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Of rape and sexual assault, and notjust in new york. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the Trump Administration has been forced to deny it plans to pull us troops out of iraq, as demanded by the baghdad parliament. It follows the emergence of a leaked letter that the us defence secretary has called misleading. All this, prompted by the us killing of an iranian general in iraq. The funeral of Qasem Soleimani in tehran has attracted huge crowds, th...

Welcome to the programme. Lets begin with breaking news this hour a ukrainian airliner carrying 180 people has crashed shortly after taking off from tehrans international airport. The reports say the boeing 737 came down due to technical problems. Iranian state television hasjust said all on board have been killed. With me is our News Reporter gareth barlow. He has been looking at all the latest news. What more can you tell us . This was a boeing 737 800 aircraft operated by Ukraine Internationa...

A lot of news on the move. A major news story is breaking this hour, also in iran. State media say a Ukrainian Airliner carrying 180 people has crashed shortly after taking off from tehrans international airport. The reports say the boeing 737 came down due to technical problems. Its unclear whether the incident is linked to the confrontation with the us. Details are still coming in. Of course, we will bring you more on this when we can give you incoming reliable information. Our breaking news t...

Meanwhile, the us house of representatives is to vote on legislation to limit trumps ability to launch military action against iran. Europe says it remains committed to the nuclear deal with iran, but the uk says iran must now return to full compliance with the agreement. The queen has called a meeting of the Royal Households to try and find a workable future role for the duke and duchess of sussex. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. There are repor...

Of a top general. Hundreds of thousands have mourned Qassem Soleimani as his body is returned to iran from iraq, where he was killed. As anti american slogans are heard in irans parliament, the United States says it is preparing for any iranian response. Is there still risk of attack . Of course there is, theres a tremendous risk. Were doing everything we can to make sure that we take that down and protect american lives. Here, the Prime Minister has called on all sides to de escalate the crisis...

Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Americas assassination of one of irans top generals, Qasem Soleimani, has bred new fears of war across the middle east. The key protagonists are in washington and tehran, the main stage for the conflict may well be iraqi. He was assassinated in baghdad. Iraq is under intense pressure to pick sides. My guest is ayad allawi who was the countrys Vice President twice. Does the Current Crisis spell disaster . Ayad allawi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very muc...

And coming up in football, liverpool extend their lead at the top of the english premier league. Well have all the latest from the bbc sport centre. Hello and welcome to world news today. After days of denial, iran has admitted it did shoot down a ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near tehran on wednesday. It follows evidence collected by the Ukrainian Government and western intelligence agencies. Protests have broken out in iran since the announcement. Many iranians are angry that the gove...

Supporters appreciate that. Thank you so much for the time being. We are monitoring everything that is happening and we have some new pictures coming into the bbc newsroom. These are light shots we believe this is an unknown location in qasem iraq but we believe it is near a base and i cannot confirm whether it is in fact the base that has been targeted with those us forces but these are just images that have come into the bbc newsroom. It might be worth reminding ourselves because of this of co...

Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has arrived back at the white house from his holiday base in florida with a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. For its part, tehran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousan...

He lost his livelihood and nearly his life on that day. And hes among the victims who want the confederation of african football to take responsibility. As victoire ayum reports. Just get your reaction to a story that has been breaking, a shooting at the africa cup of nations at the togo team but. To gos Football Team had just arrived and angola. Minutes later, two members of the delegation we re later, two members of the delegation were shot damp. The assistant coach and one other. Translation ...