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14/01/2023 GMT

British-Iranian national executed

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British-Iranian national Akbari who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed.

The British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed. Mr Akbari's family had been asked to go to his prison for a "final visit" on Wednesday and his wife said he had been moved to solitary confinement. 
Plus, Ukraine and Russia are in a territorial battle as Russia claims to have seized control of a key town in Ukraine. And Cate Blanchett is in hot waters for her new film.
 
Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more in the studio in London are Radhika Iyer, London correspondent for the Indian NDTV news channel that broadcasts globally and James Rodgers, reader in international journalism at City University in London and a specialist on Russia and the Soviet Union.
 
(Photo: Alireza Akbari. Credit: EPA)

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