Rape gets a suspended sentence for making false claims. Also ahead venezuelan Opposition Leader upon by those allowed into parliament to offer a standoff with security tried to block it. And in sport africa gets ready does celebrated best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents football or the year award played in the english premier league. We begin this news with developments in iran on the day of the burial of the top iranian commander the u. S. Is defending its action to kill him u. S. Secretary of state michael peo says that washington acted because of an imminent threat to the u. S. From iran and that they got it right the secretary of state has also refuted claims that customs on the money was in baghdad on a Diplomatic Mission for pay or says irans heritage and culture is under threat from its own leaders let me tell you whos done damage to the persian culture. Its not the United States of america its the ayatollah if you want to look at who has denied religious freed
Of a delegation attending the Opening Ceremony. The visit by kim yojong marks the first time a member of the kim dynasty has visited the south since the korean war. Its been on display at the National History museum is as 1905, but now dippy b dipperjokers is starting a three year of the uk. Dippy dippy b dipperjokers is starting a three year of the uk. Dippy the dipperjokers. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Two british extremists, believed to be members of one of the so called Islamic State groups most notorious cells, have been captured by Syrian Kurdish fighters in syria according to us officials. They are accused of being part of a unit which executed 27 western hostages and tortured many more. Andy moore reports. Alexanda kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh the two britons captured by Kurdish Forces last month and questioned by the americans. Together with aine davis and mohammed emwazi, they formed the kidnap gang that became known as the beatles, because they were usually m
Have been win to become a light dusting of snow here. Through the rest of the afternoon the rain is going to ease away from the south east corner and well see sunny spells but it wont be very warm. Highest values through the afternoon around 5 7d and a brisk north westerly wind making it feel cool on exposed coasts. Through the evening train arrives to the west, a real west east to divide. As it bumps into cold air in scotland and Northern Ireland, a spell of snow for a time. Here and in sheltered eastern areas we will see the lowest values, blue tone suggesting temperatures will be below freezing first thing tomorrow morning. Snow could be an issue during the early hours of saturday. 5 10 centimetres, maybe nine. Icy stretches with the combination of rain and snow moving into the east. Snow showers across the Lake District, rain through wales and South West England, and thatis that is going to drift steadily east. For many across england and wales, not shaping up to be a particularly
Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Were going to be talking about Childrens Mental Health this morning. Does your child suffer and are they getting the help they need . Or maybe you didnt get the help you needed when you were at school. What effect has this had . Are you a School Counsellor . Do you have enough resources to do yourjob properly . Do get in touch on this and all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Two british extremists, believed to be members of one of the so called Islamic State groups most notorious cells, have been captured by Syrian Kurdish fighters in syria, according to us officials. They are accused of being part of a unit which executed 27 western hostages and tortured many more. Andy moore reports. Alexanda kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh the two britons captured by Kurdish Forces last month and questioned by the a
Are squeezing out rain before the month is done. Today is the last month is done. Today is the last month of what meteorologists call summer, so month of what meteorologists call summer, so provisional statistics show some overall has been wetter than average. Its been a cool august. But then again, june was quite warm. They are a bit offset. Overall it wood looks like summer will turn out to be slightly warmer than average but more mediocre than marvellous memories of summer 2017. Today, we are dodging the downpours. We are certainly seeing some really heavy thundery downpours out there, slow moving and light winds. They tend to stick around. Some fairly warm sunny tend to stick around. Some fairly warm sunny spells in between. As we go through the afternoon, Late Afternoon and evening, or western scotla nd afternoon and evening, or western scotland and Northern Ireland, most showers will start to fade. Some hefty ones in north east england at the moment, some will continue. Theyve ea