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An irish woman who travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group is arrested after arriving back in dublin with her two year old daughter. Watford sack manager qu que Sanchez Flores afterjust 85 days in the role. And as part of the bbcs crossing divides season we hear two perspectives on the 1979 iranian hostage crisis thats in witness history in half an hour. The Prime Minister has told the bbc that 7a people who were jailed for terror offences have been released before serving their full ...

In iran, several hundred students have broken into the American Embassy in tehran and are holding a number of staff hostage. Revolutionary guards and police did nothing to stop the student takeover. The last week has seen a series of strong verbal attacks on the united states, including several statements from the ayatollah khomeini. Today, the ayatollah voiced support for the students action. I was attending classes at the university when i was approached by some of the students, who told me th...

Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the woman killed in the London Bridge attack has been named as 23 year old saskia jones, a graduate of cambridge university. Her family said she was funny and kind and will leave a huge void in their lives. The universitys vice chancellor said he is devastated. This is an attack on our community, in many ways, and it was intended as such and it was meant to produce a firm of terror and sadness and it has clearly done that. New images reveal th...

To silver in the mens tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty to place second in this event for the second year in a row. His team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. Thats all from sportsday. Well have more throughout the evening. Now it is time for a quick stop click. I lost my sight seven years ago. Navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous guide dog, olga. I usually use my guide dog willow to get around, but today, were trying out a new ...

Milderfrom the north. Ahead of that, frost and fog patches before it turns wet and windy later on. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines the woman killed in the London Bridge attack has been named as 23 year old saskia jones, a graduate of cambridge university. Her family said she was funny and kind and will leave a huge void in their lives. The universitys vice chancellor said he is devastated. This is an attack on our commu...

Good morning and welcome to the new York Botanical gardens. This is our special friday morning science conservation and humanity seminars. I also welcome you this morning very heartily from my cohost, brian and charles. My name is vanessa sellers. Im the coordinator of the humanities institute, a special Research Division in the library set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities. And what better subject than urban forests to bring science and humaniti...

Charges at him. Thats when he fires six shots. Hitting both dogs. And killing one of them on scene. The other dog who survived being shot was later euthanized. Police telling us for the first time today. That this all started from inside one of the victims homes and continued outside when the girl tried to run away from being attacked. Thats when the dog followed her outside. Her friend had just come over to visit when she was also attacked by the second dog. Ive been in Law Enforcement for neve...

Was adapted for his bestselling memoir see no evil and a sleeping with the devil. Hes one of the most accomplished operatives in the history. Hes won the career intelligence medal and speaks eight languages. He spent much of his 21 years with the cia and the middle east and one of his notable assignments of which there are plenty was attempting to assassinate Saddam Hussein. He is currently National Security analyst for cnn and one of the foremost authorities on the middle east. He takes us on a...

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>>catherine: the ethics committee is meeting to talk about a ross mirkirimi. he was removed from office after pleading guilty in the domestic violence case involving his wife. kate thompson is at the meeting. >> here is ross mirkirimi walking into the hearing room. he was met by a huge crowd of supporters. many of them were holding signs in applauding. he was very excited by his warm reception. he had a big smile on his face when he walked into the room. the clouds -- the crowd got so ...