welcome to the programme, i m tanya beckett. an italian man has died and three british citizens are among the wounded after a car ploughed in to tourists near a beach in tel aviv. the attacker was shot dead by police. it comes after two british israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a shooting in the occupied west bank on friday, in what has been a week of heightened tensions in the region. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv a warning, her piece contains some distressing images. last night, tel aviv s holiday crowds became targets. gunfire. this, the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. people shout. you can hear the fear of people filming nearby. the driver was a 45 year old man from a nearby town who drove his car into pedestrians, killing an italian man named as alessandro parini, and injuring seven others, three of them british. we heard gunfire. we saw shots and then we saw people sprinting across the
hello and welcome, i m tanya beckett. an italian man has died and three british citizens are among the wounded after a car ploughed in to tourists near a beach in tel aviv. the attacker was shot dead by police. it comes after two british israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a shooting in the occupied west bank on friday, in what has been a week of heightened tensions in the region. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv a warning, her piece contains some distressing images. last night, tel aviv s holiday crowds became targets. gunfire. this, the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. people shout. you can hear the fear of people filming nearby. the driver was a 45 year old man from a nearby town who drove his car into pedestrians, killing an italian man named as alessandro parini, and injuring five others, and injuring seven others, three of them british. we heard gunfire. we saw shots and then we saw people sp
welcome. to iran now where local media reports that dozens of schoolgirls have been poisoned in several schools. this phenomenon began last november and since then there have been reports of poisoning incidents from gases or toxic substances. in some cases students have been hospitalised. i was joined earlier by bbc persian service s parham ghobadi who told me how wide spread these incidents are. just before coming to the studio, the number of cities that were targeted rose to six, actually, and as you remember, as mentioned in your intro, for several months, we had the story of iranian school poisonings, but it went quiet for a while and the reason for that was that there was persian new yearfor two weeks, so students were on a break at that time. they went back to school on monday, and again, reports of school poisonings started appearing here and there, but today is the most widespread one. as i already mentioned, six cities across iran were targeted and in some of the cit
turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of foot
now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. if accountability comes to people faster, then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of footage from police body cam footage and neighborhood security camera footage. the incident happened on january the 7th, 8:30 pm at night. the footage does not capture the and i