Fresh crackdown on Iran mourners at girl's gravesite
Every protester killed starts a 40-day timer
Rana Rahimpour
BBC Persian
Every time the Iranian government kills a protester, a 40-day timer is started. And if attendees of the 40th day anniversary are killed, the timer starts again.
By killing dozens of protesters, the Iranian government has entrapped itself in a vicious cycle.
The demonstrators have become energized by their unprecedented show of strength on Wednesday as they marked 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini.
Now they are back on the streets to mark Nika Shakarami’s 40th day ceremony...
Next will be the 40th day of Sarina Esmailizadeh... and so on.
Summary
- Anti-government protests are continuing in Iran, six weeks after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody
- Thousands turned out on Wednesday night in fresh demonstrations across Iran to mark 40 days since her death
- In a new crackdown on Thursday, security forces were reported to have attacked protesters who had gathered to mourn the death of another young woman
- Nika Shakarami disappeared in Tehran on 20 September and became another symbol of the protest movement
- The 16-year-old had been filmed burning her headscarf at a protest and was found dead 10 days later
- Young men and women have since regularly confronted security forces in a movement that shows little sign of abating
- BBC Persian have been verifying videos from the protests since the beginning
Iran protests reignite at funerals and commemorations for those killed
Protesters turn out in dozens of towns and appear to take control of largely Kurdish city of Mahabad
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Protests against the Iranian government have suddenly regained momentum as funerals for those killed and a highly emotional commemoration of the movement have stretched security forces drawn into a further cycle of arrests and repression.
Dozens of towns were rocked by protests on Wednesday night as mainly young crowds used the cover of darkness to mark the 40th day since Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died in police custody, sparking unprecedented unrest.
Official state news agencies focused on an unrelated attack that left as many as 15 people dead and 30 injured after three extremists fired at pilgrims inside the Shah Cheragh, or Emperor of the Night shrine, in Shiraz.
Shell 3Q earnings double, stir debate on energy profit tax
Shell’s earnings have more than doubled in the third quarter
Shell’s earnings more than doubled in the third quarter, fueling the debate over taxes on energy producers’ windfall profits as they have benefited from high oil and natural gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Adjusted earnings, which exclude one-time items and fluctuations in the value of inventories, jumped to $9.45 billion from $4.13 billion in the same period last year, Shell said Thursday. The London-based energy giant also announced a $4 billion share buyback and plans to increase its fourth-quarter dividend by 15%.
“We are delivering robust results at a time of ongoing volatility in global energy market,” Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said in a statement. “At the same time we are working closely with governments and customers to address their short and long-term energy needs.”
DR Congo: Investigating the human cost of 'conflict gold'
A DW journalist has been given unprecedented access to rebel-controlled gold mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Miners and civilians are forced to risk their lives, while the wealthy buy gold in the global north.
We've been waiting for hours to meet rebel leader William Yakutumba. As darkness falls, a man — who had introduced himself as Raymond, Yakutumba's secretary general — assures our group of journalists that the rebel strongman is marching through the forest that surrounds Misisi town with his security escort.
He and some other rebels are drinking beers in a hideout, which from the outside looks like a hotel closed for construction, but behind a barrier it serves as a base for the Mai-Mai Yakutumba rebels who are from one of the most active groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Mai-Mai Yakutumba are feared for their brutality. They have repeatedly attacked an ethnic group called the Banyamulenge, a Tutsi group, they say doesn't belong to the DRC. They drive them out, indiscriminately raping and killing as they burn down entire villages.
Israel and Lebanon sign ‘historic’ US-brokered maritime border deal
Israel and Lebanon Thursday separately signed a US-brokered maritime border deal which paves the way for lucrative offshore gas extraction by the neighbours that remain technically at war.
The agreement is set to go into effect after two exchanges of letters -- one between Lebanon and the United States, the other between Israel and the US, expected from 3:00pm local time (1200 GMT).
Hailed in advance by US President Joe Biden as a “historic breakthrough”, it comes as Western powers clamour to open up new gas production and reduce vulnerability to supply cuts from Russia.
Body of Joshua Jones, American killed in Ukraine, returned to Ukrainian custody
The body of an American man killed in August while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military has been returned to Ukrainian custody by the Russian military.
A CNN team witnessed the transfer in the Zaporizhzhia region on Wednesday.
The American is 24-year-old Joshua Jones, who was killed in August. The US State Department has informed Jones’ family about the body’s return, Jones’ father, Jeff Jones, told CNN on Wednesday.
Joshua Jones’ mother, Misty Gossett, told CNN that the return of her son’s body “means everything” and that it feels like the weight of the world has been lifted off her.
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