this was the moment nazanin zaghari ratcliffe was finally reunited with her seven year old daughter gabriella and husband richard. a family torn apart for six long years, a family once more complete. so too for anousheh ashoori, the british iranian businessman who had also been freed. an emotional reunion with his family, the relief and release after so many years of detention and separation. it was, said his daughter elika, happiness in one picture. their years of detention ended yesterday, when they were finally allowed to fly home, freed by the iranian authorities who had held them hostage as diplomatic pawns. they arrived at raf brize norton in 0xfordshire in the early hours, in good spirits, as theirfamilies watched and waited.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the globe. i mjames reynolds in lviv. our top stories: ukrainian authorities have begun rescuing people from a bomb shelter at a theatre in mariupol, which they say was hit by russian shells. moscow denies attacking it. applause a standing ovation for ukraine s leader at the german bundestag. president zelensky says that sanctions are not enough to end the conflict. nazanin zaghari ratcliffe is finally reunited with her family after years in detention in tehran. she was met by her daughter gabriella and husband who d campaigned tirelessely for her release. bringing mummy home and showing mummy off will really validate gabriella s insecurities
pages put you up pictures of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe on a yellow dress boarding a plane that is can you bring your own later this evening or the early hours of tomorrow morning finally to be reunited with richard and their daughter gabriella who is now nearly eight. just a toddler when her mum was first detained in tehran airport after a family visit on her way, she was supposed to be coming home to her husband in london and she was at the airport with her daughter and she was detained. that was the beginning of the six year nightmare that this family has endured. i nightmare that this family has endured. , , ,.,, nightmare that this family has endured. , , , , , endured. i suppose the best they can a- reciate endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they have endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they have time - endured. i suppose the best they can
until february, assuming that hopefully the worst of the omicron situation is behind us then. the 90 s band the christians have released a new version of their hit, man don t cry, in support of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe today. mrs zaghari ratcliffe has been detained in iran for five years on spying charges which she denies. this version, featuring nazanin s husband richard and their daughter gabriella, has been reworked and named naz don t cry. let s take a listen. # daylight breaking through # so, naz, don t cry # don t cry # naz, don t cry # such a clear case of injustice i m nowjoined by the christians lead singer, garry christian.
for spreading propaganda against the iranian regime. her husband richard staged his first hunger strike two years ago, which helped lead to the return of their daughter gabriella, who d been travelling with her mother in iran. i worry, with the latest news we ve had with nazanin s case, that she s going to be thrown back in prison anytime soon. so i wanted to make an escalation that would get the attention of the british government, but also, in the end, we do need the british to move. eight people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two teenage boys died in essex. emergency services were called to regency court in brentwood in the early hours of this morning and police are now working to establish the causes of death. a third person was treated for injuries which were not life threatening. the bbc has learned that 18 months after the government announced a £1 billion scheme to help tower block owners remove flammable cladding from their homes, funds so far have been alloc