Violence has broken out across iran, as Anti Government protesters defy warnings from officials, demonstrating for a third day. Two people have reportedly been shot dead. At the same time, pro government rallies have been taking place in the capital tehran, with thousands of people showing their support. The Anti Government protests started in mashhad and spread to several parts of the country. They have focused on corruption and falling living standards, but they are becoming increasingly political. Wyre davies reports. Three days in and irans Anti Government protests have turned violent. In the Northern City of mashhad, demonstrators demanding an end to hardline clerical rule set Police Motorbikes alight and taunted the security services. From dorud in the west, video showed crowds scattering after two protesters were reportedly shot and killed. What began in provincial cities has now spread to the capital tehran and the Main University campus. These are worrying signs for the iranian government and the ultraconservative shia clerics, whove ruled over the country since the 1979 revolution. The government response organising large pro regime counterdemonstrations in support of the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei and warning people not to take part in what it called illegal protests. Shouting for the clerics to give him a job, this protester typifies the economic anger that many iranians feel. The last time that people protested like this was almost a decade ago, and some fear similar violent consequences now. This is a regime that knows how to manage its people and has a monopoly on the use of violence. They effectively demonstrated that in 2009, and i think that most iranians at least the ones that i have spoken to, in the age of 25 40 have not yetjoined these protests. Theres been Little International reaction but, responding on twitter, donald trump said the iranian government should respect peoples rights to express themselves and warned the world is watching. But dissent in iran is only tolerated to a point. Uniformed and plain Clothes Police have made dozens of arrests across the country a sign the authorities may already be turning the screw. Wyre davies, bbc news. Professor Mohsen Milani of the university of south florida is an expert on iranian politics. He says no particular group is in charge of the protests. The movement started as an inter elite protest. It was one faction trying to undermine president rohani and undermine opening up his efforts to open up to the west. Gradually the movement spread to other cities and became more political and it seems to me, right now, nobody is in control of the protest movement. I think this movement is a reflection of the widely spread discontent about the Economic Conditions and unlike what mr rouhani has promised, the Iranian Nuclear deal has not improved conditions for the people. The movement does not seem to have a leader, does not seem to have a very specific agenda in mind. But still it is very important to remember that so far the Islamic Revolutionary guards have not intervened in the political scene. It suggests that perhaps the Islamic Republic does not feel that threatened by the protest movement. If this Movement Continues that i believe in the next few days it can pose a threat to the survival of the islamic public, the biggest since 2009. You mention the revolutionary guard, do you think the fact that a lot of the anger is being directed at president rouhani draws some succour for them in some way . As i said, originally the movement started in the city of mashhad. This is the city where president rouhanis main rival has substantial political and financial influence and power. In that time, a lot of people in a sort of managed protest movement by the government. And some even suggested that perhaps the revolutionary guards were behind it. It seems to be whatever the intention was of the movement, now they have incurred a new phase and nobody knows where this Movement Goes precisely because there is no clear central leadership. Unlike the iranian revolution in 1979, which had a leader in khamenei. And unlike the disputed president ial election of 2009. There was a leader and a specific goal in mind. The protest movement now does not seem to have any of those. This, i think, is the greatest challenge those who are opposing the Islamic Republic are facing. But do not underestimate the repressive capability of the revolutionary guards and the resiliency of the Islamic Republic. This regime is well institutionalised in iran and can deal with protest movements such as the one we have with this in the past few days. Hospitals across the United States are dealing with a severe shortage of a critical medical supply the bags used to administer fluids to patients. One of the biggest suppliers of the bags is based on puerto rico which was hit by hurricane maria. The bags, normally filled with saline and other fluids, are used to dilute drugs and help rehydrate patients. Scott gottlieb, commissioner of the us food and drug administration, has issued a statement about the situation dr berry pierre is from Wellington Regional medical centre and hejoins me now from wellington, florida. Thank you for coming onto bbc news. This is quite a basic bit of medical kit, but very important in every hospital, isnt it . Honestly, that is very true. There is not a patient merely that goes through the hospital that doesnt receive iv fluids in one way or another. What are you noticing about the shortage is where you are . First and foremost the hospitals are putting us on red alert. They are making us be very cautious on who gets it fluids and on how long a person gets iv fluids and now i guess to the point where certain medications, whether it be anti radical anti viral treatments are being taken, separated from the iv fluids and given to patients direct. How do you make that decision as to who gets the saline through the bags and who doesnt . L loss of times you tend to triage patients and the sicker patients, the ones who really needed, and i really needed, are the ones who get it beforehand because we had this applied there if you were a patient you are usually stuck to an iv bag of fluid. Now we are cautious on who gets it. What are the alternatives to using the bags . First and foremost to using the bags . First and fore m ost we to using the bags . First and foremost we try to encourage our patient to drink fluids. If a patient to drink fluids. If a patient is drinking fluids, that is a good indication we do not need to give them iv fluids and the saili backin give them iv fluids and the saili back in general. I think what was happening is that we had patients who may have been 0k not getting iv solution getting it because it was almost the standard. What do you think about the handling of this . think about the handling of this . think it is kind of troubling, especially from a Public Health background, that i have, that one Natural Disaster can hit one continent, of the United States and it affects the whole country. So it is very concerning that it doesnt ta ke is very concerning that it doesnt take much to really affect the whole industry. 0k, berry pierre joining us industry. 0k, berry pierre joining us from florida. Thank you very much time. Thank you. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. The greek government says it will ask its judicial authorities to cancel a decision granting asylum to a turkish helicopter pilot. He was one of eight servicemen who fled to greece after a failed coup attempt in turkey injuly 2016. Turkey has expressed its fury at the original decision to grant asylum, saying it would adversely affect ties between the two countries. Police in ukraine have freed 11 people whod been held hostage in a post office in the city of kharkiv. A standoff had been going on since the early afternoon when a man entered the building wearing an explosive belt and threatened to detonate it. The suspect has been arrested. Colombian trucks have begun delivering 50 tons of pork leg to venezuela, where shortages of the product led to a week of protests. Roasted pork leg is a staple in the region during the christmas and new year celebrations. The venezuelan president , nicolas maduro, accused foreign countries, in particular portugal, of blocking exports in order to create discontent and destabilise his government. The portuguese government has dismissed the allegations. The black lives matter activist erica garner has died aged 27. She had suffered serious brain damage following a heart attack last week. Ms garner came to prominence three years ago after her father eric garner died after being choked by a Police Officer as he was being arrested for a minor offence. Professor d watkins is author of living and dying while black, who worked with erica garner, joins us now from baltimore. Thank you so much for coming onto bbc news. This really is another tragedy for the family, isnt it . Yes, it is actually horrible. In your introduction usurped that he was choked because of a minor offence you said. What a lot of people dont know is that he actually didnt do anything. When he was choked to death he was not selling cigarettes that day, he was laying down on the side of a building because he was tied because he had just broken up a fight. A lot of times when the story spiral we lose the actual facts of what happened. But, you know, one of the things about eric is that she always made sure people got a chance to understand what really happens erica. And then she died fighting for hisjustice. Erica. And then she died fighting for his justice. I guess in some ways she was an accidental activist thrust into the spotlight. She did not come from a traditional background from activism. She was just another good person who saw not just another good person who saw not just what happened to her family, but so many other things that were happening to families all over the United States will stop and like a great activist does, she started doing the work rights in her community and people loved her and her efforts and what she does. She was obviously devoted to it. Do you think it took some kind of toll on her to be thrust centrestage at the front of this course . I think so. Dealing with these governments and these people, curare lot of public officials, especially in the state officials, especially in the state of new york, who do not care about black people as she fought against that. That is life work. It can make a person very tired and take a toll on your health. Police brown did much the same thing. Her son was incarcerated and committed suicide asa incarcerated and committed suicide as a result of that. She died from suicide, stressed out. She was tied. It was painful. We appreciate your thoughts at this time, professor d watkins joining thoughts at this time, professor d watkinsjoining us from baltimore. Stay with us on bbc world news, still to come the arctic blast hitting americas east coast is likely to continue into the new year, with some of the lowest temperatures seen in decades. The most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. Tomorrow in holland, we will use money we picked up in belgium today, and then we will be in france and again it will be the same money. It has just got to be the way to go. George harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his 0xfordshire home. A 33 year old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. I think it was good. You. Just good . No, fantastic thats better. This is bbc news. The latest headlines thereve been clashes across iran between Anti Government protesters and Security Forces. In the capital tehran, thousands have rallied in support of the government. Arctic conditions and extreme cold have prompted some us cities to postpone new years eve events. Egypts muslim and Christian Communities have joined family members at a wake for eleven People Killed in an attack on a coptic church. Police have stepped up security measures around churches ahead of coptic christmas celebrations. Russell trott reports. Amonst the grief and the sadness, togetherness. As hundreds from Egypts Christian and muslim communities attend the wake for those who died in an attack on a coptic church. The sense of outrage at the feeling that something positive needs to come out of such a tragedy. Translation the main reason of the terrorism are the impurity of thoughts. Therefore i am calling on officials to purify the education curriculum that encourage hate. I wish for a School Subject called tolerance, where we would be allowed to approach and love one another. To coexist with one another and live as one heart in egypt, where we have been raised. At least 11 people were shot on friday at the coptic orthodox church. And a christian owned shop near cairo. A gunman was wounded and arrested, the so called Islamic State group later said it carried out the attack, though it provided no evidence that the claim. In an unrelated incident, Security Forces killed three suspected militants on the outskirts of giza, on a farm they believed to be a hideout. Hundreds of police and soldiers have been killed by an insurgency led by is on the sinai peninsula. This latest raid comes as security is stepped up ahead of coptic christmas and operations in the year and january. The president has offered his condolences and said he will continue the fight against terrorism and extremism. Egypts minority Coptic Christians have accused the authorities of making only token gestures, attacks on churches they say will not help to calm community tensions. To the United States, because its not every day you can take photos of a frozen water fountain like this one in new york. Across vast swathes of the us, forecasters are predicting that arctic temperatures are set to stay over the new years celebrations. To show you just how cold it is. These are thresher sharks which have washed up frozen along the coast of cape cod, in the state of massachusetts. Thermometers could reach the lowest temperatures in nearly a century over the next few days and may stay there into the first week of 2018. Earlier i spoke to michael wehner, a Senior Scientist in the Computational Research division at the Lawrence BerkeleyNational Laboratory in california. In this cold snap is caused by a cold arctic and mass over the eastern United States by an unusual jetstrea m eastern United States by an unusual jetstream pattern. I am a client, Climate Change scientists. Influence on these weather events and the question that is interesting to me, does Global Warming change the general circulation of the atmosphere to make this kind of event more likely . You mentioned Global Warming. We are always being warned not to conflate Climate Change and individual weather events. Should we be reading something into these cold temperatures . Actually, we probably should. This still remains an interesting question about these kinds of cold waves and im a bit sceptical. But the physics is sound for this kind of mechanism. The question i think is, have we experienced on a Climate Change to detect and a tribute this kind of pattern of circulation change from the atmosphere . Excuse me, just to be clear then, are cold snaps like this happening more less frequently . I dont think we can tell quite at this point. What do know is that winters are milder in general. These temperatures, which are cold, are more unusual 110w than they would have been 30 years ago. As a society, we have adapted subconsciously to somewhat warmer winters so when we do get these kinds of cold temperatures which are not all that unusual 30 or a0 years ago, they seem to be more unusual to us today. The authorities in nepal say theyve banned solo climbers from the countrys mountains, including mount everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents. Theyve also upheld a controversial decision to introduce restrictions on disabled climbers. Kenton cool is one of the worlds leading High Altitude climbers, hes taken on everest 12 times. He told us what he made of nepals decision. I dont think it is a good thing. Mountaineering has a Rich Heritage for some very notable first attempts at the peaks by solo climbers. One only needs to look at the likes of ueli steck, reinhold messner, Jean Christophe lafaille, herman buhl. These are great, iconic names, some of the very best climbers of their generation. And they went out and deliberately sought out solo climbs, climbs that they embarked on their own, incredibly safely. They would get up and down these mountains often in impeccable style on some of the big peaks. So, for the nepalese minister of tourism to blanket ban solo climbers, i think is very, very short minded. As people around the world get ready to mark the end of this year and the arrival of 2018, many cities will be celebrating new years eve with open air concerts, street parties and fireworks. But in europe, after a series of islamist attacks over the past 12 months against civilian targets, particular attention is being given to public safety. David campa nale reports. Live music, wine tasting, festive decorations, and good food all the vital ingredients in romania for a great party. But the tune in other european capitals as they prepare is so far more sombre. France has seen over 230 People Killed in attacks by islamist militants over the past three years. The paris police chief says his force is prepared for the terrorist threat, which he assessed as high. Over 10,000 police and Emergency Service workers are to be deployed in the capital, with a large force concentrating along the champs elysee. Large areas of central rome will ban cars from parking for 48 hours and the main tourist sites will have special protection. Celebrations at berlins Brandenburg Gate are expected to attract1 Million Party goers, but the authorities in germany face an additional challenge two years ago hundreds of women were robbed and sexually assaulted on new years eve in cologne and other cities by groups of men, many said to be from migrant backgrounds. This year, Berlin Police say women who feel threatened will be able to go to a special security area. Translation there is no womens zone as such its a red cross Security Point that was always there but is taking over the additional duty. If any woman is harassed at the event, they can go there to a staff of trained psychologists, but it is not a womens zone. But the idea has also been criticised by those who say large events should be organised so that assaults dont happen in the first place. Translation what is not normal is that women, especially young women, are attacked in public places, especially celebrations. But thats it. Others say they intend to party regardless. Um, i feel pretty safe. Im not scared. Yeah, im not scared. Yeah, yeah. I think the thing is fear that scares people. And i dont think you cant let that ruin your life, so. Yeah. David campanale, bbc news. A reminder of our main news this hour. Thereve been violent clashes across iran between Anti Government protestors and Security Forces, after three days of largely peaceful demonstrations. Videos on social media show two demonstrators being shot in the western town of dorud. Plenty more on our website. Im on twitter im duncangolestani. Stay with us on bbc news. Hi there. 2017 is finishing on a flourish in the guise of storm dylan. Zooming out to the atlantic, 15 hours ago storm dylan didnt exist, but since then this area of low pressure has formed and it has deepened as it has been racing towards the british isles. This nasty hook of cloud is characteristic of a very deep area of low pressure and that will bring severe gales to the northern half of the uk and a high risk of disruption as we get into new years eve. The met office have already issued an amberwind warning for the strong winds. That will affect Northern Ireland and scotland as we go through new years eve morning. Gusts of 70 80 mph. Aside from that, many will start off with rain, mild in the south and a bit of mountain snow in scotland but it is the wind that takes centre stage. Initially the strong wind was with us in Northern Ireland before swinging a cross into scotland. We could see peak gusts of around 80 mph, enough to blow down trees, cause transport disruption and any trees falling down could bring power lines down as well. Power cuts a possibility. The strong winds filtering and funnelling through the central belt of scotland. We could have some very rough weatherfor the morning. Elsewhere across england and wales, many areas starting on a bright note, with sunshine with a bit of rain left over in the south west, clearing really quite quickly. Those strong winds very slow to ease down across central belt of scotland, slowly easing from the second half of the afternoon. Blustery showers continuing to be blown across the uk with these gusty winds with us across all areas and in the showers they will be heavy, some thunder and quite a range of temperatures between 6 and 12 degrees. 0vernight, as we count down to midnight celebrations, we will see further showers blown in on those strong winds. Not as cold as it might have been though. Temperatures around four and seven degrees. On new years day, another band in the south, could cause problems with localised flooding and the weather being a problem. Another area of low pressure bringing gusty winds to scotland and Northern Ireland along with outbreaks of rain. We have more unsettled weather coming on tuesday, as we return back to work. Wet weather pushing in and a quite windy day, coolness across the south east but mild across the south west, temperatures into double figures. Looking at the week ahead. Strong winds, further bursts of heavy rain with fairly big changes day by day with our temperatures. This is bbc news. The headlines a wave of Anti Government protests has continued for a third day in iran. Several demonstrations have turned violent, and its thought at least two people have been shot in the western town of dorud. In the capital tehran thousands joined a rally to show their support for the government. Arctic conditions and extreme cold have prompted some us cities to postpone new years eve events. Forecasters are predicting the big chill will continue into 2018, with temperatures plummeting to record lows. Along cape cod, on the massachusetts coast, thresher sharks have been discovered washed up frozen solid. The authorities in nepal says theyve banned solo climbers from the countrys mountains, including mount everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents. Theyve also upheld a controversial decision to introduce restrictions on disabled climbers. Those are the latest headlines. Therell be a full bulletin at the top of the hour. Now, though, letsjoin the click team for a festive special