President trump says the us military was ready to retaliate against iran but he changed his mind ten minutes before planned strikes. The president reveals three targets had been chosen, everything was in place, so what changed his mind . A government ministers response to a Climate Change protester at a city dinner. Mark field is now suspended from hisjob. Iam 93 and we speak to one of the last surviving passengers to sail here on the empire windrush, over 70 years ago. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news Hayley Turner makes history again, this time as the first female jockey to win a race at royal ascot for 32 years. Good evening. The parents of the oxford teenagerjack letts, who left home in 2014 and travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group, have been spared jail after being found guilty of funding terrorism. John letts and sally lane sent money to their son, dubbed jihadijack, despite concerns he had joined is and warnings from police that they would face prosecution. H
He changed his mind ten minutes before the planned strikes. Eran. A government ministers response to a Climate Change protester at a city dinner, otherfields now suspended from hisjob. And we hearfrom one of the last surviving passengers to sail here on the empire windrush, 70 yea rs sail here on the empire windrush, 70 years ago. And at half past 11 we will take an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the associate editor of the times, and the head of politics at the daily mirror, so stay with us for that. Good evening. The parents of the oxford teenagerjack letts who travelled to syria in 2014 to join the Islamic State group have been spared jail after being found guilty of funding terrorism. John letts and sally lane sent money to their son who became known as jihadi jack, despite concerns he had joined is and despite warnings from police that they would face prosecution. His parents said they believe that sun life was in imminent danger and they were just trying to help
Civilian honour, from president macron. Welcome to bbc news. President trump has confirmed that he called off a military strike against iran with minutes to spare after deciding to many human lives would be lost. Mr trump tweeted that the us had been cocked and loaded, but he is now facing criticism from democrats or revealing details of the plan. The attack had been planned in response to the shooting down of an unmanned drone by iran earlier this week. That happened in the volatile region which is a major supply route for one third of the worlds oil. Tay iu ns one third of the worlds oil. Tay runs as the drain entered uranian airspace, the us maintains it was shot down in International Airspace over the straight of hormuz. There isa over the straight of hormuz. There is a north america editorjohn sobel in iran they are celebrating taking out of the sky a 130 million us drone the latest escalation in tensions between washington and tehran. Today, on iranian tv, the results of their ha
More than half a Million Pounds is raised for a 17 year old Racing Driver, whos had both legs amputated after being involved in a crash. Its 5 oclock. Our main story, the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has promised to overturn what he called A Rigged System, which allowed the rich and powerful to leech off ordinary working people. In his first major speech of the Election Campaign, he said the partys manifesto was fully costed, and he denied that a conservative victory onjune the eighth was a foregone conclusion. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. The next Prime Minister of the uk, Jeremy Corbyn. Do you believe it, do they believe it, does he believe that . Opinion polls suggest it is highly unlikelyJeremy Corbyn will be heading for downing street. But he is trying to change peoples minds. Much of the media and the establishment are saying this election is a foregone conclusion. They think there are rules in politics which, if you dont follow by doffing your cap to the p
Wrapped in its case. He was tuning up an old piano and discovered a treasure trove. But who do the gold coins belong to . Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. Andy murray bows out early at the Monte Carlo Masters after a 3 set defeat in the third round. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. In his first major speech of the Election Campaign, the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has styled himself as the anti establishment candidate, taking on what he called a system rigged against working people. He told supporters that a Labour Government elected on the 8th ofjune would not play by the old rules, doffing its cap to the powerful. With theresa may promising strong leadership, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg looks at their different messages and what they mean for the election. No ones going to say theyre all the same. Not in this election. And not the admirers of The Labour Leader, who queued round the block to hear him. We need something different, not more