washington says it s horrified by the execution, whilst the british prime minister, rishi sunak, said the hanging of alireza akbari was callous and cowardly and would not go unpunished. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran s prosecutor general, accusing him of being at the heart of iran s use of the death penalty. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning, despite repeated last minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was appalled by a callous act carried out by a barbaric regime. and we have made it absolutely clear that the actions of the iranian regime has taken are com
of the commonwealth games where england s alex yee got the competition s first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents are scrambling to the rooftops. but worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children. four of whom from the same family. search and rescue same family. sea rch and rescue teams same family. search and rescue teams and helicopters and both are still lookin
devastated after losing her libel case against coleen rooney. welcome to bbc news. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war who were being held at a detention centre in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack which is thought to have killed them. ukraine and russia have accused each other of the deaths. ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen and i do not recommend that people watch this is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and, in among them, many, many charred bodies. there are also other bodies not burned, but bloodied, lying outside on the grou
horrific and shocking police describe the murder of 87 year old thomas o halloran, stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london. officers call it an unprovoked attack . more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each, but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. pollution warnings issued for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales, with untreated sewage being discharged into coastal waters. the two tory party leadership rivals attack the northern ireland protocol as they vie for votes at election hustings in belfast. and nasa rolls out the rocket which it hopes will put humans back on the moon for the first time in half a century. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says the rise in the price of goods is now at its highest rate for more than a0 years. inflation hit