nazanin zaghari ratcliffe has been in prison for five years.l mp didn't think borisjohnson was working hard enough to secure her release. if the prime minister is watching now i would like to ask him what efforts has he put into trying to release nazanin in the first place? because where i'm standing i see no evidence on the part of the prime minister so far. at the heart of this tragic case is the prime minister's dismal failure to release my constituent and to stand up for her, and his devastating blundering in 2017 when he was foreign secretary when he exposed his complete ignorance of this tragic case and put more harm in nazanin's way. please, minister, please to everyone from the opposite benches, get nazanin released, stand up to iran and bring my constituent home. hear, hear! mr speaker, i completely understand the passion with which the honourable lady speaks, and i can hear the anger and frustration in her voice. however, herangerand frustration is misdirected because nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and the other british dual nationals held

but how can richard protect nazanin?used as bargaining chips over a long—standing military debt iran wants britain to repay, and that her fate may also now be tied to negotiations with iran over its nuclear activities. what do you want the government to do now? there clearly is both the need to get nazanin home and the others home as quickly as possible, and to make it clear that this is... you can't do diplomacy this way. that is going to need discussions with all of the western world. it's more than five years since she was arrested at tehran airport, on her way home to the uk. since then, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been through solitary confinement, two trials, and now two sentences. i think it's wrong that she's there in the first place and we'll be working very hard to secure her release from iran, herability to return to her family here in the uk, just as we work for all our dual— national cases in iran. and the government will not stop, we will redouble our effort. this used to be a favourite spot for nazanin,

but how can richard protect nazanin?ning chips over a long—standing military debt iran wants britain to repay, and that her fate may also now be tied to negotiations with iran over its nuclear activities. what do you want the government to do now? there clearly is both the need to get nazanin home and the others home as quickly as possible, and to make it clear that this is... you can't do diplomacy this way. that is going to need discussions with all of the western world. it's more than five years since she was arrested at tehran airport, on her way home to the uk. since then, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been through solitary confinement, two trials, and now two sentences. i think it's wrong that she's there in the first place and we'll be working very hard to secure her release from iran, herability to return to herfamily here in the uk, just as we work for all our dual—national cases in iran. and the government will not stop, we will redouble our effort. this used to be a favourite spot for nazanin — they used to co

but how can richard protect nazanin?ver a long—standing military debt iran wants britain to repay, and that her fate may also now be tied to negotiations with iran over its nuclear activities. what do you want the government to do now? there clearly is both the need to get nazanin home and the others home as quickly as possible, and to make it clear that this is... you can't do diplomacy this way. that is going to need discussions with all of the western world. it's more than five years since she was arrested at tehran airport, on her way home to the uk. since then, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been through solitary confinement, two trials, and now two sentences. i think it's wrong that she's there in the first place and we'll be working very hard to secure her release from iran, her ability to return to her family here in the uk, just as we work for all our dual—national cases in iran. and the government will not stop, we will redouble our effort. this used to be a favourite spot for nazanin, they used to come here tog

how much is nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe in danger? it’s zaghari-ratcliffe in danger?n danger? it�*s hard to say. from the start we have seen these kind of games being played by the iranian authorities and the judiciary. played by the iranian authorities and thejudiciary. it's played by the iranian authorities and the judiciary. it's very difficult to know what will happen next. as he heard richard say it is difficult for us to be able to assess what will happen. but what is clear is that if she were to go back into prison it would be awful awful for her well—being for her mental health which is already suffered so much because of what's already happened to her completely unjustly. she is got multiple unfair trials grossly unfair her human rights are being abused consistently in the situation and sheet once again does not know what her future holds we really are concerned that if this happens again we just simply don't know what that will do to her. the trauma that she has already gone through, the trauma that richard and their daughter are also going through every day

nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and the other— nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and the other british nationals heldbitrary detention are being held by iran. it is on them. the situation _ by iran. it is on them. the situation with regard to the charges that have _ situation with regard to the charges that have been recently brought against — that have been recently brought against the british dual nationals and the — against the british dual nationals and the sentence that that has been brought— and the sentence that that has been brought down for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe are because of iran~ _ zaghari—ratcliffe are because of iran~ and — zaghari—ratcliffe are because of iran. and it should be towards iran that we _ iran. and it should be towards iran that we direct our attention. with regard _ that we direct our attention. with regard to — that we direct our attention. with regard to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's treatment, our zaghari— ratcliffe's treatment, our priority _ zaghari—ratcliffe's treatment, our priority has always been her full release — priority has always been her full release and h

the british—iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is sentenced to a year in prison in iranter being found guilty of propaganda against the regime. as india's covid crisis intesifies, doctors say people are dying on the streets outside hospitals. lockdown restrictions in scotland and wales are eased — pubs, cafes and restaurants re—open to customers outdoors and triumph at the oscars for sir anthony hopkins who becomes the oldest winner of the best actor award for his role in the father here i am in my homeland in wales added 83 years of age, i did not expect to get this award, i really didn't. i am very grateful to the academy. thank you. good evening. there have been more denials about whether borisjohnson did say "bodies could pile high" during a heated discussion in downing street about a further lockdown. sources say he did make the comments but he denies it and so does michael gove, who told the commons that he was at the meeting and the comments never happened. meanwhile, britain's most senior civil servant has been answering questions about leaks, impropriety and who

the prime minister did not even arrange uk officials to attend nazanin's recent court hearing, whichks and i can hear the anger and frustration in her voice. however, her anger and frustration is misdirected because nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and the other british nationals held in arbitrary detention are being held by iran. it is on them. james cleverly there, responding to questions and comments made by tulip siddiq, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's mp in london. much more coming up. now, though, time for the weather with louise. hello there. our weather story has changed. yes, there's a rare sighting of april showers out there at the moment, and as we go through the afternoon, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder and a little bit of hail. this was north yorkshire just a few hours ago. most of the showers so far have been to the north across eastern scotland, eastern england. some are drifting their way into northern ireland, northwest england and north wales, with the best of the sunshine across the south coast into the southeast corner. that's where we'll have the best of the warmth, b

nazanin is one of a number of jewel nationals in iranian detention many observers draw a direct link to a $550000000.00 debt owed by britain to iran for a consignment of chieftain tanks ordered before iran's islamic revolution which the u.k. never delivered there's also the issue of broader sanctions and iran's nuclear ambitions i don't think it's right at all that nazanin should be sentenced to any more time in in jail i think that it was wrong with it's wrong that she's that in the in the 1st place and will be working very hard to secure release from iran her ability to return to her family here in the u.k. just as we work for all our jewel national cases in iran now as an ns legal team have 21 days to appeal against her new conviction and they've already said that they will pull brennan al-jazeera london still had an al-jazeera 1st minneapolis now louisville kentucky the u.s. attorney general announces another investigation into policing after the killing of black woman brianna tell. mexico's experiencing its worst drought in decades take a look at how people are coping with the 3

the guardian, newjail sentence for nazanin the guard directly.stage in the battle thatis there's another stage in the battle that is going on and which largely nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe almost seems to have become a pond for biggerforces seems to have become a pond for bigger forces that seems to have become a pond for biggerforces that don't seems to have become a pond for bigger forces that don't take much consideration on what it is doing to her and her husband and her doctor, never my otherfamily her and her husband and her doctor, never my other family and friends? absolutely. —— never mind other. very— absolutely. —— never mind other. very worrying. to add a bit of each other, _ very worrying. to add a bit of each other, and — very worrying. to add a bit of each other, and other 12 month sentence in and _ other, and other 12 month sentence in and of— other, and other 12 month sentence in and of the — other, and other 12 month sentence in and of the year she will have to stay in _ in and of the year she will have to stay in the — in and of t

way. and put more harm in nazanin's wa . ., and put more harm in nazanin's wa , ., ., and put more harmzaghari—ratcliffe and the other british— zaghari—ratcliffe and the other british dual nationals held in arbitrary— british dual nationals held in arbitrary detention are being held — arbitrary detention are being held by— arbitrary detention are being held by iran. it is on them. mps— held by iran. it is on them. mps have _ held by iran. it is on them. mps have attacked proposals allowing police to put restrictions on protests. demonstrators had taken to the streets in recent weeks as part of a movement to kill the bill. they are objecting to the police grain sentencing and courts build which proposes giving police in england and wales more power to impose conditions on nonviolent protests, including those which are deemed too noisy or a nuisance. ministers argue the changes i needed to tackle demonstrations like those by extinction rebellion, where mass occupations on roads and bridges stretch police resources to the limit. there are lefty social _ resources to the limit. there are le

we get the phone call this morning from nazanin. she had been _ call this morning from nazanin.she was let go, she was given a new court date _ she was let go, she was given a new court date for this next one and we had that— court date for this next one and we had that back in march as well and it's treen— had that back in march as well and it's been hanging for a while. i think— it's been hanging for a while. i think i— it's been hanging for a while. i think i thought as time went on the verdict _ think i thought as time went on the verdict was — think i thought as time went on the verdict was post to be seven days and 40 _ verdict was post to be seven days and 40 days later we had not had one, _ and 40 days later we had not had one. i_ and 40 days later we had not had one, i thought something bad was going _ one, i thought something bad was going to _ one, i thought something bad was going to happen and in fact last week— going to happen and in fact last week i— going to happen and in fact last week i meeting with the ford office where _ week i meeting with the ford office wh

photos of a smiling and relieved nazanin zakari reckless last month after have 5 year ordeal seemed nearly over having spent 4 years in jail she spent the final months of her prison sentence under house arrest at her parents' home in tehran wearing an ankle tac to monitor her movements but hope she might soon return to the u.k. were dashed by a new charge of making propaganda and now a guilty verdict which nelson and husband emphatically rejects last time around were trying to court this time around with the sentence. saying you know we've watched this now for 5 years. we've clearly been and as collateral. and we are still. sick are exactly the project manager with the charity the thomson reuters foundation was arrested a tehran airport in april 26th seen after visiting her parents she was later convicted on a national security charge an allegation she has always denied the new propaganda allegation dates back even further this new conviction relates to an event here at the iranian embassy in london back in 2009 a full 12 years ago and antigovernment protesters attended by nazanin cigar ir

iran sentences nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe to another year in prison, dashing hopes she'd be coming homein india, doctors say people are dying from covid in the streets while desperate families queue to buy their own oxygen. restrictions ease further in scotland, as restauraunts, pubs and bars welcome customers indoors — but only until 8pm. paris? they don't even speak english there. and after a night like no other at the oscars, anthony hopkins is the oldest best actor winner at the age of 83. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the return of the invincibles. arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira alljoin a bid to buy the club. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sources have said to the bbc that, as england went into a second lockdown last autumn, the prime minister said he would rather see "bodies pile high" than take the country into a third lockdown. the prime minister denies it. the government was criticised for delaying the lockdown, during which tens of thousands more people died. labour say the prime minister has degraded his office and

nazanin is one of a number of jewel nationals in iranian detention many observers draw a direct link to a $550000000.00 debt owed by britain to iran for a consignment of chieftain tanks ordered before iran's islamic revolution which the u.k. never delivered there's also the issue of broader sanctions on iran's nuclear ambitions i don't think it's right at all that now is mean should be sentenced to any more time in in jail i think that it was wrong with it it's wrong that she's there in the 1st place and will be working very hard to secure release from iran her ability to return to her family here in the u.k. just as we work for our national cases in iran now c.n.n.'s legal team have 21 days to appeal against her new conviction and they've already said that they will pull britain al-jazeera london somali opposition fighters have taken up positions in parts of mogadishu a day after clashes with government troops over the president's bid to extend his mandate witnesses have reportedly seen armed men and vehicles mounted with machine guns on monday a key roads in the capital were blocke

nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is being sent back to jail in tehran for 12 months, charged with spreadingropaganda against iran. the british—iranian aid workerjust completed a five—year sentence spying charges in march. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. a few days ago, the ukrainian government was pleading for international help to confront the threat of a russian military offensive from the east. that feared assault never came. russia declared its military exercise was over and began to redeploy its forces. my guest is ukraine's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. what did ukraine and the outside world learn from this rattling of russian sabres? foreign minister dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it's great to be with you. let's start with the situation on the ground. it's just a few days since the russians announced that they were redeploying their forces away from that border area close to eastern ukraine. can you confirm that has happened? it is happening. this redeployment is taking place. however, we have to

nazanin is one of a number of jewel nationals in iranian detention many observers draw a direct link to a $550000000.00 debt owed by britain to iran for a consignment of chieftain tanks ordered before iran's islamic revolution which the u.k. never delivered there's also the issue of broader sanctions on iran's nuclear ambitions i don't think it's right at all that nicely in should be sentenced to any more time in in jail i think that it was wrong with it's wrong which is that in the 1st place and we'll be working very hard to secure release from iran her ability to return to her family here in the u.k. just as we work for our national cases in iran now c.n.n.'s legal team have 21 days to appeal against her new conviction and they've already said that they will brennan al-jazeera london indonesia navy is trying to find a way of retrieving the bodies of the $53.00 sailors who died in last week's submarine disaster it's discussing salvage plans with specialists and international naval allies the vessel was found at a depth of many 850 meters and experts say retrieval will be difficult f

but how can richard protect nazanin?l nationals are being used as bargaining chips over a long standing military debt iran wants britain to repay. and that her fate may also now be tied to negotiations with iran over its nuclear activities. what do you want the government to do now? there clearly is both the need to get nazanin home, and the others home, as quickly as possible, and to make it clear that this is — you can't do diplomacy this way. and that is going to need discussions with with all of the western world. it's more than five years since she was arrested at tehran airport on her way home to the uk. since then, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been through solitary confinement, two trials and now, two sentences. this used to be a favourite spot for nazanin. they used to come here together as a family. but richard says a one year travel ban is to follow the one year sentence. so without a solution, they're now looking at another two years apart. caroline hawley, bbc news. if you were watching the mastermind final

but how can richard protect nazanin? solitary confinement, two trials and now, two sentences. this used to be a favourite spot for nazanin. they used to come here together as a family. but richard says a one year travel ban is to follow the one year sentence. so without a solution, they're now looking at another two years apart. caroline hawley, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: pressure builds on the prime minister after it's claimed he said he would rather see "bodies pile high" than take the country into a third lockdown. he strongly denies the allegation. it comes as borisjohnson faces more questions over how the refurbishment of his flat in downing street was paid for. and the first shipment of uk medical aid arrives in india as the country continues to struggle with a massive covid crisis. apple has announced its new update for the iphone and ipad. the most striking new feature is its new app tracking transparency function — which means users will have to "opt in" if they want their online activity tracked by co

wheels in motion here than just 1000 inzaghi radcliffe and the other 2 nationalities but nevertheless nazanin and those other iranian nationals are being caught up in it. came paul brennan there live from london paul thank you. an oxygen shortage of hospitals in new delhi is growing more urgent by the minutes on monday the nation of nearly 1400000000 people registered another records in daily kovan 1000 factions more than 350000 cases 2800 people died in the single in the biggest single day increase so far in his capital has the best medical facilities in the country but it's also been struggling with emergency shortages salissa both purana has more from the just opened school with 19 care center in new delhi. where outside and makeshift. center which is just opened to cater to the very large numbers of people who can't find hospital beds because all the hospitals in. the center has 500 beds oxygen delis leaders said that they'll be adding hundreds more intensive care unit beds to the indo tibetan border police are providing medical personnel and so we have other very distraught family member

it's an event at this location that has led to this latest conviction against nazanin who got a rock cliff rather extraordinarily an event back in 2009 a protest against the iranian government which is in 1000 inzaghi rockliffe attended which she gave an interview to the b.b.c. persians. that has now been resurrected by the prosecuting authorities in tehran and she has now been convicted on a propaganda charge of propaganda against the iranian republic. russia has suspended all activity offense anticorruption organization set up by alexina volley it comes ahead of a ruling that could see his knees men designated as extremist they saw headlines inside story coming up next. global military spending reached nearly 2 trillion dollars last year the u.s. is still by far the biggest spender a new report finds many countries have spent lavishly on their militaries despite the global pandemic so what's fuelling this spending spree this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter davi one might think governments facing a global pandemic would be tempted to spend much on buying

british—iranian nazanin zaghari ratclife�*s given a new one year prison sentence in tehran — her husbandhe fears his wife is facing an "open—ended detention". hello to all of our viewers around the globe. india's devastating spike in covid infections goes on. in in covid infections goes on. the capital, hospitals a running in the capital, hospitals are running out of beds for patients and in some cases out of oxygen. more than 352,000 new cases were reported in the past 2a hours and more than 2,800 deaths. the head of the world health organization says it is beyond heartbreaking. now it is reported the country is also running out of covid vaccines just at the point where the government was planning to boost the nationwide vaccination program. the indian government says there is no need to panic, as our correspondent devina gupti reports. a haunting warning — as these funeral pyres burn through the night in the western indian city of nakpur, they indicate how the country is failing to save precious lives. for the fifth straight day, india saw a record high of over 2,800 deaths. a worsenin

the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been sentenced to another year in jail in tehraninst the regime in iran. let's speak to our correspondent caroline hawley. another bitter blow for the family. very bitter blow. her husband richard said this was a really bad sign, it is what herfamily had feared. at the moment she is at her parents' house and has not been summoned to appear in prison. but this is the court case came about a week after her five year sentence on charges of working against the regime had ended and her ankle tag had been removed. what happened this morning is that her lawyer was summoned to the office of the judge who had tried her and he was told about this verdict, the one—year sentence, the one—year travel ban. it has been condemned by the foreign secretary as totally inhumane and wholly unjustified and by the prime minister as just plain wrong. caroline, many thanks. our top story this lunchtime... pressure mounts on borisjohnson over who funded the refurbishment of his downing street flat, as labour demands an inquiry. and coming up... a government

the british—iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is being sent back to jail in tehran for 12s, hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown and politico's uk trade and economics correspondent, anna isaac. welcome back to both of you. let's bring you up—to—date with the front pages of the papers. we had a couple more in. the metro leads with the headline �*slurry of sleeze�* as borisjohnson fights off claims of a comment made about the possibility of a third lockdown and questions over who paid for a number ten refurbishment. the paper also headlines last night's oscars ceremony, celebrating the triumph of uk stars. the i headlines a poll conducted among voters over the weekend which shows half of those questioned think there is a "culture of sleaze" in the government. the daily telegraph carries a picture of the prime minister on the campaign trail visiting a farm in wrexham, north wales today as the downing street leaks row intensified. the guardian reports on mounting pressure on

and totally unjustified this decision by the iranian course we continue to call on iran to release nazanin immediately now as far as the why she is that well there are several different stories 1st of all that it's related to an arms deal debts of around 400000000 pounds in order for the chieftain tanks that was made by the previous shah of iran and those tanks were never delivered by britain iran won't sing at least them money back britain the british government has explicitly admitted that there is a debt that really does need to be paid the question is how to pay it there are sanctions for example that prevents money being sent in such overt way to iran and the british and iranians haven't yet found a way to have that debt result without falling foul of those sanctions the other aspect is of course just the general state of tension and diplomatic issues that there are between the west and iran as regards sanctions as regards a nuclear deal as regards many many different things ok paul brennan that life president cited the iranian embassy in london thank you paul. iraq such as shortage o

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the british—iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is sentenced to a year in prison in iranr being found guilty of propaganda against the regime. and triumph at the oscars for sir anthony hopkins, who becomes the oldest winner with best actor for his role in the father. here i am in my homeland, in wales and at 83 years of age, i did not expect to get this award, i really didn't. i'm very grateful to the academy, and thank you. good afternoon. borisjohnson is under intensifying pressure over transparency, after a series of explosive allegations made by his former top adviser dominic cummings — including that he sought money from tory donors to help refurbish his downing st flat. this morning, the prime minister said that "any declaration to be made" on payments for the refurbishment would be made "in due course." mps are today questioning the head of the civil service on a series of potentially damaging issues for the prime minister — including whether a leak inquiry was stopped, and also the rules about lobbying. labour says the claims go to "the heart of ethics and integri

but now we are hearing that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe will be serving, according to these reports, oneof the british mutation, there were spikes in some of the states which foretold that they could be a serious problem from march and april onwards. but i believe that there was a wrong perception that india had beaten the pandemic, that we had herd immunity, and that the models were saying that we would not have a second wave. it was totally incorrect, it was contested by experts at the time. nevertheless, industry leaders who wanted to get the economy going again, or if it was even the private citizens who wanted to celebrate a return to normal life. and the political establishment across the country which wanted to get back to the business of elections and campaigning. i think the belief that we had completely ended the pandemic was a superimposition and subject of desire and not reality. our correspondent nikhil inamdar sent this update, from miraj in the state of maharashtra. if you just look at the last 24 hours, 352,000 fresh new infections, over 2,800 people losing their lives. a