atlanta. reporter: hi, anita, 2 and a half million georgia voters have cast ballots in early voting setting new midterm election record. high turnout comes despite democrat gubernatorial candidates claims voter suppression. during the pandemic emergency rules introduced absentee ballot drop boxes but after democrats won georgia s elections for president and both u.s. senate seats in 2020, the republican controlled legislature passed a new election law requiring each county to have at least one drop box but also requiring the drop box be kept indoors and only accessible during voting hours. democrats are also opposed to new requirements for voters to provide the number of a driver s license or state id card in order to obtain or submit an absentee ballot. but georgia s republican secretary of state says the new id requirement solves an old problem. we have been sued by the democrat party and republican party over signature matches saying it s subjective. what did i say back
who are celebrating. amal evolve she. we begin this hour wit confirmation of one of the man major lies that the former president told the america people this time regarding his taxes. following a years-long legal and political saga be house weight and mean committee was finally able t secure donald trump s ta returns. they voted to release them t the american public this pas week despite his insistent ally s donald trump s tax returns wer not under audit when he ran fo president the first time the irs did not audit th personal tax returns of donald trump during his first two years in office. this is an important point it s interesting because besid being one of the forme presidents publicly stated reasons for not releasing hi tax returns. the irs has a program mandatin the quote mandatory review o the presidents individual ta returns. that protocol was followed for presidents barack obama and jo biden. dir us did finally follow it own rules of the forme presidents third year
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Are the context on bbc news. Re up or are we down . The Us Central Bank the Federal Reserve reviews Interest Rates as investors cast doubt over an imminent rate cut. There are two women in iran whose names became synonymous with the fight for womens freedom. One of them is mahsa amini who died from her injuries sustained in police custody. The other is nika shakarami. A 16 Year Old Girl who disappeared just days after mahsa aminis death became public. Shortly after leaving a protest on the 20th September she called a friend to say she was being chased by security forces. Nine days later her body was dumped in a quiet tehran street. The authorities denied involvement in her death, claiming she took her own life. But a classified report seen by the bbc reveals the teenager was beaten to death by the agents who detained her. Reha kansara from bbc Eye Investigations has this report. And a warning, you may find the details
Speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. A 14 year old boy has been killed and a number of others including two Police Officers have been injured after a man went on a rampage with a sword in North East London early this morning. Police say the attack was not believed to be targeted or terrorism related. Police were called after a van was driven at speed into a house just before 7am this morning. A 36 year old man is in custody tonight but is not well enough to be questioned. From hainault, our Special Correspondent lucy manning reports. Siren blares as he climbed over the fence, this was the dramatic and courageous moment the police finally brought the sword attacker to the ground. Two officers Firing Tasers as he still wielded his sword. 22 minutes after they were called, the Police Arrested the 36 year old after chasing him around the streets here, putting their own safety to one side. Earlier, the bravery of another
While this lets turn to the main headlines. Hamas leaders are looking at a new Ceasefire Proposal from israel, with the white house describing the offer is a good one. A leaked document says a teenager who vanished during Anti Government protests in iran was sexually assaulted and killed by the Security Forces. A study in the gambia suggests a stick on Vaccine Patch could help the fight against measles. We will hear from the legend of irish dance, michael flatley, who talked of the bbc about his glittering career to the bbc. Now we can go to the sport news. Hello from the bbc sport centre. We start with the World Snooker championship in sheffield where its at the early stages of the quarter finals. But already world number two judd trump has had to recover from a slight wobble, hes Taking Onjakjones as he looks for a second title. Trump opened up this match with a superb 110 break, but then fell away. Jakjones showing how dangerous he can be, taking the second and third frames. However