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arrest a suspected gunman, after the second mass shooting in days leaves seven dead. we have special reports from afghanistan where the taliban continue to crack down on the rights of women. set and.action! and a behind the scenes look at hit show happy valley, with star of the showjames norton. opposition parties have called for the conservative party chair, nadhim zahawi, to be sacked now rather than wait for the outcome of an investigation. the government s independent ethics advisor has been asked to look into mr zahawi s financial affairs after it emerged he paid a penalty to hmrc over previously unpaid tax while he was chancellor. he maintains he acted properly. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. are your tax affairs a distraction for the party, mr zahawi? the conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, insists he s not on his way out, but he is under pressure. last summer he insisted reports that he was being investigated by the tax authorities we ....
stefanos tsitsipas is through to the semi finals of the australian open for the fourth time. the third seed maintained his unbeaten record in grand slam quarterfinals claiming a 6 3 7 6 6 4 victory over 21 year oldjiri lehecka. the czech had defeated britain s cameron norrie to make the last eight but was broken in his first service game and failed to take a set from tsitsipas. he s now made the last eight in a major, six times on the bounce. tsitsipas will play russian karen khachanov in the semi finals after his american opponent sebastian korda retired from the match through injury. korda was two sets down and trailing 3 love in the third when he threw in the towel. at the end of the second set when i pushed through and ticket, it is extra pressure to the guy especially he has some issues physically and with health. i think at the beginning of the third, when we take this lead, the attitude changes. i think all those things together, i was quite focused, i knew what i had ....
more money for social care in england to help free up nhs beds, but critics say it s just tinkering around the edges. iranian police and anti government protesters clash in tehran for a seventh day in the worst unrest for years after the death of a young woman in police custody. and launching the see monster, the latest project in a festival of creativity in the uk, costing the taxpayer £120 million. is it worth it? and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel england s cricketers convincingly crushed in karachi as pakistan level the t20 series with a ten wicket win. good evening. interest rates have risen to their highest level for 14 years, heaping extra costs on mortgage holders, credit card users and businesses. the governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. rates have risen by 0.5% today the seventh hike in a row as the bank tries to curb inflation. interest rates now stand at 2.25%. our economics editor faisa ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. there has been no official comment from the iranian government.|t comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandatory headscarf. the internet was shut down accross much of the country on saturday, but videos have emerged showing protests in a dozen cities, including tehran. in the northwestern city of ardabil, there have been running battles between security forces and protesters throwing rocks and chanting death to the dictator . i m joined now by the bbc s middle east editor, sebastian usher. so, just looking at these elitists reports, we ve got fires, running battles, bring us up to date with the d ....
the violence before aston villa s europa conference league win over legia warsaw, where the polish side s fans clashed with police, leaving four officers injured. good afternoon. the king has warned leaders at the cop28 climate summit in dubai that the world is far off track from meeting key climate targets. in his speech he said he prayed the summit would be a critical turning point for genuine transformational action. this year s cop will focus on speeding up the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy but there is likely to be disagreement on how that is done, as our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. it was an autograph hunter s dream 167 world leaders, including rishi sunak. .. ..prime minister modi of india. ..and president macron of france, as well as any number of other notables, including a cgi representation of the uae s first president, sheikh zayed bin nahyan. but top of the bill was king charles, rallying the world to action. i pray with all my ....