to make way for coal mining. i have come here to protect life and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. and: takeaways, restaurants and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates and bowls from october, as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. hello and welcome to bbc news. iran s state media has reported that a british iranian national, alireza akbari, has been executed. mr akbari, who was a former deputy defence minister for iran, was detained three years ago and charged with spying for the united kingdom. the british government says the execution was politically motivated and will not go unchallenged . in the last few hours, the uk s prime minister, rishi sunak, says: i am appalled by the execution of british iranian citizen alireza akbari in iran. this was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people. my thoughts are with alireza
on today s program, amidst the utter political and economic chaos in the united kingdom, liz truss resigns, becoming the shortest tenured prime minister in that country s history. i m resigning as leader of the conservative party. what happens now? i ll ask the economist quest editor in chief. then, next week, benjamin netanyahu might get a third stint as israel s prime minister. today, you ll hear from him about iran s nuclear program, israel s relations with its neighbors, his own relations with vladamir putin. i wouldn t call it a love affair, but i would call it a question of interest. and more. also the protests in iran have now been going on for more than a month. and show no signs of slowing. i ll get the big picture from robin wright of the new yorker, who calls this the world s first women-led counterrevolution. but first, here s my take. in late 1992, i started my first full-time job as managing editor of foreign affairs. i remember sorting through
the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. the missile went far enough that it would have reached the us island of guam with a different trajectory. and so there was a swift response. the united states and south korea conducted a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate seoul and washington s will to respond sternly to the threat from pyongyang. and tokyo was also incensed. translation: north korea s launch of a ballistic missile is a reckless act that absolutely cannot be allowed. japan will be on the highest alert and respond quickly. speaking to the bbc, the us counsellor of the department of state derek shalet said it will take a complete international effort to achieve denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. well we are going to continue to press forward with sanctions against north korea and enforcing those already on the books pursuing new ones perhaps, but also importantly working with our allies and partners and also other members
after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the former formula 1 boss bernie ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation. the big birth control plan to control the the number of grey squirrels and save the native red squirrel. a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have your company on a busy afternoon, not least in the conservative leadership contest which is where we begin this hour. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. we can hear from we can hearfrom ben brown. we can hear from ben brown. the w
hands. if he wished to serve, would you have borisjohnson in your cabinet, you have borisjohnson in your cabinet, if you have borisjohnson in your cabinet, if you were prime minister? not a cabinet, if you were prime minister? not a single cabinet, if you were prime minister? not a single person. a cargo plane carrying weapons has crashed in northern greece, killing all eight people on board. hello, good evening. before we look at the attempt is the country has experienced today, the conservative leadership debate has just finished over on itv. at the temperature is the country has experienced. we will be hearing from a conservative mp in support of each of the conservative leadership contenders throughout the next half hour. an amber warning for extreme heat is in force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures expected tomorrow. significant travel disruption is predicted, as roads and railways overheat, with the train companies avanti we