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
Four anti-racism demonstrators were cleared Wednesday of criminal damage in the toppling of a statue of a 17th-century slave trader during a Black Lives Matter protest in southwestern England.
Four anti-racism demonstrators were cleared Wednesday of criminal damage in the toppling of a statue of a 17th-century slave trader during a Black Lives Matter protest in southwestern England.
Hundreds of people lined up Saturday in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy - a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local statue of a slave trader.