hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least one person has been shot dead in the iranian city of zahedan, as anti government protests continue in much of the country. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked on by security forces across iran and killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in the head and apparently has been killed and we haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died and now many people have been injured today but the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they open fire again with live ammunition. what started as a protest over the death of a young woman in custody bec
that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through. i didn t even notice that, but the camera did. as cars get ever more powerful and ever more numerous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final stages of developing the first average female crash test dummy. so, what happens to a woman s body during a crash? shona mccallum has been to linkoping in sweden to fi
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and it s all or nothing for arsenal manager mikel arteta, as he speaks to us about the importance of family, discipline and passion ahead of the new season. good morning from the commonwealth games, where adam peaty has his spark back. after he reached the lowest of the lowest earlier this week, he roared back to form with gold in the 50 metres breaststroke. good morning. today will be less windy, good morning. today will be less windy, less good morning. today will be less windy, less humid. more sunshine than yesterday. still a few showers in the than yesterday. still a few showers in the full than yesterday. still a few showers in the full cast and i will tell you where in the full cast and i will tell you where later in the programme. it s wednesday, the 3rd of august. our main story. the most senior american politician to visit taiwan in 25 years, nancy pelosi, has met the island s president and addressed its parliament, during a trip that s been condemned by ch