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
Health charity, mind. Regardless of who the biggest band in the world is, you will have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. In a world exclusive, Coldplays Chris Martin speaks to the bbc about why hes taking the band off the road to save the planet. And england make a promising start to the first test in new zealand. Theyre 241 4 at close with ben stokes 67 not out. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Lawyers for women who say they were sexually assaulted by the convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, have urged the duke of york to give a sworn legal statement about his links to the american financier. Prince andrew said yesterday he was willing to help investigations into epstein if required. Hes also withdrawing from public duties because of what he called his ill judged association with epstein, who killed himself injail. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He and Buckingham Palace accepted his position had become unsustainable. I
All this as jim mattis breaks his silence overnight blasting his former boss. Tropical storm warning. The new threat brewing in the gulf taking aim at florida, with heavy rain, coastal flooding and gusty winds. Ginger is tracking its path. This plane overshoots the runway carrying 42 people including a High School Swim team. The investigation this morning into what went wrong. In the nick of time. Commuter heroes swiftly jumping into action when this woman was accidentally pushed onto the tracks seconds before the subway arrived. Abc news exclusive. Prince harry and duchess meghan speak out about their battle with the media, and harry getting candid about remembering his mothers encounters with the paparazzi. Every single time i see a camera, every single time i hear a click, every single time i see a flash, it takes me straight back. How they say theyre honoring princess dianas legacy this morning. Good morning, america. We are happy to join you on this busy friday morning. Busy is on
Wait a minute. Im beginning to think this sandwich shortage is a marketing ploy to get us to buy more chicken. I mean, popeyes is a Fried Chicken restaurant, how can they run out of Fried Chicken . Its all they have. Anyway, your mission, should you accept it, get me a popeyes chicken sandwich. Casualty count is inconsequential. Hold on. There was something else, had to do with a russian sub. Oh, so hard to think when im so hungry announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, alabama. Plus stephen welcomes mayor Pete Buttigieg and Graham Norton, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen whoo please have a seat, everybody welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause the big story continues to be hurricane dorian. Its currently a category 2 spinning off the coast of the carolinas, after devastating the bahamas over the wee