_ months to years. 0k, richard ratcliffe, thanks so much - months to years. 0k, richard i ratcliffe,deed for speaking out to us here on bbc news. thank you. it is speaking out to us here on bbc news. thank ou. g: ' ~, the headlines on bbc news. after last night's clashes between police and crowds during a south london vigil in memory of sarah everard the home secretary demands a report from the met by the end of the day. labour says it will vote against a bill in parliament this week that would give the police more powers to impose restrictions on non—violent protests. it wants the proposed legislation to be widened to address violence against women. the foreign secretary has made another call for the immediate release of british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — after reports suggest she has appeared in court to face a new allegation of anti—government propaganda. well, she has appeared in court. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. thanks very much indeed, tim. the last six nations match of the weekend is under way — and it's set to be a cr

richard ratcliffe has _ in a few days' time? richard ratcliffe has always - in a few days' time? wife is a pawn between the two countries and i know nazanin told me her that a prison guard when she was in prison told her that her imprisonment was directly linked to that money we owe iran as a country, so she has been told that a few times, but i have no evidence of it, but every time i raised it with our government i have been categorically told there is no link between her imprisonment and the debt, however, we cannot help but suspect there is something there which is why she is still being held. i5 something there which is why she is still being held.— still being held. is there anything more that the _ still being held. is there anything more that the british _ still being held. is there anything| more that the british government still being held. is there anything i more that the british government to the foreign office of the foreign secretary can do in the next few days to help nazanin? for secretary can do in the next few days to help nazanin?— secretary can do in the next

richard ratcliffe, we haven't heard from him yet.hat sometimes her iranian lawyer is more optimistic and puts a more upbeat spin on things and sometimes more comes out later to worry the family, so we are waiting to hear what they have told richard today and what nazanin herself has told richard today and what it may mean. we have had that statement from dominic raab which says that it is unacceptable and unjustifiable to continue with this case against my nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe they say they if a new government has deliberately put her through a cruel and inhumane ordeal. the foreign secretary says nazanin must be allowed to return home to herfamily in the uk without further debate, delay allowed to return home to herfamily in the uk without further and we will do all we can to support her. that statement from the foreign secretary. france has begun transferring patients out of intensive care units in paris to hospitals elsewhere in the country to alleviate pressure on the capital's health system. several patients have been flown

richard ratcliffe, we haven't heard from him yet. that sometimes her iranian lawyer is more optimistic and puts a more upbeat spin on things and sometimes more comes out later to worry the family, so we are waiting to hear what they have told richard today and what nazanin herself has told richard today and what it may mean. the foreign secretary, dominic raab says the uk government has formally requested access to the hearing, and issued this statement... the foreign secretary, dominic raab says the uk government authorities in the republic of ireland have recommended temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine while investigations are carried out into four new reports of blood clotting in patients who've received the jab in norway.ead 0n let's speak to our correspondent louise cullen who's following this story... so, by the republic of ireland temporarily suspending its following in the number of other european countries in the same thing. yes. countries in the same thing. yes, re orts countries in the same thing. yes, re

richard ratcliffe, we haven't heard from him yet.timistic and puts a more upbeat spin on things and more comes out later to worry the family, so we are waiting to hear what they have told richard today and what it may mean. we're just hearing that the foreign secretary has made a statement on her latest court appearance. he says it is unacceptable that iran has chosen to continue the case against nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. she has been put through a cruel and disgraceful ordeal by the calculating behaviour of the iranian government and this must end. the statement from the foreign secretary goes on to say nazanin must be allowed to return to her family in the uk and we will continue to do all we can to support. so, a strongly worded secretary dominic raab calling her treatment cool and disgraceful. —— cruel and disgraceful. let's go to the us now and the latest on the case of breonna taylor — where a year on federal investigators say they've made significant progress in their probe into the killing the young black woman, shot in her

richard ratcliffe has always said this is a process that is not a real court process but his wife is iran always great is old after the 1979 revolution. —— that has been awed. ——0wed. this is been extraordinarily painful for the whole family and it is not mother's day in a so the focus of nazanin will be on the court proceedings of which is been so nervous. we have not heard from richard ratcliffe and we only have their lawyers word and we only have their lawyers word and we have heard that sometimes her own lawyer is sometimes more optimistic and later more worrying information comes out. we wait to hear what nazanin has told richard herself about what happened in court today. two protesters are reported to have been killed in myanmar, as the authorities continue their brutal attacks against people demonstrating against the military coup there. the pair were killed in separate protests, as rallies were held across the country. the biden administration says it has been trying to contact north korea since february, but there has been no response. a senior official said the white house

richard ratcliffe, her husband, says she has been used _ ratcliffe, her husband, says she has been usedical bargaining chin we _ been used as a political bargaining chip. we know one thing iran once as repayment— chip. we know one thing iran once as repayment for a debt that the uk owes _ repayment for a debt that the uk owes to— repayment for a debt that the uk owes to iran, over some tanks that iran pre—ordered and paid for and these _ iran pre—ordered and paid for and these tanks were then never delivered after the islamic revolution in 1979. now, richard revolution in1979. now, richard ratctiffe— revolution in 1979. now, richard ratcliffe believes that unless iran -ets ratcliffe believes that unless iran gets something in return, nazanin will be _ gets something in return, nazanin will be convicted when the verdict comes _ will be convicted when the verdict comes. ., ., y will be convicted when the verdict comes. ., ., , ., ~ will be convicted when the verdict comes. ., . ~ —— caroline, thank you. the latest coronavirus figures show infections continuing to fall, though weekend numb

yeah i mean there's been an uneasy relationship i think times between richard ratcliffe and the u.k. government and they haven't always seen eye to eye about the best way to proceed now what brigid believes is that his wife's fate is basically tied to a legal case that's been going on for years the iranians he says of basically claims that that. incarceration is linked to the brits not paying a debts that the iranians say is only to their move from way back in the seventy's when the previous ruler of iran bashar had put in an order to the u.k. for over a 1000 chieftain battle tanks and other armored vehicles and that when the shah was deposed in the revolution in 1990 although the iranians say that they had already paid for these tanks the brits cancel the order and the tanks were never delivered so what richard ratliff says is if the u.k. can settle this debts then that will go a long way in helping to get his wife. released there are also other differences that they have had boris johnson when he was foreign secretary back in 2000 to 2017 made what was widely perceived to be a pret

richard ratcliffe, who was speaking to earlier. it is 18 minutes past four, your headlines...r an independent investigation, after last night's clashes between police and crowds during a south london vigil in memory of sarah everard. labour says it will vote against a bill in parliament this week that would give the police more powers to impose restrictions on non—violent protests. it wants the proposed legislation to be widened to address violence against women. to be widened to address as to be widened to address we have just heard... the foreign secretary has made another call for the immediate release of british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, after reports suggest she has zaghari—ratcliffe, after she has appeared in court again to face a new allegation of anti—government propaganda. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's our reporter. the last six nations match of the weekend is taking place. scotland against ireland at murrayfield. the form book very much with ireland in this fixture — early points from jonny sexton followed by a tryjust seve

nazanin�*s husband, richard ratcliffe, says the family's turmoil is far from over.rience was the beginning and that's when she was in solitary, that's when all the most manipulative abuses were happening. but she's not safe, she's still in harm's way and she's still sitting facing an unknown sentence for an unknown length of time where she's going to be held for. so, it's not a place where she can relax even at least if she could breathe that nothing more bad was going to happen today. let's speak now to human rights lawyer rupert skilbeck who is the director of redress, the legal charity which commissioned the research into the mistreatment of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe in iran. this is another psychological twist in the pressures that she has had to endure. what condition do your colleagues who looked at this, what conclusions did they draw about her state and her ability to handle this constant pressure? we state and her ability to handle this constant pressure?— constant pressure? we asked two exerts in constant pressure? we asked two experts in studying _ consta

her husband richard ratcliffe, he talks to us on a regular basis and we hope we can talk to him again case, he has told the press association that nazanin is genuinely happy about having the ankle tag removed and is partly what we were hearing about her excitement about being able to walk around and visit some sites in tehran and be close... but he said, we very clearly remain in the middle of the government game of chess, so the implication of that is they don't expect a resolution of this case very quickly. let me bring you a statement as well from a campaign group that has been involved in nazanin�*s case, and they wanted to highlight the second charge that she protect —— potentially faces, these are separate charges which could be used to block a return, the campaign group says that there is no evidence at all in this case which may partly explain why it has been frozen for the last four years but are worried that this second court appearance which has been scheduled for next sunday could mean that the authorities are trying to reopen this. it says here this could present —— preve

richard ratcliffe has always maintained that his wife is upon court between the two countries.ent is directly linked to the money that we own iran as a country. she has been told that a few times, i obviously have no evidence of it. every time i have raised it with our government, i have categorically been told that there is no link between her imprisonment and the dead. however, we cannot help but suspect that there is something there. is there an hinu there is something there. is there anything more _ there is something there. is there anything more that _ there is something there. is there anything more that the _ there is something there. is there anything more that the british - anything more that the british government, foreign office and foreign secretary can do in the next few days to help nazanin? for a start, few days to help nazanin? for a start. jeremy — few days to help nazanin? for a start, jeremy hunt _ few days to help nazanin? for a start, jeremy hunt when - few days to help nazanin? for a start, jeremy hunt when he - few days to help nazanin? for a j start, je

nazanin's husband, richard ratcliffe says the family's turmoil is far from over.briella. in london where nazanin would normally be living west his wife is detained in iran and unable to get her passport. let's hear what he the last week has been for them. i think it's fair to say that the worst of her experience was the beginning and that's when she was in solitary, that's when all the most manipulative abuses were happening. but she's not safe, she's still in harm's way and she's still sitting facing an unknown sentence for an unknown length of time where she's going to be held for. so, it's not a place where she can relax even at least if she could breathe that nothing more bad was going to happen today. richard ratcliff then, the foreign secretary again calling for the iranians to release her now. there was a phone call between boris johnson and the iranian president with this talk about if you could sort out this business with the money, otherthings sort out this business with the money, other things might be possible. money, other things might be ossible. .,

united kingdom so in the context of that is difficult to predict what is going to happen next now richard ratcliffe a nasa needs husband thinks that the revolutionary guard has made it very clear that it's about these tanks that asset was just talking about in his report and when it boils down to that then essentially what you need to have happen is for some kind of deal to be reached a monetary one probably this is the resolution of this half a 1000000 tough a $1000000000.00 of outstanding debts that iran feels that it is owed from the u.k. that needs to be settled and then perhaps things can move forward. there also these different differences between the family of him as a name and the british government about how best to achieve a resolution there as he were both working towards the same aim but you know we've got richard who i think believes that the u.k. government has not acted quite is. actively as it could have done and the u.k. government thinking that perhaps richard is being a bit too vocal and if you only kwan downs a touch and let him get on with the kind of quiet diplomacy things hav

unfinished her previous 5 year sentence for a separate conviction early last week while her husband richard ratcliffe says the treatment against is tantamount to torture. this has been a 5 year ordeal where she's had one for charge country end of it and we never knew one that has carried a huge toll on her we last week submitted to the british government you know how medical for pointing out that her treatment is tantamount to torture and yeah i i do worry for her the longer this ordeal continues how long it'll take to put the pieces back together so i think that last name is being held over a british. government dispute over money she's a hostage in albany and i would like the government to make it clear that that is unacceptable. they should be getting home but they should also be make it absolutely clear that you cannot shoot an innocent person. is out rutty different things they could do 10 to distant had to take you. and we'll see which ones the new take routes the most recent request we had was for them to tantrum what happened. that they declined to company her and we will see when a fan is th

well, richard ratcliffe has always maintained that his wife is a pawn caught between the two countriesinked to the money that we owe iran as a country, £400 million. i've been categorically told that there is no link between her imprisonment and the death. however, we can't help but suspect that there's something there, which is why she's still being held prisoner. weather funds are pushing weatherfunds are pushing in. cloud, some outbreaks of rain and it's going to stay overcast with occasional rain overnight in scotland and northern ireland. probably some of that, rain reaching the lake district and northern england by the early hours of the morning. but a touch of frost first thing on monday for wales, the south of the uk as well, and this is where the best of the weather will be on monday. so, sunshine from mid—wales southwards, the south coast, too, but broadly speaking across the northern two thirds of the country, it is going to be at times cloudy, and there will be some rain. temperatures will recover a little bit, up to around 10 degrees or so. it's going to turn very unsettle

earlier i spoke to nazanin's husband, richard ratcliffe, who told me about his conversation with his spoken to her this afternoon, yes. and yes, she probably was relieved that the court was over. as you say, she was in court on a charge of spreading propaganda against the regime. that has been hanging over her now for, well, four years almost. that court case kept coming back and forwards. so it happened, the final part of it, this morning. she met thejudge, it was all quite calm. thejudge said to her that he would be giving a verdict within a week or so, so at least the court process is over. and seeing thejudge, seeing the interrogators again, hopefully that is no more, at least. so we will await to see what comes next, but at least she hasn't got to go and face those guys. so where is she now? back at her mum and dads. so, as you said in your intro, she finished a five—year sentence last weekend and had an ankle tag that was taken off. and as it was taken off, she was given this new case. the past week she has been quite tense and stressed, and we weren't sure if it was going to b

richard ratcliff speed to be earlier. 17 minutes past five. the headlines on bbc news...ation — after last night's clashes between police and crowds during a south london vigil in memory of sarah everard. hundreds of demonstrators have now gathered near the houses of parliament in central london, following a protest at police headquarters — demonstrators lay on the ground for a minutes silence. labour says it will vote against a bill in parliament this week to boost police powers against protesters. —— againsta —— against a new bill in parliament. around two million vulnerable people are being sent texts from nhs england this weekend, urging them to book their coronavirus vaccination. urging them to book their those with pre—existing medical conditions such as diabetes and certain types of cancer who have not yet received a letter from their gp will be able to make an appointment via a link. here's our health correspondent anna collinson. ciara lawrence has a learning disability. she was nervous about getting vaccinated so on the about getting so on the day told the nurse

ratcliffe. in the mail on sunday with richard - mail on sunday with richard ratcliffe, her husband, who has campaignedat she has faced intolerable stress and uncertainty, she can't sleep, she has got ptsd and it is kind of touch about the family has been through because nazanin, it seems has been held almost as a hostage by iran to try and get the uk to pay the debt it owes over some tanks that were never delivered in the 19705. and they are holding nazanin a5 a bargaining chip to try and get the uk to make the payment. now that she has served one sentence, there was real hope last week she might be released, allowed to return home to her family in released, allowed to return home to herfamily in london released, allowed to return home to her family in london where released, allowed to return home to herfamily in london where richard and her six—year—old daughter gabriella are waiting for her, but it doesn't look from what seems to be starting to happen today that that will happen. it looks as though iran may put new charges of propaganda against the state in front of her and that she will not be give

richard ratcliffe there. the pope has finished his visit.the pope's first international excursion since the start of the pandemic in the first ever papal visit to iraq. the luxury car brand aston martin has said it will manufacture all its electric cars in the uk from 2025. the company, which is based in warwickshire, is due to start making hybrid versions of its vehicles over the next two years, followed by the first battery—only models. it has also confirmed that an electric suv will be built at its factory in st athan in south wales. the youngest woman to row solo across an ocean has told the duchess of cambridge she hopes her feat changes perspectives about what women can achieve. jasmine harrison is 21 and completed the 3,000—mile challenge from la gomera in the canary islands to antigua in 70 days, three hours and 48 minutes. the duchess spoke to her via video call... to do a challenge like this needs all the elements and all those positive sides to our mental health and our minds to see a challenge like this through, and it is rare to

i am in northwest london and nsn constituency that her husband richard and nazanin zaghari—ratcliffeing met him several times that it is been a horrible experience. and now it isjust times that it is been a horrible experience. and now it is just even worse to hear about what she has been through specifically and actually that they said it is classified as torture. the abuse she went through includes sleep deprivation, prolonged isolation, stress positions, prolonged handcuffing and chaining and blindfolded. she has now posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, ocd. we heard about some of these things before but now we are really hearing the details of it and it is just absolutely horrific to read about. and it isjust absolutely horrific to read about.— and it isjust absolutely horrific to read about. and it will be very interesting _ to read about. and it will be very interesting to _ to read about. and it will be very interesting to know _ to read about. and it will be very interesting to know how - to read about. and it will be very interesting to know how the - to read about. an

richard and nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe haven't been together for five years, an ordinary family goingiella has been counting _ extraordinary ordeal. gabriella has been counting the _ extraordinary ordeal. gabriella has been counting the days _ extraordinary ordeal. gabriella has been counting the days until - extraordinary ordeal. gabriella has been counting the days until she . been counting the days until she hopes her mum comes home. she was only one—year—old when nazanin was arrested and sent to jail following arrested and sent to jail following a secret trial. little could they imagine when this was filmed that months of solitary confinement for nazanin, years of separation for them all lay ahead. has been out of jail under house arrest with an ankle tag. —— since march last year, nazanin has been out ofjail under house arrest. nazanin has been out of 'ail under house arrest.* nazanin has been out of 'ail under house arrest. back when she was in solita , house arrest. back when she was in solitary. even _ house arrest. back when she was in solitary, even when _ house arrest. back

ratcliffe. when will this end? we really don't know, it depends what kind of sentence she gets and her husband richard says this isoline, thank you. a report by mps says the british army's tanks and armed vehicles are in a "deplorable" state which would see us outgunned in any conflict. the report says the ministry of defence has squandered hundreds of millions of pounds partly because of �*bureaucratic procrastination and military indecision'. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. borisjohnson says the upcoming defence review will end an era of retreat and transform britain's armed forces. but this report raises serious questions as to whether the ministry of defence can deliver on that promise. mps say the army's ageing fleet of tanks and armoured vehicles are in a deplorable state, outmatched and outgunned by both allies and potential adversaries. what we are seeing is a diminution in our conventional hard power capability, our ability to do expeditionary warfare. we have an obligation to nato to provide a war fighting division, we now can't really do that any more. the report says the mod has alrea

richard says the family are still trying to assess the latest developments and find out what they mean for when they can all be reunited. more now on the release of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffeom house arrest, but must attend court in a week's time on a new charge. the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt said today's decision was a step in the right direction. he called on the government to help get nazanin home as soon as possible. i had a whatsapp exchange with nazanin yesterdayjust to say, stay strong, and she confirmed to me that the last couple of weeks have been probably the toughest of her entire time, not knowing what was going to happen, but she wasn't actually expecting anything to happen this morning, and then richard told me this morning that she unexpectedly got a call from the tagging office to go into the tagging office, she then had to pay the rent on her ankle tag, unbelievably, and then it was taken off, so, just for the next week, she is a free woman in iran, she can't leave iran, but she can go the book shop, visit her grandmother, so i think she's feeling very cheerful for today at least. you have to be particularly cruel and hard—hearted if, as a gove