of sunday s election. # goodness, gracious # great balls of fire! the british government will call a snap election and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged 87. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in iran where there has been a new deadly wave of clashes. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite, in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the crack down by security forces across iran has killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, a child, shot in the head who apparently has been killed and they h
and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged 87. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activists say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite, in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the crackdown by security forces across iran has killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, a child, shot in the head who apparently has been killed and we haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died, how many people have been injured today,
this is the last chance for the candidates jair bolsonaro and luiz inacio lula da silva, to reach millions of brazilians before sunday s election run off vote. now on bbc news, the travel show. mind blowing. look at this. i have been to japan several times but never to explore the remote rural and volcanic south where you can expect the unexpected. where you can expect the unexpected. the extroverts. risktakers- unexpected. the extroverts. risktakers. and unexpected. the extroverts. risktakers. and the - risktakers. and the unpredictable. i risktakers. and the unpredictable. risktakers. and the unredictable. ., ., unpredictable. i want to see an asect of unpredictable. i want to see an aspect ofjapan. .. unpredictable. i want to see an aspect ofjapan. . japan. a country of 6000 people dominated by honshu, the home of their country s capital. 6000 islands. but 500 kilometres south of tokyo is the kansai region they call the heart ofjapan. and a city the kansai re
and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged 87. hello and welcome to bbc news. president biden has condemned an attack on the husband of the leading democrat, nancy pelosi, as despicable. police have charged a man with attempted murder in connection with the assault on paul pelosi at the couple s home in san francisco. mrs pelosi was in washington at the time. our north america editor, sarah smith, reports. police say the intruder used a hammer to smash glass doors and break into the pelosi home, shouting, where s nancy? this appears to be a targeted attack. he tried to tie up paul pelosi to wait for his wife to come home. she was in washington at the time. police arrived as the attack was happening. our officers observed mr pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. 82 year old paul pelosi is in hospital undergoing br
in the first such ceremony since apartheid. hello and welcome to bbc world news. at least 146 people have died and 150 others have been injured in a crush in the south korean capital, seoul. the disaster occurred as huge crowds gathered in a popular nightlife area to celebrate halloween. video footage from the scene shows medical teams giving emergency treatment to dozens of people who appeared to be unconscious, lying in the middle of crowded streets. the district of itaewon in seoul is a popular nightlife spot. earlier in the night, some partygoers had said on social media that there were so many people in the area that it didn t feel safe. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports, and a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. people out to party, having fun, until things suddenly change. by the end of the night, bodies lying in the street, some in costume. others were carried into ambulances lifeless and barefoot. the chilling sign of people who have tr