13/11/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello it's Monday, it's nine

o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

welcome to the programme.

Business leaders from the UK

and Europe are meeting

with the prime minister today.

They want to get some sort of deal

in place to ensure that trade is not

badly affected after Britain leaves

the EU.

Also - in Britain, they're

the silent minority -

Chinese people rarely feature

in the national conversation;

but we've learned that their silence

when it comes to health can be

a matter of life and death;

and old cultural traditions can see

new mums confined for a month

in their homes following childbirth

You shouldn't drink cold drinks

during the month, shouldn't really

shower will stop hair washing is not

allowed. And not going outside the

boundaries of your house.

We will

bring you our film in 15 minutes. It

is fascinating and gives such

insight.

A British woman imprisoned in Iran

is close to a mental breakdown

and is having tests for breast

cancer according her husband.

Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe

was arrested last year accused

of trying to overthrow the regime.

Her husband tells this programme

how his wife reacted

to the Froegin Secretary's

inaccurate comments

about why she was in Iran.

She was pretty cross, said things

that I couldn't repeat on

television. She also, you know,

yeah, I think, I think, was angry

with all sorts of people - with me,

with the campaign, with the

Government having done nothing.

She's just angry and it is just

unfair.

Richard Ratcliffe tells us

he is hopeful his wife could be

released on humanitarian grounds -

we'll hear from him after 9.30.

Hello.

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11 this morning.

Monday morning and I have

this question for you -

how stressed are you?

New research today suggests that

over 80 per cent of us feel stressed

at some point during the week -

is that you?

What I'm really interested

in hearing from you this morning,

is how you manage stress?

What you do to de-stress?

Let me know - and if you want

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So we are talking about that

and all the latest breaking news

including that earthquake in Iran.

Our top story today: Businesses

from across Europe will be

in Downing Street today

to voice their concerns

about trade after Brexit.

The CBI and the Institute

of Directors will be represented -

as will business organisations

from Germany, France,

Spain and seven other countries.

They will press Theresa May

and the Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, to clarify the future

relationship between the UK

and the rest of the EU -

and demand they maintain current

arrangements.

Chris Mason is at Westminster.

They really want some clarity, and

they definitely don't have it, do

they?

Good morning. They want

clarity. They want to be

de-stressed. We have this bus-load

of business leaders from Europe,

various groups having their say.

Urgency is the watchword we keep

hearing from them. They are saying

that the growing number of them are

enacting contingency plans around

Brexit, fearful that as the clock

ticks down there might not be an

arrangement put in place. They are

also uncertain as to exactly what

that arrangement might look like.

The Government is keen to reach out

to these groups, but given that they

are logjams over the initial

discussions about the divorce, it is

unlikely they will leave with more

clarity.

Just remind us why the

talks are logjams at the moment.

The

European Union has said that in

order to move on to the future

relationship that the UK can have

with the EU and trade, there has to

be sufficient progress, to use their

ill-defined idea, around the three

things on the table at the moment:

The Irish border, citizens' rights,

and what is seen as the divorce

payment. There is optimism that some

kind of deal can be arrived at, but

that hurdle of sufficient progress

-- that that hard goal can be

cleared before Christmas, but we saw

a delay at the October summit, the

first opportunity where that hurdle

may have been overcome. Until the EU

agrees that there has been progress,

their world with -- there will not

be any discussion about the future

trade agreement. The businesses say

they need clarity on that, and

quickly.

Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the day's news.

An earthquake has killed more

than 300 people in Iran -

more than 2500 have been injured.

Another four people have

been killed in Iraq.

The quake hit the border area

between the two countries,

around 30 kilometres south

of Halabja, with a magnitude of 7.3.

It was so powerful, it was felt

as far away as Lebanon and Turkey.

Andrew Plant has more.

Carried

into hospital amid the chaos

at this clinic in Iran.

Victims of the earthquake

on stretchers, others,

walking wounded, as more and more

of the injured arrived.

The earthquake struck after dark.

For rural villages in the affected

areas, the search is beginning

in torchlight for any

survivors that may be buried

in the fallen buildings.

The shocks were felt in towns, too.

People out for the evening running

to safety, finding a way outside

away from the danger,

scared there could be more to come.

The first reports are

that the centre of the earthquake

was near the border

between Iran and Iraq,

somewhere close to

the city of Halabja.

The US Geological Survey said

that the epicentre was about 20

miles south-west of the border.

Many people have lost their homes

and don't know where to sleep in the

coming days and weeks. That will

lead to a huge crisis, because there

are also issues with electricity in

the water supply. It has all been

damaged.

The moment the earthquake struck

was even captured on live TV.

These news broadcasters

feeling the tremors

as their programme played out.

Local media is now showing

emergency shelters and beds

being set up outside.

15 emergency teams, they say,

are now helping treat the injured

and search for survivors.

The number of dead is still

climbing, but it could be many days

before the real extent

of the damage done here

is fully clear.

Andrew Plant, BBC News.

Hundreds of people have marched

in Hollywood in support of victims

of sexual assault and harassment,

inspired by the 'MeToo'

social media campaign.

The march follows a series

of assault and harassment

allegations against public figures,

set off by revelations about

the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

The marchers started

on Hollywood Boulevard and walked

along the "Walk of Fame" to CNN's

headquarters.

The family of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

the British-Iranian woman jailed

in Tehran, say they're increasingly

concerned about her wellbeing.

In a statement last night her

husband Richard said his wife

appeared to be "on the verge

of a nervous breakdown"

and is seeking treatment

after finding lumps in her breasts.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, and his cabinet

colleague Michael Gove have both

been criticised for their

comments about the case.

The key thing to understand is that

we're working very very hard and

intensively and impartially on all

those cases. Thank you very much.

Thank you. See you later. Thank you.

The Church of England

is telling its schools that

children should be free

to explore their identity and both

boys and girls should be

allowed to wear a tutu,

tiara or superhero cloak

without judgement from

teachers or other pupils.

The new guidelines aim to prevent

children being bullied

because of their sexual orientation

or gender identity.

Jon Donnison reports:

The Church of England first issued

guidance on homophobic bullying

in its schools three years ago.

Today, those guidelines

are being updated to include

bullying against children

and adolescents who identify

as transgender or bisexual.

It comes after a controversial case

on the Isle of Wight where one

couple withdrew their son

from a Church of England primary

school because another pupil asked

to be accepted as transgender.

Our child came home

from school one day and said,

"Daddy, I am confused."

There was a boy in his class

who is sometimes coming as a boy

and sometimes coming as a girl.

We were concerned about that

because it is very confusing.

How do they deal with that?

Let us remember, these

are primary school children,

they are six years of age.

But the new guidance stresses

children should be able to play

with what it calls the many

cloaks of identity.

It says children are at

the trying-on stage of life,

so no labels need to be fixed.

And the Archbishop of Canterbury,

Justin Welby, writes

in the new guidance...

But the Church is by no means united

on the issue of human sexuality,

and this latest guidance is likely

to divide opinion.

Jon Donnison, BBC News.

Gun owners in England and Wales

are being encouraged to hand

in their weapons to the police

as part of a two week long

gun surrender scheme.

People giving up their firearms

won't face prosecution

for illegal possession,

but could be questioned if a gun

is found to be linked to a crime.

Sima Kotecha reports.

Hand

in your guns, and no

questions will be asked.

That is what police forces

across England and Wales are calling

upon people to do.

The last firearms surrender

was in 2014, when 6000 handguns,

rifles and imitation

firearms were handed in.

It is targeted at those who may have

forgotten about owning a gun,

or may be too scared to tell

officers they have got one,

in case they are arrested.

The deal is, no questions will be

asked at the point of surrender.

However, if the weapon is traced

back to a crime scene,

they could be called

in for questioning.

We're realistic enough to realise

that we're not going to get hardened

gang members, in possession

of weapons they intend to use,

hand in a gun.

But this is part of our response,

to try and make it as difficult

as possible for those people to come

into possession of any type

of weapon at all.

Latest figures show that there

were almost 7000 crimes involving

firearms in England

and Wales last year.

That is an increase of 27%

on the year before.

But the number of crimes

is still far less than a decade ago,

when it was 31% higher.

Critics say those who want to use

a gun will do so, and the surrender

won't make a difference.

It begins today, and

lasts for two weeks.

Bob Geldof says he is handing back

his Freedom of the City of Dublin -

because the same honour has been

granted to the Burmese political

leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

He's described the treatment

by Myanmar's military

of the Rohingya Muslim

minority community as "mass

ethnic cleansing."

The Live Aid organiser said his home

city had honoured Aung San Suu Kyi -

but now she had appalled and shamed

Dublin.

Jupiter and Venus -

the two brightest planets -

have been appearing very close

together in the morning sky.

Both have been visible

to the naked eye across the UK.

The best viewing time was 40

minutes before sunrise.

While the planets are visible

to the naked eye, viewers

with a telescope have also been able

to see Jupiter's

four Galilean moons.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30.

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finds you well. Maybe it sounds

crazy, but I cancel myself in front

of the mirror and bring myself down.

My life is full of stress, and I'm

not the type of person to discuss my

issues with others. I definitely try

to avoid therapists. Bruce says,

this is an easy one for me. In order

to de-stressed, I get on my

motorbike and ride around the Kent

countryside where there is little

traffic and great scenery. That gets

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Time for some sport now -

and Jessica Creighton is in Basel

for us, where Northern Ireland

suffered heartbreak last night -

they won't be going to the World Cup

- and all because of one penalty,

Jessica?

Good morning, Victoria. It is a

cruel way for it all to end for

Northern Ireland. One controversial

penalty decision that they conceded

in the first leg for a supposed

handball. Many people have

questioned that because it seemed to

strike the Northern Ireland player

on the back of the shoulder, but it

was judged as handball, the referee

gave a penalty. And because of that,

it seems, the Northern Ireland World

Cup dream is over. In the second

leg, they gave it their all. Such a

brave performance. They had a few

chances. They came so close in the

dying moments when Jonny Evans'

header was cleared off the line.

They were utterly devastated, the

players on their knees. Some of them

were fighting tears, I guess,

reflecting what might have been, had

that controversial penalty decision

not gone against them. Here is what

the manager, Michael O'Neill, had to

say.

It would be too strong a word

to say cheated, but you do feel

there is a certain injustice to

going out of a tournament in this

page. A lot of people said

Switzerland were far superior to us

in the first leg, but they only

scored the penalty, not anything

else, so we could have come here

0-0, could still have been playing,

playing extra time now, so there is

an injustice there, a huge

injustice, given the nature of what

has divided the teams.

What next for

Michael O'Neill and Northern

Ireland? This was seen as their best

chance of making it to a World Cup,

wasn't it?

Exactly. 80 years ago if you have

said they were close to making a

World Cup the few people would have

laughed only. -- a few years ago.

Been on a journey -- they have been

on a journey. They are ranked just

outside the top 20. They had this

incredible run and they got the last

16 last year. So they are incredible

competition on the world stage. Now

they have failed to qualify, you

wonder what might happen to some of

their veteran players, the likes of

the Captain Steven Davis and Gareth

McAuley. Will that be the last time

we see them in the green and white

of Northern Ireland? And the

manager, Michael O'Neill, has

received so much praise for the

transformation Northern Ireland have

undergone. But he has been touted as

the person to fill the vacant

Scotland manager position. It might

be all change for Northern Ireland

in the future.

Thanks very much.

Welcome to the programme. I really

would urge you to watch our first

film today. It is about the minority

in Britain which is practically

invisible.

Chinese people make up

0.9% of our population.

They rarely speak out,

let alone feature in

the national conversation.

This really matters when it

comes to their health -

that's when it can become

about life or death.

This programme has learned that

those in the Chinese community often

hide or ignore illnesses

because of their culture.

We've heard how women

are being encouraged to "confine"

themselves in their homes

for a whole month after having

a baby - and how the elderly

are suffering in silence

because of pressure to be

"stoic" and "endure" pain.

But as one health expert

tells our reporter Amber Haque -

"Just because we're silent

and polite doesn't mean

we should be ignored".

Chinese is well known to be

invisible and silent,

we all know that.

Just because we are silent

and polite, doesn't mean

we should be ignored.

TRANSLATION:

They work longer hours,

where work takes number one

and health takes a back-seat.

They feel that, if I've got cancer,

it's a given, I should endure pain.

I feel like crying because we're

talking about really serious stuff

and it's really like a big deal

for mum to be doing this.

TRANSLATION:

At one point,

I thought of committing suicide,

because I thought there's no hope.

They came here in the early 19th

century, and now the Chinese

community make-up 0.9%

of our population.

In 2015, more Chinese people

immigrated to the UK than any other

country apart from India.

Sometimes they are referred

to as the silent minority

because they keep their heads down

and work hard.

But, as a result, health experts

tell us that some in the Chinese

community are being overlooked

and failing to get

access to treatment.

Dr Kip Wu is a neurologist

at Kings College Hospital.

She's been concerned

by the lack of British Chinese

engaging with the NHS.

And she's decided to set

up her own voluntary service.

Those people could actually be

accessing NHS health

care, but they weren't.

There are cultural practices

and beliefs that hinder them

from getting the best service

that they require.

One of the Chinese cultural beliefs

is saving face and keeping

illnesses to yourself,

within the family,

to avoid embarrassment.

And I see that quite often

in Chinese families.

And these cultural expectations

start right from the beginning,

when a mum gives birth to a baby.

Sitting month, as in confinement

after childbirth, is a tradition

so ingrained in Chinese culture that

even I did it myself,

some practices.

Some of the very strict rules

are that you shouldn't drink cold

drinks during the month,

you shouldn't really shower,

hair washing is not allowed,

and obviously not going outside

the boundaries of your house.

Do you think the rest of the country

know that some Chinese women

are confining themselves for a month

after giving birth?

No, they don't, and especially

in the health profession.

Today we are going to cook a black

fungus chicken for a mum

who is currently practising Chinese

postnatal confinement

period in London.

Just turning brown now.

So, mums who are doing this don't

leave the house for a whole month.

They don't have any guests,

sometimes they don't actually

wash their hair or have a shower,

and they have to eat only

certain types of food.

Why is this believed to be

so healing for the mother?

They believe it will reset the body,

they believe in ying and yang

and they want to keep the body warm

and ignore the cold food.

Black fungus.

So the black fungus,

they have the properties

of cleansing the womb.

Smells good.

How many Chinese women that live

here in the UK do you think actually

carry confinement out?

I think plenty.

Plenty of them will be carrying

out this confinement,

if they have the chance.

Basically they are just delighted

that they can actually practice

postnatal confinement the Chinese

way here in the UK without shipping

the mother or their aunt

or a confinement lady

across from Asia.

Make it modern.

Postnatal your way,

in the city, you know?

It's not ancient any more.

So, for obvious reasons,

we're not allowed to film

with the mum in her house when she's

doing the confinement period,

but I have found one mum who's

willing to talk to me via Skype.

Her name's Ching, and she actually

hasn't left the house

for nearly 28 days.

Hi, Ching.

Hi there.

Did it ever cross your mind to not

do the confinement period?

Not at all, actually.

I come originally from Singapore

and it's part of our culture

to definitely do confinement,

so it was more about making sure

I can import that over to the UK

since I'm doing it here.

Being confined in your flat actually

is important because, for us,

if you don't practice it,

then you are just disadvantaging

yourself, kind of thing.

So, your husband is English,

what did he think when you told him

you were going to go a whole month

without leaving the house

or having any visitors?

I don't think he realised that it

came with a whole set

of practices and rules,

and it was a bit difficult for him

because he wanted to show

off his baby.

My husband didn't really know

what was going when I said, "Oh,

I need to practice confinement."

And his family as well.

So it is quite obvious that there's

a lack of understanding or even

awareness that it even exists.

But I can see why

it can be isolating.

Although Ching has employed her own

private health visitor,

there is a concern confinement means

babies aren't being

seen by professionals.

Dr Wu thinks the health

of mum and baby could

sometimes be compromised.

New mums can often be left

in isolation, and that's quite

difficult for them to cope.

When they have medical problems,

they try to solve it

within themselves, and sometimes

that can have detrimental effects

to the health of themselves

and to the baby.

It's almost as though we're

not allowed to be sad

or unhappy during confinement,

and having negative emotions around

the mum is almost discouraged.

Sometimes signs of baby blues

or postnatal depression are missed.

Into adulthood, some Chinese

people aren't seeking help

because they feel they should

endure problems themselves.

They are one of the most dispersed

communities in Britain,

and when language is a barrier it

makes the isolation even harder.

I forgot, sorry.

Cheers!

Thank you.

Elly Lee's worked in the catering

trade in rural Worcestershire

since moving from Hong Kong

with a son and daughter in the 90s.

She's got stage four cancer,

meaning it's advanced,

and it's spread round her body.

TRANSLATION:

It came back

that the cancer had spread

in my lungs, my liver

and my sternum.

So it was several shocks over

the course of a few weeks.

The Chinese community can have

stigma around cancer,

and some may not even

tell their families.

It was like a movie unfolding.

It was a bit difficult

to accept all of a sudden.

I think cancer is already

a really lonely experience,

but if you feel that you're not able

to attend cancer support groups,

then it becomes more of a problem.

I'm coming, I'm coming!

TRANSLATION:

The majority

of the Chinese community here work

predominantly in the catering trade.

They work long hours

where work takes number one,

and health takes a back-seat.

I'm speaking out to help Chinese

people have an awareness of health.

I feel like crying,

because we're talking

about really serious stuff,

and it's really...

It's really...

It's really, like, a big deal

for mum to be doing this.

There is still some degree

of fatalism when you hear the word

cancer, often they associate it

with death and they sometimes don't

realise that certain cancers,

if detected early or if managed

in the right way, could be

potential for cure,

and even if the doctor asked

directly, sometimes they will deny

to say that they are in pain,

when they may be in pain,

and they feel that, if I've got

cancer, it's a given,

I should endure pain,

or they will try to treat it

with traditional Chinese medicine.

There are certain attitudes

within the Chinese community,

especially the family members,

who feel that perhaps

information should be

restricted from the patient,

whereas the patient themselves may

actually want to have all the facts.

I came across a Chinese lady

who was in her mid-50s.

The scan showed that she had a brain

tumour, and when I went

to speak to the family,

the son was there and he asked

the mum to go out and then he said

to me, "Doctor, is it cancer,

because I really don't

want my mum to know."

It is difficult to try to convince

them that, yes, we can help

you fight the battle with cancer,

but you do not need

to suffer in the process.

Good morning, everyone here,

welcome to our centre.

I'm here to talk to you

today about dementia.

The original, the old translation

of dementia in Chinese is horrific.

It means you are old,

you're dilapidated, you've gone

mad, you've gone nutty.

There are a whole generation

of first-generation migrants

now living in the UK,

and they are very isolated.

The fortunate ones will have

the spouse still living with them,

but we know lots and lots

of the elderly Chinese are living

alone, and they will find it very,

very difficult to actually find any

mainstream services that cater

for them, their needs.

Six o'clock on a cold

night in London.

Mr Tang's 73 and lives

on his own in a tiny bedsit.

He's got prostate cancer, and he's

decided against any treatment.

He's in pain and he can't walk.

Volunteer carers from

the Chinese Centre come

to see him when they can,

but some days Mr Tang

says he won't eat.

TRANSLATION:

I only went

to the doctor when I had signs

of pain when urinating.

Only when I had trouble

going to the toilet,

I went to the doctors.

I wouldn't go before.

What did the doctors say

to you when you chose not

to have chemotherapy?

TRANSLATION:

One doctor tried

to tell me to have chemotherapy,

as I will certainly die if I don't.

I said, no, as with almost

all cancers you're certain to die,

or you won't last long,

as there's no cure.

My children have grown

up, left the family.

They are well-educated,

I've done my duty.

So, even if I live longer or die,

it doesn't make a difference.

I've done my duty.

There are elderly ladies and

gentlemen who are in their own home,

literally not going out,

trying to confine the problem

within themselves.

They don't want to bother, let's

say, an outsider with what they fear

is their own problem.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

No-one would know that

you are in so much pain,

not able to speak English

to communicate with anyone.

It must just be such

a lonely experience for you.

TRANSLATION:

At one point,

I thought of committing suicide.

Because I thought, there's no hope.

There's a clear lack

of representation of

the British Chinese in the media,

politics and the arts.

But for some in the community,

that silence can deafening.

Chinese is well known to be

invisible and silent.

We all know that that must be

related to our own culture as well.

We do not like to make

complaint or make a fuss,

even if we're not very happy

with the situation.

We're quiet, we don't make a noise.

Politicians don't take much notice.

Public Health England have told us

they are aware some in the Chinese

community aren't accessing health

care, and say they are improving

the way they collect information

about them as a group.

We're often grouped in a box along

with other ethnicities

on statistical data collection

forms, and that means our specific

needs are not being looked into,

and the fact that we had to set up

an online medical advisory

service off our own back

is a reflection of that.

Just because we are silent

and polite, doesn't mean

we should be ignored.

Karen says: It's not just Chinese

mums you do this. It took me a month

to break the outside world after my

son was born after emergency

Caesarean. You are both adapting to

this time together. I don't think

it's unique or an unusual process

for new parents. Trevor says girl on

my daughter-in-law is Chinese. She

did not mention or comply with this

tradition and was active within a

couple of days of giving birth.

In the next half hour

we are going to talk to Eddie Tang

whose family shunned him

when his son got cancer as a child

And to a woman whose mum refused to

seek help for cervical cancer until

she collapsed one day. She has asked

to remain anonymous because she

thinks there may be a backlash from

her family for speaking out. This

story came from a viewer who

contacted me. If you think there is

a story or issue we should

potentially look at, please send us

an e-mail.

Still to come:

As fears grow for British- Iranian

mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe grow,

we will hear the latest on her

detention from her husband Richard.

And as business leaders from around

Europe prepared to meet Theresa May,

we will hear from both sides of the

Brexit divide.

Time for the latest

news - here's Annita.

Business leaders will be in Downing

Street to press the Government to

clarify the future relationship

between the UK and the rest of the

EU and to demand that they maintain

current arrangements.

An earthquake has killed more

than 300 people in Iran -

more than 2500 have been injured.

Another four people have

been killed in Iraq.

The quake hit the border area

between the two countries,

around 30 kilometres south

of Halabja, with a magnitude of 7.3.

It was so powerful, it was felt

as far away as Lebanon and Turkey.

The family of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

the British-Iranian woman jailed

in Tehran, say they're increasingly

concerned about her wellbeing.

In a statement last night her

husband Richard said his wife

appeared to be "on the verge

of a nervous breakdown"

and is seeking treatment

after finding lumps in her breasts.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, and his cabinet

colleague Michael Gove have both

been criticised for their

comments about the case.

Bob Geldof says he is handing back

his Freedom of the City of Dublin -

because the same honour has been

granted to the Burmese political

leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

He's described the treatment

by Myanmar's military

of the Rohingya Muslim

minority community as "mass

ethnic cleansing."

The Live Aid organiser said his home

city had honoured Aung San Suu Kyi -

but now she had appalled and shamed

Dublin.

That is a summary of the latest

news.

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We start with Northern Ireland,

because as we heard, they won't be

going to Russia next summer after

their goalless draw with

Switzerland. Their manager Michael

O'Neill described their performance

is amazing.

Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker

got their second winds of the

weekend in team pursuit.

Lewis Hamilton was driver of the day

at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He

started last in the race but

finished fourth, as Sebastian Vettel

took the honours.

And Roger Federer opened with a

straight sets win over Jack Sock at

the ATP tour finals in London. At

the age of 36, Roger Federer is

playing in this event for the 15th

time. That is always my answer to

beating stress, Victoria - get out

and take some exercise.

And a lot of people agree with you!

The husband of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe -

the British woman jailed in Iran -

says the Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, has told him he's

considering whether she could be

granted "diplomatic

protection" status.

Her family say she's on the verge

of a nervous breakdown,

and has seen doctors about lumps

in her breasts.

In April 2016, Nazanin was arrested

while visiting Iran to visit family

and for her daughter

to meet her grandparents.

On the 1st of November Mr Johnson

wrongly said she had been training

journalists in Iran.

When you look at what Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing, it's

just, she was simply teaching people

journalism, as I understand it.

Four

days later, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe

was re-called to court in Iran. Mr

Johnson's remark was cited as new

evidence against her, prompting

fears that her five-year jail

sentence could be extended. By the

7th of November, Boris Johnson was

forced to clarify his remarks to MPs

and said he was sorry if his remarks

caused anxiety.

The UK Government

has no doubt that she was on holiday

in Iran when she was arrested last

year, and that was the sole purpose

of her visit. I accept that my

remarks could have been clearer in

that respect, and I'm glad to

provide this clarification.

On

Saturday, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's

family said she was taken to

hospital for an ultrasound, saying

she had been complaining of sharp

stabbing pains in her breasts for

more than a year. Yesterday, the

environment secretary came under

fire for saying he didn't know what

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing

in Iran when she was arrested in

2016. Speaking in Brussels this

morning, Boris Johnson says the case

as the be handled sensitively.

The

key thing to understand is that

we're working very, very hard and

intensively, and impartially, on all

those cases. Thank you very much.

Thank you. See you later. Thank you.

I've been speaking to Richard

Radcliffe, who told me he felt

compelled to e-mail the foreign

office.

Following Michael Gove's

comments, which I didn't pick up on

and the time -- at the time, so I

wrote to our main contact the

foreign office and said, listen, can

you please remind all cabinet

members that the UK Government has

no doubt that Nazanin was there on

holiday? That is the UK policy and

it is not my job to police, but

these things shouldn't be spread

around. Let's be honest, it's

unlikely that Michael Gove's

comments would suddenly be appearing

in the Iranians media, but if it

goes to trial, they collect all this

evidence and it gets piled up.

Obviously, the most important person

at this point is the Foreign

Secretary, who is the voice and

presence of the UK. It is important

that the battles for Nazanin, and it

was important that he clarified.

Less important for Michael Gove to

do it.

Michael Gove is the

environment secretary, and he was

asked about your wife's case

yesterday on the Andrew Marr

programme. I want to play the

relevant clip of the audience so

they know what we're talking about.

What was she doing when she went to

Iran?

I don't know. One of the

things I want to stress is that

there is no reason why Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe should be

imprisoned in Iran as far as any of

us know. No evidence has been

produced which suggests she should

be detained. We know the Iranians

regime is capable of abusing the

human rights of its own citizens. It

appears here to be harming the human

rights of someone whose plight

necessarily moves us all.

You say

you don't know what she was doing.

Her husband is clear that she was on

holiday with her child.

In her case,

I take -- in that case, I take her

husband's assurance in that regard.

The problem with that exchanges that

Mr Gove said he did not know why

your wife was there. You said you

did not see that interview live, but

members of your family were pretty

cross.

And it was picked up on in

social media and lots of other

people were responding. What he says

is reasonable and helpful, it's just

the emphatic, I don't know, at the

beginning. And the fact that he says

he is happy to take my word for it.

The Foreign Secretary said in

Parliament that the UK Government

has no doubt.

Were you surprised? Mr

Gove is usually very precise with

his words, very well briefed.

So

much happened that there were bigger

things. I spoke to the Foreign

Secretary. It's the first time I've

done that in a long time. That is

not an intimidating. -- that is not

not intimidating.

In terms of your

conversation with the Foreign

Secretary, did he apologise for his

inaccurate, it's a couple of weeks

ago which could potentially make

your wife's situation and jail

sentence longer?

He didn't mention

the comments. He said he was sorry

for Nazanin's suffering and that all

the country was behind her. We

talked about meeting soon. We talked

about me going to Iran with him and

he said he would look at it

seriously. I asked him to look at

him personally offering her

diplomatic protection, which would

mean that there would be much more

protection given to her by the

British Government.

Are you

surprised that it has taken this

long for the Foreign Secretary to

pick up the phone?

I've been

complaining on your show and others

that I want the Government to be

doing more, and publicly will stop

the foreign office have been saying

they think it is important that they

don't.

It has taken a gaffe for the

Foreign Secretary to pick up the

phone to you.

We are in a different

place now, clearly, where his words

are being used by the Iranians, and

it is important that he stands up

for her, that I stand alongside him,

and that together, we try to bring

her home as soon as possible.

Did Mr

Johnson give your potential

timescale when it comes of this --

comes to this possibility of a trip

to Iran?

He said, let's meet in a

few days and we can talk about it. I

imagine, when we come to meet, it

will be clearer.

Is the meeting

scheduled?

Not yet, but hopefully

soon.

Let's talk about the health of

your wife, because you say that

lumps have been found in both her

breast. What other information do

you have?

Exactly that. She had a

mammography a few months ago. You

have two fight quite hard to get

outside services. She was told by

the specialist that they thought it

was OK but she should probably come

back. But this needs to be tucked up

on. Beyond that, I am holding on to

the specialist saying it is probably

benign, and let's take it from

there. I'm much more sensitive to

this, sort of, wider, I don't know,

emotional... I said a number of

times that I'm on the verge of a

nervous breakdown. -- she said a

number of times. She is very up and

down. There were times on the phone

yesterday where she was laughing,

really angry, and crying Comanche

talks about not being able to

control her emotions. She gets angry

over the smallest things. -- and

crying, and she talks about. I think

it is what has happened in the last

few months, and compounded by what

happened over the last couple of

weeks, watching our family being

used to propagate her as a spy. Then

fellow prisoners ask why are you on

the TV all the time, what about us?

You mean it has lent to resentment?

Yes, because nobody has an easy life

there, everybody takes it as they

can and that is where it is.

How did

she react to Mr Johnson's errors?

She was pretty cross. She said

things I could not repeat on

television. She also, you know, was

angry. Angry with me, angry with the

campaign, angry with the government

having done nothing, then the

government messing up. She's just

angry that it is unfair.

You hope

your wife will be released on

humanitarian grounds, potentially

because of the recent health

problems you have just described,

how realistic is that?

It's hard to

know what's realistic at all. It's

certainly possible. It is certainly

important I keep battling and that

the government keeps battling. If

you go back one month we were having

noise is being said, listen, she

will be eligible for humanitarian

release, and she would be entitled

to it next week -- eligible for it

next week. Really, I will hold on to

that and I will hope the Foreign

Secretary is able to engage, focus,

and worked his magic and bring her

home.

Before Christmas?

Yes.

The Prime Minister will meet leaders

from European business organisations

today as the UK prepares

to leave the EU.

The business leaders are expected

to demand an urgent breakthrough

on Brexit from Theresa May to kick

start the stalled

negotiations in Brussels.

Over the weekend, the EU's chief

negotiator, Michel Barnier,

said he was preparing

for the possible collapse

of negotiations with the UK,

but said he hoped it

wouldn't happen.

Today the Prime Minister will again

talk about the UK's commitment

to securing an implementation period

of around two years once Britain

leaves the EU in March 2019.

Our political correspondent Chris

Mason is in Westminster for us.

Let's talk about the bigger picture,

which is Mrs May is weak, she has a

lot on her hands, trying to sort out

Brexit and trying to appease the

competing interest in her own party,

hasn't she?

She has. This whole

issue of Brexit is going to become

again, front and centre this week

after a couple of weeks of it not

dominating the headlines as it has

for the best part of the last two

years. Yet, Theresa May, which ever

way she looks, has compromises to

consider and arms to twist. You look

at the conclusion of that round of

talks in Brussels at the ten end of

last week between Michel Barnier and

David Davis, there wasn't some huge

leap forward. There is optimism that

come the next summit in Brussels it

could be that the three issues being

looked at at the moment around the

divorce of the Irish border, and the

divorce settlement will make

sufficient progress to allow

movement onto the next stage. At the

same time, and there were headlines

over the weekend that illustrated

this, that the Prime Minister has to

keep her country and her party

onside. Ultimately because this was

a binary referendum forcing people

to fall on one side or the other,

but reaching some agreement as to

compete with the common interests of

those inclined one way and those

inclined the other. But compromise

is something that everybody will

find easy to swallow.

Thanks very

much. Wait, let me ask you about the

report yesterday in one of the

Sunday papers that around 40

Conservative MPs are ready to sign a

letter, emotion, a letter of no

confidence, I should say, in the PM,

not enough to trigger any kind of

leadership contest. But do you think

it's true?

Westminster is a postcode

which perpetually harms to the sound

of gossip. You get these figures

which float around now and again. We

had similar numbers which were

kicked around in the immediate

aftermath of the cough -fest which

was the Prime Minister's conference

speech a couple of weeks ago.

Depending on who you speak to. Some

people dismiss that figure out of

hand. Others entertain it might be

broadly right. Crucially it isn't

sufficient to clear the threshold

that will be required to imperil

Theresa May's position. But we could

park all of those numbers. The

simple reality is that Theresa May

knows that after the general

election, in which she hopes to

stride forwards, but in reality

crunched backwards, is that she

governs at the consent of her

parliamentary party. -- she hoped to

stride forward. If senior members

say your time is up, then she is a

corner. But the clock is ticking

down. There is a complete lack and

-- lack of agreement about who she

would be replaced by if she toppled.

But you hear the argument that she

might be weak but she can also be

stable, because those forces, the

challenge of Brexit, the absence of

an obvious successor, might just

hold her in place despite

everything.

Thanks, weak but stable,

that's the Prime Minister, said

Chris, but not christen himself. --

but not Chris himself.

Edwin Morgan, from the Institute

of Directors, whose colleagues

will be at the meeting

with Theresa May, Labour MP

Mary Creagh a remainer,

and Conservative MP

Michael Fabricant a Brexiteer.

Good morning. Edwin, do your members

comedy businesses, have any clarity

on the transitional deal that we are

facing, any clarity on the end trade

deal that we seek? -- do your

members, businesses.

We don't. It's

a serious problem for businesses

because they need to know in the

next three months, latest, watch the

transition deal is going to look

like. They need to know that so they

can find. If we get that agreed

pretty soon that will settle the

nerves and enable businesses not to

trigger any serious contingency

plans now. It's in the government's

interest to say to businesses, this

is what it will look like, this will

be the status quo in March 2019, you

won't have to move any of your

operations, move your staff...

Businesses do not want to map

adjustments. An adjustment to a new

transitional deal, and an adjustment

to the Brexit deal. -- do not want

two adjustments.

Exactly. Just got

to be given a bit of time to say,

look, this is the final position you

will be in. Get used to it, check

your systems if you must, and make

your processes as smooth as you can.

Baby is a suggestion of a bridge to

something else, a Brexit deal for

example, but what if there isn't

one? -- there is a suggestion.

That

would be bad from a business point

of view. Most of our members don't

even know what world trade deals

would look like with new customs

procedures. Frankly there is a big

job for businesses to prepare

anyway. But really they don't want

that crashed out scenario from where

we are now, which is very integrated

to just like everywhere else in the

world.

Michael Fabricant, time seems

to be running out for a transitional

deal and a Brexit deal, would you

agree?

Yes, and everybody expected

that. I used to set up radio

stations all round the world, and

Chris Mason got it right, he said

there is arm-twisting to do and

compromises to be made.

Why doesn't

the Prime Minister do something to

get things moving?

If we did that we

would be offering something more

than perhaps we needed to do. Let's

talk about the plight of British

people in Europe, living in Europe.

We are saying we want to guarantee

the rights of people from the

European Union...

That's not the

major sticking point...

It's one of

them...

Theresa May has offered 20

billion euros, that's not enough, so

why do she not up it and then trade

talks can begin?

Because I don't

think negotiation is surrendering.

You could set off a 100 billion, 200

billion, do you think the taxpayer

would find that practical?

You have

got to be practical of the time

limit for a good trade deal.

Negotiations take time. Don't

forget, the United Kingdom isn't

picked on Steyn or Andorra, or even

Luxembourg, the UK is the major

importer of German cars and four

French agriculture in Europe. -- the

United Kingdom isn't Lichtenstein.

Time is not only tough on ours. It

is. And it is also tough on the

Europeans, as well, and we have got

to work on this. -- time is not only

tough on us.

Should the Prime

Minister negotiate for more time?

You can't do that.

You can, you can

just put it into words!

The Lisbon

Treaty says it will be the 19th of

March 2000 19. But we will have a

transition period. 11 o'clock in the

evening, perhaps. -- March 2019. We

have signed something, we need to

stick to that.

What needs to happen

to get talks started again?

Theresa

May needs to get her cabinet in

order. Michel Barnier doesn't care

about what happens in the Cabinet.

Well it does.

It makes no

difference. We have a worrying

situation where our EU negotiating

partners are concerned Theresa May

may not be in there in eight weeks'

time. Her confidence has been

drained and authority shattered.

Does not look good for her. We have

a cabinet within a cabinet with

Michael Gove and Boris Johnson

trying to do this Orwellian grip of

people not internalising the logical

Brexit. We have two resignations.

Another two cabinet ministers whose

position hangs in the balance. She

is weak. She needs to get on with

David Davis and get down to the

financials you have been talking

about. Exit day is the 29th of

March, not the 19th of March...

Whatever.

Should Mrs May ask for

Article 50 to be extended, should

she ask for more time?

She needs

more time.

Would it be a good idea?

I think so.

Brexiteers and people

who voted for Brexit think that when

you suggest it might be a good idea

to extend the time, the timeline,

then what you are actually trying to

do is put off leaving.

What I'm

trying to do is to safeguard the

jobs and incomes of people in my

constituency. I visited a bedding

manufacturer in my constituency on

Friday whose prices have gone up 30%

since the referendum. They are

finding it impossible to hire

people. That's one business in one

constituency.

That is to do with

employment...

That's because after

the referendum, four of their

employees shut up shop and went back

to Poland.

They didn't have to do

that.

Nobody told them that. This is

the culture that has been created in

the post-referendum climate. People

think the pound has gone down 25%, I

can earn more money in Ireland...

The post-referendum climate for some

people is that they suspect Brexit

is going to be betrayed and you are

the kind of person who wants to do

that.

I want to see a good deal for

British jobs, British manufacturers,

and the British economy.

Weren't you

arguing we should join the euro?

Exactly the same...

I don't want to

go back into history...

Want to make

sure that chemical businesses, our

second largest export in this

country, are able to trade on the

29th of March. Your government is

unable to tell the chemicals

industry, our second largest

manufacturer...

Because it is

negotiations... You would surrender

everything...

It's not about

surrendering, it isn't a war, it is

a negotiation...

And a negotiation

does not mean agreeing to everything

you want...

What about the chemicals

industry...

They are in business,

the chemicals industry is...

One in

five businesses has already made

moves to move abroad. Rather than

getting on some sort of

nationalistic...

Hang on a minute...

It's to do with pragmatism...

You

have both major points. Are you one

of the 40 Conservative MPs

considering signing this?

I don't

even think there are 40.

How many do

you think there are?

I was a

government whip. Even in the days of

David Cameron there were usually 12,

15, almost a given.

What would you

say to your colleagues who are

thinking of signing this

no-confidence letter?

I would say,

let's have some stability. Jeremy

Corbyn survived when his entire

cabinet more or less to resign. We

can all agree that we want a good

deal for the United Kingdom out of

Brexit.

OK, thank you.

We will bring you the latest news

and sport in a minute, but first,

the weather.

A Chilean frosty start this morning,

the third chilly Monday in a row.

There was brightness in the south

this morning, which meant it was

possible to see Venus and Jupiter

first thing. -- HAV and frosty

start. -- a chilly and frosty start.

Some of this rain coming into the

high North West of Scotland could

fall as snow at higher ground.

Largely dry and bright with sunshine

in the south, turning increasingly

hazy due to high level cloud. At

3pm, outbreaks of rain pushing in

from the north-west. The wind will

have up as well, Misty and murky

conditions and cool temperatures.

Outbreaks of rain for Northern

Ireland as well. A bit patchy rain

pushing into the far north of

England, but elsewhere, largely dry

and bright. A little high level

cloud will turn the sunshine hazy.

It doesn't feel quite as cool as

yesterday. The rain starts to work

its way south and east overnight,

pushing its way into central

England. Either side of it, we will

see clearer skies, allowing the

temperatures to fall away slightly.

It is this weather front slowly

sinking its way south that will

bring with it some milder air. Not

as chilly a night as we saw last

night. Tomorrow won't be quite as

Chile either. We are drawing in

milder air from the south-west.

Tomorrow starts bright in Scotland

with sunny spells and showers. One

or two back showers, largely in the

north, turning more frequent in the

afternoon. A cloudy day for Northern

Ireland, England and Wales, with

outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

Temperatures will be milder, in

double figures. A bright start in

Scotland on Wednesday, but more

clout than outbreaks of rain.

Temperatures in double figures in

the South. On Thursday, a cold front

sinks South East, bringing outbreaks

of rain to the north-west for a

time. It will alter in -- also bring

in cooler air. Feeling cool again by

Friday.

Hello it's Monday, it's 10 o'clock,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

The husband of a British woman

being held in Iran has told this

programme she's close to a mental

breakdown and is having

tests for breast cancer.

Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe

was arrested last year accused

of trying to overthrow the regime.

Her husband told us how the

implication of comments made by

environment Secretary Michael Gove

could affect the case.

It is not

likely that the comments will appear

in Iranians media, but if they go to

trial, they collect this evidence

and it gets piled up. The most

important person is the Foreign

Secretary, who is the voice and

presence of the UK. It is important

that he battles for Nazanin.

In the

next half an hour, we will talk to a

former Iranians diplomat who was a

minister in the country's Foreign

Ministry, and a former British

ambassador to Iran.

Also - in Britain, they're

the silent minority -

Chinese people rarely feature

in the national conversation;

but we've learned that their silence

in sharing health problems

with their families and accessing

health services can be

a matter of life and death.

TRANSLATION:

The Chinese community

can have stigma around cancer, and

some may not even tell their

families.

We'll speak to a woman

who lost her mum to cervical cancer,

and a Chinese community support

worker about attitudes to illness.

At least 300 people are killed and

thousands more are injured in an

earthquake on the border between

Iran and Iraq. Good morning.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

Business leaders from across Europe

will be in Downing Street today

to voice their concerns

about trade after Brexit.

The CBI and the Institute

of Directors will be represented -

as will business organisations

from Germany, France,

Spain and seven other countries.

They will press the government

to clarify the future relationship

between the UK and the rest

of the EU - and demand they maintain

current arrangements.

A powerful earthquake has killed

more than three hundred

people in western Iran.

Thousands more have been injured.

The epicentre of the quake

which measured 7.3

was across the border in Iraq.

Electricity has been cut in a number

of towns and villages,

and blocked roads are said to be

preventing some rescue teams

from reaching areas affected.

The family of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

the British-Iranian woman jailed

in Tehran, say they're increasingly

concerned about her wellbeing.

In a statement last night her

husband Richard said his wife

appeared to be "on the verge

of a nervous breakdown"

and is seeking treatment

after finding lumps in her breasts.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, and his cabinet

colleague Michael Gove have both

been criticised for their

comments about the case.

The key thing to understand is that

we're working very very hard and

intensively and impartially

on all those cases.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

See you later.

Thank you.

Bob Geldof says he is handing back

his Freedom of the City of Dublin -

because the same honour has been

granted to the Burmese political

leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

He's described the treatment

by Myanmar's military

of the Rohingya Muslim

minority community as "mass

ethnic cleansing."

The Live Aid organiser said his home

city had honoured Aung San Suu Kyi -

but now she had appalled and shamed

Dublin.

Hundreds of people have marched

in Hollywood in support of victims

of sexual assault and harassment,

inspired by the 'MeToo'

social media campaign.

The march follows a series

of assault and harassment

allegations against public figures,

set off by revelations about

the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

The marchers started

on Hollywood Boulevard and walked

along the "Walk of Fame"

to CNN's headquarters.

The Church of England

is telling its schools that

children should be free

to explore their identity and both

boys and girls should be

allowed to wear a tutu,

tiara or superhero cloak

without judgement from

teachers or other pupils.

The new guidelines aim to prevent

children being bullied

because of their sexual orientation

or gender identity.

The report says school should ensure

they have an inclusive view for

education and make sure that all

children are respected.

Jupiter and Venus -

the two brightest planets -

have been appearing very close

together in the morning sky.

Both have been visible

to the naked eye across the UK.

The best viewing time was 40

minutes before sunrise.

While the planets are visible

to the naked eye, viewers

with a telescope have also been able

to see Jupiter's

four Galilean moons.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30.

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emotions, we can let go of the

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Here's some sport

now with Katherine.

Northern Ireland boss Michael

O'Neill has described his side's

efforts as amazing, and he said the

players were emotional and upset

after their draw in Basel. A

controversial penalty in the first

leg gave Switzerland the advantage.

Northern Ireland got close last

night, but they won't be going to

next summer's World Cup in Russia.

It would be too strong a word to say

cheated, but you do feel that

there's a certain injustice to going

out of the tournament in this way. A

lot of people said Switzerland were

far superior to us in the first leg,

but they only scored from the

penalty, not else. -- not anything

else. We could have been playing

extra time now, so there is an

injustice there, a huge injustice,

given the nature of what has divided

the teams.

Ten days to go until the

battle for the Ashes begins. England

are preparing for the first test by

meeting some of the local wildlife.

Andy Swiss is following the tour.

Member to the North Queensland