Irans parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader, ayatollah khomeini, leaving 12 people dead and many more injured. The Group Calling itself Islamic State said it was responsible for one of the worst Terror Attacks iran has suffered in decades. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Gunfire. Four gunmen, some reportedly dressed as women, have burst in, armed with grenades and explosive vests. Security forces surround the parliamentary complex, as those inside, including children, try to escape. Incredibly, as the attack continues, some mps in the chamber carry on with their parliamentary business. The group that calls itself Islamic State claims the gunmen are theirs. Is is fighting iranian backed militias in syria and iraq, but this is the first time the sunni jihadis have struck in the heart of shia iran. As the attack progresses, is posts a video supposedly from inside. One gunman says, hold on, in english, another shouts in arabic, were staying forever. Afte
Where President Trump is under new pressure over the sacking of james comey. The former fbi director will give evidence to senators on thursday about whether he was pressured to drop an inquiry into links between a senior white house official and russia. Ahead of that hearing, Written Testimony has been released from mr comey. In it, he says he believes the President Trump asked him to drop the investigation into general Michael Flynn. Here are the key lines from james comeys statement. Our washington correspondent david willis says mr comeys evidence is eagerly anticipated. They are saying that this could be Bigger Box Office as far as capital hill is concerned and the Clinton Impeachment and indeed, watergate. We had this Opening Statement released on the Senate Intelligence Committee Website revealing, amongst other things, that President Trump called for this pledge of loyalty for the man he later sacked, james comey, and he called for the investigation into Michael Flynn drop. Wha
With me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the Bbc Radio Theatre as part of our freedom season. The acclaimed South Sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the Sudanese Civil War when he was captured and forced to work as a Child Soldier in the 1980s. He escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. But now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into Ethnic Violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. When will the people of south sudan enjoy Peace And Freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a Child Soldier . Audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. Emmanueljal, sudan as it was then at warforfive decades, nearly 2 Million People died from starvation or disease. You yourself in your young life really only knew conflict. I was born in violence so
Votes on facebook. Its geek versus geek as spen meets fry. And lots of people shout in a big tent. Summer is on the way and, well, it wouldnt be a british summer without a visit to a good Old Fashioned festival. No, not that one. Much better. Known as the town of books, hay on wye in wales is the location of the hay festival. Its a literary mecca, an annual gathering of artists, authors, daleks and, yep, even royals. Its even been called the woodstock of the mind by none other than former us president bill clinton. This year its the 30th hay festival, and the line up is pretty stellar. Well, for the second year in a row, weve been invited to share some of our favourite experiences and show off some really good tech, all in front of a real, Live Audience of actual people. What could possibly go wrong . A packed tent waited, all that we had to do was wow them applause we had robots falling over, experiments in Haptic Feedback and demos in binaural sound, but that was nothing compared to
With me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the Bbc Radio Theatre as part of our freedom season. The acclaimed South Sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the Sudanese Civil War when he was captured and forced to work as a Child Soldier in the 1980s. He escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. But now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into Ethnic Violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. When will the people of south sudan enjoy Peace And Freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a Child Soldier . Audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. Emmanueljal, sudan as it was then at warforfive decades, nearly 2 Million People died from starvation or disease. You yourself in your young life really only knew conflict. I was born in violence so