iran hangs two men for allegedly killing a security official during anti government protests. and it s a huge weekend for the technology industry as the annual consumer electronics show gets under way in las vegas. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over. ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house. chanting: usa! usa! usa! the democrat leader, hakeem jeffries, handed over the gavel. . .. kevin mccarthy. cheering and applause ..to the new speaker s clear relief. that was easy, huh? laughter i never thought we d get up here. this should have been a straightforward process, after r
president zelensky welcomes the announcment of us military as ukraine celebrates its orthodox christmas, russian backed forces say they have downed a drone. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over. ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house. chanting: usa! usa! usa! i from republicans in the house. the democrat leader, hakeem jeffries, handed over the gavel. . .. kevin mccarthy. cheering and applause ..to the new speaker s clear relief. that was easy, huh? laughter i never thought we d get up here. this should have been a straightforward process, after republicans won a slim maj
kalbasi isfahani. these two men, mahdi karami and mohammad hosseini were executed this morning. their court cases have been described as a rushed, a sham trial, a group trial, by amnesty international international that had no resemblance of a meaningful judicial proceeding. these two men were deprived of the right to pick their own lawyers. theirfamilies have been campaigning to get them to choose their own lawyers. one of these men had gone on hunger strike, he was on hunger strike when he was executed this morning, and his family have been pleading to just get a chance to meet him before his execution. his parents were literally outside the prison when he was executed this morning, and they were deprived of this right at the last moment. this is the whole case, the whole trial.
iran has hanged two men for allegedly killing a security official during anti government protests. both were convicted of causing the death of a member of the loyalist basij militia near tehran. three others have been sentenced to death in the same case, while 11 received prison sentences. the trials are highly politicised, and the defendants are not granted choice of their own legal representation. let s hear more from khosro kalbasi isfahani who s the iran analyst from bbc monitoring. these two men, mohammad mahdi karami and mohammad hosseini were executed this morning. their court cases have been described as rushed, a sham trial, a group trial, by amnesty international that had no resemblance of a meaningfuljudicial proceeding. these two men were deprived of the right to pick their own lawyers. theirfamilies have been campaigning to get them to choose their own lawyers. one of these men, mahdi karami, had gone on hunger strike. he was on hunger strike