Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo say nine people were killed and nearly 50 others injured during an attempted prison escape in the east of the country. The casualties occurred at the Bukavu central prison when a
grenade
exploded. Jonny Hogg takes up the story.
According to the police, two men - one a jailed army colonel, another a civilian prisoner - were behind the plot to blow open the gates in an attempt to escape. The provincial head of police said that the civilian had pulled the pin of the grenade but failed to throw it, killing at least nine and injuring nearly 50 more, some seriously. The deaths come a day after three other prisoners, all jailed in relation to the murder of a human rights activist, had successfully escaped from the same jail.
Iran says its naval forces have carried out a
missile
test, shooting down an aerial target with a medium-range rocket. The launch came during a large military exercise near the Strait of Hormuz. James Reynolds reports.
Iran's naval commander Mahmoud Mousavi says that the armed forces have successfully tested a new medium-range ground-to-air missile.
Iran has tried and failed to buy this kind of weapon from abroad, so now it's designed its own as a way of defending itself against an attack. Separately, the country's nuclear agency has announced that its scientists have produced the nation's first nuclear
fuel rod
. That's potentially a step towards building a nuclear programme without any help from abroad.