Thank you. And thats bbc news at ten. Theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the almost a year since the start of the Women Life Freedom Protests in iran, we have a Special Report with defiant voices inside the country as the Morality Police double down on the repression of women. So how should the uk calibrate relations with iran . Well be joined by a Iranian American Human Rights researcher whose father was a political prisoner who died under house arrest and the former uk ambassador to iran. Also tonight, to raise or not to raise should the Bank Of England hike the Interest Rate tomorrow, or can the economy do its own work now . Two senior economists argue it out. The upcoming ruthergen and Hamilton West by election expected to be a major Snp Labour Battle could be a bellwether for the general
In global news, business and sport. And be a part of the conversation and tell us what you think about the stories were covering. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in the middle east, where irans media are reporting at least 140 people have been killed and more than 300 injured in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7. 3. The quake hit the border area between iran and iraq, around 30km south of the iraqi town of halabja. In iraq, it has caused extensive damage with at least 16 deaths in the kurdistan region. The quake 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 arrive. The earthquake struck after dark. For rural villages in the affected areas, the searches beginning in torchlight for any survivors that might be buried in the fallen buildings. The shocks were felt in towns, too.
There have been angry protests on the streets of iran after the countrys military finally admitted it did shoot down a ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. Iran says it made a disastrous mistake when it wrongly identified the plane as a cruise missile. Demonstrators in tehran have been calling for irans Supreme Leader to resign, as our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Almost from the moment the ukrainian airliner crashed, early on wednesday morning, officials in tehran furiously rejected the growing video and intelligence evidence suggesting it had been hit by an iranian missile. Then, an abrupt about turn. In a flurry of social media postings, irans president spoke of a disastrous mistake. The foreign minister talked of human error. The ambassador in london apologised for misleading the media with wrong findings. A senior military commander explained that irans air defences had been on high alert after the attack on us bases in iraq, and the aircr
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Thereve been angry protests on the streets of iran after the countrys military finally admitted it did shoot down a ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. Iran says it made a disastrous mistake when it wrongly identified the plane as a cruise missile. Demonstrators in tehran have been calling for irans Supreme Leader to resign, as our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Almost from the moment the ukrainian airliner crashed early on wednesday morning, officials in tehran furiously rejected the growing video and intelligence evidence suggesting it had been hit by an iranian missile. Then today, an abrupt about turn. In a flurry of social media postings irans president spoke of a disastrous mistake. The foreign minister talked of human error. The ambassador in london apologised for misleading the media with wrong findings. A senior military commander explained that irans air defences had been on high alert after the attack o