this is bbc news. i m kasia madera. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our main stories. nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman detained in iran nearly six years ago, has been released and is expected to be heading back to the uk soon. she is still actually under iranian control in the airports so she is still not free, but it definitely feels like she is about to be. another british iranian, anousheh ashouri, detained for more than four years, is also leaving tehran bound for the uk. seeking solutions nato defence ministers meet to discuss ukraine for the first time since the russia invasion.
he s deeply grateful for her release, and that he and their daughter gabriella, are looking forward to a new life. mrs zaghari ratcliffe, who has dual british and iranian nationality, had been detained since 2016, originally accused of spying, then charged with plotting to overthrow the iranian government. she s always strenuously denied the allegations. another dual national, anousheh ashouri, is also returning to the uk, after being released. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says britain has now settled an outstanding £400 million debt with iran, dating back to the 1970s. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has the very latest. the sheer relief, the joy, are written all over her face. this is the moment nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and her relatives have dreamt of for almost six desperate years. gratitude for those that made it happen, as she arrived from tehran in oman, then she boarded another plane, carrying her back to the uk and her excited family.
anousheh ashouri, and initially the message from the foreign office to the family was, don t really speak about this because they do so may jeopardise things but then richard did speak very openly, and has been such an active campaigner on behalf of his wife. how do you feel about how your brother has handled all of this? he how your brother has handled all of this? ., , how your brother has handled all of this? . , ., . , ., how your brother has handled all of this? ., ., . , ., i. this? he has always felt that, you can t hide from this? he has always felt that, you can t hide from it, this? he has always felt that, you can t hide from it, he this? he has always felt that, you can t hide from it, he has - this? he has always felt that, you can t hide from it, he has to - this? he has always felt that, you can t hide from it, he has to be i can t hide from it, he has to be vocal about it. the power of the campaign, the power of being transparent will help get nazanin home, and
in the six nations defeat against ireland on saturday. also 82 seconds and following a clash of heads and and following a clash of heads and an attempted tackle. the earliest dismissal in the championships history. the first british writer to win the worlds oldest one day bike race and have been going since 1876 and continuing his good early season and continuing his good early season and of sprinting his rivals and celebrating his 159th career victory and his third this year. and that is all for me. sports day at 630 if you can but now back to you. nazanin zaghari ratcliffe is flying back to her family in the uk after nearly six years of detention in iran. the british iranian was convicted in 2016 of plotting to overthrown the government in tehran a charge she s always denied. she s travelling with another dual national, anousheh ashouri, who was also freed this morning.
and nazanin have got, so far. == and nazanin have got, so far. thank you and nazanin have got, so far. thank you very much, we will keep you updated if we get any more news. actually i am just hearing an update. press tv, iranian tv, are saying that nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and anousheh ashouri are leaving turlan. so that sounds like they are on the plane leaving. it sounds potentially like they are on a flight that has taken off, but we can t confirm that at this point. that is iranian tv reporting. hearing from nazanin zaghari ratcliffe s sister in law saying that there had been an expectation of an iranian news conference before they left the airport, that hasn t happened, she also said that nazanin zaghari ratcliffe had been made to record something for iranian television and the family don t know exactly what it was that she had to