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
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
china s president xijinping has been defending his controversial zero covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the irainian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, will hold talks with the prime minister liz truss later, as the government fights to salvage its economic credibility. speaking to the bbc, mr hunt warned some taxes will increase and all government departments will be expected to find additional savings. posting online today, the prime minister has said she s going to do things differently in her quest for economic growth, promising she will always act in the national interest . let s talk more about this to our political correspondent peter saull. welcome to t
mounts on the government to reverse the unfunded tax cuts announced in his mini budget. jamaican musicians argue art merely reflects life as the regulator bans records that glorify violence, drug use and weapons. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. a jury has sentenced a 24 year old man to life behind bars for carrying out one of the worst school mass shootings in the country s history. nikolas cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 others in parkland, florida in 2018. families of the victims have reacted angrily as jurors rejected the death penalty. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. what punishment does the murder of 17 people deserve? unlike most other mass shooters, nikolas cruz survived the massacre he created and lived to see a jury answer that question. the jurors have reached a verdict in this case. they rejected the death penalty, giving him life without parole. inside court, the families of the victims showed their di
more than 100 now publicly backing him. and that sets up the extraordinary possibility he could face off against the man he helped bring down. borisjohnson, flying back from a caribbean holiday for a possible political comeback. it s just over four months since mrjohnson faced a revolt by his own mps and a confidence vote. the vote in favour of having confidence in borisjohnson as leader is 211 votes and the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of his mps had no confidence in him then. dozens then resigned from his government. but some now say they want him to return. what we ve seen in the last few days is that some of the mps who resigned, some of the mps who called for boris to go at the start of the summer, have now said they would like to see him put himself forward. they ve admitted they were wrong and i know there are many others waiting to hear on if he makes the decision to run before they go public. thank you all very much for coming! those who want him bac