut on the london opera stage, another barrier broken. david sillito, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. if you have to be out travelling, some unpleasant conditions. all of us are some unpleasant conditions. all of us are going to see wet weather. the wettest in northern ireland, clearing away but as the rain moves east it may cause minor flooding especially in southern scotland and northern england, where the rain gets heavier. rain over most parts,

drying in the south—west later. across—the—board, drying in the south—west later. across—the—boa rd, temperatures drying in the south—west later. across—the—board, temperatures not dropping much from where they are now. a wet start across much of scotland, northern, central and eastern england. rain persisting around the eastern counties with a gusty wind. heaviest in east anglia, elsewhere becoming lighter. the best brightness further west. most places will be having a drier and sunnier day than we've had today. the week ahead is fairly changeable. if you have a dry day it is likely to be followed by showers and longer spells of rain.

hello, this is bbc news with rachel schofield. the headlines. the mother of teenager harry dunn who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat — says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. the us state department expressed sympathy, but said diplomatic immunity was rarely waived. democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump, issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. dozens of people are injured, eight of them seriously, after a double—decker bus overturns in devon. a british—australian woman and her boyfriend are released after more than three months

in an iranianjail. now on bbc news — rebecca wood brings you the highlights of a special week of coverage by bbc news from stoke—on—trent, featuring stories that matter most to the people in the town. and a warning — this film has flashing images. there's something about the juice and the actual soil of this area, which has allowed us to be one of the most creative places on earth. with what we've got, how can we make a difference? this is we are stoke—on—trent. welcome to stoke—on—trent, a unique city made up of six towns with a proud history and a strong sense of community.