Stories later this hour, but first we want to bring you a special report. Women in iran have told the bbc how their online activity has been spied on by the authorities, leading to arrests, threats and beatings. Their testimonies come two years after the woman, life, Freedom Protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in Police Custody after she was arrested for wearing the mandatory hijab loosely. Bbc verify Reporter Reha Kansara reports. A warning, this report includes distressing accounts of violence. Chanting i took off my hijab and didnt even wear it as a shawl around my neck. I didnt care to hide who i am or where the photo was taken. I wanted to say we exist. Chanting in 2022, anti government protests swept over iran after the death of a young woman in custody. The Protesters Battle Cry women, life, freedom resounded across the world. But two years on, Irans Government continues to clamp down evolving surveillance for a new era of digital resistance. Arresting thousands of prot
this morning. a judge has given donald trump s legal team until 3:00 p.m. to respond to the justice department s motion to unseal the search warrant and property receipt from the mar-a-lago search. overnight, trump posted on his social media platform that he would not oppose the release of the documents. in fact, he says, quote, he would encourage their immediate release. now, that s what he says. but remember, he s had the documents since monday. and he could have released them at any point himself. he still could. he doesn t have to wait until 3:00 p.m. he could release them right now. also, remember, what he said in the past about wanting to release his tax returns. and ultimately not doing it. we ll see. we ll see. as of now, his attorney says it doesn t appear they will object to the release. so attorney general merrick garland says he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant for trump s mar-a-lago home. what may be the most extraordinary of all the de
covid? john, just quickly my personal experience. but my personal experience is minor compared to many others who are really suffering. i m dealing with mild symptoms, but they re very noticeable. i got covid in march of 2020. we were passing the cares act in the opening days of covid. the capitol was kind of empty but there was community spread. i got unusual set of symptoms weren t the normal set of symptoms. then i gave covid to my wife. but within a couple weeks our cases were mild and we were doing fine. but one symptom that kicked in with me was nerve tingling. every nerve ending is dipped in alka-seltzer. that started late march of 2020. it never went away. i can sleep. if i wake up the middle of the night it s harder to go back to sleep than it used to be. but this gives me an appreciation for people who are still dealing with symptoms, much more serious. racing heart rate, intense fatigue, brain fog and
deaths remain low in comparison to the case counts. reporter: not only are more people getting covid, more are being infected for a second time. researchers in england spoke with 3,500 covid-positive people this month two-thirds reported having either a suspected or confirmed case before. here in new york, about 80% of reported reinfections have been during the omicron wave they re also up in minnesota and washington state, but notably some 60% of so-called second-timers there were unvaccinated. in illinois, brian kuhns first got covid in march of 2020 he spent weeks on a ventilator and later underwent a double lung transplant. they told me that if i got it again, i would die. so i was very afraid. reporter: even though he was vaccinated this month, he did test positive again. this time it was much easier. i actually didn t have too many symptoms until after i knew i had it. reporter: doctors say omicron may have mutated so much that even those who are vaccinated might get
about two-thirds says they did. one man went through an incredible ordeal the first time he got covid. take a listen. reporter: in illinois, brian kuntz first got covid in march of 2020. he spent weeks on a ventilator and later had a double lung transplant. it was hard. i was in the hospital total of about seven months. they told me if i got it again, i would die. reporter: even though he was vaccinated, this month he tested positive again. but he says his recovery was much easier. i think they know how to treat it better. they have more medicines for it. reporter: public health officials are also looking at the sub variant, popping up in more states, california, washington state, utah among others. health officials are looking at that and so are vaccine manufacturing. for example, moderna now says that phase two trials for an omicron-specific booster shot are under way. some good news, as you