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now on bbc news, bbc persian s arts reporter, maryam erfan, introduces us to epic iran. it s the biggest exhibition of iranian art and culture in the uk in nearly a century. hundreds of artefacts showcasing one of the world s great civilisations, from 5,000 years ago to the present day. 0ne absolutely spectacular piece is a little gold chariot. and you ll see it consists of a lot of tiny parts which have been soldered together. it s a technological masterpiece. it s hosted by london s victoria and albert museum - the v&a. i m maryam erfan, and i cover arts for bbc persia. the epic iran exhibit has been hugely popular, and i ve come to share some of the highlights of this wonderful exhibition with you, and to introduce you to some of the experts behind the making of it. it was quite a task, with objects coming from art collections all over the world. i know there are some real treasures here from my homeland some of them have never been on public display before. and i ....
improvements acrosses the west. this afternoon it s a fine one for most, and warm sunshine round but we will see increasing heavy showers developing, particularly across the midlands, these temperatures by the end of the afternoon, we could see the mid 20, it is humid too so the showers and thunderstorm also rumble on and move northwards, the weather fronts will start to reinvigorate and merge so it will turn wetter by the end of the night. eastern areas staying dry and it will be another fairly mild one quay from northern scotland. parliament two of the weekend, we have the weather fronts straddling the country, intense as well, particularly as we move through sunday afternoon, some the rain through central and eastern parts will turn out to be heavy and thundery. maybe the chance of localised flooding. an improvement forecast out west. one or two showers are not as warm as this afternoon. see you later. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. worries over the soaring ....
it s the biggest exhibition of iranian art and culture in the uk in nearly a century. hundreds of artefacts showcasing one of the world s great civilisations, from 5,000 years ago to the present day. 0ne absolutely spectacular piece is a little gold chariot. and you ll see it consists of a lot of tiny parts which have been soldered together. it s a technological masterpiece. it s hosted by london s victoria and albert museum the v&a. i m maryam erfan, and i cover arts for bbc persia. the epic iran exhibit has been hugely popular, and i ve come to share some of the highlights of this wonderful exhibition with you, and to introduce you to some of the experts behind the making of it. it was quite a task, with objects coming from art collections all over the world. i know there are some real treasures here from my homeland some of them have never been on public display before. and i feel privileged to see them up close. the exhibition covers the ancient, islamic, and mo ....
the man thought to have planned the 9/11 attacks, khalid sheikh mohammed and his key associates are yet to stand trial. they re still being held at guantanamo bay, the us detention centre in cuba. nearly 800 men and boys have been detained there. five of those men have appeared before a judge in guantanamo bayjust this week, with the families of some 9/11 victims present in the court. the bbc s aleem maqbool met some of them. yes, it s notjust khalid sheikh mohammed who is here, but four others who were implicated in that plot to attack new york and those other sites 20 years ago. khalid sheikh mohammed is believed to have conceived of the idea of the attacks, taking it to 0sama bin laden and then subsequently planned the attacks. but also, walid bin attash is alleged to have trained two of the hijackers. you ve got ramzi bin al shibh, who is thought to have run the hamburg cell of the operation, then two others ammar al baluchi and mustafa al hawsawi, who are tho ....
scotland s first minister says the nhs is under more pressure than ever before with scotland seeing its highest level of covid infections since estimates began. nicola sturgeon said only a foolish leader would rule out having to introduce more restrictions including extending the new vaccination passport scheme. in england, the culture secretary 0liver dowden has said that vaccine passports will almost certainly be required this autumn along with boosterjabs for the elderly and vulnerable. here s our health editor hugh pym. a pop up testing site in glasgow this week. as scottish infections increase, the first minister has told bbc news that covid has contributed to increasing strain on hospitals. i have never known a period where the nhs has been under pressure that is as intense as it is right now. right now? right now, and that is ahead of winter. vaccine passports will be required in scotland at nightclubs and some large events from october 1st. nicola sturgeon ....