Afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Could host to much of the events for today at 4. The 19 year old british woman convicted of lying about being raped birminghams Commonwealth Games. I will explain later. And darren with in cyprus is allowed to fly back to the uk after receiving a 4 month the weather. A lot of interest in suspended sentence. The foreign secretary welcomes the news. We will be following up on the the weather. A lot of interest in the weather. A lot of interest in issues in relation to the case. The weather in the uk. Not least because his so mild but it is also i spoke to the Cypriot Foreign windy in some parts of the uk. We minister about that. Will look at that later. Scores of people are killed thanks darren. In a stampede, as iranians flock also coming up. To the funeral of qasem suleimani, killed by the us. Joker leads the way in this years bafta film nominations but theres criticism of the lack a teenager admits killing of diversity with only white newlywed pc Andrew
Do is allowed into parliament after a standoff with security who tried to block. Womens activists slammed the cypriot Justice System after a british teenager is given a suspended sentence for making false accusations of rape. And incest for african gets ready to celebrate its best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents footballer of the year award star in the English Premier League. Its been another day of dramatic developments in iran where the burial of the top iranian commander assassinated in the u. S. Airstrike on friday has been postponed for at least 50 people were killed in a stamp a stampede during his funeral procession huge crowds that packed custom salaam on his hometown of command and the congestion in the streets led to a crush of people its not clear when the burial will happen now in the capital tehran the parliament passed. A bill designating the u. S. Army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations its also boosted the budget for the elite could force that
Already claimed at least 15 lives. Israels Prime Minister seeks immunity from prosecution in 3 Corruption Cases. Violence and arrests as protesters in hong kong kickoff the new was another massive march demanding greater freedom. Supporters and members of an iran backed group of withdrawing from the u. S. Embassy compound in the iraqi capital baghdad after a 2 day siege of americas biggest Diplomatic Mission leaders of the Popular Mobilization forces ordered them to leave but there is a condition they want to Iraqs Parliament to vote on a timeline for the withdrawal of Foreign Forces the protesters are angry about sundays airstrikes by the u. S. On the hezbollah brigades camps that killed at least 27. 00 people earlier on weapons day the crowds threw rocks and lit fires outside the compound irans Supreme Leader the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also condemned the u. S. Strikes and want to iran will defend itself if threatened its amount of 14 begins our coverage with this report from bagh
And two metal detectorists are found guilty of stealing and concealing a viking hoard of coins and jewellery worth millions of pounds much of which is still missing. Jeremy corbyn has unveiled labours general election manifesto and vowed to transform the United Kingdom if they win. He unveiled the wide ranging plans in birmingham promising what he called a green transformation of the economy and a manifesto for hope. A Labour Government would nationalise rail, mail, water and energy companies. They would build at least 150,000 new council and social homes every year until 2025. And mr corybn said thered be a one off windfall tax on Oil Companies to pay back the damage done to the climate. Thered be big tax increases on higher earners and companies to pay for the plans. A leading Economist Says the scale of the proposals is enormous. Heres our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg and a warning her report contains flash photography. Is it time . Time for a much bigger state . Time for a go
On the grounds and the Police Officers had guns and i heard pops. Police are still trying to establish motive. The debate ahead of the general election was overshadowed by the attack. In the netherlands, at least three people have been stabbed in an attack on a busy shopping street in the hague. Hello and welcome to world news today. A man has been shot dead by police on London Bridge after a number of people were stabbed this afternoon. Two people have died. Police say it was a terror attack. In the last hour, its also been confirmed that three people were seriously hurt. The attackers identity is not yet known. The incident unfolded just before 2pm local time on friday afternoon. Police say they were called to an incident at a premises near London Bridge amid reports of a stabbing. Shortly afterwards, eyewitnesses filmed members of the public as they cornered a man carrying a knife on the north side of the bridge and pinned him to the ground. Armed Police Arrived within minutes and s