attacks on iranian schools. bbc persian s parham ghobadi has the latest. six cities across iran were targeted and in some of the cities, multiple schools were attacked. we started receiving videos from the city of qom, which is the iranian vatican. parents are furious, they re talking to officials, they re shouting at them, there are scenes of chaos and horror. in other cities, we have obtained videos from hospitals where parents are picking up a girl student who has fainted on the floor, other students are crying, gasping for breath on hospital beds, and we have reports in the northwestern town of ardabil and also in the southern kurdish town in western iran, the hospitals are packed with schoolgirls. reports of poisonings are frequent. no girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. at the beginning of this month, bbc reality check looked into this, reporting more than 1,000 iranian students, mostly schoolgirls have fallen
show no signs of ending. the violence has been happening for more than a week now, worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. we have pictures of a spanish personnel and citizens being evacuated overnight. other countries have also moved their diplomatic staff to safety but foreign civilians have been reporting difficulties trying to leave the country. some have been travelling by road in convoys heading to the red sea, as well as north to the border with egypt. it has been very difficult to reach people because of the internet is down and that means people cannot get the information they need from their embassies, they can t find out how safe are certain roads are, so it is a very difficult and tricky situation and that has made a lot of the people i speak to quite anxious. one man in the city, the twin city across the nile from khartoum, was speaking to me while there was heavy gunfire right outside his door on his street. he had visited the country with
scotland against the world as they take on the war torn country in the world cup play off. tonight with the context alex massie, scotland editor for the spectator, and amanda renteria, former adviser to hillary clinton. welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from the us there s been a verdict in a trial watched by millions around the world. a virginia jury has found that amber heard defamed her ex husband, johnny depp, and has been ordered to pay $15 million in damages. ina in a statement, johnny depp said the jury in a statement, johnny depp said the jury had given him his life back. amber heard said the disappointed she feels is beyond words. let s go live to out correspondent nomia iqbal, who is outside the courtroom in fairfax, virginia. i v e i ve been watching us over the past hour, you ve been right there let s get to the part where the jury and thejudge came in, everyone was standing up, then it turned out the paperwork hadn t been filled out corre
To egypt, as International Condemnation grows over the attack on their aid convoy. The head of the Israeli Military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification. An investigation is now under way. More than 100 people are missing in road tunnels and mines following a powerful earthquake in taiwan. At least nine people are known to have been killed and more thani,000 injured. It was the islands most powerful quake for a quarter of a century a proposal put forward by the nato Chiefjens Stoltenberg for a ioo billion euro five year fund for ukraine has met with a mixed response at talks in brussels. The long term Military Aid Plan was welcomed by ukraine allies such as poland and the Baltic States but theres reported to be some scepticism among other nations. A State Of Emergency in haiti is due to end today with the country still in a state of limbo after the Prime Minister was forced to resign, leaving an interim government in place. Businesses are still being attacked by gangs i
Good afternoon. The foreign secretary lord cameron has demanded a full explanation from israel, after an air strike in gaza that left seven aid workers dead, some of them british. The charity they worked for says their convoy was hit by an israeli air strike just after theyd unloaded food aid at a warehouse in the city of deir al balah. The israeli Prime Minister hasjust described it as an unintentional strike. Israel says it is investigating. From jerusalem, our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports. There were no survivors. Cars and aid convoy were hit directly. Even with the World Central Kitchen logos clearly displayed, and, the us charity says, prior Co Ordination with the israeli military. Displaced gazans staying in tents nearby heard the blast and ran to try and help. Translation this is our situation. Anyone who distributes aid or brings it to gaza is exposed to shelling and death, whether it is an International Organisation or not. Distressed colleagues of the seven