Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Two us airbases in iraq are targeted in retaliation, the iranians say, for the death of general soleimani, killed last week in a us airstrike. As President Trump tweets that there were no casualties and that all is well, borisjohnson warns iran not to retaliate further. We of course condemn the attack on Iraqi Military bases hosting coalition forces. Iran should not repeat these reckless and dangerous attacks, but must instead pursue urgent de escalation. Wade mystery surrounds the crash of a ukranian passenger plane in tehran more than 170 people are killed including three from the uk. The number of homicides
in the uk fell in 2019, for the first time in five years though killings rose in the capital. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. The Football Association is under pressure to review its broadcasting deals, thats after a betting company streamed fa cup matches live over the weekend. All th
Good afternoon. The five mps who want to replace Jeremy Corbyn as labour leader have been taking questions from Party Members in liverpool. 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. Cheering heading in to face Party Members for 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 was established to bring together all views across the centre left of politics to become a credible force to keep the tories out of power. And yes, we will disagree, but we have those disagreements in private. Rebecca long bailey is seen as the closest candidate to outgoing leaderJeremy Corbyn. The other front is sir keir starmer, who also called for unity. We have had far too much division. I think the whole of the
Understand, does not currently, we understand, have plans to evacuate the 57 british citizens and 20 british crew from the ship. For everyone else not evacuated they will have to remain on board at least until wednesday, when they are tested. Those who are negative will be allowed to leave and the quarantine will end on wednesday but there is a proviso. Anybody in close contact with someone anybody in close contact with someone who has tested positive, their quarantine will be set again to zero and they will have to spend another 1a days, possibly still on board the ship. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Strong winds have affected many parts of the uk so for this weekend thanks to storm dennis. It seems as if rain has causing bigger problems for many. A red warning from the met 0ffice issued this morning for parts of south wales. Rain following into flooded areas, a risk to life. Numerous platforms across wales, england and scotland, the bbc weather website will ke
Our top stories italy still in lockdown, public gatherings forbidden, Tourist Spots virtually deserted. It virtually deserted. Is effectively it has effectively it is effectively it has effectively self isolated, closing down schools and restricting sporting events. In the us, a one mile containment zone is in place around new york suburb new rochelle, around a large cluster of cases. The National Guard has been deployed to clean up public spaces and deliver food. Joe to clean up public spaces and deliverfood. Joe biden has extended his lead in the us to become the Democratic Partys his lead in the us to become the Democratic Pa rtys candidate. His lead in the us to become the Democratic Partys candidate. He is on course to be senator sanders in missouri and mississippi, as well as the biggest prize of the night, michigan. Its about 2 30am in the
morning. You are up to date on the headlines. Time for thursday in parliament. Tuesday. Hello there and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Com