With syria, cutting off a road used by many trying to flee the bombardments. Im Geeta Guru murthy in london. Also coming up. A man who cable tied the hands of three children in western australia, after he caught them in his swimming pool, has been found guilty of two counts of aggravated common assault. The Uk Government is set to announce a plan to invest nearly £22 billion in projects, hoping to capture and store carbon dioxide. Researchers say the worlds first vaccine for ovarian cancer, being developed in the uk, could wipe out the deadly disease. You are live with bbc news, i am Anna Foster here in beirut bringing you the latest on the developing situation, the escalating crisis here in the middle east. We will hearfrom our correspondent here in beirut and Northern Israel and a couple of minutes, and also look at the situation in tehran. Irans supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali khamenei has denounced irans enemies for trying to sow the seeds of division in the islamic world, as He Led
Hurricane helene is more surreal than ever because the time that has passed. The Death Toll is now climbing above 220 people. It is expected to grow as hundreds of people are still missing in areas that are so tough to get to and that means that they are cut off from the lifesaving things that they need. This is the deadliest storm to hit the mainland u. S. Since hurricane katrina. This is the faulkner focus. The more our cameras can get in and show you this and the more people can get some of the help they need, what they are dealing with becomes really clear. Tragic scenes from decimated communities are now in full view. President biden has spent the last two days visiting hardhit areas and he said this about the people in the middle of all of that. Watch it. What are the stilts in the Storm Zone. What do they need after you saw today . President biden in the Storm Zone. I wondered what storm you were talking about. They are getting everything they need. They are very happy across th
In november 29th seen hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously took to the streets in irans not just cities men and women blocks traffic and trampled on poor traits of the countrys leaders. The crowds were upset about a huge increase in gasoline prices following months of fuel rationing. Since 2018 iran has been hit by new u. S. Economic sanctions on the government has taken a hard line against the protests. After the 1st demonstrations the blocks Internet Access nationwide for several days to keep people from post. Reports about the protests several 100 people were killed in the clashes and at least 7000 were arrested. I irans leaders blamed the demonstrations on its enemies. I mean. This your narky. You. Have just read the book. And as youve been seeing. Fick i think if youre looking for. You know having to go to the see the matter dont. Know. That. The u. S. Has applied maximum economic and political pressure on iran to try to get the countrys leaders to approve a new agreement
And his people could never have gone as far as they did in the negotiations come in they hadnt given them the green light and as we know hes not exactly a moderate like the money were dealing. Among the 1st and to the new market to a big era pay in companies that build aircraft and automobiles or develop oil and gas Fields Company executives signed contracts with Senior Iranian officials tehran hoped that these agreements would help to boost the economy. In 2017 to topple frances Largest Energy company agreed to buy 150000 barrels of oil per day from iran and to develop a huge natural gas fields in the persian gulf. Would probably be free to. The reformers in iran had very concrete expectations johnstones the europeans and americans did. I hope so that iran could rebuild its economy and that this would lead to a more open society iran renounce the use of Nuclear Weapons and expected economic benefits in return they needed Foreign Investment to help them improve living standards. You kn
Know what are they supposed to do now youre up all those countries have caved in to the United States when my us caused the turn and everybody follows and ive got the france germany back to britain bathroom why is that dont they have any compassion for sick people no matter what american body. Iran has its own pharmaceutical industry but complex drug city used to treat cancer all Rare Diseases are only produced abroad. This is my Heart Hospital in tehran the facility specializes in treating children who suffer from cancer its an ongoing struggle for the staff to find the medicine that their patients need. The hospital is affiliated with a Charitable Organization and is funded exclusively by donations. Children from low income families are treated free of charge to my heart facility opened in 2003 right now the hospital is desperately short of foreign medicine. And what. We regularly ask people who travel overseas to buy medicine for us. Thanks to that kind of support none of our patien