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
An is an know. And with me on set, lauren barren lopez and kelsey snell from npr. Hans, clearly this is on the president s mind because he keeps tweeting about it. These negotiator from the u. S. And china are trying to hammer something out. Reporter what we have from the white house this morning is something new and that is the president is linking his trade talks with china with the rest of his term and tieing it expolice iltly to the prospect of the democrats taking over. We also have a new nickname from the president for the former Vice President , sleepy creepy sxwr joe biden. But look how the president is clearly signaling that he is willing to go all the way to the end of his first term. Here is what he said. Tariffs will make our country much stronger, not weaker. Just sit back and watch, in the meantime china should not renegotiate deals with the u. S. At the last minute. This is not the Obama Administration or the administration of sleepy joe who let china get away with, quot
To the new cycle from 2024 25 season onwards. The government wants the deal ended now, but it is complicated, much like footballs relationship with bookies. More than half of englands top 44 football clubs have a Gambling Company as their shirt sponsor. Natalie pirks, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. Quieter day of weather today but still a question mark over what will happen tonight. Let me take you through what is happening today, we are not without showers and rain, this was taken in the highlands in scotla nd this was taken in the highlands in scotland and we have a good deal of showers but also some sunshine. But this cloud is still with us across england and wales and it links back to these lumps of cloud in the atla ntic to these lumps of cloud in the atlantic in the areas of low pressure that i giving us that headache. This is how it is set up at the moment, the rain already returning on the weather front to the south but we have some sunshine bet