i'm james reynolds. our top stories... donald trump defends the killing of iran's top military commander qasem soleimani, insisting that washington is not looking for regime change we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. iran's supreme leader has vowed "severe revenge" on those responsible for the death of the iranian general. tens of thousands of iranians have taken to the streets in protest in tehran and other cities. we'll bring you the latest reaction live from the us. hello, and welcome to world news today. in a major escalation the united states has assasinated one of the most powerful men in the middle east — iran's military commander — general qassem soleimani. he was killed by a us air strike outside baghdad airport in an attack ordered by president trump. the us says general soleimani had been plotting to kill americans in the region. iran has threatened severe revenge. at rallies across iran crowds are denouncing what they call us crimes. here's our middle east editorjerem

i‘m james reynolds. 0ur welcome to bbc news. i‘m james reynolds. our top stories:. police have told us that we can drive in but not drive out. so it seems this whole province where the coronavirus first broke out will now be locked down. rescuers search for survivors after powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. the fight back against the president trump, his lawyers set out the case for the defence in his impeachment trial. and sir david attenborough thanks

i'm james reynolds.rities finally admit accidentally shooting down the ukrainian passengerjet. as canada's air accident experts head to iran, prime minister trudeau demands a full and complete inquiry into the crash, in which 57 canadians died. the queen meets other senior royals on monday to discuss harry

i'm james reynolds.ssengerjet, blaming human error. polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. the death has been announced of the sultan of oman, the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and, plants living the high—life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. in the past hour, iran has admitted it did shoot down

james reynolds will be here at the top of the other with 20 more on attributed to kobe bryant, the americanse are live teachers for the united states. that is the staple centre where tributes are being paid to an american icon and basketball legend who died in a helicopter crashjust before 10am local time. now it is time for sports today. hello there, and welcome to sport today, where we start with the news you have been hearing in the past hours, but five—time nba champion kobe bryant has died in a helicopter accident. the a1—year—old former la leica was one of nine people on board, including his 13—year—old daughter. —— la laker. nobody survived the crash. a short time ago nba journalistjoe morgan survived the crash. a short time ago nba journalist joe morgan told survived the crash. a short time ago nba journalistjoe morgan told me of the impact the player had on him and the impact the player had on him and the city of los angeles. kobe bryant was in my living room basically every night of the week. i watched 82 games a year for every night of the week. i watched 82 games a yearfor him,

i'm james reynolds.television says the country's military did shoot down a ukrainian passengerjet — blaming human error. polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election — where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. the death has been announced of the sultan of oman — the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and plants living the high—life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas.

i'm james reynolds.nadians died — prime ministerjustin trudeau paid his respects and promised justice. we will not rest until there are answers. we will not rest until there is justice and accountability. queen elizabeth and other senior royals are to hold talks over prince harry and meghan‘s future role. warnings of a further eruption force thousands to leave their homes near to a volcano in the philippines. we are live overlooking

i'm james reynolds. our top stories...nder qasem soleimani, insisting that washington is not looking for regime change we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. iran's supreme leader has vowed "severe revenge" on those responsible for the death of the iranian general. tens of thousands of iranians have taken to the streets in protest in tehran and other cities. we'll bring you the latest reaction live from the us.

this is bbc world news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories...iratory coronavirus as the first cases in europe are confirmed. the search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. at least 18 people are dead. democrats conclude opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial with a warning "he is a threat to democracy". i implore you. give america a fair trial. give america a fair trial. she's worth it. and — the massive swarms of desert locusts threatening the food supply in east africa.

i'm james reynolds. president trump defends the killing of iran's toper comma qasem soleimani. supreme leader has ved revenge for the death of qasem soleimanie parted m on that story. the democratic senator bernie sanders has been highly critical of donald trump'ctions >> trump traumatic -- trump promised to end these war and radically, his actions put us on hae path of another work, potentially onecould be even worse than before. james: for me on the impact this might have on president trump, we will speak with daniel lippmann. we just heard senator bernie sanders criticizing president trump. let criticism be popul? daniel: most americans think that soleimani was a terrorist. they are concerned president trump in the lighthouse did not properly c revenge.he amount of it is almost like a case of be careful for what you wish for because the entire reason we after this guy was to stop attacks on americans, so if we get more text, if you like it would not have worked. james: how contenders taking the subject on? daniel: joe biden and others say it is a good thing soleimani is no l

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and james reynolds is in london.f heavily armed people are walking through the streets of richmond, virginia right now — to protest against new gun control laws. security has been stepped up and a state of emergency is in place because several far right groups have traveled there from around the country to make a point about gun rights. democrats took control of the viriginia legislature last november and moved quickly to restrict guns in the state. here's what there bills propose: you can only buy one handgun per month. local councils can ban guns in parks and public buildings. and virginia will demand background checks for all gun purchases. by global standards, none of that sounds very radical. but today president trump expressed support for the demonstrators, tweeting. .. we will be live enrichment in just a second, but right now, a former special agent of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives, now the gun safety group the giffords center. —— we will be live in richmond. when you look at what r

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and james reynolds is in london. is a lot of movement today in the impeachment trial of donald trump, none of it particularly good news for the white house. senate republicans have been put on the spot after explosive revelations from former national security adviserjohn bolton. in a leaked copy of the manuscript of bolton's upcoming book, the new york times reports he says, "he," referring to the president... this directly contradicts the president's own assertions — and now republicans are suggesting that they want to hear from mr bolton directly. remember, it would only take four republican senators to say they want to hear from witnesses to force the leadership‘s hand and potentially prolong the trial. this morning mitt romney, the republican senator for utah suggested enough of his colleagues may have changed their minds because of the bolton book. i think it's increasingly likely that other republicans willjoin those of us who think we should hear from john bolton. and whether there are other witnesses and docu

i'm james reynolds. our top stories:. china's president has warned his country faces a grave situation as the deadly coronavirus spreads with increasing speed. the virus is known to have killed at least 56 people. police have told us that we can drive in but not drive out. so it seems this whole province where the coronavirus first broke out will now be locked down. rescuers search for survivors after powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. the fight back against the president trump, his lawyers set out the case for the defence in his impeachment trial. and sir david attenborough thanks citizens assembling over climate change. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the coronavirus has over 2000 infected, with 56 killed. i'm a correspondent has been to hubei province in china. 0nly only after a temperature scan can you pass these checkpoints. the u nwell you pass these checkpoints. the unwell and not allowed to travel. wrote that the infection zone have been closed. so basically, it is the border that way. the police have tol

i'm james reynolds.ur top stories: iranian state television says the country's military did shoot down a ukrainian passengerjet — blaming human error. polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election — where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. the death has been announced of the sultan of oman — the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and plants living the high—life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. we start with breaking news — in the last few minutes, iran's state television has reported that the ukrainian aircraft that crashed near tehran on wednesday was brought down due to human error. this was brought down due to human error. of course c earlier this of course changes iran's story, earlier it had denied there was a possibility that it had shot down the plane. now it says that is so. i have one unofficial translation of what iran has said. the armed forces statement says the plane was" unintentionally hit due to human error", and the admi

welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: it's so sad, it's so sad.ed states imposes new sanctions on iran. the measures are aimed at vital sectors of the country's economy and top—level leaders. we wa nt we want iran to see we behave like a normal nation. we believe the sanctions imposed today further that strategic objective. cooling temperatures bring some welcome relief — after another tough night for firefighters in australia. and polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage.

welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: it's so sad, it's so sad.cenes of grief in canada as families mourn those killed in the ukrainian plane disaster. iran denies responsibility. polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election, where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. the death has been announced of the sultan of oman — the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and plants living the high life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. ukraine says it's getting full co—operation from iran in the investigation into wednesday's plane crash which killed 176 people. kyiv says 50 ukrainian experts are in iran and have been given access to the black boxes and the accident site. tehran has again rejected suggestions that the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its own missiles. a reminder of what we know: the plane took off from tehran just after six in the morning — but two minutes later, the data on the flight stopped. the plane came down to the south—west of the capital tehran. 57 of the victim

welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds.e, after more protests over the shooting down of a passenger jet. 57 canadians died. prime ministerjustin trudeau paid his respects and promised justice. we will not rest until there are answers. we will not rest until there is justice and accountability. queen elizabeth and other senior royals are to hold talks over prince harry and meghan‘s future role. warnings of a further eruption force thousands to leave their homes near to a volcano in the philippines. and serena williams celebrates her first title in three years,

welcome to bbc world news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories...re confirmed. the search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. at least 18 people are dead. democrats conclude opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial with a warning "he is a threat to democracy". president trump, by such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the constitution,

i'm james reynolds. our top stories: anti—government protests after the iranian authorities finally admit accidentally shooting down the ukrainian passengerjet. as canada's air accident experts head to iran, prime minister trudeau demands a full and complete inquiry into the crash, in which 57 canadians died. the queen meets other senior royals on monday to discuss harry and meghan‘s decision to step back from their roles. there have been angry protests on the streets of iran after the country's military finally admitted it did shoot down a ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. iran says it made a disastrous mistake when it wrongly identified the plane as a cruise missile. demonstrators in tehran have been calling for iran's supreme leader to resign, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. almost from the moment the ukrainian airliner crashed, early on wednesday morning, officials in tehran furiously rejected the growing video and intelligence evidence suggesting it h

this is bbc world news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories...hina reports more deaths from the respiratory coronavirus as the first cases in europe are confirmed. the search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. at least 18 people are dead. democrats conclude opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial with a warning "he is a threat to democracy". i implore you. give america a fair trial. give america a fair trial. she's worth it. and — the massive swarms of desert locusts threatening the food supply in east africa. chinese health officials say at least 41 people have now died from coronavirus. there are almost 1300 confirmed cases of the illness in china alone. state media are reporting that a doctor treating patients with the disease in the city of wuhan has also died. the first cases in europe have been confirmed in france — and australia has also confirmed a case. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand—new hospital. th

i'm james reynolds. our top stories: iranian state television says the country's military did shoot down a ukrainian passengerjet, blaming human error. polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. the death has been announced of the sultan of oman, the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and, plants living the high—life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. in the past hour, iran has admitted it did shoot down the ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near the iranian capital tehran on wednesday killing all 176 people on board. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif wrote on twitter that preliminary investigations by the armed forces concluded it was human error "at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism" he went on to say "our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations." iran's president has also taken to twitter o

welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: it's so sad, it's so sad.cenes of grief in canada — as families mourn those killed in the ukranian plane disaster. iran denies responsibility. the united states imposes new sanctions on iran. the measures are aimed at vital sectors of the country's economy and top—level leaders. we wa nt we want iran to see we behave like a normal nation. we believe the sanctions imposed today further that strategic objective. cooling temperatures bring some welcome relief — after another tough night for firefighters in australia. and polls open in taiwan for the country's presidential election where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. ukraine says it's getting full co—operation from iran in the investigation into wednesday's plane crash which killed 176 people. kiev says 50 ukrainian experts are in iran and have been given access to the black boxes and the accident site. tehran has again rejected suggestions that the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its own missiles. a reminder of what we know: the

welcome to bbc world news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories...hina reports more deaths from the respiratory coronavirus as the first cases in europe are confirmed. the search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. at least 18 people are dead. democrats conclude opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial with a warning "he is a threat to democracy". president trump, by such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the constitution, if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner and — the massive swarms of desert locusts threatening the food supply in east africa. china is celebrating the lunar new year holiday — but the festive spirit is being dampened by drastic measures to prevent the spread of the virus that has reportedly killed up to 41 people, and infected almost 1300. the first cases in europe have been confirmed in francem and australia has also confirmed a case. fergus walsh reports. ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a

welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: iran's leaders under pressure, after more protests over the shooting down of a passenger jet. 57 canadians died. prime ministerjustin trudeau paid his respects and promised justice. we will not rest until there are answers. we will not rest until there is justice and accountability. queen elizabeth and other senior royals are to hold talks over prince harry and meghan‘s future role. warnings of a further eruption force thousands to leave their homes near to a volcano in the philippines. and serena williams celebrates her first title in three years, 00:01:00,363 --> 2147483051:37:14,896 winning the auckland classic 2147483051:37:14,896 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 in straight sets. there have been more protests in tehran after the iranian government confirmed it was responsible for the shooting down of a ukrainian passengerjet. demonstrators voiced anger at the blunder — a product of raised tensions following america's assassination of general qassem soleimani. rich presto

welcome to bbc news — i‘m james reynolds. our top stories: it‘s so sad, it‘s so sad.eath has been announced of the sultan of oman — the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and plants living the high life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas.

i‘m james reynolds. will not rest until there are answers. we will not rest until there is justice and accountability. queen elizabeth and other senior royals are to hold talks over prince harry and meghan‘s future role. warnings of a further eruption force thousands to leave their homes near to a volcano in the philippines. and serena williams celebrates her first title in three years,