better than any other time we ve had discussions. hello and welcome to the programme i m samantha simmomds. let s start with some breaking news coming in from washington. authorities say they have detained the driver of a truck after crashing into security barriers adjacent to the white house grounds, according to a us secret service spokesperson. this is the scene, as you can see a police cordon has been set up. we are hearing there were no reports of any injuries to any secret service or white house personnel and the cause, and the man in the crash will remain under investigation, according to the chief of communications from the secret service. he said on twitter, some pedestrian walkways have been closed and the nearby hotel has been evacuated. we have got these live pictures coming in. we know that law enforcement officers have approached a vehicle, a remote controlled robot opened the truck s door, revealing a dolly, but no other obvious cargo. after crashing the driv
richard preston. we begin in the united states where eight people have been killed in the country s latest mass shooting. the incident took place at a shopping mall in allen, about 20 miles, 35 kilometres, north of the city of dallas. this is the moment police officers hurried shoppers out of the mall, eyewitnesses described a man dressed in black and armed with an assault rifle shooting apparently indiscriminate leave. the government has not been identified and was shot dead by police at the scene. has been no word about possible motive. three more people are currently in a critical situation in hospital. a short time ago emergency services gave this update. my name is jonathan this update. my name is jonathan boyd, - this update. my name is jonathan boyd, divisivel this update. my name is i jonathan boyd, divisive for this update. my name is - jonathan boyd, divisive for the jonathan boyd, divisive for the allen fire department. i want to speak to the medical part of a re
hello, i m lucy gray, welcome to the programme. the metropolitan police in london says it understands that public concern about the arrest of 52 people trying to take part in demonstrations during the coronation of king charles. the met said it had received information that some protesters had been determined to disrupt the occasion. the head of the anti monarchy group republic, graeme smith, spent nearly 60 hours in police custody. there will be more coronation celebrations over the rest of the long weekend, stars including lionel richie katy perry, and take that will perform at a concert in windsor on sunday evening. that ll be in front of 20,000 people. there will also be numerous street parties across the uk, expected to take place for what is being called the coronation big lunch. some of these will be attended by members of the royal family. let s go live now to windsor. if yesterday was all about p°mp windsor. if yesterday was all about pomp and ceremony, today is abo
to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures iran has charged two well known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn t related to a protest per se, but it s causing a lot of concern about the high number of executions that we re hearing here and there in the news lately. we have heard in the news about many executions, especially the execution of minorities. and they re raising concerns over the imminent execution of some minorities, like arab minorities. now, we know that iran is notorious for executions, for death penalties. and w
welcome to the programme welcome we begin in ukraine where at least three civilians have been killed and more than 1a wounded in the last 2a hours in the latest wave of russian missile and drone attacks. the overnight attacks across ten regions of ukraine were the fourth such wave in just over a week. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia s wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut. russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months despite the city s questionable strategic value. earlier, zhanna bezpiatchuk from the bbc ukraine service, told us more about the drone attacks to kyiv. we have seen already a ra