suspected of spying which was brought down by an american fighter jet yesterday. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 following a long illness. iran s supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, told us a little more on what s happening in iran the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable numb
has died in hospital at the age of seventy nine. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello, and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. now in a minute, we re going to talk about spotify. it s the world s most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to $1 billion on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we ll try and unpack what s going on and work out what that means for making money off music streaming and off podcasts, too. first of all, though, we re going to talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about india s prime minister, narendra modi. it s on iplayer at the moment, and it explores tensions between mr modi and india s muslim minority. it also specifically looks at claims around his role in the 2002 gujarat riots, in whi