In memory of those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A british woman charged with drug smuggling in egypt has been ordered to stand trial in a criminal court. Laura plummer, who is 33 and from hull, was detained in the red sea resort of hughada last month. Police claim she was carrying nearly 300 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol. The drug is illegal in egypt but available on prescription in the uk. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent, orla guerin, whos following the case. This is certainly a setback for laura, family and her legal team. This is certainly a setback for laura, family and her legalteam. M is not the outcome they would have been open court today. Just hours ago we were in court here in hughada we re ago we were in court here in hughada were expecting a hearing. Her legal tea m were expecting a hearing. Her legal team before that was guardedly optimistic, hoping she might be granted bail because they sai
Zaghari ratcliffe fear her sentence could be extended following recent comments by borisjohnson that gave the impression shed been teaching journalism in iran. Her family insist she was there on holiday. Heres our Political Correspondent eleanor garnier. Injail in iran. Separated from her daughter and husband. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is british and iranian and facing a five year sentence for allegedly plotting to topple the government in tehran. Its now understood the foreign secretary borisjohnson has agreed to meet her husband. I think its important now that he tries to meet with us as soon as possible, next week, so that its clear from a political point of view that the uk government is standing alongside nazanin and her family. This week, the foreign secretary had to apologise after he mistakenly told mps he thought mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe had been in iran teaching journalists. Mrjohnson later said his comments could have been clearer and the uk government has no doubt she was on h
And a spy in stilettos Charlize Theron stars as the atomic blonde in this weeks blockbuster. Well have james kings verdict on that and the rest of the new releases in the film review. Its 5 00. Our main story 11 members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery, thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. Members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a Company Called Lincolnshire Driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. But their staff were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets, some of whom were alcoholics, homeless, or suffering learning difficulties. Our correspondent linsey smith reports. Patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, Lincolnshire Driveways. It looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid little or nothing. The court heard how they were approached on the
Of second place and coming off the back of their Champions League defeat last week jurgen klopp says it was important to get the win. Its a different competition but of course if you lost the game and then you want to go back directly on the winning streak, thats how it is. You know that but imagine if we had lost tonight, everyone would say two ina lost tonight, everyone would say two in a rightly so. Now we can stop that immediately and carry on and prepare for watford. Union berlin got the better of frankfurt, in the mid table clash in the german bundesliga. All the goals, in their 2 1 win coming in the second half. Sebastian andersson and evan ndickas own goal proved the difference, in a match where frankfurt fans left part of their ground empty, in protest at monday night games in the league. Italy is the country most affected by the coronavirus outbreak outside asia. After four matches in serie a were called off on sunday, its now been confirmed that inter milans Europa League ma
The french team have been practising ahead of their game against scotland in edinburgh where they hope to preserve their unbeaten record in this years tournament. In a Statement Released earlier today saying that as it stands that this match and all other fixtures will go ahead as planned. Now members of the Six Nations Council have been meeting here in paris to discuss the ramifications of the coronavirus crisis. Theyre going to take advice from Health Experts and governments. Borisjohnson has led a high level meeting in london in which he said he expected the disease to spread, but they had a plan in which more details would be revealed in the next days and weeks. There still is a decision to make about what to do about the postponed match between italy and ireland in dublin. So far thatis italy and ireland in dublin. So far that is the only game to have been called off in this year because my competition. But of course they could change. Thats the six nations but what about one of t