matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him.eleased a statement saying, without an immediate injection of capital, the directors are of the view that that is no scope for the business to continue trading in its current form. yesterday it was revealed that owner of patisserie valerie has uncovered "significa nt, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities". the treasury is finalising plans to overhaul tax rules which allow self—employed people to avoid paying national insurance contributions. one of the big fallers is wh smith. shares are down after the retailer reported a fall in profits. it's closing six high street stores after reviewing the future of retailing on the high street. stock markets have taken a battering today, maryam? yes, things started off in an incredibly negative way. in the first 60 seconds of trading, we saw as much as 2% wiped off some world stock markets. these are following on falls earlier on in asia and, of course, in the us and the issue here is three orfour course, in the us and the issue h

matthew hedges was arrested. his collea g u es matthew hedges was arrested.nformation from his wife and she reportedly has said that she is extremely worried about his mental health and she says that she just wa nts to health and she says that she just wants to come home safely and come home as quickly as possible. she has said this, she said she went to the uae specifically for academic research purposes and she says he has been charged without for five months on his right style violated ona months on his right style violated on a daily basis. he has a ph.d. student at durham university. his research includes middle east politics and civil military relations. we have a statement from durham university, it says they are seriously concerned about his welfare and that they continue to offer full assistance in efforts to bring him home safely and swiftly. they have raised these concerns that they have with the foreign office. the foreign office today confirming that the foreign secretary has personally raised matthew hedges case with mrt counterparts and we unde

daniela tejada — who's giving us herfirst tv interview after matthew hedges' latest appearance in courtary, jeremy hunt, have been declined. mr hedges was arrested in may and has reportedly been held in solitary confinement ever since. the uae government says he was detained after surveillance of his electronic devices by its security services. daniela tejada is with us in the studio. welcome and thank you forjoining us. how are you doing today? he has had his latest court appearance. yes, he had it yesterday and we were told that during the court appearance his lawyer got to present his defence. he stated that he is an innocent man and as a matter of fact information that he had gathered, as i have been saying the past six months, is not confidential. add any information that he could have potentially shared in his phd thesis or through his research is not secret information. the judge excepted the defence and will re—evaluate all the evidence presented against matt and on the zist presented against matt and on the 21st of november he will be giving his verdict on the matter. how is he

matthew hedges was arrested at dubai airport in may, as he tried to leave the country after a researchg for qatar. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt outlined what british authorities were doing to raise the case. this is a court case and so we are somewhat constrained in what we can say publicly but what i can say is we are very worried about this and i have mentioned it face—to—face with the emirati foreign minister twice now. we are very concerned to make sure there is proper due process, the court system is fair, and that matthew hedges is treated properly and humanely and that we get a just outcome and we do have a number of concerns and we are raising them. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap, under plans put forward by the prime minister. theresa may has launched a consultation on whether mandatory reporting will help address disparities between the pay and career prospects of minorities. she acknowledged that minorities often feel like they are hitting a brick wall at work. the move follows the decision to make firms reveal their gender pay gaps. doctor zu

matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he musth. the us says it is sending a further 5,000 troops to its border with mexico, as large numbers of central—american migrants continue to head north by foot. the announcement by the pentagon comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to try and win votes ahead of next week's mid—term elections. here's our north america correspondent james cook. plodding onwards through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to cast the caravan as an imminent threat to his country. this is an invasion, he says, and "our military is waiting for you." despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful patriot. by the end of this week we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we wil

matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him. have released a statement in the last few minutes saying that without an immediate injection of capital, the directors are the view that there is no scope for the business to continue trading in its current form. yesterday it was revealed that the owner of the carthy and cape group has uncovered and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities. —— coffee and cake. the treasury is finalising plans to overhaul tax rules which allow self—employed people to avoid paying national insurance contributions. into the red. european stocks follow stock markets in asia and in the united states lower. it was a brutal open to trade — with stock markets falling by as much as 2% in the first 60 seconds of business. more in a moment. its a business of two halves. no, i'm not talking about football. i'm talking about wh smiths. when was the last time you went into your local whsmith? where was it, on the high street? or was it at the train station, or at the airport, for example. because the answer

matthew hedges, who's studying for a phd from durham university, has reportedly been held in solitarytold to remain in the uae, until his next court appearance at the end of next month. his passport hasn't been returned to him. his wife has told the bbc she felt happy but sceptical. angela merkel has announced that her current term in office, which ends in 2021, will be her last as germany's chancellor. the veteran leader, whose fragile coalition government has been rocked by a series of recent crises, told a news conference in berlin it was time for a new chapter. she will stand down as head of her centre—right christian democrats party in december. now it's time for a look at the weather. it is cold list over night in western parts of the british isles. there will be frost. in the east cloud is increasing with outbreaks of rain overnight. some pushing into the far south—east at the end of the night. there are baby and hourly touch of frost and if you spots. temperatures will go up. —— there might be an early touch of frost in a few spots. north of that there are sunny spells, away f

matthew hedges, who's studying for a phd from durham university, has reportedly been held in solitaryo remain in the uae, until his next court appearance at the end of next month. his passport hasn't been returned to him. his wife has told the bbc she felt "happy but sceptical". the man accused of shooting dead 11 people at a synagogue in pittsburgh has appeared in a us federal court to hear the 29 charges against him. robert bowers, who was shot before surrendering to police, was brought into court handcuffed and in a wheelchair after being discharged from hospital. rescue teams in indonesia have begun recovering bodies from the crash site where a new passenger plane plunged into the sea less than 15 minutes after take—off. 189 people were on board — and the authorities say it's unlikely there are any survivors. the lion air boeing 737 was travelling from the capital jakarta to bangka island. the airline says the plane, which came into service in august, did have a technical problem on an earlier flight, but it had been cleared to fly again. 0ur correspondent rebecca henschke reports

matthew hedges, was researching the uae‘s foreign and internal security policies after the 2011 arabprison since being detained at dubai airport in may. his wife says he‘s been held in solitary confinement and only granted two consular visits. the house of commons has allowed a culture to develop, in which bullying and harassment of staff has been able to thrive, according to a new report. the inquiry, which was commissioned after a bbc newsnight investigation earlier this year, referred to "urgent and serious problems" in procedures for dealing with complaints and said cultural change was needed to restore the confidence of staff. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, is at the houses of parliament. this is a very hard—hitting report. it is. the force is quite startling. not only multiple cases of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment a parliamentary staff but misconduct which has been taking place in an environment where it could thrive. parliamentary staffers, overwhelm elite women, we re staffers, overwhelm elite women, were treated to the predatory behaviour

matthew hedges, was researching the uae‘s foreign and internal security policies after the 2011 arabince being detained at dubai airport in may. his wife says he's been held in solitary confinement and only granted two consular visits. the house of commons has allowed a culture to develop in which bullying and harassment of staff has been able to thrive according to a new report. (oov) the inquiry — which was commissioned after a bbc investigation earlier this year — referred to ‘urgent and serious problems' in procedures for dealing with complaints and said cultural change was needed to restore the confidence of staff. the co—founder of microsoft — paul allen has died at the age of 65. mr allen, who founded the company in 1975 alongside bill gates — died from complications of non—hodgkin's lymphoma in seattle, according to his family. in a statement, they also add: "today we mourn our boss, mentor and friend whose 65 years were too short — and acknowledge the honor it has been to work alongside someone whose life transformed the world. energy firm cuadrilla has resumed the process o

has told the bbc that the foreign office has failed to offer adequate support to her husband matthew hedges to meet foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, have been declined. mr hedges was arrested in may and has reportedly been held in solitary confinement ever since. daniela tejada told joanna gosling about mr hedges' latest court appearance. we were told that during the court appearance his court appointed lawyer got to present his defence. he stated that he is an innocent man and that as a matter of fact, the information he had gathered, as i have been saying for the past six months, is not confidential. any information that he could have potentially shared in his ph.d. thesis, or through his research, is not secretive information. thejudge accepted the defence and will re—evaluate all the evidence presented against matt and on the 21st of november, he will be giving his verdict on the matter. the are also saying that he is being treated well. there has been a full welfare review carried out on him, which concluded he is being provided with constant medical attention and psychological care. do

he matthew hedges was researching he the country's foreign and security policies when he was arrestedbeing. we'll be speaking to matthew's wife, daniela, at 08:10. several members of the cabinet are understood to have raised concerns about potential compromises with the eu over brexit at a number ten meeting on thursday. it's understood some cabinet members are worried about the so—called "backstop" — which would ensure there is no hard border between the irish republic and northern ireland if no trade deal can be reached. russia is investigating what went wrong with the soyuz spacecraft. the russian and american are said to be safe and well after being forced to make an emergency man “— safe and well after being forced to make an emergency man —— landing two minutes after launch. and after 7:30am we will talk to the first briton in space about that incident. today sees the second royal wedding of the year — the queen's granddaughter princess eugenie and jack brooksbank are tying the knot in windsor. the couple will be wed at the same venue that hosted the nuptials of the duke and duc

uae authorities charged matthew hedges of durham university with spying after holding him for over five months in prolonged periods of solitary confinement without access to sufficient legal assistance, medical attention and visits from his loved ones. human rights watch has raised concern over the uae's practice of detaining critics, academics and activists, and calleled for transparenency andnd a fair trin hedges' casase. proteststs continued mononday against the trump administration's plans to narrow the legal definition of gender to an individual's biological sex at birth. in washington, d.c., demonstrators gathered outside the white house to denounce the proposed rollback of transgender rights, as the hashtag #wontbeerased trended on social media. this is activist ah-rye-ah lester of the national minority aids council. >> no words, no action can erase me. and those who stand here with me as well. ignorance inillful this country. we musust end the use of bigotry to frame the government policy. amy: the trump administration is planningng to expand exexemptios that allow employers who

matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he must a further court hearing next month. a book of condolence for the victims of saturday night's helicopter crash at leicester city's stadium will open later this morning. five people, including the club's owner, were killed when the aircraft spiralled out of control. navteonhaljoins us from outside the stadium. we saw pictures from there yesterday and the tributes have grown so much since then. just tell us what the atmosphere is like. the atmosphere has been one of mourning, it has been solemn and sombre in leicester over the last few days, but today was expected to be a typical match day for leicester city before the events saturday night unfolded. today they were supposed to be playing southampton in the efl cup, that has been postponed following the tragic helicopter crash on saturday which claimed the lives of the club owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, two of his staff and the pilot and the pilot's partner too, so instead the club is opening a book of condolence today. this morning o

matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he mustt by the pentagon comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to boost votes ahead of next week‘s mid—term elections. here‘s our north america correspondent james cook. plodding through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty. with days untilan violence and poverty. with days until an election, president trump has cast the caravan as an imminent threat to his country. this is an invasion, he says, and our military is waiting for you. despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful who —— operation faithful period. by the end of the week we will have deployed more than 5000 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we will continue to adjust the numbers. please note, that is in addition to the 2092 already deployed from the national guard. it has been ver

matthew hedges, who's studying for a phd from durham university, has reportedly been held in solitaryourt appearance at the end of next month. his passport hasn't been returned to him. he denies the charges. for the third time in two weeks, work has again been suspended at the uk's only active fracking site, because of a minor earth quake. the energy firm, cuadrilla, said the tremor — with a magnitude of 1.1 — was no cause for concern, but it had temporarily halted work in line with government regulations. angela merkel has announced that her current term in office, which ends in 2021, will be her last as germany's chancellor. the veteran leader, whose fragile coalition government has been rocked by a series of recent crises, told a news conference in berlin it was time for a new chapter. she will stand down as head of her centre—right christian democrats party in december. brazil's new far—right president—elect has promised sweeping economic and political changes after he takes office on the 1st of january. jair bolsonaro, who won 55% of the vote in yesterday's election, said he woul

matthew hedges is a phd student at durham university.fter a research trip to interview sources about the country's security policies. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has been speaking to his counterpart in the uae about the matter. the president of turkey has urged saudi arabia to release images to prove that a missing saudi journalist left its consulate in istanbul. jamal khashog—ji was last seen entering the consulate last week, and turkey believes he was murdered while in the embassy. saudi arabia strongly denies this. mr khashog—ji has been living in self—imposed exile in the us and has been writing opinion pieces for the washington post before his disappearance. earlier president trump addressed the case in the oval office and had this to say about the prospect of stopping us arms sales to saudi arabia. we are looking at it very strongly, will live a report out soon. we are working with saudi arabia, what happened is a terrible thing, assuming it happened and maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised, but somehow i tend to doubt it. a

matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he mustevening. it has been a chilly day today. it probably won‘t feel quite as cold tomorrow. we have seen some rain along the east coast of england and some showers ahead of that. that is moving away so we will find skies clearing for many parts of the uk but there‘s a bit more cloud coming into some western areas. where we keep the clearer skies, wales, the midlands, eastern england, we are going to have a frost, whereas further west it won‘t be as cold as last night. some further showery rain across northern ireland, western scotland, and maybe some showers clipping wales, running into cumbria and south—western scotland, but many areas enjoying every bit of sunshine. because we have got more of a southerly breeze, it would be quite as cold either. a different story for thursday. we have got this band of rain getting stuck across eastern england, particularly lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. behind that they should be a fair bit of sunshine. this is bbc news. i will bring you

in the uae with posing as an academic researcher to spy for a foreign government. 31—year—old matthew hedgesort five months ago and has been held in solitary confinement. his case has now been referred to the country's court of appeal, where he is due to appear next wednesday. president trump has suggested that "rogue killers" could be behind the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. a joint team of turkish and saudi officials have been searching the consulate in istanbul. president trump said saudia arabia's king salman has denied any knowlededge of the journalist's disappearance, but he is sending his secretary of state mike pompeo to saudi arabia. we are going to leave nothing uncovered. with that said the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. i don't want to get into his side but that sounded to me like maybe he is going to blame rogue killers, who knows? we are going to try to get to the bottom of it very soon, but his was a flat denial. diplomatic pressure has been growing on riyadh to provide a fuller explanation. the bbc‘s state department correspondent barbara ple

the wife of a british academic, matthew hedges, who's being held on a spying charge by the united arab a hearing that lasted about ten minutes, his lawyer asked for an adjournment for the court to consider his defence that the material retrieved from mr hedges' electronic devices is all publicly available and not secret. police say they are treating the disappearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent on the evening of october the 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. debenhams has posted record annual losses and said it will close up to 50 stores, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. president trump has called on the media to stop the endless hostility after suspected explosives were posted to high—profile us figures. a group of mps has accused the bbc of failing in its duty to give staff equal pay and opportunities, saying it needs a more transparent pay structure. i'm vict

my constituent, matthew hedges, a young ph.d.e and which she also ensure that he receives full consular and legal support, a fair trial and full consular and legal support, a fairtrialand can full consular and legal support, a fair trial and can return to his wife, dani, in england as soon as possible. thanks to the honourable gentleman, obviously this is is a distressing time for him and his family. oran distressing time for him and his family. or an office officials are supporting mr hedges and his family, —— foreign office officials. they have raised the case with the iraqis at the highest levels. my right honourable friend, the royal so, foreign secretary, has raised this. we are in regular contact with the m rt is regarding his health and well—being and are continuing to push the consular access to ensure he is given the support that he needed. in welcoming the japanese prime minister's suggestion that we canjoin the prime minister's suggestion that we can join the trans—pacific partnership when we leave the eu and in wishin

matthew hedges was seized at dubai airport in may as he tried to leave the country after a research trip he was accused of spying for qatar, which the uae says is working to undermine it. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has discussed the case with his emirati counterpart. comedian seann walsh has insisted he's "not the person i'm being portrayed as" after being caught kissing his strictly come dancing dance partner katya jones. the pair apologised during an appearance on bbc two's strictly — it takes two on wednesday evening. i am not the person i am being portrayed as. i'm still sorry for what i did. but it's very important for me to get that out there. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30. thank you. and thank you for your m essa g es thank you. and thank you for your messages about universal credit, which we will talk about in detail after ten o'clock this morning. jill on twitter: late payments, no communication, online messages ignored, and nobody seems to know what they are talking about when you call to complain. clarissa on twitter: it is an awful thing, univers