In the states, where the Intelligence Community has determined that russia did meddle in the election. Donald trump believes an ex kgb agent over 17 Us Intelligence agencies thats outrageous, tweeted Senate Democrat ben carden. The president s denial of facts is troubling. But that type of denial is nothing new. For months, at rallies, hes been saying this to his supporters. The russia story is a totalfabrication. Its just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. Thats all it is. President putin says it is all made up by Donald Trumps opponents too. But if either of them think that will lay to rest the matter, they are, of course, mistaken. The Usjustice Department is investigating the extent to which russia did interfere and Donald Trumps former campaign manager, paul manafort, is currently under house arrest because of information discovered during the investigation. Well, donald trump now says all this focus on russian interference in the us election is costing lives in conflicts like the one in syria because it is getting in the way of his relationship with Vladimir Putin and so his ability to resolve such issues. But that is not going to stop investigators back in the states determining exactly what did happen with moscow, the Trump Campaign and the election of 2016. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in vietnam. The husband of a british iranian womanjailed in iran has told the bbc he will speak to the uk foreign secretary on sunday. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is accused of spying. Her family fears her sentence could be extended after comments from borisjohnson gave the false impression that shed been teaching journalism in iran. Eleanor garnier reports. In jail in iran separated from her daughter and husband. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is british and iranian and facing a five year sentence for allegedly plotting to topple the government in tehran. Its now understood the foreign secretary borisjohnson has agreed to meet her husband. I think its important now that he tries to meet with us as soon as possible, next week, so that its clear from a political point of view that the uk government is standing alongside nazanin and her family. This week, the foreign secretary had to apologise after he mistakenly told mps he thought mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe had been in iran teaching journalists. Mrjohnson later said his comments could have been clearer and the uk government has no doubt she was on holiday in iran, as her family have always insisted. But this week, irans state tv broadcast a report claiming the foreign secretarys comments about mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe amounted to an unintended admission of her guilt. Iraqs Prime Minister has said the fight against the so called Islamic State and its occupation of parts of the country has cost more than 100 million. It comes as the army says it is making progress in whats considered the last major offensive against the militants in the town of rawa on the syrian border. The party of the lebanese Prime Minister, saad hariri, has issued a strong statement in favour of saudi arabia and against iran, despite widespread lebanese concern that he may be held against his will by the saudis. Stay with us here on bbc news, still to come big ben chimes big ben chimes. Ceremonies are held across europe in memory of those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. A british woman accused of drug smuggling in egypt has been referred to a criminal court for trial. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, took prescription painkillers into the country for her boyfriends bad back, without realising they were illegal in egypt. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin, is in hurghada. She explained more about lauras arrest. She was detained on arrival at the airport, here, last month, on the 9th of october. Laura plummers family say she lives for holidays in the sun. She has been coming to egypt since 2014, she comes about three times a year, and she has a boyfriend here in egypt. And they say this was supposed to be a holiday, a relaxing time on the sun, like any of the other trips she made. Instead, when she arrived at the airport, she was stopped by police. They found that she was carrying about 300 tablets of this banned drug, tramadol. It is a painkiller legal which in the uk is perfectly legal, but it is banned here, in egypt. Its widely abused here, its treated as a heroin substitute and, in fact, it is the drug of choice for most addicts in egypt. Police investigating the case here have been emphasising to us that the large quantity that Laura Plummer was carrying is the problem. That she says had so much of this drug. Now, she has said, for her part, the, first of all, now, she has said, for her part, that, first of all, she did not know it was banned here, that she was carrying it perfectly clearly in her luggage, there was no attempt to disguise it. She told us by phone this week, when we managed to speak to her, that she had in fact been given it by a colleague in the uk, who said, oh, take this, it was good for my back, may itll help your boyfriend. So she says she did not know it was banned and that she was bringing it for her boyfriend because he has back problems. Police here are saying ignorance of the law is not a defence. Earlier we heard from Laura Plummers mp, labours karl turner. Were hopeful now that new information has come to light, 0mar, her partner, has admitted hes got these problems with his back, hes come up with medical evidence to confirm that and i think that will go some way to show that lauras version of events are absolutely right. This is a woman of 33 years of age, shes a shop worker in the princes quay in hull, she goes to work in the morning, finishes in the evening, sits on the sofa and watches her favourite tv soaps. Shes a woman of good character, no previous convictions from a decent, hard working family and theyre completely shocked and terrified by what is unfolding in front of them. Shes done something very silly, shes taken drugs to agarda, clearly shes doing someone a favour to try and relieve the back pain of her partner. It is a criminal offence, the drug, tramadol, is banned in egypt, its a class c drug in this country, which means it has to be prescribed by a gp and dispensed by a pharmacist so the egyptian authorities take this very seriously indeed and we have to be respectful to their laws and customs, but we hope the court listened really carefully to the version of events which laura said from the outset was innocent in that she was just trying to help somebody. Thats now been confirmed, im happy to say, by 0mar, who says hes got a back problem and he can prove that. The spanish Prime Minister will visit catalonia on sunday, two weeks after he imposed direct rule there. Earlier, hundreds of thousands of catalans rallied in barcelona, calling for the release of Pro Independence leaders. James reynolds reports. These protesters have come out here to the centre of barcelona to call for freedom for eight imprisoned former catalan ministers and two social society activists. Sos democracy, as you can probably read, and this is written in english, republic of catalonia, freedom, political prisoners. And theres a yellow ribbon, a symbol of solidarity with the imprisoned politicians and activists. To this crowd, these politicians and their names and faces are here. This is the former Vice President , 0rioljunqueras. All these people have been remanded into custody. To these people, they are political resonance. To these people, they are political prosoners. Do the authorities in madrid, it is simply a criminal case. But there is a political impact because this is an election campaign. There will be elections here in december and these protesters want to win a majority for the Pro Independence movement, that will give them the chance to try and break away from spain again. There is of course another half of Catalan Society that wants to remain inside spain. After meeting president putin on his asian tour, donald trump says his russian counterpart was very insulted by allegations that moscow interfered in last years us election. Well, President Trump is now in hanoi on the last leg of his five nation tour. 0ur correspondent, Karishma Vaswani is there. I cannot help noticing, after about a week of relatively restrained communication his back on twitter in quite a big way . Thats right. He has been tweeting throughout this entire tour but in the last an hour we have seen a number of tweets ramadi president , before he arrived at this remaining here at the vietnamese president ial powers. He is making his way into the palace where he will have a bilateral meeting with the vietnamese president. Take a look at some of the things he has been saying on twitter this morning, he says he has a Good Relationship with russia and that president 0bama had zero chemistry with president putin leading to these conversations with the president. He is talked about china, saying they have upped sanctions on north korea. We have received any, but official confirmation. He is saying that he does not understand why it kim jong un had to insult him and in fa ct jong un had to insult him and in fact said he is trying to be his friend and he hoped that one day they will be friend. We will wait to see on that one. A big part of his tour was building his relationship with xijinping tour was building his relationship with xi jinping england tour was building his relationship with xijinping england had to put pressure on north korea. How will other leaders in the region view that enthusiasm or china . Other leaders in the region view that enthusiasm or china . |j other leaders in the region view that enthusiasm or china . I think, certainly in vietnam, that is viewed with some trepidation or anxiety. Vietnam is a great example of south east nations start between the us and china and they do not want us to stop engaging in this region but they needed the financial and economic muscle that china provides. Later today, we understand the us president will sign a number of key agreements with the vietnamese and one of them is about the china sea. Vietnam and china both claim to these waters and vietnam once americas support. Turning to trade, we heard this trade deal was now moving forward. I notice that the japanese economy minister is hoping that at some point of the us will come back into it. Dear think that is slightly optimistic . come back into it. Dear think that is slightly optimistic . I think perhaps may well be optimistic, under this administration, because it was donald trump who pulled out of the tpp at the very beginning of his term, calling it a horrible deal for the American Economy and for a americanjobs. It for the American Economy and for a american jobs. It would for the American Economy and for a americanjobs. It would be quite remarkable and a complete turnaround of his trade policy if all of a sudden he decided he would go into this multilateral trade deal when on friday he addressed an entire community of apec leaders, saying multilateral trade deals do not work for me and he will do bilateral trade deals. When the japanese trade minister says he is hopeful, i think thatis minister says he is hopeful, i think that is slightly optimistic under this administration. Do you think he is having some influence in these countries. In the final statement, they say they want to end an fair trade practices and market distorting practices. Unfair. Trade practices and market distorting practices. Unfair. We understood. We understand, rather, from conversations i have had with trade officials in the backdrop of the apec event, the americans pushed very ha rd the apec event, the americans pushed very hard for that kind of language to make it into the final statement but it is notjust the americans. 0n a philippines briefing, the philippines, one of the countries of that has benefited so much from an open economy, American Companies outsourcing businesses to the philippines has resulted in a massive boost to the countrys gdp but at the same time president duterte is the first to say and talking about how globalisation has been a big issue for people who do not benefit from free trade so i think this is starting to become pa rt think this is starting to become part of the conversation in this region. There are some who agree with donald trump is make belief that trade has been an fair but there are others like president xi jinping have publicly said at the same forum that globalisation is irreversible so it is quite an ironic turn of events. You have the us leader saying multilateral trade deals do not work, especially when the architect of the global free trade environment arguably it was the us in the Asia Pacific Region and then you have the leader of china, not a fully free economy saying that this free market free trade is good for us all. Thank you very much. Lets get more now on the british iranian woman, nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, whos in prison in iran, accused of spying. As weve heard, her husband is due to meet Boris Johnson later this morning. In todays 0bserver newspaper, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, calls for the foreign secretary to be sacked for his incompetence over the case. Well, earlier, my colleague, alpa patel, spoke to dr homa hoodfar, who was inside the same prison as nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe. The night we spent together in the same cell she was talking about her plan to come out and be with her child. She was very worried and upset and was crying as she was talking about her daughters birthday being ina about her daughters birthday being in a couple of weeks. She told us, me and two other women who were there, that the interrogator encouraged her to sign letters so they can procede her case quickly and free her to be with herfamily. I guess because of that she had signed documents that maybe later was used against her. What do you make of the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, comments, he has corrected those, what impact do you think it could have on her case . Well, i cannot believe that such a huge mistake has taken place. It plays right into the hands of the very conservative and revolutionary guard who have arrested her. There are political factions. Often these factions are fighting each other. Unfortunately, people like nazanin or me or many others injail are caught in between the conservative and the revolutionary guards trying to embarrass the reformist government by showing they have no power within the system. Even though he may apologise for the mistake he has made, in a way that is enough for the revolutionary guards to say, ok, this is the case, for sure she is a spy. So they attempt to increase her sentence, or at least makes it much harder for her to convince others to be free. Members of Lewis Hamiltons formula 0ne team have been robbed at gunpoint in brazil. A minibus carrying the mercedes technical staff was stopped as they left the interlagos circuit in sao paulo. A spokesperson for the team says valuables were ta ken but no one was injured. Hamilton tweeted about the incident, saying formula 1 needed to do more to keep teams safe. Bbc radio 5 live commentator Jack Nicholls told us that formula 1 could only do so much to help, because of the sheer number of staff working in the city. Theres a particular set of traffic lights on the way out off the circuit where this kind of thing is prevalent. The problem last night was that the teams were leaving after dark. The brazilian authorities have put in a lot of police this year but when the teams are leaving at eight oclock, nine oclock, that is when things can get sketchy. We heard the stories in the build up to the rio 0lympics last year about the security concerns last year. There are ten teams in sao paulo. Theres about 300 journalists. So youre looking at 500 or 600 people make up the formula 1 paddock that travel around the world. Naturally, theyre all going to be staged in different places around the city so formula 1 and the circuit itself can do all they can in the perimeter of the actual venue but if you have teams staying ten miles in that direction and ten miles in that direction, there is only a certain amount that formula 1 can do short of not going to brazil any more. Jack nicholls there. Millions of people have observed two minutes silence for Armistice Day marking the moment in 1918 when the fighting came to an end in the first world war. Ceremonies have taken place across the uk, including at the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire, and at the cenotaph on whitehall in london. From there, our correspondent Adina Campbell reports. Preparing for remembrance. To the sounds of pipes, veterans from the Second World War and those from later wars on parade in whitehall. In the drizzle, before them, the cenotaph. Britains stark memorial to its war dead. Keeping faith with countless lives lost in conflict. At 11 00, big ben, silent for three months because of repair work, marked the hour. Big ben chimes last post plays shortly after the two minute silence, thousands of people watched on as pipes and drums from the london scottish regiment marched through whitehall in a captivating display. I thought it was really emotional, because, like, so many people died, so i think its a really good way to pay respect. I think it makes your memories more real. Theres the opportunity to really reflect on what was given during those times. And this afternoon, at the residence of the french ambassador in london, british veterans who took part in the d day landings were presented with the legion dhonneur. Victor ernest stirling, who is now 91, was in the Royal Army Service corps when he landed on the beaches of normandy. His job was to bring vehicles, ammunition and petrol to support the advancing army. As they say, it was all a bit of adventure, i suppose. But im very proud that they have recognised it, and it is a great honour. Todays services have been a chance for many people to remember those who fought and what they fought for. Adina campbell, bbc news. Lets tell you about an extraordinary story from argentina. It involves two young men, both seriously ill, who made a remarkable discovery at a clinic where they were being treated. It is a discovery that has changed their lives. The bbcs tim allman takes up the story. Emanuel godoy and Francisco Rios both suffer from huntingtons disease. It is a rare condition typically inherited from a parent or parents that destroys brain cells and can lead to mental and physical impairment. Both of them were being treated at the same Rehabilitation Centre in the city of parana when they started asking questions. Translation i told my mother, i said, mum, there is a boy who has the same illness as me and he has a cleft lip. She said, he must be your brother. I didnt believe her. But she found emanuels dad and thats when our stories came together. The two men, adopted as babies by different families, now reunited as adults completely by chance. Its not all brotherly love. They support different football teams. But the ups are much better than the downs. Translation my father told me. I was very happy because i have a brother and he lives here and i see him every day. Translation for us it was weird. Because living in the same city they never met on the street or anything. And then they meet here, both with a rare genetic disease. If they were not brothers they had to be relatives. Now they want to find their other siblings, all 17 of them. And they will also have to deal with the challenge of their medical condition. A challenge they will face together as brothers. Tim allman, bbc news. That is the way it is looking. And you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, im duncangolestani. Now let us have a look at the weather. This is how we start remembrance sunday, cloudy with some outbreaks of rain down to the south. Not quite as cold here but clearer skies and a few wintry showers to the far north, with temperatures just a couple of degrees above freezing. That cold air is going to continue to push its way steadily south across the whole of england and wales as we go through remembrance sunday. So its worth bearing in mind, if youre up and off early, we could see a scattering of showers, some of those running down through the cheshire gap to the midlands and maybe into the south east but hopefully they will ease away in time for Remembrance Sunday Services at the cenotaph. But its worth bearing in mind there could be an isolated rogue shower still floating around. Elsewhere, if you are heading for Remembrance Sunday Services, most likely chance of seeing some showers at 11 oclock in the morning is through wales and maybe one or two into South West England, and elsewhere should be dry. Cold, yes, you will need to wrap up warm. Nevertheless there should be good spells of sunshine. A few isolated showers across the east coast of northern ireland. And one or two filtering in through the Northern Isles and the far north of scotland. Some of these will still have a wintry flavour mixed in there. And it is going be accompanied by a brisk north north westerly wind, driving in the potential of a few showers along the north sea coast and one or two continuing in wales and South West England through the day. Sandwiched in between the two, its dry, its settled, its sunny but its crisp. Top temperatures of around 6 10 degrees. As we move out of remembrance sunday into monday, its going to turn colder still with winds falling light and High Pressure just quietening things down and killing off the showers. So were going to see another frost another hard frost yet again, for monday morning with temperatures in rural parts of scotland down to lows of minus five. That is important because we are expecting more cloud and rain to push in to the north western. 0n the leading edge of it, we could see some snow, maybe some significant snow for a time. We need to keep an eye on that. Things a little more straightforward further south. Its going to cloud over a little, its going to be largely dried but not particularly warm, with highs of 5 10 degrees. That weather front continues to push its way south and east, out of monday, into tuesday. Introducing milder weather but also the potentialfor a little bit of light rain. So we start our new week cold and frosty, but it will turn milder with some more rain to come. Take care. This is bbc news. The headlines donald trump says Vladimir Putin felt insulted by allegations that russia interfered in last years us president ial election. Speaking after the pair met at a summit in vietnam, President Trump said the russian leader had again stated that his country had not interfered, and mr trump believed him. The husband of a british woman jailed in iran has told the bbc he will speak to the foreign secretary on sunday. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is accused of spying. Her family fears her sentence could be extended after comments from borisjohnson gave the false impression shed been teaching journalism. Hundreds of thousands of catalans have protested in barcelona, calling for the release of Pro Independence politicians and activists whove been detained by the spanish courts. The spanish Prime Minister, mariano rajoy, will visit catalonia on sunday to start campaigning for upcoming elections. Now on bbc news, dateline london
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