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
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
she goes on to say: gloria allred is a lawyer representing some ofjeffrey epstein s accusers. she praised the victims for their courage. yes, i represent 20 accusers ofjeffrey epstein and some of them have made allegations against ms maxwell as well, they made those allegations to law enforcement although they did not testify at this trial, it was only a very limited timeframe in which charges were filed in reference to ms maxwell at this trial. but it s been a long journey and as the us attorney said, and i even said it before he did, none of this could have happened without the courage of the victims because they testified very bravely, they were cross examined
Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211230 11:07:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.