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Samira says she never used to be political.
"I worked in sales in Iran. I sold cosmetics," she tells BBC Panorama.
But that all changed the day her only child was shot dead in front of her by Iranian security forces. Sixteen-year-old Sevda was taking part in protests against Iran's repressive regime that engulfed the country earlier this year - before the US and Israel launched widespread air strikes which killed the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Samira's grief became fury as Iran's authorities then hindered, rather than helped, her search for her daughter's body, she says.
"I realised that finding Sevda wasn't the end, but just the beginning of all the harassment they put me through."
FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3qjn8117kwjo
Kyiv resident describes shock at false 'radiation' alerts as Ukraine and Russia say emergency apps hacked
Ukraine and Russia say their emergency alert apps have been hit by cyber-attacks - what we know in 100 words
In Ukraine, residents saw warnings including one for a "chemical threat" and another for "street fights"
Olena, who lives in Kyiv, tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme her "first thought" after seeing the alerts was"I'm prepared for blackouts, for a cut in central heating and water supply, but not for a nuclear attack"
The air force went on to clarify there was no imminent threat of nuclear war, blaming Russian interference, writes our correspondent in Kyiv
Later, Russia itself said a "massive cyber-attack" had affected its app, with the emergencies ministry saying specialists were working to restore it
If this is confirmed as a tit-for-tat scenario, it implies that whoever struck second had the power to carry out the hack but chose to hold off until its own system was hit, writes our cyber correspondent
Meanwhile, strikes were reported overnight in both countries, with four people injured in the Ukrainian city of Odesa and Russia saying drone strikes hit an industrial complex east of Moscow.
FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm4g1yjxv38gt
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least eight people, including a child, according to hospitals, despite a year-old ceasefire.
In Gaza City to the north, hospital officials said a missile attack hit a group of civilians next to Cairo School in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, killing three people, including a four-year-old boy.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, the Hamas-run ministry of interior said a drone attack targeted a group of police officers in the Al-Mawasi area, killing five, as they were carrying out their routine duties.
The Israeli military said it had carried out two attacks on what it described as military operatives but has not yet provided evidence or further information.
Outside Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, video showed a crowd of men gathered to pray next to two body bags and the tiny body of the child, which was wrapped in a white towel.
"My son and his child were martyred. They were sitting in their tent, bothering no one, and nothing else was happening in the area when suddenly, a missile struck them, and they were martyred," Ali Oweis told AFP news agency. "There is no ceasefire; the war is ongoing, don't you see?"
At Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, women despaired as body bags lay on the floor, video showed. The interior ministry named the five police officers killed, who were between the ages of 23 and 53, and called the attack a "horrific massacre".
FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmqln14rrzxvo
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