now on bbc news: inside the saudi sporting machine. it s the country transforming the sporting landscape, from signing top stars to a revamped football league to an upheaval of professional golf and the staging of boxing s biggest fights. saudi arabia s investment in sport has gone into overdrive. the country now set to host the 2034 world cup, too. but there s also controversy among fears that one of the world s richest oil states is using sports to distract from its human rights record and its impact on the environment. i travelled tojeddah for a rare opportunity to speak on the environment. i travelled tojeddah for a rare opportunity to speak to one of the key figures behind the country s remarkable sporting revolution. there seems no end to the number of sports you are investing in. are we at the high point now or are we just beginning the journey? there s a lot, as you said. our ambition is to host the best events around the world in the kingdom for the people of the kin
there seems no went to the number of sports you are investing in. iwill number of sports you are investing in. i will be at the high point now or are we just beginning thejourney? high point now or are we ust beginning the journey? beginning the ourney? there is a loss, beginning the ourney? there is a loss. as you beginning the journey? there is a loss, as you said, beginning the journey? there is a loss, as you said, our- a loss, as you said, our ambition is to host the best events around the world in the kingdom for the people of the kingdom for the people of the kingdom to see but also to invite the world to the kingdom. we have formula i is one of them. the olympics. these are the highest events that any nation would love to host within their countries. within the 2030 vision, we have targets that we want to host the biggest advance to attract the biggest advance to attract the world sports to be part of that employee a role in that. do you want to be the number on
communities flattened by deadly tornadoes. and now president biden approves a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. donald trump rails against what he calls weaponization of the criminal investigation process will tell you what he s saying about the investigations he faces and look at where they stand and russian president vladimir putin planning a move we haven t seen since the end of the cold war details and a live report from moscow. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. and we begin in the southeastern us where millions are at risk today for severe storms, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. this new extreme weather threat coming after powerful storms spawned deadly tornadoes that barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, leaving buildings crumpled vehicles scattered like toys and trees and power lines, stripped bare and strewn about at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. just hours ago, president
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. 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 cracked 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 haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died, how many people have been injured today but as you said, from the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they opened fire again with live ammu
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