protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it is good to see you again at the start of a new season of unspun world. we have been off air since december, and a lot has happened since then. the ukraine walk first. back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading, there were fears it would be a bad winter, and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but, ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power, and anyway, the winter was not that bad. now, some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might soon collapse over the next few months. who knows. president xijinping of
Neighbouring properties. Families of the missing and eyewitnesses have been speaking about their experiences. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out, and there were screams saying there was a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Our correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe, gave us this update a little earlier. Well, the death toll has just been increasing throughout the day. We are told there are still people who are missing and the big task now is to try and identify the bodies of those who were killed in the fire and whose bodies have been taken out of the nightclub. I should say there are actually three night clubs which were burned in this fire. It started in one and then the fire spread to two other nightclubs next door to it. Th
Hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, here at the bbc s london headquarters. The world is in a parlous state, we know that. But supposing the main, the dominant western country, the united states, were to be run by a man who had Open Contempt for nato, admired Vladimir Putin and kimjong un, but seemed to be spoiling for a fight with china. Well, according to one opinion poll this week, that man could be ten points ahead ofjoe biden in the opinion polls. Well, in one opinion poll. That could easily be an anomaly. Yet none of the western governments whose doings i monitor on a daily basis seems to have made the slightest preparation for the possibility that donald trump might very well be back in office in 16 months time. Do me a favour. Just get your union guys, your leaders, to endorse me. Cheering other, that is, than to pray it doesnt happen. The odds are still probably slightly against a trump victory, but it would create a massive upheaval, not least in russias war agai
protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it is good to see you again at the start of a new season of