richard ratcliffe.e so in some ways i wasn't believing it would happen. what has happened is she was morning she was free to go and taken out and got out of prison and called her brother to come and pick her up. we had had a build—up before then and she was promised two weeks ago furloughs would happen, furlough is temporary release, and her family would happen, furlough is temporary release, and herfamily presented bale and they were told it would happen a couple of days later and thenit happen a couple of days later and then it didn't happen that didn't happen again and she went through this anxious point when she was asking any time from the head of the prison or the prosecutor's office, and her father went to see the judiciary to ask about progress. and then suddenly this week, in fact, then suddenly this week, in fact, the british embassy heard she was about to be released so her family went down on tuesday in the hopes that she was going to be let out and she wasn't so we came back quite desponden

she has returned to evin prison, according to her husband richard ratcliffe. 6 for five years after being convicted of spying, which she denies. she had been granted a three day release and had been spending time with her four year old daughter. earlier, i wasjoined by our reporter caroline davies for the latest. no further information on exactly about why it has not been granted apart from the prosecutor's office calling nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and saying that it was due to a lack ofa and saying that it was due to a lack of a signature still needed, so that is one element. can anybody not familiar with the case, so she was travelling with her young daughter ina run travelling with her young daughter in a run introducing her to her family, back in 2016. she was arrested trying to fly home from tien airport in april and jailed from five years. she has been in jail since then. 0n from five years. she has been in jail since then. on thursday she was released for three base to stay with herfamily released for three base to stay with her family and her family were

according to her husband, richard ratcliffe, she's now returned to evin prison. was jailed in 2016 for 5 years, after being convicted of spying — which she denies. she had been granted a 3 day release, spending the time with her li—year—old daughter. zimbabwe's newly—elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, has been sworn in at the national stadium in harare. a host of african leaders attended the ceremony, along with tens of thousands of mr mnangagwa's supporters. the main opposition mdc, has refused to recognise his victory in last month's vote. dutch police hunting for the person who killed a schoolboy 20 years ago have said their prime suspect has been arrested in spain. 55—year—old jos brech was detained following a public appeal last week. he was identified as a suspect after the netherlands' biggest ever dna harvesting operation. although he did not provide a sample, some of his relatives did and their dna was linked to evidence found on the victim's clothing. the us playwright, neil simon has died at the age of 91. simon wrote more than 30 plays, including

earlier, richard ratcliffe told breakfast he is hopeful that her time out ofjail will be extended orhave had a big step two days ago. i was pleased that the iranian ambassador to london tweeted a picture of nazanin being released, which i took as a very good sign. thing is crossed, i'm hopeful. until we get the call to say, yes, and as the day goes on we don't here, we will gradually get more nervous. i think it's always been steps forward and steps back, so we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves. but hopefully it will be a good day today and a good day tomorrow. women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home, under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being "out of step" — as the practice is already allowed in scotland and wales. chi chi izunda reports: under the current law in england, women who want to end their pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but critics say two separate visits to a medical facility can be challenging

i spoke to nazanin's husband — richard ratcliffe — and started by asking him if he had recieved any news really is the honest answer, where we are is that lawyers went to the prosecutors office and the deputy prosecutor was not there and he was told to come back tomorrow. so he will go tomorrow and we're still on tenterhooks. if no decision comes then she would have to go back to prison and today obviously has been a more nervous day than in previous days when we were all euphoric and happy. now we're thinking, we will see. i was wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty? it is hard, the first day was just euphoric and yesterday she had lots of relatives coming to visit and that was lovely. today she was saying, she has a dishwasher in her stomach as she put it. she's pretty uneasy. she went out of the house today, went to have a coffee so it is a chance to see normal life going round the shops and just reminding her of being back in england. so an elementjust of keeping ourselves distracted. gabriella of course is your daughter who lives with nazanin at the moment.

richard ratcliffe today thanked the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, for all he has done to help. and should now be permanently freed. every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of the gross injustice. so we call on the iranian authorities to capitalise on the goodwill from today's announcement by going the whole way and releasing nazanin and allowing her to go back to herfamily, come back to the uk, which is where her home is, and end this totally appalling injustice. for now, nazanin has simple plans with gabriella, who, until now, she has only seen in prison visits. she told her husband on the phone... she's been granted just three precious days of freedom, but her lawyers are planning to ask for more. caroline hawley, bbc news. gcse results were out today, and pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland have risen slightly, despite tougher exams. it was the first time most of the subjects in england were graded from one to nine, with nine being the highest. the overall pass mark of a four — equal to the old c grade — was achieved by 69.2% of those t

we will be speaking to her husband, richard ratcliffe, after 8am this morning.home under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being out of step as the practice is already allowed in scotland and wales. chi chi izunda reports. under the current law in england, women who want to end their pregnancy before ten weeks have to ta ke two pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to a8 hours apart and ata take two pills up to a8 hours apart and at a clinic. the critics said two separate visits to a medical facility can be challenging to organise and are often traumatic, as some winning can experience bleeding and cranking on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. the pain and an order was so unexpected. the pain and an order was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on the bench and basically just the tube. i lay down on the bench and basicallyjust decided that i wasn't going to move any further. it's that distressed that the government wants to avoi

richard ratcliffe today thanked the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, for all he has done to help. gross injustice, and she must now be permanently freed. today is a good day. and probably at this point we are trying to assess what it means and where we are — i still want her home. i still want them both home. i still want the government to help organise that. for now, nazanin has simple plans with gabriella who, until now, she has only seen in prison visits. she told her husband on the phone... she's been granted just three precious days of freedom, but her lawyers are planning to ask for more. the time is 17 minutes past 6. our top story this evening... the government publishes its plan in the event of a no—deal brexit. four men are found guilty of smuggling £41 million worth of cocaine into the uk on a private jet. coming up on sportsday, james vince is the only change for england. we will be asking whether it's enough to bounce back after defeat at trent bridge. gcse pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland have risen slightly, despite tougher exams for some. it was th

richard ratcliffe today thanked the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, for all he has done to help.d should now be permanently freed. every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of the gross injustice. so we call on the iranian authorities to capitalise on the goodwill from today's announcement by going the whole way and releasing nazanin and allowing her to go back to herfamily, come back to the uk, which is where her home is, and end this totally appalling injustice. for now, nazanin has simple plans with gabriella, who, until now, she's only seen in prison visits. she told her husband on the phone: she's been granted just three precious days of freedom, but her lawyers are planning to ask for more. caroline hawley, bbc news. lovely photograph that. gcse results were out today and pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland have risen slightly, despite tougher exams. it was the first time most of the subjects in england were graded from 1 to 9, with 9 being the highest. the overall pass mark of a 4, equal to the old c grade, was achieved by 69.2% of thos

i spoke to nazanin‘s husband, richard ratcliffe, and started by asking him if he had recieved any newslease. not really is the honest answer. so where we are is that nazanin zagahri radcliffe's office and date tell as b decision and he was not there and he was told to come back tomorrow. he will go down tomorrow morning and we stand on tender hooks. if the decision does not come. formally she has to go back to prison at the end of tomorrow. today has been slightly more nervous than the previous days when we were euphoric and happy. it is the second last day. when we were euphoric and happy. it is the second last daylj when we were euphoric and happy. it is the second last day. i was wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty? wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty7m wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty? it is hard. ithink... dealing with the uncertainty? it is hard. i think... the first day it was just hard. i think... the first day it wasjust euphoric hard. i think... the first day it was just euphoric and yester

richard ratcliffe today thanked the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, for all he has done to help. injustice, and she must now be permanently freed. today is a good day. and probably at this point we are trying to assess what it means and where we are — i still want her home. i still want them both home. i still want the government to help organise that. for now, nazanin has simple plans with gabriella who, until now, she has only seen in prison visits. she told her husband on the phone... she's been granted just three precious days of freedom, but her lawyers are planning to ask for more. good news at least today for her. donald trump has an interesting theory for why he can't be impeached — simply put, he says, the financial markets would crash and everyone would be poorer. in an interview with fox news, the president said it wouldn't be possible to impeach someone who's doing such a good job. the interview followed the dramatic legal events of tuesday when his former campaign manager was found guilty and his former lawyer pleaded guilty. here's what the president said about the

her husband is richard ratcliffe — he's spoke to the bbc today about how this temporary release came and called her brother to come pick her up. we headed builder before then, she was promised that it was going to happen. for low is the temporary release. herfamily happen. for low is the temporary release. her family when they presented bale and she told it was going to happen a couple of days later admitted not happen and there was at the close. she had the anxious point where she was asking every official she could find and her father went down to see the judiciary to ask about progress. then suddenly this week the british in hard that they went down on tuesday in hopes that she was going to be let out and she was not. my brother cell—mates might be released that day. the letter has arrived and will be on thursday. we were not quite sure but thank goodness when she called me from outside the prison on thursday morning i was so pleased. earlier i spoke to majid afshar from bbc persian. we are now around the time of a festival in iran. it's not unusual for prisoners to get pardoned d

i spoke to richard ratcliffe a long time after we heard the news and it came as a surprise.r daughter's fourth birthday, on the 11th of june, and we were denied over and over again so it is almost hard to believe she has been granted three days but i can tell you in two and a half years of being next to richard and campaigning, this is the happiest i have heard him. he saw his wife for the first time in two and a half years on skype because i forget that he does get to speak to her on the phone from prison but people listen to the conversations and he cannot see what she looks like so when i spoke to him the first thing he said was, i saw my wife after two and a half years on skype. it must be a huge relief, not least to see that she is physically in reasonable health, but that cannot disguise the mental anguish she and the rest of the family have been going through and the supporters in the campaign you are involved in. how do you try to persuade the ukrainian authorities, having convicted her of the crime she says she did not commit, how do you persuade them this should be

we're joined by nazanin's husband richard ratcliffe. he has been a regular on our programme, and!be speaking under better circumstances. tell me first what happened on sunday. there were reports she thought the period was going to be extended and anything to change? yes, we had a happy first they were she was released all of a sudden and we were enjoying it and we we re sudden and we were enjoying it and we were told, don't worry, three days to begin with but we are sure it will be extended, and then we we re it will be extended, and then we were told you will need to come down as well, she went down and then the prosecutor said one final signature but it's fine, go home, you want me to go to prison today. and then on the way home she got telephoned by her interrogators, who had been calling everyday, and said he had been well—behaved to your free to 90, been well—behaved to your free to go, got home, different phone call, no, sorry, back to prison. so she went immediately back to the prosecutors to try and plead with them, to get real and the severity. it seems especially cruel t

her husband, richard ratcliffe, said in a statement her release was a "very happy surprise" and thankedte cautious, quite down, stuck in prison and again, feeling just how time has stretched on. this morning, full of life and giggles and laughter and exuberant. i spoke to her as she came out of the, when she was sitting in the car. and i spoke to her after she saw gabriella. she wa nted to her after she saw gabriella. she wanted a bunch of flowers to give her money because she saw the other people when released from prison, they gave their family a bunch of flowers. she wanted to show mummy her toys and play, and mezzanine just wants to be with her, feeding her, help with the bath and all the things you do with children. joining us to give us some more details of this case is our correspondent richard galpin. as it stands is stilljust for three days, is that the case? as far as we understand but we do know her lawyer attempting to get it extended and there is president for doing this, there is president for doing this, there is president for doing this, there is what is called furlough

her husband, richard ratcliffe, joins us now from our edinburgh studio. good morning.ay, at least she has had a couple of days of freedom? has been a couple of good days, a magical day on thursday and a good day yesterday. as you say, we are getting a bit more nervous because she has to get back to prison tomorrow. but it was a good experience. i wonder if you could tell us how this three—day freedom pass came about? in some ways i don't really know. we have promises for a while, for the best part of a year, that didn't really lead anywhere. we heard noises a couple of weeks ago, and then she was told you have ten minutes to get dressed and she was sent out the door. she wasn't allowed to call anybody, she had to borrow a phone from somebody in the street and call her mother. herfamily have in the street and call her mother. her family have been called and they came to pick her up and she called me from the car with a big grin on herface. as the me from the car with a big grin on her face. as the first time i've seen her face. as the first time i've seen her in two yea

her husband richard ratcliffe said his wife had suffered several panic attacks yesterday and today.he primark store inside listed bank buildings since yesterday morning. there are fears the five—storey building could now collapse. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has more. all over the city, people saw the smoke in the sky. but most didn't realise how bad the blaze was until pictures like these appeared. let's move, let's go! shoppers and about 150 staff were evacuated from the primark store within minutes of the fire breaking out. the lifts were on, it was very busy. it was a race for people to come down the lifts and the stairs. so i kind of ran out as quick as possible. no—one was injured but the interior of the building disintegrated as the fire ripped downwards. several times it seemed firefighters had got the blaze under control, but every now and again there were what sounded like small explosions within the store. with each one, the flames burst out again. this is an extremely dramatic and really very unnerving sight. a major store reduced to a blackened shell by the mos

the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been refused an extension, to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richardmilyjust outside of the capital tehran. she was given a five year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a late winner at newcastle ensures chelsea's ioo% start to the season continues. a huge crash in the belgian grand prix, but sebastian vettel steers clear of the pile—up to win and close the gap on lewis hamilton. and american bryson dechambeau leads the fedex cup playoffs after winning the northern trust in newjersey. thanks forjoining us on sport today. it wasn't easy, but chelsea maintained their 100% start to the premier league season with a 2—1 victory over newcastle at st james's park, to the delight of new boss maurizio sarri.

ratcliffe's local mp, tulip siddiq. get‘s been a very disappointing day, as you can probably imagine. two days ago i was speaking to richard or the furlough, as it is known, was very unexpected. we had been putting applications for temporary release for various occasions, whether it was christmas, whether it was a persian festival recently, whether it was for her daughter's fourth birthday on 11june, it was for her daughter's fourth birthday on 11 june, and it was for her daughter's fourth birthday on 11june, and all of it was for her daughter's fourth birthday on 11 june, and all of them we re birthday on 11 june, and all of them were rejected. all of a sudden she was given ten minutes' notice, three days ago, to say you have been allowed to have three days' temporary release. and they didn't know why, but then in the same vein they have just called her back after three days. her lawyer went to see the people who make the decisions yesterday. he was told that we can't give you a decision today. nazanin‘s case is very complicated. it's very complex, it is not the same as the other cases. come back tomorrow, which was today

the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been refused an extension, to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richardse, spent with her familyjust outside of the capital tehran. she was given a five year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. the headlines on bbc news. pope francis is returning to rome after his visit to ireland. earlier, at a mass for 300,000 people in dublin, he vowed to pursue justice for the victims who suffered abuse at the hands of the clergy. several people have been killed in a mass shooting at an entertainment complex injacksonville, florida. police say the suspect was shot dead at the scene. senatorjohn mccain, who died yesterday aged 81, will lie in state in arizona's capitol building, an honour only given to a few notable americans, including john f kennedy and ronald reagan. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we're going to start with the premier league where there were 12 goals in today's three matches. wins for chelsea and watford have also maintained their perfect starts to the season as adam wild reports. at st james's par

the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been refused an extension to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richardto evin prison after a three—day release spent with her familyjust outside of the capital, tehran. she was given a five—year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. 0ur correspondent caroline davies is here. there was so much hope of an extension to her release, that that would be granted. that hasn't happened, so what now? today did start incredibly optimistically. nazanin was originally told she had been approved for this extension, but that was retracted. she was told it hadn't been signed off and she would have to be back in prison by sunset. we're getting this information from richard, her husband who is based here in the uk. he told us when she found out she was going back to prison, nazanin broke down in tears, as did their four—year—old daughter who said she didn't want her mother to go back to prison. he says that nazanin was also told by prosecutors that it might be only a few days until the extension was signed and approved, however the family say they h

the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been refused an extension, to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richard prison, after a three day release spent with her familyjust outside of the capital tehran. she was given a five year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. 0ur correspondent caroline davis is here with me. so, no success in trying to get this temporary release extended. what do you think the chances are of her getting at least another temporary release at some point in the future? things did initially looked very optimistic this morning. nazanin was first arrested in april 2000 16. on thursday she was granted three days to spend time with her family outside tehran and her small daughter who is now four years old. initially, nazanin was told she would be extended, but later in the day she was called to say that has not been approved and they were waiting for a signature that was key and she had to return to prison by sunset. we have heard all this information from richard radcliffe, her husband. he said iraq was told by the prosecutor's officer could be possible t

the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been refused an extension, to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richardprison, after a three day release, spent with her familyjust outside of the capital tehran. she was given a five year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. let's speak now to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's local mp, tulip siddiq. thank you very much forjoining us. how do you account for the decision to allow nazanin zhagari—ratcliffe out for three days but to call her back? it has been a very disappointing day as you can probably imagine. two days ago i was speaking to her husband who was overjoyed because this temporary release was very unexpected. we had been putting in applications for temporary release for various occasions, whether it was christmas, whether it was for her daughter's fourth birthday and all of them were rejected. all of a sudden she was given ten minutes notice three days ago to say you are allowed to three days temporary release and we did not know why. but then in the same vein, itjust called her back up a few days and her lawyer went to see t

nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was reunited with her daughter this week but is due to return to prison tomorrow. her husband richardhat will change. it's always been steps forward, steps back. so i shouldn't get too ahead of ourselves. but hopefully it will be a good day today, and a good day tomorrow. and later we'll be travelling to mauritius — so often labelled as just a luxury beach paradise, when the reality is so much more fascinating — in the travel show pope francis is due to begin the first papal visit to ireland in almost a0 years. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to welcome the pope to dublin but his arrival comes at a time of turmoil for the roman catholic church, with continuing criticism of how it handled cases of child abuse by priests, dating back decades. earlier this morning, the pontiff took off from rome — he's expected to arrive in the irish capital later this hour. annita mcveigh is in dublin for us. thank you very much. once the pope plans in dublin he will be making his way to dublin castle. the official reason for this visit is the world meeting of families, which dublin is host

telegraph has a photo of the jailed british—iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, we'll be speaking to her husband richardf freedom. and finally, the express quotes a bbc interview with the daughter of the british couple who died on tuesday whilst on holiday at an egyptian hotel. kelly 0rmerod says "something in their room" caused their deaths. and one of the most popular stories on the bbc website today is a collection of pictures from around the uk showing people enjoying the bank holiday weekend despite the bad weather. iam assuming i am assuming that is notting hill carnival. which we will be live there are a little later. it was pouring with rain, as you can see people out on the streets enjoying themselves. what have we got? well, this miracle escape. we saw the pictures. crashing into the back of alonso, he went flying on top of charles leclerc. they have got this halo built into the cars and they said that possibly saved a life yesterday. there was a lot of resistance against them being introduced, purist saying we don't need more protection, formulai introduced, purist saying we don't need more p

mrs zaghari—ratcliffe, who works for the charity thomson reuters foundation, was arrested at tehran airport after visiting her family on holiday. speaking to newsnight her husband richardfrom her iran. she did not know what to say apart from, i'm out, can you believe it? she had had visits in prison so she had been able to sit, we had been able to sit, so some contact. but to be able to be in the garden with her, not for two years, to be ever to lift her up and dance with her and feed her and all those things that you can't do in prison, yeah, a day to day. this is three days, i imagine it's going to be incredibly ha rd imagine it's going to be incredibly hard going back — what hopes do you have that this marks a change of attitude, that it's something that might be built on and might pave the way for freedom? your right to be cautious and a part of us is deeply cautious. i think you're right, it was only three days and she is back in there now. her lawyer will be sure that we can extend this for longer. if we can, that's a good step in itself, we'll see. it's the beginning hopefully of a change, that there is an improvement in our case and let's see where it goes. you