and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged 87. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activists say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite, in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the crackdown by security forces across iran has killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, a child, shot in the head who apparently has been killed and we haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died, how many people have been injured today,
it s expected to reach the capital manila later today. coming up at 2.30 in we are england, we follow the night road teams working against the clock to maintain the a1. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means octopus will take onboard bulb s 1.5 million customers. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers, taxpayers but also hundreds of staff. today, octopus were confiden
with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol. there s major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24 hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. and at li.30pm here on the news channel, bbc wales investigates and today the team is asking, what s killing our rivers? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means octopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administr
appeal, a humble appeal to try and get support, as well as the international red cross community. it s important because of the disaster reserve emergency fund. hopefully we will be able to cope and it doesn t get any worse. it may not appear to cause severe enough damage, but after a few days you will find out that there are people whose lives have been overturned in the flash of a flood or a landslide. the global hair extension and wigs market is worth over 6 billion dollars and is being driven by demand for the most affordable type of hair synthetic. but that hair is made up of plastic fibres, which are not biodegradable. combating plastic waste is a key issue at next month s cop27 climate summit in egypt. so is there a way of making synthetic hair use more sustainable? the bbc s eunice gatonye reports.