Thank you. And thats bbc news at ten. Theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the almost a year since the start of the Women Life Freedom Protests in iran, we have a Special Report with defiant voices inside the country as the Morality Police double down on the repression of women. So how should the uk calibrate relations with iran . Well be joined by a Iranian American Human Rights researcher whose father was a political prisoner who died under house arrest and the former uk ambassador to iran. Also tonight, to raise or not to raise should the Bank Of England hike the Interest Rate tomorrow, or can the economy do its own work now . Two senior economists argue it out. The upcoming ruthergen and Hamilton West by election expected to be a major Snp Labour Battle could be a bellwether for the general
watching symone. a bad week for freedom, that s what democrats described the latest controversial decisions from the supreme court, one ruling opens the door for businesses to discriminate against the lgbtq+ community with the three or three we talk to colorado attorney general phil wiser about the case that originated in his state. when it comes to 2024 elections, most acute into the presidential race. what about the dozens of senate seats up for grabs and the governor mentions and lieutenants and a lot of states? we re launching a new series today talking to tenants explain the issues on the ballots, and first up is josh fine horse to beat the next governor of north carolina. plus our culture critics are going to weigh in on this bad incident. it s getting out of control. i am symone towns in, and i have something to say. on the last day of pride month, the supreme court delivered a decision with devastating consequences for the lgbtq+ community and the laws designe
deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked
responsible for the house crisis as the house scrambles for a vote tonight, tonight, on a multi million dollar bill to help. plus, check out the markets. have you seen this, wall street in a free fall in the last hour of trading. investors are getting ready for the biggest loss since 2020 because retailers, walmart, target, et cetera sounding the alarm on inflation. coming up, we ll tell you what is going on and when things could turn around. i m hallie jackson in washington and i want to bring in our poll lit. caller: political team. dasha barns, vaughn is in philadelphia and tony is in north carolina and our senior political editor mark murray is with us, as well. at 3:01 eastern time, 12:01 pacific here is where we stand after last night s primaries. in pennsylvania you have oz holding a lead over david mccormick. a recount is looking more and more likely. it s coming as you have former president trump as he did in 2020 not waiting around for the official results, ur
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