welcome to bbc news. the authorities in iran are vowing to enforce the wearing of a headscarf by women more rigorously , despite months of protests. a growing number of women have been seen unveiled in public, and hardline politicians are giving judges ultimatums to punish those who ignore the rules. earlier i spoke to bbc s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted this latest move. in big cities like in tehran and in other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her and without hijab, it s not only headscarf, it s also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in order to walk on the streets. so now we see, especially younger women, walking on the streets without any sort of hijab and iranian politicians and it has frustrated iranian hardliners. and so iranian regime is in a really difficult position because they have this tiny margin of supporters that are hard liners, and these are the people who are willi
aggravated kidnapping. we are awaiting an update from the shelby county district attorney that is set to begin soon. we re also awaiting the release of video taken during that traffic stop that ended in a violent confrontation between nichols and the officers. the family of nichols have seen that video and nichols died in the hospital after being beaten for three minutes, he died in the hospital three days later. joining me from memphis is antonia hylton. and the lawyers for the nichols family have compared this body cam footage to the beating of rodney king. what more can you tell us and how tense is it right now in memphis as we await the release of this video? reporter: katy, it has been tense here for days now, and people have been anticipating this. you know, not just in news from local officials, the naacp, from the family, but you know, in whispers among black residents here in the city, that this is going to be horrific, hard to stomach, hard to watch, but the news
santos. quoting from the congressman s statement, with the ongoing attention surrounding my personal and campaign financial investigations i have submitted a request to speaker mccarthy i be temporarily recused of committee assignments until i am cleared. he has been disowned by his own republican leadership for lying to them. he says he expects to be fully cleared. why you might ask does he think that? because, and these are his own words, i have nothing to hide. it wasn t even true when he said it. when asked which network he had done an interview with he refused to say. it was oan. he promised the interview would be fun and comprehensive. fun, we will leave it up to you. but in the 12-minute clip the network posted late today the congressman who lied about his religion, education, ancestors and career, criminal charges, athletic accomplishments and more was far from comprehensive. in those 12 minutes released he wasn t asked about specific lies and admitted none of that
delegation. he says that he expects to be fully cleared. why you might ask, does he think that? because these are his own words today, quote, i have nothing to hide. there was not even true when he said, it because when asked which network he had just done an interview with, he refused to say. it was oan. he did have at least one thing to hide today. he also promised that the interview would be quote, fun and comprehensive. fun, you will leave that up to him. a 12 second clip posted today, lying about his religion, education, and ancestors, and his career, criminal charges, athletic accomplishments, and more, it was far from comprehensive. those 12 minutes that were released, he was not asked about specific lies, and mentioned none of that comprehensive list of things that he s lied about. there is more than hasn t been released, we will see. what was released, santos seem to suggest that he had already said enough. i have made my sincere apology multiple times. i ve said t
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