:00:22. > :00:27.Good evening. Iran says it is prepared to
:00:28. > :00:30.co-operate with the United States and to help the Iraqi government in
:00:31. > :00:32.its battle against Sunni extremists. President Hassan Rohani made
:00:33. > :00:35.the extraordinary offer during a news conference,
:00:36. > :00:39.but he denied that Iranian troops had already been sent into Iraq.
:00:40. > :00:45.This evening the Pentagon ordered an aircraft carrier and two warships
:00:46. > :00:48.into the Gulf in case Washington decides to pursue a military option
:00:49. > :00:51.against the insurgents. Fighters
:00:52. > :00:54.from the Islamist group ISIS have taken control of large parts
:00:55. > :00:56.of the north and west, including the cities of Mosul and Tikrit.
:00:57. > :01:05.From Irbil, our correspondent Paul Wood reports.
:01:06. > :01:13.The front line with ISIS in the North. These Kurdish fighters are
:01:14. > :01:23.few in number, but determined to defend their territory. Their morale
:01:24. > :01:30.is high, unlike the Iraqi army, which fled from here.
:01:31. > :01:39.In Shia mosques in Baghdad, a rallying cry. There are forming
:01:40. > :01:48.their own militias rather than relying on the Army.
:01:49. > :01:54.The fightback starts now, says the Prime Minister. We will take back
:01:55. > :02:02.every inch defaced by the feet of those traitors, he says. A million
:02:03. > :02:10.people have been displaced by the fighting according to a UN estimate.
:02:11. > :02:18.We are seeing a very serious threat to the sovereign and integrity of
:02:19. > :02:22.this country, and that needs to be dealt with. It cannot be dealt with
:02:23. > :02:27.only militarily, but it cannot you dealt with only politically, because
:02:28. > :02:30.the opponent is a very determined organisation of people who seek to
:02:31. > :02:35.destroy the state. All of the international efforts now centred on
:02:36. > :02:41.putting pressure on the Shi'ite Government in Baghdad. That it is
:02:42. > :02:47.hoped will take some of the foresight of what is largely a Sunni
:02:48. > :02:54.tribal uprising. But ISIS would not be part of any deal. Here the
:02:55. > :03:01.jihadists celebrate the latest gains, and Iraq will need help from
:03:02. > :03:05.both Iran and the United States to stop them.
:03:06. > :03:08.The Ukrainian government is vowing to retaliate
:03:09. > :03:10.after a military transport plane was shot down by pro-Russian
:03:11. > :03:13.separatists, killing 49 people. The plane, which was carrying troops
:03:14. > :03:17.and equipment, was about to land at Luhansk airport.
:03:18. > :03:20.It is thought to be the biggest single loss of life suffered
:03:21. > :03:25.by government forces since the start of the conflict in east Ukraine.
:03:26. > :03:28.Daniel Sandford reports. The wreckage of the Ukrainian
:03:29. > :03:31.military transport plane knocked out of the sky at a government-held
:03:32. > :03:36.airfield this morning. None of the nine crew or 40
:03:37. > :03:39.soldiers it was carrying survived. The Ukrainian defence ministry said
:03:40. > :03:41.it had been destroyed by terrorists. The phrase it usually uses
:03:42. > :03:46.for the fighters in the far east of the country who want to break
:03:47. > :03:50.away and join Russia. It was easily the worst loss of life
:03:51. > :03:55.by Ukrainian forces in a conflict which gets worse by the week.
:03:56. > :03:59.A security camera filmed the plane landing in Lugansk at
:04:00. > :04:03.one in the morning, and it burst into flames and crashed the ground.
:04:04. > :04:07.The new Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, was only sworn
:04:08. > :04:11.in here in Kiev last week. He has promised to punish those
:04:12. > :04:16.responsible for the deaths. But in truth he has little control
:04:17. > :04:21.over the most restless regions in the far east of the country,
:04:22. > :04:24.Lugansk and Donetsk. There was shock this week
:04:25. > :04:29.when three battle tanks turned up near Donetsk, clearly in
:04:30. > :04:32.the hands of the pro-Russia rebels. The United States said they had been
:04:33. > :04:36.driven across the border, and Nato backed this up with satellite
:04:37. > :04:42.images. In the last three days, a convoy
:04:43. > :04:46.of three tanks, several launchers
:04:47. > :04:50.and other military vehicles crossed from Russia into Ukraine
:04:51. > :04:55.near the eastern Ukrainian town. This is unacceptable.
:04:56. > :05:01.There was a rare success for the Ukrainian government yesterday
:05:02. > :05:05.when forces took control back of the last rebel held
:05:06. > :05:08.buildings in the port city. But every street and every
:05:09. > :05:11.building is having to be fought for, and increasingly well armed
:05:12. > :05:18.pro-Russian forces still control several large cities.
:05:19. > :05:20.Daniel Sandford, BBC News, Kiev. The Chief Inspector of Prisons has
:05:21. > :05:24.warned that jails in England and Wales are so overcrowded there's
:05:25. > :05:26.a risk to prisoners and the public. Nick Hardwick accused ministers of
:05:27. > :05:29.a "political and policy failure." It comes after the Government told
:05:30. > :05:32.40 prisons to find space for hundreds of extra inmates
:05:33. > :05:34.in case of need over the summer. Our political correspondent
:05:35. > :05:44.Gary O'Donoghue is in Wandsworth at one of the prisons affected.
:05:45. > :05:52.Nick Hardwick isn't mincing his words, but ministers appear
:05:53. > :05:55.unconcerned. Should they be? The chief inspector doesn't make a
:05:56. > :05:59.habit of laying into Government policy, but here he really has stuck
:06:00. > :06:03.the boot in, and here's not just question the operational elements,
:06:04. > :06:07.he has questioned the political policy behind what the Government
:06:08. > :06:11.are doing. Ministers are saying that these extra places they are asking
:06:12. > :06:15.for will only mean a few hundred prisoners sharing cells for a few
:06:16. > :06:20.weeks, but the problem is that almost two thirds of prisons are
:06:21. > :06:25.overcrowded. Wandsworth has almost 600 more prisoners than it should
:06:26. > :06:29.have. The other thing they say is that if you want to put an extra
:06:30. > :06:32.bunk bed in a cell, that can be done, but do you have the staff and
:06:33. > :06:36.resources to do something with those was and is, because if you don't,
:06:37. > :06:38.they get frustrated and then you get trouble.
:06:39. > :06:43.Gary O'Donoghue, thank you very much.
:06:44. > :06:44.at one of the prisons affected. Football now,
:06:45. > :06:47.and England's World Cup campaign finally gets under way tonight.
:06:48. > :06:50.Around 3,000 England fans have accompanied the team to the city of
:06:51. > :06:52.Manaus, where they take on Italy. From there,
:06:53. > :06:57.our chief sports correspondent Dan Roan sent this report.
:06:58. > :07:10.It is an away fixture like no other. Match day morning in Manaus, and the
:07:11. > :07:17.fans take a stroll along the Amazon. Few are expecting a stroll against
:07:18. > :07:20.Italy in the heat and humidity. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
:07:21. > :07:28.to come here, not just to get to the World Cup but also to get out of the
:07:29. > :07:36.Amazon. It is a dog in the morning, ridiculously hot. I think both teams
:07:37. > :07:40.will struggle. They will bring the youngsters on in the last 20
:07:41. > :07:44.minutes. England got a first look at the Stadium here last night, and
:07:45. > :07:46.must now hope weeks of training have prepared them for the extreme
:07:47. > :07:52.conditions they will face here in the rainforest. We have grown and
:07:53. > :07:59.improved. We have been together a lot longer and have had two years to
:08:00. > :08:03.get used to what this manager wants. Roy Hodgson picked a useful squad,
:08:04. > :08:10.but now comes a defining moment for the manager and his players.
:08:11. > :08:16.It is a massive barometer for how far this team has come city took the
:08:17. > :08:19.job. He has evolved the team, brought in young players, and this
:08:20. > :08:25.is the biggest test that this group of players have got. Despite the
:08:26. > :08:31.location, support is not a problem for England. The team and their fans
:08:32. > :08:37.have come a long way. But the heat is about to be turned up. We are
:08:38. > :08:39.about to learn a lot about this young England team. We have already
:08:40. > :08:45.had a boost ahead of kick-off tonight occurs the Italian
:08:46. > :08:53.goalkeeper and captain Jen Luigi Buffon has been ruled out through
:08:54. > :08:56.injury. They know that what happens here this evening will have a big
:08:57. > :08:58.influence on the rest of their World Cup journey. It is a game that they
:08:59. > :09:05.dare not lose. Dan Roan sent this report.
:09:06. > :09:07.The Queen's baton has arrived in Scotland ahead of the start
:09:08. > :09:09.of the Commonwealth games in Glasgow next month.
:09:10. > :09:10.It follows a 100,000-mile journey across 69
:09:11. > :09:21.countries, as Lorna Gordon reports. It has travelled through the nations
:09:22. > :09:25.and territories of the Commonwealth, and today that journey was reflected
:09:26. > :09:33.as the battle arrived across the border, delivered into Scottish
:09:34. > :09:44.hands as it crossed the River Tweed. -- the baton. Enthusiastic crowds
:09:45. > :09:49.welcomed it. It was great walking across the bridge and arriving in
:09:50. > :09:56.Coldstream. Next stop, Edinburgh and a 21 gun salute.
:09:57. > :10:03.Through the streets of the nation's capital, visitors and locals and
:10:04. > :10:06.fused as they watched the baton's progress. From the centre of the
:10:07. > :10:12.city to the Portobello sure, families and friends cheering it on
:10:13. > :10:16.its way. It is being relaxed journey through the of Scotland today.
:10:17. > :10:24.People have stopped to touch the baton, take photographs. It has been
:10:25. > :10:33.very friendly. It was fabulous! Great for the kids, great to see the
:10:34. > :10:36.baton through. The baton will now go on to more than 400 communities
:10:37. > :10:37.before the start of the summer's Commonwealth