the driver was anne sacoolas, wife of an american official posted to the intelligence base.gerous driving. the united states said they couldn't, citing diplomatic immunity, and anne sacoolas went home. today, the foreign secretary said the anomaly had now been changed by agreement with the us. we have still got a long way to go... even though it is not retrospective, harry's mother, charlotte charles, told me she is delighted. we're really pleased that they've worked as hard as we hoped they would have done to make sure that the loophole has been plugged. sadly, it doesn't bring harry back, but it certainly will make sure that another family won't suffer the injustice that we are so far suffering. harry's mother has even been to the white house as part of a campaign to get anne sacoolas back from the us to face trial. but the united states has refused an extradition request and still won't budge. the foreign secretary hopes the closing of a legal loophole will at least bring the family some comfort. i understand the heartache for them. agony and the anguish and the fact that

the driver was anne sacoolas, wife of an american officialst to the intelligence base.ampton shire police wanted to arrest and charge her with causing death by dangerous driving. the united states said they couldn't, citing diplomaticd immunity, anne sacoolas went home. today, the foreign secretary said the anomaly had been changed by agreement with the u.s. even though it's not retrospective, harry's mother >> we're really pleased that they haveo worked t pass, make sure the loophole has been plugged. sadly, it doesn't bring harry back, but it will make sure that another family won't suffer the injustice th we are so far ffering. >> harry's mother has even been to the white house as part of a campaign to get anne sacoolas back from the u.s. to face trial. the united states has faced - refuse an extradition reques' and still won'budge. >> i understand the heart ache for them. i understand the agony and anguish and the fact that the process they are going through to get justice for harry adds further pain and frustration we are on their side. we feel there is a denial of

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political storm because we now know all these months down the line that it was the fco that allowed anne sacoolase campaign had to take a political tone for us to be able to get to the point where we are today. but if someone had said to me back then that they could look into the future and say i would be in this position now, that our family, me and other parents would be here, we wouldn't change a thing because without us doing this then otherfamilies because without us doing this then other families around here would have been at risk in the future of having suffered the same fate as us and having suffered the same abuse of human rights. so i had no idea we would be where we are today, but i am so very glad we have achieved what we have done. i know you are constantly being asked for interviews by american media outlets, just wonder if you sense any change in the tone of the questioning they are? because inevitably there is a sense in america of, she is one of ours, just wonder if there is a change in the humanity of this story? look, simon, that's a very good point. a couple of months ago, yo

what does this mean for anne sacoolas, the woman at the centre of the case?ve, so it could only apply if there were future incidents such as this, and let's remind ourselves of what she was accused of. she was charged in december of killing harry dunn by driving dangerously, but she was in the united states by then and was claiming to promote a community to stop this change in the diplomatic immunity rules, if you like, probably part of an agreement yesterday between dominic raab, foreign secretary, and mike pompeo, us secretary of state, going forward , us secretary of state, going forward, it would mean you couldn't claim immunity if you were the wife, husband or whatever other us official serving in the uk. thank you, rob watson. our top story this lunchtime: labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism. and still to come — a rare appearance from a grand old duke — and new prints of a birthday prince. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: a lifeline for aston villa, as they

harry was in collision with a car driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us intelligence officer, whoping the issue will be on the table when the us secretary of state mike pompeo flies into london tonight ahead of meetings with government ministers. we can speak now to harry's mum charlotte charles and radd seiger, who advises the family. good morning both and thank you so much forjoining us, as ever. charlotte, i suppose first question, this is a difficult time because the anniversary is coming up so how are you doing? we are exhausted, to be honest, louise. we are managing every day and our determination is still awfully strong but we are tired, you know? we are tired of fighting and we should not have to go through this. so yeah, we have got a lot coming up but the determination is still there to bring this human rights matter to a close. and i know, we have spoken to you so many times on breakfast and you so many times on breakfast and you have made this impassioned plea once again to the authorities. it must be so hard to have to repeat yourselves, in some ways. absolutely. we s

they have said that the us and britain have agreed to amend the anomaly that allowed anne sacoolas tocountries, will no longer be required to quarantine for 14—days on their arrival. italy, greece and norway are among the countries on the approved list — as they currently have low coronavirus infection rates. passengers from britain and the united states will still be asked to restrict their movements for 14—days. the list of approved countries will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis. let's find out more about this with our ireland correspondent emma vardy. i believe this list is being reviewed on a fortnightly basis. tell us more about what the government in the republic of ireland is saying about the easing of restrictions for certain countries. well the way it was made this decision was... or lower, those with the kind of countries that made it onto the list. the key point is that great britain and the us are not on there. so in practice that means that for people travelling from great britain to the republic of ireland they would be required to fill out a form, a passenger locate

this only applies to raf croughton, where anne sacoolas's husband was working at the facility.ll of that car, he would not have enjoyed the same tip of medic immunity his life did, and it is that loophole, regarded as a mistake in the agreement surrounding the deponent of american personnel at that base —— diplomatic community. it is that lupo being changed, meaning if a similar situation occurred in the future, the person would not enjoy the same diplomatic immunity. why at that pace, do we know? they have taken a look at the arrangements surrounding of american personnel and realised, rather late in the day, it has to be said, that there was nothing said about what happened to the relatives of personnel... diplomatic personnel are stationed all over the place, are stationed all over the place, are they not? they are, and this may look at arrangements and other facilities. it certainly does not affect the conventions surrounding, let's say, us personnel and their families here in london, but the government friendly feels rather embarrassed about this. it does not look as thoug