women in iran attended a domestic league football match for the first time since the 1979 islamic revolution. about 500 are thought to have been at the game at azadi stadium in tehran on thursday night. authorities had previously argued that women should be protected from the sight of men in sportswear because their bodies would be partially visible. for more, i mjoined by diana nammi, founder of the iranian and kurdish women s rights organisation here in the uk. thanks very much for talking to us. the first time since 1979, how did it feel for you to see these women finally being able to attend a men s football match? it s finally being able to attend a men s football match? football match? it s a great achievement football match? it s a great achievement for football match? it s a great achievement for women - football match? it s a great achievement for women in | football match? it s a great - achievement for women in iran, because since the islamic took power in iran, women h
the united nations has withdrawn its invitation to matt hancock to take up an unpaid role helping africa s economies recover from covid i9. it s understood a decision was taken at senior levels within the un to rescind the offer after questions were raised about the former health secretary s suitability for the role. to give us a better idea of what has taken place, i mjoined by our correspondent, mark lobel. this camejust this came just three days after an exciting moment when he announced on tuesday that he was going to be doing this role, helping africa s economies recover from covid, doing this role, helping africa s economies recoverfrom covid, and he was greeted with support from former cabinet colleagues including the foreign secretary, including the
but the republicans are at loggerheads with the democrats over how much money president biden can pump into his reconstruction plans and the debt ceiling has become caught up in the row. the democrats are stressing the potential for catastrophe. i m joined by nomi i mjoined by nomi iqbal, i remember being in washington reporting on a very similar situation stopping the potential for this to go wrong is huge and yet somehow they do manage to find a way to resolve it generally, where are we this time? ,, ., , time? the us has never defaulted time? the us has never defaulted before - time? the us has never defaulted before so i time? the us has never defaulted before so it . time? the us has never defaulted before so it is time? the us has never- defaulted before so it is not likely to happen again, but it is getting very close to that deadline and american now is such a politically polarised place as you can imagine, you have the republicans and the democrats at loggerheads even
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congress to talk about the massive automobile recall. japt knees automaker says it will look into possible electronic problems with its vehicles. harris: some disturbing new details about the university of alabama professor accused of gunning down her colleagues police now saying 44-year-old amy bishop shot six people during a faculty meeting on friday afternoon, killing three of them. she reportedly was upset over being denied tenure at the university. now, we re hearing reports bishop was once a suspect in the attempted mail bombing of a harvard professor back in 1993, and seven years before that incident, mrs. say bishop accidently shot and killed her hone brother in a massachusetts home. for more on this, imjoined i m jond by laurel sweet from the boston herald. how are you? harris: i m great, thank you for joining us. it looks like quite a few people are talking about amy bishop. what are you learning about her past? well, we re learning about what would seem to be a distu