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iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. iranian media outlets say that a letter from the head of the judiciary said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. taraneh stone, from the bbc�*s persian service, joins me now. thank you for coming in. talk us through, first of all, what we know abo...

Professional capacity. lets go to barbados now where we can speak to david comissiong. hes the deputy chairperson of the national task force on reparations. thank you very much a coming on the programme. mi; thank you very much a coming on the programme-— thank you very much a coming on the programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what— programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what you _ programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what you make _ programme. my pleasure, is ...

Situation is nowhere near normal just yet. it is farfrom normal, and it is never going to get back to the situation prior to the protests. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. im joined by dr haideh moghissi in toronto. shes the founder of the iranian national union of women and member of its first executive and editorial boards, before leaving iran in 1984. dr moghissi is now a professor at york university. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for...

Observation airship. police say theyve spoken to a woman theyd described as a key witnes regarding the disappearance of nicola bulley. officers said last night they were trying to trace the woman, whod been seen pushing a pram in st michaels on wyre, in lancashire, close to where nicola bulley was last seen. detectives said the woman had come forward "very quickly". pakistans former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf s...

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