it appears you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the british government will call a snap election in northern ireland after politicians in the devolved government failed to restore power sharing at stormont. #.great balls of fire!# and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged eighty seven. hello and welcome. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is the scene of violent confrontation again. and the tactics continue to be unbe
amid a mounting military threat from north korea, the bbc gains rare access to the american and south korean joint operations centre designed to fend off any attack. the daughter of a prominent russian ultra nationalist has been killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of moscow. darya dugina was a journalist and vocal supporter of the invasion of ukraine. there is speculation that the target of the attack might have been herfather, aleksandr dugin, an idealogical ally of president putin. russian investigators say the attack was preplanned and commissioned. will vernon reports from moscow. a fireball on the streets of moscow. 30 year old darya dugina, a political commentator, was killed when a bomb exploded in the car she was driving. at the scene, her father, alexsandr dugin, an ultra nationalist philosopher. russian media said mr dugin was meant to travel in the car with his daughter, but changed his mind at the last minute, and there is speculation he was the intended target.
A warm welcome to the programme. We start in the us, where at midnight eastern time tomorrow the Us Government will run out of money to fund itself, unless congress can agree a last minute deal. If the story sounds familiar, well, it is. It would be the 22 time in the last 50 years, that Us Government services have had to be shut down because of a Budget Deadlock in congress. The last time in early 2019 saw a month of widespread disruption to the Worlds Largest economy. Erin delmore reports from new york. The clock is ticking. They will need to agree on a deal to fund the federal government passed september 13. The federal government passed september13. Right the federal government passed september 13. Right now the senate has bipartisan support for a bill but House Republicans have rejected it. Hardline conservatives calling for deeper cuts and tying any Government Funding Bill to the ongoing issue of immigration and security at the us southern border. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has
Martin griffiths, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Not so long ago, you said something very striking. You said, the state of the world is terrifying. And i suppose that one of the terrifying elements for you is that the scale of need so far outstrips your ability at the un to offer assistance. And also to be funded, to get the income you need to meet those needs. So, this year, 2023, we have. Over 350 Million People in the world need humanitarian assistance. Which is substantially more than last year. Substantially more than last year. So, the Direction Of Travel is negative. Its huge. Its almost vertical. The cost of the humanitarian programmes that im responsible for around the world, in 36 different countries, is about 56 billion for this year. To come from the Member States of the united nations. To come from the Member States, of which about 20 are donors, of which the top five pay 60 of all humanitarian aid. So, a very small donor base. As of today, we have received abou