more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured 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 earlier told 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 condit
The conflict special. Hello. Im jackie leonard, one of the hosts of the global news podcast. And, again, weve teamed up with the Conflict Podcast to answer some of your questions about whats going on in israel and gaza. Werejoined by the host of the Conflict Podcast, lyse doucet, from jerusalem. And here in the studio is the bbc security correspondent frank gardner. So lets get on with the questions. This is camille from australia and my questions about all the aid trucks, because i knowjust before this conflict started, there was a lot of discussion about us funding and aid to ukraine, and now theres a lot of trucks amassed at the egypt border. | was this aid that was already destined to go into gaza . Cos ive also heard reports that there was aid going in already, but not as much as now. So, just a note on how Thisl Manoeuvring had happened and if one affects the other. So, lyse, if you could start with that one. Thank you very much for the question. Its very important. The. The un a
emily was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. this is shiri weiss, an accountant, a hostage released along with her 18 year old daughter, noga. maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday was shoshan haran who was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri on october 7th. shoshan haran s daughter, adi, her children eight year old son, nave. and her three year old daughter gani yahel shoham, were also released on saturday. the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also women and children. here they are being welcomed back on the west bank. this report is from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. reunited at last, nine year old irish israeli emily hand and he
he managed a number of clubs, including tottenham and barcelona, where he gained the nickname, el tel. andy swiss looks back on his career. he brought the feel good factor back to english football. at euro 96, terry venables took his team tantalisingly close to glory. cheering after dazzling their way to the semifinals, england s hopes ended in heartache. but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. and how old are you now? 16 so, football is your whole life? yes. you want it to go on being your whole life? yes. and so it proved. that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. singing before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tel. visca el barca! next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup, before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business deali
with herfather, tom. emily was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya rotem, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. shiri weiss, a hostage released to israel along with her 18 year old daughter, noga. 21 year old maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday shoshan haran, who was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri. shoshan haran s daughter, adi, her children, eight year old son, and her three year old daughter were also released. the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back to the west bank. this report is from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. reunited at last, nine year old irish israeli emily hand and herfather, thomas, seen he