BBC News with Zoe Diamond
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Iran will face serious consequences after hundreds of protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran. Mr Cameron described the attacks as "outrageous and
indefensible
", sentiments echoed by the Foreign Secretary William Hague.
"The United Kingdom takes this irresponsible action extremely seriously. It amounts to a grave
breach
of the Vienna Convention. We hold the Iranian government responsible for its failure to take adequate measures to protect our embassy as it is required to do." During the storming, offices were smashed and flags torn down in the attacks, which followed a demonstration against sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear programme. The Iranian foreign ministry has expressed regret for what it described as the unacceptable behaviour of a small group of protesters.
The US doctor convicted of ending the life of Michael Jackson has been given the maximum sentence of four years in jail. The judge said Doctor Conrad Murray had continually lied and was caught in a cycle of medicine madness that violated his obligations as a doctor. He was found guilty earlier this month of
involuntary manslaughter
. Alastair Leithead reports from Los Angeles.
A lawyer and friend of the Jackson family read a statement to the court describing their loss of a father, brother and son, but acknowledging even the maximum four-year sentence would not bring him back. The prosecution summarised what Doctor Murray had been convicted of: providing a dangerous drug to a vulnerable man, not caring for him before his death or once he stopped breathing, and then trying to