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This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 7 hundreds of anti british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. Here, the government calls yesterdays detention of the ambassador a flagrant violation of international law. Completely unacceptable. I think youre right. Breach of certainly the Vienna Convention and a whole range of things. Urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couples future. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and Manila International airport puts all flights on hold after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. In australia, the terrible toll of the bushfires on the countrys rich wildlife and many endangered species. Serena williams wins her first singles title for three years after beating Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final of the auckland international. Britains ambassador to iran has been summoned by the countrys Foreign Ministry and accused of attending an illegal Anti Government demonstration. Rob macaire was arrested yesterday in the capital, tehran, and detained for three hours in apparent violation of his right to diplomatic immunity. Mr macaire said he was attending a vigilfor 176 people on the passengerjet which was shot down by iran last week. Today, hundreds of people gathered outside the British Embassy in tehran, chanting, death to the uk and burning the union flag. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, reports. Outside the British Embassy in tehran today, an angry demonstration. Men burning flags, crying, death to the uk. An organised protest by hardline militia with links to irans revolutionary guard, all calling for britains ambassador to be expelled from the country. Rob macaire was detained by Police Yesterday for what irans Foreign Ministry described as inappropriate behaviour at an illegal gathering of Anti Government protesters. The ambassador, seen here next to the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, was held for three hours until his identity was confirmed and he was released. The Foreign Office said the ambassador had been paying his respects at a vigil for those who died in the ukrainian airliner shot down by an Iranian Missile on wednesday. Something that has prompted angry demonstrations on the streets. In a tweet, mr macaire said completely unacceptable. I think you are right, a breach of certainly the Vienna Convention and a whole range of things. Iran is at a crossroads. Theyve got a decision to make and the point we are making, the foreign secretary has said just this morning, is we want to see things de escalate. We want to see iran come back into the international fold and play their part but they are at a crossroads and theyve got to make that decision. Yet today, mr macaire was summoned to the iranian Foreign Ministry to explain himself. He told them his detention was unjustified and a violation of international law. Tensions have been high from the moment the us assassinated a top iranian general. Iran retaliated against us bases in iraq and the ukrainian airliner was tragically shot down. But for a moment today, those tensions were calmed as World Leaders gathered in oman to mourn the death of the countrys leader. But the causes of the confrontation with iran remain unchanged and unresolved. Today, president rouhani met the emir of qatar, who said both men agreed that de escalation was the only solution. Perhaps notjust for the region, but also on the streets of tehran. James landale with that report, and well get a little more from james on developments in the region a little later in this programme. The queen attended church at sandringham this morning ahead of face to face talks with her grandson, prince harry, tomorrow about his future. Its understood it will be the first time prince charles, Prince William and prince harry will have met since he and his wife, meghan, announced they would be stepping back from their royal duties. Meghan is expected to join in the conversation on the phone. 0ur royal correspondent, sarah campbell, reports. The queen is a familiar face here on sundays and, this morning, she attended church as normal. But these feel like very unfamiliar times, with senior members of the royal family all making their way here for a summit unprecedented in its nature. Her majesty will have her first face to face meeting with prince harry, her grandson, since he and his wife announced they intended to step back as senior royals. Attending the meeting, prince charles, on his return from 0man, where he travelled to pay his respects following the death of the sultan. Prince william will also be at the meeting. Meghan, the duchess of sussex, is expected to join the talks via phone from canada, where she returned last week. There is much to discuss here at sandringham at the meeting tomorrow about the future relationship between the duke and duchess of sussex and the royal family. It is hoped that next steps will be agreed, but officials are stressing that any decisions taken about their future status will take time to implement it. And money is likely to be the key Sticking Point. The couple have said they wish to seek Financial Independence but what does that mean . Where will they live and will it continue to be the taxpayer who pays for their security . I think the british taxpayer should pay for the security of harry and meghan and theirfamily. As they do with former ministers. He has done great service, just on the basis of that. And i also understand that a young couple really ought to be allowed to make their own decisions about what their future should be and, if they decide they want to go to canada, of course, they must always be protected. 0pinion polls and this straw poll from sandringham this morning suggests finding a solution will not be straightforward. I think its a bit rich, really. They have got married, being senior royals, and now, suddenly, it has been paid for, its done and now all of a sudden they dont want to be senior any more. That is the sad thing about it all, that he didnt think to speak to the queen first, i think that is a little bit unfortunate. After the shock of wednesdays announcement, this is a family trying to pull together. 0n the front page of one National Newspaper today, a quote reportedly from Prince William, ive put my arm around my brother all our lives. I cant do it any more. There is no precedent for what is being proposed, a part royal, part private role. The priority now, for the sake of the royal family, is that a way forward must be found. And sarah had this to add about what can be expected from tomorrows meeting. The winter break here in sandringham is normally quiet time for the queen, but she made it known that she wants this situation sorted within days, and that is why this summit has been called. And there are complex matters to resolve, not least what future role the sussexes see for themselves, and theres always that Sticking Point of money. How can they become financially independent without being seen to cash in on the royalfamily name . So we dont know yet whether any discussions or any decisions that will be made tomorrow will actually be made public, but theres certainly a hope here that some progress will be made to try and bring forward a future which will satisfy both sides. Joining me now is angela levin a royal biographer who has written about prince harry. What do you make of all this . think it is so depressing and sad. It just shows that you have to think it is so depressing and sad. Itjust shows that you have to be tactful even at your worst moments. You have to think of others too, you cant be like a bull in a china shop, a very expensive china shop. I think it is deeply sad. I feel so very much for the queen and Prince William and prince harry. But for the two brothers who were so close over the unique experience of losing their mother very young, prince harry said to me when i was interviewing him that he found it very ha rd to interviewing him that he found it very hard to trust people, but he knew that throughout his wife life he could trust his brother, and that seems very sad to lose that. Seeing that headline on the front page of todays sunday times, with those leaked unconfirmed comments from his brother, Prince William, will not help, will it . I dont think it will make things worse, actually. I think it willjust confirm the situation. What i think is very interesting is how both brothers will turn up tomorrow, whether they will come feeling resentful and not wanting to make a decent deal, or whether they will look at each other and feel, i cant let you go out of my life, lets try and build bridges. Ithink it let you go out of my life, lets try and build bridges. I think it is very difficult to know which one they will adopt. Both of them want to maintain their own position, and it will be very tricky, and the whole thing could rely on that plus whether the queen thinks of herself as something she must do for the monarchy and therefore behaves like the queen, or whether she behaves like a grandmother about one of her favourite grandchildren. What do you make of this rift between the brothers . Many siblings go their own way, why does it sound as if it is a divorce . I cannot see any reason why this has happened. Brothers fight, argue, they fought as little children, they can still be fighting now. Harry wears his heart on his sleeve, william is opening up now but he does not naturally open up to people. But they were so close. I fear that this is meghans influence, the she feels very grudging towards kate and william, somehow she has got to take it out on them, but harry is equally responsible for following, he could say, i will go with you anywhere in the world, i love you to pieces and lets leave, and that is absolutely justified, but i do not want to fall out with my family. They should have talked behind closed doors and come out when they sorted something as a joint statement between the palace and harry and meghan, so it looks a bit more amicable even if it isnt. I cannot think of anybody wanting to do that to their 94 year old grandmother, not least because she is queen. She has had a terrible year. You said you think it is meghans influence, what evidence do you have of that . Because meghan has got a lot of past where she cuts people off. She just gets rid got a lot of past where she cuts people off. Shejust gets rid of them when she doesnt feel that things are going right. She did this to her first husband, things are going right. She did this to herfirst husband, she things are going right. She did this to her first husband, she was married for less than two years, he introduced her to lots of directors and producers of films, he was one himself, she went off to do suits in canada, the series, and she sent back her engagement and wedding ring in an envelope, he was devastated and shocked and had no idea. Isnt that just and shocked and had no idea. Isnt thatjust gossip . Nobody really knows what goes on behind closed doors. Divorce is very rarely amicable. Shouldnt we be dealing with the hard facts rather than it looks like, we think that . That is what is making all of this so messy. I think what is making all of this so messy. Ithink in what is making all of this so messy. I think in theory we want to do that but in practice one doesnt, one looks at ones past and sees what they have done. I think meghan is much tougher than prince harry on this matter. He has wanted to leave the royal family because this matter. He has wanted to leave the royalfamily because he this matter. He has wanted to leave the royal family because he did this matter. He has wanted to leave the royalfamily because he did not wa nt to the royalfamily because he did not want to live in a Goldfish Bowl any more than he had to and wanted to go to africa and work with animals, he told me, but he felt a sense of duty told me, but he felt a sense of duty to the queen and to his brother took precedence. He would know very well that this would be deeply upsetting for all of them. You described meghan as being tougher. You have just said yourself that harry has never been happy his royal skin, within the army, his career was ended because of a leak of his position. Surely you can understand him wanting to be with a strong woman and also saying, i dont want to continue like this any more . What has he done wrong . Strong women are very good and i approve of them, and thatis very good and i approve of them, and that is what he wanted to do, and absolutely right, but there are also good manners that goes along with it too, andi good manners that goes along with it too, and i do not think he would tell eltonjohn before he tell your grandmother, i dont think he broadcast it all over your website without actually discussing it with the family first, that is good manners. On the subject of good manners, that was a headline, nothing was confirmed, i will not confirm that they told elton john, we have no confirmation of that, but we have no confirmation of that, but we will end it there, thank you very much indeed. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30pm and 11 30pm in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are rob merrick, whos deputy Political Editor at the independent, and the defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher. The Department Store chain beales has warned that it could collapse into administration. Beales, which has 22 branches across the uk, is negotiating with landlords over rent and is holding talks with potential buyers. The company has been around for almost 140 years, but poorer than expected Christmas Trading is threatening its survival. Robert scruton has died after a six month fight with cancer. The prolific intellectual author of some 50 books on morals, politics, architecture and aesthetics died earlier today with the family statement saying they are hugely proud of him and of all his achievements. He was knighted for his services to philosophy, teaching and Public Education four years ago. The headlines on bbc news hundreds of anti british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. Here, the government calls yesterdays detention of the ambassador a flagrant violation of international law. Urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couples future. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and Manila International airport puts all flights on hold after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. There are less than 20 hours left for the six candidates in the labour leadership to gain the backing they need to get to the next stage of the contest. Sir keir starmer, rebecca long bailey, Jess Phillips and lisa nandy have the required number of nominations, leaving Emily Thornberry and clive lewis lobbying to get the backing of at least 22 of their fellow labourmps and meps. Registered supporters who are not full Party Members will have 48 hours from 14th to 16th of january to secure a vote by paying £25. The ballot will be open from 2ist february until 2nd of april with the results announced two days later on 4th april. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, is here. Who is the favourite to win this . Is the man out in front, he is the man to beat in this race. He has got the backing of about 60 mps. In every poll we have seen so far, he is the man in front as well. But rebecca along bailey is the favourite candidate of the left. There is a good chance that when this campaign gets going and when some of the pressure groups stop lobbying for particular candidates, she will pick up a lot of background as well. In terms of people who we think will definitely get through than next phase tomorrow, who we know will get through the next phase tomorrow, lisa nandy and Jess Phillips will be passed that as well, so here starmer and rebecca as well. It is proving hard at the moment for clive lewis in particular. He only has the backing of four mps of 22 to get through. Emily thornberry only has ten as well. She spoke to andrew marr earlier and said she was confident. Can you do it . I think so. We have only had a week to get nominations in. There are a large number of mps who have not nominated yet. They wanted to speak to Party Members and go to hustings and think about this because it is a really important decision, but from the conversations i have had this weekend, i am fairly confident that as long as i do not have any slippage i will be fine, i will get across the line and then we will get across the line and then we will move onto the next stage. Its a long contest and itll have its ups and downs and i have been a slow starter but i did start from a standing start after the general election. One of the issues discussed is this point about proximity tojeremy discussed is this point about proximity to Jeremy Corbyn discussed is this point about proximity toJeremy Corbyn and that being an issue. It is a tight rope all the candidates to walk to appeal to the membership which has undoubtedly gone more to the left onto mr corbyn. Without being seen to be too close toJeremy Corbyn because he had that disastrous election result back in december. We have seen here starmer trying to do that by saying some policies are right, thatjeremy that by saying some policies are right, that Jeremy Corbyn that by saying some policies are right, thatJeremy Corbyn was right to make the party anti austerity but also saying that tony blair was right as well. It is a difficult issue per rebecca along bailey because she is seen this continuity corbyn candidate. That was put to her earlier to sky news. The platform upon which many of those policies was developed was developed was positive and it did deal with the reinvestment and reinvigoration of our economy and the shift of wealth and power away from those few minorities that have it to everybody in every single community, but we did not get that message through and we need to recognise that. So tomorrow we find out who gets through the first hurdle, which is the nomination from mps. There is another one, every candidate who remains in the race needs to back constituency parties or unions then is down to members, one member, one vote, three months left, all to play for. A dramatic release of ash and steam from a volcano in the philippines has led the authorities there to order 8,000 people to leave the area. This speeded up footage of the taal volcano, south of the philippine capital, manila, shows the plume of white smoke thats one kilometre high. Manilas International Airport has put all flights on hold. 0ur correspondent, howard johnson, is in the capital, manila, and he said the effects of the eruption are already being felt. Ive just been out on the streets and saw lots of people Wearing Masks to cover up with this ash thats falling down. You can have a look here. If i swipe my hand here, you can see there is dirt all over the place and there is a smell of sulphurous smell in the air and the authorities are advising people to wear masks to protect themselves. This has gone up from a level three alert to a level four alert and that means a catastrophic explosion could happen any time soon. That means lots of people are being evacuated. Some three major towns nearby, thousands of people are currently moving away from the volcano. We have seen a lot of volcanic activity in this region, seismic activity in the last year or 0. This pacific ring of fire has been incredibly noisy and busy, lots of rumbles today and booming sounds, local residents say. What is happening tonight is people are moving away, moving towards manila to make sure they are a safe distance away and the authorities are warning people, the president s spokesperson told people to get out of the area as soon as possible. What is the volcanic eruption history of this volcano . This is the second most active volcano in the philippines. The most active is mayon. Last year, that erupted and we saw a similar situation where it went from level three to four and there we saw a similar mass of plume, ash and steam rising from it. Then it moved on to this pyroclastic display with lots of lava flowing from it like a fountain from the top. That has not happened here in taalfor a long time, but there have been lots of tremors since march of last year, lots of warning signs that this volcano is active. Residents have been on a state of alert since they found that out. This is the area that had one of the most destructive volcanoes of all time pinatubo in 1991 blew up killing 350 people at the time, and a lot of people were affected by the mud flows and the dust in the air, lots of respiratory diseases affected hundreds more and hundreds more died as a result of that. The people here in the philippines are on a state of high alert tonight waiting to see what happens with taal volcano. Australias prime minister, scott morrison, has expressed regret over his handling of the bushfire crisis following widespread criticism of his governments response. In the state of south australia, many people have returned to their homes in Kangaroo Island to assess the damage. Almost half of the island has been scorched and scientists are worried about the fate of many endangered species. 0ur correspondent Shaimaa Khalil has been there, and her report does contain images of animals killed in the fires. Its an ecological disaster so big the army have been called in to help. For the second time in less than a week, bushfires have ravaged stretches of land here, destroying Natural Habitats and killing tens of thousands of animals. I dont think anyone would like to pick up, you know, deceased wildlife. Its not a fun task. Theres been a lot of devastation. It hasnt been easy for people, and well be here as long as they need us, and well do whatever we possibly can to help out. This place is renowned for its rich biodiversity and native wildlife. Now its feared half of the island has been scorched. In some parts, the fires burned right up to the sea. Going through Kangaroo Island, you can see why nothing stood a chance in the path of these fires. The charred trees, the scorched earth, the burnt animal carcasses on the side of the road. But the full picture of the devastation is still unclear because parts of the island are just too dangerous to get to. Scientists are extremely worried about the islands unique species, including the ligurian bees. Nearly a quarter of the beehives are believed to have been lost to the bushfires. In this makeshift clinic, vets have been racing to save as many animals as they can. Nearly two dozen koalas were brought in after the latest fires. The sad fact is that we estimate, of the thousands of koalas probably 20,000, 30,000 koalas on the island probably half have perished. Anything that we can salvage and save, well certainly be doing that. Its going to take a long time for australias iconic Nature Reserve to recover. The fear is that some of the wildlife its famous for may have been lost for good, and that other animals will have to battle bleak conditions just to survive. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, Kangaroo Island. Lets return to our lead story borisjohnson hasjoined with the french president , emmanuel macron, and the german chancellor, angela merkel, in a fresh appeal to tehran to return to complying with the International Nuclear deal. In iran, the British Ambassador has strongly objected to his arrest during demonstrations last night. And James Landale joins me in the studio. Lets start off with that line about the nuclear deal. Why are they so concerned . This deal, agreement made in 2015 between the International Community and around to say iran, stop producing your Nuclear Programme and we will lift economic sanctions, this has been a deaths tourfor sanctions, this has been a deaths tour for a number of years sanctions, this has been a deaths tourfor a number of years now sanctions, this has been a deaths tour for a number of years now ever since 2019 when the americans pulled out their support. They said, we dont believe this is working any more, runs to destabilising the region, it is not doing enough. The europeans have disagreed, saying, it is better than nothing, we need to maintain this dialogue and it is restricting the nuclear site of irans capabilities. Last week, trump made very clear appeal to the europeans, saying, you have to stop your support for this. Today, the europeans have responded, putting out a statement. The leaders of france, germany and the uk, they have said, we believe still in this deal, we have to keep it going as much as we can. The problem is, the iranians are losing patience and pulling out their provisions, theyre not complying with any more, so there is a debate going on about whether or not the europeans should formally issue a formal complaints mechanism to try and put pressure on the iranians, but the theories, within the confrontation taking place, this deal might collapse and the diplomat certainly think would bea the diplomat certainly think would be a mistake, certainly on the site of the atlantic. It is all getting very messy. We have had our man in tehran briefly detained, we have had mention of pariah status from dominic raab. How will this help will not help . The arrest of an ambassador is a serious matter, it isa ambassador is a serious matter, it is a breach of international law, the british have said, this is not acceptable. What is interesting as both the germans and french are put out separate statements themselves today, supporting the British Ambassador because they want to send ambassador because they want to send a clear signal to ambassador because they want to send a clearsignalto iran, ambassador because they want to send a clear signal to iran, this apparent intimidation of the diplomat is not acceptable. But equally there is an awareness which is saying, we do not want this incident to become yet another factor further inflaming an already tense situation so both sides are saying, we have to say our site but we do not want this to get caught up in the wider confrontation particular between the us and iran. Iran does not want to be seen as weakening its regime. What is the feeling of what will happen next . Iran is going through a spasm. It is reeling from this awful tragedy of the ukrainian being downed. Various different parts of the regime are looking at each other saying, he will get the blame for . All the focus will be on that. So there will bea focus will be on that. So there will be a lot of introspection within tehran at the moment, notjust looking at the wider world and trying to deal with the americans. Now its time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. Good evening, potentially disruptive weather

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