Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist blaming israel for his murder. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. Israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert Nuclear Weapons programme, though it hasnt commented on his assassination. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has more. The scene of an ambush. The highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in Irans Nuclear programme. Mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and Senior Defence official. But western Intelligence Services have long believed he was the Driving Force in irans quest for a nuclear bomb. Iran has always said its Nuclear Programme was peaceful but its been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. In 2018, he was singled out by israels prime minister. This is how dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head
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We start in the us state of louisiana, which has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore. The city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long joins us now from new orleans. How severe is this storm predicted to be . A state of emergency was declared he had three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to stalk shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you see, there are still a few people out and about but not many. I am on cana
New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and told us more about the severity of the storm. A state of emergency was declared here three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their storm preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you can see, there are still a few people out and about, but not many. I am on canal street in the French Quarter in new orleans. This is normally a very busy street at this time. I should say that what people are really worried about here is not the wind, we have heard about wind speed and whether they will reach 7a mph which would make Tropical Sto
The us state of lousiana has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore the city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors. Sophie long reports. High winds lashing the louisiana coast as Tropical Storm barry approaches land. As it travelled slowly across the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, families, friends, and neighbours filled sandbags in the hope of protecting their homes. We are hopeful, you know, we have been watching the news the whole time. And they have confidence in us, that all we can do is have confidence in the system, make sure everything holds up. I feel great. Because this is bringing us together, you know. Very few things bring our community together, black and white. A state of emergency was declared days ago, and people were told to stock up on