we will start in iran. politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be enforced rigorously they re demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. joining here with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian service. just talk us through what is happening right now. why are authorities cracking down now? because of what we see is happening today in iran is that many women in big cities like tehran and other major cities, theyjust walk big cities like tehran and other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarves and without hijab. without hijab, not only headscarves, for four decades iranian women had to wear to walk in the streets. now we see especially young women walking on the streets without any sort of hijab and iranian politicians and iranian dutch mic that has frustrated iranian hardliners. so the regime rigid regime is a a difficult position becaus
official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico in october 2021. sophie long reports from los angeles. just under two weeks ago, we learned that they were intending to file these formal charge. this has now happened and along with that several documents have been filed to the court, a statement of probable cause and really detailed what the alleged or how a debt ledge alec baldwin had failed in his duty of care both as an actor and producer. he faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter and the reasons they say put forward accusing him of not receiving sufficient training ahead of filming,
british steele is considering cutting 800 jobs at the plant in scunthorpe. in premises questions keir starmer questions prime ministers claims regarding document rob. a search onjoe biden delaware home as a part of investigation into classified documents. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action, according to unions, in more than a decade across the uk, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to be on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers, all are on strike, in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union, the largest group of workers on the picket lines. it s estimated up to 85% of schools are affected. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been speaking to some of those on strike, in liverpool. cheering. from london to stoke, from cardiff to aberdeen, teachers are out on strike across britain. at chesterfield high in crosby, th
war that s proved to be a big winner at the baftas. some breaking news for you at this hour: north korea has been accused of firing ballistic missiles into the sea of japan just a day after the us and south korea held a drill in response to a similar launch. north korea said that test was designed to show it was able to fire nuclear capable missiles at short notice in response to threats. chad o carroll works for the korea risk group and joins me now. thank you forjoining us on the programme. just to get your thoughts on how significant this action is from today and yesterday. this action is from today and yesterday- this action is from today and esterda . ., . ., , yesterday. nothing particularly si . nificant yesterday. nothing particularly significant if yesterday. nothing particularly significant if you yesterday. nothing particularly significant if you zoom - yesterday. nothing particularly significant if you zoom out - yesterday. nothing particularly significant i
and disabilities are oversubscribed. we do the best that we can for the good of the kids. but there comes a point, there comes a breaking point and we are over capacity. and the first world war epic, all quiet on the western front, dominated last night s baftas winning seven awards. hello and welcome to bbc news. the family of missing nicola bulley have expressed their anguish, after a body was found in the river near where she disappeared three weeks ago. the 45 year old mother of two disappeared on the 27th january, while walking her dog in st michael s on wyre in lancashire, sparking a major search. lancashire police recovered a body from the water yesterday after being alerted by two people walking their dogs by the river wyre. formal identification has yet to take place, but police have previously said they believe ms bulley had gone into the river, and that her disappearance was not suspicious. we ll be live from the scene shortly, but first this report from our north o