in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
the world. i m paula newton. ahead here on cnn newsroom, another mass shooting in america, this time in texas where at least eight people are dead after a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall. a new weapon enters the battlefield in ukraine. the country saying it used an american made patriot system to take down a russian missile flying ten times the speed of sound. plus a celebration that, yes, for a king. charles iii crowned in a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry. we ll have the highlights and break down the celebration yet to come. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. and we do begin in texas where eight people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in america. authorities say a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall near dallas on saturday. and it happened as dozens of people you could imagine they were just out shopping for the day. one witness filmed the horrifying scenes from the rampage, which we warn you, may be d
google and one is of growing dangers as systems become more advanced. and wrexham s hollywood ending fans of the welsh football club and its celebrity owners parade through the streets to mark their return to the english football league. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in afghanistan under part you may find difficult to watch. what are mothers and children under the age of five are dying there every year every week from diseases that are preventable. foreign funding has been frozen and the little help still available from aid agencies is also under threat because the taliban has banned women from working for them. our correspondent has been to hospital on the brink of collapse. what i m about to show you is deeply distressing and shows young children in the final moments, but their form is wanted us to film them so the world can see the true scale
take place this saturday. what you re seeing here are rehearsals for the procession, which will lead through london down to westminters abbey down to westminter abbey for the coronation ceremony. we are seeing different groups that are taking part in the ceremony on saturday, who have been practising, rehearsing because this is going to be a massive ceremony. we know that there will be some 200 members of the armed forces taking part in the coronation, some of whom we have been seeing in these pictures, not a lot of action but we have seen different groups marching by, so we are preparing for the rehearsals continuing through the night in the uk. these ceremonies taking place, rehearsaltaking the uk. these ceremonies taking place, rehearsal taking place and we will continue to follow that. these rehearsals come just hours after a security incident outisde buckingham palace. uk police detained a man after he reportedly approached the gates of the royal home and threw items, th
hello and a warm welcome to the programme i m sally bundock. thousands of military personnel have been taking part in the biggest rehearsal so far for king charles coronation this saturday. the rehearsal was held overnight in central london on the route between buckingham palace and westminster abbey. just hours before it got underway a man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. here s our reporter vincent mcaviney. with the coronation just days away london s mammoth security operation was tested at the sovereign s own residence last night stopping the police say a man approached the front gates of buckingham palace at around seven o clock on tuesday evening, throwing what are thought to have been shot cartridges into the grounds. he was quickly detained and found to be carrying a knife for which he was arrested stop he was also carrying what they said was a suspicious bag, so the area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion w