jack letts was 18 when he left his oxfordshire home in 2014.son said they do not comment on individual cases. our reporter ben ando has more. captive in a kurdishjail and now reportedly stripped of his british citizenship. jack letts, who became known asjihadijack, left his family home in oxford in 2014 and travelled to syria to fight with the islamic state group. he lived in raqqa, and was seized by kurdish troops while attempting to flee. injune, his parents, sally and john, were found guilty of funding terrorism after they sent him money while he was in syria, that they said he'd asked for in order to get away. now the mail on sunday newspaper is reporting that in the final days of theresa may's government, he was stripped of his british citizenship. he has dual uk nationality with canada through his canadian father. in a statement, the home office said that depriving a dual national of citizenship was a decision taken by the home secretary on the basis of advice from officials, lawyers and the security services. it's intended to counter the

an electricity supplier has said a power cut in oxfordshire this morning was "probably linked" to the flames minutes after the controlled explosions. louise currie has more. they've watched over didcot for over half a century. but it took just seconds for the power station's three remaining cooling towers to be flattened. it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born, so they've always been a landmark finding my way home from a long journey. you sort of think of seeing the towers when you come in from the motorway and it is like, something to say, oh, you're nearly home. i feel quite sad losing them, really. yeah, the skyline has changed now forever. hundreds turned out to watch, but for some it was more poignant than others. dan and kevin worked there for many years. if we want to be environmentally friendly, that is the right thing, but when you've spent all that time, you know, and your dad has spent all that time there, it's a sad day. it is quite nice to look across there and not see towers, because obviously it has restored the

our political correspondent ben wright reports from oxfordshire. oh, i've got it.will bring a shake—up of the immigration system, and visiting labs inventing energies of the future, borisjohnson said visas for the sharpest science and engineering minds would be fast—tracked. we're going to turn the uk, as it were, into a kind of supercharged magnet, drawing scientists, like iron filings, from around the world to help push forward projects in which we can not only take a scientific lead but a commercial lead as well. this sort of research is expensive. the eu has funded a lot of it, and there have been warnings from within the sector a no—deal brexit would be damaging. obviously, we don't want a no—deal brexit, we're working for a deal, but be in no doubt that the uk will continue under any circumstances to collaborate in great scientific projects. the circumstances of britain's departure from the eu remain totally uncertain. if borisjohnson decides to go for a no—deal brexit, many mps here are determined to try and stop him. what you have is the rather absurd sight

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished this morningcontrolled explosion. and coming up in a few minutes we'll review the sunday papers — this morning's reviewers are the political commentator james millar and the business commentatorjosie cox. before that, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good morning. we could get any result on the final day of the second ashes test. england lead by101i runs with 6 wickets in hand as they look to level the series. it could be another day for the fast bowlers, a delivery from jofra archer struck australian batsman steve smith on the back of the neck yesterday, although he should be ok to bat again today. our sport's correspondentjoe wilson was at lord's. everyone at the words need the contest. england again steve smith. australia's outstanding batsmen reached his 50 before lunch and remained on a different level. fast, aggressive bowling is perfectly legitimate. smith took a blow to the arm which is painful, no fracture. the minutes later, it was farmer worr

jack letts was 18 when he left his oxfordshire home in 2014. on individual cases. our reporter ben ando has more. captive in a kurdishjail and now reportedly stripped of his british citizenship. jack letts, who became known asjihadijack, left his family home in oxford in 2014 and travelled to syria to fight with the islamic state group. he lived in raqqa, and was seized by kurdish troops while attempting to flee. injune, his parents, sally and john, were found guilty of funding terrorism after they sent him money while he was in syria, that they said he'd asked for in order to get away. now the mail on sunday newspaper is reporting that in the final days of theresa may's government, he was stripped of his british citizenship. he has dual uk nationality with canada through his canadian father. in a statement, the home office said that depriving a dual national of citizenship was a decision taken by the home secretary on the basis of advice from officials, lawyers and the security services. it's intended to counter the threat of what it describes

jack letts was 18 when he left his oxfordshire home in 2014 to travel tojoin fighters in raqqa.en he was home secretary. the home office have declined to comment on the case. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, said that by revoking his citizenship, the government had effectively passed responsibility forjack letts to the canadians. he was just a teenager when he left to join islamic state fighters in syria. he was 18 years old in 2014. now, in 2017, he was captured by kurdish forces and was put in a kurdish prison, where he remains. now, his parents have always been supportive of him, not his decision obviously to fight with the islamic state forces, but they were incredibly worried about him and they actually sent him money, and in june, they were convicted of sending money for terrorism, essentially, and were given a suspended sentence. now, in a series of interviews, jack letts has said that he wanted to return to britain, but he realised that he probably wouldn't be able to because of what he had done in syria. and now, we've heard that the british government has stripp

our political correspondent ben wright reports from oxfordshire. oh, i've got it.ke—up of the immigration system, and visiting labs inventing energies of the future, borisjohnson said visas for the sharpest science and engineering minds would be fast—tracked. we're going to turn the uk, as it were, into a kind of supercharged magnet, drawing scientists, like iron filings, from around the world to help push forward projects like this, in which we can not only take a scientific lead but a commercial lead as well. this sort of research is expensive. the eu has funded a lot of it, and there have been warnings from within the sector a no—deal brexit would be damaging. obviously, we don't want a no—deal brexit, we're working for a deal, but be in no doubt that the uk will continue under any circumstances to collaborate in great scientific projects. the circumstances of britain's departure from the eu remain totally uncertain. if borisjohnson decides to go for a no—deal brexit, many mps here are determined to try and stop him. what you have is the rather absurd sight of a

were brought down with explosives in did cut the huge structures have dominated the skyline of the oxfordshire town since the 19th sixty's they once boasted one of britain's ugliest sides. now what you see behind may no longer exists it's iceland's 1st place the a loss to global warming today the country's marking its disappearance opening a move morial the uk close to cap the capital reykjavik the satellite images taken in 1806 show large amounts of snow around the ark volcano today there's almost nothing left of it. to glacier is of iceland as seen from the air for years regnier axelson has been photographing them among them this one ark the 1st in the country officially to vanish. most schoolchildren here know the glaciers name for all to vanish or fix people in iceland both psychologically and emotionally a glacier many of known since childhood has ceased to exist. this is europe's largest glacier but. it's also shrinking iceland is losing more than $10000000.00 tons of glacier ice per year researchers agree the reason for this is climate change. never nice and history of glaciers melt it

a power station in oxfordshire was demolished on sunday, although things didn't go to plan.bout 40,000 people in the local area lost power when debris struck an overhead electricity line. there were reports of some minor injuries and power was restored after 80 minutes. an investigation has begun into what went wrong. that's all. stay with bbc world news. stay with us for all the international news and business stories here on the bbc. and you can visit our website as bbc.com/news. hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. grey matters. why many of singapore's asian population are working well into their 70s. good morning and welcome to this monday's edition of asia business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. let's start with hong kong because as you heard on newsday, the city has seen the 11th weekend in a row of pro—democracy rallies. the protest organisers say the crowd was 1.7 million strong other police have said it was much smaller. this comes amid warnings of the economic impac

of homes lose power moments after the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire here on bbc news it's time for the travel show. this is japan's most northerly main island of hokkaido. for decades, travellers have been drawn here by its stark contrast to the rest of the country. it's anotherjapan, one that is wild, challenging and remote. it's an incredible experience! with distinctive communities. i've come to meet them and to find out more about the country's northern frontier. so, if you look out to where i'm heading, that is japan's most northerly point. but on the other side, just a0 kilometres from the japanese coastline is the great landmass, russia. now that is important because it was russia expanding eastwards that led to japan 150 years ago to annex that island and give it the name, hokkaido. the island isn't small. it's around one fifth of japan's total landmass but nearly a century and a half after the move to fully populate hokkaido, still only around 4% of japan's people live here. hello, hokkaido! but because of this relatively recent migration, th

a power station in oxfordshire was demolished on sunday — although things didn't go to plan.minor injuries and power was restored after about 80 minutes. an investigation has begun into what went wrong. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished this morninged explosion and now dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading commentators with the foreign correspondents who write for the folks back home with the dateline london. this week — is a gnu the beast that can block the exit to the european union if there's no deal? and is there a way out for the protestors in hong kong as china's government warns it has "enough power to quell a ny u nrest swiftly" 7 with their take on those events — diane wei liang, born in beijing, spent part of her childhood in a labour camp, where her parents were sent for rehabilitation during the cultural revolution. diane is a novelist and a commentator on china. john fisher burns, a pullitzer prize winner, was chief international correspondent at the new york times. david aaronovitch is a columnist with the times here in the uk. bronwen maddox, a former newspaper foreign editor, now runs the research body the institute for government. welcome to all of you,

an electricity supplier has said a power cut in oxfordshire this morning was "probably linked" to theup in flames minutes after the controlled explosions and thousands of households lost power. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. any good news on the cricket so far? yes, there is sunshine at lord's any good news on the cricket so far? yes, there is sunshine at lords and no more england wickets. so far, play has resumed on the final day in the second ashes test. england still have six wickets in hand but steve smith from australia will not be able to bat again in this test and he isa able to bat again in this test and he is a doubt for the headingley test which starts next thursday. let's go and speak tojoe wilson live at the ground. he has had this delayed reaction from the blow to the neck from the jeffrey archer bouncer yesterday? what australia have said, smith woke up what australia have said, smith woke up feeling what australia have said, smith woke 99v what australia have said, smith woke d what australia have said, smith woke up feeling groggy and they po

without power, after the three remaining cooling towers at the decommissioned didcot power station in oxfordshireut followed controlled explosions, with witnesses saying they saw an electricity pole catch fire, moments after the towers collapsed. the local energy supplier initially denied the demolition was to blame, but later said the two were "probably linked". gibraltar has refused a request from the united states to impound a vessel it's just released, on suspicion of transporting oil to syria. the ship was seized in earlyjuly with the help of royal marines, but the detention order was lifted on thursday. the government of gibraltar, says us sanctions prohibiting oil shipments to syria, don't apply in the european union. thousands of homes have been evacuated, as forest fires devastate a mountainous region, on the spanish holiday island of gran canaria. 700 firefighters are battling the blazes. it's the second time residents have had to leave their homes because of forest fires in the last week. in afghanistan, a suicide bomber has killed 63 people at a wedding, and left close to 200 others i

a power station in oxfordshire was demolished on sunday — although things didn't go to plan.ut 40,000 people in the local area lost power when debris struck an overhead electricity line. there were reports of some minor injuries and power was restored after about 80 minutes. an investigation has begun into what went wrong. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to hardtalk with m( badawi welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. he is the award—winning icelandic danish artist 0liver for aliasing. he believes that art can change the world. this is one of his exhibits. a giant wall made of moss and this is to get people digging differently about the environment. for instance, could our buildings of the future be made with more sustainable materials? is this kind of thinking visionary or simply far—fetched —— 0lafur eliasson. welcome to hardtalk. you had an extremely unorthodox upbringing. your parents were extremely young when

jack letts, known as jihadijack , was 18 when he left his oxfordshire home in 2014, to travel to joinas home secretary. the home office have declined to comment on the case, but canada have issued a statement responding to the news... terrorism knows no borders, so countries need to work together to keep each other safe. canada is disappointed that the united kingdom has taken this unilateral action to off—load their responsibilities. (ani) investigating, arresting, charging and prosecuting any canadian involved in terrorism or violent extremism is our primary objective. they must be held accountable for their actions. a ceremony has been held at the top of an extinct volcano in iceland to mark the loss of the first glacier to be wiped out by climate change. ijokull went from this to this. as recently as the 1980's it showed as a mass of solid white. by 2014 it was declared dead. the glacier is now a small patch of ice on top of an extinct volcano, where today's ceremony took place. a bronze plaque was unveiled with a message to warn future generations about the effects of global warm

another day closer to brexit, there is no new deal, little sense from the prime minister here in oxfordshiretand—off with the eu continues. ben wright, bbc news. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has defended his government's decision to remove kashmir‘s special status. he said its removal would benefit not only the people of kashmir — but all of india. india and pakistan — two nuclear armed powers — claim kashmir in its entirety. but each controls part of the territory. pakistan has said the removal of special status breaches international law, but its foreign minister said they are not looking at a military response. our correspondent yogeta limaye, is one of the few international journalists in kashmir. she sent this report from srinagar, which has been in lockdown since sunday. kashmir is a fortress, tens of thousands of indian soldiers line it streets and highways. police vans announcing there is a curfew in place do the rounds. boys raising anti—india slogans are chased away. and there are checkpoints everywhere. we asked for ids and passes. and after some convincing, we are al

the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished in a controlledon the stroke of seven o'clock this morning. thousands of homes in the area were left without electricity after the towers came down. a local energy supplier initially denied the demolition caused the power cut, but now says the two are probably linked. cricket and it's the final day of the second ashes test at lord's. play has been delayed this morning by rain, but england are hoping to resume their second innings shortly, they're on 96—11. joe wilson is there. hello, the sun is shining now. your timing is great because the sun is out and as we speak england's batsmen arejust walking out and as we speak england's batsmen are just walking out of the middle to resume their innings, the situation remains england, 104 runs ahead on their second innings and they will try to double that lead to feel safe. australia will try to ta ke feel safe. australia will try to take six more wickets rapidly and then bats are going to chase a target and maybe win the test match this evening. anything is

another day closer to brexit, there is no new deal, little sense from the prime minister here in oxfordshire—off with the eu continues. ben wright, bbc news. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondentjessica parker. what else has been said about holding a general election around the brexit date? an intervention not from boris johnson but his defect though deputy? —— to facto? johnson but his defect though deputy? -- to facto? dominic rubbers the globe, trying to drum up as he would probably put it, new it, new friendships, new relationships, to help forwards a new post brexit britain with trade deals and he is talking about what will happen come october 31 smacked dominik raab, and who might be to blame for a potential no—deal brexit. let's have a listen to what he has been saying. if the position from the eu is that the withdrawal agreement can't be changed, whether add—ons or subtractions, then, let's face it, they will be taking the decision to see the uk leave on no deal terms and that is the responsibility they would have to bear. we would like a deal, but the backst

this is oxfordshire, about 50 miles west of london. , the power collapse.outhern electricity networks blamed it on debris that hit the power line and started a fire. they have since fixed it. rescuers in poland used an explosive to open up a tunnel in a cave after two explorers went missing there. emergency officials say that thousands of rescuers are trying to find the pair, who got trapped after water-filled the tunnel. it happened in the mountains, near the border of slovakia. they say that the caves narrow passages are making it slow going for rescuers. the rest of the story. >> shep, when you say deepest and longest cave in poland, it surely is a monster. it goes 2600 feet underground and has 15 miles of passageway, so rescue team certainly have their hands full. they do have an idea of the approximate vicinity. two other explorers were also in the cave and managed to make their way out on saturday. they all went in on thursday, but they did not follow the same passageway. teenage boys also got trapped, but the rescuers had a very good idea of where th

meanwhile, in neigbouring oxfordshire where pc haper lived — blue ribbons have put put up in shop windows, to my best friend, the kindest loveliest most selfless person you‘ll ever meet. you are brave, funny and almost the —— always there for anyone. my heart is broken without you in i never stop loving you and i feel so grateful for the happiest 13 years of my life. in the home town, thin blue lines adorn the town centre. he was the sort of person that you just ta ke two was the sort of person that you just take two and reallyjust the nicest quy take two and reallyjust the nicest guy you can meet. a blue ribbon outside of his nursery in tribute to his late friend before he knew it, he was inundated with requests. we just wanted to make attribute without bothering the family and it is been really emotionalfor without bothering the family and it is been really emotional for people that knew andrew but we didn‘t realise just how much other people felt the same grief and when we first were asked for the ribbon, most people didn‘t realise that andrew was as local as they were. many of those d

in the next few moments, the thames valley police training centre in oxfordshire and other forces aroundot married in the middle ofjuly. you will remember there has been such an outpouring of emotion. many people seen on social media this week talking about their appreciation for not only pc harper and the police forces in berkshire but also across the country. you will see people are starting to gather there at the thames valley police headquarters. we expect the chief constable to say a few words ahead of that minute‘s silence. it is not just taking ahead of that minute‘s silence. it is notjust taking place here, it is also going to be taking place at forces all across the uk. on social media there has been huge outpourings of emotion. people saying that children have turned up with cakes at police stations, people leaving messages and balloons and books of condolence, saying, not just thank you to pc andrew harper for his work, but also to police forces across the country for protecting them. let‘s listen to the chief constable. good morning, everybody, my name isjohn campbell, the ch

course, those scenes that you are witnessing in sulhamstead go a few miles away to wallingford in oxfordshirehich is where pc andrew harper comes from, and you will have seen coverage in harper comes from, and you will have seen coverage in recent days of the various tributes people in that town have been paying to him led by a close friend who put a blue ribbon up close friend who put a blue ribbon up outside his plant nursery. that idea caught on. so many others in shop windows, round street lamps, in just ordinary houses have put thin blue ribbons up to acknowledge their support for pc andrew harper's family might people continue to stand in silence there at sulhamstead, which is the police training centre close to where he was killed. just one other line of tribute, and this is a reference to what his widow lissie harper has said of him, that he was the kindest, loveliest, most selfless person you will ever meet. she said, you were brave, funny and always there for anyone who needed it. and she added as well that her husband loved being a police officer and a lwa ys loved being a police o

oxfordshire for us. and some have to travel in that this morning. very good morning to you.astern areas. more heavy rain to come today. heavy rain working its way north as well. while it will be like this all the time, there will be some sunshine over the next few days, we will see a bit more in the way of heavy rain to come and some strong winds to add into the mix. there is the potential for disruption, the wettest weather today and strongest winds tomorrow. the strongest of the winds on the south—west edge, and from that some heavy rain at the moment working its way northwards across northern and eastern england, northern ireland and scotland. it means through the morning rush—hour things brighten up across parts of central, southern england and wales after this morning's heavy rain. the thunder in north—west england will gradually ease away. the rain takes longer to clear some parts of north—east england and the north of northern ireland but it will be setting and throughout the rush—hour across southern scotland and it will hang around throughout. some of the driest con

there is mist and fog around this morning as you can see from this picture taken in oxfordshire. into east wales. low pressure is dominating our weather and with it we are seeing a bit more cloud and some rain. heavy rain already coming in across the south—west of scotland, pushing eastwards. showers across northern ireland with some bright spells developing and we lose the mist and fried from literature in the midlands across east wales it will brighten up but still a few showers across western part of england and wales and we could see the odd one in the midlands later on in the days city early breeze and early sunshine, feel pleasantly warm in 2a degrees it will get lower temperatures as we push north. through the evening and overnight we still have some showers and then we see a new band of rain coming in across northern ireland and also western scotland and by the end of the night that will be quite heavy and persistent. still a few showers knocking around and late during the day today it will be windy across the northern half of the country, breezy in the south. overnight t