Iran vows a harsh response after scores killed in blasts near general's tomb
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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There were two explosions near the tomb of the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 by a US drone. Also: Ukraine and Russia in "biggest prisoner swap" so far; Francoise Bornet - the woman in the famous Paris kiss photo dies aged 93.
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| 0:25.2 | I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Thursday, the 4th of January, |
| 0:28.5 | these are our main stories. Explosions have killed 95 people in Iran at an event marking four years since a top general |
| 0:36.0 | Chasem Solemani was killed by a US drone. |
| 0:39.7 | The leader of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrala, has warned Israel that there will be a decisive |
| 0:45.8 | response to the assassination in Beirut of a deputy leader of Hamas. |
| 0:50.7 | Russia and Ukraine have agreed their biggest prisoner swap yet involving hundreds of captured soldiers. |
| 0:58.0 | Also in this podcast we report from Paris. |
| 1:01.0 | He said listen you are adorable charming young would you like |
| 1:06.8 | to kiss one another again in front of my camera the woman from perhaps the most |
| 1:11.5 | romantic photo of all time has died. |
| 1:14.3 | We hear her story. |
| 1:18.7 | We begin in the southern Iranian city of Hermann. |
| 1:22.4 | Hundreds of people had gathered on Wednesday for a memorial |
| 1:25.8 | event for a top military commander killed in 2020 by a US drone attack. And then, there were two explosions in quick succession. Officials say |
| 1:39.3 | two bags containing explosives were detonated remotely at the entrance to a cemetery. |
| 1:45.0 | As we record this podcast, at least 95 people are now known to have been killed |
| 1:50.0 | near the Sahab-Alzaman Mosque. |
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