suspected of being used for 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. hello, welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader 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, has been giving us more details. 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 n
captions by vitac www.vitac.com looking right now at buckingham palace. people, though fewer in number, are still showing up at this hour. the embodiment, as cnn s max foster put it earlier in the program, of a nation slightly loss after the passing of queen elizabeth ii earlier today in scotland. she was, as many have said, the only monarch most britons have known. and she may have been the first british monarch most britons have known in a familiar, more regal sense, the first to usher in the modern united kingdom. christian am pour said tonight from the grand britain of her early childhood to the great britain of today. it read, the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return tomorrow. we saw a demonstration of remarkable continuity of secession, people outside the palace singing the national anthem with god save the queen replaced from here to the end of charles iii s reign
of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know the details of those special access programs. even more sensitive than we knew to this point, and, of course, kept in an unsecured facility. if confirmed, it means the documents containing another nation s nuclear secrets and some of the u.s. most highly guarded top secret operations were sitting in an unsecured country club for more than 18 months. after repeated requests to return those documents. and another major story we are following this morning, this one out of memphis, tennessee, the man now charged with the death of 34-year-old eliza fletcher is facing multiple murder charges in her kidnapping and death, expected in court, in the next hour. we re going to bring you updates live, more in a moment. first, we want to begin with our top story this hour, the washington post story reporting a document detailing a foreign government s military defenses including its nuc
earlier, liz truss travelled to balmoral castle in aberdeenshire where she accepted the queen s invitation to form a government. borisjohnson had already left downing street his words prompting speculation that he might want to return at some point. that he might want to a that he might want to day of transition and an ever for a day of transition and an evening for the new prime minister of shaping her government. we ll have the latest on the shape of the new cabinet and on the policy challenges. one other story, following the fatal shooting of a school girl in liverpool. for the first time, the mother of olivia pratt korbel makes a public appeal for the killer to come forward. i m hoping that they come forward. that this doesn t happen to anybody else. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a busy evening of european football celtic among the british teams in action but can they overcome the european champions real madrid at celtic park? good evening. the new prime mi