santiago sees the return of the zombie walk after a three year gap due to coronavirus. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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 recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. in a tweet the us state department says: jared genser is a lawyer representing siamak namazi who is a jailed iranian american, whose family say they haven t heard from him. we haven t had contact with him since word came out about the clashes, gunfire, explosions, etc. we have no idea where he is or how he is doing and we would call on the government of iran to immediately enable him to call his family i
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
hello. this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the headlines. as the british prime ministerfights for her political life her new finance minister admits mistakes were made in rolling out the government s new economic policy and that some taxes will rise. at least forty turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions that were set after he was taken into custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary. exchange of fire ukraine continues to push back russian forces but the invading troops aren t giving up. and.the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. now on bbc news click today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. today we are literally stepping into
difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent ione wells. well. hours into his newjob, the well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor was i well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor was tasked well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with - well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting | chancellor was tasked with setting out his still, a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is absolutely not planning public spending cuts but listen to this. we have spending cuts but listen to this. - have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope and i am going
pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps in august. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. and rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start, crushing samoa in the opening game of the tournament at st james s park good afternoon. the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. mr hunt appointed yesterday after kwasi kwarteng was sacked from the job said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of difficult decisions ahead . and in a further problem for the government, the governor of the bank of england has predicted that in order to combat inflation uk interest rates may have to rise even higher than expecte