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
Cnn primetime with abby philips starts right now. Objectively american democracy is in perilous condition. The nations politics are poisoned. Truth has become optional. Instead of desired or even required. The republic has of course always faced threats to it even before Rupert Murdoch. But so much of the current state of our democracy can be traced back to the beast of his creation. Good evening everyone. Im abby philip. Rupert murdoch is stepping down as ceo of fox news tonight. His legacy is outrage porn. Partisan red meat. Stoking relentless culture wars. But it all started with what you could argue is a noble vision to create a center right news network to elevate more perspectives that arent based in gotham or in washington. But instead, Stoking Division seemed to become murdochs mission. So did power and so did the money. Fox became a mouth piece for republican administrations, a mouth piece really for donald trump and eventually a vehicle for his baseless conspiracies. It is im
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Over a u turn on student debt. Christopher nolan tells the story of the dunkirk evacuation, will take a look at that film in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Director General of the bbc, tony hall, says work is already underway to tackle the Gender Pay Gap at The Corporation. His comments come after some of the bbcs best known female personalities signed an open letter calling for urgent action. The presenters claire balding, fiona bruce and jane garvey, are among the more than a0 signatories. Our Media Correspondent David Sillito reports. Alexjones of the one show. Mishal hussein. Sue barker. More than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc are calling on The Corporation to act now to end its Gender Pay Gap. Good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in. The trigger for todays letter, that list published this week of the pay deals for the bbcs highest paid stars. In the top 20 names, there was only one woman. The best paid men were being paid tw