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
It happened near the disputed scarborough shoal, an area that has been a flashpoint between the two countries in recent years. Take a look at these pictures. The filipino authorities said its boats had been involved in a mission to deliver fuel and food to fishermen in the area. It Accused Beijing of once again installing a floating barrier across the entrance to ther shoal. Chinese state media reports its coastguard as saying it had expelled a Philippine Coast guard ship and other vessels from the area. Lets get more from our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head, who was on the filipino vessel. Im on board the philippines coastguard ship the Chinese Media are saying be expelled. We are being shadowed, you can see over there one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour binders, so many chinese ships in this area. They dominate it, they kick to the Philippines Out of here 12 years ago. This is part of a mission to re establish the philippines presents. I would not say th
Speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. A 14 year old boy has been killed and a number of others including two Police Officers have been injured after a man went on a rampage with a sword in North East London early this morning. Police say the attack was not believed to be targeted or terrorism related. Police were called after a van was driven at speed into a house just before 7am this morning. A 36 year old man is in custody tonight but is not well enough to be questioned. From hainault, our Special Correspondent lucy manning reports. Siren blares as he climbed over the fence, this was the dramatic and courageous moment the police finally brought the sword attacker to the ground. Two officers Firing Tasers as he still wielded his sword. 22 minutes after they were called, the Police Arrested the 36 year old after chasing him around the streets here, putting their own safety to one side. Earlier, the bravery of another
Under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. Us President Joe Biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide and they have to decide quickly. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. How close are we to a breakthrough . The information from cairo shows every Party Looks Like very close. There is a massive amount of taxability from each side but this flexibility is coming with lots of complexities and challenges. I will give you a brief about the challenges if you may allow me from both sides
While this lets turn to the main headlines. Hamas leaders are looking at a new Ceasefire Proposal from israel, with the white house describing the offer is a good one. A leaked document says a teenager who vanished during Anti Government protests in iran was sexually assaulted and killed by the Security Forces. A study in the gambia suggests a stick on Vaccine Patch could help the fight against measles. We will hear from the legend of irish dance, michael flatley, who talked of the bbc about his glittering career to the bbc. Now we can go to the sport news. Hello from the bbc sport centre. We start with the World Snooker championship in sheffield where its at the early stages of the quarter finals. But already world number two judd trump has had to recover from a slight wobble, hes Taking Onjakjones as he looks for a second title. Trump opened up this match with a superb 110 break, but then fell away. Jakjones showing how dangerous he can be, taking the second and third frames. However