Responsible for the attacks on two its saturday 15th june. Oil tankers in the gulf of oman, according to the foreign our top story a comprehensive secretary, jeremy hunt. Review of hospital food yesterday, the us military released in england has been announced a video which it said showed iranian by the Health Secretary matt hancock in response to the deaths forces removing an unexploded mine of five patients who contracted from one of the stricken ships. Listeria. Tehran has denied any involvement. Seven nhs trusts have been the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, affected by the outbreak, which has been linked to pre packed says theres no credible evidence sandwiches and salads. Iran is responsible, simonjones reports. Tweeting that the uk should ease tensions, rather than fuel a military escalation. Two teenagers have been killed with nine confirmed cases in london in separate attacks within minutes of each other. Of listeria in hospital patients, police are investigating after one result
Hong kongs suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to mainland china. The proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. The government had previously argued that the extradition bill would plug the loopholes so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. But critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to chinas unfair justice system. Hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam, said the priority now was to restore peace and order. After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announced that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. We start argumentation with all sectors of society. Do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. I want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heat comprehensively different views in society towards the bill. I want to stress that the government is adopting
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from
a coordinated international rescue effort is now under way. also on the programme. hospital bosses urge ministers to re open pay talks with staff, as unions prepare for their biggest round of strikes. the head of a top english public school is found dead, along with her husband and daughter, in a property on school grounds. we look at how the spiralling demand for digital data storage, is delaying the construction, of new homes. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. and a musical renaissance for beyonce, winning a record breaking 32nd grammy award. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester city has been accused of more than 100 charges of breaching financial rules by the premier league following a long running investigation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. more than 1,700 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that s hit southern turkey and syria. it happened in the early hours of this morning, and had a magnitude of 7.
With a full round up of the days news, but first on bbc news, its waheeds wars. Afghanistan, a country wracked by seemingly interminable war. Here, there are always casualties. In the hospitals, they fight their own daily battle against injury and disease, armed with the most basic facilities. On the outskirts of the capital, kabul, lies a refugee camp for around 1,000 afghan families displaced by war and poverty. Today, they have a visitor, a man who knows how it is to live in the most basic of conditions. It is very sad to see this. It brings all my memories back. In his kitchen in chester, dr waheed arian is taking yet another call from afghanistan. A hospital in kabul has a problem and needs expert help. Most hospitals there have his number on speed dial. Over the past two years, he has established a network of around 100 volunteer doctors and consultants in the west who give free advice to hospitals in war zones. It is all done by text, whatsapp, skype, and e mail. This is Tele Me