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Balcony. A bbc investigation into the abuse of Student Loans in one of the biggest private colleges in england. Also in the next hour well be taking our second look at tomorrows front pages. That includes the metro. It says children should be free to decide their own gender. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The government was accused today of worsening the predicament of a british woman imprisoned in iran after the environment he says he does not want the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to resign because of the case. Secretary michael gove said he did not know what she had been doing in the country. The foreign secretary had earlier been accused of fuelling iranian suspicions by failing to make clear that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe had been in iran on holiday. Shes facing charges of espionage. Tonight, herfamily have revealed that she has sought Urgent Medical attention after finding lumps in her breasts. Our political correspondent, eleanor garnier, reports. Jailed in iran, separated from her family, who tonight say theres fresh concern over Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes physical and mental health. Shes 19 months into a five year sentence for allegedly trying to bring down the iranian government. But her husband has always maintained shed been on holiday. Now, another british minister is facing accusations of a blunder after appearing to cast doubt on what the mother of one had been up to. What was she doing when she went to iran . I dont know. One of the things i want to stress is that there is no reason why Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe should be in prison in iran, so far as any of us know. Although insisting he supported the familys version of events, his initial reply had contradicted what the foreign secretary said earlier this week. The uk government has no doubt that she was on holiday in iran when she was arrested last year and that was the sole purpose of her visit. It was a statement borisjohnson had been forced to make to clarify his previous comments that mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe had been teaching journalists in iran, remarks that caused concern her sentence might be extended. Today, michael gove attempted to shift the attention. If the iranian judiciary want to use the words of a democrat in order to justify an unjustifiable decision, then its our responsibility to call them out. Lets not play their game. In a statement a night, Richard Ratcliffe said his wife in a statement tonight, Richard Ratcliffe said his wife was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and that yesterday shed seen a doctor after finding lumps in her breasts. They advised, given her stress levels, her situation should be kept under close surveillance. Mr ratcliffe and the foreign secretary spoke for the first time today. Theyve agreed to meet within a couple of weeks. But the familys local mp is calling for resignations. It is the job of the British Government to protect british citizens. If they make matters worse for my constituent, they need to realise that they are unfit for office, and michael gove and borisjohnson, who are meant to be the leading lights in the government, have got to resign. The foreign secretarys due to go to iran before the end of the year, and hes under enormous pressure to secure a positive outcome. But with a complicated political situation in the country, its by no means guaranteed. Tonight, mr ratcliffe said the foreign secretary will play a crucial role in bringing his wife home and that resignations are not the answer. Eleanor garnier, bbc news. Theresa mays closest cabinet ally, damien green, has insisted that police did not inform about claims that pornography had been found on a computer in his parliamentary office, nearly ten years ago. A former head of the metropolitan police, sir paul stephenson, says his force was aware that material had been found in a search. Damien green has previously described the claims as completely untrue. Our Home Affairs Correspondent dominic cascianis report contains flash photography. At the heart of the government, the Prime Ministers right hand man. But now damien green, the first secretary of state and de facto deputy pm, is under increasing pressure over allegations that he says are untrue and a smear. It all goes back to this 2008 raid on mr greens office, filmed by a conservative party worker. Scotland yard detectives were investigating government lea ks to the then shadow frontbencher. They never got to the bottom of it, but nine years on, claims of what they did find have surfaced. Last weekend, the sunday times reported that officers had found pornographic material on one of damian greens parliamentary computers. No action was taken at the time. In a statement, mr green said this. Now the former metropolitan Police Commissioner sir paul stephenson, seen here in 2010 with theresa may, says officers also briefed him that pornography had been found. But he also told the bbc that the find involved no criminality, no victims, and in his view, no extraordinary public interest. He added that it wasnt scotland ya rds role to police the workplace. Today, damien green maintained his innocence. Todays public words dont repeat last weeks assertion the allegation was completely untrue. Mr green gave evidence last week to the whitehall inquiry into the claim, which could report back next week. Scotland yard wont say if its handed over documents to back up what two former Senior Officers have now said, but with two cabinet resignations in a fortnight, the Prime Minister can ill afford to lose one of her most trusted confidants. Dominic casciani, bbc news. Ceremonies have taken place across the country on this remembrance sunday, with the traditional two minute silence observed at pm this morning. Veterans, politicians and members of the royal family attended a service at the cenotaph in central london, where this year Prince Charles led the tributes. He laid a wreath on behalf of the queen, as she watched from a nearby balcony. Our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. It is, there is little doubt, the way things will increasingly be. For the first time in her reign, the queen took place on the balcony overlooking the cenotaph. Still presiding as head of state, but in a way which recognises her advancing years. Beside her on the balcony was her husband, the duke of edinburgh. Below, on whitehall, the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their positions at the cenotaph, in readiness for ii oclock and the start of the national two minute silence. Clock chimes. Bugles play last post. In whitehall, after the sounding of the last post, the prince of wales laid the queens wreath on behalf of the United Kingdom and the commonwealth in memory of all those who lost their lives in the world wars and other more recent conflicts. And then, on a morning which had been damp and cold, the veterans who had been waiting in their columns began their tribute, marching past the cenotaph to lay their wreaths. Very few of those on parade now have memories of the second world war. That generation has passed the obligation to remember to its successors, to men like bill speakman, who won the Victoria Cross in korea, and johnson beharry, awarded the vc in iraq. And to the many thousands of other servicemen and women who today remembered those who never came home from war. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. A remembrance sunday wreath laying ceremony in omagh had to be postponed after the discovery of a pipe bomb. The Police Service of Northern Ireland described it as a small but potentially dangerous device and said it was following a strong line of enquiry that dissident republicans were responsible. The wreath laying will now take place later this week. President trump has resumed his war of words with north korea over its Nuclear Weapons programme, attacking its leader kim jong un on twitter. The president is on a tour of east asia, as the us continues a military buildup in the region. Our correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes, reports from on board the uss Ronald Reagan in the sea ofjapan. Sailing together off the coast of korea today, three american supercarriers. Swooping low over them, a pair of b i bombers. On the right is the theodore roosevelt. On the left, the nimitz. And leading them, the Ronald Reagan. On board, these ships carry more than 200 combat aircraft. The launches and recoveries continue around the clock. We can sustain 24 hour operations for extended periods of time, however, with more than one carrier, that length of time goes out indefinitely, quite frankly, when we get to three. In other words, there is enough combat power here off the coast of korea to go to war. The last time anything like this was seen in the western pacific was ten years ago, here off the korean peninsula, no one can really remember. This is a raw expression of americas military muscle, and for president trump, it is a message being sent to pyongyang that if it doesnt come to the negotiating table, this is potentially what it faces. But as so often with president trump, the message can very suddenly change, and it did today in vietnam. Taking to twitter, the us president sounded hurt, after pyongyang called him an ageing lunatic. Why would kim jong un insult me by calling me old, he wrote, when i would never call him short and fat . Oh, well, i try so hard to be his friend, and maybe someday that will happen in hanoi, he was asked, did he really mean he now wants to be friends . See, if i think anythings a possibility. Strange things happen in life, that might be a strange thing to happen, but its certainly a possibility. Back on board the Ronald Reagan, theyre practising night landings. This is flying at its very hardest. There is no doubting the skills of these pilots, but there are many doubts about the strategy their commander in chief is using with north korea. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, on board the uss Ronald Reagan, in the sea ofjapan. The former lebanese Prime Minister has spoken publicly for the First Time Since his shock resignation a week ago. In a tv interview, saad hariri said he quit to alert his country to the dangers it faces. He stood down while he was in saudi arabia, leading to iran and its lebanese ally, the militant group hezbollah, accusing the saudis of holding him hostage. Mr hariri said he would return to lebanon soon. In syria, an aid convoy has reached a rebel held area on the edge of damascus, that is said to be facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation. The convoy is the first to arrive in Eastern Ghouta for three months and delivered food and medicine for 20,000 people. 400,000 people have been living under siege from Government Forces for four years. A bbc panorama investigation has uncovered evidence of abuse of the governments student loan system in one of the biggest private colleges in england. Each year around 66 million in taxpayer backed maintenance and tuition fee loans goes through Greenwich School of management. Its degrees are awarded by plymouth university. Heres our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. The glossy ad for a private college with big ambitions. University degrees backed by taxpayers. Weve uncovered how vulnerable it is to fraudsters. Greenwich school of management, known as gsm london, one of the largest private colleges offering degrees. Tuition fees and living costs paid for by taxpayer backed student loa ns. 0ur investigations here began after i was approached by whistle blowers concerned about a dodgy agent. Freelance agents recruit around a quarter of the students for the college. So bbc panorama sent in undercover reporters to look for the main agent, charles logan, and sign up. They found him busy at work in the college. 0ur undercover shows him one btec, enough to get a place. Within minutes, logan is helping him apply for a degree in business management. Then our student says hes working full time. Will this interfere with my work . But thats not a problem. The course began, but our undercover barely turned up. He was paid some of his student loan for living costs. The local college received the first part of the tuition fees. 0ur undercover was given coursework, degree level assignments he couldnt manage. So, back to charles logan, who said he knew someone who could help. 0ur undercover paid for all his work to be done for him. Gsm passed him on his first term with good grades, signed off by plymouth university. Gsm london told us. Plymouth University Said it was launching its own full and independent investigation. It says it has long standing and robust academic regulations and processes to prevent academic dishonesty and ensure the quality of its degrees. This isnt just about what weve uncovered here. The government wants many more private colleges offering degrees. But our investigations suggest there is a serious risk of fraud, of taxpayers money being wasted. The National Audit office warned mps recently the government has yet to show its got a firm grip on the problems. Its a real kick in the teeth for those students who actually done the work, turned up to lectures and produced their own essays. They thought they were getting a degree that meant something. This scandal will be undermining the quality and confidence in that degree, and theyve been sorely let down. Charles logans lawyers said he emphatically denies he has acted fraudulently, eitherfor profit or to assist students in fraudulently claiming student finance. The government says its clamped down on abuses of the system and a smaller share of Student Loans is being wrongly claimed. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. More on panorama tomorrow night. The headlines on bbc news Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed in iran for spying, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, according to her husband. The deputy Prime Minister, damian green, insists police never told him about pornography allegedly found on his computers. He says the allegations have an ulterior motive. The prince of wales leads the country in honouring its war dead on remembrance sunday, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. Time for sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Heartbreak for nothern ireland in switzerland. They are out of the world cup. Trailing i nil after the first leg due to a cruel penalty decision they gave everything tonight, but couldnt find a way past the swiss defence. It finished goalless. Both sides had their chances. Northern ireland could have taken the lead in the opening minutes. The swiss came close on a number of occasions. A great save from mcgovern. In injury time jonny evans had a header cleared off the line. Rodriguez injust the right place to deny the the west brom defender. Northern ireland had come so close, and they will be proud of this performance, but its switzerland who will be going to russia next summer. Switzerland were the better team in the first game, there is no doubt, but they didnt score. We were the better tea m but they didnt score. We were the better team tonight. 0ver but they didnt score. We were the better team tonight. Over the two legs, for us, the nature of the decision on how it was given is extremely cruel. Englands women cricketers frustrated australia to draw their test match and keeps the ashes series alive. The england captain, heather knight, hit 79 as they reached 206 2 in their second innings. Australia have a 6 points to 4 lead in the series, meaning england need to win all three twenty20 matches to regain the ashes. The way we played today was phenomenal. The girls showed real character and real strength mentally to hang in there. Obviously that will give us a bit of momentum. We are will give us a bit of momentum. We a re really will give us a bit of momentum. We are really fighting team and we have are really fighting team and we have a toughjob are really fighting team and we have a tough job and are really fighting team and we have a toughjob and we have are really fighting team and we have a tough job and we have to fight for everything but our focus a tough job and we have to fight for everything but ourfocus is a tough job and we have to fight for everything but our focus is going to be the first game and trying to win it. Sebastian vettel has won the brazilian grand prix, but newly crowned World Champion Lewis Hamilton was the driver of the day. Hamilton started from the pitlane after a crash in qualifying, but carved his way through the field to finish fourth. Sebastian vettels win was ferraris first in brazil since 2008 and increases his chances of finishing second in the drivers championship. Marc marquez has claimed his fourth motogp title in five years afterfinishing third at the season ending valencia race. The 24 year old honda rider, who needed to finish in the top 11 to beat Andrea Dovizioso to the crown, is the youngest driver to win four titles in the class. Dovizioso crashed out of the race. Hondas dani pedrosa finished first , with yamaha rookiejohann zarco in second. Amazing feeling. During the race, i was always try to keep calm and control the situation but i felt really good. Honestly, i lost the concentration with the break point. Its crazy. Marking style until the end. The tennis atp finals are underway in london. This evening, Alexander Zverev beat marin cilic in three sets, and earlier the 6 six time champion Roger Federer opened with a straight sets win overjack sock. Ther ideal way for federer to get used to the playing conditions again at the 02. It is often a struggle. Usually the ball, like it was flying onjacks return, it flies a little bit longer and you are just happy to eat good shots, have good intensity and i wa nted shots, have good intensity and i wanted to play a bit more freely after that and i was able to do that and the second one was tight, missed some opportunities and the brake again at the end could have gone either way but he helped me with some double faults and mistakes so i am happy that i got through somehow. Great britain claimed their third gold medal of the track cycling world cup with victory in the Womens Team Pursuit in manchester. Katie archibald, elinor barker, emily nelson and neah evans crushed the italian team in the final. It was archibald and barkers second gold, having triumphed in the madison. Earlier today, Callum Skinner won bronze in the mens time trial. And thats all the sport for now. James, thank you. Let us look at the front page of some of the newspapers. In the metro, the church says children should be able to choose the gender they want to be without judgement and derision. The daily mail says that the church advises schools must not use christian teachings to justify behaviour that amounts to bullying. It shows the queen shedding a tear at todays remembrance service. The sun bleeds with the same story, saving two year olds were getting will be getting lessons from drag queens on gender fluidity. Getting lessons from drag queens on genderfluidity. The getting lessons from drag queens on gender fluidity. The guardian says michael gove and Boris Johnson gender fluidity. The guardian says michael gove and borisjohnson have sent the Prime Minister what it calls an orwellian set of demands. The telegraph leads with a plea from the husband of the british arabian woman imprisoned in a run. Iran. It also features the queen at the service. The times also leads with the british woman in iran. And the financial times, british spy chiefs are worried that Anti Spy Software given by barclays to its customers could be used by the russian government as a spying tool. Also, donald trump meeting with his filipino counterpart in manila. A powerful earthquake in iran has killed people on both sides of the border with iraq. Tremors were also felt in turkey and israel. Bob geldof has announced is handing back his freedom of the city of dublin award. The Boomtown Rats singer and Charity Campaigner says his actions area Charity Campaigner says his actions a re a protest Charity Campaigner says his actions are a protest against aung san suu kyi, who holds the same honour. The leader has been criticised for failing to condemn the persecution of rohingya muslins. Jupiter and venus the two brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye just before dawn tomorrow. The planets will appear about an hour before sunrise just above the horizon, and may appear to look like one bright star. And if you have a telescope, youll also be able to see jupiters four moons. Earlier i spoke to professorjohn zarnecki, president of the Royal Astronomical society, who told us more. These are two objects quite a long way apart, about 700 million kilometres apart in space, but its one of these cosmic coincidences as they do their dance around the sun, every now and again, they appear almost coincident, and this is one of those occasions. How often does this alignment happen . I looked it up. Every few years. There was one a couple of years ago, and then the previous one was 15 or 20 years before. Sometimes its a bit too close to the sun, so we cant see it. But whats good about this time is that the Weather Forecast for much of the uk is quite good, because normally these things are clouded out, but its looking good for tomorrow morning. What will people need to look for . I am setting my alarm clock about 6am. Jupiter and venus rise just a few minutes before six, but that will be right on the horizon, and they will slowly come up so that by about 6 30am, ten degrees above the horizon. It will be obvious what youre for even with the naked eye . You have to have a good view towards the east, south east, so no buildings or trees in the way, and then we need the weather to behave for us, and then there will be this bright thing just a few degrees above the horizon. But it is worth having a telescope if you have got it . Or even good binoculars, and what you might see are the galilean moons, the natural satellites ofjupiter, first seen by galileo, and they will be little dots of light, two on one side and two on the other side ofjupiter, and i think it is lovely to see those. You have to be prepared to keep odd hours, dont you . You do, and it will be cold, so wrap up well. If you do use binoculars or a small telescope, remember the sun will be coming upjust after seven, so you dont want to even just by chance get anywhere close to looking at the sun with binoculars, because it can cause partial blindness. Please, be careful. If you are up. I will not be. The president of the Royal Astronomical society there. Let us look at the weather. Theyre hoping for clear skies. I certainly wont be up either. But ive got some good news on the weather front. For most of the country, away from the east coast, showers and across the north west the uk. Bringing thicker cloud. You can see most of the sky clear tonight and those temperatures falling away. Monday morning, close to freezing. The countryside, widespread frost and it really will be called. Something a little less cold across the north west. More cloud pushing in here. Monday morning, clear and crisp and frosty. Plenty of sunshine. Temperatures ranging between freezing and two or three degrees. We will have some showers and a bit of a breeze across the east coast. Thicker cloud for Northern Ireland certainly across northern and western scotland. Some less cold air. The rain will be pepping up less cold air. The rain will be pepping up. That breeze across the east coast will ease down. The sky becoming a bit hazy. It stays dry. The rain becoming heavy across scotla nd the rain becoming heavy across scotland and we will see some snow falling over the higher ground. Maybe down to lower levels or a time. Before that milder where moves in. 10 degrees in stornoway. That weather system pushes further south and east during the course of monday night into tuesday morning. As those blue colours get pushed off, the mild air moves in and it will be milder across tuesday. There will be some cold air around. Much cloudier day and there will be some rain. Ten, 12, 13 degrees. Wednesday and thursday, similar pictures. Looks like thursday could be the mildest day of the week. Then things are set to turn a bit colder as we had friday into the weekend. Mild and cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Thursday and friday, we see a transition to colder, sunny skies but overnight frosts as we head on into the weekend

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