Dame tessa jowells message, in herfirst interview since being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport, including. Phil neville, a rather controversial appointment . Absolutely, and definitely not the best start for the new england win ins manager. He has apologised for comments he made about women on social media and says they are not a true representation of his character. More on that later. See you later, holly. And the weather. Yes, hail storms, severe gales blowing through scotland. Things will get better later on but more on that in about half an hour. Thanks very much, tomasz, and coming up, whats with the big pout . 1000 camels a dozen camels have been disqualified from a camel beauty pageant in saudi arabia for receiving botox injections. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live and i am simon mccoy. I thought things had changed and it is absolutely clear that they havent. We have to send a clear message that this is unacceptable. The words of g
With the demands for change. Translation the government should take the opinion of our youth into account. There are conflicting views about social freedom among irans political establishment. At the very top, Supreme Leader ali khamenei. Hes deeply conservative and is appointed for life. Also in the conservative camp, the powerfuljudiciary, but pushing for more reform is the president , hassan rouhani. He is often backed up by sections of the parliament. They have democratic legitimacy, but in truth its the conservatives who hold the real power. And because of that power, this human rights lawyer doesnt think that change is imminent. I dont think the government is ready to reform, particularly in our hijab rules, but i think it will eventually have to. Iran has already been rocked by a wave of protests this year. Thousands marched across the country, angry at poverty and corruption. And while these protests against the compulsory hijab might seem simple, they strike at the very heart
Prepares to declare independence from spain. But the european parliaments biggest from spain. But the european pa rliaments biggest blocs from spain. But the european parliaments biggest blocs on the left and right worn catalans not to do it unilaterally. They call it pointless and irresponsible. And the Twin Brothers who finally have an a nswer Twin Brothers who finally have an answer for what happened to their father in world war ii. Police in las vegas say the gunman who shot 58 people and injured more than 500 before taking his own life had installed cameras in and around the hotel suite from where he carried out the killings. They have also released a new footage from the body cameras warned by Police Officers that night, as they react to the shooting and try desperately to the shooting and try desperately to get people to safety. In the last few minutes President Trump has visited victims of the shooting at the University Medical centre in las vegas. This is what he had to say. |
Inside the Great Pyramid of giza. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, labour has announced that its suspended one of its mps, Kelvin Hopkins, from the party. A spokesman said that it was on the basis of allegations received. This comes amid a raft of allegations against numerous mps of inappropriate behaviour reports that have seen sir Michael Fallon resign as defence secretary. Lets talk to emma vardy, our political correspondent. What is known about Kelvin Hopkins at this stage . This has come about after a statement sent by the party in the last hour, saying on the basis of allegations received by the labour party, Kelvin Hopkins has been suspended from Party Membership and therefore the labour whip while the investigation takes place, and Kelvin Hopkins is the labour mp from luton and has been since 1997. A supporter ofjeremy corbyn. We are not clear about what these allegations are but clearly they are serious enough for the labour party to have taken a serious
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Interest rates have gone up for the first time in a decade. The bank of england has increased the rate by a quarter of 1 , to 0. 5 , as it tries to control inflation. The banks governor mark carney said households across the uk are generally well positioned to deal with the rate increase. The decision will mean higher Monthly Payments for millions with variable rate mortgages. But its good news at last for savers. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. One small step upwards for Interest Rates, affect millions of savers and millions of borrowers. Its more expensive if you have a mortgage, and forjames in south london, its time to cut costs. Weve been very lucky without realising it. I think its going to start, it will probably bite more from now on. For so long we thought, its always going to be like this, but its got to end sometime and we never realised it was going to be this soon. The governor of the bank of england knew it was a delicate bala