Who Is James Comey?

The fired FBI director James Comey has confirmed that US President Donald Trump urged him to drop an investigation into his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, then under scrutiny for his Russia contacts. The BBC's Jon Sopel gives us a profile of the man who scuppered Hillary Clinton and could bring down Donald Trump.

Iran has condemned as repugnant President Trump's response to the militant attack on the country's parliament.

And in South Africa, the opposition Democratic Alliance party is beginning the disciplinary hearing of former DA leader Helen Zille over a series of controversial tweets.