the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, has appeared in court to face a new allegation of anti government propaganda, a week after her five year sentence for spying ended. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys this year it ll be a virtual ceremony in los angelese because of the pandemic. hello and welcome to bbc news. there are calls for london s metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after firerce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police were seen scuffling, handcuffing and leading women away from the event on clapham common, close to where sarah was last seen alive. the met has defended its actions, but the home secretary priti patel has asked for a full report. simonjo
was arguably in 1985 when he beat thomas hit man hearns in a fight known as the war . tributes have been paid to hagler across the sport of boxing. former featherweight world champion barry mcguigan tweeted, shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the incredible marvellous marvin hagler. i m honoured to have spent some amazing times with him. former middleweight champion oscar de la hoya also tweeted, saddened to hear about the death of marvelous marvin hagler. one of the greatest to ever step in the ring. the world of formula 1 is continuing to pay tribute to the voice of the sport. murray walker who as we ve been hearing this morning passed away last night. after more than a0 years in broadcasting, his voice is one of the most recognisable in sport. earlier this morning, there was a fitting tribute ahead of the final two testing sessions at the bahrain international circuit. world champions past and present have been sharing their memories. seven ti
and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys this year it ll be a virtual ceremony in los angeles because of the pandemic. hello and welcome to bbc news. there are calls here in the uk for london s metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after firerce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police were seen scuffling with women at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. some of them were handcuffed. the met has defended its actions, saying that with hundreds of people packed together, there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. but the home secretary priti patel has asked for full details about exactly what happened. simonjones has the latest and his report contains flashing images. police move in to try to break up an unofficial visual to mark the life of s
of anti government propaganda, a week after her five year sentence for spying ended. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys. this year it will be a virtual ceremony in los angelese because of the pandemic. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are calls, here in the uk, for london s metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after firerce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police were seen scuffling with women at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. some of them were handcuffed. the met has defended its actions, saying that with hundreds of people packed together, there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. b
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk s leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royal family, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week polly toynbee, a long serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he s up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he s probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc s newsnight programme. welcome. let s start with the royal family. sunday was commonweal