On mr greens office. It was filmed by a conservative party worker. Scotland yard detectives were inventing acie investigating leaks from the former shadow frontbencher. Claims of what they found have surfaced. Last weekend, the sunday times reported that officers had found pornographic material on one of damian greens parliamentary computers. No action was taken at the time. In a statement, mr green said now, the former metropolitan police commissioner, sir paul stephenson, seen here in 2010 with theresa may, says he, too, was aware of the pornography claim. He told the bbc that the find involved no criminality, no victims, and in his view, no extraordinary public interest. He added that it was not scotland yards rolled to police the workplace. Today, damian green reiterated his innocence. Todays public words. Todays public words did not repeat last weeks assertion that the allegation was completely untrue. The enquiry could report back next week. Scotland yard has not said if it has h
Elections the spanish president visits catalonia for the First Time Since he imposed direct rule on the region. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa mays closest ally in the cabinet, damian green, the environment secretary, michael gove, has said he doesnt know what a british iranian mother jailed in iran had been doing in the country before her arrest. He told the Andrew Marr Show that too much focus on borisjohnsons comments, which gave the false impression that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe was training journalists, was playing into the hands of the iranian authorities. Tom barton has been following the days political developments. This row all started with Boris Johnson earlier this month telling the Foreign Affairs committee that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe had been in iran training journalists rather than on holiday, as herfamily and her employer said. As a result of those comments, pressure piled on borisjohnson, and forced him, to the house of commons on tuesday last week,
The country in honouring its war dead on remembrance sunday, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. Also today, heartbreaking bazoer. Northern ireland fail in their bid to qualify for the world cup finals in 2018. Yes, a brave effort by Northern Ireland, they had a chance cleared off the line in the dying seconds, but it wasnt to be, and their world cup dream is over. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british woman imprisoned in iran on charges of spying, says she has seen a medical specialist after finding lumps on her breasts and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In a statement Richard Ratcliffe said he had spoken to the foreign secretary who had expressed deep sorrow at her suffering and agreed to meet in person with mr ratcliffe in the next few days. It comes as the government is facing further criticism over its handling of the case. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports. Jailed in ir
Stadium. After a hard fought battle in south korea, the first champion. Im in dohar, the top story, meeting right now to decide whether or not to suspend russias athletes following another doping scandal. For more than a year, it has been the site of massacres and enslave. And now kurdish fighters have captured sinjar from the islamic state. They have walked in, supported by u. S. Led airstrikes. Isil killed or enslaved thousands of people from the yazidi religious minority when the fighters took over last year, and they began hitting isil from the air, starting a Coalition Campaign against the group. They start on highway 47, and isil has been using it to move supplies and fighters. They have moved two of isils strongholds, and elsewhere, a coalition of arab and christian rebel faction has pusheddizeisit of syria. Outside of sinjar, we have this report. Ism they have been arriving from syria, hoping to go home to sinjar town. The news that Kurdish Peshmerga forces have defeated isil a
And allow the borders of europe to be redraw and. Redrawn. A slow rise for Chinese Consumer prices in january. It is the slowest pace in more than five years. Falling food and tumbling oil and metal prices are pushing inflation lower, raising real Interest Rates. I trust regulators and china have reached a decision on qualcomm. Regulators in china said the company used its dominant position to force unfair conditions on customers. The Measles Outbreak is spreading. The cdc says there is now 121 cases of the measles across 17 states. Until recently in the u. S. , it was on unusual to see more than 100 measles cases in the u. S. In an entire year. Boston smashing records for snowfall. 69 inches of snow in the last 30 days. Truckloads of snow have been removed and dumped on fenway park. That is not where they are putting the snow. I am kidding. Boston is just getting hammered. We are not. We keep forecasting this blizzard that is yet to materialize. Boston has seven feet of snow on the gr