crispin blunt, many thanks for being with us.d dead after a passenger plane crashed in iran. the flight, which took off from the capital, tehran, came down in the zagros mountains, in the south—west of the country, on its way to the city of yasuj. it was operated by aseman airlines. earlier, i spoke to our bbc persian correspondent amir paivar about the crash. he began by telling me why there is some confusion over whether or not there are survivors. they have dispatched teams overground. this they have dispatched teams overg round. this is they have dispatched teams overground. this is a freezing, inaccessible mountain area. and the latest is they have now followed the lead of a mobile phone signal which will help them to pinpoint the gps coordinates of the exact crash site. that should speed up the process. nonetheless, it will be quite a few hours between the crash and getting there, and even if there are survivors, there will be concerns about how they will cope in those conditions. exactly. the dark is falling now, and it is

crispin blunt, who chairs the all—party parliamentary group on drug reform, says that parliament muste need to find a way through the mess that our laws are around medical cannabis. there is a strong support for those who find a way to license cannabis for medical use. even in the republic of ireland recently, they found a way for the minister to give exceptional use in exactly these kind of situations that would help alfie. we need to get real here. there is a boy who is suffering greatly, and we should find a way for him to get the treatment he needs. there's been a large fire at the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism, the jokhang monastery in the capital, lhasa. video footage showed smoke and flames billowing from the roof and at least one gutted pagoda. chinese state media gave few details but insisted that the blaze was quickly extinguished and no relics were damaged. a memorial service for zimbabwe's opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai has been held in the capital harare, four days after he died from cancer in south africa. politicians from across the political divide ga

and crispin blunt, one of the mps who is debating the bill today. how long have you been waiting?”ery day. i do pd dialysis every night and every morning, from my flat. what is it like for you, day—to—day? my flat. what is it like for you, day-to-day? the dialysis was a really big adjustment, i feel a day-to-day? the dialysis was a really big adjustment, ifeel a lot better than i did before i started dialysis, but it is the last thing i do before bed, first thing i do in the morning before i wake up, really. how does it affect your quality of life? in terms of what i'm able to do in between dialysis, i feel generally better. i'm grateful i have it. the kidney is the only organ where you have replacement therapy while you are waiting for a kidney. but i don't wa nt to waiting for a kidney. but i don't want to have to do it. all my friends are travelling, if i have been out with friends, i have to go back and do it, if i do it before i go out with friends, i am uncomfortable the whole night. i have not found a time when is the optimal time. opting have not found a time when is the op