the iranian supreme court has overturned the death sentence of the rapper toomaj salehi and ordered a retrial. he was charged for supporting the anti—government supporting the anti—government protests of 2022. there's been uproar on social media in greece, afterfirefighters blamed people setting off fireworks from a private yacht for causing a blaze on an island. today marks the sixth national windrush day, which was established to honour the british caribbean community and commemorate the arrival of hmt empire windrush. new figures show nearly 150 claims for compensation from people caught up in the windrush scandal have been awaiting a final decision for at least a year. many people found themselves deported or denied access

to services, despite having lived in the uk for decades. the home office said it was committed to making sure those affected got the compensation they deserved. earlier — i spoke to a victim of the windrush scandal anthony bryan — along with his son dijoun jhagroo—bryan. i started by asking anthony about what happened to him. well, the experience i went to was i had a bad thing with the home office because i was supposed to visit my mum because she was sick. she was sick and injamaica. so i wanted to to take my passport to go to jamaica. but in doing that, i hold back travel because by then i had to show myjamaican id, but that was my passport. so by doing that, now they realize that to them i'm not british because i'm showing the jamaican passport. and how do you feel about what happened? how has that affected you?

well, it stresses me out right now. my whole life is being upturned because the woman who helped me through all of this, she was great because i can't i can't knock her, she's done everything she could. but true that it puts a strain on the relationship because we went through so much, i can't blame herfor nothing. she was she's great, you know, it puts a lot of strain on me. i got copo. i have to be on medication for the rest of my life. and it's just another going through. another thing with the home office, you know, when these simple things they could have done. you know, the latest thing is now

they want dna tests to prove that my son is my son. so let's bring in your son. what your father went through had an effect on you as well, didn't it? how was that affected you? most definitely. so my dad was a huge part of my family. he used to pick up my children from school. and then one day we got a phone call saying that he was arrested and put in prison. we just couldn't believe it. basically, as what my dad was saying has turned our whole family upside down. my dad was locked up twice, finally released, and then finally given these paperwork. after so many years, we're still fighting for compensation. and itjust the saga continues. so we've proved we've proved the fact that my dad has gotten citizenship and now they're asking us to prove that my dad is my dad. the letter that we received from the home office stated, if i could, if i knew the midwife that helped give birth to me

and if we could get a statement from her. i'm a0 years old, and even if the midwife was 20 at the time, that means that she'll be 60 now. i'm not sure she's going to remember me. yeah. and just going back to what yourfather said. so this dna test that is being asked for as one of the options to to prove your identity, but just to to clarify the compensation that you're referring to there. so your father has accepted an offer of compensation from the home office. but this is for you now, isn't it? yes, that's correct. that's correct. so and also they did say... they said one was the dna testing, the other one would have been providing medical records. and because my dad's... i just want to set the record clear. it's not because of the fact that the money reason we didn't care about the money paying for the money to do the dna test. it was just a simple fact that my dad couldn't travel to the uk to do the testing. that's what's slowed the whole situation up. and if i come back to you now, anthony, as i mentioned, you accepted an offer

of compensation from the home office last year. how much of a difference has that made to how you feel about what you experienced? well, to be honest, they ain't made a difference to me because they actually forced me to take the compensation because they gave me 96,300. they take back £56,000 out of me. so you can see that the compensation for me was a joke because i didn't benefit out of it. one thing i went through all that just for that. it was a waste of time, waste of my time and energy. and i just want to clarify what the home office has said in response. they say that the claims for the windrush compensation scheme are considered on their individual merits and where necessary, further information may be requested to ensure we can issue the maximum award available at the earliest point possible and we will support individuals on how to provide further evidence. has that made any difference to you?

how do you feel your response to that really? well, they said that now after obviously the limelight of what the bbc has shown, since we've done the first bbc interview, they told the bbc that they don't require i don't require dna tests, but that's not being put in writing. so that's just hearsay at this point. my lawyer is not aware of this. i'm not aware of this. so i can only say what the bbc have told me. but like i said, i believe i believe the way that they're handling this situation is very, very poorly. scotland's first minister has said that gender recognition reform legislation passed by the scottish parliament should be respected by the next uk government. he's been speaking to our correspondent david wallace lockhart — at edinburgh's pride march taking place today.

prides today in edinburgh and marchers gathered in front of the scottish parliament to walk through scotland's capital. a lot of politicians, scottish green is taking it as an opportunity for a bit of campaigning. back in 2022 msps in hollywood —— hollywood passed legislation to make it easier for someone to change their legally recognised sex in scotland. it was blocked by the uk government who believes that it was encroaching on reserved areas. areas affecting the rest of the united kingdom, that msps were not supposed to legislate on. it has been a bit of a political argument for some time. scotland is calling on the next uk government to lift that. i got some time atjohn swinney, leader of the snp, asked him what he wanted to see? we passed legislation in the scottish parliament. that should be respected.

the decisions of the scottish parliament and all questions should be respected, we are a parliament with powers, we should be able to exercise those powers. will you be calling on the next uk government to overturn? we made that clear to the uk government, we think legislation passed by the scottish parliament should be respected. i look forward to taking forward these issues with the incoming government after the election. john swinney they're making it clear that he does want to see that veto on scotland's jeddah that he does want to see that veto on scotland'sjeddah legislation lifted. but also seeming to stress there are other areas he seems to think are his number one priority was not —— scotland's gender legislation. but he was to prioritise cost of living. issues that might unite his party, unite snp, unites people he hopes will come out and vote for him on the 4th ofjuly. whereas, the gender issue, like in other political

parties, has been an area of division stopjohn swinney perhaps quite happy to not be speaking about that too often on the campaign. sir keir starmer, the labour leader, was in scotland yesterday, he was asked what his opinion on this piece of legislation and he seemed to indicate when he —— if he is painless or he would not be lifting that piece of legislation. the lib dems in scotland were arguing it's time to go back to the drawing board on this legislation, time to draw up new legislation. the scottish conservatives have been campaigning on this issue quite a bit over the past year and are stressing they do not want this legislation, that they do not like a move towards a more self id system of someone being able to change their legally recognised sex buy —— without some kind of medical nhs involvement, and assuming to be opposed to this piece of legislation, and you can safely say the veto will not be getting lifted.

the nhs is working to verify hundreds of blood testing documents containing patient information, which have been published online following a cyber attack. the hack has led to hospital and gp appointments and operations being disrupted— including cancer treatment. our heath editor hugh pym has met one teenager who's been affected. a damaging cyber attack earlier this month, now data has been published on line top seducer seen examples of patient names and dates of birth. nhs england says the criminals have not got access to its e—mail system but there is still a warning to patients. regardless of whether they are a patient, any member of the public should be vigilant about any suspicious e—mails or texts or calls that you may receive. the nhs never asks for financial information by text or by e—mail.

the attack damaged it systems affecting blood supplies and tests at several london hospitals and gp practices. more than 3000 procedures, operations and appointments have been cancelled. one of those affected was ia—year—olds dylan, he has a rear type of bone cancer and has had chemotherapy, he was due to have a tumour removed and has waited until —— with since february, but it was postponed. we had been through so much, it did not surprise me any more. sometimes these things do not feel real until they happen. we were shocked. locating the problem and restoring systems after the cyber attack can take time, as this group of schools knows only too well. when you are trying to bring systems back at you have to scan and clean every single machine, because you don't know where it is. and we have

20,000 plus devices, every single one had to be checked. nhs officials stress that emergency services at hospitals like this one affected by the cyber attack are open as usual. but they admit that restoring it systems and getting plans treatment back to normal could well take some months. and it could take weeks to work out exactly what stolen data has been published. and now it's time for newswatch. election programmes and the impact of football on the news. welcome to newswatch. coming up, nigel farage�*s request to come on this week's question time leaders special was refused but the bbc adds in another question time he can appear on next week. what's going on? and in the middle of a general

election campaign, should tv schedulers be giving news a higher priority than live football matches? the big event for bbc news this week was thursday night's question time leaders special, in which rishi sunak, keir starmer, john swinney and ed davey were each questioned for half an hour by members of an audience in york and by presenter fiona bruce. but much of the talk in the lead up to thursday concerned someone who wasn't involved. the leader of reform uk. nigel farage had complained to the bbc that he should have been invited on the programme and on tuesday the corporation came up with a compromise solution, sending out this press release. there will now also be an additional question time leader, special featuring representatives from reform uk and the green party broadcast on friday 28th june. this added programme reflects the fact that it is clear from across a broad range of opinion

polls that the support for reform uk has been growing. so did that hasty scheduling of an extra programme next week in which nigel farage will presumably participate satisfy all concerned? no, it wasn't good enough for the likes of steve who wrote, nigel farage has effectively been sidelined by the bbc who have added an extra question time featuring him. while the reform uk leader opened up anotherflank in his battle for bbc airtime, viewers such asjoanna felt the corporation had already given up too much ground. why is the reform party getting so much coverage on bbc news?

it's a minority party but seems to be mentioned nearly every day. well, no one from question time or bbc news management was available for interview on this subject, but we'll be watching how it develops next week and look forward to hearing your views. on tuesday's news bulletins chris mason revealed that a billionaire who had previously donated half a million pounds to the conservative party was going to vote labour for the first time in his life next month. the labour party invited the bbc�*s political editor to the london home ofjohn caudwell, the founder of phones for you to hear why. we can't create money out of thin air. we can't tax rich people in order to help the poor because they will go off to monaco and other places. we have to create real, genuine wealth. what, in your view, has gone wrong for the conservatives? is rishi sunak a dud? oh, absolute dud.