suspected of spying which was brought down by an american fighter jet yesterday. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 following a long illness. iran s supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, told us a little more on what s happening in iran the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable numb
has died in hospital at the age of seventy nine. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello, and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. now in a minute, we re going to talk about spotify. it s the world s most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to $1 billion on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we ll try and unpack what s going on and work out what that means for making money off music streaming and off podcasts, too. first of all, though, we re going to talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about india s prime minister, narendra modi. it s on iplayer at the moment, and it explores tensions between mr modi and india s muslim minority. it also specifically looks at claims around his role in the 2002 gujarat riots, in whi
we begin with our chief correspondent, jonathan hunt. good evening. good evening. the first u.s. president to be indicted on criminal charges. donald trump gathered together his supporters to air grievances. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. now, among the former president s target was alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney leading the charge to convict trump on hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. the criminal is district attorney because he leaked massive amount of grand jury information. [applause] for which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum, he should resign. and the former president hit out of the judge in this case, too. i have a trump-hating judge and trump-hating wife and family whose daughter works for kamala harris and now receiving the biden/harris campaign. before he wrapped up, he criticized othe
in the pacific as he reasoned with lawmakers for billions in more funding for their budget. one of his driving forces and concerns could prevent china from invading taiwan. we must act with a greater sense of urgency. we don t have the luxury of t time. we must act now to preserve this free and open indo pacific. reporter: he put it plainly there is more to do when it comes to china especially as we learn more about china s plans from recently leaked classified documents. the supersonic spy drone is not only credibly fast but it operates at high altitudes. it would help turn up with mapping and strategy planning and possibly future strikes. at the same time, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen voiced her concerns when it comes to china. the john hopkins school of advanced international studies, she made it clear national security and defending human rights are the chief objectives even if it comes at an economic cost. she also said the biden administration is now conside