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she queueing up for hugs as well after gabriella. ,, .., , , , gabriella.gabriella. she competes with these two for my attention and i - gabriella. she competes with these two for my attention and i think- gabriella. she competes with these two for my attention and i think for| two for my attention and i think for her, having her own mother back is a really important thing for her, and for her sense of self, and for us nice that the family is back to being a family and we don't have to being a family and we don't have to be out campaigning every five minutes. you don't have to go down the street any more. his minutes. you don't have to go down the street any more.— the street any more. his family could also _ the street any more. his family could also rest _ the street any more. his family could also rest easily, - the street any more. his familyl could also rest easily, anoosheh ashoori is also released and his family are very happy. we don't have to wakej up and fight any more. and he also now gets to sleep in his own bed... sleeping somewhere with no bed

little things like gabriella making welcome posters— things like gabriella making welcome posters for really keen to _ posters for her mom. being really keen to go — posters for her mom. being really keen to go back to school to tell her friends that my money really is home _ her friends that my money really is home for— her friends that my money really is home for the richard saying that the first thing _ home for the richard saying that the first thing she wants him to do is make _ first thing she wants him to do is make her— first thing she wants him to do is make her a — first thing she wants him to do is make her a cup of tea. and adding maybe she — make her a cup of tea. and adding maybe she will supervise me tidying up maybe she will supervise me tidying up the _ maybe she will supervise me tidying up the flat — maybe she will supervise me tidying up the flat. which apparently is not such a _ up the flat. which apparently is not such a tidy— up the flat. which apparently is not such a tidy state. those little details — such a tidy state. those little details put up and her daugh

gabriella was not yet two when her. gabriella was not yet two when her mother — her.t yet two when her mother was _ her. gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested _ her. gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested and - her. gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested and now . her. gabriella was not yet two when i her mother was arrested and now she is nearly eight. there have been so many. as for the family that richard says she will not believe it is real until she is back in her mother's arms. , ., , until she is back in her mother's arms. , ,, arms. there is a recovery process. you cannot — arms. there is a recovery process. you cannot get _ arms. there is a recovery process. you cannot get back _ arms. there is a recovery process. you cannot get back the _ arms. there is a recovery process. you cannot get back the time - arms. there is a recovery process. you cannot get back the time that| arms. there is a recovery process. i you cannot get back the time that is done, but we live in the future, not the past and we will take it

gabriella told me on the hone her grounded. gabriella told me on the phone that _ her grounded._ her grounded. gabriella told me on the phone that one day, _ her grounded. gabriella told me on the phone that one day, mummy, l her grounded. gabriella told me on i the phone that one day, mummy, you do realise you are very famous and thenit do realise you are very famous and then it is me and then it is daddy. fine. i said, then it is me and then it is daddy. fine. isaid, 0k, it is not then it is me and then it is daddy. fine. i said, ok, it is not good to be famous because you want to have a normal life. she was like, you will not be famous for ever, maximum a week. so we have been racing ourselves for a week of fame and then we will have a normal family. and with that she was off, to get on with her normal life. and with that she was off, to get on with her normal life. in ukraine, president zelensky has accused russia of committing war crimes in the southern port of mariupol where heavy fighting has reached the city centre. with more on that and the fighting in other parts of uk

gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested. now, she's nearly eight. dawns for the family that richard says she won't believe this is real until she's back in her mother's arms. there's a recovery process. you can't get back the time that's gone, that's a fact, but we live in the future, not in the past, so we'll take it one day at a time. day after day, week after week, richard ratcliffe waged a tireless campaign for nazanin, working around the clock, and last year went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks — an act of desperation to pressure the government to do more to get her home. we are coming back from that package because we want to show you the live pictures at the raf brize norton airbase. we think that that is the plane that may be carrying the british iranian aid worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe who was held in around since 2016, accused of plotting to overthrow the government of iran which she has always denied. 0n the plane as well is a man who was also arrested in 2017 and accused of spying. again, he denies that. he had served his se

i'm speak engine support of gabriella ruiz. in the past two to three years through the collaborative and through other projects that we've worked with like the 450 o'farrell project. she's a very passionate and compassionate woman who cares about low income and vulnerable residents of the tenderloin districts and throughout the city and she is a brilliant woman and a strong latina leader and i believe she will be an excellent contributor to the planning commission. so i strongly urge you guys to approve her nomination and i thank you very much for your all your guys support. thank you so much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe that was our last public commenter online. >> chairman: okay. are there any other speakers in the chambers who would like to testify and add their support to president walton's nominee, ms. ruiz? seeing none. public comment is closed. and, indeed, that was quite impressive public support. president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin

that was| time —— gabriella playing. that was the most _ time —— gabriella playing.cause we haven't been to the flat so - still haven't picked up, because we haven't been to the flat so we - still haven't picked up, because we haven't been to the flat so we are i haven't been to the flat so we are looking _ haven't been to the flat so we are looking forward _ haven't been to the flat so we are looking forward to _ haven't been to the flat so we are looking forward to that. _ haven't been to the flat so we are looking forward to that.— looking forward to that. stephen castle from _ looking forward to that. stephen castle from the _ looking forward to that. stephen castle from the new— looking forward to that. stephen castle from the new york - looking forward to that. stephen | castle from the new york times. nazanin, — castle from the new york times. nazanin, i— castle from the new york times. nazanin, ijust wonder, did you always— nazanin, ijust wonder, did you always managed to keep your faith and confidence that you would be released — and confidence that you woul

not. lima has easter gabriella never expected to be carrying for 9 children at the age of 30 life, and lima is hard, and money is a constant worry. she takes care of the children full time, and her husband provides the sole income. gabriella gets some money for each nephew from the national family welfare program in up if it helps, but doesn't even begin to cover the basic needs. currently in up if only helps 18000 children orphaned by cove at 19 a law approved in january, we'll soon extend that aid to another 25000 orphans looking at those slippery clearly gets up wrong as congress or this bill has been approved by the peruvian congress that will allow us to provide permanent economic assistance for all children, were orphaned me and will applied to those who have lost parents to other causes that are not just the coven 19 that are uniform in cannuck castles or corey see, know what we put it out to earn more money, the children collect plastic bottles, and with gabriella help, they sell them to recycling businesses. some days they go out together to search for bottles. activities like

they now under the care of their arms gabriella verity. oh, it's a huge responsibility for her to take care of the full boys along with 5 children of her own. e m and my sister said, i want all 4 of my children to be with you. i don't want them to be separated. but else they then 9 year old, jose louis is one of around 100000 children who have been orphaned by coven 19. and peru of the full brothers. he was the one who spent the most time with his mother. and he is the one most overcome with grief about the me saying bottom. the lay. i've been a warm bethel america. if you ask him something that he just shakes his head, he offered that one just gives you a yes or no answer. on the 3rd of all, that's all, not. lima has easter, gabriella never expected to be caring for 9 children at the age of 30 life. and lima is hard, and money is a constant worry. she takes care of the children full time, and her husband provides the sole income. gabriella gets some money for each nephew from the national family welfare program in up if it helps, but does

gabriella, we the last six years. gabriella, we t to the last six years.ve been shielded because she was there when her mother was taken. i doubt there had conversations have been handled around it but she is aware that she came back here, and her mother was there. it is going to be extraordinary for her to have her back together. —— iar extraordinary for her to have her back together. --_ extraordinary for her to have her back together. -- for gabriella, the bi est back together. -- for gabriella, the biggest change _ back together. -- for gabriella, the biggest change of _ back together. -- for gabriella, the biggest change of all _ back together. -- for gabriella, the biggest change of all because - back together. -- for gabriella, the biggest change of all because she i biggest change of all because she has not been used to having to smack parents together in her living memory. she was two when they were separated. she is used to money being in iran, and daddy being in london and she quite likes being the boss of that flat and there are going to be som

at this point, gabriella, who's seven, is much more interested in the games on a mobile phone.ome in the early hours of thursday morning along with another british national, anoosheh ashoori, after the uk repaid a long overdue military debt. but she wasn't keen to give the government any credit today. i was told many, many times that, oh, we're going to get you home. that never happened. so there was a time that i felt like, do you know what? i'm not even going to trust you, because i've been told many, many times that i was going to be taken home, but that never happened. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? five? it should have been one of them eventually. so now, here we are. what's happened now should have happened six years ago. she didn't want to answer questions about the detail of her prison ordeal, including solitary confinement. it will always haunt me. i always felt like i am holding this black hole in my heart all these years, but i'm just going to leave that black hole on the plane when the plane lands. i'm not going to live for the r

is coming home�* same story in the mail — with those words of gabriella on its front page. toddler when she last spent time with her money mummy in this country. with her money mummy in this country. the guardian highlights the six years nazanin spent detained in iran — and reflects on the british dual national anoosheh ashoori — who's also been freed from prison in iran the metro leads on that story too — nazanin is expected to land in the uk in the early hours this morning. the financial times leads on a possible end to the war in ukraine — it says that a peace deal with russia would involve kyiv declaring neutrality and limits on its armed forces. so let's begin... the telegraph, i think the same story you covered on and off virtually since it began. yes. we have been _ virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering _ virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering it _ virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering it on - virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering it on the - virtually since it began. yes. we - have been covering it on the su

there is a whole lot to catch up with richard and gabriella and getting to know them better.o this lunchtime, ukraine rejects a russian deadline for mariupol�*s defenders to lay down their arms in exchange for safe passage out. it comes as civilians dig graves in the street, following weeks of russian bombardment that's left residents with no power or running water. a man goes on trial charged with murdering conservative mp sir david amess as he met constituents last year. the spring covid boosterjab programme launches for the over—75s and those with high risk in england. how the royal mint is turning our old phones into gold for commemorative coins. and coming up on the bbc news channel... world champion max verstappen criticises his red bull team's reliability in their double retirement for fi's season opener. lewis hamilton was third with ferrari on top. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at one. the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who was held for nearly six years in detention in iran, has been speaking for the first time since her return to the uk l

to gabriella, this time mummy really is coming _ gabriella, this time mummy really is coming home.he foreign secretary who i am very. _ asking the foreign secretary who i am very, very grateful to once again. — am very, very grateful to once again, could she update has a bit more _ again, could she update has a bit more on — again, could she update has a bit more on why another constituent was not able _ more on why another constituent was not able to— more on why another constituent was not able to leave around. you left in my— not able to leave around. you left in my constituency when he lived in the case _ in my constituency when he lived in the case i_ in my constituency when he lived in the case i would like to hear an update — the case i would like to hear an update on _ the case i would like to hear an update on that. an the case i would like to hear an update on that.— the case i would like to hear an update on that. an update on that sto that update on that. an update on that story that we _ update on that. an update on that story that we have _ update on that. an update o

well, that's all not lam and her sister gabriella. never expected to be caring for 9 children at the age of 30 life. and lima is hard, and money is a constant worry. she takes care of the children full time, and her husband provides the sole income. gabriella gets some money for each nephew from the national family welfare program in up if it helps, but doesn't even begin to cover the basic needs currently in up if only helps $18000.00 children orphaned by cove at 19 a law approved in january, we'll soon extend that aid to another 25000 orphans looking at those typically gets up wrong on this. or the spills been approved by the peruvian congress that will allow us to provide permanent economic assistance for all children were orphaned to me and will applied to those who have lost parents to other causes that are not just the coven 19, but a uniform intern castles or call you see no body foot in the coast to earn more money. the children collect plastic bottles, and with gabriella help, they sell them to recycling businesses. some days

at this point, gabriella, who's seven, is much more interested in the games on a mobile phone.h another british national, anoosheh ashoori, after the uk repaid a long overdue military debt. but she wasn't keen to give the government any credit today. i was told many, many times that, "oh, we're going to get you home." that never happened. so there was a time that i felt like, do you know what? i'm not even going to trust you, because i've been told many, many times that i was going to be taken home, but that never happened. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? five? it should have been one of them eventually. so now, here we are. what's happened now should have happened six years ago. she didn't want to answer questions about the detail of her prison ordeal, including solitary confinement. it will always haunt me. i always felt like i am holding this black hole in my heart all these years, but i'm just going to leave that black hole on the plane when the plane lands. i'm not going to live for the rest of my life with a grudge over the past six yea

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of course their delightful daughter gabriella. it's a realty— delightful daughter gabriella.sh— quintessential picture of the british spring with those wonderful yetiow— british spring with those wonderful yellow daffodils in the background. you ntiss— yellow daffodils in the background. you miss us in the uk don't shoot? very quickly. the financial times and the bank of england. 30 seconds, will come back to it later but your part two thoughts very quickly. sure. thoughts in a nutshell is this is too little too late. 0k fine we either try to curb inflation but they are still buying historical levels at very low rates. her only back to pre—pandemic levels. the policy committee in my view is going to take much tougher action if it's going to get inflation under control in the coming years. at the moment it's forecast to hit high single digits. it could get into double digits. it could get into double digits. and it could be around certainly not transitory any more as some were claiming as recently as six months ago. i think tougher action is going to be needed. mi action is go

gabriella: it's not sunny! you�*re right.l about the amount of money that has been paid? we have been kept out of the loop and at some points i have said this has gone on so long and this is not ourfight. and up to this point we have been kept out of the loop but with the lawyers we have been checking, so i don�*t know what has happened. i have seen briefings and so on. i am relieved that the problem has been solved. the government has two jobs, to protect people and to make sure things like this don�*t happen again. pa rt part of that is to do what you have to do to get people home and also to learn the lesson so it doesn�*t happen again. but that is for another day. i�*m really glad with the way things are. you have spent years fighting for her release, what would you want to say to people who have got behind you? just "thank you." this would not have happened today without all the care and support of people up and down the country, ordinary people, important people, people in the media, people in politics, some celebrities

secretaries who dealt nazanin, secretaries who dealt three years ago, richard and gabriella were handing forward to this sunday, first mother's day for six years. you get to spend it together. what are you going to do? and how special a moment is that going to be? i didn't know that sunday's mother's day. i don't even see anything. richard, the only thing i knew was yesterday was the persian new year. and the only thing that i did was sitting. we just quickly put the table together and with the people that were with. we just sat down and i just talked to my family and ijust enjoyed the moment. so we'll see how it goes. i'll do row by row if that's ok. welcome back and amazing to see you here. can i ask how you felt as you walked down the steps of that plane at brize norton? is it too early to say what the future now holds? is that anything you want to say about the difficult times you spent injail? and most importantly, how are you? it's very early to think what is going to happen next. that moment was precious. i have been waiting for that moment for such a long time, and i was overwhel

at this point, gabriella, who's seven, is much more interested in the games on a mobile phone.other british national, anoosheh ashoori, after the uk repaid a long overdue military debt. but she wasn't keen to give the government any credit today. i was told many, many times that, "oh, we're going to get you home." that never happened. so there was a time that i felt like, do you know what? i'm not even going to trust you, because i've been told many, many times that i was going to be taken home, but that never happened. how many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? five? it should have been one of them eventually. so now, here we are. what's happened now should have happened six years ago. at nazanin's request, the daughter of a british born iranian left behind in tehran was there too. morad tahbaz is a 66—year—old wildlife conservationist serving a ten—year term who thought he was part of the deal that brought nazanin home. roxanne tahbaz made a direct appeal to the government. to prime ministerjohnson and foreign secretary truss, we beg you to please sta

i was overwhelmed, specifically to get to know gabriella, and richard after such a long time.very emotional moment. but i don't know. we will see what happens in the future. it is too early to think about that, i'm just enjoying the moment. it's difficult for me to talk about what i've gone tough. i would rather not answer the question. this moment is just coming back home and enjoying. it will always haunt m there is no other way around it. >> at her request, the daughter of the other british iranian who was taken was there, too. he was serving a 10 year term. she made a direct appeal to the government. >> to prime minister johnson and foreign secretary trust, please stand by your word and bring anmother. my parents, my f >> i believe the meaning of freedom will not be complete until such time that all of us who are unjustly detained in iran are uniteth our families. >> her own family will keep her grounded. >> gabriella told me on the phone, one day, you realize you are famous, and that it is me and daddy? i said, ok, it is not good to be famous. you want to have a normal li

is that mummy, gabriella asks. mummy! that's mummy. yes, it was.as the foreign secretary, whose diplomats and money had helped secure their release. i think it's been a really difficult 48 hours, the expectation that they would be released, but we weren't sure right until the last minute. so it's been very emotional, but also a really happy moment for the family. and for gabriella, a moment that was shockingly unfamiliar, when she could finally be together with both her parents, the first time in almost six years. her last birthday party, mummy rang up and she was showing friends, saying, i do have a mummy, this is mummy. i think bringing mummy home and show her off will validate gabriella's insecurities that she was right and she has had two parents who love her. for the family, advice about coming to terms with their new life from one who walked a similar path. everybody in the country who has followed this will be deeply interested and want to see more of them. but it is absolutely essential that after the first exposure, they then take it easy,

i'm speak engine support of gabriella ruiz. in the past two to three years through the collaborative and through other projects that we've worked with like the 450 o'farrell project. she's a very passionate and compassionate woman who cares about low income and vulnerable residents of the tenderloin districts and throughout the city and she is a brilliant woman and a strong latina leader and i believe she will be an excellent contributor to the planning commission. so i strongly urge you guys to approve her nomination and i thank you very much for your all your guys support. thank you so much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe that was our last public commenter online. >> chairman: okay. are there any other speakers in the chambers who would like to testify and add their support to president walton's nominee, ms. ruiz? seeing none. public comment is closed. and, indeed, that was quite impressive public support. president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin

gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested. now, she's nearly eight. been so many false dawns for the family that richard says she won't believe it's real until she's back in her mother's arms. there's a recovery process. you can't get back the time that's gone, that's a fact, but we live in the future, not in the past, so we'll take it one day at a time. day after day, week after week, richard ratcliffe waged a tireless campaignfor nazanin, working around the clock, and last year went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks, an act of desperation to pressure the government to do more to get her home. he's always said she was being held as a bargaining chip, to get the uk to pay its long—standing military debt. i think it's wonderful news, and i think we must always realise that, sadly, the regime in tehran is capable of holding people in this way. i think people do need to recognise that. and i'm glad that, after a great deal of uk diplomacy, we've been able to get her out, get her back to her family. it was back in april 2016 when nazanin was arreste

she was met by her daughter gabriella and husband who'd campaigned tirelessely for her release.does have two parents that love her.

seven—year—old gabriella can't wait to see her mum.ns for a first glimpse of the precious cargo. at last she comes out. can you even begin to imagine what she is feeling? begin to imagine what she is feelin: ? ~ , begin to imagine what she is feeling?- that - begin to imagine what she is feeling?- that is - begin to imagine what she is - feeling?- that is mummy. feeling? mummy! that is mummy. richard ratcliffe _ feeling? mummy! that is mummy. richard ratcliffe hasn't _ feeling? mummy! that is mummy. richard ratcliffe hasn't seen - feeling? mummy! that is mummy. richard ratcliffe hasn't seen his i richard ratcliffe hasn't seen his wife for almost six years, but he knows this is a moment for mother and daughter. crying. the hug to make up for all the ones they missed.— crying. the hug to make up for all the ones they missed. bringing mummy home and showing _ the ones they missed. bringing mummy home and showing her _ the ones they missed. bringing mummy home and showing her off— the ones they missed. bringing mummy home and showing her o

nazanin was constantly looking over at gabriella, her daughter, who was playing video games.was an amazing moment, i think, and, asjames said, to hearfrom nazanin herself after all this time. she would not be drawn on what she had gone through, the dark, dark time she spent in solitary confinement in an iranianjail. she said what happened would haunt her for the rest of her life. she spoke of the injustice she'd been through. my life was linked to something that was nothing to do with me. but now the focus is on getting to know each other and nazanin wants to get to know her daughter's friends because she's not seen her for two and a half years. ukraine has rejected a russian deadline for its forces to stop fighting in the besieged port city of mariupol, saying there could be no question of soldiers laying down their arms. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the city, which has been devastated by russian bombardment and has little food, water or power. in the last couple of hours, military officials in the city have said the official death toll in the besieged ci

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i'm here in support of the appointment of gabriella ruiz. it's almost two years to this day when we started to shutdown and that was the first time i worked with gabriella. so most of our interactions were done via zoom. in working with her, she pretty much showed how much knowledge she has about the work and working in the tenderloin, you know, i always recognize that the problems in the tenderloin are san francisco problems that are magnified in the neighborhood like that and she has a good understanding of the needs of the people in that neighborhood. her being an sf native, she has a good -- her experiences informs a lot of her knowledge and a lot of the people that are historically neglected, historically have been ignored, she would be somebody that would speak up for them as she's mentioned today. i do urge you to reappointment her in her position on the planning commission. >> chairman: thank you. next please. >> good morning supervisors. it's nice. some of you i haven't seen in person in two years. so it's great to see you guys. my

nazanin with her husband, richard, and cradling her daughter, gabriella.le] together again, this time, for good. i've met the families, they're safe and well. people are in very good spirits. it's been a very difficult 48 hours. the expectation that they would be released, but we weren't sure right into the last minute. it's been very emotional, but also, a very happy moment for the families. >> it was it exactly eight minutes past one this morning, the plane carrying magazine ratcliffe and a new show ashore-y touchdown here. they spent an hour inside with their families talking and hugging, before leaving to spend the night in governments accommodation. it was a journey that finally gave them their freedom from an unimaginable ordeal. >> nazanin's nightmare began in 2016, where she was detained by iranian security surfaces, as she tried to leave the airport in iran after a holiday. the cameras capturing her shock. accused of spying against the iranian regime, she was held for years on charges she always denied, and subjected to what her husband said, amou

there is a whole lot to catch up with richard and gabriella and getting to know them better.he southern city of mariupol — where ukraine has rejected a russian demand for fightes to —— where ukraine has rejected a russian demand for fighters to give up their weapons. ukraine said �*there can be no question of any surrender.�* mariupol has been excluded from a list of humanitarian corridors that russia agreed to. it isa it is a key port city. it is in the south of ukraine. russia has been trying to take it ever since this war began. it has been besieged for over two weeks. there is no power or clean water and food is also running low. it's estimated tens of thousands of civilians are trapped there, and this is one of them. translation: we've been in a basement _ translation: we've been in a basement. we've _ translation: we've been in a basement. we've been - translation: we've been in a| basement. we've been counting translation: we've been in a - basement. we've been counting every day of this war. we've been hoping for the best, to live as humans, the apartment has been bro

. >> gabriella was not yetwo when her mother was arrested. she is now nearly eight.en to many false starts for the family that richards says she won't believe this is real until she is back in her mother's arms. >> you can't get back the time that is gone. that ia fact. but, we live in the future. so, we take it one day at a time. >> day after day, week after week, richard radcliffe waged a campaign around the clock. last year went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks, a co-active desperation to get the government to do more. he has always said she was being held as a bargaining chip to get the u.k. to pay outstanding military debt. >> i think it is wonderful news. we must always realize that sadly, the regime in tehran is capable of holding people in this way. we do need to recognize that and i am glad that after a great deal of diplomacy, we have been able to get her back to her family. >> april, 2016, she was arrested as she prepared to leave for london. months of solitary confinement followed along with blindfolded interrogations and psychological torture. in

this is rhard ratcliffe along with the couple's daughter gabriella a little while ago. >> it has beenpy. there have been scary conversations, people trying to make sure. it will be lovely ee her. we have chosen which toys we are taking. that is one -- >> that is one reunion atissipate it. >> thank you for joining us for such an important day for your family. did you hear this was happening? >> it has been a crazy week, an emotional roller coaster but we stayed cautiously optimistic until today when we were finally toldhe plane left the airport. that is when we allowed ourselves to feel joy for the first time. >> what joy that must be. have you spoken to your dad? >> i have. he told me they were just stopping briefly before they fly to the u.k.. we managed to have a brief convsation together. >> how was he? >> he is excited. it is very difficult to see him after all these years. obviously, his hair has gone white and he has lost a lot of weight. he has spent five years in the basement of a very dirty vermin infested prison cell. so to see him in the flesh talking is surreal. i am sure

seven—year—old gabriella can't wait to see her mum.and daughter. crying. the hug to make up for all the ones they missed. at the last birthday party, she rang up... bringing mummy home and showing her off will really validate gabriella's insecurities. she does have two parents who love her. he too has a loving familyjust as happy at his release. anoosheh ashoori is a retired engineer, freed as part of the same deal that brought nazanin home. it's a very elating feeling to think this is feeling to think this is finished, we don't have to wake up and fight any more. and he also now gets to sleep in his own bed. sleeping with no bedbugs, in peace and quiet without 15 other people in the room, it's... yeah, it must be... i mean, i can't even begin to understand how it must feel. this man is still left in iran, an environmentalist born in london accused of spying after tracking endangered animals with cameras. it's confusing, distressing and we |just sort of feel that he is a pawnj on a global chessboard. so, it's very difficult to fathom.

nazanin was constantly looking over at gabriella, her daughter, who was playing video games.n on the dark, dark time she spent in solitary confinement in an iranianjail. she said what happened would haunt her that the rest of her life. she spoke of how the injustice she�*d been through. then now, the focus is on getting to know each other and nazanin wants to get to know her daughter�*s friends because you�*ve not seen her for two and a half years. —— she has not. ukraine has rejected a russian deadline for its forces to stop fighting in the besieged port city of mariupol, saying there could be no question of soldiers laying down their arms. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the city, which has been devastated by russian bombardment and has little food, water or power. in the last hour, the city council said that casualties exceed 3000. but that is considered to be an underestimate. the council said the true figure will not be known because of what they describe as mass graves, where people are buried under buildings, they cannot be identified and will remain t

with extinction due to its low milk yield for the past couple of years. agricultural specialist gabriella linden has been working with the cows here. the media kit said more fat than in normal comic and it's a special protein which is called cat back, a sin, which makes it very good. she's out of it. and it's, i mean, that's a tradition also to make this sick cafe. also the comfort she is from these say these kaos and this is the rosa, meet the little of the production starts off like it would with any other cheese. however, the special thing about the coffee cheese is that instead of maturing on the shelves, it's baked in the oven and sometimes even smoked. usually the coffee cheese only has a thickness between one and 3 centimeters. here some 8 red kilos of coffee cheese are produced on a yearly basis. i know when people from other countries have tasted it, they say this is not the cheese. but if it's, if, if such is but as varied their from from others. this taste like fresh and creamy milk and little bit sweet. i was say. and then it has they said when we are chewing on it like it. an

gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested. now, she's nearly eight.l until she's back in her mother's arms. there's a recovery process. you can't get back the time that's gone, that's a fact, but we live in the future, not in the past, so we'll take it one day at a time. day after day, week after week, richard ratcliffe waged a tireless campaignfor nazanin, working around the clock, and last year went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks, an act of desperation to pressure the government to do more to get her home. he's always said she was being held as a bargaining chip, to get the uk to pay its long—standing military debt. i think it's wonderful news, and i think we must always realise that, sadly, the regime in tehran is capable of holding people in this way. i think people do need to recognise that. and i'm glad that, after a great deal of uk diplomacy, we've been able to get her out, get her back to her family. it was back in april 2016 when nazanin was arrested as she prepared to leave for london after visiting her parents. months of solitary

daughter gabriella reportedly asked "is that mummy?"ed the happy family, as well as a photo of all of them with anoosheh ashoori and his family. these moments are so precious for everyone involved after the days, weeks, months and years of waiting for that reunited family photo. hello there. there's going to be a different look to the weather on thursday and a change of fortune for much of the country as well. with the rain having cleared away, we had the sunnier skies across more western parts of scotland. there was almost an inch of rain in wiltshire and, for a while, we actually had some quite heavy rain here in lincolnshire as well. with that wetter weather clearing away out into the north sea and these showers yet to arrive from the northwest, we're going to have some clearer skies developing. so, by the time we get to early thursday morning, it could be quite cold and frosty in a few places. temperatures will be close to freezing, maybe down to —4 or so in the northeast of scotland. we'll find those showers coming in from the nort