King charles is to pay tribute to his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth ii. You are watching bbc news. Now its time for click. Rock version of we wish you a Merry Christmas plays. Well, ho. Ho . Hoand. Both Merry Clickmas its the first one from our new glasgow base, so we are here in the middle of pacific quay in the studio. Yoo hoo good, innit . And weve got all of the latest tech decks. Low carbon log fire. Cgi baubles. And sustainable signage. Now, this is our last show of 2022 and i think we can all agree its been a year, hasnt it . Its been a year. Here we go. So hes doing the Launch Sequence now. Ten. Nine. Seven. Six. Five, four, three, two, one. Launching. Whoa i started it with the maddest idea ive heard of in ages launching satellites into space by throwing them into orbit. Right. Eating on camera is always very messy. I had some cocoa free chocolate. But is that still chocolate . Really good. Mmm, lovely. I beg your pardon . You had help from the likes of me the trimmer, youn
Jet ski champion turned real life green goblin Franky Zapata has been zipping around our airways for a while now but four years on, im back to meet the Hoverboard Inventor who many have branded a daredevil. Its wrong, you know . Im just a dreamer that is doing everything he can to achieve his dream. And franky certainly has been dreaming, big. This is huge. Whats up here, then . Thanks to a Deep Pocketed german investor, hes taken his business to new heights. Hes got workers behind desks and lab counters, workshops, and even a Factory Floor grand halls for grand ideas. We plan to build 1,000 machines a year. Im here to see his latest inovation, thejetracer. Check this out sadly, im not legally permitted to fly this thing due to french regulation. And lets definitely not mention the fact that im dangerously close to the maximum weight limit of 110kg. So, its over to franky to show us how its done. Enjoy the flight. Rock music plays. With ten rocket fuel powered jet engines, this so call
iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. the state broadcaster says that ayatollah khamenei was responding to a proposal by the head of the judiciary. iranian media outlets say that the letter from the judiciary chief said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. our middle east analyst sebastian usher gave us this update. this is a pardon that comes on the eve of the anniversary of the 1979 islamic revolution, so there are pardons quite regularly for that. what we don t know, obviously the numbers. we don t know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that it s written says it s an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propag
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