welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east. iran s supreme leader says there ll be a harsh response, after at least 95 people were killed, by two explosions in the southeastern city of kerman. the blasts were near the saheb al zaman mosque, where thousands of people had gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of a senior general, who was killed in a us drone strike in 2020. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. and a first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qasem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack while on a visit to iraq. general so
it s 8am on thursday morning in singapore. we start in the middle east. iran s supreme leader, says there ll be a harsh response, after at least 95 people were killed by two explosions in the south eastern city of kerman. the blasts were near the saheb al zaman mosque, where thousands of people had gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of a senior general who was killed in a us drone strike in 2020. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to pay their respects to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. the first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qasem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack
you re live with bbc news. a long list of people associated with jeffrey a long list of people associated withjeffrey epstein has been made public. the documents are expected to include nearly 200 names including some of epstein s accusers, prominent business people, politicians and more. the disclosures could be a new light on the sex trafficking network directed by epstein who died in 2019. peter bowes is in los angeles. what else do we know? these documents. what else do we know? these documents, some what else do we know? these documents, some previously. documents, some previously unseen. what we are doing right now is trying to scrutinise essentially what is new, what
names of people who are, in one way or another, associated with the latejeffrey epstein. now, inclusion on this list doesn t mean that they have done anything wrong they could be accusers ofjeffrey epstein, they could be witnesses of any alleged wrongdoing. and as you implied, jeffrey epstein moved in high circles. he mixed with politicians and business people and hollywood famous stars, as well. and that is why there is so much interest in this as to who could be on the list. he is known to have associated with some very high profile figures, some of whom have since disassociated themselves with him i m thinking of former presidents like bill clinton and donald trump, and prince andrew in the uk, of course, essentially saw the ending of his royal career because of his friendship withjeffrey epstein he has denied any wrongdoing. so this really comes from a civil trial, a civil case that was brought against ghislaine maxwell, one ofjeffrey epstein s
maxwell who was an associate of epstein and is now serving 20 years in prison here in the us for assisting him. the mere presence of these names and the documents will not mean they have done anything wrong, they could be purely peripheral, it does not suggest they were involved but people will be poring over them for new names in particular and any documents that give any kind of clear indication about their involvement. of course, we already know some famous names associated with him, president bill clinton flew on his private jet, donald trump and detained him at mar a lago and of course prince andrew s royal career ended because of his associations withjeffrey epstein and he ended up paying out to one of epstein s victims in a civil case in 2022, although he denied all the accusations against him. these women have been campaigning for these documents to be released but of course they have been denied the thing they really wanted, to see epstein on trial, because he took his life in