Hms ocean is in the British Virgin islands, providing support for those affected by hurricanes irma and maria. And prince harry meets first lady ahead of the opening of the 2017 Invictus Games in toronto. You good evening and welcome to bbc news. Iran says its successfully tested a new Ballistic Missile, with a range of up to 12 hundred miles. It comes just days after President Trump attacked the countrys weapons programme, in a speech at the United Nations. Here, the foreign secretary boris johnson, called on iran to end what he called provocative acts. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. A show of power from tehran. A missile launched as a message to the americans. This was statement television in iran broadcasting what it says was the successful test of the newly developed missile with a range the launch came just days after President Trump attacked iran at the United Nations for destabilising the middle east and condemned its Missile Programme. He again threatened
Also in the next hour, theresa may defends the benefits of a free market economy. In a speech at the bank of england, the Prime Minister said capitalisms faults had to be addressed but abandoning the system would be a backward step. And the founder of Playboy Magazine hugh hefner, has died. He was 91. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Ryanair is being threatened with legal action for persistently misleading passengers, about their rights. The move by the uks air regulator follows the cancellation of thousands more flights, affecting travellers through the christmas period, and well into march next year. The Civil Aviation authority says its launched enforcement action, which is a First Step Towards a law suit. Ryanairs problems are due to a shortage of pilots, because of annual leave commitments. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett reports. Ryanair has already annoyed hundreds of thousands of passengers by cancelling their flights. Now the head of the Civil Aviation authority
And the founder of playboy magazine, hugh hefner, has died he was 91. England have suspended ben stokes and alex hales from International Cricket until further notice after the pair were involved in an incident near a bristol nightclub. Stokes was said to be fragile and devastated and has apologised to cricket chiefs after his arrest on suspicion of assault. Video footage allegedly shows him in a brawl in the early hours of monday. Our sports news correspondent Richard Conway is here. Worse so just bring us up to date, where are we with this . Yeah, so the ecb saying that ben stokes and alex hales will not be considered for selection, they are saying it is not a suspension per se, but they will not be considered for selection for International Matches until further notice. They say they remain on full pay pending their own investigation and of course that of the avon and Somerset Police. This all stems, of course, from an incident in bristol in the early hours of monday morning. Why ha
Points, but others, however, more work remains to be done. And we are not a there yet. When i look across the full range of issues, im clear weve made considerable progress on the issues that matter. American founder of the International Adult magazine playboy, hugh hefner, has died at the age of 91. Its five oclock, our main story. Ryanair is being threatened with legal action for persistently misleading passengers about their rights. The move by the uks air regulator follows the cancellation of thousands more flights, affecting travellers through the Christmas Period and well into march next year. The Civil Aviation authority says its launched enforcement action, which is a First Step Towards a law suit. Ryanairs problems are due to a shortage of pilots, because of annual leave commitments. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett reports. Ryanair has already annoyed hundreds of thousands of passengers by cancelling their flights. Now the head of the Civil Aviation authority says he i
Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of a united spain. It follows the National Governments decision to take direct control of catalonia, after regional leaders voted to declare independence on friday. In the last few hours, spains foreign minister has said that the deposed catalan president , carles puigdemont, could run for re election in december if he has not been imprisoned by then. His comments come as spains chief prosecutor prepares to file criminal damages against mr puigdemont who has said he does not recognise the orderfrom madrid removing him from power. Our correspondentjames reynolds is in barcelona. This may be spains most profound crisis in decades but there is a certain order to it. Each side here demonstrates in turn. This afternoon, the anti Independence Movement had its say. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up