santiago sees the return of the zombie walk after a three year gap due to coronavirus. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. in a tweet the us state department says: jared genser is a lawyer representing siamak namazi who is a jailed iranian american, whose family say they haven t heard from him. we haven t had contact with him since word came out about the clashes, gunfire, explosions, etc. we have no idea where he is or how he is doing and we would call on the government of iran to immediately enable him to call his family i
but just three weeks later, her new chancellor has buried it. have you been given a clean slate? can you change elements of the mini budget if you want to? yes, and the fundamental thing the prime minister wants me to do and i need to do is to be completely honest with the country. trussonomics reversed, then, tax cuts likely replaced with tax rises, huge investment replaced with a spending slowdown. this rethink has largely been driven by the turmoil in the financial markets since the mini budget was announced. the pound has had a torrid time. the effective cost of government borrowing has soared, and the bank of england had to step in with an emergency programme, buying up government bonds to stabilise the pension sector. there is a pressing need, then, to restore some confidence and credibility. bank of england governor andrew bailey said he spoke to the new chancellor yesterday and had an immediate meeting of minds. but in a speech in washington, he had this warning on in
we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control, but information is still trickling out of the country. well earlier i spoke to human rights activist sussan tahmasebi who is also one of iran s foremost feminist figures. i asked what she had learned about what s happening in evin prison in tehran. there is a lot of speculation and a lot of concern. we ve had different stories, people who have seen the video say that it seems that two awards, seven and eight, seemed to be the wards that have caught fire, and ward seven they next to the quarantine section of ward 240 where a lot of protesters who have been taken prisoner are being held. we don t know. it s a lot of spe
and the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital, tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protestors arrested during the past four weeks of unrest. officials say that eight people have been injured and that the situation is now under control, but information is still trickling out of the country. the bbc s azadeh moshiri reports. fla mes flames engulfing iran s notorious evin prison. in the midst of widespread unrest, it is a scene that frightened iranians both inside and outside the country. officials say a riot broke out between inmates. what people saw on social media was fires raging across the compound, and gunshots heard in the distance. scenes of riot police and firefighters rushing to the present did little to calm people
savings. and, a chiller in chile. santiago sees the return of the zombie walk, after a 3 year gap due to coronavirus. prison in the capital, tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of unrest. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control, but information is still trickling out of the country. the bbc s azadeh moshiri reports. flames engulfing iran s notorious evin prison. in the midst of widespread unrest, it is a scene that frightened iranians both inside and outside the country. officials say a riot broke out between inmates. what people saw on social media was fires raging across the compound and gunshots heard in the distance. scenes of riot police and firefighters rushing to the prison did little to calm people s fears. for the inmates families, it was pure panic. they rushed to evin, clogging the roads with