Exposed the illegal trade in rare eels from britains rivers to the far east. Tyson fury delivers a knockout performance in las vegas. The heavyweight fighter has convincingly beaten the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. A beautiful sunrise out there earlier, but beware, showers and thunderstorms may be heading your way. Its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained to britains ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The iranian authorities deny being involved. Amid the growing tensions, the british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, has begun a new Hunger Strike. She denies any wrongdoing. Simonjones reports. Outside the Iranian Embassy in london, a lone tent symbolising the growing tensions between the uk and tehran. T
Good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Our headlines today as a british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying begins a Hunger Strike, her husband stages his own demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy. It comes amid rising tensions between the two countries over attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. A transatlantic row over a series of violent deaths in london donald trump launches a twitter attack on the citys mayor sadiq khan. Exposed the illegal trade in rare eels from britians rivers to the far east. Tyson fury has wowed the american audience in las vegas, donning the stars and stripes to convinvingly beat the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round of their heavyweight contest. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. Its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained to britains ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of
It is across europe. This is where they have got the heatwave. But here, remaining changeable. After a brief rise in temperatures, it will cool off towards the end of the week. Hello this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines another huge protest in hong kong as tens of thousands march despite a government climb down on its extradition bill to mainland china. Protest leaders are demanding that the proposed law is permanently scrapped. Boris johnson has been given the backing of senior brexiteer, esther mcvey, who was knocked out of the conservative leadership race. The jailed british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari radcliffe begins a new Hunger Strike as tehran protests about british claims that iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers. President trump has launched another scathing attack on londons mayor, sadiq khan, following a series of violent deaths in the capital. Hundreds of people in lincolnshire are still unable to go back to their homes because of flooding descibed by the
The ground, this is what it looks like from space. This banner of cloud is sweeping its way ever further northwards and bringing with it quite a bit of rain. A couple of inches of rain falling at the worst. Following on behind the skies are not that clear either. We are not quite done with that frontal system further south because it will return across the irish sea into the north of wales and Northern England over the next couple of hours. Over the same time period this afternoon and into this evening the isobars tighten as the low centre tracks across Northern England, which is why simek was talking about the amber warning for strong and gusty winds all the way from wales right across to the wash. How strong . These are the gusts of mid afternoon. They may well become more widespread across the amber warning area. As simon intimated, there are yellow warnings for rain because the rain in scotland, northern ireland, Northern England and northern wales just keep on coming. A bit of sun