and paid for them with the nation of islam funds. we all know that was that you couldn't do that, elijah more have it ran a very, very tough organization. was very rigid and, and dangerous discipline. we're on of that. so when you said that, we know the end would be near the malcolm, his wife received the 1st of many, hundreds of anonymous phone calls, the messages baby, little and always contains death threats. the claimant was becoming increasingly oppressive. but malcolm did not consider his personal safety to be the most important thing. he was a man on a mission. he was putting all his energy into a new, highly ambitious political project that would bring a new dimension to a struggle for the past 10 years. the struggle in america has been confined to what has been projected to the public as a civil rights script. and in that context, it has remained a domestic problem. it has remained within the jurisdiction of the united states, and it has, and as such, it has been impossible for the acro americans, all american negroes, to tr

he was a member of the nation of islam. the n y p. d investigations revealed that the 1st man shot malcolm in the stomach with a sawed off shotgun. before other gunmen emptied their magazines into him, discharging 21 bullets. the investigation into his dash was quick and sloppy. suspicion soon turned to 2 other members of the nation of islam. they were arrested a few days later despite to florida investigation and very little evidence, they were convicted of murder. as far as the courts were concerned, the case was closed. the problem is to police the problem and never really wanted to get deeply involved in investigating malcolm's murder to every person in the room in the order ball and ballroom and manager. 65, february was black. the big question is not a real shot home. were sent to him who paid for that to the g. questions? somebody made a decision. malcolm must die. who was that? that's right. i want to know the dozens of people that i knew as related to the civil rights movement that died mysteriously. i didn't want to bother w

faisal islam in the city of london, thank you, and you willl month. faisal islam in the city of.you will be able to hear what he has to say on the bbc news at ten. thank you. a man accused of being a major supplier of small boats to gangs smuggling people across the channel has been arrested in the netherlands in a joint operation between the national crime agency and dutch and belgian police. authorities allege the 44—year—old turkish national — who has not been named — shipped engines and boats from turkey, stored them in germany, then transported them to northern france. the nca has called the arrest a "milestone in a significant investigation into organised immigration crime". the health secretary, wes streeting, is facing criticism from senior labour figures over his repeated interventions opposing a change in the law on assisted dying in england and wales. mps will vote later this month on a plan to allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months the right to seek help to end their life. one senior labour figure told the bbc today mr streeting "should hold fir

sana basim from islamic relief lebanon, thanki islamic relief lebanon, thank you very much for your timeple have been found alive, two days after a tourist yacht capsized off the red sea coast. a total of 33 people have been rescued so far, but seven remain missing — including two britons. what was meant to be a five—day sailing trip at a popular diving spot turned into a nightmare. sally nabilfrom bbc arabic is in harghada, where the boat was meant to finish its trip and sent in this report. more survivors finally made it to shore after their boat sank off the coast of the egyptian red sea on monday. we've been told all the five passengers pulled out alive, as well as the four dead bodies recovered on tuesday, were trapped inside the cabins of the sunken sea story. there were 44 people on board, including 31 tourists and 13 egyptian crew members. most of them have been found alive. the egyptian army oversees the ongoing rescue operation, now looking for a few people still unaccounted for. the reception on board, with a warm shower and dinner after, and all the care they took, because we

now she, as you know, was on the campus of tehran�*s islamic azad university.s say that she was approached by the morality police — they were violent with her, they tried to rip at her clothing, to pull her clothing because they said that she was "not properly displaying hijab". she was so angered by this, she ripped her clothes off, down to her underwear. she was then, quote—unquote, "disappeared" by the police. isn't this the reality for many young women in iran today? no, this — you can't make a generalisation. we had a case, that case has been under scrutiny by a lot of women activists and by the civil society, they're following the issue. but you can't make a generalisation out of that case. you have many similar cases in even the so—called liberal societies in europe. well, with respect, madam iftikhar, we don't have cases where women are approached by the police who use violent tactics, claiming that they are "not properly dressed" in western societies. yeah, we have those challenges, as i explained, and that was — one of the promises that the president

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the is really all me, it's saying that they talk to the palestinian islamic jihad. what indeed was talk is it remains unclear. there has been no statement by that group palestinian islamic jihad all goals are based. they participated in the attacks with high mass on october. the 7th, last year inside israel, we've seen an uptick in attacks by israel targeting areas of syria. and usually they really statement saying that they've been suddenly in recent weeks targeting, while they describe us has the opportunity of so hezbollah infrastructure inside syria. they've also being targeting transport routes and bridges of co, syria is a major ally of as well. and intelligence agencies will tell you that weapons come through syria from iran, into level to so that as being a lot of focus of the bombing in recent weeks. this attack though is the 1st in a long time same and he targeting the palestinian islamic jihad. and again, it illustrates that israel can basically seemingly strike when and where it once it's all stuff without your 0, they would the hundreds of protesters ar

chris mason and faisal islam are with me. to you first, faisal islam.n on brexit but what is the up to? it is he's not taking a position on brexit but what is the up to?— but what is the up to? it is the context here, _ but what is the up to? it is the context here, the _ but what is the up to? it is the context here, the mansion - but what is the up to? it is the i context here, the mansion house speech is a really important, strategic speech to the financial community from the chancellor and governor of the bank of england. and when i have asked the governor of the bank of england about brexit can always diplomatic and often quite shy to talk about it. not so much there in terms of the impact economically. i think you would argue he wasjust economically. i think you would argue he was just making a statement of economic reality and no sort of political intervention. i was very struck by those words, welcome opportunities to rebuild a uk—eu relations and suggesting there could be more ambition, particularly for a government that is seeking any lever go

this is what radical muslim islam is teaching. host: what do you say to folks who point to the old testament and the new testament and find parts of the old and new testament that talk about violence and the parts they disagree with? caller: this is how our history has gone. we are a judeo-christian country. . we have principles. i heard a lecture. people use the term nationalism like it is a dirty word. one of the greatest nationalists was moses. he believed in the land of israel. he believed in one common language. if it was not for that scenario, judaism would not have survived through the centuries where all these powers tried to impose upon them. they stuck to their fate. our country has to get back to their faith. we have it too good in this country. be appreciative for what you have. not what you want. i want to look at issues for building and making things more positive. we can have all the opinions when they call in for various reasons. i voted for the policy. what i'm looking for is the healing process. i lost part of my

as faisal islam reports.after a chilly reception from some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy. so what's this machine doing? the budget brought stability back to our economy, brought stability back to our public finances, and also created the opportunity for the uk to boost public investment in things like energy and schools and hospitals. but we need, we know we need to do more to grow our economy. the chancellor was opening this london laboratory, experimenting with state—of—the—art personalised immune therapies. she says successful british companies like quell often don't get the very biggest investments needed to grow into world—beaters because our pension funds are too small. she's going to force them to merge into mega funds. this is the kind of decision that will help us get access to that capital and mean that we can actually build quell therapeutics out as a meaningful, uk—based biotech. made in britain. so made in britain from the sc

footage released by islamic jihad shows a person who was abducted from a kibbutz.ing held in gaza with his girlfriend. our correspondent, jonathan, has more now from jerusalem. jonathan: -- islamic jihad. hundreds are being held in captivity and one of those is sasha. that video has been released of him saying that conditions are very difficult. little food, sanitary conditions, very difficult. no soap. he says he does not want to see an israeli military operation carried out. his family have responded to this video, calling it horrific, calling to do a deal to get the hostages released. he also says he misses -- the likelihood of a deal. it doesn't seem much chance of it at the moment while israel continues its military operations, -- as israel targets militants. the u.s. has been putting pressure on israel to do more. it says israel has taken important steps, but as long as israel continues -- being done. katrina: meanwhile in gaza, the u.s. will continue to -- at its lowest level in a year. speaking at the nato military alliance headquarters in brussels, the sec

now we're a war monitor reports that islam is fighters have taken over 5 districts of the 2nd biggest city level. this area and observatory for human rights reports that heavy fighting between rebels and government forces. there is military says it's inflicted heavy losses on the rebels who's been advancing on a level for days. they've also taken control of strategic towns along the way. conservatory says the violence has killed hundreds already. age groups, a thousands of families have been displaced. was girl jesus and authority on the middle east as professor of international relations at the london school of economics. and earlier we asked him when he made of the sudden offensive by the rebels electricity. uh, very shocking. because the offensive by the rebels, both the nationalist, i mean establish, travels, have caught the se in forces. the government forces nothing. even though the so you enforce it, forces had been mobilizing on the live from for quite a few weeks. at my take on it is that the war in syria has never ended. it has been simmering for the past and to say the 2019

as faisal islam reports.rom some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy. so what's this machine doing? the budget brought stability back to our economy, brought stability back to our public finances, and also created the opportunity for the uk to boost public investment in things like energy and schools and hospitals. but we need we know we need to do more to grow our economy. the chancellor was opening this london laboratory, experimenting with state—of—the art personalised immune therapies. she says successful british companies like quell often don't get the very biggest investments needed to grow into world beaters because our pension funds are too small. she's going to force them to merge into mega funds. this is the kind of decision that will help us get access to that capital and mean that we can actually build quell therapeutics out as a meaningful, uk—based biotech. made in britain? made in britain. so made in britain from the science in t

but he split from the nation of islam.arlier views, and that had created a lot of tension with the nation of islam. and he received death threats to his life, and he feared for his own safety when he returned to the united states. and then he was giving a speech at a ballroom in new york when he was assassinated. he was shot dead in front of several hundred people. and the allegation now is that there was complicity by the authorities in malcolm x's death. this all comes off the back of a letter which was allegedly written by a new york police officer before he died in 2020, where he said he had infiltrated malcolm x's organisation and got his security team to commit offences so that they could be arrested by the new york police before malcolm x gave that speech. and then the allegation is also that there were undercover officers in the ballroom who did nothing to protect malcolm x and allowed that shooting to go ahead. and there has always been controversy over whether the authorities were complicit in his death or not. a

amin saikal, emeritus professor of middle eastern, central asian and islamic studies, at anu. bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. the government has published its get britain working white paper — outlining measures aimed at getting more people work and reducing the benefits bill. the overhaul includes guaranteed access to work or training for every 18 to 21—year—old. critics say the announcement lacks details. a woman who kept her baby daughter hidden in a drawer for the first three years of her life, has beenjailed for "extreme neglect". the girl, who prosecutors said had "never known daylight or fresh air", was only discovered when a visitor to their house in cheshire heard her crying. the girl's mother had previously admitted to four charges of child cruelty. mps are preparing to vote friday on the assisted dying bill which would allow some terminally ill people in england and wales the right to die at a time of their choosing. they must have the mental capacity to make the choice and would only be able to seek help to die if two doctors agree

and he targeting the palestinian islamic jihad. and again, it illustrates that israel can basically seemingly strike when and where it once it's all stuff without your 0, they would the head of the international atomic energy agency. rafael grossey is visiting your ron for talks and more monitoring cooperation out of ron's nuclear sites. turnaround says it's willing to negotiate with the u. n. agency, but not under pressure or sole source. our reports from to run a c is growing us up with us of original war, the head of the international atomic energy agency, the federal see met top. you run the officials into around, including the new, the elected president, mr. position young, who has expressed his willingness to be negotiate the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with west new care energy, new source. it has called for more corporation on wanted to to know if you're on a nuclear sites, found an explanation of union traces reports and they found at some undeclared sites. i am here with you around try to find adequate solutions to ease te

as he says, we are not and cannot surrender islam. and he actually says islam is not a religion of peace as all our intellectuals and exports tell us in the united states is our religion of some mission. it's a threat. is our religion that will go into effect in western civilization and hence america needs to defend itself. and he says it, this is defend itself. with the sword on american crusade is fantastic. a language is the obama color it's, i'm not sure what to go, but it's up to god i should say, in the sense that he goes to there's that the united states in western civilization are besieged by islam and estimates. the fact he says that europe is going basically it onto the drain because it is, uh it is, it has been uh, you know, a 1000 cultural cups. uh, by those most, an immigrants coming coming to europe. it, it's amazing that kind of language. he uses them are nice, it's the most times because even when he says, well, there are a few more of the most games, but it's the best. they are the one who are the closest to the corne

faisal islam, bbc news.rammaticas in westminster. let's go through the governor's remarks from last night. this is an interesting _ remarks from last night. t�*i 3 is an interesting intervention and interesting as well because you didn't have just the governor of the bank of england, but the chancellor rachel reeves as well, both talking about the desire to improve the relationship with the eu. it is significant for the eu. it is significant for the governor of the bank of england who has gone further than he has before an significant that he wanted to point out, i think, that in his view the reality is that leaving the eu, brexit, has crimped the uk's trade and therefore its growth and the potential of the economy. but you need to see this in context. the chancellor is saying that the government wants to recalibrate the relationship with the eu, to improve trade and investment, but that is still a very limited ambition because she does not want to join the customs union and the single market, which will be

faisal islam, bbc news.al correspondent damian grammaticas about how the governor's remarks have been recieved. you had the chancellor, rachel reeves, as well, they're both talking about the desire to improve the relationship with the eu. significant for the governor of the bank of england. he's gone further than he has before and significant that he wanted to point out, i think that, in his view, the reality is that the leaving the eu, brexit has crimped the uk's trade and therefore its growth and the sort of potential of the economy. i think what you need to do, though, is you need to see this in sort of context. so the chancellor is saying the government wants to recalibrate the relationship with the eu to improve trade and investment, but that is still a very limited ambition because she does not want to rejoin the customs union. nor the single market, things would be a step change and even things that you heard there the in that report from faisal islam talk about a mobility agreement, greater ability f

all of them very hard line on iran, extremely anti uh, the islamic republic, uniformly. now mr. trump, himself does not want another war. he does not want to get into a war. he wants to prevent them invoice, but if you look at the lineup this, this is a line up that is not going to tolerate in iranian nuclear weapon and is going to squeeze iran every which way from sunday as they can me. her son donald trump's daughter's father in law, is an automotive uh type to name a sod bolos. he's been going around the middle leasing. trump's a peacemaker. do you agree? i don't see that way. in the case of the, the coming trump administration, i think the focus is not going to be the non, however, it can be at the detriment of that a non indeed russian get into it. so he was shown that would fit is or as interest and not governance interest, and not for that matter, the palestinian interest is sought off. after all, we have to think of the deal of the sense the as the templates. that might be the pizza in one format another, and frankly, that deed of the sense that he might look for

faisal islam, bbc news.sions select committee. what do you think of this idea of mega pension funds? there are two very — of mega pension funds? there are two very different - of mega pension funds? there are two very different things, l are two very different things, quite different things going on here. the first is dc, basically private sector where you send your own money for pension, your pot and you are taking the risk and that is taken off with auto enrolled in the next four years, and on the other hand we have got local government pension schemes which sit there with assets. you would think that it would be easier for the government to tell the local government pension tell the local

the other one became the is laws think -- islamic state.ms that it is an opposition group fighting assad, not conducting terrorist activities. they have not launched international a terraced attacks in many years. they are on the international terrorist lists in the u.k. and u.n.. they are not doing anything to challenge us or our allies and partners. they are focusing on the assad regime. they occupy an important area along the border with turkiye, in the northwest of the country. there are 3.5 million refugees from assad there. they have provided them with some help from turkiye, enough sustenance, shelter and other things to keep them from fleeing into turkiye. they are a major player in this struggle. carl: really interesting stuff, the former u.s. representative to syria, thank you. a cease-fire between israel and hezbollah seems to be holding although both sides accuse each other of minor violations. the military has returned -- has ordered lebanese residents to return home. the leader of hezbollah said that the group is ready to help

faisal islam, bbc news.t three years — that's15% of its workforce here. it's part of a major restructuring programme which will see 4,000 posts closed across europe. the company said the cuts were due to difficult trading conditions, strict new environmental controls, and weak demand for electric vehicles. it is the second round ofjob cuts at ford in less than two years. president—elect donald trump has selected two more unconventional nominees for his administration — the billionaire professional wrestling mogul, linda mcmahon, as his education secretary — and a renowned heart surgeon with a long tv career but no government experience called mehmet oz for a key role in health. both are loyal trump supporters. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from washington. linda mcmahon! meet america's new education secretary — at least she will be, if congress approves. linda mcmahon was once a media mogul in the multi—billion dollar and often make—believe world of wrestling. no more holiday weight

amin saikal is an emeritus professor of middle eastern, central asian and islamic studies, at the australiansity and adjunct seniorfellow at rsis. he told me what he thought was the biggest factor to get the ceasefire over the line. both sides have come to a point of exhaustion. i mean this war has been very costly for israel. because hezbollah has been able to target especially in the last week or so some of the populated areas of tel aviv and they have caused quite a bit of damage. in the meantime, israel has not really succeeded to the extent it wanted, in order to get hezbollah out of southern lebanon altogether beyond the litani river. i think as a result, the two sides really in some ways are back to where they were after the 2006 war. because that war lasted 3a days, and then at the end, israel had to accept the united nations security council resolution for ceasefire and this one has been less than two months and they have come ready to the point that probably it's going to be very costly for both sides. the ceasefire cools the fighting, for now at least. but with thousands of civili

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faisal islam, - and around the world. we will see what happens. faisal islam, our. what happens. our economics editor. away from the us election, let's take a brief look at other some of today's other stories. the prince of wales has told the bbc that his wife is doing "really well" following her cancer diagnosis earlier this year. prince william was speaking in cape town ahead of tonight's earthshot prize ceremony. the competition is an annual award giving a million pounds to the five most environmentally innovative projects. the earthshot encompasses urgent optimism. that's what we're here for. and as i think you'll see tonight, the amount of youth from africa who will be in here, they'll be letting you know and letting everyone know that it matters to them. and without them, you know, the future is looking pretty bleak. our audiences would want to know, how is the princess? she's doing really well, thanks. and hopefully she's watching tonight and sort of cheering me on. no, she's been amazing this whole year, and i know she'd be really keen to see tonight he a success. three m

there has been no statement by that group palestinian islamic jihad. the goal is that based, they participated in the attacks with how mass on october the 7th last year inside israel, we've seen an uptick in attacks by as well targeting areas of syria. usually they really statement saying that they've been sitting in recent weeks targeting, while they describe us has the opportunity of so hezbollah infrastructures inside syria. they're also being solved between transport roads and bridges of coal. syria is a major ally off as bola and intelligence agencies will tell you that weapons come through syria from iran, into level to so that as being a lot of focus of the bombing in recent weeks. this attack though is the 1st in a long time, same anytime between the palestinian islamic jihad and again the, the low straits that israel can basically seemingly strike when and where it wants to stop at all. just 0. they would. okay. we can now speak to tommy hardy, who is a distinguished fellow with the american university of a root, joining us from boston in the

faisal islam, bbc news.n the world today — alec baldwin's movie rust premieres, three years after cinematographer halyna hutchins was fatally shot on set. and we'll look back on the glittering professional career of the spanish tennis player, rafael nadal around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. the human rights campaign appointed by harrods to represent the women who say they were sexually assaulted by mohammed al fayed says she has so far written to 290 women but thinks there are others who have yet to come forward. damejasvinder sanghera says the scale of al fayed's abuse could be similar to that ofjimmy savile s. speaking to the bbc in her first interview she says the late billionaire businessman s tentacles went far and wide. our correspondent ellie price reports. it has been two months since the bbc documentary about mohammed al fayed was released, and the skill of his abuse is still not clear. i had to shred all of the evidence... 290 women are currently engaged in a co

i watched the islamic revolution in iran take shape and then take power.s long ago as 1979, it took power. it never occurred to me that the islamic government would last as long as it has. is it kind of permanent? it doesn't have the backing of the people. only a small percentage that follow the regime and back the regime. that's given. ifeel that this regime, this government, will continue to be there as long as, you know, there is no credible opposition. the government in iran, the regime, has basically suppressed all signs and voices of opposition. there's nothing left within iran. so often when countries come under attack from abroad, at least temporarily, people rally round. has that happened with israel's attack? i haven't seen any sign of that yet. but, nevertheless, there is this view in iran that we don't have any problems with israel. 0k, we might not agree with what they do in gaza or in the west bank and the way they treat the palestinians there, but it's none of our business. we can disagree with them. we can oppose their policies. but we're n

a spokesman for the islamic azad university said she'd been found to have a "mental disorder". were more likely a protest against the country's strict dress code. what has happened to her since being detained is unknown. rana rahimpour is an iran analyst and a former bbc persian presenter. she gave her analysis of how the incident is being viewed outside tehran. the details of exactly what happened, it's still unclear and a lot of rumours are going around on social media. but one thing that is clear is how this woman's protest has been received by large parts of the iranian society. many believe that this is a very brave act of protest against compulsory hijab. there are reports on social media that suggests that this woman was harassed by the so—called security officers, orforces at the university, or a member of basij, the militia, because she wasn't wearing a headscarf when she was entering the university, and as a result of that encounter, the member of the basij tore that woman's clothes and in protest, she has taken it off. and that doesn't come as a surprise, because the

. >> it's all part of a newly released report from the council on american-islamic relations. >> and as abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains, the study identifies some of the biggest issues contributing to islamophobia in the state and here in the bay area. >> a school should be a place where students can learn and live in peace. but many muslim students experience a very different reality on california campuses, including stanford university. student in mandarin. >> i remember the first day after october 7th, receiving a phone call from my father, telling me to stay inside, lock my doors, and be careful when i'm walking around campus. i didn't understand at first, but just after one week, his suggestions became a necessary part of my daily routine. the fear and anxiety i experience every time i leave my dorm has been overwhelming since last year. >> it's the same islamophobia that a majority of 720 students surveyed from 87 california colleges and universities feel, according to the 2024 council on american islamic relations campus climate report. >> islamophobia has becom

syria, surely the fight is of the resistance and the syrian government with the support from the islamic republic. oh and will, will lead to other losses in their history. pilots learn more about this right now, causing a lot to progress out fall out is on the professor of political communication with the university of to around joining us here during this breaking news story. professor, thank you very much for spending some time with us here at the international. thank you. so we understand it runs islamic revolutionary, god cool, pledging support to syria in the ongoing escalation. i get it, the iran is purging support. but with this uprising professor, can you, can you tell us exactly? what are we seeing right now is minutes away from so many different nations have suddenly poured into a level of the medicine. it is some of them of actually coming from ukraine. you know, during the login ukraine we had purchased, government says sending some of the medicine that is, that are basically on the payroll of the top of each government to ukraine, to fight russia and the quotes that is some

, when, oh you lost under the stops december 18th, on dw, the business v w. news line from berlin. islam is fighters advance and a surprise offensive in northern syria. rebel eunice are said to have entered the 2nd biggest city a level. hundreds are reported dead and battles with government forces. also coming up, protestors gather for a 2nd day in georgia, is andrew gross over the suspension of talks on joining the european union. and 5 years after the devastating fire dr. dom cathedral shows off its new face to the world's friends president emanuel my call towards the parents landmark days before the official reopening. the welcome to all our viewers in p b. s and the united states and everyone. joining us from around the world is great to have you with us. um nicole furthers a war monitor says islam is fighters have entered and taken over a number of districts in 0 2nd biggest city a level. they are in a service order for human rights reports. heavy fighting between rebels and government forces. serious military says it's inflicted heavy losses on the islamists who have been advancing

the lightning offensive is led by the islamic group, hyatt, terry shawn or h t. s, which used to be outside his branch in syria before severing ties. the coalition consists of multiple groups with differing ideologies. what unites them is their opposition to syrian president charlotte side. this assault is the biggest challenge in new years to his regime and his jolted the front lines of the syrian civil war that have largely remained frozen since 2020. the rebels have also taken control of dozens of strategic towns and how about an inland provinces. russia launched a series of overnight strikes across the city in a bid to stop the rebels. it was the 1st time in 8 years, russian war planes hit a level the alright, let's bring in air and so then the fellow at the washington institute for near east policy and the founder of g had all the g dot net a good that'd be with us one day ring of what serious president bella, special al assad. a said that the government will do everything to beat the terrorist. do you believe at this point the syrian army is indeed strong e

believe in women's rights, minority rights, our bill of rights, you should be very upset with the islamic republic of iran, which hangs people, tortures people, brutalize his people, and you have seen what they have done to iranian women. i hope you would bring the same standards of human rights you have expressed concerned about to the islamic republic of iran. he said january 7. i think human october 7. october 7 was the worst single-day slaughter of jews since the holocaust. any human being of decency should say that is unacceptable and should never happen again. we can criticize what israel has done since then, but we should all be able to agree on the orders of october -- the horrors of october 7. host: is there any communication between the government of iran and the united states government? or is it only through other intermediaries? guest: it is through intermediaries. i'm smiling slightly because president-elect trump's current best buddy, elon musk, was reported to have met directly with iranian officials, i believe that the u.n., sometime within the last couple of weeks. which

islamic republic ofiran.~ . ,, .. of iran. director of the - of iran. we appreciate you makingj time for us, director of the around programme at the east in this institute in washington. let's turn to spain now. a visit by spanish royals to flood—hit valencia was suspended after crowds pelted the group with mud. there's been frustration with both the preparations for the floods and the pace of the response since the disaster happened. the flooding in valencia has been described as the �*worst in generations�*. more than 200 people died. spain's weather agency has also issued a new severe rainfall alert. our europe correspondent mark lowen has more. wading into the unknown — an abyss of horror that rescuers believe still hides many. with every hour, the chance of a miracle fades further. in garages and car parks, they fear more bodies will be found, trapped as the floodwaters rose. search dogs and mountain rescue teams scour the landscape for the missing. from high above, they're winched down to comb one car. amazingly, a woman

but he split from the nation of islam, he went on date pilgrimage and came out with a very differentsion and he received death threats to his life and he feared for his own safety when he returned to the united states. he was giving a speech at a ballroom in new york when he was assassinated, he was shot dead in front of several hundred people. the allegation now is they were as complicity by the authorities and malcolm x�*s death. this comes off the death of a letter written by a newer police officer where he died in 2020 where he said he had infiltrated malcolm x�*s organisation and got his security team to commit offences so they could be arrested by the new york police before malcolm x gave the speech. the allegations also said there were officers who did nothing to protect him and allowed the shooting to go ahead. there is always been controversy over whether the authorities were complicit in his death or not, and i think this court case really was one of the things they hope to do is prize out the information. also, to get reparations for the family of malcolm x. take us to the

faisal islam, bbc news.e latest official figures. growth was lower than expected and the office for national statistics said activity was subdued across most industries during the three months. our business correspondent marc ashdown talked me through the numbers. it was a really strong start to the year. we had a couple of good quarters of growth and now it seems to have sort of spluttered or gone a bit flat. gdp, of course, is a sort of temperature test really, for the economy, how fast it�*s growing or not. we get monthly and we get quarterly figures that are monthly ones do tend to sort ofjump around a bit. so september dipped into reverse overall went into negative growth. but it�*s the quarterly ones. you get four readings over the course of the year, which are the key. if you look at that chart now, which has just popped up there very handily. back end of last year, we had two consecutive negative quarters of growth. that�*s the red blocks. that means we officially entered a recession but pretty quick

i echoed the voice of the people of iran saying no to islamic republic.tever i do it seems heard csi michael popek very bad and that's why they want me dead. but i don't want to die. i want to fight against tyranny. fight against his regime and be alive to see the end of this regime. i don't deserve to be followed by killers, 3 attempts on my life. i'm only 45 kilos. i'm not carrying any weapons. biden administration advised me to go under witness protection. it means i have to get disappeared. i don't want to get disappeared. i don't want to be silent. i want to fight against this regime and around the president of the united states to support my cause on the women of iran who are facing the same killers every single day. >> your crime has been posting images of women who want to take off their head covering and have freedom of women who have been killed by the regime. other people who have been killed by the regime to make sure the rest of the world knows about it. going to leave it there but i thank you very, very much and we pray you stay safe. >> sor