BBC News Briefing

11 February, 2026

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Jules Damarnin

Hello. Police in Canada have identified the deceased suspect in Canada's Tumbler Ridge school shooting that killed eight people. We have the latest. Meanwhile, our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where discontent and defiance remain palpable amid pro-governement celebrations. Finally, we peek behind the scenes of this year's Oscar lunch.

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Police name suspect as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar

Police is cordoning off a residential street in Canada. Snow can be seen on each side of the street.

The deceased suspect was a Tumbler Ridge resident, police said. Credit: Trent Ernst/Tumbler RidgeLines

Police in Canada confirmed the name of the suspect in the school shooting that killed six people in Tumbler Ridge as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar. The suspect, who has found dead in the school with a self-inflicted injury, identified as female "both socially and publicly", deputy commissioner Dwayne McDonald said in a press conference. Two other victims, killed in a residence near the school, are Van Rootselaar's mother and step-brother, McDonald added. The shooting has shocked Canada, which has stricter gun laws and fewer homicide deaths than its American neighbour. Children and teachers "bore witness to unheard-of cruelty", Prime Minister Mark Carney said. Tumbler Ridge, a community of just 2500 people, is in disbelief. "Crime is incredibly low here, we've never had anything like this before," town councillor Chris Norbury told the BBC.

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Only weeks after a government crackdown on protesters killed thousands, Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its revolution. But discontent and defiance remain palpable in Tehran.

Lyse Doucet, Chief international correspondent

When clocks struck nine across Tehran on Tuesday, the night skies filled with sound in celebration of the 47th year of the Iranian revolution. We listened from our hotel balcony as chants of "God is greatest" rose from rooftops and roared from windows. Fireworks flared in a kaleidoscope of brilliant colours. But this year, in this annual explosion of light and sound, there was a discordant note.

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We heard "death to the dictator" shouted too from somewhere in the darkness of the city, from the safety of spaces indoors. It was a dramatic echo of the extraordinary wave of protests, which swept some streets and squares of Tehran, and towns and cities across this country last month. They were met with unprecedented lethal force and a huge loss of life unseen in previous uprisings.

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