This is bbc news. The headlines at 103m. Iran admits unintentionally shooting down the Ukranian Airlines passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board, because of human error. The Northern Ireland assembly will today sit for the First Time Since the collapse of power sharing three years ago. Keir starmer the shadow brexit secretary today launches his Leadership Campaign in the race to lead the labour party. Today he defended anti austerity policies. Sometimes when you lose an election there is a tendency to say that everything must go. That is wrong in my view. In the sport, more var controversy
after west hams injury time equaliser is denied due to an accidental handball picked up on the cameras. Coming up, cutting your train fares we look at how split ticketing can save you money, as its rolled out by a major ticketing firm. And at 10. 30 transporting you to outer space, in northern spain. An other worldly experience, in the travel show. Good morning. Iran has admitted that it uni
This is bbc news. The headlines. Iran admits unintentionally shooting down the Ukranian Airlines passenger plane killing all 176 people on board because of human error. The Northern Ireland assembly will today sit for the First Time Since the collapse of power sharing three years ago. Keir starmer the shadow brexit secretary officially launches his Leadership Campaign in the race to lead the labour party. Today he defended anti austerity policies. There is sometimes a tendency to say that everything we put on a ma nifesto that everything we put on a manifesto and everything we believed in the last four years has got to go. Wrong in my view. Coming up,
foreign correspondence giving is the latest on developments in iran in dateline. Iran has admitted that it unintentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet because of human error. He said the plane was misidentified asa he said the plane was misidentified as a Cruise Missile. 176 people died in the accidentjust hours after iran had fir
The thing about the post dunkirk evacuations, one of the reasons why the story is not told, is because, for a lot of people, they dont think it has the romanticism of the little ships. Well, it does, and here is that romantic story. Here are those brave civilian seamen taking their small boats into the line of fire. Robert hall, bbc news, st helier. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. Over the course of the weekend, we had some big thunderstorms developing, mixed with rainbows, would you believe . With the same area of low pressure we had over the weekend with us for much of this week, we are going to see some further big thunderstorms. In the
last hour, we have started to see them break out. Todays heaviest storms will be across parts of wales, the north west midlands, north west england, south west scotla nd north west england, south west scotland and Northern Ireland. In the heaviest downpours, we could see around 15 25 millimetres in the space of an hour. Thats enou
This is bbc news, the headlines at six. President trumps doctors say he is continuing to improve as hes treated in hospital for coronavirus they also reveal more details of his condition before he was admitted he received oxygen twice but they remain optimistic. If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house where he can continue his treatment course. I came here, wasnt feeling so well. I feel much better now. From hospital earlier the president said he hoped to be back soon, acknowledging that the real test lies in the days ahead. The Prime Minister says its too early to tell if the latest covid restrictions are working and urges people to keep
following the rules. Thousands ofjobs are at risk as the uks largest cinema chain cineworld considers temporarily closing all of its sites. And a surprise result in the London Marathon as the 2020 race delayed for months takes place. Hello and welcom
As tinsel town gears up for the Academy Awards, well look at what can be expected at tonights ceremony. And coming up at half past, sportsday will bring you the best of the action from france against italy in the six nations. Good afternoon. Severe gales and heavy rain are affecting the length and breadth of the uk as storm ciara sweeps in, causing flooding and widespread travel disruption. Gusts of more than 100 Miles Per Hour have been recorded in the highlands. There are nearly 300 flood warnings in place, and airlines have cancelled dozens of flights. Thousands of people have been left without power. With more, heres our correspondent helena wilkinson. This is blackpool, one of the coastal areas bearing the brunt of storm ciara. Severe gales and heavy rain are sweeping across the country, causing difficult and sometimes dangerous conditions. This is as close as im going to get, behind a building, so its up to everybody, really, isnt it . They know their own limitations. Its crazy,