The United States trillion dollar war has served its arch rival. I think the reason the americans are so surprised at the amount of influence iran has is basically because iran has done everything the americans have not done. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers li
Are learning about technology and staying safe online. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, where hes pressing the authorities to release Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe and others with british iranian dual citizenship on humanitarian grounds. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. Adina campbell reports. A big day for the British Foreign secretary. Ahead of a highly anticipated meeting, borisjohnson greeted by his iranian counterpart, looked keen to get the discussions off to a quick start. Where the topic of the imprisonment of dual nationals will be high on the agenda. One of them is nazanin zaghair ratcliffe, seen here with her daughter, who she has been away from since being arrested in tehran 18 months ago. The iranian authorities have accused the 37 year old of spying and trying to overthrow their government, something she and her
During the election campaign, mr trump said he would recognise jerusalem as israels capital, and on wednesday he did just that. On friday, palestinian protestors responded with what they called a day of rage an appropriate description that captures both their anger and their impotence. Ned, he has broken out of this position that has been established policy, whether democrats or republicans have been in the white house, for decades now. Could he encourage others to do the same . No, in a word. I would be astonished. Words and actions where the same, but it is trump musical theatre. Despite this statement, he also signed the six month waiver, as did his predecessors to avoid actually having to move the American Embassy any time soon tojerusalem. His argument is they would have to establish a new building and all the rest of it. And the real problem, like so much in the Trump Administration, it has nothing to do with foreign policy. It was a petulant, superficial decision, ticking a box,
Says he will seek a Un Security Council resolution over president trumps decision on jerusalem. Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, a full body of kids favourites. A future head of state, and a bare bottom. Today we are in manchester, at the childrens global media summit, a meeting of those who make the content that our children will be watching in the coming years. Its an event with some very important speakers. Parents, like catherine and me, are raising the first generation of digitally immersed children. And this gives us many reasons to be optimistic about the impact of technology on childhood. And before the duke of cambridge gave his speech to the audience, i managed to grab a quick interview with one of the most talked about couples in the country. How are you finding the conference so far . Because, to be honest, my kids get more about the staff of the furcherster hotel than the powers that be behind the scenes. But the discussions taking place here will shape the t
Who died on wednesday aged 7a. And coming up a win for west ham as they beat chelsea at the london stadium, the first under new manager david moyes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, and says he has and frank and constructive talks. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. This afternoon, our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins spoke to nazanins husband richard ratcliffe, who spoke about his hopes that the foreign secretarys visit could help see his wife released from prison before christmas. Its obvious that nazanin is not coming home with the foreign secretary, but you think there is any evidence this series of meetings could make a difference . Im sure it will make a difference, him being there, him raising the case in the context of a lot of other stuff can only help improve relations and improve relations can only lead to