In iran18 been away from since being arrested in iran 18 months ago. The iranian authorities have accused the 37 year old of spying and trying to overthrow their government, something she and her family have strongly denied. In a statement, borisjohnson said he will raise grave concerns over the imprisonment of dual nationals where there are a humanitarian grounds to do so. Her british husband, richard, has been campaigning tirelessly for his wifes release. It was made clear we shouldnt expect any miracles. What we should ask is whether he can arrange for a visa for Richard Ratcliffe to go to iran. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson want to discuss britain was my continued deal and irans part in conflicts in syria. At least two people have been killed in israeli airstrikes in gaza. Israel says it was targeting hamas military positions after rockets were fired at southern israel. Four people are now known to have died in violence since President Trump announced america would move its embassy fr
Of murder ofjodie willsher. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Hello im olly foster at the bbc sports centre, heres whats coming up on sportsday this evening. The festive fixtures are upon us, wholl be top of the tree and whos next for the sack . Its not always the season of goodwill. Its a Blue Christmas for englands cricketers but one player could be ready to make his mark in melbourne. And driving home for christmas, and hooking and slogging. Records tumble in indias t20 win against sri lanka. Good evening, for many of you, your christmas break has started but if you can call it work, this is the busiest time of the year for a professional footballer. For the next fortnight, most teams in the top five divisions will be cramming in five matches. Averaging a game every three or four days, and it all starts tonight at the emirates, arsenal against liverpool, and there for us is Conor Mcnamara withjermainejenas. We are looking forward to arsenal vers
Days, Christian Fraser and katty kay will be getting reaction to the news that Donald Trumps lawyers are trying to prevent the publication of a book containing explosive allegations about his presidency. As more evidence of the pressure faced by the nhs this winter, well be live at a hospital in lancashire. And well have more on the irn bru fans whove been stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned recipe change thats all ahead on bbc news. Now its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im holly hamilton. On tonights programme. On his way home andy murray pulls out of this months australia open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. Injury worries for britains Johanna Konta, too. She retires from her quarter final match at the Brisbane International. We look ahead to this evenings football, as tottenham host west ham at wembley. Iam going i am going to have the twists and turns from the ashes. Good evening and welcome. We start with the news that andy murr
Pulled out of the Australian Open because of this long term hip problem. He is contemplating surgery now. What effect could it have on his future career . We will talk to you later. In the weather, darren, its been wet and windy and now its going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. Here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. More later on. Thank you very much. Also coming up. The real italian job, a multiMillion Pound heist at the doges palace in venice. Thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. No change for five years thats the message to britains farmers many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. The environment secretary michael g
Century. Whilst the skies might be blue chip in places this afternoon, its a very different feel. The storm has now cleared away eastwards. But still some persistent rain is present in parts of scotland and gusty winds along the eastern side of the country this afternoon. A rash of showers as well across england and wales, most prolific gcioss england and wales, most prolific across western england and wales, most prolific gcioss Western Areas england and wales, most prolific across Western Areas this morning and they will be extending eastwards this afternoon. There will be some sunshine in between the ships will feeling cooljeff brewin is not as strong as it was overnight but it will be quite gusty nonetheless, particularly along the coast and over the hills. Feeling quite cool this afternoon in northern ireland. Further frequent showers in the afternoon in scotland. Further showers this evening, and in this feature here we will see the rainfall pepping up across parts of scotland, a