israel and iran trade insults at munich. here in the uk the government has said it can't issue a medical cannabis licence for a six—year—old epileptic chid — despite calls from his family and a group of mps. alfie dingley, who's from warwickshire in central england, regularly suffers violent seizures. a cannabis based treatment he received in the netherlands improved his condition — but it's illegal in the uk. 6—year—old alfie dingley has a rare form of epilepsy and suffers up to 30 violent seizures every day. to go through that once would be traumatising, but we're going through it sometimes every 7—10 days, and it's just absolutely horrendous. last september, the family moved to the netherlands so alfie could be prescribed medical cannabis oil. his parents say he went 2a days without having a seizure. they've now moved back to the uk, but cannabis oil is illegal in britain, so they want the home secretary amber rudd to give alfie a license to use it. it is thought this drug works with nerve receptors in the b

iran in syria. something that would have been extraordinarily serious, that would have known no doubt drawn in the united states very quickly spread far beyond syria. so the atmosphere in which these two men traded allegations is very much more heated and tense, and we need to watch this situation carefully. how great has been the failure, would you say, among the people you talk to him diplomatic and military circles, that we could accidentally stumble into some kind of real serious conflict involving israel and iran as a result of the mess that is syria right now? the big picture, in the mess that is syria as you put it, the war is moving into another phase. the islamic state group has been largely defeated, and the syrian government has largely defeated its level opponents. the syrian government has been a winner, but iran has been a winner, too. it is very much militarily in support of the syrian government, which means that iran is now ina government, which means that iran is now in a position

what is the record of internalflights in iran? as you probably know, iran has a history of such aircraft is because ofa history of such aircraft is because of a long history of international sanctions, iran has not been able to purchase new planes. that has changed since two years ago because of the nuclear deal, and now iran has had its sanctions lifted and can purchase planes. it is putin orders for 200 new planes, but only 11 have so for 200 new planes, but only 11 have so far been delivered because big banks do not work with iran. although the country is ready to pay, no bank wants to help with the transaction. and i assume even when it happens, though. be a lag in terms of replacing the existing aircraft. in terms of getting information, do we know anything more about the flight? it is a routine flight, a regular one, a popular route? it is a popular route, and we have received video footage of a very close landing of that area where a passenger taking mobile phone footage thought the plane was too close to the manson. so it

the latest on the crash in iran. we are still waiting to hear if they have managed to get to the crash scene. president trump has criticised the fbi for missing warning signals about wednesday's school shooting, describing it as unacceptable. in a tweet, he said the fbi's failure to stop the gunman, nikolas cruz, were because it was spending too much time investigating allegations of russian interference in the presidential election. he said the fbi needed to get back to basics. thousands of people in florida, including survivors of the shooting, have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the united states. the event took place outside the court building in the city of fort lauderdale, a short distance from the school where cruz killed 17 people. laura westbrook reports. chanting: no more! outside the federal courthouse in fort lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of her school's auditorium as a gunman started shooting. sh

no doubt mr zarif will brazenly deny iran's nefarious involvement in syria. iran also denies that it committed an act of aggression against israel last week that it sent a drone into our airspace to threaten our people. well, here is a piece of that iranian drone, or what is left of it after we shot it down. these were the first images of the drone iran is accused of sending into israeli airspace last week. israeli jets retaliated. targeting iranian assets in syria for the first time. but syrian fire brought down an israeli warplane, the first time in decades its combat aircraft was shot down by enemy fire. today when iran's foreign minister took to the stage in munich, he didn't mention the israeli leader by name. you were the audience for a cartoonist circus. and then he fired back with barbs of his own. israel uses aggression as a policy against its neighbours and once somebody — the syrians have the guts to down one of its planes, it is as if a disaster has happened. this disaster does mark a dangerous new turn in syria's destructive conflict and tensio

but still of the 180 planes that iran has contracts the 180 planes that iran has co ntra cts to the 180 planes that iran has contracts to purchase only 11 have been delivered and eight of them are the same type of planes, atis. but because of banking problems, because no international banks work with iran, although iran is prepared to buy and pay for planes, it has not been able to do so. it has an ageing fleet and they are not maintain very well. that is why it is so often that we hear news like this out of iran. thank you so much for bringing us iran. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. ahead of tonight's baftas almost 200 female actresses have arranged a fund to help and support. emma watson has given £1 million to the cause. the education secretary has said that higher government subsidies could be provided to fund more expensive degree courses such as science and engineering, allowing universities to charge less for humanities courses. damian hinds said the idea would be included in a review of university funding. his comments come as a committee of mps has called for th

what's the record of internal flights in iran? as you probably know, iran has a history of such air crashes because of a long history of international sanctions, iran has not been able to purchase new planes. that has changed since two years ago. because of the nuclear deal, the sanctions have been lifted and iran can now purchase planes. it has put in orders for 200 planes which it needs, but unfortunately, only 11 have been delivered, because still big banks don't want to work with iran. although the country is ready to pay, no bank is ready to help with that transaction. so iran is still struggling with these old planes. and presumably, even when that happens, there will be a lag in terms of replacing the existing aircraft. as far as getting information about what has happened, do we know anything more about the flight? is this a routine flight, a regular one, is it a popular route? it is a routine flight, and actually, just after this happened, we received video footage of a very close landing of that area, where the passenger

i can assure you that if iran's interests are not secured, iran will respond. we'll respond seriously and i believe it would be a response that people will be sorry for taking the erroneous actions they did. we will not be the first ones to violate an agreement for which all of us tried, in spite of netanyahu's attempts, to achieve. we achieved it in spite of him, we implemented it in spite of him, and the world will maintain that agreement, in spite of his delusional attempts. kasra naji from bbc persian is in munich and he explained more about the tensions between israel and iran. it's very real, actually. and what we've seen in the last three days in this conference, in this hotel behind me... in fact, a lot of people who did speak, some of the leaders of the countries, top officials, strategists who spoke, they spoke about the real danger of a conflict breaking out in that region, particularly because of the worrying developments in syria. there are people here who believe syria today poses the greatest threat to world peace, in effect, and what has happene

but because of banking problems, because no international banks work with iran, although iran is prepared to pay and buy these planes, it has not been able to do so, so it has an ageing fleet. they are not maintained very well and that is why it is so often that we hear news like this out of iran. let's get the full sports round—up, including the latest from the winter 0lympics. richard has all the details. richard has all the details. to the winter olympics in pyeongchang first of all, where it's been another day to celebrate great britain's skeleton medallists. lizzy yarnold was presented with her gold medal earlier this morning. lizzy, the defending champion, won the event in thrilling style yesterday. the back—to—back olympic champion was joined by british team mate laura deas on the podium. laura took bronze. the british pair were part of what was britain's most successful ever day in a winter games. british short—track speed skater elise christie is in a race to be fit for tuesday's 1000m. she suffered soft tissue damage from her fall in saturday's1500m short—track skating

iran in syria, something that would have been extraordinarily serious. it would have no doubt drawn in the united states quickly, and spread far beyond syria. the atmosphere in which these two men trade the allegations is very much what he did and tends, and we need to watch the situation carefully. a group of american teenagers who survived a school shooting in florida earlier this week have announced a national march on washington to demand political action on gun control. they say they're determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three staff members were killed, will be a turning point in the national debate on guns. police in leeds have been called to one of yorkshire's busiest shopping streets after an attempted ram raid took place. as you can see, men in two cars drove onto a pedestrianised street in the centre of leeds and attempted to rob a high—end watch shop. the men in balaclavas didn't succeed in gaining entry and escaped before the police arrived. the home office has said it can't issue a medical cannabis licence for a sixâ

more than 60 people are feared dead after a passenger plane crashed in iran. the flight, which took off from the capital, tehran, came down in the zagros mountains, in the south—west of the country, on its way to the city of yasuj. it was operated by aseman airlines. the bbc‘s persian correspondent, amir paivar, has been explaining why there is some confusion over whether or not there are survivors. we don't quite know exactly the reason for the crash. we know the weather conditions in that area are severely that. also the plane had a history of technical. it was grounded for seven years because of technical problems was the it was commissioned only sadly again. but only 20 days ago, on the same route, it had to come back to the capital because of a technical problem. it does have a history of technical problems, this particular plane, which crashed today. but also in that area do weather is not great. it could be either of those two. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has launched a scathing attack on iran, calling it the "greatest threat to our

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. israel says it doesn't want an escalation in syria, but in a highly volatile atmosphere, where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, there remains open the distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing 19 people and injuring 62 on the tai po road police have arrested the driver and charged him with causing death by dangerous driving. sophia tran—thomson has this report. it does contain images some viewers may find distressing. the i2—metre long double—decker was taking spectators and workers home from the sha tin racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have slid and flipped onto its side and hit a lamppost which cut through it. the driver has been arrested on counts of causing death and grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving. translation: the driver was ten minutes late, and he lost his temper when he started driving. some people were complaining, and he dro

but because of banking problems, because no international banks work with iran, although iran is prepared to pay and buy these planes, it has not been able to do so, so it has an ageing fleet. they are not maintain very well and that is why it is so often that we hear news like this out of iran. 0ur bbc persian correspondent. they describe themselves as britain's forgotten veterans. 60 years ago, thousands of uk service personnel were sent to the south pacific to test nuclear bombs. some claim the radiation caused cancers and birth defects which they passed onto their children and grandchildren. now they hope a new study of their dna will prove it, as sarah corker reports. it was so bright you could see the bones in your hand. you just saw, like, another sun hanging in the sky. that's what it was. the south pacific at the height of the cold war. the british military testing the nuclear bomb. i'm bob fleming. i was a nuclear test veteran. he was 2a and in the forces when he watched one of the world's most powerful weapons detonate on christmas island. one of 22,000 british men involved in

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. there are likely to be more hastily—called meetings, here at the israeli prime minister's office, about how to deal with what he sees as the growing threat from iran. israel has said that it does not want an escalation in syria, but in a highly volatile atmosphere, where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, there remains open the distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in bangladesh, where he's been meeting rohingya refugees, who've escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. nearly 700,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, after a military crackdown began six months ago. reeta chakrabarti is travelling with the foreign secretary. cries of "welcome" to a guest from a people who have been kicked out of their home. we're going to try and get you back home, guys. borisjohnson came to see and hear himself from the victims of this huge man—made disaster. he heard story after story of arson,

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. israel says it doesn't want an escalation in syria, but in a highly volatile atmosphere, where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, there remains open the distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. britain's foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in bangladesh where he's been meeting rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is holding talks with myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, in which he's expected to call for the safe return of rohingya refugees to myanmar. on saturday, mrjohnson visited a refugee camp on the country's border with bangladesh where he met rohingya muslims who had fled persecution by the burmese military. during the visit, he said it was vital that the refugees be allowed to return to their homes in rakhine state voluntarily, with dignity and under international oversight. police in hong kong say at least 19 passengers have been killed in one of

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. israel says it doesn't want an escalation in syria, but in a highly volatile atmosphere, where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, there remains open the distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. turkey says one of its military helicopters has been shot down in the north of syria. it happened near afrin — where turkish forces are fighting kurdish militants. kurdish fighters say they brought the aircraft down, and claim that 16 turkish soldiers were killed. the turkish military said two soldiers on board the aircraft had died. india's prime minister narendra modi is in the palestinian territories — the first such visit by a head of the indian government. he held talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas as part of a middle east tour. officials in delhi say his trip is intended to help the palestinians develop their health, information technology and education services.

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. israel says it doesn't want an escalation in syria but in a highly volatile atmosphere where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, there remains open the distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the british government has warned all uk charities working overseas that they will have their funding withdrawn unless they co—operate with the authorities on safeguarding issues. the warning follows allegations against some oxfam workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. the charity says it's already set up a whistle—blowing hotline to prevent sexual abuse and misconduct. angus crawford reports. it was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. 0xfam, with more than 70 years‘ experience, had hundreds of staff in the field. but an investigation by the times found that in 2011, fou

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. there are likely to be more hastily called meeting sir at the usually plays minister's offers about how to do with what he sees as the growing threat from iran. israel has said that it does not want an escalation in syria, but any highly volatile atmosphere, where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, and remains open a distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing at least 18 people, and injuring dozens more, on the tai po road in the new territories. sophia tran—thomson has this report. the 12—metre long double—decker crashed in the new territories of hong kong. it was taking spectators and workers home from the racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have split and flipped onto its side and hit a lamppost which cut through it. it is still unknown what caused the accident but passengers quoted by local media have said the bus was running late and driving at h

iran has accused israel of lies, claiming it has only military advisers in syria. israel says it doesn't want an escalation in syria. but in a highly volatile atmosphere, where any of the players is capable of miscalculation, there remains open the distinct possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has been in bangladesh, where he's visited rohingya refugees, escaping violence in neighbouring myanmar. nearly 700,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after a military crackdown began six months ago. reeta chakrabarti was with the foreign secretary as he visited the balukhali camp. welcome! cries of "welcome" to a guest from a people who have been kicked out of their home. we're going to try and get you back home, guys. borisjohnson came to see and hear for himself from the victims of this huge man—made disaster. he heard story after story of arson, rape and murder. committed, say the rohingya victims, by the military and buddhist mobs in myanmar. i'm very sorry. what do you think of what you've

. —— iran. most of the really bad things that seem to happen. -- iran. is there any hope for eastern ghouta? russia is saying a ceasefire is not practical. people in the midst of all this. doctor saying these are the worst for days eastern ghouta has ever gone through, never the level of bombardment we have seen in the past 96 hours. absolutely. let's be clear, the russians agreed with the turks for a ceasefire in eastern ghouta and the russians are violating that. they are the primary source slaughtering civilians and vladimir putin is doing this in part for the claim that was shot down and many people will die for the death of one pilot. ajournalist many people will die for the death of one pilot. a journalist tried to cover it says it gets to the point we do not even want to ask anyone to fill for it because it is so incredibly dangerous. what difference will it make any way? well, in the short run, that could well be because there is a lot of the un pressure police —— pushing the un pressure police —— pushing the russians. the fighting will e

more than 60 people have died after an iranian passenger plane crashed in central iran. it went down during a flight from the capital tehran to the southwestern city of yasuj. emergency services say the plane crashed in the zagros mountains, near the town of semirom. the plane is similar to this atr aircraft and was flown by aseman airlines. an official says a helicopter tried to reach the crash site but was not able to land due to bad weather. the education secretary has said that higher government subsidies could be provided to fund more expensive degree courses such as science and engineering, allowing universities to charge less for humanities courses. damian hinds said the idea would be included in a review of university funding. his comments come as a committee of mps has called for the scrapping of "punitive" interest rates on student loans. simon clemison reports. many of today's students were not born when university tuition fees were first introduced. but 20 years on, the link between getting a degree and paying towards the cost of it remains, and that has mean

iran and israel border each other. israel has been wary of the iranian involvement in the conflict in syria. stay with us and bbc news. still to come: the competitive edge of curling. the latest action from the pyeongchang winter olympics. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the l

evening we've had russia vetoing a draft resolution from britain at the un that would have pressured iran over failing to block supplies to the rebels. now, the un security council is extending sanctions on him in. is extending sanctions on yemen. what do you make of that? well, the russians are trying to balance their traditional relationship with iran with a growing relationship with saudi arabia. it is disappointing. but they are playing the balancing act. and they felt that the british draft was too strong and there is talk about coming up with another draft. but obviously the russians are running into this for their remaining allies in yemen. tu rkey‘s turkey's president has been criticised for us telling a young girlshe criticised for us telling a young girl she would be honoured if she died. the speech has been described by some as child abuse. the bollywood superstar, known simply as sridevi, died of ‘accidental drowning' according to a forensics report. sridevi died late on saturday in a dubai hotel where she was attending a family wedding. hundreds of fans are waiting outsid

and while iran, north korea and china were all named, russia was emphasised. we expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media, personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the united states. us intelligence agencies all agree that moscow meddled with the presidential election and will try to mess with november's mid—terms. it is an assessment apparently at odds with the president's view. we can't confront this threat, which is a serious one, with the whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists. this was the first major appearance for the newly appointed fbi director christopher wray. his predecessor james comey was fired after coming into conflict with president trump over russia. today, the fbi contradicted the white house over rob porter, a senior aide, who left after allegations of assaulting his two ex—wives. the administration has been vague about what it knew and when, but mr wr

israel sees iran at it worst enemy and biggest threat. it says there were weapons transfers from iran to hezbollah. they have attacked the facilities inside syria before. it happens on a fairly regular basis but they usually don't comment officially. this raises tensions as far as israel saying publically officially that it has attacked what it calls iranian facilities inside syria, so i think that there is a potential here for an escalation, but israel, while it says on the one hand, that syrians are playing with fire, it says that it does not seek a escalation. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president moonjae—in to visit him at the earliest date possible. the historic invitation was given by the sister of the north korean leader who is part of a delegation visiting the south for the winter olympics. it's been seen as a direct challenge to the trump administration, which had urged caution rather than engagement with the north. our correspondent, steven mcdonnell is in pyeongchang. vice president mike

evening we had russia vetoing a draft resolution from britain from the un that would have pressured iran failing to block supplies to the yemen, now there will be sanctions, what do you think of that? the russians are trying to balance their traditional relationship with iran with their relationship with saudi arabia. it is a balancing act and they thought the british draft was too strong and there is talk about coming up with another draft. the russians are helping their iranian allies. thank you very much. six months ago the world watched as a massive storm hit houston, texas. hurricane harvey killed more than 60 people, and 40,000 had to flee their homes as the water poured in. the devastating flooding led to many questions — not least, did officials do enough to prepare. laura trevelyan reported from houston during the storm and has been back to see how the city is faring. houston underwater. this was the catastrophic flooding called by hurricane harvey as record rainfall saturated the city, deluging neighbourhoods, turning lives down. you are ready. you know you are home. we are h

israel sees iran as —— iranians involvement. israel sees a run at it worst enemy and biggest threat. there were weapons and biggest threat. there were wea pons tra nsfers and biggest threat. there were weapons transfers from iran to house parlour. they have attacked the synergies inside syria before. the iranians... israeli insurgent only —— this raises tensions as far as israel saying officially that it has attacked what it calls iranians the villages inside syria, so i think that there is a potential here for an escalation, but israel, while it says on the one hand, that syrians are playing with fire, it says that it does not seek a explanation. the drone based in syria was actually been used against the group that calls itself islamic state — the latest that we have heard. they might say, you would say that, wouldn't you, but actually, we are all worried about the group that we call islamic state, you are misinterpreting our military actions. we hear it from the russians and president assad. we have heard from mr assad,

but the complicity in syria is getting very difficult now because you have iran, hezbollah, syria, the us, russia, turkey and what we are asking in the wars, in the conflict, let people have a normal life again so children's dreams can come true again and not be totally devastated and destroyed because of war, conflict and hunger. who ever knew food could be so complicated. thank you so much forjoining us here. you have a snapshot of how food is playing such a critical role when it comes to the major security. it shouldn't be that way, but that's the reality and that is what they were discussing in munich. now, day 9 of the winter olympics in south korea are underway with no while many eyes are focused on this year's winter olympics, one of the most hotly—tipped films for sunday night's british academy of film and television awards is i, tonya, based on events linked to the winter olympics of 1994. it's a biopic about the american figure skater tonya harding, who became notorious for her link to an attack on a fellow skater. margot robbie plays the disgraced tonya, and allisonjanney

the complicity in syria is very difficult because you have iran, hezbollah, syria, the us, russia, turkey and what we are asking in the wars, in the conflict, let people have a normal life again so let people have a normal life again so children's let people have a normal life again so child ren‘s dreams let people have a normal life again so children's dreams can come true again are not the totally devastated and destroyed because of war. who are the new food could be so complicated. thank you so much for joining us here. you have a snapshot of how food is playing such a critical role when it comes to the major security will stop it shouldn't be that way, but that's a reality and that is what they were discussing in munich. now, day 9 of the winter olympics in south korea are under way with no medals up for grabs so far, but here's some of the highlights from day 8. norway's marit bjorgen has skied her way into the record books as part of the winning team in the ladies 4x5km cross—country event. she is now the joint most decorated winter olympian of all time with 13 medals to her nam

president assad, with the help of russia and iran, is now secure, but syria is linked into a web of war and power politics, which guarantees more bloodshed. how many times in the last seven years have syrians dug through the rubble for survivors? there's talk of safe corridors out for civilians, but, based on past form, the regime wants victory in eastern ghouta and the surrender of the rebels. jeremy bowen, bbc news. the charity oxfam is now investigating 26 allegations of sexual misconduct which have been reported since allegations were made against some of its workers in haiti. the charity's leaders were questioned today by a parliamentary committee at westminster when they admitted that thousands of people had cancelled their monthly donations since the the scandal broke, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. in 2010, haiti was flooded with aid workers, most there to help the country recover from the earthquake. but seven men from 0xfam were also hiring prostitutes and bullying colleagues, men who were eventually dismissed or allowed to resign. today, the charity's

this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. the aircraft was returning from belgrade, where manchester united had entered the semi—final of the european cup. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it "a piece of cake". thousands of people have given the yachstwoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: syrian rebels say they shot down a russian fighter jet in north—western idlib province. moscow says the pilot ejected — but w

iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the governing anc tells south african president jacob zuma you are being removed as head of state. north korea's leader speaks of a "warm climate of reconciliation" with the south after a delegation returns from the winter olympics. police have named the three british tourists killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon over the weekend. becky dobson, jason hill and stuart hill d

described this as what it calls a blatant and severe violation of its sovereignty, as you said, it accuses iran of being behind the drone that was flown into israelis territory early this morning before the israelis shot it down, they then sent several fighter jets into syrian territory to attack the facility from which they say it came. one of those aircraft came under anti—aircraft fire, as you say, is ready military say that it crashed, and one of the pilots, after it jets crashed, and one of the pilots, after itjets in, was left seriously injured. as for the iranians, they accuse israel of lying over this and the syrians have said that they believe that this is israelis aggression. —— israeli aggression. this marks one of the most serious escalations yet between these regional enemies. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing at least 19 people, and injuring dozens more, on the tai po road in the new territories. sophia tran—thomson has this report. the 12 metre long double—decker crashed in the new territories. it is unknown what caused the accident, though pass

iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. very glad to have you with us on bbc news. the latest headlines: south africa's ruling party, the anc, has told president jacob zuma you are being removed as head of state. to maria's leader is speaking off a warm climate of reconciliation, calling south korea very impressive at his delegation of senior officials returned upon the winter olympics. —— north korea's leader. the uk government is unveiling a new tool it say

once i checked iran straight up —— out the front door of the street and around the corner to the shop and it is blown debris and rubble —— rubble across four lanes of traffic. in a large white delete a fire in the area where the building stood. this, a main road in leicester, now the scene of what the police called a major incident. east midlands ambulance service av have taken several people to hospital. it is unclear if there are more casualties. reports suggest the explosion happened in a pull list —— pull list polish shop that had a flat above it. neighbours felt their home sick from the force of the explosion. here, people help paramedics treat the injured. fire crews have been searching the wreckage of the building. because of the explosion is still not known. our correspondentjeremy has spent the evening at the scene and a little earlier sent us this update. the explosion happened just after seven o'clock this evening. we are on the main hinckley road which is one of the main roads out of leicester. the explosion is actually —— has destroyed what has been described