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senior commander in the powerful revolutionary guard was among at least five people killed in a suspected israeli air strike on an iranian consulate building in the syrian capital damascus. the iranian 40 syrian capital damascus. the iranian a0 foreign minister has called it of breach of international conventions. it described in is really air strike that targeted the consulate in damascus. the senior commander is one of the most high profile commanders believed to have been killed. there has not been a reaction from israel. let s go like to hugo bachega. what s the latest you re hearing? i need, iran has said mohammed was killed with the country described as an israeli air strike. targeting damascus, syria. we have an hundred reaction from the israeli authorities. a spokesman said he wouldn t comment on those reports. it seems to be the latest in the series of a assassinations. we ve seen that the army has intensified its attack. also positions in syria. there also has ....
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 70 people have died, including children, after fire tore through a five storey apartment building injohannesburg in south africa. more than 50 people were injured, and there are fears that the number of fatalities will rise as rescue work continues at the site. the block had been declared unsafe for use, but city officials say it had been taken over by property gangs who rent out the rooms and overfill them. our southern africa correspondent pumza fihlani reports from johannesburg. a warning her report contains distressing scenes from the start. piercing screams as a fire rages through a building in the heart of johannesburg. home to hundreds, residents have described the horror of people clamouring to get to the nearest exit as smoke filled the building s narrow corridors. many were not that building s narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. building s narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. the bui ....
also, americanjournalist evan gershkovich has been held in a russian prison accused of spying for exactly a year. we speak to his friends about how he s coping. politics in northern ireland have been thrown into turmoil with the news that the leader of the democratic unionist party sir jeffrey donaldson has resigned after being charged with rape and other historical sexual offences. he was arrested yesterday, along with a 57 year old woman who has been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. they will appear in court next month. sirjeffrey is northern ireland s longest serving mp at westminster and has been leader of the dup since 2021. jennifer o leary reports. sirjeffrey donaldson, a leader whojust weeks ago returned his party to power sharing at stormont. today, his political career appears to be over. in a statement, his party announced his resignation, confirming that he s been charged with allegations of a historical nature. b ....
interviews and reaction. we start this hour in the us city of baltimore where divers have now found the data recorder of the ship which crashed into a major bridge yesterday causing it to collapse. the crash caused that bridge to collapse. six missing construction workers who were on the francis scott key bridge at the time are now presumed dead and rescue efforts have turned into a recovery operation. these are live pictures from the scene where it is sam local time. as well as the recovery operation, the other focus is the investigation into what went wrong. the vessel, the dali, is registered in singapore and the port authority there says it passed two inspections last year. the container vessel lost power after departing from baltimore s port, causing it to crash into the bridge. let s discuss more now the implications of the bridge collapse on trade in the region and beyond. we can now speak to guy platten. he s secretary general of the international chamber of s ....
of bengal last month. if successful, india will also become the fourth country in the world after the us, russia and china to make a soft landing on the moon. the mission will allow experts to explore whether there is water ice on the moon which might then support human habitation there. india is hoping to avoid the disaster that struck russia s space programme last week when their luna 25 shuttle crashed into the moon s surface. the race back to the moon is a hallmark of renewed interest in space exploration among the world s major economies due to better technology, the hunt for natural resources and rising political tension at home. china and the us have both also announced their own missions to the moon s south pole with china even announcing a joint plan with russia to set up a lunar research station on the rock in 2021. meanwhile nasa has announced plans to send the first women and the first person of colour to step foot on the moon in 2025 but now suggests ....