hello, i'm karin giannone. this is outside source. the northern ireland assembly is just hours away from collapse after six months of deadlock. political parties have failed to form a governing executive. the democratic unionists are not happy with the post—brexit trade arrangements, but republicans sinn fein say they're disrespecting the voters�* wishes. back in may, people voted for change. they voted because they want politics to work. the electorate want grown—up politicians to take everyday challenges seriously, the things that impact the lives of workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup, it's the northern ireland protocol. and when this is addressed, we are

ready to form a new executive. a new election will be called at one minute past midnight if no executive is formed — that's 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: the oil giant shell reports quarterly profits of nearly $9.5 billion — its second—highest on record — but pays no windfall tax in the uk. and now we know the title of prince harry's much—anticipated — and controversial — memoir. it's called spare, and it documents his move to america. the elected assembly which runs northern ireland is hours away from collapsing, over the region's post—brexit trade arrangements. politicians have until one minute past midnight uk time — that's around five hours from now — to restore a power—sharing agreement before a new election is called. political parties met at stormont

today in a last—ditch effort to try to form a new executive nearly six months after they were elected. procedures though are being blocked by the democratic unionist party — the dup — which objects to the northern ireland protocol. the debate went on for hours in the assembly. this is how it ended. unfasten the doors, the motion has failed. the assembly has today been unable to elect a speaker, and been unable to conduct its first item of business. therefore, we can proceed no further. any further sitting of the assembly can only be held to elect a speaker and deputy speakers. under section 39.2 of the northern ireland act 1998, the current speaker remains in office, until a successor is elected. so politicians failed to elect a speaker, or the first and deputy first ministers who run the northern ireland government. well, the biggest party

in the assembly is the pro—irish unity party, sinn fein. its vice president is michelle o'neill. most of us are here because we want to do the job we were elected to do. today, our caretaker ministers rallied to take positions within tight limits before the civil servants are left in an impossible position come midnight where they are expected to run our essential public services, and yet have no budget and powers to do so. jeffrey donaldson and the dup are in a perpetual standoff with the public, the majority of whom they do not speak for, or indeed represent. he stood for election yet failed to show up. this is his mess and a failure of leadership by him and his party. jeffrey donaldson and the dup have left us all at the mercy of the heartless and dysfunctional tory government whose own survival is all that ever counts. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom, and has devolved powers to make key decisions on how its governed. the executive runs the government

day—to—day, while laws are set in the assembly — the devolved legislature. neither have functioned since elections 2a weeks ago, in may. the poll was historic — the pro—irish unity party sinn fein won the most seats in the assembly for the first time. while the largest unionist party — that's a party that supports being part of the united kingdom, the dup — came second. but a new executive didn't happen. the dup, led by sirjeffrey donaldson, walked out in protest. he said the post—brexit trade arrangement undermined its constitutional position. it's a protocol that, - let me remind members, at a time of cost of living, - is costing hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers money - through the trader support scheme. £6 million per month — - that's £32 million in checks at the ports already.

it's increased costs- to businesses, consumers, it threatens our medicine supply change, both for humans - and indeed animals. to better understand what's happening today, we must return to 1998 and the good friday agreement. it brought an end to the troubles — a conflict in northern ireland that lasted more than 30 years. the deal enshrined that nationalists and unionists have equal power shared between a first and deputy first minister. sir tony blair was british prime minister at the time. this is the choice that humanity has to make in every age between the dairying that crosses new frontiers and allows us to make progress, or the timidity that shuts itself away in seclusion where we stagnate. but the dup and other unionist parties say brexit arrangements go against the spirit of the good friday agreement. northern ireland is part of the uk. the republic of ireland is part of the eu. to avoid a hard border, a new trade border was introduced on the irish sea, meaning some goods

from mainland britain are now subject to customs checks. the dup says this undermines northern ireland's place in the uk. its views are shared by two other unionist parties — including the ulster unionist party, whose leader is doug beattie. we are being put on the windowsill of the united kingdom. and that concerns me as a uk unionist, as an ulster unionist. and of course, this is because of the protocol — and the protocol is absolutely an issue _ and we have changed on that issue from rigorous implementation to people saying, "look, actually there are fundamental problems here and we have to deal with those fundamental problems." there are, and we do, and we can't ignore it — and we have been arguing this case since 2019 that we need to fix these problems. but to fix these problems shouldn't be done at the detriment

of having stable government. for the british government's part, it says it wants to renogotiate the northern ireland protocol deal that it struck with brussels. but the dup leader is still unimpressed. we have waited for months and months and months i for progress on the protocol. and we've had monthsl since the may election, and no progress has been made in negotiations with _ the european union. |so, ratherthan apportion blame, i'mj simply saying to our own government and to the european union, - it's time to redouble their efforts to get a negotiated solution — and if that is not possible, . then the uk government should bring i forward the legislation to restore . northern ireland's place within united kingdom i internal market. so a political vacuum looms in northern ireland. at one minute past midnight, an election is likely to be triggered. caretaker ministers will be replaced by civil servants with limited powers.

the third—biggest party in the assembly is the alliance, led by naomi long. this is her position. what we face after an election is not a swift restoration, but a protracted negotiation. i have no patience for that process, and neither do the people that i represent. if there is an election, alliance will fight it. we will fight it on our record of delivery, where we have had the power to deliver, and our record of holding those to account who have limited those powers. i am ready for that, and this party is ready for that. but i am under no illusion, and neither should be the secretary of state, that that is a solution to the problem. the solution to the problem, as i set out clearly to the secretary of state last night, is this — emergency legislation in westminster to suspend these institutions until the negotiations with the eu and the uk government can reach a conclusion,

potentially within weeks. a new election is likely to be called at a time of political and community tensions — as well as a cost of living crisis. northern ireland has been hit hard by energy price rises. around two—thirds of residenrts use oilfor home heating — prices have nearly doubled since last year. while residents have an average of £92 a week in disposable income after paying for essentials — that's half the level of london. next, let's get the reaction in belfast. i think people need to actually get in there and do theirjob, and actually make decisions, rather than... i think people have made it clear what way they want. what are they gonna do, you know what i mean? i just think those people are going to be in no matter what, so our votes aren't even counting, you know what i mean? ijust think that's the way it is. if it instills positive change, i'm up for voting again. - according to the financial times, the paralysis at stormont has

already added to a £700 million hole in the region's budget. the paper reports, "the northern ireland chamber of commerce, which represents about 1,000 business members, said it was at a "tipping point". freya mcclements is the northern editor of the irish times — on the other effects. quite simply, this is about having a government, or no government. and we've been in this limbo situation for the last six months, but we've had caretaker ministers remaining in post, for example, so some decisions have been able to be made. what will happen from midnight is that those ministers will also lose their post, so there were quite simply be no default government in northern ireland. —— no devolved government. so all those decisions that would normally be taken about things like schools, education, the health service, infrastructure, roads — none of those will happen. northern ireland will go back to the position effectively it was in when there was no assembly between 2017—20, where it will be administered by civil servants, by the secretary of state. and it's worth noting this morning and in recent days,

there have been multiple calls from different civic bodies across northern ireland — the northern ireland chamber of commerce represents about 1,000 businesses — urging urging a return of the assembly and the executive. the leaders of all the main churches in northern ireland met with the secretary of state last night, making that same point in stressing the fact that particularly at a time when we are facing the worst cost—of—living crisis in a generation, there needs to be government for people in northern ireland. and this morning, the royal college of physicians made the point that we need doctors and nurses, we need to fix our health service here in northern ireland — and to do that, we need an executive. this story is playing out in westminster, too. here's our uk political corresondent ione wells. rishi sunak has urged the dup to return to the government in stormont with number ten saying the people of northern ireland deserve a functioning government, but the reason they are not our over issues

of the northern ireland protocol which keeps northern ireland in the eu single market. the question is, will any of those issues be resolved? the key demand from the uk site is they want a loosening of checks on goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland, they also want changes to things like tax arrangements and government support for businesses in northern ireland to bring that more in line with ones in great britain. now the foreign secretary james cleverly today spoke to his eu counterpart — they will continue talking, but if those talks fail, there is a new law passing through the westminster parliament here which would allow essentially ministers to override key parts of that protocol. the eu think this is illegal and have hinted they could introduce trade retaliations in response. the key question now for the new prime minister, rishi sunak, is would he be willing to power ahead with that law, risk escalating tensions, or would he be more keen to compromise?

a new united nations report says that a year after the global climate conference — where nations agreed on ambitious plans to help prevent the worst impacts of climate change — "woefully inadequate" progress has been made. the un warns that the pledges made last year would only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by less than 1%. here's the un secretary general. commitments to net zero are worth zero without the plans, policies, and actions to back it up. our world cannot afford any more greenwashing, fake movers, or late movers. a sobering message comes as countries prepare to meet in egypt for this year's climate conference, cop27. a few hours ago, it was announced that the new british prime minister, rishi sunak, won't be attending — but downing street denies that this represents a downgrading of climate change as a priority. alonside the climate crisis, the international energy agency has today said the world is facing its first "truly global energy crisis". in its latest findings, the organisation has laid the blame squarely at russia and the country's

invasion of ukraine. well, vladimir putin has just been speaking about the issue of energy security. translation: for many years, there's been an underfunding, i or even hampering of investmentl into traditional sources of energy. and all the while, greenl energy was not yet ready to take on the bulk — _ so this mismatch is the foundation of the current energy crisis. no mention there of russia's invasion of ukraine being a factor in the energy crisis. meanwhile, the united states' special presidential envoy for climate says he believes there are still pathways to achieving the necessary reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to stop the worst effects of climate change. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the emissions, to more rapidly transition, it is possible that we could hold it very close to that,

1.5, or close to it. there is some positive news in the iea's report. here's the executive director. the government or democrat announces around _ the government or democrat announces around the — the government or democrat announces around the world promises to be that we are _ around the world promises to be that we are seeing a turning point in the history— we are seeing a turning point in the history of— we are seeing a turning point in the history of energy, and this crisis indeed — history of energy, and this crisis indeed accelerate clean energy transitions. for more on what was in that energy report, here's our our international business correspondent theo leggett. what the iea said is that already in the wake of the pandemic, . the world was recovering, . there was pressure on supply chains including energy, i and costs were going up. but russia's invasion of ukraine, which took a lot of gas _ and oil out of the system, - has resulted in the prices of energy products rocketing — _ we've seen record prices of gas this year, record prices for coal, - oil has gone above $120 a barrel. now these things have come down

a bit at the moment partly- because of the warmer weather in europe, but the fact - is that these pressures are there, i they've been feeding into inflation, they've created recessionary- pressures and, as the iea puts it, the poorer people are more exposed because they spend more of their. disposable income on energy. and of course, there's food — energy is needed to make . things like fertilisers, - and if you increase the cost of energy, you increase the cost of fertiliser, i and you reduce food security. let's talk to erin sikorsky, the director of the centre for climate and security. shejoins me from she joins me from washington. shejoins me from washington. we've been hearing a number of alarming findings about the climate in the last day or so, what do you make about the latest two reports, the iea and the un's? i about the latest two reports, the iea and the un's?_ about the latest two reports, the iea and the un's?— iea and the un's? i think it's important — iea and the un's? i think it's important to _ iea and the un's? i think it's important to start _ iea and the un's? i think it's important to start with - iea and the un's? i think it's important to start with the l iea and the un's? | think it's i important to start with the good news, and that's what's in the iea report, that the world is moving faster than ever before towards

clean energy. the bad news is that it's not moving fast enough. that's what the un report shows. i think what's good in the iea report as well is at the reasons for moving to clean energy are notjust because it's good for climate change and the environment, but it's also good for national and international security. moving to clean energy make sure that countries aren't under the thumb of dictators like vladimir putin and tied to their security needs. so there are benefits to protect national security that go beyond preventing the worst outcomes for climate change.— for climate change. we've heard today that _ for climate change. we've heard today that the _ for climate change. we've heard today that the new _ for climate change. we've heard today that the new british - for climate change. we've heardj today that the new british prime minister, rishi sunak, will not be at the climate conference, cop27. downing street insists that doesn't mean the climate has been downgraded as a priority, but does it matter if leaders don't turn up, do you think?

look, having the senior leaders from around the world convened together to talk about moving forward on theseissuesis to talk about moving forward on these issues is important, and it sends a signal when presidents and prime ministers show up at these cop meetings. the hard work of negotiations, of course, is done by morejuniorfolks in the negotiations, of course, is done by more junior folks in the foreign ministries, and that's critical, but we do need that messaging from top leaders saying that they care, and this is something they're putting at the top of their priority list. the new national security strategy from the us, released a few weeks ago, called climate change and eggs essential threat and put it right at the front of the national security policy. and that can really drive an important conversation. so policy. and that can really drive an important conversation.— policy. and that can really drive an important conversation. so you think leaders like — important conversation. so you think leaders like rishi _ important conversation. so you think leaders like rishi sunak _ important conversation. so you think leaders like rishi sunak should - important conversation. so you think leaders like rishi sunak should be i leaders like rishi sunak should be there in egypt. another aspect, you mentioned the benefits of not being dependent for energy on people like vladimir putin, and russia and dictators — there's a report today that you touched on from the

parliamentary inquiry talking about national security and how it's been jeopardised by the failure of ministers to prepare for increasing risks of extreme weather events. is that message getting through, that the change in the climate really does affect so many aspects that perhaps we hadn't expected? i does affect so many aspects that perhaps we hadn't expected? i think that message _ perhaps we hadn't expected? i think that message is _ perhaps we hadn't expected? i think that message is getting _ perhaps we hadn't expected? iiii�*u “ia; that message is getting through in part because of the extreme weather events that were experienced across the world the summer. if you look at the world the summer. if you look at the uk and europe where you have record—breaking heat waves, record droughts, when militaries had to deploy to fight fires, to rescue folks from natural disasters, in the uk you had the busiest military air base, the runway melted because temperatures were so high, they couldn't take off or land planes there. that's a concrete security implication of climate change, and we see militaries around the world, including in the uk and the us, stepping up and saying we need to

address this to be able to complete our core mission, which is keeping our core mission, which is keeping our citizens safe.— our citizens safe. given all we are heafina our citizens safe. given all we are hearing from _ our citizens safe. given all we are hearing from these _ our citizens safe. given all we are hearing from these various - our citizens safe. given all we are| hearing from these various reports and all we are seeing happening in the world at the moment, the variety of other challenges nations are facing, what do you hope will come out of that forthcoming cop27 conference that's about to get under way? i’iiii conference that's about to get under wa ? �* , ., ., ., conference that's about to get under wa ?�* , ., ., , way? i'll be looking for two things. one, as a special _ way? i'll be looking for two things. one, as a special envoy _ way? i'll be looking for two things. one, as a special envoy from - way? i'll be looking for two things. one, as a special envoy from the l way? i'll be looking for two things. i one, as a special envoy from the us, 0ne, as a special envoy from the us, john kerry said countries continue to raise their ambitions, that they recognise we have to move even faster and do more. the second thing though is a recognition that there are summit climate impacts that are already baked into the system, even if all missions were cut tomorrow, we will still have rising temperatures that we need to deal with today, and we need adaptation. we need to build resilience to those threats, as well. you need to be able to do both, i would argue, and we will see a lot from countries at this cop pushing the developed world

to provide that climate finance and funding for adaptation — which again i think it's in the security interest of the united states and the uk to prevent fragile states and climate hazards from tipping in the conflict in some of these places where we are already seeing high—impact. where we are already seeing high-impact— where we are already seeing high-impact. where we are already seeing hia-h-imact. ., ~' ,, , . let's return to the issue of soaring global energy prices. today, anglo—dutch energy giant shell reported profits of nearly $9.5 billion in the third quarter of this financial year. it's the firm's second—highest quarterly profit on record, after more than doubling between july and september. this graph shows you their profts during the financial quarters. note that the war in ukraine began in february of this year. despite their high profits, shell has paid no windfall tax in the uk — that's the one—off levy targeting companies which benefit from something they were not responsible for, in this case a sharp rise in oil prices. here's our business editor to explain why.

the vast majority, almost all of shell's income and profits come from outside of the uk. they've operations in 70 countries, and those operations are taxed in those countries. on their uk operations, they in theory face much higher taxes than normal — 30% in corporation tax, 10% special oil and gas levy, and recently a 25% windfall tax, 55% in total. however on paper, shell hasn't made a profit in the uk since 2017 as it perfectly legally offsets costs to the decommissioned oil rigs and can further offset the recent windfall tax by investing in new uk energy. over the next decade, shell has said it will invest £20—25 billion in the uk, three quarters of that in low 01’ zero—carbon energy. shell is one of several energy companies to report huge profits as a result, at a time when many governments are having to step in to support consumers with bills. families will find this obscene.

they're really struggling, they're considering, how do we turn off the heating? how do we keep a roof over our children's head and food on the tables this winter? the figures have prompted calls for the tax on energy firms' profits to be raised to help people with bills. the opposition labour party's shadow climate change and net zero secretary has tweeted that "further proof that we need a proper windfall tax to make the energy companies pay theirfair share." a windfall tax is a one—off levy targeting companies which benefit from something they were not responsible for — in this case, a sharp rise in oil prices. this was the government's response to calls to raise it. companies like shell pay double the corporation tax, _ and they pay a windfall tax that rishi sunak, as chancellor- of the exchequer, introduced — and he introduced it in a very, i very smart way because it has an incentive for investment. l we need them to invest in the north sea assets| to grow our production — - this year, production rose by 26%. but is it as easy as simply making energy companies pay more in tax?

here's simonjack again. 90% or more of shell's profits are made outside the uk. they are taxed by other jurisdictions — very hard to double—tax them on profits they're making in the us or indonesia, or elsewhere. second, they are already paying 65% on any profits they make in the uk. so what's the right number — 70,100? they've also committed to spending £20—25 million over the next decade here in the uk, mainly on renewable or low carbon energy. if you get to something like 90—100%, you've got to wonder whether all of that would actually happen. so very tempting to see the target on the company's backs, but you know, it's tempting to see simple solutions to what are sometimes complex problems. a highly—anticipated memoir by the duke of sussex, billed as a book of "raw, unflinching honesty", is to be published in the new year. prince harry's book is called "spare" — a reference to the phrase the "an heir and a spare" — and will be released globally on january 10th. it had been expected to hit book shelves this autumn. there's been speculation that the date was pushed back as a mark of respect after the death

of the queen — and also it's rumoured to make changes to the publication and remove potentially damaging material. here's the view of duncan larcombe, the former royal editor of the sun, and author of "prince harry: the inside story". the issue of the title — one word so far we know from this book, spare — let's just say that invokes the possibly harry might be taking the victim role in this narrative. so that's our first sort of major hint since he announced in the book over a year and a half ago, or nearly a year and a half ago. i think the timing, yes, i mean, it was going to come out ready for the lucrative christmas market — that has been delayed. they haven't said it was as a mark of respect, but nor have they denied the suggestion that maybe some aspects of the book have been toned down as a mark of respect for the queen, and to reflect this, sort of, thawing in the relations we saw during her majesty's funeral.

more from outside source in a couple minutes. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @karinbbc. see you soon. hello. the weather's looking pretty decent for most of us this evening, some clear spells about. but rain is on the way, it'll reach western parts of the uk by around midnight — and that does mean that for many of us, friday morning is looking wet. but then, some sunshine is expected in the afternoon. now, here's the weather front out towards the west, this bright band of cloud isjust about approaching ireland right now. and it really will bring some quite heavy rain, particularly to northern ireland and western scotland. it's also carried by this warm stream of air from the southern climes, and that air has spread across many parts of western, and even central europe. and here in the uk, temperatures have been up to around 21 celsius, mid—20s, further south in france. so the forecast then through the night shows that heavy

rain moving through ireland, reaching western parts of scotland, too. but many northern, eastern and southern areas actually stay dry, and those temperatures will range between 15 celsius in the south, though in plymouth, it's about nine celsius in lerwick. so tomorrow that cloudy, wet start and gusty winds for a time, as well. it'll probably stay fairly cloudy and wet in the north of scotland through the afternoon, but many areas brighten up — you can see it's actually a pretty decent day. and every bit as warm for many of us, temperatures typically in the mid—to—high teens, possibly 20 or so in east anglia and the south east. how about the weekend? the next band of rain comes in with this low pressure that's sitting to the west of us. and here it is in the morning, spreading across many western and central parts of the country, moving northwards. 0ne place where we're not expecting much rainfall is east anglia, in the southeast. and look at that, temperatures — again in excess of 21 celsius. i think that'll be the peak of the warmth over the coming days,

because by the time we get to sunday, we're expecting those temperatures to be a little lower. there'll be sunny spells and heavy showers, quite breezy conditions out towards the west, as well. the temperatures will reach around 15—17, i think, for the most part. up to about 18 in london, and also in norwich. now, how about the outlook? it'll stay mild into early next week, but beyond that, it does look as though those temperatures will tend to return to what's more typical of the time of the year. bye— bye.

hello, i'm karin giannone. this is 0utside source.the northern ireland assembly is just hours away from collapse after six months of deadlock. political parties have failed to form a governing executive — the democratic unionists are not happy with the post—brexit trade arrangements, but republicans sinn fein, say they're disrespecting the voters' wishes. back in may, people voted for change. they voted because they want politics to work. the electorate want grown—up politicians to take everyday challenges seriously, the things that impact the lives of workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup, it's the northern ireland protocol. and when this is addressed, we are

ready to form a new executive. a new election will be called at one—minute past midnight — if no executive is formed — that's 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: russia's president accuses the west of trying to impose their politics, culture and way of life around the globe, in a major speech in moscow. iranian security forces once again open fire on crowds on another day of widespread anti—government protests, demonstrations are now into their sixth week. and australia's national football team criticises qatar's human rights record, less than a month before it hosts the world cup. russia's president vladimir putin has predicted that the coming decade will be the "most dangerous and unpredictable" since the end of the second world war. in a major speech in moscow,

he defended russia's actions in ukraine. he claimed that ukraine has the technology and the ability to make a dirty bomb, that's a conventional bomb laced with radioactive material. he also accused the west of inventing claims that russia may be considering using a nuclear weapon. translation: building tensions about the very notion of russia | using nuclear weapons have been put to use to this and to have an impact on our allies and our friends and neutral states and to tell them, "look at who you are supporting. "russia is so scary, you shouldn't support it any more. "don't cooperate with that. don't buy anything from them. "don't sell anything to them." let's get the thoughts of our russia editor steve rosenberg. this is a leader who has no regrets, no remorse, there is no hint of a u—turn from the kremlin leader. what we saw and heard today was the world according

to vladimir putin and it is a world in which he is right, he is squeaky clean and his opponents are wrong, they are to blame, for example, he accused the west of igniting the war in ukraine. he said a new world order was emerging that should be based on law and justice. this from the president who invaded a sovereign independent nation back in february. and he said russia had been wrongly accused of threatening to use nuclear weapons in this conflict when in fact since february on many occasions, vladimir putin has dropped unsubtle hints that he would be prepared to use all the weapons in russia's arsenal in this conflict, the most telling comment, i think, came when he said about the cost of the operation. he said "i'm always thinking of the human lives lost." that's all he said about that before talking about the enormous benefits to russia from his special military operation. to ukraine itself, where president zelensky has accused russian commanders of "craziness" in their attempt to capture the town of bakhmut.

the town sits in the eastern region of donetsk — and has been the focus of russian attacks for months. taking the town would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces also continue to advance towards kherson, but their efforts have been hampered by heavy rain. here's our correspondent hugo bachega, in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the main target here is the city of kherson, which is one of the largest ukrainian cities in the russian occupation. it is the capital of one of the four regions that president putin claims to have annexed. so it is very important, very significant for both russia and ukraine. and in the last few days, ukrainian officials have been saying that russia is fortifying its positions in the city, bringing in more russian troops, including soldiers who have been recently mobilised, so perhaps they are preparing for the city for defence as ukrainians advance.

tens of thousands of iranians are continuing to defy the regime, after one of the biggest nights of protests since anti—government demonstrations erupted six weeks ago over the death in police custody of 22—year—old mahsa amini. she'd been arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. this was the scene in khoram—mabad earlier. there were chants of "down with the dictator" as protesters gathered there to mark a0 days since the death, not of mahsa amini but of another young woman — a teenager — who's also become a symbol of the protest movement. 16—year—old nika shakarami disappeared after a protest in tehran on 20 september in which she was filmed after she went missing.

her mother has accused the security forces of murdering her. but officials have said nika died afterjumping from a building. security forces are today reported to have opened fire on protesters gathered at the cemetery where nika is buried. well, this is khorramabad. iranian forces are also said to have opened fire on protesters in the city of mahabad. crowds there are on the streets over the shooting of a local person on wednesday night. the sound of gunfire can be heard in videos received by the bbc�*s persian service. protestors are shown gathered outside official buildings in the city shouting "down with the dictator". here'sjiyar gol of the bbc�*s persian service: we have received numbers of videos showing protest surrounding government buildings in a kurdish city, the heartland of the kurdish activism, so there are so many people. in one image, you feel the entire

city are out there protesting because yesterday i young man, 35 years old, was killed, and today was the funeral of him. we've spoken to one iranian protester who's fled the country, making it to islamabad in pakistan. the bbc�*s samira hussain met up with him there as he awaits a visa for the united states. to protect him, we are concealing his identity and using only his first name. her death has become a symbol for a movement against the country's authoritarian regime. moeen was in his own city of tehran when the uprising began and was in the thick of the protest. there are protests almost every other day, and they are getting suppressed violently, and even if you are not a protester, you might get some of the shrapnel. you might get beaten up

or i know of some people who have even gotten killed. to protect his family back in iran, we are only using his first name and concealing his face. there has been shootings at the protests, i've seen many times. it's either with military style bullets are but pellets. this is mahsa's home and final resting place. authorities tried but failed to block protesters flocking to her grave to mark the end of the mourning period, a culturally significant moment for iranians. that could have easily been my sister, that could have easily been my girlfriend. there is this tyranny and its murderous. the attempts to suppress the rage and anger of iranians are violent and deadly. but that he is being shared on social media show a country full

of defiance and determined for regime change. we can speak to azadeh pourzand, human rights researcher at the school of oriental and african studies here in london. we have seen is videos or gunfire can be heard, how warrior are you with the amount of force the authorities seem to be using, is that increasing do you think? thank ou for that increasing do you think? thank you for having _ that increasing do you think? thank you for having me. _ that increasing do you think? thank you for having me. myself- that increasing do you think? thank you for having me. myself and - that increasing do you think? trisha; you for having me. myself and my colleagues who are human rights researchers and applicants, we are obviously extremely worried, but at the same time, not surprised at the level of willingness of the iranian regime to open fire on protesters. this has certainly precedents in terms of the use of lethal force against peaceful protesters. we've seem that in november 2019 protests,

for example, we have been seeing it in the past a0 days. i think as they are regime gets more scared for its survival, it will become even more violent, and i think this is why all really heartbreaking and tragic, this is something that also probably not a surprise to the protesters, especially those in regions like the kurdish region of the country where it has seen so much violence in post—revolutionary iran, by the islamic republic, by this regime and the people who come out in the street, they know very well what they are risking, which is specifically their life, then being shotin specifically their life, then being shot in the head, then being detained, tortured and losing whatever they have left of their lives in the middle of this crisis. and yet... sorry to interrupt, yet thousands and thousands of people

continue despite the violence used by the authorities to keep coming out onto the streets. and i wonder how you think this will compare to what we have seen before i how you think this will compare to what we have seen before- how you think this will compare to what we have seen before i think a m riad of what we have seen before i think a myriad of crises _ what we have seen before i think a myriad of crises in _ what we have seen before i think a myriad of crises in iran _ myriad of crises in iran including political legitimacy, the economic crisis that has been worsening, the environmental crisis the corruption and mismanagement, isolation from the world that the islamic republic has done nothing to alleviate and the back of the accountability for use of atrocity, together, basically created a ticking bomb for the people, especially the young people, the women, the other marginalised groups who see no hope in life as it is in this status quo. citing tamino, sadly the protestersjust don't think that life is valuable under the current circumstances, so much so that they risk their lives, what is left of their freedom at this point. its, what is left of their freedom at this point-— what is left of their freedom at this oint. . , . ., , this point. a prediction i suppose for ou to this point. a prediction i suppose for you to make _ this point. a prediction i suppose for you to make how _ this point. a prediction i suppose for you to make how do - this point. a prediction i suppose for you to make how do you - this point. a prediction i suppose for you to make how do you see l

this point. a prediction i suppose i for you to make how do you see this evolving? what do you think will happen in the end?— evolving? what do you think will happen in the end? well, it seems, i mean, currently, you _ happen in the end? well, it seems, i mean, currently, you know, - happen in the end? well, it seems, i mean, currently, you know, i - happen in the end? well, it seems, i mean, currently, you know, i followl mean, currently, you know, ifollow those who for example, social movements, following iran and other areas seem to be saying that this movement has transcended itself as a protest movement onto the early stages of the revolutionary process. while the revolutionary process, you know, against such a cruel and equipped regime, that's also been backed by rep countries like russia can be a very long and very leaf fall process. it's nothing to be stopped. i don't think the islamic republic, the iranian regime can bring back around to september 15, 2000 22, no matter how much they kale and no matter how hard they t . ., ~ kale and no matter how hard they joining us. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come...

australia's football team is the first national team to openly criticise qatar of its human rights record — 2a days until the world cup. a woman has been found guilty of the murder of a friend in order to inherit her estate. jemma mitchell killed mee kuen chong at her home in london before driving to devon to dispose of her body. helena wilkinson reports. this isjemma mitchell leaving her home, which is in a desperate state of disrepair. she needs money to fix it. she is dragging a suitcase, which she will use hours later to put herfriend's body inside after having murdered herforfinancial gain. mee kuen chong, known as deborah to herfriends, met mitchell through the church. after mitchell murdered miss chong, she kept her body for 15 days. she then drove more than 200 miles to the picturesque resort of salcombe in devon,

where she dumped it in woodland. charlotte rowlings was with family on holiday when they found the body. go ahead, caller, - what is your emergency? i've just found a body. are they breathing? no, they're dead. they look like they have, um, possibly been there for a few days. the car stank, jemma, didn't it? when in custody and questioned by police, mitchell said "no comment" throughout. the court heard miss chong had offered mitchell £200,000 to help repair her home, but backed out of the offer. shortly afterwards, she disappeared. mitchell, after killing herfriend, then forged miss chong's will so that she and her mother would receive her estate. it was an evil act carried out by an evil woman, and the only motive,

clearly, was one of financial gain. mitchell will be sentenced tomorrow for the cold and calculated murder of her friend for money. helena wilkinson, bbc news. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is? in the us, the mid term election is fast approaching — with president biden facing the prospect of his democratic party losing power of one or both chambers of congress. with inflation is at a a0 year high, and high petrol prices — the economy has emerged as the number one issue for voters. nada tawfik reports from the midwest state of ohio. the fall festivities are under way in ohio, with local farmers and small

businesses serving up mines is the cost of living, and that worries democrats as they have forgotten the little people. how much it costs to fill our gas tanks, we care about how much it costs eggs at the grocery store. 18 eggs, $7.85. not happy with the president, really. done nothing since he came into office, really. 0hio used to be a swing state but in recent years it has been moving further to the right and for them intensity is the republicans to lose. inflation is only adding to democrat difficulties here, they know it's overshadowing what they view as what president biden's legislative successes.

highiight their have tried to highlight their achievements on passing long—awaited action on infrastructure, climates, health care and student debt. recently, president biden was in ohio at the ground—breaking for intel's new massive factory under the chips act, billions will be invested to make america a global leader in chip manufacturing. this project on a site just under 1000 acres will employ 7000 construction workers and 3000 full—time jobs. intel says their presence will have a ripple effect. intel says their presence will have a ripple effect-— a ripple effect. with building this factory here _ a ripple effect. with building this factory here in — a ripple effect. with building this factory here in ohio, _ a ripple effect. with building this factory here in ohio, so - a ripple effect. with building this factory here in ohio, so much . a ripple effect. with building this i factory here in ohio, so much more will come. there is a whole ecosystem of additional businesses that will come in, suppliers will come into my restaurants will come in. health care, recreation and so the economic impact of our region is enormous. ., , the economic impact of our region is enormous. ., y ., the economic impact of our region is enormous. . , ., ., , ., enormous. ready to get ready for ractice? enormous. ready to get ready for practice? in _ enormous. ready to get ready for practice? in the _ enormous. ready to get ready for practice? in the meantime, - practice? in the meantime, low-income _ practice? in the meantime, low-income households - practice? in the meantime, - low-income households continue to low—income households continue to struggle. this woman is a single

mother who works three jobs, she doesn't blame mr biden for her tough times, but she doesn't exactly give him a ringing endorsement either. i him a ringing endorsement either. i do not blame joe biden for the do not blamejoe biden for the economy. i do not think he has done a bad job and i don't think he's done a good job. i think hejust does thejob. she done a good job. i think he 'ust does the phi does the 'ob. she doesn't yet know how she does the job. she doesn't yet know how she will _ does the job. she doesn't yet know how she will vote _ does the job. she doesn't yet know how she will vote when _ does the job. she doesn't yet know how she will vote when she - does the job. she doesn't yet know how she will vote when she heads l does the job. she doesn't yet know. how she will vote when she heads to the polls, while there are other issues at play during this election, the economy is the top concern nationally, and it could be watched breaks democrats hopes this november. let's now turn to the qatar world cup which gets going in less than a month. australia's national football team has released a video criticising qatar's human rights record. it's the first team to do so. the australian players criticised qatar's treatment of migrant workers and the lgbt community. we have learned the decision to host the world cup in qatar has resulted in the suffering and in harm of countless of our fellow workers.

these migrant workers who have suffered are notjust numbers, like the migrants that have shaped our country and our football, they possess the same courage and determination to build a better life. as players, we fully support - the rights of the lgbti+ people, in qatar, people are not free - to love the person that they choose. the controversy surrounding qatar's track record on human rights has been going on for some time now. earlier this week, qatar's monarch — the emir — had this to say on the matter. translation: since we won the honour of hosting the world cup, _ qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has faced. but it soon became clear that the campaign continues, expands and includes fabrications at double standards. migrant workers are the backbone of qatar's economy. there are over two million migrant workers working in qatar, making up 95% of the work force. around one million of them work in construction.

according to the qatari government, 37 migrant workers involved in building world cup venues have been killed. but rights groups claim the real number is far higher. a guardian investiagtion last year found that 6,500 workers had died since 2010 when qatar won the bid to host the world cup. qatar's government says it has brought in various reforms to improve the working and living conditions of its migrant workers. in a statement, the government spokesperson said "significant so what are those changes? let's take a look at some of them — starting with the abolishment of the kafala system — as explained by our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi. the system, basically is that when workers moved to qatar to work, they get a local sponsor,

which often would lead to the local sponsor confiscating their passports, which meant that they couldn't travel out of the country or could not change jobs, in many cases, their wages were not paid on time, as many human rights groups have said, the conditions of working as a migrant labour, that is something that has been abolished, although there is criticism that in some pockets, it still being practised. next let's look at heat. qatar — being a middle east country — sees temperatures of up to a5 degrees celsius during the day and construction workers are susceptible to prolonged exposure to this extreme heat. translation: work during the summer is completely forbidden, _ i must emphasise this. but that ban only came into effect from this year. let's hear from the ministry again. translation: ifjust one worker l dies, it's a big problem for us, | whether it's one or 1000. and that problem appears

to have been taking place. research by leading climatologists and cardiologists in 2019 found that as many as 200 of 571 men who died of cardiovascular causes between 2009 and 2017 could have been saved, if effective heat protection measures had been in place. and even though it is banned, summer outdoor work continues to be rife. qatar's authorities found there had been more than 270 violations of the law during this summer. next let's look at living conditions. qatar's government also promised to improve conditions in labour camps. new dormitory facilities have been built like this one. but the reality is that many thousands still live in squalid and overcrowded dorms. let's speak now to nicholas mcgeehan, a founding director of faiquuare research, a human rights research and advocacy, focusing on migrant worker rights.

thank you forjoining us, how are you leaving the improvements to the conditions to workers that qatar has had its brought in. fin conditions to workers that qatar has had its brought in.— had its brought in. on one level, impressive _ had its brought in. on one level, impressive reforms _ had its brought in. on one level, impressive reforms on _ had its brought in. on one level, impressive reforms on paper- had its brought in. on one level, j impressive reforms on paper like had its brought in. on one level, - impressive reforms on paper like you mentioned in your report, the system has been abolished on paper, the problem is the implementation of that has been very weak, talking about a deeply entrenched and deeply used system for decades. a lot of political will to make these reforms effective from a closed labour market to an open labour market and unfortunately we haven't seen that. it's the centrepiece of the reform process, kafala system, which is how we talk about it so much. so process, kafala system, which is how we talk about it so much. 50 i process, kafala system, which is how we talk about it so much.— we talk about it so much. so i can ad'ust to we talk about it so much. so i can adjust to interrupt, _ we talk about it so much. so i can adjust to interrupt, to _ we talk about it so much. so i can adjust to interrupt, to clarify - adjust to interrupt, to clarify kafala committed it illegally binds foreign workers to their particular employer and left them unable to leave that things were not right. that's precisely it. kafala come as he explained it. it's a piece of a practice and it means workers are effectively deportable. if an

employer says he doesn't want to have anyone any more, he can get rid of them, he can make them subject to arrest and deportation. he can make them work long hours, as your prince can confiscate passports to make its complete power to the employer which is why write scripts like ours are focused so hard on getting the defect and the problem in qatar is yes it's been done on paper but in practice it's still very much in forest, unfortunately. i practice it's still very much in forest, unfortunately. i wonder if ou think forest, unfortunately. i wonder if you think the _ forest, unfortunately. i wonder if you think the fact _ forest, unfortunately. i wonder if you think the fact that _ forest, unfortunately. i wonder if you think the fact that qatar - forest, unfortunately. i wonder if you think the fact that qatar has| you think the fact that qatar has been put in this very prominent position of hosting the world cup and the world has effectively been looking at it more closely, it's under the spotlight, i wonder if you think that that has helped the situation significantly. welcome it's unquestionably _ situation significantly. welcome it's unquestionably changed - situation significantly. welcome it's unquestionably changed the | it's unquestionably changed the situation, qatar wanted this, that's why it got the world cup. and in doing so, they have shown a spotlight on the worst examples and the worst abuses present, and societies a piece of migrant

workers. so i'm not convinced, to be honest with what we have seen so far, getting the world cup, as the progress been enough that we can say the world cup is been a good thing, i'm not sure, to be honest, i think what's actually happened is we put an extra million workers into this deeply abusive labour system so, yeah, the cost benefit for me and for many of the rights groups i work with doesn't really work out stop at the qatari authorities and fifa world cup essay it will leave a lasting legacy a better workers' rights in the country. do you think the real test will be after the cameras leave? absolutely. i don't think enough has been done so far to make that claim, but once the spotlight goes, once the attention goes, we will have a real struggle to get to what we've gained and it's quite possible that they will try to roll that back which is why fifa's role is so important. we can't have this tournament and let it go, we have to keep a focus on it right into the usa 2026, i think. thank

ou ve into the usa 2026, i think. thank you very much — into the usa 2026, i think. thank you very much for _ into the usa 2026, i think. thank you very much for talking - into the usa 2026, i think. thank you very much for talking to - into the usa 2026, i think. thank you very much for talking to us, | into the usa 2026, | think. thankj you very much for talking to us, a founding director of fare square research, i appreciate your time and thank you very much for watching 0utside source. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. stay with us. hello. the weather's looking pretty decent for most of us this evening, some clear spells about. but rain is on the way, it'll reach western parts of the uk by around midnight — and that does mean that for many of us, friday morning is looking wet. but then, some sunshine is expected in the afternoon. now, here's the weather front out towards the west, this bright band of cloud isjust about approaching ireland right now. and it really will bring some quite heavy rain, particularly to northern ireland and western scotland. it's also carried by this warm stream of air from the southern climes, and that air has spread across many parts of western, and even central europe. and here in the uk, temperatures have been up to around 21 celsius, mid—20s, further south in france. so the forecast then

through the night shows that heavy rain moving through ireland, reaching western parts of scotland, too. but many northern, eastern and southern areas actually stay dry, and those temperatures will range between 15 celsius in the south, though in plymouth, it's about nine celsius in lerwick. so tomorrow that cloudy, wet start and gusty winds for a time, as well. it'll probably stay fairly cloudy and wet in the north of scotland through the afternoon, but many areas brighten up — you can see it's actually a pretty decent day. and every bit as warm for many of us, temperatures typically in the mid—to—high teens, possibly 20 or so in east anglia and the south east. how about the weekend? the next band of rain comes in with this low pressure that's sitting to the west of us. and here it is in the morning, spreading across many western and central parts of the country, moving northwards. 0ne place where we're not expecting much rainfall is east anglia, in the southeast. and look at that, temperatures — again in excess of 21 celsius. i think that'll be the peak of the warmth over the coming days, because by the time we get to sunday, we're expecting those temperatures to be a little lower.

there'll be sunny spells and heavy showers, quite breezy conditions out towards the west, as well. the temperatures will reach around 15—17, i think, for the most part. up to about 18 in london, and also in norwich. now, how about the outlook? it'll stay mild into early next week, but beyond that, it does look as though those temperatures will tend to return to what's more typical of the time of the year. bye— bye.

hello, i'm karin giannone. this is 0utside source. the northern ireland assembly is just hours away from collapse after six months of deadlock. political parties have failed to form a governing executive — the democratic unionists aren't happy with the post—brexit trade arrangements but republican sinn fein say they're disrespecting the voters' wishes. back the voters' wishes. in may people voted for change they back in may people voted for change. they voted because they want politics to work. they like grown—up politicians to take everyday challenges seriously and things that impact the lives of workers and families. ,., ., impact the lives of workers and families. ., ., ., families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup. _

families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup. it's _ families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup. it's a _ families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup. it's a northern - is not the dup. it's a northern ireland protocol. when this is addressed we're ready to form a new executive _ executive. if no executive is formed — a new election will be called at one—minute past midnight — 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: russia's president accuses the west of trying to impose their politics, culture and way of life around the globe in a major speech in moscow. and shell reports quarterly profits of nearly 9 and a half billion dollars — its second highest on record but pays no windfall tax in the uk. the elected assembly which runs northern ireland is hours away from collapsing over the region's post—brexit trade arrangements. politicians have until one minute past midnight uk time — that's around four hours from now — to restore a power—sharing agreement before a new election is called.

political parties met at stormont today in a last—ditch effort to try to form a new executive — nearly 6 months after they were elected. procedures though are being blocked by the democratic unionist party — the dup — which objects to the northern ireland protocol. the debate went on for hours in the assembly. this is how it ended. i unfastened the doors, the motion has failed. the assembly has today been unable to elect a speaker and been unable to elect a speaker and been unable to conduct its first item of business. therefore, we can proceed no further. any further sitting of the assembly can only be held to elect a speaker and deputy speaker. undersection held to elect a speaker and deputy speaker. under section 39 to move a northern ireland act 1998 the current speaker remains in office until a successor is elected. so, politicians failed to elect a speaker —

or the first and deputy first ministers who run the northern ireland government. well the biggest party in the assembly is the pro—irish unity party sinn fein. its vice president is michelle 0'neill. most of us are here because we want to do thejob most of us are here because we want to do the job we were elected to do. today our caretaker ministers rallied to take positions in an impossible position dominate where they're expected to run their essential public services and yet have no budget and no powers to do so. jeffrey donaldson and the dup are in a perpetual standoff with the public. the majority of who they do not speak for indeed represent. they stood for election, they failed to show up. this is his mass in a failure of leadership by him and his party. jeffrey donaldson and the dup have left us all at the mercy of the heartless and dysfunctional tory government in his own survival is all that ever counts. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom and has devolved powers to make key decisions on how its governed. the executive runs the government day to day —

while laws are set in the assembly — the devolved legislature. neither have functioned since elections 2a weeks ago — in may. the poll was historic. the pro—irish unity party — sinn fein — won the most seats in the assembly for the first time. while the largest unionist party — that's a party that supports being part of the united kingdom — the dup — came second. but a new executive didn't happen. he said the post—brexit trade arrangement undermined it's a protocol that let me remind members at a time of cost of living is costing hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers money through the trader support scheme. £6 million per month. that's £32 million per month. that's £32 million at checks at the port or rally for the pets increase cost of

businesses, consumers, it threatens our medicine supply chain and for animals. , j~ the dup p 28. the dup — and other unionist parties — say brexit arrangements go against the spirit of the good friday agreement, which brought an end to the troubles — a conflict in northern ireland that lasted more than 30 years. northern ireland is part of the uk. the republic of ireland is part of the eu. to avoid a hard border — a new trade border was introduced on the irish sea — meaning some goods from mainland britain are now subject to customs checks. the dup says this undermines northern ireland's place in the uk. its views are shared by two other unionist parties — including the ulster unionist party whose leader is doug beattie. we're being put on the windowsill of the united kingdom. and that concerns me as a whole uk units for that and is it ulster unionist party up of course this is because of the

protocol and the protocol is absolutely an issue. and we have on that issue from rigorous implementation to people saying there are actual fundamental problems there for the fundamental problems there for the fundamental problems here and we have to deal with those fundamental problems. there are and we do and we can't ignore it and we have been arguing this case since 2019 that we need to fix these problems. but to fix these problems shouldn't be done at the detriment of stable government. for the british government's part — it says it wants to renogotiate the northern ireland protocol deal that it struck with brussels. but the dup leader is still unimpressed. we have waited for months and months and months for progress on the protocol. and we've had months since the may election, and no progress has been made in negotiations with the european union. so, ratherthan apportion blame, i'm simply saying to our own government and to the european union, it's time to redouble their efforts

to get a negotiated solution — and if that is not possible, then the uk government should bring forward the legislation to restore northern ireland's place within united kingdom internal market. so, a political vacuum looms in northern ireland. at one—minute past midnight an election is likely to be triggered. caretaker ministers will be replaced by civil servants with limited powers. the third biggest party in the assembly is the alliance — led by naomi long. this is her position. what we face after an election is not a switch restoration but a protracted negotiation. i have no patient for that process and neither do the people that i represent. if there is an election alliance will fight it. we will fight it on our record of delivery, where we have had the power delivered. in our record of holding those two accounts who have limited those powers. i am ready for that and is party is ready

for that. ready for that and is party is ready forthat. but ready for that and is party is ready for that. but i am under no illusion and neither should be the secretary of state that that is a solution to the problem. the solution to the problem is i set out clearly to the secretary of state last night is this, emergency legislation in west minister to suspend these institutions and put back until they negotiations and the uk government can reach a conclusion, potentially within weeks. reach a conclusion, potentially within weeks. a new election is likely to be called at a time of political and community tensions — as well as a cost of living crisis. northern ireland has been hard hit by energy price rises. around two—thirds of residenrts use oil for home heating — prices have nearly doubled since last year. while residents have an average of £92 a week in disposable income after paying for essentials — that's half the level of london. next lets get the reaction in belfast. i think people need to actually get in there _ i think people need to actually get in there and do the job. make

decisions _ in there and do the job. make decisions rather than, in there and do the job. make decisions ratherthan, i in there and do the job. make decisions rather than, i think the people _ decisions rather than, i think the people it — decisions rather than, i think the people it made clear what they want. i 'ust people it made clear what they want. ijust think— people it made clear what they want. ijust think them people are going to be _ ijust think them people are going to be in— ijust think them people are going to be in no— ijust think them people are going to be in no matter— ijust think them people are going to be in no matter what _ ijust think them people are going to be in no matter what so - ijust think them people are going to be in no matter what so our. ijust think them people are going. to be in no matter what so our vote -- just the — to be in no matter what so our vote -- just the way— to be in no matter what so our vote -- just the way it _ to be in no matter what so our vote —— just the way it is. _ to be in no matter what so our vote —— just the way it is. if— to be in no matter what so our vote -- just the way it is.— -- just the way it is. if it's it still is change am _ -- just the way it is. if it's it still is change am open - -- just the way it is. if it's it i still is change am open again. if it's it still is change am open again. according to the financial times the paralysis at stormont has already added to a £700 million pound hole in the region's budget. the paper reports... freya mcclements is the northern editor of the irish times — on the other effects. quite simply this is about having a government or no government. we have beenin government or no government. we have been in this limbo situation for the last six months. but we have had caretaker ministers remaining impose so some decisions have been able to be made. what will happen from midnight is that those ministers will also lose their posts so they will also lose their posts so they

will quite simply be no depaul government in ireland for the saw those decisions that would normally be taken about schools of education, the health service, infrastructure, roads none of those will happen. northern ireland will go back to the position effectively that it was in when there was no assembly between 2017 and 2020 and be administered by civil servants and by the secretary of state. it's worth noting this morning and in recent days they have been multiple calls from different civic bodies across northern ireland. this story is playing out in westminster too. here's our uk political corresondent ione wells. rishi sunak has urged the dup to return to the government instalment with number ten saying that the people of northern ireland to a functioning government. the reason they are not as issues of this northern ireland protocol, that post—brexit treaty keeping northern ireland and the single market. the question is, will any of those issues be resolved? the key demand from the uk side is they want a loosening of checks on goods

travelling from great britain to northern ireland. they also want changes to things like tax arrangements and government support for businesses and northern island to bring that more in line with ones in great britain. the foreign secretary today spoke to his eat you counterpart, they will continue talking but if those talks fail there is a new law passing through there is a new law passing through the west minister parliament here, which would allow essentially ministers to override key part of that protocol. the eu think that this is illegal and have hinted they could introduce trade retaliation in response. the key question after the new prime minister is would he be willing to plough ahead with the law and risk escalating tensions or would he be more keen to compromise? russia's president vladimir putin has predicted that the coming decade will be the 'most dangerous and unpredictable' since the end of the second world war. in a major speech in moscow, he defended russia's actions in ukraine. he claimed that ukraine

has the technology and the ability to make a dirty bomb — that's a conventional bomb laced with radioactive material. he also accused the west of inventing claims that russia may be considering using a nuclear weapon. translation: building tensions about the very notion of russia | using nuclear weapons have been put to use to this and to have an impact on our allies and our friends and neutral states and to tell them, "look at who you are supporting. "russia is so scary, you shouldn't support it any more. "don't cooperate with that. don't buy anything from them. "don't sell anything to them. let's get the thoughts of our russia editor steve rosenberg. this is a leader who has no regrets, no remorse, there is no hint of a u—turn from the kremlin leader. what we saw and heard today was the world according to vladimir putin and it is a world in which he is right, he is squeaky clean and his opponents are wrong,

they are to blame, for example, he accused the west of igniting the war in ukraine. he said a new world order was emerging that should be based on law and justice. this from the president who invaded a sovereign independent nation back in february. and he said russia had been wrongly accused of threatening to use nuclear weapons in this conflict when in fact, since february on many occasions, vladimir putin has dropped unsubtle hints that he would be prepared to use all the weapons in russia's arsenal in this conflict, the most telling comment, i think, came when he said about the cost of the operation. he said "i'm always thinking of the human lives lost. " that's all he said about that before talking about the enormous benefits to russia from his special military operation. to ukraine itself, where president zelensky has accused russian commanders of "craziness" in their attempt to capture the town of bakhmut. the town sits in the eastern region of donetsk and has been the focus of russian attacks for months.

taking the town would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces also continue to advance towards kherson, but their efforts have been hampered by heavy rain. here's our correspondent hugo bachega in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the main target here is a city of kherson, which is one of the largest ukrainian city under russian occupation. it was the capital of one of the four claim to have antics. it's very significant for both russia and ukraine. in the last few days ukrainian officials have been saying that russia is fortifying its positions in the city, bringing in more rushing troops, including soldiers who have been recently mobilised. so perhaps preparing the city for defence as ukrainians advance. despite the ruthless response of the security forces — the protests in iran seem to be escalating. 0vernight thousands turned out to mark a0 days since the death of 22 year—old mahsa amini who died

in police custody — after being arrested for not wearing a hijab properly. the protests have grown to be a wider rejection of the hardline government of iran. the bbc�*s samira hussain has been speaking to one protester who's fled the country and is now in pakistan hoping to travel to the united states. to protect him the bbc is concealing his identity. her death has become a symbol for a movement against the country's authoritarian regime. moeen was in his home city of tehran when the uprising began and was in the thick of the protests. there are protests almost every other day. and they are getting suppressed violently. even if you are not a protester you might get some shrapnel, you might get beaten up. i know some people who have even got killed. to protect his family back in iran, we are only using his first name and concealing his face. there has been regular

shooting at the protests. i've seen it many times. it's either with military—style bullets or with pellets. this is the city of saqqez, mahsa's home and now her final resting place. authorities tried but failed to block protesters flocking to her grave to mark the end of the mourning period, a culturally significant moment for iranians. that could easily have been my sister. have been my girlfriend. this is tyranny. it is murderous. the attempts to suppress the rage and anger of iranians are violent and deadly. but videos being shared on social media show a country full of defiance and determined for regime change. samira hussain, bbc news, islamabad. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come... australia's football team is the first national team

to openly criticise qatar's human rights record — 2a days until the world cup. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. after a6 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition, and lift—off- of discovery with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. - well, enjoying the show is right, this is beautiful.

a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... the northern ireland assembly is just hours away from collapse following six months of deadlock. energy giant shell has their quarters. it's affirms second—highest record after more than doubling between july and september. this than doubling betweenjuly and september. this graph shows than doubling between july and september. this graph shows you their profits are in the financial quarters, note the war and ukraine begin in february of this

year. despite the high profits shell has paid no windfall tax in the uk. that's the one—off levy targeting companies which benefit from something they weren't responsible for. in this case a sharp rise in oil prices. here is our business editor to explain why. is our business editor to explain why. the vast majority, almost all of shell's income and profits come from outside of the uk. they've operations in 70 countries, and those operations are taxed in those countries. on their uk operations, they in theory face much higher taxes than normal — 30% in corporation tax, 10% special oil and gas levy, and recently a 25% windfall tax, 55% in total. however on paper, shell hasn't made a profit in the uk since 2017 as it perfectly legally offsets costs to the decommissioned oil rigs and can further offset the recent windfall tax by investing in new uk energy. over the next decade, shell has said it will invest £20—25 billion in the uk, three quarters of that in low

01’ zero—carbon energy. shell is one of several energy companies to report huge profits as a result — at a time when many governments are having to step in to support consumers with bills. families will find this obscene. they're really struggling, they're considering, how do we turn off the heating? how do we keep a roof over our children's head and food on the tables this winter? the figures have prompted calls for the tax on energy firms' profits to be raised to help people with bills. the opposition labour party's shadow climate change and net zero secretary has tweeted. .. this was the government's response to calls to raise it. companies like shell pay double the corporation tax, _ and they pay a windfall tax that rishi sunak, as chancellor- of the exchequer, introduced — and he introduced it in a very, i very smart way because it has an incentive for investment. l we need them to invest in the north sea assets| to grow our production — - this year, production rose by 26%.

but is it as easy as simply making energy companies pay more in tax? here's simonjack again. 90% or more of shell's profits are made outside the uk. they are taxed by other jurisdictions — very hard to double—tax them on profits they're making in the us or indonesia, or elsewhere. second, they are already paying 65% on any profits they make in the uk. so what's the right number — 70,100? very tempting to see the target on these companies back. there is also very tempting to see simple solutions to what are sometimes very complex problems. let's now turn to the qatar world cup which gets going in less than a month. australia's national football team has released a video criticising qatar's human rights record. it's the first team to do so. the australian players criticised qatar's treatment of migrant workers and the lgbt community.

we have learned the decision to host the world cup in qatar has resulted in the suffering and in harm of countless of our fellow workers. these migrant workers who have suffered are notjust numbers, like the migrants that have shaped our country and our football, they possess the same courage and determination to build a better life. as players, we fully support - the rights of the lgbti+ people, in qatar, people are not free - to love the person that they choose. the controversy surrounding qatar's track record on human rights has been going on for some time now. earlier this week, qatar's monarch — the emir — had this to say on the matter. translation: since we won the honour of hosting the world cup, _ qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has faced. but it soon became clear that the campaign continues, expands and includes fabrications at double standards. migrant workers are the backbone if qatar's economy. there are over 2 million migrant workers working in qatar, making up 95% of the work force.

around 1 million of them work in construction. according to the qatari government, 37 migrant workers involved in building world cup venues have been killed. but rights groups claim the real number is far higher. a guardian investiagtion last year found that 6,500 workers had died since 2010 when qatar won the bid to host the world cup. quatar�*s government says it has brought in various reforms to improve the working and living conditions of its migrant workers. in a statement, the government spokesperson said... so what are those changes? let's take a look at some of them — starting with the abolishment of the kafala system — as explained by our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi. the system, basically is that when workers moved to qatar to work, they get a local sponsor,

which often would lead to the local sponsor confiscating their passports, which meant that they couldn't travel out of the country or could not change jobs, in many cases, their wages were not paid on time, as many human rights groups have said, the conditions of working as a migrant labour, that is something that has been abolished, although there is criticism that in some pockets, it still being practised. we look at living conditions. dormitory facilities have been built like this one. but dormitory facilities have been built like this one-— like this one. but the reality is many thousands _ like this one. but the reality is many thousands still - like this one. but the reality is many thousands still live - like this one. but the reality is many thousands still live in i like this one. but the reality is - many thousands still live in squalid and overcrowded dorms. nicholas mcgeehan, founding director of faiquuare research, a human rights organisation, focusing on migrant worker rights, 0n on what level there's been impressive reforms and been abolished on paper. the problem is implementation on that is been weak.

you talking about deeply entrenched and abusive system in decades. you can't give it with a swipe of a pencil to be in need of lot of political will to make these forms are effective for that from a closed labour market to an open labour market. unfortunately, we haven't seenifs market. unfortunately, we haven't seen it's a centrepiece of the reform process in the central pillar of the abusive labour system which is why we talk about it so much. to interact to clarify, what it is. it legally binds foreign workers to their particular employers and leaves them unable to leave if things are right.— leaves them unable to leave if things are right. that's precisely riuht. as things are right. that's precisely right- as you — things are right. that's precisely right. as you explained - things are right. that's precisely right. as you explained it. - things are right. that's precisely right. as you explained it. it's i right. as you explained it. it's very abusive in practice without it means that workers are effectively deportable. it means if an employee says he doesn't want to have anyone any more he can get rid of them, he can make them subject to arrest and deportation. he could make them work very long hours and confiscate passports. it gives complete power to the employer which is why it's abusive and rights groups like ours or focus so hard abusive and rights groups like ours orfocus so hard on abusive and rights groups like ours or focus so hard on getting abusive and rights groups like ours orfocus so hard on getting rid of

it. the problem in qatar is yes, it's been down on paper but in practice it still very much in force, unfortunately.- practice it still very much in force, unfortunately. that is all from outside _ force, unfortunately. that is all from outside source _ force, unfortunately. that is all from outside source for - force, unfortunately. that is all| from outside source for tonight. | force, unfortunately. that is all| from outside source for tonight. hello. the weather's looking pretty decent for most of us this evening, some clear spells about. but rain is on the way, it'll reach western parts of the uk by around midnight — and that does mean that for many of us, friday morning is looking wet. but then, some sunshine is expected in the afternoon. now, here's the weather front out towards the west, this bright band of cloud isjust about approaching ireland right now. and it really will bring some quite heavy rain, particularly to northern ireland and western scotland. it's also carried by this warm stream of air from the southern climes, and that air has spread across many parts of western, and even central europe. and here in the uk, temperatures have been up to around 21 celsius, mid—20s, further south in france.

so the forecast then through the night shows that heavy rain moving through ireland, reaching western parts of scotland, too. but many northern, eastern and southern areas actually stay dry, and those temperatures will range between 15 celsius in the south, though in plymouth, it's about nine celsius in lerwick. so tomorrow that cloudy, wet start and gusty winds for a time, as well. it'll probably stay fairly cloudy and wet in the north of scotland through the afternoon, but many areas brighten up — you can see it's actually a pretty decent day. and every bit as warm for many of us, temperatures typically in the mid—to—high teens, possibly 20 or so in east anglia and the southeast. how about the weekend? the next band of rain comes in with this low pressure that's sitting to the west of us. and here it is in the morning, spreading across many western and central parts of the country, moving northwards. 0ne place where we're not expecting much rainfall is east anglia, in the southeast. and look at that — temperatures again in excess of 21 celsius. i think that'll be the peak

of the warmth over the coming days, because by the time we get to sunday, we're expecting those temperatures to be a little lower. there'll be sunny spells and heavy showers, quite breezy conditions out towards the west, as well. the temperatures will reach around 15—17, i think, for the most part. up to about 18 in london, and also in norwich. now, how about the outlook? it'll stay mild into early next week, but beyond that, it does look as though those temperatures will tend to return to what's more typical of the time of the year. bye— bye.

anna this is bbc news, the headlines... northern ireland is heading for its second assembly elections this year, after a final attempt to restore devolved government failed.

labour accuses rishi sunak of not caring very much about climate change, after downing street said the prime minister won't be going to cop27 next month. the oil giant shell enjoys the second—highest quarterly profits on record but it pays no windfall tax in the uk. a woman has been found guilty of the murder and decapitation of a friend in order to inherit her estate. welcome to the programme. as we've been hearing, elections are set to be held in northern ireland for the second time this year after assembly members failed to agree to restore power—sharing at stormont before tonight's midnight deadline. let's get more on this with kevin marr, who's a writer and commentator on northern ireland politics and a former special adviser to former northern ireland secretary shaun woodward.

thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of where we are right now?— we are right now? we've been heading towards this point, _ we are right now? we've been heading towards this point, i _ we are right now? we've been heading towards this point, i suspect, - we are right now? we've been heading towards this point, i suspect, for - towards this point, i suspect, for several months. midnight is a six month point when in the good friday agreement, terms and conditions, weather has to be as fresh set of elections if after the first set of elections if after the first set of elections we do not have the devolved institutions back up and running, that is a 96 member northern ireland assembly and the executive that is formed from ad to run northern ireland affairs. so we have had six months of complete stasis and we the kind of attempt to try and create a bit of momentum might get a deal across the line, which is often this brinkmanship, this is often how breakthroughs are made in northern ireland in the past. it has not come to anything so far that the moment we are counting down until midnight and it looks now inexorable that we are going to have a fresh set of elections, probably in december, mid december in

northern ireland. the paradoxes it is probably going to deliver exactly the same result as elections in may. that was exactly my next question because we work on the principle that these are going to go ahead, can you see any way in which any kind of difference will be made? ida. kind of difference will be made? no, not reall . kind of difference will be made? no, not really- we _ kind of difference will be made? my not really. we are in the territory of einstein's definition of madness, doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result each time. it is likely what we are going to see if sinn fein yet again dipping the dup for top spot and of course has been a bone of contention for unionists for the last six months anyway, so they had not been bitterly keen to go into government because it would involve taking as they see it the deputy and the inferior rail which is a slight misconception because first minister and deputy first minister are interlocked and i can't do anything without each other, it is effectively a joint title. so i don't think the dup have been bitterly sad that the executive

hasn't functioned. i suspect a lot of voters in the middle ground that might vote dup, may be soft unionists, may give them a bit of a bloody nose in this election for frankly causing the selection and for being so belligerent over the last six months and not getting down to business in a cost of living crisis in northern ireland is and elsewhere. but in northern ireland with health services in a much worse state than it is an england xi one in three people in northern ireland is on and a nhs waiting lesser when you're not delivering the fundamentals, you are not delivering an running public services properly, there is a big consequences to that and i suspect a lot of voters will be exercised by that when they have to fight again in december. i be exercised by that when they have to fight again in december.- to fight again in december. i want to fight again in december. i want to come onto _ to fight again in december. i want to come onto the _ to fight again in december. i want to come onto the real-life - to come onto the real—life consequences of everything that is going on there. what are the impacts? going on there. what are the im acts? ~ ., going on there. what are the im acts? ~ ~' ., impacts? well, i think northern ireland is not _ impacts? well, i think northern ireland is not in _ impacts? well, i think northern ireland is not in economically i ireland is not in economically robust health to begin with, it

never has been, really, so not being able to implement public policy, use up able to implement public policy, use up budgets, support gross, support businesses, support the voluntary sector has a real impact in northern ireland are lots of people in civic society are very vexed and angry that the assembly and the executive ijust that the assembly and the executive i just sat there effectively mothballed. the paradox is that this is not a row, classic row between the dup and sinn fein about something in northern ireland, this is about the northern ireland protocol, the dup argues that it it fought an election six months ago and will fight a subsequent one on the basis that it will not go into government unless the northern ireland protocol is rescinded entirely or very radically reformed. the protocol is the trading arrangement between great britain and northern ireland. the post-brexit _ and northern ireland. the post-brexit trading - and northern ireland. tie: post—brexit trading arrangement which means that northern ireland is effectively treated differently because it has a land border with

the republic of ireland, and though the republic of ireland, and though the european union, which means there are checks on goods coming into great britain from ireland at the ports. for many unionists, this is a breach of their position in the union so they want the protocol scrapped, but there is effectively no answer to the practical question and the government, successive conservative prime minister is have realised that, now try to get a negotiated settlement on one hand but there is of course a bill in parliament that will resile from key aspects of the protocol on the other hand and there is a level of choreography that the government is effectively hoping it can do a deal with the european union without this legislation ever reaching the statute book, but the dpr onto this and they said we want this bill on the statute book before we will tolerate going back. that the statute book before we will tolerate going back.— tolerate going back. that is of course a huge _ tolerate going back. that is of course a huge issue, - tolerate going back. that is of course a huge issue, i'm - tolerate going back. that is of| course a huge issue, i'm afraid tolerate going back. that is of- course a huge issue, i'm afraid we can't spend any more time it. thank you for talking through all the issues so clearly, thank you.

0pposition parties have criticised rishi sunak�*s decision not to attend a major climate summit in egypt next month. downing street said the prime minister was focusing on "pressing domestic commitments", including preparations for the autumn statement. but the shadow climate change secretary, ed miliband, accused mr sunak of going "missing in action". you've got world leaders from around the globe gathering together to talk about how we can tackle the biggest long—term threat we face at a time of an energy crisis, when we know that solar and renewables and clean energy is the way to cut bills and our prime minister can't be bothered to turn up. i think that's a total failure of generations today and generations in the future. and this was the view of caroline lucas, from the green party mp. my my thoughts out shame on him. the first test of leadership is to show up first test of leadership is to show up and his refusal to do that at

this really vital climate summit i think speaks volumes for their claims of concerns to be a climate leader. unfortunately, it makes a mockery of any such suggestion. remember as well that the uk is still president of cop26, this was a key global meeting at which the baton was to be transferred from the uk to egypt, in our head of state can't even be bothered to turn up, i think that sends a terrible signal to the rest of the world, particularly as we are hearing that might be as many as 90 heads of state who are there, why isn't britain there? we are supposed to be wanting to be global britain, and play an important role in the global stage. we know that climate change is the defining issue of our time, as the un secretary general said yesterday, so, yes, it is a great, great shame.

by by all means, we must try harder and moved _ by all means, we must try harder and moved faster, if we deployed available technology now with respective just one the roots, there are multiple routes people could take, _ are multiple routes people could take, i_ are multiple routes people could take, lam — are multiple routes people could take, lam not are multiple routes people could take, i am not saying you have got to do— take, i am not saying you have got to do renewables or you have got to do this, _ to do renewables or you have got to do this, you — to do renewables or you have got to do this, you can do nuclear, there are other— do this, you can do nuclear, there are other technologies coming oniine, — are other technologies coming online, hydrogen, so forth, so each country— online, hydrogen, so forth, so each country will — online, hydrogen, so forth, so each country will choose its own way. we can do _ country will choose its own way. we can do better. the oil giant shell has paid nothing in windfall tax in the uk despite making global profits of nearly £26bn so far this year. rishi sunak, who took over as prime minister on tuesday, had introduced the energy profits levy in may when he was chancellor to help pay for support for british households hit by the cost of living crisis. today's news has prompted calls for increased taxes on the profits of energy firms, as our business editor simonjack explains.

shell makes £8.2 billion in the three months at the end of september alone, more than double what it made in the same period last year so far this year, eight has made £26 billion and here is why, this is the oil price, you can see here the spike after russia invaded ukraine, it has remained high for several months before recently falling back, and this is the horror show, gas has been shooting up to ten times its long—term average price and companies like shell are prospering from circumstances and prices they don't control and didn't expect so little wonder there are calls to tax these massive profits.— little wonder there are calls to tax these massive profits. families will find this obscene, _ these massive profits. families will find this obscene, they _ these massive profits. families will find this obscene, they are - these massive profits. families will find this obscene, they are really i find this obscene, they are really struggling,.

families will find this obsene. they are really struggling. they are considering, how do we turn off the heating? how do we keep a roof over our children's heads and food on the tables this winter? that is why the government has to act. no more excuses, impose a higher windfall tax. in the uk operations committee in theory face higher taxes than normal, 30 in corporation tax, and recently a 25% windfall tax, sexy 5% in total, and however on paper, shell has made a profit in the uk since 2017, is perfectly legally offset cost to decommission oil rigs and can further offset the recent windfall tax by investing in new uk energy and over the next decade, shell hasn't said it will invest 20 to £25 billion in the uk, three quarters of that in low or zero carbon energy. but they are also dissing out vast sums to shell, including pension funds, day

announced a 50% rise in their annual dividends and a further 3.5 billon pounds in extra payouts. watching that kind of money payout from company in a cost of living crisis generates bafflement and outrage that they are not simple answers to sometimes complex problems. a woman has been found guilty of the murder and decapitation of a friend, in order to inherit her estate. jemma mitchell killed mee kuen chong at her home in north—west london injune last year before putting her body into a suitcase and disposing of it. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson reports. this isjemma mitchell leaving her home, which is in a desperate state of disrepair. she needs money to fix it. she is dragging a suitcase, which she will use hours later to put herfriend's body inside after having murdered herforfinancial gain. mee kuen chong, known as deborah to herfriends, met mitchell through the church. after mitchell murdered miss chong,

she kept her body for 15 days. she then drove more than 200 miles to the picturesque resort of salcombe in devon, where she dumped it in woodland. charlotte rowlings was with family on holiday when they found the body. go ahead, caller, - what is your emergency? i've just found a body. are they breathing? no, they're dead. they look like they have, um, possibly been there for a few days. police! you on suspicion of murder. the car stank, jemma, didn't it? when in custody and questioned by police, mitchell said "no comment" throughout. the court heard miss chong had offered mitchell £200,000 to help repair her home, but backed out of the offer. shortly afterwards, she disappeared. mitchell, after killing herfriend, then forged miss chong's will so that she and her mother

would receive her estate. it was an evil act carried out by an evil woman, and the only motive, clearly, was one of financial gain. during the trial, jurors heard mitchell had a degree in human sciences and had the skills to dismember a body. shall i get some shoes? mitchell will be sentenced tomorrow for the cold and calculated murder of her friend for money. helena wilkinson, bbc news. security forces in iran are reported to have fired on demonstrators in the northern city of mahabad, as anti—government protests continue across the country. video footage shows crowds chanting "down with the dictator". the unrest was triggered six weeks ago by the death in police custody of a young woman, who had been accused of not wearing her hijab correctly. here's ros atkins on the background.

something extraordinary is happening in iran, at the grave of a young woman who died last month after being in custody, thousands gathered on wednesday. they are part of something bigger. three wednesday night, protest grew across the country. this is a movement driven by iranian women. six. country. this is a movement driven by iranian women.— country. this is a movement driven by iranian women. six weeks on, and already iranian _ by iranian women. six weeks on, and already iranian women _ by iranian women. six weeks on, and already iranian women are _ by iranian women. six weeks on, and already iranian women are living - by iranian women. six weeks on, and already iranian women are living a i already iranian women are living a different life. they refused to wear the headscarf when they go out in public and they continue to fight. this is tehran in may. this is tehran this week. not wearing a headscarf is illegal for iranian women but more and more women are ignoring that, something that was unthinkable weeks ago. and every night, people still open their windows and charred, deaf to the dictator, a message they are aiming

to iran's supreme leader. these protests were sparked by the death of mahsa amini, she was 22, she is buried in the north—west of iran in saqqez. security forces tried to block access to the city. it didn't work. i block access to the city. it didn't work- i have _ block access to the city. it didn't work. i have never— block access to the city. it didn't work. i have never been - block access to the city. it didn't work. i have never been as - block access to the city. it didn't i work. i have never been as hopeful as i am today, women, life, freedom. all these protests and acts of defiance come at a cost. videos on social media verified by the bbc show people being beaten by security officials. here, we see women without headscarves defined police. in this video, security forces gathered at a girl's school in tehran on monday, one of them shouts, we have permission. beat them. beat them all. now,

nationwide, one human rights group estimates that more than 13,000 people have been arrested and that at least 250 have been killed. knowing all of this, last weekend, thousands of iranians assembled in berlin to demand change. fiur thousands of iranians assembled in berlin to demand change. our dreams sianal the berlin to demand change. our dreams signal the collapse _ berlin to demand change. our dreams signal the collapse of _ berlin to demand change. our dreams signal the collapse of this _ berlin to demand change. our dreams signal the collapse of this empire - signal the collapse of this empire of fear, crimes against humanity and corruption as the pillars that hold how many. corruption as the pillars that hold how man . , corruption as the pillars that hold how many-— corruption as the pillars that hold howman. , _,. ., ., how many. this is a challenge to the islamic how many. this is a challenge to the islamic laws — how many. this is a challenge to the islamic laws that _ how many. this is a challenge to the islamic laws that date _ how many. this is a challenge to the islamic laws that date back - how many. this is a challenge to the islamic laws that date back to - how many. this is a challenge to the islamic laws that date back to 1979, | islamic laws that date back to 1979, thatis islamic laws that date back to 1979, that is when the ayatollah khameni founded islam's republic. listen to this bbc report at the time.- this bbc report at the time. there is undoubtedly _ this bbc report at the time. there is undoubtedly genuine _ this bbc report at the time. there is undoubtedly genuine concern i this bbc report at the time. tic- is undoubtedly genuine concern over exactly what is meant by an islamic republic, the most widely expressed fear is that it could well lead to the kind of repressive religious

dictatorship that denies iran the freedoms of the revolution is supposed to have bought. those fears became real- — supposed to have bought. those fears became real. iranian _ supposed to have bought. those fears became real. iranian women - supposed to have bought. those fears became real. iranian women lost - became real. iranian women lost their right to choose how they dress. it was a freedom women had before 1979. it is a freedom some want now. it before 1979. it is a freedom some want now. , . ., before 1979. it is a freedom some want now— before 1979. it is a freedom some want now. , . . , want now. it is unclear where these rotests want now. it is unclear where these protests are — want now. it is unclear where these protests are heading _ want now. it is unclear where these protests are heading but _ want now. it is unclear where these protests are heading but what - want now. it is unclear where these protests are heading but what is i protests are heading but what is clear is that the relationship between the reigning government and its society is completely broken down, and there is no going back from this point on. == down, and there is no going back from this point on.— down, and there is no going back from this point on. -- the iranian government- _ from this point on. -- the iranian government. the _ from this point on. -- the iranian government. the authorities - from this point on. -- the iranian. government. the authorities insist all of this must stop but there is no going back for this mother whose son died in custody. she recently took off her hijab, declaring that the religion it stood for was killing people, and so one woman doesn't death has become about many women's lives. and they say there is no going back to how they used to live. 0urthanks no going back to how they used to

live. our thanks to rose for comprehensively talking us through the background. joining me live now is siavash ardalan, from the bbc persian service. can you bring us right up to date what has been happening today? the what has been happening today? tie: epicentre what has been happening today? ti9 epicentre of what has been happening today? ti9: epicentre of the what has been happening today? ti9 epicentre of the protest was in a city in province of kurdistan and around, there is 180,000 people there but massive crowds took to the streets today, they pushed back the security forces, took over some government buildings and even set some of them on fire. the reason they have come out was to mourn the death of one of their own boys who had died a day earlier. what happened was a large crowd in another city in kurdistan had turned out because of the a0th day after the passing of mahsa amini in her hometown of saqqez, they had gone to the cemetery to commemorate her. a0 daysis the cemetery to commemorate her. a0 days is an important occasion for iranians because politically it has always served as an opportunity to rally the troops, so to speak. tomorrow is again the a0th day since

the passing of another protester and the passing of another protester and the day after again the a0th day so you can see how these protests are taking a momentum of their own and things can change very quickly. 50. things can change very quickly. so, that is today. _ things can change very quickly. so, that is today, and what about yesterday?— that is today, and what about esterda ? :, , , yesterday? there was a bombing. yes, the eak of yesterday? there was a bombing. yes, the peak of the — yesterday? there was a bombing. yes, the peak of the protest _ yesterday? there was a bombing. yes, the peak of the protest when _ yesterday? there was a bombing. yes, the peak of the protest when dozens i the peak of the protest when dozens of iranians cities were built by street fights and crashes, news came out around 60 local time that a mosque had come under an armed attack by sunny militants, very shortly after i the government immediately vowed revenge and somehow linked that attack to the protests themselves, pushing this line that were it not for the destabilising effect of the protests, this attack would not have happened, isis would not have been involved in taking out this attack, therefore the attack is an extension of the protest. of course, the opposition completely rejected that and they accuse the government of staging the stack, accusing the

government of trying to deflect attention away from the protest. so you had these two parallel narratives that were going on at the same time. :, :, :, , narratives that were going on at the same time-— same time. extraordinary events, really clearly _ same time. extraordinary events, really clearly explained. - same time. extraordinary events, really clearly explained. where i same time. extraordinary events, really clearly explained. where is| really clearly explained. where is this heading? _ really clearly explained. where is this heading? this _ really clearly explained. where is this heading? this is _ really clearly explained. where is this heading? this is the - this heading? this is the million—dollar question, everyone is asking this in iran, it is a pre—application of expense of the revolution and historians and sociologists. is this the beginning of the end? it depends what you mean by the end. 0ne of the end? it depends what you mean by the end. one year down the road, two years down the road, but what everyone is saying is that if this fight cannot be one of the streets by protesters who have nothing but the stones in their hands with security forces armed to the teeth, people need to come out in large numbers, in their millions, justin small cities but in metropolitan centres, notjust one night but for a sustained period of time, notjust by the generation that because there are only 50% but other sectors of

society. but you need to have strikes, the reason they haven't happened, industrial action on a large—scale, that could cripple the government and the economy, is not just because anyone goes on strike might be taken away by security forces but it has issues of poverty and inequality in the atah dependence of the impoverished working class on their daily wages. thank you so much for talking us through that, thank you. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news that is coming into us here from the afp news agency, this is an italy in milan, one person has been killed and four others injured, one of the injured is believed to be spanish footballer pablo marie. this is a knife attack in a shopping centre near milan on thursday today. the a6—year—old italian apparently suffering from psychological problems was arrested immediately after the attack on the outskirts of

milan. those details coming from the newsagency so we haven't independently verified those yet but just to repeat, one person was killed and four others were injured and one of those injured is thought to be the spanish footballer pablo marie. this is a knife attack in a shopping centre near milan in italy today. as we get any more details, we will of course bring those to you. the number of crimes in england and wales that result in someone being charged is now half of what it was seven years ago. figures released today show that the proportion of crimes reported to police that result in a charge has fallen from just over 15 percent in march 2015 to just over 5 percent now. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. the good news is that on the best official estimate, the number of crimes in england and wales is still lower than it was before the pandemic. but the bad news is that while we are actually

reporting more crimes, fewer people are being charged with those offences by the police. here's a graph of the number of crimes reported to the police over the last seven years, rising from about 3.5 million to 5.5 million. so what has been the outcome of those crimes? well, back in 2015, just short of 600,000 of them ended up with somebody being charged, around 15.5%. but as the number of crimes reported rose, the number of people being charged fell. in the year tojune, it was less than 300,000, around 5.a%. for theft and sexual offences, including rape, it is even lower. the home secretary has demanded that police forces improve their charge rates. it's not clear why it's happening. one explanation might be the police cuts that started in 2010 and continued on until 2018, but police numbers have been rising since then, while the number of offences leading to a charge has continued to fall.

so what does happen to the crimes we report to police? well, it used to be that in almost half of all cases, "no suspect was identified". that number has been falling and is now about a third. but while that has been going down, the number of cases in which the police say the victim wants no more action to be taken has been going up. it raises the suspicion that these are just convenient ways of closing cases, that forces have not got enough resources to investigate. new guidance issued by the equality and human rights commission will make it much harder to discriminate against hairstyles such as braids and cornrows. the human—rights watchdog says schools banning such hairstyles are now likely to be acting unlawfully, if they fail to give exemptions on racial grounds. adina campbell reports. the teacher basically said that it was disgusting, it was in school policy and i needed to take it out. when ijust policy and i needed to take it out. when i just speaking policy and i needed to take it out. when ijust speaking about policy and i needed to take it out.

when i just speaking about what we when ijust speaking about what we may perceive as a large afros, we are also _ may perceive as a large afros, we are also talking about other styles relating _ are also talking about other styles relating to heritage. why are also talking about other styles relating to heritage.— relating to heritage. why should i cut my hair _ relating to heritage. why should i cut my hair when _ relating to heritage. why should i cut my hair when people - relating to heritage. why should i cut my hair when people can - relating to heritage. why should i j cut my hair when people can have their hair all the way down to their hips. their hair all the way down to their hi s. g , ,:, their hair all the way down to their his. , :, , : , hips. just some of the experiences often heard _ hips. just some of the experiences often heard by _ hips. just some of the experiences often heard by women _ hips. just some of the experiences often heard by women with - hips. just some of the experiences often heard by women with afro i often heard by women with afro textured hair. for ruby williams, her story has been one of the most high—profile cases. she was repeatedly sent home by her teachers because her natural hair wasn't big considered to be a reasonable size or length. the considered to be a reasonable size or lenath. ., , :, , considered to be a reasonable size or lenath. ~' , :, , :,, or length. the key memory was realisina or length. the key memory was realising this _ or length. the key memory was realising this is _ or length. the key memory was realising this is i _ or length. the key memory was realising this is i am _ or length. the key memory was realising this is i am being - realising this is i am being harassed with this, when a teacher took me out of my classroom, i had my own two bunches, i was taken out of my classroom where the teacher used her own hair bands and tried to twist my bunches into smaller barns so that it could be smaller, and i remember standing there and looking in the mirrorand remember standing there and looking in the mirror and thinking, this isn't right. in the mirror and thinking, this isn't right-— in the mirror and thinking, this isn't right. ruby and her family successfully — isn't right. ruby and her family successfully took _ isn't right. ruby and her family

successfully took legal - isn't right. ruby and her family successfully took legal action l successfully took legal action against her school in east london, funded by the equality and human rights commission and today the watchdog has published new guidance which says people with afro hair should not be prevented from wearing natural hairstyles and if they are, it is likely to be unlawful. fiur it is likely to be unlawful. our uuidance it is likely to be unlawful. our guidance now— it is likely to be unlawful. qt" guidance now makes it it is likely to be unlawful. (zji:' guidance now makes it really clear that race discrimination can occur in relation to hair and it helps, we hope, school leaders if they are going to develop policies to really think about how those policies might affect different groups of children and young children —— people. that affect different groups of children and young children —— people. shit the and young children -- people. at the moment, and young children -- people. at the moment. this _ and young children -- people. at the moment, this only _ and young children -- people. at the moment, this only guidance - and young children -- people. at the moment, this only guidance but - and young children -- people. at the moment, this only guidance but it i and young children —— people. at the moment, this only guidance but it is being seen as a significant step forward. black people are disproportionately impacted by her dissemination at school and in the workplace, according to the equality and human right commission. in the long lasting impact in many cases can be devastating. i long lasting impact in many cases can be devastating.— can be devastating. i hated going auain, i

can be devastating. i hated going again. i became _ can be devastating. i hated going again, i became a _ can be devastating. i hated going again, i became a school - can be devastating. i hated goingj again, i became a school refusal, can be devastating. i hated going. again, i became a school refusal, i would wake up in the mornings and beg not to go to school, and it is sad that it had that much of an impact on something that i used to enjoy. impact on something that i used to en'o . :, , enjoy. the government says it -rovided enjoy. the government says it provided guidance _ enjoy. the government says it provided guidance to - enjoy. the government says it provided guidance to schools. enjoy. the government says it i provided guidance to schools last year to help them adhere to the equality act, with regards to peoples appearance on the needs of different cultures, races and religions. ruby's school did not accept any liability in her case but she hopes to taper back new advice will better protect girls and boys like her. adina campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. good evening. more of the same over the next few days — so staying very mild, rain at times, then back to sunshine, back to rain again. how about friday itself? looks like it's going to be a wet morning for many of us, but come the afternoon, it should brighten up. so let's have a look at the forecast, then, through this evening — and overnight, here's the next weather front. quite heavy rain spreading across ireland, reaching

northern ireland in the early hours of the morning, and western scotland, too. but many other areas towards the east should stay dry. and the temperatures between around nine degrees in lerwick, and 15 celsius in plymouth and the channel islands. so tomorrow morning starts off bright—ish in the east of the country, but very quickly, the clouds will thicken, the rain will spread north. and then, come the afternoon, you can see many parts of the country brighten up. it will be quite breezy, as well, once that rain sweeps through. and the temperatures again every bit as mild, between 20 celsius in the south, and around 12 in the north.

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