the foreign office is telling the british to leave wuhan.ally they gave the advice the people in we re they gave the advice the people in were hand should stay put. and they are thought to be around 200 or may be between 200 and 300. no—one is really sure. it goes up, it goes down. if they don't know how many people, you worry about whether this new advice which is that they might actually airlift them out is a sensible one because will they be able to get hold of everybody? and what is the implication of ringing people from known infected sites back into the uk, what precautions will be taken. they going to be allowed to go on their merry way? people in were hand, british people there have complained that other nationality people have been contacted nationality people have been co nta cted by nationality people have been contacted by their embassies and the britons have felt abandoned. so i don't know whether the foreign office has been stung into making some kind of arrangements but ijust do not understand why they would suddenly think it

>> how are foreign service officers able to make a consistent approach to foreign policy? >> it is a problem for career people generally because now foreign service has been reduced in stature, so many decisions for example ukraine are being made by others outside of the formal process of the state department and so foreign leaders and even mid-level diplomats are learning they need to go to the president's political network and pay less attention to the career diplomats who are articulating the policy the way it used to be. >> my question follows up with questions about the threat. my question follows up on the ones about the press and i am wondering after studying the phenomena and that you did after the fact, how well you thought the press at the time covered the story including i guess yourself. >> i can take that one. >> you know, there was a lot said and written about how the press fell down on the job for the iraq invasion. it was too much support for this policy that turned out so badly and only a few journalists in town were deeply skeptical about the invasion of

we have a significantly different line from the foreign office and mod, on one hand the foreign officeegraph that really says, look, you can to try to tread a fine line here to avoid in the uk front and centre for any retaliation given this is presented in the uk with a strategic choice, however you have figures of the ministry of defence pushing for a much more robust of defence of america's unilateral action. the telegraph interestingly on other papers have a quote of ben wallace where he talks about under international law the united states is entitled to defend itself against those posing, i'm quoting, and imminent threat to the citizens. this is because ben wallace points out that there 00:08:26,1000 --> 00:08:27,419 have been, in the last few months, us forces in iraq that appellant repeatedly attacked by forces, iranian forces, and that this is actually to undermine neighbouring sovereign nations. it's interesting because obviously borisjohnson is going to fight back and have important decisions to make. and the foreign secretary will be going come in the coming days, to paris,

the foreign office has updated its travel advice for mainland china, saying people should not travel absolutely necessary because of the coronavirus. hundreds of foreign nationals have been evacuated from the city at the heart of the outbreak. the total number of cases has jumped to almost 6,000. rich preston reports. as the first japanese nationals returned home to tokyo from wuhan, the foreign office in london said it was working out on similar evacuation plans. there are believed to be about 300 uk nationals incubate problems with about 200 wanting to return home. as a japanese plane parked at the gate, a number of ambulances, together with a light suited figures, could be seen “— a light suited figures, could be seen —— hubei province. authorities that anyone displaying symptoms of the illness will be taken to hospital immediately. everyone else would be tested for the virus and asked the quarantine themselves until the results were known. some passengers on board spoke to the media. this man, a steelworker, said nobody could move around the city freely. the restrictions were ext

the foreign office is urging british citizens in china to leave. grenfell tower enquiry panel resigns over links with the firm supplying the deadly cladding. 31 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey, more than 1600 injured. president trump's defence team have opened their case in the senate impeachment trial, accusing the democrats of seeking to overturn the result of the 2016 election. mr trump denies allegations that he abused his power and obstructed a congressional inquiry. from washington, our correspondent chris buckler reports. as the future of his presidency has been facing a congressional challenge, donald trump has been set up challenge, donald trump has been set up is to meet leaders, to florida to speak to supporters and ignored other events in washington to attend a pro—life rally, perhaps a sign he is looking past this impeachment trial and already thinking about rubbing up votes for the november presidential election. his leading tea m presidential election. his leading team have been arguing in bringing this

again, people should watch the foreign office website for further details of that.dent andy moore has sent this update on the efforts by countries around the world to bring their citizens home from china. i'm sorry, we don't seem to have that report. yes, we do have this report. as the first japanese nationals return home to tokyo from wuhan, the foreign office in london said it was working urgently on similar evacuation plans. they are believed to be about 300 uk nationals in hubei province with about 200 wanting to return home. as the japanese plane parked at the gate, a number of ambulances, together with white suited figures could be seen. authorities said anyone displaying symptoms of the illness it will be taken to hospital immediately. everyone else will be tested for the virus and asked to quarantine themselves until the results are known. some passengers on board spoke to the media. this man said nobody could move around the city freely and the restrictions were so tight. it was impossible to continue his work. a plane chartered by the us department has als

>> how are the foreign sovereignty because of his officers speak to the foreign policy. >> right. i think that it's a problem for them in general because now the foreign service has been kind of reduced in stature and so many of the decisions for example in ukraine they are being made by others outside of the process of the state department and so the foreign leaders and even the diplomats are learning you need to go to the presidents political network and pay less attention to the career diplomats were articulating the policy the way that it is to be. >> my question follows up on the questions about the press. my question follows on the ones about the press and i'm wondering after studying the phenomenon that you did after the fact how well you thought the press at the time covered the story including i guess yourself. >> i can take that one. [laughter] well, you know there was a lot written and said about how they fell down on the job before the iraq invasion there was too much support for this policy that turned out so badly and there was only a few journalists in town who were

200, no one seems to be sure, they are accusing the foreign 0ffice sure, they are accusing the foreign officeg them. the french apparently have 500 citizens being offered a coach service, that will be a fun bus, won't it? all aboard with that. last night, the foreign and commonwealth office faced a growing backlash over its response and they've got some quotes there from people moaning because they are rather scared, i think, at they are rather scared, i think, at the moment. about the lack of help. it seems to be that the british government have been a bit slow. the problem is, the city itself and the whole district is a lockdown and thatis whole district is a lockdown and that is very preventative because we don't want people moving around and spreading it. so, presumably, the foreign office thought to themselves it would be better if we kept people that because otherwise if they are infected, they will be brought back to the uk and that might have repercussions for our health system here. they have gone back on that advice, as martin says, there are people who have been quoted as saying, w

here in london, the foreign office now advises against all travel to hubei province.t says british nationals should follow the advice of chinese authorities and leave if they are able to do so. it insists the safety and security of british nationals is always its top priority. in the uk, 31 people have been given the all—clear after being tested for the virus. the risk to the public is still classed as low. but in china, the president could offer little reassurance to his people. the spread is accelerating, he warned, at a specially convened government meeting. translation: and it seems the spreading ability of the virus is getting stronger. of course, we will need more clinical data and materials to reach a conclusion. in response to the prevention and control of the disease, the park is temporarily closed. many tourist sites have been shut and lunar new year celebrations restricted. in wuhan, extra medical staff are being brought into work and both residents and visitors alike have no idea how long the lockdown will last, adding to a sense of concern. let's get more

anything more coming from the foreign office?in the uk by now but that permission has not come through from the chinese authorities and maybe it will be tomorrow. it's notjust the uk that is affected by this. as i said in the report other countries seem said in the report other countries seem to be experiencing the same problem and maybe it is chinese bureaucracy and maybe there too many countries scrambling at the same time to get there country people repatriated from china. we still do not know where the flight will come into and we do not know where the people will be quarantined for two weeks. andy, thank you very much for bringing us the latest and we will have more injust a bringing us the latest and we will have more in just a few minutes. the chancellor, sajid javid, will give his backing to the hs2 rail link later today when senior ministers meet to discuss its future. the project has been criticised after costs are thought to have doubled to more than £100 billion. it's intended to create faster links between london, bi

and have you had any contact from the british government, from the foreign office or anybody like thateceived an e—mail back. i would imagine they are very busy at the moment. we tried to ring the home office, but they are closed at the weekend, so we are going to ring them again tomorrow to try and get in touch with the home office. and when you go out and about, what is it like? just describe what the city is like. so we went to walmart and it was manic because everyone was getting the same idea as us, of trying to stockpile food because they don't want to leave. we also went to the pharmacy to stock up on the masks to protect ourselves, and they were running out of stock quite quickly. so i think it is either one extreme of the other, it is in a state of chaos or it is a ghost town. so it is really sad because we both love the city, it is a great place to be, but it is sad to see it deteriorate over the past few weeks. that is sophie hunter and jason neil, who have both been teaching english in the city of wuhan, and are now stranded there, stuck in that flat for several days now. w

it comes after the uk foreign office advised against all but essential travel to the country.ultinational chains such as starbucks, mcdonalds and toyota have also announced in the past 2a hours that they are pulling back their operations within china. travel expert simon calder nowjoins us. he has got the very latest. tell us more about be a's decision. very dramatic. the foreign office said last night they advised against all but essential travel to mainland china, excluding hong kong and macau. british airways acted very quickly. they said they would bring theirflight back quickly. they said they would bring their flight back from beijing, quickly. they said they would bring theirflight back from beijing, the capital, and shanghai, which were due in today. they are actually flying over siberia at the moment with the normal passages who were booked on it. but also the flight crew who went out the previous day. there will be no further flights on british airways until further notice. that could be as early as monday, i understand, notice. that could be as early as monday, iund

the foreign office confirms a plane bringing britons home from the virus—hit chinese city of wuhan willake off early tomorrow morning. it comes as the number of infections from the corona virus in china reaches more than 7,000. the death toll from the virus continues to rise — some families face an agonising decision over who can leave and who must stay. would you be willing to leave your family behind to go and seek safety? it isa family behind to go and seek safety? it is a very hard and moral question because my daughter is only four yea rs because my daughter is only four years old. 7,000 passengers and crew are trapped on a cruise ship in italy amid fears two chinese holidaymakers are carrying the corona virus. chancellor sajid javid throws his support behind hs2 — as a number of tory mps consider rebelling against the government. the number of rape prosecutions in england and wales has fallen again — as the number of suspects charged rises slightly. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with chettan. good afternoon. novak djokovic is one win away from a 17th grand slam title

the foreign office is making efforts but, ultimately, if our foreign policy is...ised... by the americans. one has to say this. from the iranians point of view, it becomes more and more questionable what is their achievement, what are they seeking to achieve in this sort of way. meanwhile, a lot of the papers still talking about harry and meghan, a picture of meghan in the sun. lovely photo. beaming meg, as they call her, out with archie. let's look at the times coverage of that, queens aide warns harry and meghan over the title, a senior adviser to the queen saying the duke and duchess of sussex shouldn't be allowed to use the title sussex royal after... should they be allowed to use it? let's point out the title of this gentleman, the garter king of arms, a fantastic title, so, garter, as he is known, said they shouldn't be allowed to call themselves sussex royal, after what we have seen as a hard going away. harry admitted the severance of tyres is not what they wanted, they wanted to remain closer so the big rebranding and copy writing, trademarking of goods un

now the job is finished ice is finished so doubt the foreign office will send another letter to the security council asking to revoke that old letter and thank you very much we don't need your forces anymore we have got rid of isis so you can all go home and of course this is all a money with the man credited with getting rid of vices ok but then what did you make of the fact that other liberal muddy said that the british foreign minister rang him and reportedly said please can we let british soldiers stay on training that was just before you installed and were good nature said all training is about to stop why do you think britain was calling up to try and keep british soldiers there and what do you think your prime minister thought of well it's not only him the dutch foreign minister the german foreign minister number other foreign ministers called and asked to keep some of their forces either within the training programs and by the way the iraqi parliament did speak of a training program did speak that we do need training programs but we need to know who is training where and tra

and have you had any contact from the british government, from the foreign office or anybody like thate-mail to the embassy today, but we haven't received anything back, i imagine they are very busy at the moment. we tried to ring the home office, but they are closed, so we are going to ring them tomorrow to try and get in touch with the home office. you have tried to stock up on supplies, jason, but you are reluctant to go out shopping, but you do need food and drink in. yeah, we have got enough food to last another week. we went to the shops the other day, and all the fresh food and produce had gone, and we can't really go out to a big supermarket any soon because we are not allowed to get the metro, a taxi, we would have to go somewhere walking distance. when you go out and about, what is the seen light, sophie? describe what the city is like. so we went to walmart, and it was manic, because i think everyone was manic, because i think everyone was the same idea of stockpiling food, and we went to the pharmacy to stock up on the masks to protect ourselves, and they were running out o

here, the foreign office hardens its travel warnings to britons for both iran and iraq. fears that high winds and temperatures will push australia's bushfires towards heavily populated areas — thousands of reserve troops are deployed. the fires that have raged in south—eastern australia will be affected by these winds, they will be fanned by this, making a dangerous situation even more perilous. labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. sir rod stewart is charged by police, after allegedly punching a security guard in the chest in florida on new year's eve. and in this week's click, the team takes a look at facial recognition technology, the future of space travel, and super—fast sports cars. that's in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession, of iran's most powerful military leader who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qasem suleimani, to stop a war, not start o

as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office is urging britonso leave the province where the outbreak began, and advising against further travel there. a member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey — more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday — to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. and coming up in half an hour, victoria derbyshire takes a look at some of the highlights from her programme this week. the president of china has said his country is facing a "grave situation" after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply, to more than 2,000. chinese officials say the virus is infectious in its incubation period, before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. chinese state media say 56 people have now died. chinese president xijinping held a special goverment meeting on the lunar new year public holiday, where he warned that the spr

partly, the foreign office has been shamed into a change of tactic.king moves to get there people out. dominic rab has performed a u—turn and is now seriously looking at how they might ever people out. that is going to be problematic because lots of these areas are in lockdown. even if we can manage to get these people out and bring them here, where do we put them? it's and bring them here, where do we put them ? it's not like and bring them here, where do we put them? it's not like we can just whip up them? it's not like we can just whip upa them? it's not like we can just whip up a hospital especially for them in 10 days. it is very difficult, but moves 10 days. it is very difficult, but m oves a re 10 days. it is very difficult, but moves are afoot to do something. how alarm should we be by this virus? you don't want to be alarmist about it, but it is clearly very concerning, the rapid spread of this virus. exactly as you put it. being alarmed but not being alarmist is the balance we have to strike. there are health efficiency and what they are hea

the deal is automatically rejected by the palestinian authority president — mahmoud abbas the foreign officeonight warned against all but essential travel to mainland china, and insists britons stranded in the city at the centre of the corona—virus outbreak will be helped to leave. here, the government says the chinese technology firm, huawei, can be involved in building the uk's 56 mobile network, despite strong objections from the white house. the salary threshold for skilled migrants coming to britain should be lowered to just over 25 and a half thousand pounds a year — says a government commissioned report welcome tojust a minute! applause. tributes are paid to nicholas parsons chair of radio a's, just a minute for more than 50 years, who has died at the age of 96. and we'll hear the incredible story of how two recycling centre workers rescued a woman's life savings which had been stored in discarded bisto gravy tins. president trump has unveiled his plan to secure peace between israel and the palestinians. he announced the proposals at the white house alongside the israeli prime ministe

the foreign office says it is optimistic it can get those people home.s as well those bureaucratic hurdles will be overcome, and any partners, whether they are british, dual nationals or not british will be on board as well. the japanese have had the first of what they hope to be three flights to go, but we understand every person on board that initial flight was japanese so they are not encountering similar problems. australians are likely to come up against similar issues, so we will have to wait and see. robin, thank you. i'm joined now by our health editor hugh pym... when this flight gets here, what will happen? it will land at a military base, then the passengers will be taken to an nhs facility from the military base. i have put together a few more details, my understanding is it would be raf brize norton, then put into buses and driven to a facility in the north west of england, which i understand will be former nhs accommodation for staff, flats, that kind of thing. they will be kept there for two weeks, that's the quarantine period, never mind

the foreign office said the ambassador had been paying his respects at a vigil for those who'd died whenown by an iranian forces. amid growing, angry demonstrations in tehran at the government's handling of the crisis. mr macaire was nonetheless summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself. he told them his detention was unjustified and a violation of international law. in a tweet, he said... completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. iran is at a crossroads. they've got a decision to make and the point we are making, the foreign secretary has said just this morning, is we want to see things de—escalate. we want to see iran come back into the international fold and play their part but they are at a crossroads. 0fficials here at the foreign office have been mounting a robust defence of their ambassador. but they are equally keen to ensure this incident doesn't further damage uk iran relations. particularly when their overarching strategy is to de—escalate tensions, rather than inflame them. those

the foreign office says a plane will ta ke the foreign office says a plane will take off from china laterf coronavirus infections reaches more than 7000. on bbc one we watch scotland. —— a bit cold towards scotland. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. i'm ben croucher with your latest sports update. getting to the business end now of the australian open tennis. there'll be a new winner of the women's singles after ash barty and simona halep were both surprised in their semi—finals. in the men's draw — well, can anybody stop novak djokovic? john watson is in melbourne for us. we have the women's final complete, we will come to that in a moment but let's just reflect on another novak djokovic victory in the semifinal to book his place in an eighth australian open final. he brushed the mighty roger federer aside in straight sets. federer clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set, which he lost. and then it was co mforta ble which he lost. and then it was comfortable in the end for djokovic as he moved through in straight sets. djokovic hoping to su

the foreign office is now saying that they are urgently exploring options to help britons in wuhan.of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster is under way. the first part of the inquiry was to discover what happened. this stage is to find out why, and the key focus is the cladding used on the high—rise block. we can speak to our correspondent dan johnson, who is at the inquiry in west london. what have they been hearing today? we have heard further opening submissions for the companies involved in the refurbishment of grand bell tower, that happened a few years before the fire. what really hits you are so complicated that refurbishment project was, how many different companies were involved in designing the refurbishment, manufacturing the cladding that was used, putting it on the building, then different bodies involved in testing the fire safety of those products and inspecting the finaljob in signing it off. there are so many different companies involved to become fairly easy to see how something could fall through the cracks in making sure the project was safe in ter

as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office here says theuation is under review. a member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey — more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday — to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. time now for the travel show. this week i'm in san sebastian. spain's culinary hotspot, tasting my way through all of the pinxtos, and finding out how to pay back a local. aupa! we hear about the positive effects of travel on our mental health. i am feeling on top of the world. fantastic! and rajan is in saudi arabia, exploring jeddah‘s historic district. san sebastian, the basque country's holiday playground, tucked away up here on the bay of biscay. it's really stunning. there are three beaches with coastal hiking trails, but what people really come here for is the food. this northern spanish city holds one of the highest nu

here, the foreign office hardens its travel warnings to britons for both iran and iraq.avily populated areas — thousands of reserve troops are deployed. the fires that have raged in south—eastern australia will be affected by these winds, they will be fanned by this, making a

as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office is urging britonse province where the outbreak began — and advising against further travel there. a member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey — more than 1,600 are injured. now it's time for witness history. hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, razia iqbal, at the royal academy in london. today we will hear from five people who have lived through incredible moments in history. coming up. the woman who defied the salvadoran government over the murder of six priests. the town that was poisoned by asbestos. and the agricultural scientist who helped save a billion lives. but first, of all of the revolutions that swept across eastern europe just over 30 years ago, the overthrow of nicolae ceausescu and his wife, elena, in romania, was the bloodiest. the uprising began in the western city of timisoara, where a local pastor, laszlo tokes, took a stand

and again, people should watch the foreign office website for details of that.ion on the future of the north of england's biggest railfranchise, northern, is expected to be made today. commuters will find out whether the service will be nationalised. northern has been losing money and has been plagued by problems resulting in cancellations and delays. well—placed sources are predicting that its services will be taken into public control. thousands of seriously ill patients in england each week have to wait more than an hour for an ambulance. the figure, uncovered by bbc news under the freedom of information act, includes some people suffering from heart attacks or strokes. the chairman of the ambulance association of chief executives said the number of people needing help over christmas had contributed to the figures. certainly in the run—up to christmas, the numbers of 999 calls that the ambulance service was dealing with right across the country have reached levels that we've not seen previously. that's also been reflected in the numbers of patients arriving a

to step in and get involved as they have. rare for the foreign office to step in and get involvedbeen through, but also of the events leading up to that trial. how do you feel that cypriot police have handled the investigation? the statement from the government says, "we have full confidence in the justice system and the courts of the republic of cyprus which should be left unfettered to implement state laws and deliver justice". well, any rape investigation is difficult and complex, one involving an allegation of multiple perpetrators, a gang rape, is particularly difficult. and you have the question of identification, you have to collect evidence, you have to do a huge number of interviews. this investigation was over in 12 days and it is very hard to see how any police force could conduct a really thorough investigation of this kind of allegation in 12 days and then simply decide the complainant was lying. i think there is a big question over how that investigation was carried out. and why the accused boys were allowed to leave the country only 12 days after the report. i know

can i ask finally about the foreign office, the british foreign office?nd spoke to the woman's mum on friday. has the foreign office done enough to help you? we are pleased the foreign office has become involved in this matter very recently. we hope that that support will help us in moving the case on. it is very pleasing that dominic raab has come out with a very strong public statement in support of us. so we are thankful of that. thank you all and i am gratefulfor your time. michael polak who is the young woman's lawyer, doctor andrea nini, a lecturer in linguistics and in which language at university, doctor chrissie tizzard, a psychologist to assess the teenager, and susana pavlou, the director of the mediterranean institute for gender studies. we are grateful for your time. coming up later. the parents of two—year—old isla kilpatrick—screaton known to be the only person in the world suffering from this genetic condition so they are considering suing the hospital that treated her. we will talk to the family live in the first broadcast interview. and

the foreign office is now advising against all travel to iran. e foreign secretary dominic raab said... nada tawfik has this report. us media say these images appear to show the moment the ukrainian airliner was hit by an iranian missile, minutes after take—off. a small explosion occurs and thejet, now in flames, tries to turn back towards tehran‘s airport. but within minutes, the plane's signal is lost and it crashes with 176 people on board. 63 canadians were among the dead. prime ministerjustin trudeau says the government's preliminary conclusions showed iran's anti—missile system accidentally shot down the plane. we have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface—to—air missile. this may well have been unintentional. also in canada, foreign secretary dominic raab addressed the tragedy after borisjohnson confirmed the death toll now includes four british citizens. the iranian regime must open up to the international community, inclu

the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran.harlotte gallagher reports. a funeral procession for qasem suleimani in baghdad. a man despised by many, but a matter to others. crowds shout, death to america, and america is the enemy of god. others waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. the military commander was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital. suleimani was one of the most powerful men in iran, arguably second only to the supreme leader. he helped prop up the syrian regime, thought the islamic state group and effectively led militia groups in iraq. the iranian president visit suleimani's family, a sign of the general‘s status in the country. he tells them the americans made a mistake, a strategic mistake. they will see more difficult days are awaiting them. suleimani's body will be taken back to iran for the funeral and days of mourning. officials will want to show the world how much he mattered, it's expected the supreme leader will lead the funeral prayers. he was planning a very major

here at the foreign office, there will be at the foreign office, there will be a sense of relief thatt british citizens out of wuhan. there had been a sense of anger among some of those stranded that initially the advice from officials here was they should leave of their own accord even though much of the area was in com plete even though much of the area was in complete lockdown. those flown home will be taken to arrowe park hospital on the wirral. they will spend 1a days in quarantine in former staff accommodation blocks. the world health organization has 110w the world health organization has now declared a global emergency but it has stressed this unprecedented outbreak was being met with an unprecedented response. simonjones, bbc news. let's speak to caroline davies who is at raf brize norton. what information can you add? you have mentioned earlier there are 83 british nationals and 27 foreign nationals on board the flight. we we re nationals on board the flight. we were originally told a much higher number of 150 british nationals and 50 eu nationals. the reason why it is much

the foreign office warns against all non—essential travel to iran as president trump says he ordered attack on iran's top military commander to stop a war, not start one. he has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilise the middle east for the last 20 years. what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. and this is the scene in baghdad ahead of qasem soleimani's funeral, which will be held later today. fears that the bushfires in australia could reach the outskirts of sydney with high winds forecast and temperatures set to soar again. thousands of reserve troops are deployed. labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. it isa it is a collection of speeches made bya it is a collection of speeches made by a swedish climate change activist? what is her name? sharon. greta thunberg. when greta became sharon! the climate—change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for the 2020 paralymp

the uk foreign office has updated its guidance to advise against all travel to wuhan city, and said " you are in this area and are able to leave, you should do so" benita mehra, a newly—appointed member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel, resigns after being linked to the charitable arm of the firm which supplied the tower block's cladding. donald trump's lawyers have begun their defence of the president in his impeachment trial in the senate — they say he's done nothing wrong they are asking you to do something that no senate has ever done. and they are asking you to do it with no evidence. that is wrong. and i ask you to keep that in mind. the search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake hit turkey — at least 29 people have been killed and more than 1200 injured and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin lipton and lucy beresford in half an hour. stay with us for that. good evening. china's president has warned that his country faces a "grave situation", as the deadly corona—virus spreads with increasing speed. tens of millions of peo

here at the foreign office in london, the foreign secretary dominic raab has described the ambassador's of international law. he said the iranian government was at a crossroads moment. it could continue the march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that involves, or it could take steps to de—escalate tensions and engage in diplomacy. britain is also demanding the investigation in the crash should be comprehensive, transparent and independent. a senior military commander in iran said the plane had been wrongly identified as an american missile. tensions were high in the region following the us‘s assassination of a senior iranian general. 57 of the 176 people who lost their lives were from canada. canada will not rest until we get the accountability, justice and closure that the families deserve. as the morning continues, so does the angen simon jones, bbc news. our world affairs correspondent, caroline hawley, is in beirut. how much of a problem as this detention of the british ambassador to tehran? look, we havejust got detention of the british ambassador

the foreign office has expressed what they call "serious concerns" about the case.orts. it's two days since the young british woman walked out of a cypriot court having been found guilty of falsely claiming she was raped by 12 men. her supporters say both the police investigation and the court process were flawed and her lawyers are planning to appeal. now, the 19—year—old's mother has told the bbc of the impact the case has had on her daughter's mental health. her words are read by an actor to protect both of their identities. she's suffering from ptsd. she spends a lot of time with hypersomnia at the moment. that means she's sleeping an awful lot of the day. she sleeps probably 18, 20 hours a day. she's also quite withdrawn, which is very sad for me to see, and she also experiences hallucinations and she needs to get back to the uk to get that treated. that's my absolute primary focus. these are the young israeli tourists who originally faced accusations that they'ad raped the young woman. they were freed and allowed to fly home after she retracted the allegation.

we understand those people are still in touch with the foreign office. at a time when we have had the first confirmation of british cases of coronavirus. we have had two people who have been confirmed as having coronavirus in the uk, and we gather that they have been staying at a hotel in yorkshire. they are now being treated at a hospital in newcastle. what more about that have health officials been saying? we understand these are two members of the same family, and that they are being treated in newcastle. we know they we re treated in newcastle. we know they were identified last night. that, at the moment, is the information that we have about these particular individuals. we have not had the nationality confirmed for them, nor how long... whether they are british nationals, whether they have come from china, directly from wuhan. that information is still not clear yet and we are waiting for more information. we have also heard about the mortality rate for the coronavirus. it is around 2%, which by comparison to sars and a bowler, is significantly low

britain today advised against all but essential travel to mainland china and the foreign office is nowinside wuhan city. america has become the first country to begin evacuating its citizens. for the lucky few it‘s a huge relief. very scary. i mean, we have basically been under house arrest. you can't really go anywhere. most places are just closed down. there are now signs of panic buying in other parts of china. these pictures are from beijing. with many new cases of infection being confirmed outside wuhan, anxiety about the virus is spreading, too. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. government advisers on immigration have recommended reducing the minimum salary required for skilled workers to be able to come to the uk. the hope is that after brexit, more teachers and nhs staff could be recruited from anywhere — including the eu. our home editor mark easton reports. a british patrol boat preparing to defend the uk border in dover today, as government advisers tell ministers they need to make some hard choices on who can come here after brexit. the migration advisory comm

the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. willis reports. american officials say the air strike that killed qassem soleimani was carried out in self defence. they say the man who's been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of americans in the middle east over the years was plotting a major attack on us diplomats and military personnel. at a rally last night in florida, president trump said that threat had now been lifted. qassem soleimani has been killed and his bloody rampage is now forever gone. he was plotting attacks against americans, but now we've ensured that his atrocities have been stopped for good. they are stopped for good. iran has vowed revenge. and amid heightened tensions, the us is sending reinforcements to the region — 3,750 troops so far, and warning its citizens stationed in iraq to get out as soon as they can. qassem soleimani was one of america's deadliest enemies. but the us has yet to release intelligence information supporting its claim that he was planning a major attack. administration officials insist,

it comes after the foreign office here advised against all but essential travel to the country.nwhile, australian scientists have recreated the new coronovirus in a melbourne laboratory and say it is a significant breakthrough in the quest for a vaccine. let's have a look at some of the other latest developments... the coronavirus death toll has risen to 132, with all those deaths recorded in china. the number of individuals suspected of being infected around the world now stands atjust under 6000. the number of countries the virus is now confirmed in has risen to 16. the british government is one of many with plans to repatriate citizens. 300 brits will be evacuated from hubei province and, as earlier mentioned, will be put in quarantine. there had been criticism of the fact that they would not be put in quarantine. japan, the united states and a host of other eu countries have similar plans to bring their citizens home. australia, meanwhile, will quarantine 600 of its citizens returning from the region on christmas island — 1,200 miles off the mainlandand, 1,200 miles off the

you see the truth always comes out and now the national archives under the instruction of the foreign office is gradually releasing historical records that expose dirty deeds of the past but it seems like former deals have left a shadow what's supposed to be those at the forefront of objectivity independence and freedom from bias shouted with daschle ought to london. well co-director of the organization for propaganda studies told us that a clear cold war parallels in today's news media to governments and states will always make that claim in context the major conflicts and cold war that what we're trying to do is to get the truth to the public and trying to ensure the public have truth from asian who you know are not reliable actors in terms of telling the truth which is one of the reasons why you know one is posed to have strong independent media to hold them to account one would be absolutely naive to think that they would work very soon work processes that work to do what we see in the moment conflicts which is syria and iran receive an immense amount of propaganda going on and when you

the foreign office is urging britons to leave the province where the outbreak began and is advising against further travel there. a member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. a child is pulled from the rubble, as emergency teams search for survivors in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck turkey on friday. the dangers of smart motorways which operate without a hard shoulder. ministers are set to act after dozens of deaths in five years. another chance! he has done it ain! liverpool stunned as league one minnows shrewsbury fight back to earn a replay in the fa cup fourth round. that and rest of the day's sport in half an hour. the government has said it is looking at all options to help britons leave areas of china, where the coronavirus has killed 56 people and infected at least 2,000 more. the united states is flying its consular staff out of wuhan, where the virus first emerged. china has stepped up travel restrictions and banned the sale of wildlife, as it attempts to control the spread of t

the foreign office said the 150 figure was an upper estimate.nality. we understand they will arrive here at around one o'clock today. thank you. a state of emergency has been declared in canberra as bushfires continue to ravage parts of australia. officials sounded the warning amid what they're calling the worst fire threat to the territory in nearly two decades. residents in suburbs have been urged to remain alert for potential evacuations. the government's official review into the high speed two rail line has strongly advised against cancelling the project. the document, seen by the bbc, says that calls forjust one section of the railway to be built to control costs would not be value for money. and it says scrapping the plans would impact badly on the uk's fragile construction industry. the government will announce its final decision on the scheme next month. the actor who voices the most famous cartoon pig on tv is leaving the role after more than a decade. never mind, we can walk around it. you can't walk around a muddy puddle! harley bird