britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he needed to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium, to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. a businesslike, sober tone, a blunt, direct
Iran: Protests Escalate Following New Wave Of Gas Attacks Targeting Schools – OpEd
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but of course schools are a gathering place a lot of these protesters, students tend to be at the heart of these protests, but despite all of this mitigation and all these decisions the government has taken, civil unions within iran are still calling on more protests. more generally, how are protests now, do they still have momentum, or are they fading out a bit? they haven t lost any steam. this week we ve seen more protests in universities, two of them in tehran, one in alborz, and the crackdown is continuing as well, there is one instance that is concerned people and that s security forces strip searching schoolgirls in a school in tehran, sadr school, and that s seemingly because they are trying to avoid students bringing in mobile phones into schools, because they don t want protests and scenes of defiance to be broadcast. given the a0 day mark, it s worth taking a look and drilling down into some figures as to what this
but despite all ofthis mitigation and all these decisions the government has taken, civil unions within iran are still calling on more protests. more generally, how are protests now, do they still have momentum, or are they fading out a bit? they haven t lost any steam. this week we ve seen more protests in universities, two of them in tehran, one in alborz, and the crackdown is continuing as well, there is one instance that is concerned people and that s security forces strip searching schoolgirls in a school in tehran, sadr school, and that s seemingly because they are trying to avoid students bringing in mobile phones into schools, because they don t want protests and scenes of defiance to be broadcast. given the a0 day mark, it s worth taking a look and drilling down into some figures as to what this crackdown has looked like these past six weeks. according to the ngo group iran human rights, at least 23a people have been killed during these protests.