protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it is good to see you again at the start of a new season of unspun world. we have been off air since december, and a lot has happened since then. the ukraine walk first. back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading, there were fears it would be a bad winter, and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but, ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power, and anyway, the winter was not that bad. now, some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might soon collapse over the next few months. who knows. president xijinping of
this is gbs, the global public square, welcome to all of you in the united states, and around the world, i am coming to you from new york city. today on the program, the assassination of japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe. shot in broad daylight, in a country with almost no gun homicide. we will explore the murder, and his legacy. then, after a stunning series of resignations from his cabinets, boris johnson finally admits it is time to go. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. what happens now? i will ask former top conservative party official, camilla. also, henry kissinger on vladimir putin. the 99-year-old former secretary of state, has met with the russian leader perhaps more than any other american. as the war in ukraine continues to rage, what the west and the world needs to know about that man s intentions. and, space. the final frontier. for international conflict and perhaps even war. i will talk to general john raymon
buried in his hometown of san angelo, texas. all of this as a bipartisan group of senators tries to finish writing a bill aimed at reducing gun violence. with us to talk about this, sam brock in vestavia hills, alabama, capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. sam, how are people in that community processing what happened last night? i think it s very telling, jose next to this church behind me, there is an assisted living facility who said we are just disappointed at the world. we cannot process how it is possible we re talking about another shooting, another church shooting. right now investigators are going to be updating us within the next hour or so, jose. we re waiting on some details because we know that around dinner time last night the gunman, according to police, walked into the church and started firing, killing two people, one person is wounded and in a hospital. it s not clear what their condition is right now. you re talking about a neighborhood, jose, about ten
so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people of fra