santiago sees the return of the zombie walk after a three year gap due to coronavirus. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. in a tweet the us state department says: jared genser is a lawyer representing siamak namazi who is a jailed iranian american, whose family say they haven t heard from him. we haven t had contact with him since word came out about the clashes, gunfire, explosions, etc. we have no idea where he is or how he is doing and we would call on the government of iran to immediately enable him to call his family i
next week. widespread impact on health and infrastructure so one to watch. at the moment we have got hot conditions in the south and east. somewhat cooler conditions and a few showers in the north and west. quite breezy across the north of scotland. that is blowing in the art shower. by that is blowing in the art shower. by and large fine weather. temperatures quite considerably lower apart from the south east. but the cloud we have in the south holds onto that heat and humidity and that slips away overnight tonight with a few showers to follow. and still warm but not tropical as it was last night in the south east. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping in the next couple of nights. tomorrow the next couple of nights. tomorrow the best of the sunshine again in the best of the sunshine again in the south with a peppering of showers in the north of scotland and across northern ireland and northern england. the wind starting to switch to the north west. again in the south e
and the islamichhad group after three days of violence and more than a0 palestinian deaths. the bill as amended is passed. cheering and applause. political wrangling and a marathon debate president biden s climate bill has been approved in the us senate. how dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. commentator: it s gold for scotland. and in birmingham, laura muir becomes the 1,500 metres commonwealth champion. good evening. we re beginning tonight s programme with a special report from afghanistan, showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. to give birth in remote parts of the country means difficult journeys on makeshift roads, sometimes being turned away from hospital, sharing beds on wards, and little medicine. pregnant women are suffering from a
will specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make abortion unthinkable and illegal throughout our nation. more calls from the taliban for international support to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, that s killed more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and its day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation
and it is mainly when the existence of the state is endangered. president biden will arrive in the texan city of uvalde within the next hour, after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. welcome to the programme. liverpool football club has called for an investigation into what it describes as unacceptable issues faced by fans trying to get into the stadium in paris last night to watch the champions league final. the match was delayed by more than half an hour after liverpool fans were held outside the stadium and police used pepper spray and tear gas. some merseyside police officers at the game described it as the worst european match they d experienced. dan johnson reports. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable, and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters frustrated and angry