Minister questions israels plans to annex illegal settlements. A setback for president also naro Brazils Supreme Court orders his government to publish coronavirus figures in full. And after 34 years of mystery swedens prosecutor names a suspect in the murder of the Prime Minister of palma. And im peter sim for the sport Tokyo Olympic games organizers say theyre working on more than 200 ideas to simplify and reduce costs that are more later this news hour. We begin this news hour in the United States where George Floyds brother has told politicians that to make sure that the death of his brother will not be in illinois as flawed floyd has just testified before the House Judiciary Committee on capitol hill the death of his brother in Police Custody spawn 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And indeed around the world the House Judiciary Committee hearing said it was answering protesters calls for a fundamental change in the culture of Law Enforcement im here the action to make it. Stop
this is bbc news. the headlines: president putin has ordered the russian secret service to tighten security on the kerch bridge, hours after an explosion ripped through the only road link between mainland russia and the occupied crimean peninsula. mr putin also ordered a full investigation into the incident. ukrainian officials have welcomed the explosion. there ve been reports of at least three more deaths on another day of mass protests against the iranian authorities that have erupted after the death in custody of a young woman. videos have emerged showing female students shouting go back when president ebrahim raisi visited a women s university. five teenagers in hong kong have been found guilty of advocating a violent revolution against the chinese state. they were sentenced to up to three years in detention, making it the first time any hong kong citizens under the age of 18 have been convicted under the national security law. with the rising cost of living, many peop
now on bbc news it s time for our world. for the past year, i ve been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazeri, and i m a reporterfor bbc persian. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed. my father was amongst those killed. i was just two years old. now, for the first time in over 30 years, one of the perpetrators of the killings is on trial. a government official called hamid nouri. this is hamid nouri. he s the first member of the islamic republic ever to stand trial outside iran for atrocities committed in iran. less than 15 hours till the verdict. and everyone is so anxious. he was a political prisoner at the time of the 1988 prison massacre. an estimated 5000 prisoners were killed. iraq survived. iraj survived. ever since, he s vowed to bring those responsible to justice. and he just fou
to growing pressure from beijing. you are watching bbc news. now ourworld iran: catching a killer. for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazaeri, and i m a reporterfor bbc persia. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed. my father was amongst those killed. i was just two years old. now, for the first time in over 30 years, one of the perpetrators of the killings is on trial, a government official called hamid nouri. this is hamid nouri. he is the first member of the islamic republic ever to stand trial outside iran for atrocities committed in iran. protestors chant. less than 15 hours til verdict and everyone is so anxious. iraj mesdaghi was a political prisoner at the time of the 1988 prison massacre. an estimated 5000 prisoners were killed. iraj survived. ever since,
Beginning to start up, with things beginning to were with some comings and goings. And andy murrays first round match at the geneva opens was stopped due to pollen from the trees falling, which he said was like show. Snow. There will be heavy thunderstorms for some of us today. Then tomorrow brings the potential for persisting rain. Ill have more details coming up i so its been described as the day that shamed the nation after decades of failures, mismanagement and cover ups, the Prime Minister finally apologised over the infected blood scandal, which since the 19805 blood scandal, which since the 1980s has seen 3000 die and 30,000 infected. This is a day of shame for the British State. Todays report shows a decades long moral failure at the heart of our National Life , from the our National Life, from the National Health service to the Civil Service to ministers in successive governments at every level , the people and level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust fai