for my guest, it s a new phase in a long struggle. masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women s rights from exile. it s made her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women s rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have you been surprised by the speed and the scale of events in the last couple of weeks? to be honest, i knew the anger. i have been publishing the videos of iranian women, for eight years, practising their civil disobedience, many of them bravely filming themselves while telling the police, the morality police, it s none of your business. i don t want to cover my hair. most of them are the true leaders of the change within the society. they re leading a movement against compulsory hijab. so for me, now, the brutal death
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in the us, where the state of florida has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states, with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. it could cause more damage as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter
british prime minister, liz truss, has defended her government s chaos, and a sharp drop in the value of the pound. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor at the guardian and emma wolf an author and journalist. we usually start with newspaper front pages, but the economist magazine s cover is so eye catching, we thought we d kick off with it: under a banner of how not to run a country it shows liz truss and kwasi kwarteng in a sinking rowing boat named great britain . the i newspaper continues the theme with the banner: tories fear wipe out after three weeks of truss as pm, also highlighting the yougov poll which they suggest shows more than half of voters would back the opposition in a general election. the times picks up with new bad news. the daily mail echoes the sentiment trust i am not for turning. the guardian looks ahead to tomorrow s meeting between liz truss and br
you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. and it s one of the most glamorous sporting events in the world formula one roars back into singapore this weekend. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in the us state of florida, which has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. and it could cause more damage as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150
and moving matches to avoid using floodlights. is the rising energy prices making football clubs finances unsustainable? we may be fast approaching winter, but major changes to the structure of two of our most high profile summer sports are being hotly debated tonight. in a few minutes, we are going to be talking about big proposals to shake up the structure of rugby in this country. but before that though, cricket. the new chairman of the ecb says the sport must find a compromise over controversial plans to overhaul the calendar amid a revolt by the counties who could have the number of matches they play slashed. in his first broadcast interview since taking up the role, richard thompson told our sports editor that change was needed because international cricket faced an existential threat from overseas t20 franchises. england may have enjoyed a resurgence in men are both vs cricket this summer but behind the scenes, mounting division on how to secure long term success. the