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BBCNEWS BBC News At One July 14, 2024

Also this lunchtime. Reports that President Trump changed his mind at the last moment over a miltary strike on iran. Jeremy hunt promises hell give borisjohnson the fight of his life in the conservative leadership contest. For the first time nhs patients are given a revolutionary treatment for blood cancer that reprogrammes the immune system. And a century on, remembering the german sailors who died when they sank their own fleet off the coast of scotland. And coming up on bbc news, englands bowlers make a positive start to their cricket world cup match against sri lanka. Well have the latest from headingley. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has suspended the Foreign Office minister mark field after he was filmed removing a Climate Change protesterfrom a dinner in the city of london. Mr field said he acted instinctively when the woman approached the stage during a speech by the chancellor philip hammond. The minister has apologised but labour says what he did was horrific while the Prime Minister has described it as very concerning. The woman involved has told the bbc mr field needs to go on an anger management course. Richard galpin reports. The chancellor of the exchequer was on his feet giving his annual speech about the state of the economy when greenpeace activists in red dresses made their way inside and started to read out an alternative speech, calling for radical action to tackle a glomo to Global Climate emergency. As a glomo to Global Climate emergency. As one a glomo to Global Climate emergency. As one of the activist, janet barker, moved further into the hole, conservative mp and minister lea pt up to hole, conservative mp and minister leapt up to intervene. After pushing her against a pillar, leapt up to intervene. After pushing heragainsta pillar, he leapt up to intervene. After pushing her against a pillar, he grabbed her around the back of her neck to force her out. I was simply walking past his chair, or trying to walk past his chair, or trying to walk past his chair. Yeah, so they were really over the top. I would quite like him to go on an anger management perhaps. I hope he doesnt do it again. 40 greenpeace volunteers, almost all of them women, had managed to get inside the Mansion House, apparently without being asked to provide any identification. They assumed their action would event should be dealt with but not with the force demonstrated by mark field. It was clearly an assault. It remains to be seen whether he will be under Police Investigation and if he is then he should resign. In a statement, mark field said that in the confusion many guests understandably felt threatened and when one protester rushed past me towards the top table, i instinctively reacted. There was no security present and i was for a split second genuinely worried she might be armed. Mark field has since been suspended as Foreign Office minister. Mark has issued a full and unreserved apology. He recognises that what happened was an overreaction. But what we need now, in his interest but also in the interests of the lady involved, is a proper independent enquiry by the Cabinet Office and thats whats going to happen. At the Mansion House, all the protesters were eventually bundled out of the hall. Mr hammond, back on his feet, had this response. The irony, of course, is that this is the government that hasjust led to is that this is the government that has just led to the world by committing to a zero Carbon Economy by 2050. Despite what happened to janet barker, she has now said she will not press charges against mr field. And while there will be an investigation into the minister, security at the Mansion House will also be under scrutiny. Richard galpin, bbc news. Our Political Correspondent iain watson is in westminster. Downing street acting very quickly this morning to suspend this minister. It was very swift. At the morning briefing, downing street made it clear the Prime Minister had found the footage of the incident we have seen very concerning, and he had been suspended from Ministerial Office at the Foreign Office. I should stress this is quite an unusual thing to do. Usually one of two things happen when allegations are made against ministers. They are either sacked outright, and sometimes then there is an investigation and they come back into office. Or they continue in office while the investigation is going on, which happened to damian green who was being investigated over inappropriate behaviour. Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson who was accused of leaking from a Security Council meeting. At this time mark field has been suspended while investigations take place by the Cabinet Office. That is an indication of how serious it is being taken. And also doing a favour to the two people vying to succeed her, because if action had not been taken, jeremy hunt, who mark field isa taken, jeremy hunt, who mark field is a supporter of, and borisjohnson would have been plagued with questions from the media and the rest of us about what they would have done if they had been in downing street and how they would have reacted to the incident and what they would have done with mark field. Mark field will be relieved to know the protester will not press charges. Nonetheless, she says she was manhandled by him, and he has serious anger issues. Although he has been suspended as a minister, we still have to wait to find out whether he will also be suspended as a conservative mp. Iain watson, thank you. So how did protesters get in to such a high profile event . Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford is with me. Does this amount to a major security lapse . I think there are some serious questions to be asked about the security at Mansion House last night was up in that room were hundreds, 100 or more people, who work in buildings that have very serious security, top banks in the city, the treasury, the bank of england, all those buildings where they work on a day to day basis have very high levels of security, yet according to janet barker, the greenpeace protester last night, they turned up at the door, 40 of them, and tried to talk their way in. Although some of them were prevented from getting in, a large number managed to walk through, right into the room where all of these captains of industry and senior politicians were having a meal. I think thats quite a serious issue for Mansion House security and i cant believe security will look like that again next year. Daniel sandford, Home Affairs Correspondent, thank you. Us media are reporting that President Trump ordered military strikes against iran last night before then changing his mind and calling them off. The attacks would have been in retaliation for iran shooting down a us drone. Theres been growing tension between the two countries with washington blaming iran for attacks on oil tankers in the region. Our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports. Are the United States and iran edging closer to war or stepping back from the brink . The New York Times says donald trump ordered strikes against iranian targets last night, but changed his mind at the last minute. The us was poised to retaliate for this, irans shooting down of an unmanned american surveillance drone somewhere over the gulf, celebrated on iranian tv. Iran also says it has retrieved pieces of the drone allegedly shot down over its territorial waters. The foreign minister, javad zarif, tweeted this sketch last night, showing the track of the drone and the crash site just off the iranian coast. But america insists the aircraft was flying over international waters. Its released its own competing map. I have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldnt have been doing what they did. I think they made a mistake. Im not just talking the country made a mistake, im talking somebody under the command of that country made a mistake. But in washington, mr trumps opponents are also worried about mistakes. The president may not intend to go to war here, but were worried that he and the Administration May bumble into a war. At the united nations, the Iran Ambassador condemned what he called americas unlawful and destabilising measures. In a letter to the secretary general, he said the drone had been targeted after ignoring repeated iranian warnings. Each side accuses the other of aggression. Washington says iran was behind last weeks attacks on tankers and four others in may. This crisis remains delicately and dangerously poised. With the sense of danger arising, americas federal Aviation Authority has warned airlines to avoid iranian airspace. British airways and others say they will comply. This mornings chart shows dozens of aircraft keeping out of harms way. Paul adams, bbc news. Jeremy hunt has promised to give Boris Johnson the fight of his life in the race to become the next conservative leader, and britains next Prime Minister. Earlier, the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, rejected mrjohnsons argument that new trade tariffs can be avoided if theres a no deal brexit. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. Did you encourage tactical voting, mrjohnson . Boris johnsons place in the final ballot was never in doubt. Yesterday more than half of tory mps sent him through to the Party Members, but did some of his supporters vote tactically to keep michael gove out of the final run off . Possibly, some shenanigans are part of politics, but the johnson team denies coordinating anything. And now it doesnt matter. Jeremy hunt is borisjohnsons rival for number ten, today kicking off a round two of his campaign in kidderminster. Thousands of jobs in the West Midlands depend on having a wise Prime Minister who makes sensible calls on how we leave the European Union promptly, but also in a way that doesnt harm business. The former and current foreign secretaries will now face a vote of tory Party Members, around 160,000 people. They will take part in 16 hustings starting this saturday. A postal ballot will take place and a new Prime Minister will be in number ten by the week ofjuly 22. Brexit will surely dominate this contest. The uk is currently set to leave the eu at the end of october without a deal. Earlier this week Boris Johnson claimed trading arrangements could continue largely unchanged with the eu even if there is no brexit deal. The answer is there will be no tariffs and there will be no quotas, because what we want to do is get a standstill in our current arrangements. But today the governor of the bank of england said without a deal export costs would automatically go up. If we dont have an agreement, we should be clear that not having an agreement with the European Union means there are tariffs. That there are automatically, because the europeans have to apply the same rules to us as they apply to everyone else. Both borisjohnson as they apply to everyone else. Both Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt as they apply to everyone else. Both borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have claimed they can renegotiate a deal with the eu by the end of october. The next few weeks will ask urgent questions of the two candidates, about their plans to get a brexit deal through parliament and their intentions if they cant. Ben wright, bbc news, westminster. Well, whoever is the new Prime Minister will find the message from brussels on brexit to be a familiar one. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas joins us now. What are they saying in brussels . The conclusion of the two day summit that has just concluded here, the last ten minutes were devoted to brexit and afterwards we had from jean claude juncker, donald tusk brexit and afterwards we had from jean claudejuncker, donald tusk and Angela Merkel all saying whoever is the new Prime Minister, they are not open to renegotiating their Withdrawal Agreement. This is what donald tusk said. We look forward to working together with the next uk Prime Minister. We want to avoid a disorderly brexit and establish a future relationship that is as close as possible with the uk. We are open for talks when it comes to the declaration on the future uk eu relations if the position of the United Kingdom were to evolve, but the Withdrawal Agreement is not open for renegotiation. Afterwards, donald tusk said he was worried the uk might be wasting time, but there were some Member States wanting a tougher line. There was no written conclusion put out about that, and from that i think what we can take is that there is a small sort of window ajar for the next Prime Minister to come here and get a hearing at least. Damian grammaticas, in brussels, thank you. Britain now gets more of its energy from clean sources than from fossil fuels. Its the First Time Since the Industrial Revolution that renewables and nuclear have overtaken carbon based fuels such as coal and gas to power the nation. Coal production has fallen to just 3 of all Energy Production in a decade, while wind and solar power have grown. A conservative mp who made false expenses claims has lost his seat after more than 10 of voters in his constituency signed a recall petition. There will now be a by election in the brecon and radnorshire constituency only a matter of weeks after the new Prime Minister takes office. Tomos morgan has the latest. Market day where decisions have already been made. Back in april, conservative mp for brecon and radnorshire, chris davies, was found guilty of submitting £700 worth of fa ke guilty of submitting £700 worth of fake expenses invoices to decorate his office. Thank you all. I have accepted todays ruling and want to ta ke accepted todays ruling and want to take this opportunity to make an unreserved apology. That conviction triggered a recall petition and if more than 10 of constituents signed then a by election would be held. More than 19 signed the ballot. |j dont think somebody as important as chris davies should do that. He broke the law, but there are a lot worse things and that being done. Todays decision is only the second recall petition that has led to a by election. In may, peterboroughs former labour mp Fiona Onasanya became the first mp to be unseated. As conservative Party Members decide the next tory leader, locally here in mid wales, the party will have to decide whether or not to back their former man in a by election or to choose a new candidate in what could be the first test for the new Prime Minister. Tomos morgan, bbc news. Our top story this lunchtime. A Foreign Office minister is suspended after manhandling a Climate Change protester. And still to come. Joined me to find out how Climate Change and rising sea temperatures are affecting the wildlife below and above the sea lion here in shetland. The Shetland Islands are closer to the Arctic Circle than they are to london, but theyre warming up as a result of Climate Change. It has implications for the fishermen whove worked there for generations, and for the wildlife. Bbc weather forecaster matt taylor is in shetland for us now. Thanks, ben. Whilst the remoteness and the beauty of shetland certainly brings in the tourist money, the fishing industry is the main driver of the economy here. More fish landed in shetland than anywhere in england, wales and Northern Ireland combined, but temperatures are starting to rise in the season that has been having an impact notjust on marine life but on birdlife too, asi on marine life but on birdlife too, as i have finding out. Were out on the boy frazerjust off the coast of shetland. Alan has been fishing these waters for 38 years, and in that time hes noticed a lot of changes. Theres been a lot more cod, which maybe ten, 15 years ago, youd never have bothered with. So you see big changes in varieties . Yeah, were trying for velvet crab. They are a lot less of them around now, and theres more lobsters. So probably one moves in and the other moves out. I think certainly the climate and everything these days, its a massive thing to deal

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