Crowds fill Tehran's streets to bid farewell to President Raisi
Mr Raisi's coffin is draped in the national flag and topped with his black turban.
Big crowds have filled the streets of Tehran for the funeral ceremony of the late President Ebrahim Raisi.
We hear from the US Ambassador to the DRC, Lucy Tamlyn after the Democratic Republic of Congo army said it quashed an attempted coup against President Felix Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa.
Also in the programme, we hear from one of the passengers who was on the Singapore Airlines which hit turbulence mid-air.
Manizha is part of a growing hip-hop and breakdancing team in Afghanistan who dreamt of going to the Olympic games. She was forced to leave her country when the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was selected by the Olympic committee as part of the refugee team.
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