Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Are the context on bbc news. Re up or are we down . The Us Central Bank the Federal Reserve reviews Interest Rates as investors cast doubt over an imminent rate cut. There are two women in iran whose names became synonymous with the fight for womens freedom. One of them is mahsa amini who died from her injuries sustained in police custody. The other is nika shakarami. A 16 Year Old Girl who disappeared just days after mahsa aminis death became public. Shortly after leaving a protest on the 20th September she called a friend to say she was being chased by security forces. Nine days later her body was dumped in a quiet tehran street. The authorities denied involvement in her death, claiming she took her own life. But a classified report seen by the bbc reveals the teenager was beaten to death by the agents who detained her. Reha kansara from bbc Eye Investigations has this report. And a warning, you may find the details
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Scotlands First Minister humza yousaf resigns , throwing the future of the Scottish Nationalist Government into doubt. Lets focus on that for a 2nd. Humza yousaf standing guard today, announcing just over a year after he was elected. The Scotish National Party now facing its second leadership crisis in 18 months. Asking the snp secretary to begin the process of selecting a new leader as soon as possible. He will remain imposed until that successor is elected to ensure a smooth, orderly transition. 1 a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to trade a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to trade my a smooth, orderly transition. I h not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whom ever simply for attaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, f
But theres no sign of that happening at this point. A video showing two hostages, including an american, was released on saturday by hamas. In other diplomatic moves, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is due in saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. This is palestinian president mahmoud abbas appealfor the us to urge israel against any offensive in rafah. Translation and | say here, | what is happening now in gaza, and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it is only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. And here, the biggest catastrophe would happen. We hope israel will not attack. We call on the United States of america to ask israel to not carry out the
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day trippers to visit. Is this the way forward for overwhelmed cities . In fact, we are going to start in europe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has painted a rather bleak picture of the European Union today. Despite the big strides he believes the eu made towards closer integration post covid and in response to the war in ukraine, it needs to be much more aggressive, he said, in defending its own interests. The wake up, he said, has been too slow and there is mortal danger, as he put it, if the union becomes a vassal of the United States and fails to stand up for itself on trade. Translation we must be lucid to the fact that our europe today is mortal. She can die. Echoing his past calls for europe to plot a third way between the us and china, the french president called for a scaling up stronger, more integrated European Defences, a more sustainable economic model