to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures iran has charged two well known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn t related to a protest per se, but it s causing a lot of concern about the high number of executions that we re hearing here and there in the news lately. we have heard in the news about many executions, especially the execution of minorities. and they re raising concerns over the imminent execution of some minorities, like arab minorities. now, we know that iran is notorious for executions, for death penalties. and w
hello everyone. welcome to the cnn newsroom. today the us and germany announced they are sending advanced level tanks to ukraine. this ends weeks of geopolitical squabbling and introducing what could be a game changer in the russian war in ukraine. it will take months for 31 american abrams tanks to reach the ukraine battlefield and there was no diplomatic arm-twisting behind the decision. they are the most capable tanks on the world and their extremely complex to operate and maintain. we are giving ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to sustain these tanks on the battlefield. .[indiscernible] germany did not force me to change my mind. i wanted to make sure we were all together. germany said it will dispatch 14 tanks to the troops. this move by the most powerful nato members opens the door for other allies to make contributions. the tanks will allow ukraine to go on the offensive and to retake occupied territory germany warns that the approval is extremely
watching how this little feature develops. could bring some potentially very strong winds as well as the rain. rain is really a morning feature, something from west to east and some of that will be on the heavy side. clearing away from east anglia and the south east early afternoon then sunshine and heavy showers packing away but then the winds could be a problem. these are the average wind speeds, gusts much higher, potentialforsome the average wind speeds, gusts much higher, potentialfor some in the west, 60-70 higher, potentialfor some in the west, 60 70 mph gusts and we will keep you updated with that but feeling pressure through the day, as it will do for the end of the week with sunshine and showers. they are not. thank you very much. thank you very much. and that s bbc news at six on monday, 3rd october. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our i
is gareth southgate preparing to make changes for england s final group game.? we ll hear live from the manager and declan rice and he s arrived early when many doubted he d be able to make it at all. novak djokovic tells us how he s hoping to be fit for wimbledon e it, if eit, ifi e it, if i know i can play close to my maximum or play at maximum, i will play. hello again. we ll be bringing you live coverage of england s press conference ahead of their final group game at euro 2024 in the next 15 minutes, gareth southgate and declan rice will be speaking in cologne. but we turn first on sportsday to a scotland debrief. they re out of the tournament after a 100th minute goal for hungary settled their game in stuttgart, and decided their fate too. the totals for steve clarke s side make underwhelming reading: one point. two goals, only three shots on target. so i ve been speaking with former scotland winger pat nevin about where it went wrong. when you get to the rarefied level
at the election, was recorded expressing the view at a private event in april. but he went on to defend the plan, saying it would deter migrants from crossing the channel. he was speaking on the 2nd of april at an event for young conservatives. let s recap now on the uk s flagship illegal immigration policy. as of last week, more than 11,000 people had crossed the channel to the uk in small boats this year. in april 2022, the government announced that asylum seekers entering the uk from a safe country could be sent to rwanda, where they would have their asylum claims processed. the uk government had paid £240 million to rwanda by the end of 2023 for the scheme. no migrants have been transferred to rwanda, as the government has faced legal challenges against the scheme. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. interesting comments. private comments. interesting comments. private comments, comments - interesting comments. private comments, comments that. inter