nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe in iran. the foreign office for their handling of the sort of cases. the foreign office for their handling of the sort of casesm the foreign office for their handling of the sort of cases. it is difficult for them. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's difficult for them. nazanin zaghari— ratcliffe's case difficult for them. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's case is different for lots of reasons. she isa different for lots of reasons. she is a dual national. the iranians don't have any trouble with dual nationality. she was of course teaching over there. she was doing research for academic studies. we are in the dark. let's see what happens now. there are a few hurdles before the sanctions. there is an appeals process. this is not necessarily the end of the matter. it does look like there is an appeal process. the government is talking about diplomatic efforts. the government has a strategy that we will have global britain and we will make friends everywhere. send people to do research and teaching. there is

would it not improve relations between the uk and iran to release nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe? accused by an independent party. the rainy and power brokers who decide herfate are not the rainy and power brokers who decide her fate are not around this table. this afternoon mr hunt meant her four—year—old daughter gabriella and other family members. her four—year—old daughter gabriella and otherfamily members. back in britain, her husband welcomed his efforts. we have been here before, this is the second time a foreign secretary has gone to iran to lobby for her release, we will need to see what happened before we get our hopes up. 0bviously happened before we get our hopes up. obviously we remain fingers crossed and hope that she comes back before christmas. jeremy hunt did notjust come to iran to talk about british/ iranian nationals but came to assess for himself the impact of us sanctions on the streets of tehran. he concluded iran was under real pressure, seeing few western goods on sale. iranian leaders accept people will suffer but are urging european politicians like mr h

but also we have the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and other dual masses and is —— dual nationalsand i‘m just to head to the foreign ministry and all these things will be discussed. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in tehran and gave us more details about the foreign secretary‘s visit. this is his first visit to iran so naturally he took in the sites. but now he has come here, to the ministry of foreign affairs, to talk to his counterpart, the iranians foreign minister, and the messages are clear. he is telling the iranians that they should release immediately nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and other british iranians do will nationals who are detained in tehran. they will say they should be released on humanitarian grounds and should not be used as tools for diplomatic leveraged. but he is also here to assess the impact of american sanctions in tehran. these sanctions we re sanctions in tehran. these sanctions were reimposed two weeks ago. his message will be that for now britain is sticking with iran, supporting the deal is limiting iran‘s nuclear programme, but as long a

richard ratcliffe's wife, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, was jailed for five years in iran in 2016 also forgn secretary. thank you for being with us. what is the latest on your wife's case? i think you are going to the foreign 0ffice again tomorrow? think you are going to the foreign office again tomorrow? yes, for a full debrief and we are very grateful that the foreign secretary is pressing her case in around. he met with gabriella and gave her a present, a colouring sat and sun books. the family are very positive that he was very caring. we will wait to see what the reaction in iran was, he was very strident in the statement that he made that she is innocent and should be released. there has been some pushback in the parliament asking what he was doing meeting the daughter, that was against protocol. we will need to see how it goes. part of the catch up see how it goes. part of the catch up tomorrow is to make sense of what they have learnt. remind us of the conditions she is being held on. she was in solitary confinement for a long time, now she is in the women's political ward. she is

they don't want to be seen, frankly, as behaving like iran, in the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. for them. perhaps they might want to see a way out of this. but i think the family is probably asking, with an accusing finger at the foreign office, how did it get this far? thank you. the parents of a girl who was sexually assaulted by boys in the playground, when she was six years old, have won compensation from the local authority. the council has not accepted liability, but the undisclosed five—figure settlement could set a precedent. the mother has been speaking exclusively to our education editor, branwen jeffreys. bella has made friends at her new primary school, but she carries the mental scars of past experiences. at the age of six, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by boys in her primary school playground. staff had seen bella with her underwear partly removed. eventually, she told her mum she was in pain. for the family, the legal action was about holding the authority to account. and being able to support bella, in the future. it's been worth it financially, because t

they don't want to be seen frankly as behaving like iran, in the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe.ee a way out of this, but i think the family is probably asking, with an accusing finger at the foreign office, "how did it get this far out"? the headlines on bbc news. theresa may says further progress has been made during crunch brexit talks in brussels, ahead of a planned eu summit on sunday. british academic matthew hedges is jailed for life in the united arab emirates after being convicted of spying. donald trump is criticised over his support of saudi arabia, as he rules out sanctions following the murder of of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. in sport, ireland are looking for a new manager, their leader left after five years in charge. they have not won a competitive game this year. a new survey of over 27,000 supporters from anti—discrimination campaign group out, nearly three quarters of fa ns wa nt group out, nearly three quarters of fans want fifa to take racist abuse into... tiger woods and phil legos and go head—to—head for $9 million in an18 hole and go head—to—head for

"it's a bitter—sweet moment as people like nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and others are still detained ine won't have been done until they‘ re all brought home safely." our correspondent paul blake has been following the story, hejoins us from dubai. thank you for being with us. the united arab emirates, although they have pardoned him and they are still insisting that matthew hedges was a spy. insisting that matthew hedges was a spy. it is interesting. they a p pa re ntly spy. it is interesting. they apparently showed a video to journalist before the press conference. in the clip which is a purported confession by matthew hedges he says he is a member of mi6. the video shows him saying he was looking into the military systems the uae was purchasing and saying he was approaching his sources under the cover, the guys, ofa sources under the cover, the guys, of a phd student. they have maintained his innocence since he was first detained on the 5th of may and throughout these hearings in the past few weeks. now they are saying they are looking forward to having him coming home. the uae is st

and said he'd be speaking to his iranian counterpart about the imprisonment of british woman nazanin zaghariut i've made it clear to iran if they, as a policy, detain dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for iran. this is not something the united kingdom would allow to happen and let them get away with it scot—free. so they have to understand this is not a sustainable situation from our point of view. we're not going tojust accept it. and it's notjust nazanin, by the way, there are others in the same situation as her, whose families have asked us not to divulge their names, so we will respect that. but no country in the world should think that, if they want to get sucked in from another country, the way to do it is to lock up that country's citizens, it's totally unacceptable. how confident are you that iran can survive us sanctions and will stick with the nuclear deal? well, the country's clearly under huge pressure. and you can see that walking around, there are very, very few western goods on site in the shops we went to this morning. but we hav

they don't want to be seen frankly as behaving like iran, in the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. bad publicity for them. so perhaps they may want to see a way out of this, but i think the family is probably asking, with an accusing finger at the foreign office, "how did it get this far out"? staying in the region, amnesty international and human rights watch have released allegations that human rights activists are being tortured and sexually harassed in saudi arabia. the allegations centre on a prison called dhahban. with claims that inmates including women are being electrocuted and flogged. human rights watch alleges that abuse includes "electric shocks, whipping women on their thighs, and forcible hugging and kissing." the saudi king and, in particular, his son, the crown prince mohammed bin salman, have been keen to tell the world how saudi arabia is modernising. allowing women to drive was the most high profile change. but there have been further crackdowns on dissent. the bbc is still waiting for an official response on these recent allegations, but a saudi official was qu

now, of course, attention turns again to another british person imprisoned in the middle east — nazanin zagharibritish government. her husband, richard ratcliffe, has been speaking tojohn humphrys on bbc radio 4's today programme this morning, to give an update on nazanin's case. the foreign secretary was last week in tehran, was met with the foreign minister, then met with other officials, met with a number of ambassadors and met with nazanin's family, clearly was very moved. clearly, the family came away very struck that he was going to be pushing for nazanin's release. he was quite strident in what he said. and we have seen a bit of a reaction to that in the iranian media. and also, in fairness, in the iranian parliament. so criticisms that he was meeting with gabriella from iranian mps. so we were sort of waiting to see what the reaction would be, if there was any more negative fallout. nothing more negative seems to have happened and he's been again pretty strong. he was on the andrew marr show on sunday. and he made a personal call for her to be released. in time for christmas. he also ga

hunt also says he will use the trip to raise the case of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zagharireth thomas, has been the victim of a homophobic hate crime in cardiff. he appeared bruised in a video posted on social media. thomas asked that officers dealt with the 16—year—old attacker through restorative justice — when a victim talks to the perpetrator about the harm they have caused. i was iwasa i was a big in my home city of a hate crime for my sexuality. —— victim. i wanted to be positive, i wa nt to victim. i wanted to be positive, i want to say thank you to the police who were involved, they were very helpful and allowed me to do restorative justice with the people who did this and i thought they could learn more this way than any other way and the people of cardiff who supported me and help me because there is a lot of people out there who want to hurt us. gareth thomas there. a treatment for nut allergy sufferers being developed in cambridge is a step closer to being made widely available. over the past three years the allergy clinic at addenbrookes hospital has treated ar

and said he'd be speaking to his iranian counterpart about the imprisonment of british woman nazanin zagharituations is keep asking, but i've made it clear to iran that, if they have a policy detain dual—nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for iran. this is not something that the uk would allow to happen and let them get away with it scot—free. so they have to understand that this is not a sustainable situation from our point of view. we are notjust going to accept it, and it's notjust nazanin, by the way. there are others in the same situation as her whose families have asked us not to divulge their names, so we respect that. but no country in the world should think that, if they want to get something from another country, the way to do it is to lock up that country's citizens. it's totally u na cce pta ble. how confident are you that iran can survive us sanctions and will stick with the nuclear deal? well, the country is clearly under huge pressure, and you can see that walking around. very, very few western goods on sight in the shops that we went t

but also we have the case of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and other dual nationals here, who are in prisonemy hunt‘s first visit to iran, and so naturally, this morning, he took in the sights. he went to the grand bazaar here in tehran to sample some of the dates and pomegranate juice that are on offer at the market there. but now he‘s come here to the ministry of foreign affairs to talk to his counterpart, the iranian foreign minister, and the foreign secretary‘s messages are clear. he is telling the iranians that they should release immediately nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and other british iranian dual nationals who are detained here in tehran. the foreign secretary will say that they should be released on humanitarian grounds, and they shouldn‘t be used as tools for diplomatic leverage. but he‘s also here to assess for himself the impact of american sanctions here in tehran. the sanctions were reimposed two weeks ago. his message will be that for now britain is sticking with iran, supporting the deal that is limiting iran‘s nuclear programme, but as long as iran sticks to the terms of tha

mr hunt says he will use the trip to raise the case of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffeelayed or revised all—day. that will be causing havoc for many people in that part of the country. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. one person has been arrested. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. houthi rebels in yemen say they're stopping drone and missile strikes on the saudi—led military coalition after a request from the united nations. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war, which has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis. thousands of people have been killed and millions more pushed to the brink of starvation. facebook will today announce new measures to help support britain's local newspapers, by training journalists and helping to build subscriptions. it comes days afterjohnston press, one of britain's largest local newspaper groups, was rescued out of administration