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State media says more than 100 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in two blasts near the grave of an iranian military commander. exactly four years after he was killed in a u.s. airstrike. here s the moment one of the blasts hit a very crowded street. iran is calling this a terror attack, but as of now, no one has claimed responsibility. ngata bashir is following developments. what are you hearing and what are you learn ing about this attack? we are still getting more details from reports on the ground in iran. we have seen in the last couple hours that death toll steadily rising. state broadcasts are say ing at least 103 people have been killed. 188 said to have been injured. many of them are set to be in a critical condition.
But it was way down the end of year charts, placing at 1a. streaming makes the whole of music history available at the click of a button. so it s becoming harder and harder for new acts to break through. colin paterson, bbc news. let s go back to iran, where we are now hearing from state media that 103 people have been killed by two blasts there and 170 people have been injured near the two of the irani revolutionaries guard qassem suleimani. hundreds of people on the street there. it is part of a ceremony to commemorate him. he was killed in a us drone strike in iraq in 2020 at the orders of then us president donald trump. 103 people deadin president donald trump. 103 people dead in these two explosions. no one has claimed responsibility, no group
There s a lot of tennis going on, on the other side of the world with the first grand slam of the year, the australian open, starting a week on sunday. and emma raducanu won t have to qualify for it. as our tennis corrrespondent russel fuller told me, she s benefitted from a number of late withdrawals in melbourne. she has had a vacant 2a hours, because she won that comeback match with a three set win over elina gabriela risa, and then she found out that she would be in the main draw of the australian open. there was always a chance of that s when the entry list is published because she was only about six spots outside the main draw, not with her actual ranking, which is 301, but with a protected ranking of 103. and that reflects where she was when she left the tour in late april to ultimately have three operations, two on her hands and one on her left ankle, and as long as you are away from the two every six months, you are able to use this protected or a special ranking. so enough players have
Extraordinarily volatile situation. hi, trey. martha, good afternoon. we re following this developing story out of southeast iran where a pair of explosions rocked the city of kerman this morning killing 103 people. the blast taking place on the four-year anniversary of the death of iranian general soleimani. at a memorial ceremony there near the cemetery where he is buried. iranian officials are calling this a terrorist attack but stopped short of blaming anyone or any country specifically. this development out of iran comes as israel is bracing for the possibility of retaliation for a separate attack yesterday. a drone strike in beirut that killed hamas deputy chairman, salah aruori. the site of the strike is shown with damage to a building and a car. lebanese media reports six other hamas leaders were killed. today the leader of hamas made his first statement calling his
Help ensure that civilian security returns here in south lebanon. kandice ardiel, thank you very much forjoining us with your thoughts, good to see you and stay safe. let s bring you more in the breaking news we are getting from iran. the number is increasing of dead there. 81 now, we understand, people have died in two explosions near the tomb of the runyon revolutionary guards, general qasem soleimani money. these are blasts that happened in the south eastern city of kerman during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the general s death. let s go to our correspondence,. the general s death. let s go to our correspondence, . the general s death. let s go to our correspondence, . correspondence,. while you re readina correspondence,. while you re reading that correspondence,. while you re reading that statement, - correspondence,. while you re reading that statement, in - correspondence,. while you re l reading that statement, in about people killed got updated to 103 people killed got updated to 103 people killed got updated to 103 people killed and injured and some
Close shave but david warner would return undated to. dan ogunshakin, bbc news saracens and england prop mako vunipola has been banned for four games after his red card for a dangerous tackle in their premiership game against newcastle. he ll return in time for the start of the six nations if selected. in tennis, novak djokovic has lost in australia for the first time in six years beaten by alex de minaur as serbia lost to australia in the united cup quarter finals. a defeat too for naomi osaka in the second match of her comeback at the brisbane international, losing to karolina pliskova. but as britain s emma raducanu continues her comeback tomorrow, she s received the news that she ll not have to qualify for this month s australian open as she s been given direct entry into the main draw. our tennis correspondent russell fuller explains. she was only about six spots outside the main draw, not with her actual ranking, which is 301, but with the protected ranking of 103.
That she won t have to qualify for this month s australian open she s been given direct entry into the main draw. our tennis correspondent, russell fuller, explains. she was only about six spots outside the main draw, not with her actual ranking, which is 301, but with the protected ranking of 103. that reflects where she was when she left the tour in late april to ultimately have three operations, two on her hands, one on her ankle. as long as you are away from the two of the six month and able to use this protected or special ranking. so enough players have withdrawn, including today, lauren davis of the united states with a shoulder injury. her loss is emma s gain. she doesn t need to worry about qualifying. she is directly into the main draw for the championships which begin on a
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