the revolutionary guards issued the ultimatum after days of protests intensified.ity of dorud. the government blamed foreign agents for their deaths. the protests — which began over living standards and rising food prices have spread to several major cities, including tehran. jon ironmonger reports. a crack of gunshots as panic ripples the a crowd in the western city dorud. later, a wounded man is carried through the streets. it is being reported a number of people have been killed following an escalation of violence and three days of unrest. late into the night, demonstrators attacked targets with links to the government and the ruling clerical elite. in karamabad, the governor‘s office was burned. in the northern city of a mashhad, police motorbikes were set alight while crowds taunted the security services. what started as a provincial process about rocketing prices has become deeply political and moved to the capital tehran, where offices were pelted with stones near the main university. riot police were used to quell the disturbance. this video shows a baby be

after three days of political protests, iran's revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the nation's "iron fist". political leaders reflect on the past 12 months in their new year's messages, theresa may says 2017 was a "year of progress" for the uk. jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two train companies stage 24—hour strikes. in halfan in half an hour, join me as i take a look back to the photocall held here at addington palace which introduced prince harry's bride—to—be meghan markle to the world's media. —— kensington palace. we're getting reports that four british nationals are among six people who died when their plane crashed into a river in australia. the plane went down in the hawkesbury river near cowan, which is around 31 miles north of sydney. the single—engine aircraft is known to be a "sydney sea—plane" which was carrying five passengers and the pilot. police say all six bodies have been recovered. unconfirmed reports say an 11—year—old boy is among those killed. we have

and some even suggested that perhaps the revolutionary guards were behind it. the intention was of the movement, now they have incurred a new phase and nobody knows where this movement goes precisely because there is no clear central leadership. unlike the iranian revolution in 1979, which had a leader in khamenei. and unlike the disputed presidential election of 2009. there was a leader and a specific goal in mind. the protest movement now does not seem to have any of those. this, i think, is the greatest challenge those who are opposing the islamic republic are facing. but do not underestimate the repressive capability of the revolutionary guards and the resiliency of the islamic republic. this regime is well institutionalised in iran and can deal with protest movements such as the one we have with this in the past few days. hospitals across the united states are dealing with a severe shortage of a critical medical supply — the bags used to administer fluids to patients. one of the biggest suppliers of the bags is based on puerto rico which was hit by hurrica

the iranians syste m revolutionary guard?ite tightly controlled and integrated. and that is something that sometimes is forgotten. there is this body cold the supreme national security council, and the leader is chairman of that. and all interests including the foreign ministry, the revolutionary guard and others, are represented on that body, and it is quite tightly controlled in order to satisfy iran's security interests. there is one end of opinion, the revolutionary guard and others are often at the other end of opinion within the regime. but those interests, different opinions are usually quite tightly coordinated. and i would expect, anticipate, that they have decided what line they will take before boris arrived in tehran. we are also hearing as part of the statement that obstacles in the relationship were discussed, but at the same time emphasising their commitment to work together. what are those obstacles, and how closely can the uk and iran work together? there is a long history of bad relations between britain and

the revolutionary guards have held back so far. i do surprised by that? iam. there back so far. statement from them as an organisation. we had some commanders saying this that, but they have not issued a statement, they have not come out on the streets to deal with the protests in a way that we expected. a very high—handed way, beating people up, trying to disperse the crowds in various parts of the country. they have not done that, andi country. they have not done that, and i assume they have done that for fear of provoking demonstrators and protesters. but they will do that. the supreme leader of the iran has not said anything either. people on the streets have been calling for him to step down, the end of the clerical regime in iran, basically calling for the overthrow of the government. he has not said anything. we will have to wait and see what line he will take. generally, when you hear the politicians, the ha rdliners, generally, when you hear the politicians, the hardliners, even the reformers, islamic reformers, islamic hardliners, speaking these days, they seem to agre

in one's revolutionary guards warned demonstrators they face the nation's iron fist. political leaders reflect on the past 12 months in their new year messages. theresa may says 2017 was a year of progress for the uk. jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two rail companies stage 24—hour strikes. idid yourjob companies stage 24—hour strikes. i did yourjob once. i was good at it. and coming up, mark kermode looks back at 2017's big film releases, including the sequel to blade runner, that's the year in film in half an hour. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. we're getting reports that four british nationals are among six people who died when their sea plane crashed into a river in australia. the plane went down in the hawkesbury river near cowan, which is around 31 miles north of sydney. the single—engine aircraft belonged to the well—known tourism company "sydney seaplanes". police say it was on a sightseeing flight ahead of new year celebrations at sydney harbour. the bodies

as you say, the revolutionary guards have held back so far.oft approach? i am surprised. there is not even a statement from them as an organisation. we had one or two revolutionary guard commanders saying this and that, but they haven't issued a statement. they haven't come out on the streets to deal with the protests in a way that we expected, a very high—handed way, beating people up and trying to disperse the crowds in various parts of the country — they have not done that. and i assume they haven't done that for fear of provoking the demonstrators and protesters. but they would do that. the iranian supreme leader has not said anything either. people on the streets have been calling on him to step down, the end of clerical regime in iran. basically calling for the overthrow of the government. he has not said anything. we'll have to wait and see what line he will take. the headlines on bbc news... police have confirmed that six people are been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney. there are reports that four of the vi

and that is iran's revolutionary guard corps. we looked at the role of the irgc in iran's economy and we raised these very concerns, mr. speaker. so i want to thank chairman hensarling for his leadership on this issue and his consistent efforts to hold iran accountable, because that is what we are trying to do, hold these terrorists accountable. this is one of the many issues where the financial services and foreign affairs committee have done a great job working together to implement targeted sanctions against the iranian regime for its illicit activity. for years, our treasury department has been working to identify and to sanction irgc leaders. they have shell companies. we have been looking at what are these shell companies, let's identify and sanction them. their proxies, designate and warn foreign companies about the risks of doing business with the irgc he's connected entities as far as the irgc can create new ones. we shut them down, new ones pop up. unfortunately, the job is even harder for the treasury department with i

to counter iran and block its path to a nuclear weapon, i sanctioned the islamic revolutionary guard corps for its support for terrorism and i declined to certify the iran deal to congress. following my trip to the middle east, the gulf states and other muslim-majority nations came together to fight radical islamist ideology and terrorist

is this focused on the ayatollah and the islamic revolutionary guard? where is there consensus of the dissatisfaction? >> reporter: look. i think one of the interesting things about this protest, victor, it seems to be focused on the entire power structure. if you can say it's focused at all. because this seems to have more from something as goldnar saying it might have been started by hardliners to criticize the president rouhani but seems to have turned into something that is a lot more than that. two things really stand out. the protests, themselves, aren't necessarily large but they are widespread in many areas of iran, not only in the large cities, but also in smaller towns as well. that seems to indicate that there is wider discontent in many places in the entire country that certainly has a root and economic factors but seems to go beyond that as well. the other interesting thing is what we were also pointing out is that it doesn't only seem to be directed at one or the other political group. this is not fighting between the political groups we k

iran's revolutionary guards have threatened anti—government protesters with an "iron fist" if days ofitical unrest continue. the warning came after protests intensified in the capital, tehran. thousands of rail travellers face disruption, as workers from crosscountry and south western rail services stage 24—hour strikes. next on bbc news, dateline london looks forward to 2018. hello, and welcome to dateline london, i'mjane hill. we're taking time today to look ahead to the world in 2018, in britain, the rest of europe, the us and around the world. with me is the british commentator and columnist for the sunday telegraph, janet daley, the writer on arab affairs, abdel bari atwan, from germany's die welt, stephanie bolzen, and from the us, stryker mcguire from bloomberg. a warm welcome to you all. thank you forjoining us. we begin in europe. january is a time for talks — phase two of the brexit negotiations will finally get underway between the uk and eu, while in germany angela merkel has to resume discussions about forming a government, after her attempts to do so failed in the wake o

. —— iranian revolutionary guard.as control of mrs currie ratcliffe's fate. and the head of that court —— mrs zaghari—ratcliffe's fate, the head of that court has said that western media outlets have published for support. he said that no court hearing was held today and stressed that she could yet face another trial if the evidence of previous crimes is discovered. wheels and others at the same time as mr johnson has been in iran trying to lobby the government and persuaded to release her and recognise that she was not engaged in any activity designed to bring down the iranians regime, her parents, particularly her mother and daughter, who has had to grow up away from both of her pa rents, to grow up away from both of her parents, her father back here to grow up away from both of her parents, herfather back here in to grow up away from both of her parents, her father back here in the uk where they normally live and now the daughter is staying with her grandmother while her mum is in prison. they have both been to see

for short, a volunteer iraqi militia largely armed and funded by iran and advised by iran's revolutionary guardr the next several months, the iranian-backed militia helped overpower isis on the ground, in towns and villages surrounding mosul. once isis was encircled and trapped, in came iraqi forces backed by u.s. artillery units and air power to finish the extremist group. >> what unites both iran and the u.s. is their goal to end isis, which we as iraqis appreciate. >> reporter: iraqi politician mazin al-eshaiker says washington and tehran never publicly acknowledged the strategy and never made direct contact to discuss it. >> the u.s. and iranians did not sit face to face, but the iraqis sat face to face with the iranians, and also sat face to face with the americans to come up with a joint plan on both sides. >> reporter: the plan worked. in july, isis was defeated in its last major stronghold, thanks in part to a rare occasion where the united states and iran tacitly cooperated to beat a common enemy. but iraqi officials say don't expect u.s.-iran cooperation again in iraq, any time soon.

corps warned of what was described as an iron fist if demonstrations continue the revolutionary guards commander said the protests have degenerated into people chanting political slogans and burning public property iranian t.v. showed a display of strength by crowds of pro-government supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support of iran's supreme leader ali khamenei letter that people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership saturday's pro-government rallies were pre-planned to mark the anniversary of the end of the unrest in two thousand and nine. these were huge displays of support for the iranian leadership but government leaders will be concerned just how quickly an anti-government protest about food prices became political pizza shop al-jazeera. thank you. are all factions in syria have announced they're forming a united front to stop the afghan government's at vons oppositio

an iranian come of pan and a camera, memory including photos at the factory showing iranian revolutionary guard hat in the background. ambassador haley did not say what the u.s. plans to do about it. beyond exposing iran is what she called, an arsonist fanning the flames of conflict in the middle east. jeff. >> david martin. thank you. >>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>> russian president vladamir putin held a record breaking four-hour and 20 minute news conference today. his annual address included 1600 journalists vying for the chance to ask a question. elizabeth palmer was one of them. and she joins us from moscow tonight. liz, president putin seemed to have warm word for just one man. >> that's right, jeff it may surprise you to know it was president donald trump. president putin spoke almost nonstop with his usual kind of swaggering confidence. he actually had praise for president trump. he said, that he should be credited for significant achievements. he pointed to the booming financial markets. that he restored the confidence of investors. as for the allegations of, russ

then there is the deep state, the irani revolutionary guard, the ha rd core irani revolutionary guardiary, irani revolutionary guard, the hardcorejudiciary, the hardliners, the people who want to make a real issue out of issues such as zaghari—ratcliffe. they will make it very difficult. they will potentially have a shopping list, a wish list. if there is any talk of releasing her, and of course the foreign office is trying to separate these issues, but they will want something in return. the iranians will have carefully planned for this meeting. they will have looked at all the possibilities, they will have looked at the region. they know in advance what they are going to discuss. it is notjust the use you of the zaghari—ratcliffe, it is also yemen, syria, mrjohnson will have his demands but they will have theirs as well. they are notjust going to throw up their hands and say, you know what, we have got it wrong, maybe. they will want to play hardball. indeed, so he will have tough negotiating to do. you are in bahrain right now. there is an international security conference there. w

haunt them because all the money that was provided to the iran regime that did benefit the revolutionary guardsfit the network in syria and yemen and bahrain and lebanon and other places is coming back to haunt them because the people say that the money shouldn't go there. they're saying leave alone syria, think about us. no lebanon. my life is for iran. eric: where does this go? you saw what happened in the green revolution and president obama came under criticism for not speaking out strongly, and president trump, here are the tweets today, the whole world understands the good people of iran want change. other than the vast military power of the united states that iran's people are what the leaders fear most. the usa is watching very closely for human rights violations. you've got the president very strongly coming out in support of these demonstrators. >> and eric, i think that is very significant, you remember in 2009 when people expected the president of the united states to stand with them, when he didn't, and he was just waiting for the movement to crush so they can go back to negotiatio

aid from iran as revolutionary guard too dangerous militias and terror groups is increasing. the ballistic missiles and advanced weapons are turning up in war zones across the region. is hard to find a conflict or terrorist group in the middle east that does not have iran fingerprints all over it. four days ago iranian foreign minister wrote an op-ed assuring the world that iran has been misunderstood. quotation that the military capabilities comply with international law and are entirely defensive. instead of violence that day'' labor to put out fires while the arsonist in the region grow more unhinged. with united nations just released a new report that tells the opposite story. it tells the story of iran in the report shows the regime is not putting out fires the fanning the flames of conflict in the region. this was the of report dealing with compliance or noncompliance with u.n. resolution 2231 that places a specific provision on iranian contact and in the strongest language yet secretary general's report described a violation of a violation of weapons transfers and ball

their military leaders, including the islamic revolutionary guard, they train, arm and fund terrorist organizations around the world. they become experts at using the internet and social media to radicalize and recruit and direct terrorists around the globe including here in the united states of america. mr. speaker, the iranian government has american blood on its hands. now, mr. speaker, there are approximately 70 to 80 top political and military leaders in iran that control about one-third of their domestic economy. they use their power to corrupt the telecommunications industry, the construction industry and other important ones in that land. now reuters has conducted an investigation through publicly available information that found that the supreme leader of iran has accumulated tremendous personal wealth through a foundation claiming to help the poor. now while the corruption has grown in iran, the average citizen there earns the equivalent of $15,000 per year. mr. speaker, the citizens of iran and the people of this world should know how much wealth has been accumulated by tho

an iranian come of pan and a camera, memory including photos at the factory showing iranian revolutionary guardid not say what the u.s. plans to do about it. beyond exposing iran is what she called, an arsonist fanning the flames of conflict in the middle east. jeff. >> david martin. thank you. >>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

after three days of political protests, iran's revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face theeaders reflect on the past 12 months in their new year's messages, theresa may says 2017 was a "year of progress" for the uk. jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever.

that's why congressional action with regard to the iranian revolutionary guard corps as the parent organization the cubs or is a major entity or set of entities it interwoven throughout the economy and one of the things we have cautioned our european allies and others is to be very careful as you look at doing business with iran because we has sanctioned the-- actually the europeans have sanctioned irgc as well and we expect that extreme caution should be exercised before entertaining a type of business in that country particularly when they have not only no safeguards or anti- money laundering regime to speak of, but when they are engaged in the outrageous counterfeiting behaviors that director smith mentioned which completely fly against all financial services sector. >> i would also like to further discuss the tools that the treasury utilizes and its fight against iran's destabilizing financial activity and in august congress passed his sanctions against iran's missile program and his men rights abuses and i believe iran will develop new ways to work around us and international sanctions to

than major general ghassem soleimani, a senior commander of iran's revolutionary guard and chief strategist of operations outside iran's borders. washington calls him a terrorist whose shia militias killed american soldiers in iraq during the u.s. occupation. the p.m.f. says he's a hero-- a brilliant tactician who helped save iraq. what is it about major ghassem soleimani that inspires you and so many others? >> when we see him, because he is brave. when we see him and go to the fight, one of us fights like a thousand soldiers. >> reporter: it was soleimani who led many of the p.m.f. brigades in a three-year ground campaign that overpowered isis and eventually set the stage for iraqi forces to defeat the extremist group in mosul, its last major stronghold in iraq. this is the town of qayyara just south of mosul. before u.s.-backed iraqi forces launched an operation to take back mosul from isis, it was the p.m.f. that cleared out isis from qayyara and many other towns and villages on the outskirts of mosul. u.s. artillery units, positioned on the outskirts of the city, pounded isis-held area

we know that the iranian revolutionary guard corps supports the assad regime in syria. and according to the u.n., the assad government, with the help of iran, has now carried out 27 chemical weapon attacks since the start of the syrian conflict, including an april, 2017, sarin gas attack that killed more than 80 people, including scores of women and children, and my friends on the other side of the aisle want to relitigate the 2016 presidential election. mr. speaker, iran continues to imprison foreign nationals including americans. including americans. bakar g an 81-year-old namazi who has lost his teeth in prison due to malnutrition. we've had another american prisoner a student at princeton who has suffered health problems, and yet my friends on the other side of the aisle with their motion to recommit want to relitigate the 2016 presidential election. this is a serious moment, mr. speaker. h.r. 4324 by the gentleman from texas is an important piece of legislation to ensure that civilian aircraft sales to iran remain civilian aircraft and that our financial institutio

been blocked to maintain what it termed peace and from the government warnings that iran's revolutionary guards corps was prepared to deploy what was described as an iron fist if the demonstrations continued their commander said the protests have degenerated into people chanting political slogans and burning public property the u.s. president has been following events in iran closely another tweet on sunday big protests in iran he said the people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism looks like they will not take it any longer the usa is watching very closely for human rights violations. and those that are more to the extent of protest on sunday is unclear but video posted from the city of durham on saturday night showed demonstrators dragging away one of those injured state television in tehran said two people were shot dead but denied that police or the army were involved. in the clash that took two lives no bullets were shot from police and security forces the people gathering was meant to n.p.c. . really but the presence of the

corps warned of what was described as an online fist if demonstrations continue the revolutionary guards commander said the protests have degenerated into people chanting political slogans and burning public property iranian t.v. showed a display of strength by crowds of pro-government supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support of iran's supreme leader ali khamenei. but people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. saturday's pro-government rallies were pre-planned to mark the anniversary of the end of the unrest in two thousand and nine. these were huge displays of support for the iranian leadership but government leaders will be concerned just how quickly an anti-government protest about food prices quickly became political pizza shop al-jazeera. well our social media producer said of her as has your three look at the online platform the role that online platforms are playin

aid from iran's revolutionary guard to dangerous militias and terror groups is increasing. its holistic vessels and advanced weapons are turning up in war zones across the region. it's hard find a conflict or terrorist group in the middle east that does not have iran's fingerprints all over it. now iran has denied the finding saying the evidence on the united states is fabricated. early i spoke to a washington correspondent philip crowd has and always in what exactly nikki haley says she has. base here in the u. s. capitol where those missiles that she said were used by who the rebels in yemen and aids aim to what saudi arabia on al being stored not just. those parts of that one missile. that's landed near the capitol riyadh of saudi arabia but also although weapons and drones she says. that's all going to be displayed. to add country delegations to all the members of the un security council who will be in by. a washington to look at what she says is that irrefutable evidence that iran at provided those weapons and also members of congress will be invited over. to that mili

aid from it rams revolutionary guard to dangerous militias and terror groups is increasing. it's ballistic missiles and weapons are turning up in war zones across the region. it's hard to find a conflict or terrorist group in the middle east that does not have the rams fingerprints all over it. : the united nations just released a new report that tells the opposite story. it tells the story of iran as an arsonist that the report shows the tehran regime not putting out fires but fanning the flames of conflict in the region. this was secretary-general's fourth report detailing iranian compliance or noncompliance with u.n. resolutions 2231. that resolution places specific prohibitions on iranian conduct. in its strongest language yet the secretary-general's report describes violation after violation of weapons transfers and ballistic missile activity. the united states welcomes this report as should every nation concerned about iranian expansion. we are grateful for the depth of the u.n. inspection and analysis. most telling, the report makes a convincing case that iran is ille

concern that that ought rival iran may be gaining opponent foothold at that cool stuff as revolutionary guards and tehran that hezbollah fight alongside assad's forces. we're facing big challenges both inside the country and outside. those of us who headed by the need to fend off iran's attempt to create a military base in syria. unaware operating constantly to defend our borders and if needed. beyond our borders. the alleged israeli strikes send a clear message to iran that they must keep their distance. meetings united on our web protestant saad hariri has city withdrawn his resignation. it ends a month on crisis that began when hariri announced from saudi arabia that he was quitting in a statement scene is targeting the iranian backed militia hezbollah hariri said today that he's now satisfied. other members of his government will stop meddling in the affairs of other countries you can royal has the story. saad hariri sits down with president mission alone and the is of rival political factions. announcing that he's saying in his job lebanese prime minister said his cabinet reset on census

included electronics bore the stamp of a company and camera of photos taken at the factory shows a revolutionary guard she did not say what they plan to do about it. beyond exposing iran in what she called an arsonist fanning the flames of conflict in the middle east. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> on "cbs this morning," a new scanning system is being tested by federal authorities today. it's designed to spot hidden explosives like suicide vests in a mass transit environment. kris van cleave has detailed. >>> plus greg clark, the ceo of cyber anytime security company symantec looks at the future of cyber crime. >>> these are what's going to appear on a menu in a top copenhagen restaurant. coming up on "cbs this morning," i'll be in the kitchen with the woman who inspired the man behind this restaurant. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day and a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. >> really cold? >> yo

to counter iran in block its path to a nuclear weapon, i sanctioned the islamic revolutionary guard corpsor support of terrorism and i declined to certify their ran deal to congress -- the iran deal to congress. following my trip to muslim togethernations joined to fight radical islamist ideology and terrorist financing. we have dealt isis one devastating defeat after another. the coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost 100% of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and in syria. great job. [applause]. president trump: great job. really good. really good. thank you. thank you. military.great we are now chasing them wherever they flee and we will not let them into the united states. and afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines and we no longer tell our enemies about our plans. we are beginning to see result on the battlefield. pakistan made clear to that while we desire continued partnership, we must see decisive action against terrorist groups operating on their territory. and, we make massive payments every year to pakistan. they have to

iran's revolutionary guards have threatened anti—government protesters with an "iron fist" if days ofical unrest continue. the warning came after protests intensified in the capital, tehran. thousands of rail travellers face disruption, as workers from crosscountry and south western rail services stage 24—hour strikes. from me and all the early team, let me take this opportunity to wish you a very happy new year. now on bbc news it's time for click, where this week the programme looks back on the highlights of its travels through the world of tech in 2017. 2017, the year of curious cats, haunting holograms, and trigger happy trackers. hello. it is time to look back on the year in tech. as 2017 fades away, we could tell you about all the technology news that has happened, the hacking, the launching, the automatic driving, but that would be just like last year and, come to think of it, the year before that. so we prefer to share with you some unforgettable memories from our year on click as we travelled far and wide to bring you some extraordinary moments. and we start with a personal h

the price for their actions if three days of unrest continue and the commander of the islamic revolutionary guard is threatening what he calls an iron fest the government's blocked access to social media apps including instagram for in the deaths of two protesters on saturday nights. and. who abuse the police's self-restraint opposers shall be responsible to the people for the disruption and disorder nothing will be solved by disruption to last night's ferocity as well no one who created the situation provoking turmoil in promoting violence in cyberspace security forces in the democratic republic of congo have shot two people during anti-government demonstrations the catholic activists in kinshasa call for protests against president joseph kabila after sunday mass he's accused of seeking to change the constitution to stand for a third orders have been given to cut internet and phone messaging links at least seventeen people have been killed in a blast in the afghan city of jalalabad explosives reg's to a motorcycle detonated join the funeral of a former district chief the taliban's denied involve

each month to counter iran and block its path to a nuclear weapon i sanctioned the islamic revolutionary guard corps for its support of terrorism and i declined to certify the iran deal to congress. following my trip to the middle east the gulf states and other muslim majority nations joined together to fight radical islamist ideology and terrorist financing we have dealt isis one devastating to feet after another the coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost one hundred percent of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and in syria great. great. really good. thank you. thank you. we have a great military who are now chasing them wherever they flee and we will not let them into the united states in afghanistan our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines and we no longer tell our enemies of our plans we are beginning to see results on the battlefield and we have made clear to pakistan that while we desire continued partnership we must see decisive action against terrorist groups operating on their territory and we make mess of payments every year to pakistan the

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iran's revolutionary guards have threatened anti—government protesters with an "iron fist" if days ofitical unrest continue. the warning came after protests intensified in the capital, tehran. thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from crosscountry and south western rail services stage 24—hour strikes. now on bbc news, film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys, in review 2017: the year in film. hello, and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode and we're here at the cinema museum in south london. over the next half an hour, i'll be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2017. and what a year it's been. as always, the film year began with the oscars circus which back in february became the scene of one of the most astonishing debacles in awards history as la la land, which had already picked up gongs for best director, best cinematographer, best music, best original song, best production design, and best actress, for emma stone, was announced as the

it showed an iranian revolutionary guard hat in the background. ambassador haley did not say what the u.s. plans to do about it beyond exposing iran as what she called "an arsonist fanning the fames of conflict in the middle east." jeff? >> glor: david martin, thank you. russian president vladimir putin held a record-breaking four-hour and 20-minute news conference today. his annual address included 1,600 journalists vying for the chance to ask a question. elizabeth palmer was one of them. she joins us from moscow tonight. liz, president putin seemed to have warm words for just one man. >> reporter: that's right, jeff, i may surprise you to know it was president donald trump. president putin spoke almost non-stop with his usual kind of swaggering confidence, and he actually had praise for president trump. he said that he should be credited for significant achieve. , and he pointed to the looming financial markets that he'd restored the confidence of investors. as for those allegations of russian meddling in the american election, those were, said

do not underestimate the aggressive capability of the revolutionary guard, the resiliency of the islamicme is well institutionalised in iran and can deal with protest movement such as the one that we have witnessed in the one that we have witnessed in the past few days. iran's ultraconservative regime is facing its biggest threat in nearly a decade, but what links will to to survive? —— links will it go to. —— lengths will it go to. with me is ali hamedani, presenter with the bbc‘s persian radio and television services. how do you think this compares to 2009? the most significant difference are first of all, these rally of protest started with small cities. the other thing is, next month is going to be the 40th anniversary of the islamic revolution but after almost four decades this is the very first time that people started chanting slogans against the regime, not only that but also they are asking the royal family and the monarchy to come back and take over. extraordinary. this is extraordinary. the other thing which was pretty different from 2009 and whatever, we all know from iran is

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