The Foreign Office minister mark field is suspended from government after manhandling a Climate Change protestor at the Mansion House dinner. Commerations to mark 100 years since germany sunk more than 50 of its own vessels off the coast of scotland to stop allied forces seizing them after the war. And coming up on bbc news, mercedes dominate the first day of practice ahead of formula is french grand prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton taking a session each. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The parents of the oxford teenagerjack letts, who travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group in 2014, have been spared jail after being found guilty of funding terrorism. John letts and sally lane sent their son, dubbed jidhadi jack, money despite concerns he had joined is and warnings from police that they would face prosecution. His parents said they believed their sons life was in imminent danger and they were just trying to help him. From the old bailey, Chi Chi Izundu reports. They say they are loving parents put in an impossible position, but sally lane and john letts have been convicted today of funding terrorism after sending money to their son in the middle east. The heavy price we paid today is an indication of the love we have for our children stop. We are committed to helping jack return home. We will continue our campaign to help those that the government has turned its back on. Thank you. Jack letts with his parents, a picture perfect childhood, but just a few years later at the oxfordshire schoolboy was inside Islamic State group held territory in syria. The jury was told this one fingered salute was associated with is. Butjacks parents, his dad an organic farmer and his mum a fundraiser for oxfam, had told the old bailey their son had converted to islam at 16 and said he was travelling to the middle east to study arabic. Sally lane told the court she was horrified when he called her in september 2014 to tell her where he was. She said she screamed at him, how could he be so stupid. Nearly a year after being in syria, jack letts had begun asking for money, first to help out a poor friend with a large family, then he said it was to get out of syria. Ive run out of money completely. Didnt you say if it was to get out, you would send . The pair had argued in court that they just wanted to get their son out of syria safely. In a police interview, john letts tried to explain. Ive got to get him out, somehow. And how am i going to do that . He is in danger and i feel i have to do something but on the other hand, i dont want to get put away and i dont want sally to get put away. Ive got another son to worry about. So, what am i supposed to do . Despite warnings from police, ms lane was captured on cctv at her local Western Union sending £233. Speaking to the bbc back in 2017, they said they believed him when he said he wasnt involved with any banned groups. Weve always been in contact with him from the beginning. I think that is unusual for anybody who was some sort of fighter. They tend to drop all connection with their parents. He has always been in touch with us and he has always come from the beginning, denied that he was ever a member of isis or involved with isis or a fighter or anything like that and i believe that. Its not for individuals to decide when it applies to them and when it doesnt. The really strong message is, despite whatever you might think youre doing, ultimately you are breaking the law and thats not ok. A jury at the old bailey agreed. They found sally lane and john letts were both guilty of sending money to their son jack, knowing or having reasonable grounds to suspect the funds would be used for terrorism. Chi chi izundu, bbc news. Jack letts was 18 when left for syria in 2014. His parents refused to believe hed become a dangerous extremist. He married and had a child with an iraqi woman before being captured and imprisoned in syria by Kurdish Forces in 2017. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville met him last year. We had to wait until his parents trial was over before we could broadcast this interview. One of the Islamic State groups most notorious recruits was former 0xford schoolboy jack letts. He agreed to speak to us in october last year. Only now that his parents trial is over can the interview be broadcast. He said he wasnt speaking under duress and he wanted to come clean about his membership of is. I asked him if he had betrayed his country. What were you . Were are you a traitor or were you are a collaborator . Thats the question im asking you. A traitor to britain . You mean a traitor to britain . Its the first time ive heard that term in a long time. I was definitely an enemy of britain. I have no doubt about this. I havent tried to make myself innocent. I did what i did, i made a big mistake and thats what happened. I regretted what i did and thought, supposedly the british idea is that even if you do make big mistakes, you can sort of go back. Not go back to britain, i mean go back from your mistakes. You can set things right. Did they ever ask you to put on a suicide vest . They dont ask you but they encourage you. In a sort of indirect way. I used to want to at one point, believe it or not. I now think its actually haram. Thats the first time i say this. I might as well tell the truth. I did at one point want to. Not a vest, i wanted to do it in a car. So i said, if theres a chance, ill do it. I didnt request to do it but at the same time it was obvious that, i made it obvious to him that if there is a battle im ready. This is one of the places where jack letts lived in syria. He loved raqqa to begin with. He says he fought on the front lines. In iraq, he was badly injured. Later he got married and had a child. He says, though, he eventually grew disillusioned and attempted to leave is. But why did he abandon britain in the first place . I had a comfortable home, i had a very Good Relationship with my mum especially. My dad as well, actually. I thought it was leaving something behind and go into something better. I thought i was never going to see them again. In britain they call youjihadijack. While youve been away, there have been attacks in manchester, the London Bridge attacks, there have been attacks in paris. Theres very little appetite to give you a Second Chance because of what youve done. To be honest, im not asking any. Its not like im appealing to the British Public to give me a Second Chance. Its not something anyone would do. If i was a member of the British Public, i wouldnt give me a Second Chance, probably. Maybe in the specific situation but i dont expect that from anyone. So what do you expect, jack . Thats the problem, i dont know whats going to happen. Ive been here two years, every few days i hear any promise. It never gets kept. As for, and its probably not that important, but in manchester, what happened in london on the bridge, etc, i was in prison at the time. This was a long, long time after i left isis. Yeah, but, jack, thats the point. Your recruitment as a westerner, as a white middle class boy from oxford, signed up and joined the so called Islamic State, that you were a rallying cry. You gave their insanity more credence for other people to go and join them. Thats one of the things i regret. I realised that me coming was a lot more. Had more meaning than a syrian coming to isis. The fact that i came from england, i understand that it made a big difference. Thats one of the things i regret as well. They used us as well. They used us as a sort of, what do we call it in english. Like a poster boy. His kurdishjailers say he cant stay in syria. Jack letts also has canadian citizenship, although hes never lived there. The British Government says it washed its hands of him the day he joined the Islamic State group. Quentin sommerville, bbc news, northern syria. President trump called off military strikes against iran with just minutes to spare last night. The planes were in the air cocked and loaded, as he says, and had three targets in their sights. But the president said he decided to halt the airstrikes because too many people would have been killed. The attack was to be in retaliation for the shooting down of an american unmanned surveillance drone yesterday in the volatile region which supplies a third of the worlds oil. The last time the us launched a significant military effort against iran was more than 30 years ago. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. In iran they are celebrating taking out of the sky a 130 million us drone, the latest escalation in tensions between washington and tehran. Today on iranian tv, the results of their handiwork were being shown off. America has no shortage of military assets in the region but the anticipated retaliation never came. It turns out military strikes had been ordered. Planes were in the air, ships in position, but at the last moment, donald trump had a change of mind. He confirmed this on twitter this morning. Yesterday, meeting the canadian leader, with his hawkish National Security adviser and secretary of state looking on, donald trump gave a rather different impression. Iran made a big mistake. This drone was in international waters, clearly, we have it all documented, its documented scientifically, notjust words. And they made a very bad mistake, 0k . How are you going to respond . Youll find out. Today, one of irans Deputy Foreign ministers spoke to the bbc. When you violate iranian space, then we defend. This is defence. And to back up their argument, irans foreign minister produced a sketch to claim the drone was flying over iranian territorial waters. The us put out a more formal looking map to claim it was in international airspace. Regardless, the federal Aviation Authority has issued orders preventing American Airlines from flying over the persian gulf and the gulf of oman as a result of this incident. British airways is doing the same. At friday prayers today in tehran, there were renewed chants of death to america, and fiery language from the countrys spiritual leaders that the strait of hormuz will become a graveyard for trespassers. Last night, donald trump pulled back, but this is still a tense and dangerous situation in a highly volatile region. Whats clear is that donald trump doesnt want war but equally he doesnt want war but equally he doesnt want war but equally he doesnt want to look weak, so hes framing this as if, ive spared 150 iranian lives by not going ahead. But republicans who are hardline say he is allowing iran to get away with shooting down an american drone, while liberals from the 0bama era are saying, you have no plan b and e pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. This is a crisis of your own manufacturing. The Foreign Office minister mark field has been suspended from the government after he manhanded a Climate Change protestor out of 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. Heres our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. In red dresses, suffragette style sashes and dinnerjackets, the Climate Emergency protesters had little difficulty getting past security and into a room full of senior politicians and bankers. There they staged a noisy protest as the chancellor, phillip hammond, tried to make his speech. Some diners intervened and there was pushing and shoving. Among the protesters, janet barker, a long term greenpeace activist. She starts to make her way to the top table and the chancellor and the governor of the bank of england, at which point Foreign Office minister mark field intervenes and angrily manhandled her out of the room, holding her by the back of the neck. Can you get this person out . Two months ago he had called on police to take a firmer grip on climate protesters. Today, janet barker told the bbc she didnt want to go to the police, but she had concerns about the minister. I would quite like him to go on anger management perhaps, and i hope he doesnt do it again because there was some serious anger there. But for me, the concern is the environment, it is what ive lived for. Ive done it for 22 years and i will continue to do it. Mark field has apologised, saying it was an instinctive reaction but the Prime Minister was very concerned and suspended him as a minister. He recognises that what happened was an overreaction but what we need now, in his interests but also in the interests of the lady involved, is a proper independent enquiry by the cabinet office. Greenpeace said mark fields actions were an assault, but what exactly is the law . The first question is did he honestly believe that it was necessary for him to use force . And then the second question would be, was the force that he used reasonable in the circumstances, as he believed them to be . Emergency this is an emergency youve made your point. The city of london, which organised the dinner, said it was reviewing security, but it was the ministers actions that caused the greatest shock. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Our top story this evening. The parents of jack letts, a teenager from oxford who travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group, are found guilty of funding terrorism. Remembering the day 100 years ago when germany sunk 52 of its own warships off orkney. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the africa cup of nations starts later with Mohamed Salah starring for the hosts egypt. But after last summers world cup, will there be burn out for some players . The Northern Powerhouse an ambition project to boost Economic Growth in the north of england. It was launched five years ago by the then chancellor george osborne. So, what impact has it had . For transport, Research Suggests spending in real terms in the north per person is less than half whats been spent in london. Weekly pay increased by 2. 4 per cent in the north but 3. 5 per cent nationally in real terms. But its a different story for employment. In the north, it has increased, with more than 311,000 extra professional, scientific and innovation jobs and a further 511,000 jobs in manufacturing. Our correpondent, danny savage, has this report. We need the Northern Powerhouse, too. Not one city, but a collection of northern cities. Remember this . The chancellor of the time setting out a vision of northern england. He called it the Northern Powerhouse but what has happened since . Modern transport links were suggested to cut down on travel times between northern cities. But in 2019, there are still pacer trains and journey times are about the same. Those pushing to improve transport are frustrated. We need the Spending Review to give absolute Firm Commitment to hs2, to Northern Powerhouse rail and allowing us, as the local authorities, the local transport authorities, to do the rest of the work, to connect all of our communities, to connect the smaller towns to the cities. At the coincidentally named Northern Powerhouse gym, they are not short on opinions about the initiative. I mean, places like todmorden and halifax and towns outside of leeds, outside of manchester, outside of liverpool, i think you would be pushed for people to even know anything had happened. I went to london quite a few times on business. There is no comparison in the services at all. It hasjust got so much opportunity, so much investment that has been lacking for generations, really, in the north. The Business Editor of the yorkshire post, which has campaigned for investment here, tried to put that north south argument in the context. London is a great capital city and what were seeing is that investing into the north of england at this stage, with all that it has going for it, is an absolute winner for the entire country. That there has been a big change in governance, though. There are now directly elected mayors with power over at some spending decisions in their patch. On teesside, they have bought an airport. We have secured something that is going to be a real boost to our local economy in achieving that Economic Growth and job creation. The government says the Northern Powerhouse initiative is working. There has been change and there is more to come. We are moving now to what i like to call the second phase of the Northern Powerhouse and i want to see whoever the next Prime Minister is embrace this and really, you know, invest much more in it, make it a much higher priority for the government. But it will need a massive boost if the power of the north, set out five years ago, is to be realised. Danny savage, bbc news. A conservative politician has been kicked out as mp for brecon and radnorshire. Chris davies was forced out after more than 10,000 of his constituents signed a petition to remove him, after he was convicted of making false expenses claims in march. Sian lloyd reports. The Rolling Hills of mid wales, but the quiet rural constituency of brecon and radnorshire has been shaken by a political tremor. A petition was launched calling for the local mp to be removed. It followed the conviction of conservative chris d