following the shooting down of a us drone. a british foreign office minister will meet senior officials in iran tomorrow to call for an ‘urgent de escalation‘ of tensions. campaigners have joined richard ratcliffe outside the iranian embassy to show solidarity with him as his hunger strike over his detained wife s plight enters its eighth day. the government announces a new permament memorial to mark the first national windrush day which honors the british caribbean community. good afternoon. in just a few minute s time, the first of a series of hustings events around the country will begin in birmingham. mrjohnson and jeremy hunt, the two surviving candidates for the leadership, will be questioned by conservative party members, who vote next month on which man will become their party leader and the country s prime minister. boris johnson arrived in the past ten minutes or so. here he is coming in. creating some of the members there. a lot of this coming as it emerged t
us special counsel robert mueller submits his report into alleged russian collusion with president trump s campaign during the 2016 presidential election. scientists hope the technology behind these unprecedented and detailed images of a baby inside the womb will help improve the care of children born with heart disease. and coming up, the best of this week s victoria derbyshire programme, including a moving interview with this group of mothers who have each lost a son to knife crime. that s in half an hour, here on bbc news. hundreds of thousands of people are taking part in a march and rally in central london, calling for another brexit referendum. the demonstration, which has been organised by the put it to the people campaign, is now gathered in parliament square where speakers have been addressing a rally. the organisers have estimated that up to i million people are taking part. it comes after the eu agreed to delay the uk s departure from the eu. the prime minister
number of mps were saying we want some more detail on that future relationship. that s what we are working on this week. the prime minister plans to be back in brussels before a summit of eu leaders next sunday. she is seeking changes to the so called political declaration, tagged onto the draft withdrawal agreement which sets out the objectives for a future relationship. the prime minister believes there is room for manoeuvre and needs to shows she s listening to restless mps. the now former brexit secretary is proving a thorn in her side. i think we are being bullied, i think we are subject to blackmail and there is a point at which wejust blackmail and there is a point at which we just say i m sorry, this is the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. we cannot accept those dictated terms. he s not the anyone the prime minister is trying to appease. the gang of five brexiteer cabinet ministers. are also applying pressure. there s more trouble brewing among ba
of england are being taken over by the government today. airports is showing early signs of success. a trial using pigs to scare away birds from one of europe s busiest airports is showing early signs of success. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the home secretary, priti patel, says she is looking at a whole spectrum of measures to better protect mps following the death of sir david amess. she said mps had been contacted by the police to share details of their whereabouts and that her department was looking at whether officers should be on duty at constituency surgeries. detectives now have until next friday to question a man arrested in connection with the death of sir david. he was attacked while holding a constituency surgery in leigh on sea in essex. it s understood that the 25 year old suspect, ali harbi ali, was referred to the government s counter terrorism programme, prevent, several years ago but was never an official subject of int