iqbal is at the hospital where the writer is being treated. nomia, statements from both his agent and his son in the last few hours — what have they said? yes, his son released a statement, and in it he said that his father is in a critical condition in the hospital but he has been taken off the ventilator and was able to say a few words. he described his father's injuries as life changing, after being stabbed several times, but he said: his usual, feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact. he also said that the family are so grateful to the audience members who jumped on stage that day at the literary event in new york state where mr rushdie was stabbed to try and help him. earlier in the day, mr rushdie's agent confirmed to us that the road to recovery was a long one. as for the 24—year—old suspect, american hadi matar, he has pleaded not guilty already in court. he is a call —— accused of attempted murder and attempted assault of mr rushdie. a lot of speculation swirling about him in the american media, particularly allega

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul and has more now about the mission. the strikes on a crowded residential neighbourhood took place just streets away from where we are standing now. it is quite a gaudy mansion, a villa, in quite a wealthy residential neighbourhood, next to a popular supermarket and a major bank. we were able to approach the house. the neighbours said it had been, the house, a several storey villa with balconies, which had been struck in the early hours of sunday morning. it turns out they were two hellfire missiles fired from a drone. we can see this morning that plastic screening had been put on top of the balconies. the windows of the nearby house had been shattered. now, the neighbours said to us that they believed it had been an empty house. they said they don't recall seeing anyone around there, although the us said that al—zawahiri had used the house for many months, that he liked to sit on the balcony. whether or

nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. nurseries in england are closing at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages. the early years alliance, which represents about 14,000 providers, says the sector is facing its worst crisis in 20 years. the government said it was increasing funding paid to childcare providers. 0ne mum, gabrielle drake told the bbc abou the �*mad scramble' to find alternative childcare for her 13 month old son, theo on friday the 5th of august we received a letter whichjust said due to management restructure, we are now closing the nursery as of today. we were given that date to pick up any items we had at the nursery, otherwise we would not be allowed to enter the building again. obviously, you know, when you receive this e—mail in the middle of the day and you work full time, it is pretty impossible to find the time to go to the nursery to pick up your belongings. so we've lost a month's supply of nappies and formula, you know, which is quite expensive. we were given no additiona

nomia iqbal reports from new york on sir salman�*s condition. the details of his condition have come through that statement from his son, zafar rushdie, which he released on twitter. he said that his father is still in a critical condition inside the hospital. he's been taken off the ventilator. he's able to breathe unaided. and he did say a few words. zafar rushdie did go on to say that the injuries are life—changing and just to repeat what you said there, to quote him, he said that his father's usual and defiant sense of humour remains intact. he also paid tribute to the audience members who jumped into action that day on friday at the literary event where mr rushdie was due to speak and helped mr rushdie. he was taken from that new york event, the neighbouring state of pennsylvania, and helicoptered here to the hospital where, as his son has said, he remains in critical condition. earlier, mr rushdie's agent, andrew wylie, confirmed to us that mr rushdie was on the long road to recovery. so 24—year—old hadi matar has already appeared in

nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has gone on trial, accused of eight counts of rape, one of attempted rape, and one of sexual, assault against seven young women. the jury at chester crown court heard the offences are alleged to have taken place at mr mendy�*s cheshire home, between october 2018 and august 2021. the 28—year—old french international denies all charges. judith moritz has this report. benjamin minjee was described as a reasonably famous footballer. the court heard about his world cup victory with brunson 2018 and about his success with manchester city, which the jury heard gave success with manchester city, which thejury heard gave him wealth and status, but the prosecutions of this case has little to do with football. instead, another chapter in a very old story. thejury the jury was told that this man, lewis saw her maturity was a friend of him and acted as his fixture demographics. it is said by the prosecution a stream of women were brought to his man

nomia iqbal is at the hospital in erie, pennsylvania where the satanic verses author is being treated and gave us this update in the last few minutes. ina in a statement given to us, salman rushdie�*s agent said the following, he is off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun, it would be long, the injuries are severe but his condition is headed in the right direction. just a reminder of those injuries. salman rushdie is likely to lose and i felt add the man of his arms are severed and his liver has been badly damaged. in terms of the suspect met the man accused of attempting to murder and assault him, american citizen, he has already appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to all the charges. there has been lots of speculations and reports about his extremist views. it is important to say no definitive motive has yet been established. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and a0 are injured in a fire at a coptic church in north—west cairo. several children are believed to be among the dead. the blaze in the abi—seyfen church in the capital's work

iqbal has the latest. inside the hospital, salman rushdie remains in a critical condition. but a glimmer of hope for his family as he is taken of the ventilator and is breathing unaided. in a statement, his son, zafar rushdie, said: we are extremely relieved that he was able to say a few words. though his life changing injuries were severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact. zafar also praised the audience members at the literary event on friday where is father was stabbed. they said he bravely leapt to his defence to help him. salman rushdie�*s agent told us he is on the long road to recovery. the writer suffered very serious injuries. he faces losing an eye and his liver is badly damaged. 24—year—old american suspect hadi matar has already appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted assault. prosecutors allege he travelled by bus from newjersey to the event here in western new york. they say he bought a ticket, like everybody e

iqbal has the latest. inside the hospital, salman rushdie remains in a critical condition. but a glimmer of hope for his family as he is taken of the ventilator and is breathing unaided. in a statement, his son, zafar rushdie, said: we are extremely relieved that he was able to say a few words. zafar also praised the audience members at the literary event on friday where is father was stabbed. they said he bravely leapt to his defence to help him. salman rushdie�*s agent told us he is on the long road to recovery. the writer suffered very serious injuries. he faces losing an eye and his liver is badly damaged. 24—year—old american suspect hadi matar has already appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted assault. prosecutors allege he travelled by bus from newjersey to the event here in western new york. they say he bought a ticket, like everybody else, allowing him to attend the talk mr rushdie was due to give. for decades, salman rushdie went into hidin

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul and has more now about the mission. the strikes on a crowded residential neighbourhood took place just streets away from where we are standing now. it is quite a gaudy mansion, a villa, in quite a wealthy residential neighbourhood, next to a popular supermarket and a major bank. we were able to approach the house. the neighbours said it had been, the house, a several storey villa with balconies, which had been struck in the early hours of sunday morning. it turns out they were two hellfire missiles fired from a drone. we can see this morning that plastic screening had been put on top of the balconies. the windows of the nearby house had been shattered. now, the neighbours said to us that they believed it had been an empty house. they said they don't recall seeing anyone around there, although the us said that al—zawahiri had used the house for many months, that he liked to sit on the balcony. whether or not the neighbours did not want to speak, whether they didn't know

nomia iqbal is at the hospital where the satanic verses author is being treated. nomia. there has been no comment yet from the hospital treating sir salman rushdie but his agent confirmed to us media that he is breathing unaided and speaking. in terms of the suspect, 24—year—old hadi matar has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty so all of the charges that he is facing. more reports are coming out about him, including claims he had a fake drivers license in the name of a member of his brother, the group that the us and uk regard as a terrorist organisation. they drove the group hasissued organisation. they drove the group has issued a statement saying they had nothing to do the stabbing. there are also reports that suggest he was sympathetic to iran's revolutionary guards, a major political and military force in iran, whose spiritual leader back in 1989 issued the fatwa, a ruling to have mr rushdie killed over his book, the satanic verses. it is important to stress know definitively because been established with the suspect. —— no definitive link has been est

that's nomia iqbal reporting from topeka, kansas. northern ireland has been without a working government for six months, because of political arguments about the post—brexit trade border. the impact of the stalemate is felt particularly in the legal system — the caretakerjustice minister told the bbc that the covid backlog in the courts may not be cleared until 2028. the delays are causing extra stress for people waiting forjustice — our ireland correspondent chris page has been talking to one woman who says delays in her sexual abuse case have increased her trauma. i have lived through hell for years. the longer that it takes, the longer that hell continues. claire rafferty was sexually abused when she was a child. her cousin, david andrews, who's seven years older, pleaded guilty to several crimes. he was given a suspended prison sentence in april. the investigation had begun in 2018. had my case went through in a reasonable amount of time, i would have been in a much better, much stronger place mentally. i have battled with

nomia iqbal, bbc news, kansas. now it's time for the weather with tomasz. hello. well, there is some rain in the forecast, but it's not necessarily where we need it — and we really need it across many parts of england and wales. and, as far as the rest of the week's concerned, it's just a case of a few scattered showers, so for most of us, it will be dry. now, in the short—term, there is rain forecast through this evening and overnight across parts of northern ireland, and also eastern scotland, where it could be quite heavy for a time. also notice around the north of scotland through the morning. but further south it's that dry, bright start with temperatures of around 15 celsius widely for some of our major towns and cities in england, fresher obviously in the north. so tomorrow, a northwesterly breeze brings showers to northern ireland, scotland. a few of these showers will affect the northwest of england, maybe northern wales. but the further east and southeast you are, the sunnier it will be, and the warmer. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news with lewis v

nomia iqbal is at the hospital in erie pennsylvania where the satanic verses�* author is being treated and gave us this update. in a statement given to us at the bbc, salman rushdie�*s agent andrew wylie said the following, which i will quote verbatim. "he's off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun. it will be long, the injuries are severe but his condition is headed in the right direction." just a reminder of those injuries. salman rushdie is thought to likely lose an eye. the nerves in one of his arms are severed, and also his liver has been badly damaged. now, in terms of the suspect, the man accused of attempting to murder and assault him, 24—year—old hadi matar, who is an american citizen, has already appeared in court. he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges. about his extremist views. it's important to say that no definitive motive has yet been established. here's that statement from sir salman rushdie�*s son. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and a0 are injured in a fire at a coptic church in north—west cairo. several children

nomia iqbal is at the hospital in erie pennsylvania where the satanic verses author is being treated and gave us this update. in a statement given to us at the bbc, salman rushdie's agent, andrew wylie, said the following, which i will quote verbatim. "he's off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun. "it will be long. "the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed "in the right direction." and just a reminder of those injuries. salman rushdie is thought to likely lose an eye, the nerves in one of his arms are severed, and also his liver has been badly damaged. now, in terms of the suspect, the man accused of attempting to murder and assault him, 24—year—old hadi matar, who is an american citizen, he's already appeared in court. he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges. and there's been lots of speculations and reports about his extremist views, but it's important to say that no definitive motive has yet been established. here's that statement from sir salman rushdie's son. "following the attack on friday, my father remains in critical condition in hospital rec

iqbal has the latest. inside the hospital, salman rushdie remains in a critical condition. but a glimmer of hope for his family as he is taken off a ventilator and is breathing unaided. in a statement, his son, zafar rushdie, said: zafar also praised the audience members at the literary event on friday where his father was stabbed. he said they bravely leapt to his defence to help him. salman rushdie�*s agent told us he is on the long road to recovery. the writer suffered very serious injuries. he faces losing an eye and his liver is badly damaged. 24—year—old american suspect hadi matar has already appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted assault. prosecutors allege he travelled by bus from newjersey to the event here in western new york. they say he bought a ticket, like everybody else, allowing him to attend the talk mr rushdie was due to give. for decades, salman rushdie went into hiding after his book, the satanic verses, led to iran issuing a fat

the bbc�*s nomia iqbal in washington told me more about the background to the story. for decades alexjones has built this cult following in america, broadcasting on his social media platforms to a very angry part of the us, where he has tapped into the worst fears that people have about the government, you know, people legitimately worried about the government taking away their rights and that sort of stuff. but he really has tapped into that and with sandy hook, he latched onto this, back in 2012, as you mentioned there, the worst school shooting in american history, and he claimed it was a hoax. he said it was put on by the us government, the dead were crisis actors, and this was all done in order to restrict guns, in order to take away people's rights to guns. and pushed that for years and spread that misinformation, spread those lies, and it led to a lot of families bringing defamation cases. they said that it wasn't just the fact that he was saying all this, it's what it cost them, because only they grieving the loss of their children, but also they were facing d

our correspondent nomia iqbal has the latest. inside the hospital, salman rushdie remains in a critical condition. but a glimmer of hope for his family, as he is taken off a ventilator and is breathing unaided. in a statement, his son, zafar rushdie, said: zafar also praised the audience members at the literary event on friday where his father was stabbed. he said they bravely leapt to his defence to help him. salman rushdie�*s agent told us he is on the long road to recovery. the writer suffered very serious injuries. he faces losing an eye and his liver is badly damaged. 24—year—old american suspect hadi matar has already appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted assault. prosecutors allege he travelled by bus from newjersey to the event here in chautauqua, in western new york. they say he bought a ticket, like everybody else, allowing him to attend the talk mr rushdie was due to give. for decades, salman rushdie went into hiding after his book, the satanic verses, led to ir

let'sjoin nomia iqbal who can lay out above all else, how big a vote was and the significance of this? , , , of this? this is hugely significant, _ of this? this is hugely significant, i'm - of this? this is hugely| significant, i'm coming of this? this is hugely - significant, i'm coming to you from the party that was held by the campaign that led, the campaign to protect abortion rights. tojust spell out rights. to just spell out what's happened, as you mentioned this is the first time we are getting a sense of how americans are feeling post— roe versus wade which was overturned two months ago by the supreme court. when that happens lots of republican state said they would ban abortion outright or restricted, kansas could not do it because it is enshrined in its constitution that abortion rights are protected. so it was put on the ballot as part of the primary is directly to voters do you want to pass this amendment to overturn their constitutional right? so the result has come through, it is a rejection it will be confirmed in a week, the 79% of votes have been counted, 61.2% of

nomia iqbal sent this report. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed.

let's get more from our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal. i know that the information is coming in fast and furious. at this point, what are the latest developments you can tell us about as ill as he said, there's no independent confirmation yet but it's being widely reported here by the american media, pretty much headline news on most of the american networks that the us has killed ayman al—zawahiri, al-qaeda's leader who took over from all osama bin laden when he was killed by the us in 2011, one of the world's most wanted terrorists. the mystery as always been a mystery —— his whereabouts have also the micro always been a mystery. cbs's reporting also that ayman al—zawahiri has been killed, as you mentioned there, the details that we've got that's being reported is that the cia carried out this drone strike over the weekend in kabul. a spokesperson for the taliban tweeted an air strike had been carried out on a residential house in the capital city, but it's not been officially confirmed yet. president biden is due to speaking ab

the bbc�*s nomia iqbal reports. after decades of building a cult following, alex jones is facing the cost of spreading lies. foryears facing the cost of spreading lies. for years he claimed that the deadly school shutting in us history in sandy hook, connecticut, ten years ago, was a hoax. he says it was staged by the government to increase gun controls. 20 children and six adults were killed. his allegations led to families being targeted with death threats. this action was brought by the parents of six—year—old jesse lewis. the judge already ordered him to pay $4 million for the trauma he has cause.— pay $4 million for the trauma he has cause. this day is very important _ he has cause. this day is very important for _ he has cause. this day is very important for me. _ he has cause. this day is very important for me. it - he has cause. this day is very important for me. it has - he has cause. this day is very j important for me. it has been he has cause. this day is very l important for me. it has been a long time coming. i feel very good about being here today. to face alex j

staying with that story, i'm joined by our correspondent nomia iqbal in washington. good to have you with us. for some of our viewers who are not familiar with alex jones, some of our viewers who are not familiar with alexjones, can you set the scene a little bit for us about who he is and why this has been so closely watched in the united states? yes, for decades alexjones has built this cult following in america, broadcasting on his social media platforms to a very angry part of the us where he has tapped into their worst fears that people have about the government, you know, people legitimately worried about the government taking away their rights and that sort of stuff. but he really has tapped into that and with sandy hook, he latched onto this back into thousand 12, as you mentioned there, the worst school shooting in american history, and he claimed it was a hoax. he said it was put on by the us government, the dead were crisis actors, and this was all done to restrict guns, in order to take away people's rights to guns. and push that for years and i spread th

our correspondent nomia iqbal is outside the hospital where the author is now being treated and has sent us this update. says salman rushdie was brought to this hospital in pennsylvania by helicopter to from the neighbouring state of new york where he was stabbed. doctors perform surgery on him, and we did get an update on his condition in a statement from his agent who said the author is likely to lose and eye, he said the in one arm are severed and he is unable to speak and is currently on a ventilator. a 24—year—old man from newjersey called hadi matar has been arrested, he is in custody at the moment, a raid has been carried out on his home. motive has yet been established but says salman rushdie has spent a major part of his life protecting himself from extremist attacks following the publication of his book the satanic verses. earlier i spoke to writer, lecturer and broadcaster, kenan malik — he gave me his reaction to the attack on salman rushdie. it is truly shocking. one can only hope that salman rushdie recovers as well as he can, and though that report you've just run do

nomia iqbal reports from new york on sir salman�*s condition. the details of his condition have come through that statement from his son, zafar rushdie, which he released on twitter. he said that his father is still in a critical condition inside the hospital. he's been taken off the ventilator. he's able to breathe unaided. and he did say a few words. zafar rushdie did go on to say that the injuries are life—changing and just to repeat what you said there, to quote him, he said that his father's usual and defiant sense of humour remains intact. he also paid tribute to the audience members who jumped into action that day on friday at the literary event where mr rushdie was due to speak and helped mr rushdie. he was taken from that new york event, the neighbouring state of pennsylvania, and helicoptered here to the hospital where, as his son has said, he remains in critical condition. earlier, mr rushdie�*s agent, andrew wylie, confirmed to us that mr rushdie was on the long road to recovery. so 24—year—old hadi matar has already appeared

our correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports from the court in virginia. he reports from the court in virginia. is the highest m high—profile he is the highest member, the most high—profile member of the islamic state who faced a jury trial here in the us. the trial lasted more than two weeks and conclude in april where he was convicted on eight counts and today, he was past his sentence and was given a life sentence and was given a life sentence for his crimes. and with thejudge said in court, he described what el shafee elsheikh did is terrific, barbaric, crueland callous. he also said what he did was criminal. his actions are said to have resulted in the deaths of four us hostages, james foley also, stephen, kalin and peter as well as to british aid workers alan and david. he is the most high—profile member and he has been convicted to life injail. he declined member and he has been convicted to life in jail. he declined the opportunity to comment and the judge askedif opportunity to comment and the judge asked if you want to say anything and thro

our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. mr rushdie was provided medical treatment by a doctor who was in the audience, until ems arrived on scene. mr rushdie was airlifted to a local trauma centre and is still currently undergoing surgery. afterwards, eyewitnesses said they were in deep shock. i was stunned by what i saw. i thought at first it was a stunt or some kind of play that wasn't funny. and then when i realised what was actually happening, i wasjust completely taken by surprise. people were rising up out of their seats and gasping, crying and screaming and this... unheard—of thing was happening on stage. sir salman was rushed to hospital and taken by helicopter to the neighbouring state of pennsylvania. he was due to speak at the chautauqua

our correspondent nomia iqbal has sent this report from the courthouse in virginia. and then they would ask me to... el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. he was a simple is fighter but that wasn't true. he was a simple is fighter beatings, he was a simple is fighter electrocution is and executions beatings, electrocution is and executions were carried out on the western hostages, who called their torture was the beatles due to their endless accents. he left london to join is and he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot in which four americans were killed. in which four americans were killed — james foley, steven sotloff, peter kassig and kayla mueller, as well as the deaths of british aid workers david haines and alan henning. the judge described what el shafee elsheikh did as horrific, barbaric, callous and criminal. elsheikh declined to comment, he had the opportunity to do so. none of the victim' bodies have ever been found. outside court, the families gathered. james foley died eight years ago today. it is famil

nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. there could be more disruption for train travellers from today as avanti west coast introduces a reduced timetable of services, adding to problems created by a summer of rail strikes. the company, which operates trains between london and the north—west and scotland, says the new timetable will run until further notice due to severe staff shortages. razman karmali has this report. just today after the latest industrial dispute to hit the railways, another major disruption is hitting customers who use the avanti west is hitting customers who use the ava nti west coast services, is hitting customers who use the avanti west coast services, reduce timetable will see a big drop in services. avanti west coast normally runs seven trains per hour on the west coast mainline. now it will run as few as four an hour. london, euston and manchester services are the worst affected, with trans reduced from three per hour to just one. avanti west coast blame the comfortable reduction on the current u

here�*s our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal cheering in this deeply conservative state, it�*s a moment that gave liberal groups hope. it�*s going to be ok, it�*s going to be ok. they�*d expected the vote to protect abortion rights to either be tight, or not go their way at all. i am speechless, really. i'm so proud and relieved. i'm relieved that our rights remain intact in kansas. when the us supreme court overturned roe v wade two months ago, many republican—led states banned or restricted the procedure. not kansas, because the rate is enshrined in its constitution. an amendment had to be passed to remove that right. it was a yes or a no vote. no won, by a lot. so proud of everybody in this state of kansas who has stepped forward and worked so hard for this. voters made it clear that they should — voters made it clear that they should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. this is a powerful— fundamental rights of women. this is a powerful signal that this fall, the american people will preserve the american people will preserve the right— the ame

let's get more from our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal. we were talking about this ahead of the announcement, the fact that us media had widely referenced this was going to happen. how significant is this for the biden administration now that we can confirm this news? it now that we can confirm this news? , , ., , ., news? it is seen as a huge win for him- _ news? it is seen as a huge win for him- just — news? it is seen as a huge win for him. just to _ news? it is seen as a huge win for him. just to give _ news? it is seen as a huge win for him. just to give you - news? it is seen as a huge win for him. just to give you a - for him. just to give you a sense of that, fox news which is a conservative media outlet here in america has described it as a win for him. they are calling it his bin laden moment. remember it was under president 0bama, who biden was the vice president for under 0bama when bin laden was killed in 2011. last year was a chaotic moment for biden when it came to afghanistan, we are coming up to a yearfrom it came to afg

our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. el shafee elsheikh had always described himself as a simple iis ——is but that wasn't true. a trial lasting two weeks here a part of a cell of the nicest beetles due to their english accents. —— isis beatles the group rain of terror left the world reeling in nara. he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot in which four americans were killed. james foley, and others as well as the deaths of british aid workers. inside court the judge described what el shafee elsheikh did as horrific, barbaric, cruel and criminal. he declined to comment, he had the opportunity to do so. he is going to appeal through one of his lawyers, he said that he was disqualified his legal team claiming he didn't receive a fair trial. outside court some of the victims families gathered. it is a hollow victory. our country has lost four of its very best citizens. we families lost our loved ones forever. and now el shafee elsheikh and cody who have lost their freedom, country and families, it is a

nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. a court has heard the former manchester united star, ryan giggs, headbutted his ex girlfriend and threatened to do the same to her sister. the ex wales manager, is on trial accused of controlling behaviour, as well as assaulting kate greville and her younger sister emma. our correspondent matt graveling has this update from outside manchester crown court. today this trial entered a second week and the jury heard evidence from emma greville, the sister of kate greville. mr giggs is accused of controlling behaviour. he denies all of the charges. emma greville told the jury, they came home and began arguing. he ended up on top of her, causing her pain. she said kate shouted her sister emma to get mr giggs off, which emma said she did by putting her hands around his waist. his elbow came into contact with herjaw, which his barrister said was purely accidental. in court, she said in the kitchen, things got much worse and when emma told kate that ryan had her phone, mr giggs called her a li

iqbal has the latest. inside the hospital, salman rushdie remains in a critical condition. but a glimmer of hope for his family as he is taken of the ventilator and is breathing unaided. in a statement, his son, zafar rushdie, said: zafar also praised the audience members at the literary event on friday where is father was stabbed. salman rushdie's agent told us he is on the long road to recovery. the writer suffered very serious injuries. he faces losing an eye and his liver is badly damaged. 24—year—old american suspect hadi matar has already appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted assault. prosecutors allege he travelled by bus from newjersey to the event here in western new york. they say he bought a ticket, like everybody else, allowing him to attend the talk mr rushdie was due to give. for decades, salman rushdie went into hiding after his book, the satanic verses, led to iran issuing a fatwa in 1989. many muslims considered his writing blasphemou

nomia iqbal is at the hospital where the satanic verses author is being treated and gave us this update. there's been no comment yet from the hospital treating salman rushdie, but his agent did confirm to us media that he's breathing unaided and talking. now in terms of the suspect, 24—year—old hadi matar, he has appeared in court. he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges that he's facing. more reports are coming out about him, including claims that he had a fake driver's licence in the name of a member of hezbollah. the us and the uk regard the lebanese group a terrorist organisation. the leader of the group has issued a statement saying that they had nothing to do with the stabbing. there are also reports that suggest that matar was sympathetic to iran's revolutionary guards. this is a major political and military force in iran. it was, of course, iran's spiritual leader, back in 1989, who issued this fatwa, a ruling to have mr rushdie killed over his book, the satanic verses. but it's important to stress that no definitive link has been established with the suspect. more than a

our correspondent, nomia iqbal, watched the results come in from the headquarters of the pro—abortion campaign. this is the first time we are getting a sense of how americans are feeling post— roe v wade which was overturned two months ago by the supreme court. when that happens lots of republican states said they would ban abortion outright or restrict it, kansas could not do it because it is enshrined in its constitution that abortion rights are protected. so it was put on the ballot as part of the primaries directly to voters — do you want to pass this amendment to overturn their constitutional right? so the result has come through, it is a projection it will be confirmed in a week, the 79% of votes have been counted, 61.2% of people have voted no, that is a resounding victory, i want to quote you, people here have been completely joyous about this, they said to me they never thought this would happen somewhere like kansas but to quote one woman she said it is notjust kansas people said no they said to quote her, hell, no, this is seen as a huge victory, for pro—choice folks

our correspondent, nomia iqbal, is at the hospital where the author is being treated and gave us this update. the details of his condition have come through that statement from his son, zafar rushdie, which he released on twitter. he said that his father is still in a critical condition inside the hospital. he's been taken off the ventilator. he's able to breathe unaided. and he did say a few words. zafar rushdie did go on to say that the injuries are life—changing and just to repeat what you said there, to quote him, he said that his father's usual and defiant sense of humour remains intact. he also paid tribute to the audience members who jumped into action that day on friday at the literary event where mr rushdie was due to speak and helped mr rushdie. he was taken from that new york event, the neighbouring state of pennsylvania, and helicoptered here to the hospital where, as his son has said, he remains in critical condition. earlier, mr rushdie's agent, andrew wylie, confirmed to us that mr rushdie was on the long road to recovery. one of the suspect? what do we know about him

that was nomia iqbal in kansas. roy hackett, one of the uk's most famous civil rights campaigners, has died at the age of 93. mr hackett was one of the organisers of the 1963 bristol bus boycott, the campaign that overturned a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. back then, it was entirely legal for companies to discriminate against someone because of the colour of their skin. protests paved the way for the race relations act. here's a clip of roy hackett reflecting on what he did, during an interview with the bbc in 2013. i said to my daughters that things that we have done 50 years ago to change the culture in this town and also that of the country, they laugh at me. they said, "daddy, it will change, it will come." isaid, "no, it would never come unless we start. not without me or who started it." i'm trying to tell them that unless they fight for their own right as a human being, they will never change culture. roy hackett, who has died at the age of 93. there's gro

our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. mr rushdie was provided medical treatment by a doctor who was in the audience, until ems arrived on scene. mr rushdie was airlifted to a local trauma centre and is still currently undergoing surgery. afterwards, eyewitnesses said they were in deep shock. i was stunned by what i saw. i thought at first it was a stunt or some kind of play that wasn't funny. and then when i realised what was actually happening, i wasjust completely taken by surprise. people were rising up out of their seats and gasping, crying and screaming and this... unheard—of thing was happening on stage. sir salman was rushed to hospital and taken by helicopter to the neighbouring state of pennsylvania. he was due to speak at the chautauqua

nomia iqbal reports. after decades of building a cult following, alex jones is facing the cost of spreading lies. for years, he claimed that the deadliest school shooting in us history, in sandy hook, connecticut, ten years ago, was a hoax. he says it was staged by the government to increase gun controls. 20 children and six adults were killed. his allegations led to families being harassed targeted with death threats. this action was brought by the parents of six—year—old victim jesse lewis. the judge already ordered him to pay $4 million for the trauma he has caused. this day is very important for me. it has been a long time coming. i feel very good about being here today — to face alexjones and hold him accountable for what he said and did to me, and to restore the honour and legacy of my son, that was tarnished by alex jones. during the trial, alexjones withdrew his claims, and explained on his webcast. i admitted i was wrong. i admitted it was a mistake. i admitted that i followed disinformatio

nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. low water levels in one of europe's major rivers are causing problems for the people and businesses that rely on it. water levels in the rhine in germany have dropped significantly in recent days. several ferry services have been brought to a standstill and it's expected levels will drop further today, potentially affecting cargo vessels. carol will have all the whether on the way in a few minutes, we have rain in the web it may be the notch type of rain. the risk of disaster at europe's largest nuclear plant is "increasing every day" — that's the warning from the mayor of the ukrainian city where the zaporizhzhia facility is based. the plant has been occupied by russian forces since march, and has seen frequent shelling in recent days. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. hugo, remind us why this plant is being so ferociously fought over. good morning. we are talking about your�*s largest nuclear power plant, so obviously this level of military activity around a nuclear fac

let's go to nomia iqbal in washington. biggest ever climate change legislation ever passed by congress. federal disaster declaration for the state of kentucky. midterms in november. this climate bill, the biggest ever legislation passed by congress and get some are saying it doesn't go far enough. it doesn't go far enough or present by said to make a lot of compromises in the bill and this is something he campaigned during his run for the white house and he said a couple of holdouts in his own democratic party by two senators and so, it doesn't go as far as it wants it to but still a big dealfor them. it's a huge victory for him because as you mentioned from the biggest climate change legislation passed and it puts the us on course to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 2005 levels by the end of the decade so it's very ambitious. it's notjust as legislative men for him, he said if you so far, including the infrastructure bill which will reinvest in america's transport and roads and bridges but also, the major bipartisan and sa

nomia iqbal, bbc news. thousands of train drivers are striking today in a dispute over pay and working conditions — it means no trains are running from london euston or birmingham new street. the train drivers' union aslef said the strikes were a last resort, but the rising cost of living meant workers are facing a real terms pay cut. caroline davies reports. the summer of strikes continues. today it is the train drivers walking out across nine train companies, making life more complicated for restaurants like this one in mount pritchard. we will probably struggle to get some of our colleagues to come to work and we sometimes have our customers who, they come the train because it is so much more convenient, and the ones that do want to come by train, they decide to postpone or cancel the bookings. despite that, karim says he does have sympathy with the strikers. it will affect the following lines. some lines will have a very limited number of services running, others will have none at all and the disrupti

nomia iqbal is there. this is the first state in the us to deliver a verdict on just how americans are feeling after roe v wade was overturned two months ago. this is a quiet room now — but a short while ago, there was just a huge elation after that projection came in — and it is a projection, at this stage. it will be confirmed in about a week's time. this is where one of the main groups that was leading the campaign to preserve the constitutional right to abortion held their watch party — and as i say, when that protection came through, people were crying, there were mothers with their daughters saying they never, ever thought that something like this would happen in a deeply conservative state like kansas. i'm speechless, really, i'm so proud and relieved — i'm relieved that our rights remain intact in kansas! they went into those booths - and they were proud to be a kansan, and they were proud not to have government control _ over their bodies. some of the reaction there, our thanks to our corr

iqbal was at the sentencing hearing in virginia. el shafee elsheikh had always described himself as a simple iis fighter who went to syria to help. but that wasn't true. a trial lasting two weeks here a part of a cell of the nicest beetles due to their english accents. the group reign of terror left the world reeling in nara. he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot in which four americans were killed. james foley, and others as well as the deaths of british aid workers will stop inside court the judge described what el shafee elsheikh did as horrific, barbaric, cruel and criminal. he declined to comment, he had the opportunity to do so. he is going to appeal through one of his lawyers he said that he was disqualified a legal team claiming he didn't receive a fair trial. 0utside court some of the victims families gathered. it is outside court some of the victims families gathered.— families gathered. it is a hollow victo . families gathered. it is a hollow victory- our— families gathered. it is a hollow victory. our

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. the court of appeal has rejected another attempt to stop a hospital withdrawing life support for archie battersbee, the 12—year—old who was found unconscious at his home in essex in april. the judges said treatment should not continue beyond midday, although the boy's parents could take the case back to the supreme court, as ellie price reports. another court hearing, another crushing disappointment for the family of archie battersbee. doctors say the 12—year—old is brainstem dead and judges from the high court and court of appeal have repeatedly maintained it's in his best interests to switch off life support. but his mother fights on. i have got my son's best interests at heart, and paul, and the siblings. nobody else has got archie's best interests at heart and i say, and i still stand by it, archie's best interests would be to allow that child time to recover. if he doesn't recover, he doesn't recover, but give him time to recover. archie was injured during an incident at

nomia iqbal, bbc news, pennsylvania. there's more rail disruption in the uk this morning as avanti west coast cuts back services between london and glasgow. this follows strike action over the weekend, with more to come later in the week. nina warhurst has the latest from manchester piccadilly station. today's disruption is really interesting, for two reasons. the first is that this isn't official strike action, this is avanti workers saying no to extra shifts. and the second is that we don't really know when this will end. let's have a look at the implications if you are travelling on the trains. have a look at this map, these are avanti services up and down the west coast, taking in glasgow, manchester, liverpool, london and cities that are connected to them. so, there will be a limited, temporary timetable which came into effect yesterday, that will run until further notice. what it means is that avanti are running just four services out of london every hour, that is around a third of usual services. and they weren't

i�*m joined now by our correspondent, nomia iqbal, in washington. this is quite a significant bill, isn�*t it? this is quite a significant bill, isn't it? it this is quite a significant bill, isn�*t it? it was passed over the weekend at the time when the united states was experiencing some extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken _ extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a _ extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long _ extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long time - extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long time to i extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long time to get i and it has taken a long time to get to this point. there have been huge compromises along the way, as we saw in that report, by president biden. it did not go as far as he wanted it to. it is a major victory for him, the biggest climate change bill ever passed in the usa. i guess what it does for president biden, apart from this being one of his key things he campaigned on when he w

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