Im Maryam Namazie in london with the top stories from europe including the rich and powerful begin to descend on dallas for the World Economic forum and the Climate Crisis is top of the agenda and ive had a similar dispute over the concerns its rain which hampers the opening day of the Australian Open for the court under the roof to framing. The lights the crow. Thank you very much for joining us 2 iraqi protesters have been killed in baghdad where Security Forces used tear gas and live ammunition another has died in the central city of karbala further south demonstrators try to cut off the main highway to the oil rich province of basra well be live to baghdad in just a moment but 1st this report from a man caught. In one of the main squares in central Baghdad Police and protesters confront each other it again in the early hours of monday as protesters tried to block the road leading to the square they want a change of government and accuse the current one of corruption a cool had gone
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Information about the consequences of the attack, they promised to be made public later, muscovites were once again alarmed in the evening over the belgorod region, Russian Air Defense forces allegedly shot down a drone, the ministry of defense reported another unknown drone, the occupiers landed over the southwestern part of crimea, according to governor mykhailo razvazaev, debris fell on the territory of one area, ukraine was blamed for the attack, it was avoided without destruction and victims, we return our lands in his traditional evening address, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed full control over the tick at the moment in the deoccupied in the settlement, the Defense Forces are carrying out stabilization measures today, soldiers who are returning to ukraine step by step exactly in the area of bakhmut 80th brigade of the cheap fifth separate assault brigade glorious 95th united assault brigade of the National Police rage tick well done due to the war the damage to the
Johnny hallyday who died on wednesday aged 7a. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, says he has had frank and constructive talks with his iranian counterpart in tehran over the case of british iranian Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe whos been injail since 2016. The mother of one is serving a 5 year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. The two hour meeting covered a number ofareas, including mrs zaghari ratcliffes situation. We will have a full report on this atio. We will have a full report on this at10. 10 we will have a full report on this at 10. 10 when viewers on bbc one join us. Before that our Diplomatic Correspondent has been speaking to nazanins husband, richard. Its obvious that nazanin is not coming home with the foreign secretary, but do 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 t
The foreign secretary borisjohnson has held talks in tehran where hes pressed for the release of the british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, whos been in prison there since april 2016. Shes accused of working against the regime, which she denies. The Foreign Office said the discussions had been frank and constructive. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. It could look routine. Borisjohnson and his iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad zarif, shake hands on the way into talks. But theres nothing routine about this encounter. The foreign secretary looking uncharacteristically intense, and with good reason. He wants to improve relations but also criticise some of irans actions while arguing for iranian prison releases, including of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe a case many accuse him of damaging by loose talk last month. Watching anxiously with me in london, nazanins husband, Richard Ratcliffe. He has campaigned day in, day out for her freedom since nazanins arrest in ap