To grow. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, officially launches his bid to become the next labour leader, saying the country needs radical policies to fight inequality. And in half an hour here on bbc news, brexitcast this weeks inside information from westminster and brussels. Borisjohnson has said that irans admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an important first step. Four britons were among the 176 People Killed in wednesdays crash. A Senior Iranian military official said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. Irans president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an unforgiveable mistake. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has more. Almost from the moment the ukrainian airliner crashed early on wednesday morning, officials in tehran furiously rejected the growing video and intelligence evidence suggesting that it had been hit by an iranian missile. Then today, an abrupt about turn. In a flurry of so
Crawls and happy hours are banned in three popular resorts. In sport simply the bess. Englands spinner takes 5 south african wickets, as england dominate in port elizabeth. And we look at the battle for self driving car supremacy between the United States and china. Thats in click in half an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The five mps who want to replace Jeremy Corbyn as labour leader, have been taking questions from Party Members in liverpool. The candidates called for unity within the party, despite jostling for position over a number of issues. Its the first of a series of events around the country, which will culminate in a new leader being selected at the start of april. Heres our political correspondent, Susana Mendonca with the latest. Heading in to face party numbers, this, the first hustings in labours leadership contest. The opening question how to bring a divided Party Together after its general election defeat. The whole point of the labour party was that it
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Thereve been angry protests on the streets of iran after the countrys military finally admitted it did shoot down a ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. Iran says it made a disastrous mistake when it wrongly identified the plane as a cruise missile. Demonstrators in tehran have been calling for irans Supreme Leader to resign, as our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Almost from the moment the ukrainian airliner crashed early on wednesday morning, officials in tehran furiously rejected the growing video and intelligence evidence suggesting it had been hit by an iranian missile. Then today, an abrupt about turn. In a flurry of social media postings irans president spoke of a disastrous mistake. The foreign minister talked of human error. The ambassador in london apologised for misleading the media with wrong findings. A senior military commander explained that irans air defences had been on high alert after the attack o
Society to drift back and allow division to grow. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers broadcaster, Lynn Faulds Wood, and the journalist and commentator, anne ashworth. Good evening. Senior members of the royal family, including the queen, will meet on monday to discuss the future for prince harry and meghan. It follows their decision, announced last week, to step back from their prominent roles in the royal family. The summit will take place at the queens sandringham residence in norfolk, and is expected to look at a range of possibilities. The issue of funding is expected to play a central role. Meghan is in canada. Its likely, though not certain, that she willjoin the conversation by phone. Our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, gave us a few more details about mondays meeting. I think officials have a better, not complete, idea of what they want and a range of possibilities will be suggested and a reality check perhaps for the sussex and they ho
To a level four alert. That means a catastrophic explosion could happen any time soon. Regret from australias Prime Minister over his handling of the bushfire crisis, as scientists worry about the fate of endangered species. Serena williams wins her first singles title for three years after beating Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final of the Auckland International. And an alleged rape victim tells the Victoria Derbyshire Programme Review that an inquiry into a conservative mp is a sham. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Iran has summoned the uk ambassador for inapproapriate behaviour after he was arrested last night. Rob macaire says he was not taking part in Anti Government demonstrations in the capital, tehran, when he was detained for three hours after attending a vigil for the 176 people who died when iran shot down a passenger plane last week. The uk has said the ambassadors arrest was a flagrant violation of International Law and has warned iran tha