Is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers Jason Beattie from the daily mirror and olivia utley from the sun. Good evening. President trump has defended his order to assassinate irans top military commander, saying the action was taken to stop a war, and that it should have been done long ago. General Qasem Soleimani, one of the most powerful men in the middle east, was killed in iraq, outside baghdad airport, by a us air strike. Iran has vowed severe revenge for the killing. Its foreign minister described it as an act of international terrorism. The attack marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran and the us is sending 3,000 additional troops to the region as a precaution. Heres our middle east editorjeremy bowen. This was the moment that the us assassinated Qasem Soleimani and pushed the middle east into a new year and new decade of uncertainty and more danger. The
more do we know about the police inquiries there? inquiries there? well, mishal, we know that the inquiries there? well, mishal, we know that the authorities - inquiries there? well, mishal, we know that the authorities have i inquiries there? well, mishal, we i know that the authorities have been trying to find family members, including two pakistan based brothers. we understand from local sources hear that those two brothers are due to appear in court tomorrow, and according to localjournalists thatis and according to localjournalists that is because they are accusing the police of having illegally detained them during that questioning process. we have not been able to speak to the police today about it but when we last spoke to them the police confirmed that they were questioning them about denied that they had arrested those brothers. it has been incredible difficult to try to source information on the ground here in pakistan and to be able to verify a lot of this information b
rubbish, but the sun has said it has no plans to publish further stories about huw edwards and will cooperate with the bbc investigation, which can now resume because the police inquiries have come to an end. of course, this is about more than just the original story. there have been multiple allegations over the days. huw edwards was accused on monday of meeting someone during lockdown. questions about inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. and the bbc will also have to look at how it responded to the original complaint made back in may. but it says it has to proceed carefully, because we have learned that huw edwards is in hospital, suffering from serious mental health issues, and the bbc says it has to be mindful of a duty of care to all involved. indeed. david, thank of care to all involved. indeed. david, thank you. a bbc investigation has revealed evidence that casts further doubt on the greek coastguard s account of events surrounding a migrant boat capsizing in the medit
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