Been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday irans revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. Turn. It is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability. The belated admission has sparked protests in teheran they chant death to liars and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice theyre angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities less than 24 hours before saturdays admission the head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization spoke to al jazeera. Was uscis it is very obvious that it was not hit by a missile if a missile hit it it should have crashed in its original direction. And this is whats causing more anger among iranians the fact that it took officials more than 48 hours after repeated denials to reveal what r
A landslide victory for taiwans Pro Independence president who has won a 2nd in power and already delivered a shop warning to china. We start with breaking news this hour britains ambassador to iran has been released after being briefly arrested in tehran its not yet known under what circumstances well macare was held foreign secretary dominic rob is called it a flagrant violation of International Law and has said that iran needs to take steps to deescalate recent tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forward its well earlier on i spoke to trita parsi the executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and a professor of middle east politics and us about his initial thoughts and reaction to this arrest. We dont know the circumstances are exactly what happened here if that was a mistake it is important to note that apparently he was released rather quickly if he was still kept by the iranians and i think the risk of that leading to an Additional International crisis would have been
Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
Wins Sports Personality of the year. And well be taking another look at the papers with political commentator and former head of press under david cameron, Giles Kenningham and the Political Writer and academic, maya goodfellow. Good evening. Labours leaders have apologised for the partys defeat in the general election, which saw them lose 59 seats. Jeremy corbyn said he was sorry they came up short. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, said he owns this disaster and that he regretted the party wasnt able to articulate its message more effectively. But he also blamed brexit, and the medias portrayal ofjeremy corbyn insisting that hed been demonised. Tonight, labour suggested that the process to elect a new leader could begin onjanuary 7th, as nick eardley reports. Thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end, but what will that mean for the labour party . How much does it need to change after its disastrous election result . This morning, mr corbyn said he too
As a result of this attacks, young muslims are being radicalised at the same time. Lets see a clip. So you can see in from this clip, it is gritty, but has a thriller undercurrent. We then follow an undercover agent who is infiltrating that cell, but who becomes absolutely convinced that the greater threat is being posed by these kind of white nationalists. The interesing thing about the drama is this on the one hand, it takes a real life situation, it imagines it four years in the future. Theres an element of fantastic imagination about it. At times it is really gritty and really convincing and does a very interesting job of wrong footing the audience about their expectation about where the drama is going. At other times, i have to say, it tips into rather crass melodrama. You end up with a film that is intriguing. I do think the director is an interesting film maker and we will see better work in the future. The things with this is that its fine, but not great, because it does have a