union leaders in the uk urge the prime minister to intervene in the dispute about healthcare pay. the biggest week of strikes in the history of the national health service is due to start on monday. the us continues to search for the wreckage of a chinese balloon suspected of being used for spying which was brought down by an american fighterjet yesterday. hello and welcome to bbc world news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979, a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, says those freed have several conditions attached to their release.
but he added that the roman catholic church couldn t permit same sex marriages. and who ll claim the major prizes at this year s grammy awards? all you need to know about music s biggest night. hello, welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979, a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone from the bbc s persian service says those freed have several conditions attached to their release. the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of thousands of people who are in prison or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary
next to the river wyre, nine days ago. and who ll claim the major prizes at this year s grammy awards? all you need to know about music s biggest night. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where reports say the country s defence minister oleksii reznikov will be dismissed and replaced with the head of military intelligence. it is suspected reznikov, a loyal ally of president zelensky, will be moved to a different ministerial position with ministry ofjustice named as a possible direction. in recent weeks, ukraine s defence ministry has been embroiled in a corruption scandal over an army food contract, with one of deputy ministers fired and named a suspect, and another resigning voluntarily. reznikov became defence minister several months before the invasion. during the war, he fostered relationships with western defence officials and helped oversee the receipt of billions of dollars of military assistance. with us now isjonathan marcus, a defence analyst an
in other news, nicaragua frees more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deports them to the united states. # ijust don t know what # i just don t know what to # ijust don t know what to do with myself. we remember burt bacharach one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps, having been made homeless by earthquakes. officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the first united nations aid convoy has made it into syria and the world bank has promised around $1.8 billion to help turkey. let s start with this report from our correspondent anna foster in kahraman maras. an urgent call for quiet. these rescuers need complete silence. they ve heard voices. even though this building isn t safe,