between russia and china in a video call with xijinping. the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co operation, without giving details. the bbc understand all travellers arriving in the uk from china will have to do pre departure covid tests. it s the latest country to impose new restrictions as china experiences a huge wave of coronavirus cases. hello. welcome along to sportsday on bbc news. i m ben croucher. coming up. the world remembers pele one of the greatest footballers to have ever lived who has died at the age of 82. a sad day for football. elsewhere, in the premier league tonight, will klopp pile more pressure on rodgers, as liverpool host leicester. and news from the darts and of dart as harriet helps great britain to united cup victory over australia. thanks forjoining us. it s been nearly 2a hours since we learned of the death of one of the greatest footballers of all time. tributes have been flooding in so over the next 10 minutes or so
What was a marginal seat, with the victorious labour candidate notching up a majority of more than 9,000 votes, his party describing it as a seismic and historic win. They said that we couldnt change the labour party, and we did it. They said that we couldnt win in the south of england and the north of england, and we did it. They said, youll never beat the snp in scotland, and, rutherglen, you did it. From the partys leader to activists working the streets, labour poured resources into this constituency and their win was much, much bigger than many had expected. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour party, 17,841. Labour winning double the votes cast for the snp. The party of power at holyrood faced challenges going into the vote and had been managing expectations of a win, but even so, this was a bruising result for them. I do recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and as a party, we need to come together collectively to right the wrongs that have happened in the last few mont
Narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. The Committee Said her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Irans state News Agency Says the decision is politicising the human rights issue. Caroline hawley reports. In iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary Rebellion Set off by the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. The nobel Committee Said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who have stood up against the theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression against women. Narges mohammadi is irans most prominent human rights activist. Here she was several years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. Shes currently serving a ten year sentence. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested
Well get reaction from Conservative Mps shortly. Also on the programme this is the House Of Lords. Brexiters the most important single issue which has faced the country for decades. We also have the terrible situation of losing an empire at the same time. How deep is oui grasp, empire at the same time. How deep is ourgrasp, if we empire at the same time. How deep is our grasp, if we are honest, of what is actually going on in the eu Machinery Operating below us . 800 unelected politicians get paid to sit here, but its been rocked by another scandal after claims that some members collect their Daily Allowance whilst contributing absolutely nothing. That is an allowance of £300. Well bring you the story. And this is the dramatic moment a crying girl was rescued from rubble after an air strike in syria. Well bring you the story. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until iiam. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. After 10am well cro