British for now, but after todays agreement, not for much longer. The islands are all uninhabited, save for one. An important one. DieGo garcia. It is home to a vast and secretive american Military Base, used to refuel bombers during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Foghorn but for years, the Island Nation of mauritius has been staking claim to the ChaGos Islands, planting their flag on one of the tropical atolls here and demanding that britain give up what some have called the uks last colony in africa. Back in the 1960s, the people living on the archipelaGo were forcibly removed by britain, which kept hold of the islands while giving mauritius its independence. A secret deal was already in place to let the americans set up their Military Base on DieGo Garcia. Chapter ii of the charter. But in recent years, international opinion has turned against britain. That the united kingdom is under an obligation. The uns top court ruled here that the islands do indeed belong to mauritius and s
Rain and strong winds, stay tuned to the forecast. And thats Bbc News at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Tough times for ten hag can the Manchester United Manager Weather the storm with a win in europe . They play porto tonight, and six other british teams are in European Action, too. One of those is welsh champions the new saints, wholl make history when they kick off later tonight. And away from Football A First Ever Match For Scotland Women In the T20 World Cup, but it didnt end well. Well bring you the highlights. Welcome to the programme. Theres a busy night of football ahead, with seven british teams in European Action some of them have kicked off already, and well bring you the latest on those matches. Manchester united have travelled to portugal, and will take on porto injust over 90 minutes time in the Europa League. And the heat is on for manager eric ten hag. After only drawing at home with
Hezbollah fighters have continued to launch rockets into the north of israel. Our middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Is this the launch of a wider war in the Middle East . Iran fired some 180 ballistic and Cruise Missiles at israel Last Night, revenge, it says, for strikes on Lebanon And Israel s killing of leaders of armed it supports. Translation iii supports. Translation ,. translation if they remove their evil from this translation if they remove their evil from this Region Translation if they remove their evil from this region without translation if they remove their evil from this region without a evil from this region without a doubt these conflicts, these wars, these classes, will disappear completely. While most missiles were brought down by israels sophisticated air defence system, the entire population was told to stay in bomb shelters. Afterwards, inspecting the damage, many agreed with the Prime Minister that iran must pay the price. My price. My feel
Few others. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday this evening. With the new Champions League Formatjust bedding in, tonights match at Villa Park is one that conjures up memories of what europes top Club Competition used to be. Its aston villas first Home Game since it was just called the European Cup, and villa had just won it. How fitting then that the team theyre up against tonight was the one they beat to lift the trophy in 1982 Bayern Munich. Players like captain dennis mortimer, nigel spink, and Goalscorer Peter Withe became heroes that night in rotterdam but now their modern counterparts take on a team that have had a blistering start to the season under new manager Vincent Kompany, and scored nine goals in theirfirst Champions League Match. So, lets head to Villa Park and speak to our correspondent nesta mcgregor. It could barely be a more significant set of circumstances tonight. Yes, sport is a funny way of throwing up these incredible narratives, doesnt it . More than four
Here in the uk, candidates for the conservative Party Leadership Contest make their pitch at the annual conference. And New Zealand has regained the World Record for the largest number of people taking part in a haka. Welcome to the programme. We start in the Middle East, where israel has carried out what it called large scale strikes on yemen. Israel says it was targeting houthis energy facilities. A Power Plant and Sea Port were hit in the yemeni city of hodeidah. Videos have been posted on social media. Clearly a real difference to what we heard just a few days ago from world leaders, who were trying to arrange some sort of ceasefire deal, some sort of de escalation. They were talking about 21 days of no military action, of talks, but what weve seen over the last couple of days, and particularly with that pivotal moment here in the Middle East on Friday Evening, that large Scale Attack here In Beirut, and the News Yesterday that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, had been ki