Are learning about technology and staying safe online. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, where hes pressing the authorities to release Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe and others with british iranian dual citizenship on humanitarian grounds. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. Adina campbell reports. A big day for the British Foreign secretary. Ahead of a highly anticipated meeting, borisjohnson greeted by his iranian counterpart, looked keen to get the discussions off to a quick start. Where the topic of the imprisonment of dual nationals will be high on the agenda. One of them is nazanin zaghair ratcliffe, seen here with her daughter, who she has been away from since being arrested in tehran 18 months ago. The iranian authorities have accused the 37 year old of spying and trying to overthrow their government, something she and her
Who died on wednesday aged 7a. And coming up a win for west ham as they beat chelsea at the london stadium, the first under new manager david moyes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, and says he has and frank and constructive talks. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. This afternoon, our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins spoke to nazanins husband richard ratcliffe, who spoke about his hopes that the foreign secretarys visit could help see his wife released from prison before christmas. Its obvious that nazanin is not coming home with the foreign secretary, but you think there is any evidence this series of meetings could make a difference . Im sure it will make a difference, him being there, him raising the case in the context of a lot of other stuff can only help improve relations and improve relations can only lead to
Stocks have added to gains since all of that news started to come out. People asking whether fridays low was the bottom joe, what do you think is it going to hold . I cannot give you the answer to that thars a good thing secondarily, the fact this is just an equity correction and not a portfolio correction doesnt present the risk to global synchronized growth thats very important. Is the worst over yes yes. That doesnt mean that we dont test it. What we see when we see a big spike is significant spike like this one we shorten the time frame because of the speed i dont think we go back there ill be surprised if we can push back into the low 30s because were not just with moves like today. Youre 1. 4 . Youre not in the 30 volatility range. In other words, i think a lot of folks that needed to get protection grabbed it last week. Some at really bad prices. Some hopefully kept their hands in their pockets and didnt make the bad decision youre a buyer of stocks and a number of different one
From authorities likely to shake Investor Confidence in spain. The spanish market 0. 75 . Getting brazil back on track. Once the emerging economy to watch brazil has been mired in recession and scandal. So what can it do to win back investors . Well ask the head of the countrys Investment Agency. And following the cancellations chaos at ryanair and now the collapse of monarch, today we want to know whether youll book your next flight with a budget carrier . 0r or have they lost your faith . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Before we look at our top business story, lets bring you the latest on what we know about the on going shooting incident on the las vegas strip. There are reports of many casualties. Some witnesses say gunfire came from an upper storey of the mandalay bay casino overlooking a site where a Country Music festival was taking place. Clearly, thats it the scene in las vegas. Pictures of people attending the festival show th
The senate to a halt as the fight over obamacare state enters the key to week stretch. You can read more at the hill. Com today. The defense secretary james mattis and general Joseph Dunford chair joint chiefs of staff testify now about the president s 2018 budget for for the pentagon. The Senate Armed Services Committee Held at this hearing last week. Good morning. In the thin Arm Service Committee meets this one tracy testimony on the department of defense fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis and chairman dent for, secretary norquist, i thank you for your many years of distinguished service and your leadership of our men and women in uniform. Before we begin, i want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Eric houck, Sergeant William bays, and Corporal Dillon baldridge. M these three soldiers from the armys 101st Airborne Division were killed this weekend in afghanistan. The thoughts and prayers of this committee are with their loved ones. The sac