this. of all the places, of all the countries, all the years of traveling, it s here, in iran, that i m greeted most warmly by total strangers. the other stuff, it s there. the iran we ve read about, heard about, seen in the news. but this? this i wasn t prepared for. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: thank you. merci. so, good to be here, finally. it s taken some time. like, a lot of time. like, four years i ve been trying. finally! tehran. city of nearly 8 million people. capital of iran. this neighborhood feels kind of like, there are neighborhoods in rome this feels a lot like. after all this time, i finally had my chance to see a country i d heard so much about. the weather s nice, too. i don t know what i was expecting, but it s nice. a bi
on the people displaced by war and the worst drought in four decades. a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank, to take out her own money. i apologised all the people i frightened, but how does that compare to the despair, anger and grief i every day? and we ll hear from south asia s fastest man about his secrets to success and his thoughts on the economic crisis facing his country. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. lets start with some breaking news and in the last few minutes, japan s coastguard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea appears to have fired what could be a ballistic missile off its east coast and that it appears to have landed in the sea outsidejapan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missi
were identifying cases in isolation, whereas by its very nature, both stalking and harassment occurs as a result of really pernicious and persistent offending. and officers and prosecutors were missing that, which meant that victims were left at risk. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is in the studio. this is not good, is it? it is a terrible report, really, and it shows failings at every stage of the criminal justice shows failings at every stage of the criminaljustice process, from the moment that an allegation of harassment or stalking is made, those crimes are not being reported 01’ those crimes are not being reported or recorded properly, sometimes not being recorded at all. victims are not being dealt with properly, risk assessment are being done and investigations aren t being carried out properly. one of the most disturbing findings from this report is that it says there is concrete evidence that police are issuing warnings the perpetrators, rather than c
they are playing south africa, in their latest group match at the women s world cup. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may this lunchtime appeared to be sticking to the government s pay cap of 1% on public sector workers, despite growing pressure from members of her own cabinet to relax it. at prime minister s questions, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn accused her of exploiting the goodwill of thousands of teachers, nurses and other employees. earlier, the fire brigades union said its members had been offered a 2% pay rise. mrs may said the government had to be fair to public sector workers and to those who pay for them. let s speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith. that was a combat if pmqs. the days we have had a public wwe between the big beasts of the cabinet over public pay, with figures like boris johnson saying it is time to ease the pay cap a public wwe the chancellor has said we must keep oui’ nerve the chancellor has sai
have not yet concluded and we need to work closely with the residents to work closely with the residents to make sure the sort of properties we are able to make available will match what they want. there are also 17 leaseholders who lost their homes and we are working with them to make sure they do not lose out financially because of the fire. i met financially because of the fire. i m et rece ntly financially because of the fire. i met recently with a group of the leaseholders and we are working with them individually to find the right solution for them. on my visits to the westway, heeding the harrowing accou nts the westway, heeding the harrowing a ccou nts of the westway, heeding the harrowing accounts of survivors has been the most humbling and moving experience of my life. the families that i have met have been through unimaginable pain. this is a tragedy that should never have happened. we are determined to do all that we can to make sure something like this never happ