the ongoing disputes. and the darts a 16 year old is the world championship final right now. can he go all the way? we should know in the hours ahead. welcome to the programme. we start with the events and ironic that took place this afternoon uk time. 100 people killed, two explosions, 100 people killed, two 2 bags of explosives detonated by remote control. this picture shortly afterwards. all this during ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasam soleimani. he was a top commander in the revolutionary guards a branch of the iranian armed forces. soleimani was killed in 2020 in us air strike in iraq. let s ta ke let s take a look at where they were in the southeast of iran, next to the grave. qasem soleimani. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the first bomb was fired by a second more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since he was killed himself. in an american drone attacks all on a visit to iraq. the general was a huge field gear
in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
it is good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead this hour, the welcome surprise from the december jobs report showing the u.s. labor market closed out 2023 with a bang. plus, former blade runner, oscar pistorius out on parole after serving almost a decade in prison for murdering his girlfriend. how her family is responding. the latest from iowa where that horrific school shooting has rocked the community of perry. new reporting on how the school s principal acted to save his students. and house democrats and their push to get supreme court justice clarence thomas off the key 2024 ballot. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that new jobs report. nbc senior business report christine roman is with us. give us the big adnes. look, it was a sol i woul - solid end to the year, 216 new jobs in december. they eected the job market to keep slowing because of the fed rate increases, and the job
these bombs today exploding feet from the iranian general s tomb. the questions still tonight is who did it. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, donald trump has officially filed that appeal to overturn last month s explosive ruling from colorado s high court that declared he was ineligible to appear on the state s primary ballot, determining that he had engaged in an insurrection. the new appeal tonight is only raising new pressure on the nine justices that you see here to settle this matter once and for all or potentially risk chaos in a presidential election year. with similar battles over the ballot and trump bubbling up in other states as well, we re left with a key question tonight, can the former president be disqualified from holding public office again under the constitution s insurrectionist ban, and do states get to make that decision? trump has also appealed the decision in maine that happened to remove him from its ballot. that was to the stat
we ll ask who could be behind it. also coming up. the un secutiry council is due to be talking about the attacks on ships in the red sea. we ll cross to that live in new york. in lebanon a warning from the head of he says the killing of a hamas leader in lebanon will not go unpunished. in england junior doctors have started their longest ever strike. we ll ask a doctor what could end the ongoing disputes. and the darts a 16 year old is in the world championship final right now. can he go all the way? we should know in the hours ahead. irran 100 people killed, two explosions. two bags of explosives detonated by remote control. this picture shortly afterwards. this happened during ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasam soleimani.he was a top commander in the revolutionary guards a branch of the iranian armed forces. soleimani was killed in 2020. in a us air strike in iraq. let s ta ke let s take a look where these explosions happen. southeast of the