hello. this is bbc news. here are your headlines in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister and london's police force are facing fresh questions after a photo emerged of borisjohnson drinking at a leaving do in downing street during lockdown. he was not fined for attening. he wasn't fined for this event, and as you can see he's raising a glass and he seems to be saying cheers and thank you to a member of staff as he left the office that day. the government are preoccupied by boris johnson's political survival. they are paralysed by inaction. images china doesn't want you to see — hacked data passed to the bbc shows the detention and indoctrination of uyghur muslims. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan

was a "disaster" and a "betrayal" according to an inquiry conducted by members of parliament. all police officers in england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of plans to tackle discrimination. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the met police are facing fresh questions after photos emerged street during lockdown. but this is an event that borisjohnson was not fined for attending. it happened in november 2020 — at a time when indoor social mixing was banned in england. a report into such gatherings by the senior civil servant, sue gray, is expected to be

published this week. our political correspondent helen catt reports. leaving drinks for a senior downing street aide with bottles of wine, food and what appears to be a toast from the boss. this was on 13th november 2020 when the country was in lockdown, indoors socialising banned. it's understood at least one of the people who went to this gathering was fined by the police. the prime minister was not, which has raised questions. i think millions of people will be sitting at home thinking if it was them or anybody else pictured at that party they would have received a fine, so unless the met police can provide an urgent clarification as to why boris johnson wasn't fined, then the police watchdog need to step in and restore some transparency and public trust to this process. the met has previously said it wouldn't provide further details of its findings. downing street says the police had access to all the relevant information, including photographs. the prime minister thought it was a works event. the metropolitan police thought it was a works event.

therefore it was a works event. no, you might want it to be a party, but unless you're going to say that the prime minister is not telling the truth and the met police aren't telling the truth it wasn't a party. others don't agree and say the pictures cast doubt on what the prime minister has said in parliament, like this in december last year. will the prime minister tell- the house whether there was a party at downing street on 13th november? speaker: prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i'm sure, whatever happened, the guidance and the rules were followed at all times. i don't think this is good enough, regardless of party, _ that the prime minister it appears has misled parliament. _ we can allow this to come out in the sue gray report. - we can allow the police to do more commentary on it. - we can allow the privileges - and status committee to look at it. but why put us - through all that agony?

if mrjohnson will not resign over this, then i think the tory mps. have to bring him down. a handful of tories have publicly criticised these photos. a more telling reaction is likely to come to the long—awaited report by the senior civil servant sue gray. she's expected to publish in the next couple of days. downing street has said boris johnson will address parliament in full once that happened. will this then be the week when some of those details that have been under wraps for months finally see the light of day? helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent adam fleming was in downing street and explained what effect these latest pictures will make. i'm not sure they make a huge amount of difference. if you're angry with boris johnson and have been angry at him for the last year, you've now got visual proof to go with the news reports on the apologies. if you're the opposition parties trying to get tactical advantage, it gives you some more ammunition,

for example the lib dems reporting the met police to the police watchdog to get them to investigate why boris johnson wasn't fined. if you're one of the prime minister's allies, you say this photo makes the case that the prime minister thought he was at work and that's what grant shapps was doing this morning. well, it's certainly a leaving event. his part in it, though, will have been fully investigated by the police. as we know, he wasn't fined for this event, and as you can see he's raising a glass and he seems to be saying cheers and thank you to a member of staff as he left the office that day. but, as i say, i don't seek to defend it, because he doesn't either. and he's reformed number 10, brought in a new office of the prime minister, brought in a permanent secretary to that office to look after all of the running of number 10, which is what should've been happening all along. as has often happened as the story has unfolded, the focus moves away from what happened in downing street and onto others. so, the lib dems have asked the independent police watchdog

to look at why borisjohnson wasn't fined and sadiq khan, the labour mayor of london, who is the police and crime commissioner overseeing the met police, has called for transparency from them the decision—making. as the police and crime commissioner and a labour politician, i've assiduously stayed well away from this investigation. notjust because it's an operational matter that the police should investigate, butjust imagine if a politician from one party was getting involved in an investigation into his political opponent. so, i've not asked questions about this, i've kept away from this. but i think it's important, when it comes to trust and confidence, when it comes to policing by consent, when it comes to questions being asked about the integrity of an investigation, that the police explain why they've reached the conclusions they have. and just like you, i suspect, yesterday was the first time i saw the photograph of boris johnson raising a glass, clearly bottles of wine lying around, others with wine in their hand,

on a day when he said in the house of commons, and i speak as a former parliamentarian, and i know the importance of not lying or misleading in the house of commons, that there wasn't a party. so, you know, of course sue gray will publish a report this week, and of course the prime minister will have to answer for himself. but i think the police should explain why they reached their conclusions and provide that clarity. as you can see, ministers in their vehicles arriving for the regular meeting of the cabinet, riding in downing street potentially as soon as tomorrow could be sue gray's report into all of those claims of lockdown busting parties in downing street and whitehall. long—awaited, to put it mildly. if that does arrive tomorrow, then the prime minister will decide what time it is published and then that will pave the way to go to parliament to do a statement to mps and maybe even a televised press conference where he can take questions from journalists and his friends and allies hope that will finally put to bed the story

that's become known as partygate. if your messages. one viewer says, my brother died in hospital that very day. we had no access to see him until his last. it offends me parties were taking place and i couldn't speak to my brother. another viewer says, it's a visual slap in the face. we already knew it happened but seeing it makes it even more disgraceful, really. the gin bottle in the photo particularly irked me. one in a plastic cup is a quick drink, a bottle of gin is a serious intention to stay put. another viewer says, serious intention to stay put. anotherviewersays, it serious intention to stay put. another viewer says, it makes no difference to me whatsoever, this photo. delicate snowflakes says, if keir starmer�*s event can be reopened, why can't borisjohnson�*s? another viewer says, these photos make no difference, it's done, it's over, find some real news. another

viewer says, the sad thing is none of it is a surprise. the flagrant breach of the law or the apparent failure to act by the police. i've got a photo from a viewer he says, these photos make a massive difference to me. we knew it was happening but seeing it in the cold light of day is chilling. another viewer has sent me a picture of her in november 2020 as she puts it, burying the dead. she is in full ppe. it's like a hazmat suit, her whole body is covered, she's got one of those plastic hats, she's obviously got a mask and her glasses over the top and you cannot see any part of her skin. she says this was on the day that that leaving do was being held in downing street. documents seen by the bbc that are said to have been hacked from chinese police computers show that uyghur prisoners in the western region of xinjiang are shot on sight if they are caught trying to escape. thousands of photographs shed light on a secretive system

of mass incarceration. the chinese government has dismissed as "fake news" claims that uyghurs are arbitrarily detained in the region. john sudworth, who spent many years reporting from xinjiang as the bbc�*s china correspondent, has been telling me more about the investigation. this is an unprecedented data breach, both in terms of the quantity of information and its quality. we have photos, many taken inside the re—education camps, we have spreadsheet data, row upon row detailing the internment status of thousands of uyghurs. we had speeches never meant for public consumption by senior communist party officials and we have this police information training manuals, lists of cell phone number for hundreds of police officers, and one document you mentioned, authorising a shoot to kill policy for the students, as china calls them, who

tried to escape from the re—education camps. all of this comes from an anonymous source who claims to have hacked them from a number of police service inside xinjiang and although they are unwilling to give us any details about their identity or their whereabouts, we have managed to verify and authenticate many of the files in the hacked data. these are the faces china never intended us to see, from inside its system of mass incarceration in xinjiang. the government has long denied it's running detention camps for uyghurs, insisting instead they are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3,000 of them, show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have been swept up person by person. the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention. the youngest, just 15. the uyghurs, with their turkic

language, islamic traditions and roots in a region with a history of separatism and violence have long faced cycles of tightening government control. and with mounting criticism over the camps, the authorities have taken journalists on tours, showing them uyghurs celebrating their culture and, they say, being guided away from extremism. yes, this is classified internal government information. the files, said to have hacked from the police computer service in xinjiang by a source whose identity is unknown, were first passed to dr adrian zenz, a xinjiang scholar, who in turn shared them with the bbc — and they raise serious questions about china's narrative. you have police officers in heavy riot gear standing next to some of the men. some of the men have their arms in a funny position as if they were handcuffed, so this is really very powerful.

i was looking through these images on my laptop in the living room and had to get up and go somewhere else and take a break. i was overwhelmed. the hacked files also contain hundreds of spreadsheets, row upon row of draconian jail sentences often targeting expressions of islamic faith, as a parallel method alongside the camps for detaining uyghurs en masse. just for growing a beard, this man was sentenced to 16 years injail. his chosen expression of uyghur identity forcibly removed. by speaking to members of the uyghur diaspora in places like turkey, the bbc has been able to verify the data, showing it to contain real people. this man for example knew his eldest son had beenjailed — but the database tells him for how long. 15 years for terrorism offences. although as evidence, only has son's devout

islamic faith is listed. in response to questions, the chinese embassy in the us issued a statement, saying in the face of the grave and complex it includes these images, once again from deep within the system that appear to offer further evidence of the harsh detention and indoctrination of a people, not for what they have done, but for who they are. the publication of this data comes as the united nations human rights commissioner michelle bachelet begins a long—awaited and highly controversial trip to china where she is due to begin a tour of

xinjiang. it's controversial because critics fear her itinerary will be under the heavy control of the chinese government, even more so in times of covid. so, this data makes a very interesting backdrop to the visit, not least because it stands in such stark contradiction to china's own narrative about what's happening in its far western region. mps have delivered a scathing assessment of the government's evacuation of afghanistan last year. the foreign affairs committee said afghan allies and british soldiers had been let down by what they called "deep failures of leadership." their report accuses ministers of having a "total absence of a plan," and calls for the resignation of the foreign office's top civil servant, sir philip barton, who stayed on holiday as kabul fell. paul adams reports. the west's withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say,

a betrayal of britain's allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. i apologise. suddenly that ended in the middle. joining me now is conservative mp and chair of the foreign affairs committee, tom tugndhat. thank you for talking to us. i'm afraid we weren't able to bring our audience all the details of the report, so i wonder if you could draw the main points out for us. {iii draw the main points out for us. of course. the points we made, and let's not forget this is a cross—party committee, was to point out that at a time when there was quite clearly a crisis in afghanistan under crisis for the united kingdom as well, as there were many british people who depended on us in afghanistan and needed help, just at that moment there was a complete failure of leadership in the foreign office. we

saw the senior leadership absent and the ability to execute a plan very severely lacking, largely because there was no plan. this is despite there was no plan. this is despite the fact that intelligence warnings and political warnings had been pretty clear for the previous 18 months. it wasn't a secret that the united states was negotiating with the taliban, it wasn't a secret that president trump and then president biden were planning to withdraw troops. and yet, on the day that kabul fell, troops. and yet, on the day that kabulfell, it troops. and yet, on the day that kabul fell, it appeared troops. and yet, on the day that kabulfell, it appeared pretty troops. and yet, on the day that kabul fell, it appeared pretty clear to us that there had been almost no planning done by anybody except for the military who are ready to evacuate people but they were struggling because they didn't know, because the foreign office had told them, who to evacuate. that because the foreign office had told them, who to evacuate.— them, who to evacuate. that is extraordinary. _ them, who to evacuate. that is extraordinary. no _ them, who to evacuate. that is extraordinary. no planning, - them, who to evacuate. that is i extraordinary. no planning, you're sa inc? extraordinary. no planning, you're saying? i'm _ extraordinary. no planning, you're saying? i'm afraid _ extraordinary. no planning, you're saying? i'm afraid that's _ extraordinary. no planning, you're saying? i'm afraid that's the - saying? i'm afraid that's the conclusion of the report, very little planning have been done. the military had done planning for the

evacuation which they had refreshed on several occasions a month earlier but the foreign office didn't know who would be entitled people, who had stood by us, who were those who had stood by us, who were those who had risked their lives serving alongside people like me in kabul and the end. when i was working in the national security council in kabul i worked many afghans who risked their lives, they knew the dangers they were taking and many people were encouraged to work with us on the promise that this was a huge risk but if it went wrong we would stand by them. in the same is true in helmand. sadly in the days after that august disaster, what we saw instead was death squads looking for them and murdering them and theirfamilies in places like lashkar gah and kabul and theirfamilies in places like lashkar gah and kabuland i'm theirfamilies in places like lashkar gah and kabul and i'm afraid thatis lashkar gah and kabul and i'm afraid that is a very, very serious failing. that is a very, very serious failina. ~ , . , failing. why had very little ”lannin failing. why had very little planning being _ failing. why had very little planning being done? - failing. why had very little planning being done? i'm| failing. why had very little - planning being done? i'm afraid that somethin: planning being done? i'm afraid that something we _ planning being done? i'm afraid that something we struggle _ planning being done? i'm afraid that something we struggle to _ planning being done? i'm afraid that something we struggle to answer. . planning being done? i'm afraid that| something we struggle to answer. all we can identify is that it wasn't.

is that done to the foreign office's top civil servant or the foreign secretary?— top civil servant or the foreign secreta ? �*, ., , ., ., ., secretary? it's a combination and the foreign _ secretary? it's a combination and the foreign secretary _ secretary? it's a combination and the foreign secretary has - secretary? it's a combination and the foreign secretary has already had to go and been moved. so now, we are looking at the other officials who were responsible. the reality is that the permanent undersecretary of state, the head of the british foreign office, isn't there just to execute the wishes of whichever politician happens to be in place. they are there to lead an organisation, they are there like a general in charge of an army, they are there in order to drive change and demonstrate the ethos we expect of british diplomats. the example, by the way, that was demonstrated by many, manyjunior diplomats many, many junior diplomats throughout the many, manyjunior diplomats throughout the organisation, those who stayed 27/7 in whitehall looking through lists of names trying to help, those who flew incredibly courageously into kabul, those who went and stayed, they win the

embassy but stayed in the airport to help. there were very many impressive demonstrations of the courage and integrity we expect of british diplomats and of course of soldiers and border force staff and other home office officials. this is a tragedy of failure, not of the stock employed to do it stop as you said, the foreign secretary was moved and is now the deputy prime minister. , ., ., , ., minister. some might see that as a promotion- — minister. some might see that as a promotion- in _ minister. some might see that as a promotion. in terms _ minister. some might see that as a promotion. in terms of _ minister. some might see that as a promotion. in terms of circular - promotion. in terms of circular button, he's still in hisjob, why? —— sir philip barton. indie button, he's still in his “ob, why? -- sir philip barton._ -- sir philip barton. we don't have the power— -- sir philip barton. we don't have the power to _ -- sir philip barton. we don't have the power to hire _ -- sir philip barton. we don't have the power to hire and _ -- sir philip barton. we don't have the power to hire and fire. - -- sir philip barton. we don't have the power to hire and fire. i'm - the power to hire and fire. i'm askin: the power to hire and fire. i'm asking why — the power to hire and fire. i'm asking why you think he could still be there. . , . asking why you think he could still be there. ., , ., , ., ., be there. that is a question for the forei . n be there. that is a question for the foreign secretary. _ be there. that is a question for the foreign secretary. we've _ be there. that is a question for the | foreign secretary. we've expressed our own view and this is not my view, this is the view of the committee of 11 members of parliament. we simply said we don't have confidence in him because at

the time when we were looking into what happened in trying to understand how decisions were made and yes, they were fraught and difficult, i'm not pretending they weren't but at that moment when things were going really wrong, very difficult decisions were made and we tried to get to the bottom of how those decisions were made so we could make sure such decisions were made in a better way, we get better answers in the future and i'm afraid we didn't get the clarity of response i think the british people should expect of those people who worked for us.— should expect of those people who worked for us. when you are taking evidence from _ worked for us. when you are taking evidence from sir— worked for us. when you are taking evidence from sir philip _ worked for us. when you are taking evidence from sir philip barton, - worked for us. when you are taking evidence from sir philip barton, did you feel he was giving you the truth? ~ �* ., truth? we didn't feel we got the clari of truth? we didn't feel we got the clarity of response. _ truth? we didn't feel we got the clarity of response. what - truth? we didn't feel we got the clarity of response. what does l truth? we didn't feel we got the i clarity of response. what does that mean? frankly. — clarity of response. what does that mean? frankly, we _ clarity of response. what does that mean? frankly, we didn't- clarity of response. what does that mean? frankly, we didn't get - mean? frankly, we didn't get straiaht mean? frankly, we didn't get straight answers. _ mean? frankly, we didn't get straight answers. it - mean? frankly, we didn't get straight answers. it was - mean? frankly, we didn't get i straight answers. it was evasive mean? frankly, we didn't get - straight answers. it was evasive or you didn't feel he was being honest? different members of the committee had different feelings on it. the report speaks for itself. we felt some of the responses were designed to put us off the mark.— to put us off the mark. thank you for talking —

to put us off the mark. thank you for talking to _ to put us off the mark. thank you for talking to us, _ to put us off the mark. thank you for talking to us, tom _ to put us off the mark. thank you | for talking to us, tom tugendhat. to put us off the mark. thank you i for talking to us, tom tugendhat. i do apologise, i wanted to ask you about the latest photos of the prime minister seen drinking in downing street in november 2020 when a few days earlier england have been placed into another full lockdown. do these photos change anything for people like you, conservative backbenchers who ultimately have the power to get rid of the prime minister or keeping in hisjob? we'vejust been talking minister or keeping in hisjob? we've just been talking about an extremely serious event in the uk's recent history, the fall of afghanistan that encouraged people like vladimir putin to see that we went serious around the world and to think he could attack ukraine with no response. because of that we are seeing food prices and energy prices rising across the uk and the pain in homes across the country because we went serious and i'm afraid these photographs, frankly, don't make us look serious. bud photographs, frankly, don't make us look serious-— look serious. and the implications of not looking _

implications are it has a direct effect on the governance of the uk, on the cost of living in families across the uk, on the way we are seen by friends and allies but also, sadly, by enemies and rivals around the world. i think seriousness matters, i'm afraid.— the world. i think seriousness matters, i'm afraid. all police officers and staff in forces across england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of a new national plan to tackle discrimination against black people. the new measures have been announced by the national police chiefs' council and the college of policing, but campaigners say the plan falls short of real change. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. july 2020. this video of team gb athlete bianca williams and her partner went viral on social media, showing the moment they were stopped and searched by police in london. just two months before that, the murder of george floyd in the us led to the global resurgence of the black lives matter movement.

and earlier this year, protests were held after the shocking case of child o, the 15—year—old black girl who was strip searched by police at school without an appropriate adult present. the way black people are treated by police across the uk continues to raise serious questions. trust is broken. confidence is low. and these teenagers in east london say they are scared. me personally, i think the word that comes to me is fear. i feel like even when you see videos of people sort of acting up or being aggressive towards the police, i feel it all stems from fear. they put a gun to our face. yeah, that's one of my second experiences with the police. my first experience was actually in oxford street. i was shopping. stopped and searched me. they let me go. i didn't do anything wrong. but today, senior police officers say they are committed to real change, with the announcement of a new national action plan to address racial inequality.

we have launched today a plan specifically targeting black communities that recognises we are falling short and we are falling short because confidence is low right now. and, you know, there are many great things that police officers do. there is phenomenal work the police service does, but in this area, we've got to be honest and say we are not meeting the needs of communities. black people in england and wales are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched compared with white people according to government figures. this new plan aims to address the disproportionate use of these powers as well as recruit more black officers to help rebuild trust in marginalised communities. but human rights campaigners aren't convinced by these new measures. their commitments made in the report are at complete odds with the announcements made by the government just last week, so the home secretary announced that the government would be creating new stop and search powers in the public order bill. it's expanding suspicion

of stop and search in the police crime courts act. it's rolling out taser to volunteer police officers. these are exactly the powers and tools that disproportionately target and harass young black men. back in east london, there are still concerns over the pace of change in policing. i think because everyone tries to compare it to america, - we are seen as better or we're seen ias, "the police are not that bad".| but just because we are not as worsej as america does not mean that we're still at the level it should be. the action plan will take shape over the coming months with more details expected at the end of the year. adina campbell, bbc news. a 15—year—old girl who was strip—searched by police was left traumatised by the incident and later tried to kill herself, her mother says. olivia — not her real name but one we are using to protect her identity — was handcuffed and had her underwear cut off

in the presence of male officers. olivia, who is mixed race, was strip—searched in december 2020 — the same month as child o, a 15—year—old black pupil who was strip—searched at school after she was wrongly accused of possessing drugs. joining me now is jane deith who's been working on the file on a documentary. take us back to what happened with child o take us back to what happened with child 0 because that was a shocking case. child o because that was a shocking case. , y ., child o because that was a shocking case. , , ., ._ , child o because that was a shocking case. , , ., case. yes, you may remember that in s-urin this case. yes, you may remember that in spring this year _ case. yes, you may remember that in spring this year there _ case. yes, you may remember that in spring this year there were _ case. yes, you may remember that in spring this year there were protests i spring this year there were protests outside hackney town hall, when it emerged that this 15—year—old black schoolgirl was pulled out of class one day, taken to the school medical rain and handed over to two female police officers who strip—searched her. they didn't find anything, she didn't have any cannabis and they

handed her back, her dirty sanitary towel, and told her she could go. she was on her period, her mum wasn't even told and we've found that there is a similar case that the metropolitan police strip—searched another 15—year—old girl the same month. this was a mixed race girl that we are calling olivia, not her real name, to protect her identity. what happened was she was out in town one day and her mum got a call to say olivia had been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery, an allegation which was later dropped but she was arrested and taken to a police station. after she was arrested, she handed over a small blade which she carried with herfor the handed over a small blade which she carried with her for the purposes of self harming. when she was having a shower in the police station a small piece of wood fell out of her sports bra. she used to whittle wood into a point, again, to self—harm. it was at this point but a group of

officers pinned her to the floor, they were male officers involved, and cut away her underwear. she too was on her period and again, her mother wasn't informed any of this was going on. she described what happened to her daughter. they have pinned her to the floor, and they used... ..i don't know whether it was a knife or a pair of scissors to cut off her underwear in front of these grown male officers, which i feel is... it's not right. olivia was vulnerable because she was a child, any child is vulnerable, but she was particularly vulnerable, but she was particularly vulnerable because she had autism and a range of learning difficulties. her mum, self—isolating at the time, desperately when the police station asking, please look after my daughter, she has all these issues, please give her a mental health assessment. they never phoned her back, it was only when she got into

the car after almost 2a hours to find about this happening, she pulled into the station as a police car was pulling out with olivia in the back, olivia burst into tears and told her mother what had been done to her. absolutely furious. absolutely fuming. and i was even more shocked because i'd made a point of telling the police when i rang them that my child's autistic. she doesn't like people touching her. and yet they strip—searched her. not only have they strip—searched her, they have handcuffed her to do it. the metropolitan police is investigating olivia's complained, she said there are occasions where it needs to use what appears to be excessive force to protect children and officers. at this is not isolated, we know from our investigation into freedom of information figures that 13,000 children have been strip—searched in england and wales over the last five years, equivalent to around 50 children a week. we

years, equivalent to around 50 children a week.— years, equivalent to around 50 children a week. we will talk to a former superintendent _ children a week. we will talk to a former superintendent about - children a week. we will talk to a | former superintendent about this. and i right in thinking that a police officer does not have to ask the permission of the parent to strip search a child?— strip search a child? they don't have to ask _ strip search a child? they don't have to ask a _ strip search a child? they don't have to ask a nation, _ strip search a child? they don't have to ask a nation, but - strip search a child? they don't have to ask a nation, but the i strip search a child? they don't i have to ask a nation, but the rules are that the legal guardian, which may often be the parent, should be informed and an appropriate adult, may be a parent or someone else, should be present, and the strip—searched should be undertaken by officers of the same sex as the child. ~' by officers of the same sex as the child. ~ , ., by officers of the same sex as the child. ~ i. .~ , child. like you, jane, when is the documentary _ child. like you, jane, when is the documentary going _ child. like you, jane, when is the documentary going out? - child. like you, jane, when is the documentary going out? tonight| child. like you, jane, when is the i documentary going out? tonight on radio 4 at eight _ documentary going out? tonight on radio 4 at eight o'clock. _ documentary going out? tonight on radio 4 at eight o'clock. jane i documentary going out? tonight on radio 4 at eight o'clock. jane deith | radio 4 at eight o'clock. jane deith re ”ortin. joining me now is leroy logan, a former met police superintendent and now chair of the black police association charitable trust. mr logan, i would like to talk to you about this case and also the antiracism training officers across england and wales will be getting. firstly, your reaction to the way this 15—year—old mixed—race girl by

officers? it this 15-year-old mixed-race girl by officers? , , , officers? it is still very devastating _ officers? it is still very devastating when i officers? it is still very devastating when you | officers? it is still very i devastating when you hear officers? it is still very _ devastating when you hear about cases like this, very similar to child o. cases like this, very similar to child q. it goes beyond this adult if occasion, treatment as adults, it would appear they are breaching their human rights in the way they have been rough handled, and you need to find out, yes, the officers may need to highlight the risk that someone poses to themselves or others but it has to be proportionate, and cutting off clothes in a way that seems so overzealous and disproportionate, it saddens me that we hear about these cases more and more, and

notwithstanding the number of strip searches over the years, to be quite honest i don't recall having this disproportionate number of strip searches when i was a police officer and i don't know how they can justify this, it is wholesale strip searching of youngsters which for me begs the question, is this a cultural focus having a disproportionate effect on young black people? in disproportionate effect on young black people?— black people? in the case of 15-year-old _ black people? in the case of 15-year-old olivia, - black people? in the case of 15-year-old olivia, it - black people? in the case of 15-year-old olivia, it is i black people? in the case of 15-year-old olivia, it is a i 15—year—old olivia, it is a plausible explanation, we were not there and we do not know what the met police will find out, they might have thought she was about to harm herself or potentially take her own life? ., , ., , life? that is what i said, if she -osed life? that is what i said, if she osed a life? that is what i said, if she posed a risk — life? that is what i said, if she posed a risk to _ life? that is what i said, if she posed a risk to herself- life? that is what i said, if she posed a risk to herself and i life? that is what i said, if she i posed a risk to herself and others that you had to take appropriate action, but cutting off clothes in a

way that does not seem necessary or proportionate, that is what i am talking about. is it commensurate to the risk that individual poses? we see how young black people particularly have been seen as adults when they are young people, when they should have an appropriate adult, and appropriate adult should be informed when these things take place and we find they are not. do ou place and we find they are not. do you think it should be illegal to strip—searched children? you think it should be illegal to strip-searched children?- you think it should be illegal to strip-searched children? well, i think it is... — strip-searched children? well, i think it is... again, _ strip-searched children? well, i i think it is... again, circumstances.

some custody officers think everybody has to be strip—searched for health and safety and security reasons and there needs to be a real review of those custody offer strip searches, they are adding significantly... searches, they are adding significantly. . .— searches, they are adding significantly... what about antiracism _ significantly... what about antiracism training - significantly... what about antiracism training across | significantly... what about - antiracism training across england and wales? �* antiracism training across england and wales?— antiracism training across england and wales? . ., and wales? after macpherson we had community and _ and wales? after macpherson we had community and race _ and wales? after macpherson we had community and race relations - community and race relations training and it is good, it also needs to be followed up to see what is the outcome with the officer all that organisation, that units, to see how it is having an impact. not only externally with the public but internally with colleagues. we are finding the police service has an

internal and external race problem. so it is notjust bums on seats to do the training, it is what they do with the learning, how they apply it and hopefully how they improve the service delivery and reduce disproportionality around stop and search and other excessive use of force, tasers and so on.— search and other excessive use of force, tasers and so on. thank you force, tasers and so on. thank you for speaking _ force, tasers and so on. thank you for speaking to _ force, tasers and so on. thank you for speaking to us, _ force, tasers and so on. thank you for speaking to us, leroy - force, tasers and so on. thank you for speaking to us, leroy logan. . bp says it believes enough jobs can be created in its alternative energies business to replace those lost by a long term shift away from oil. concerns have been raised that the number of new green jobs won't match those that will be lost as part of the energy transition. as part of the bbc�*s future of oil day, our environment correspondent —— our reporter kevin keane is in aberdeen for us now. yes, we are in the port of aberdeen, as it has recently been rebranded. aberdeen harbour has been here for

hundreds of years and the location has changed significantly over the years. to be more precise we are in the control tower on the first floor, two floors above me is where people are beavering away, letting ships in and out. a little earlier we saw the ship coming down from shetland carrying freight but this port is more closely associated with the supply ships which take everything needed out to the offshore installations. but before that, in the 60s and 70s, this was a fishing port known for mackerel, herring and the like. it has gone through this energy transition but it is already preparing to go through one again. it is a familiar sight at the harbour in aberdeen. supply ships like these have kept oil platforms stocked for half a century. for the next generation, the changes ahead bring some challenge.

obviously it is exciting with the renewables sector, and it is a welcome and needed change, but i think oil and gas will be around for a long time. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the oil and gas industry for many decades now, but even it is changing to make room for these new industries, not least the growing number of wind farms that are cropping up along the east coast. change is on the horizon here, but it is still an oil town and that is by far the biggest source of employment, although the numbers are gradually declining. the head of bp's operation here tells me that the biggest change will come in the next eight years. we will be about 60410 by 2030 in those two pillars. infavourof...? we will have a 40% reduction from today in the oil and gas business, so that will be about 60%, and then you will have the balance of it being the low carbon energy production streams. what does that transition mean forjobs in a place like aberdeen? can there be enough

jobs created to replace the jobs that will be lost? absolutely, we are quite convinced about that. others, though, say that won't be the case across the industry, with these requiring fewer people to run them than a big oil installation. there is evidence that aberdeen is serious about embracing alternative energies. this centre now trains people to transfer from boats onto wind turbines in the middle of the sea. we all know the pace of energy transition is really picking up and so we, like other businesses, just have to adapt to that. it is why we have made investments in new facilities specific to the renewables industry, for example. aberdeen is a city trying to shake its target as europe's oil capital, in favour of europe's energy capital. but while oil peaked more than two decades ago, this is not a place that want to let go of it entirely any time soon. kevin keane, bbc news, aberdeen.

but to pay, i am joined by an environmentalist base in aberdeen, alison stewart from aberdeen climate action. you would like to see a move away from oil and gas for the sake of the climate, how important is that? ., ., ., ., , that? vital if we want a livable world and _ that? vital if we want a livable world and l — that? vital if we want a livable world and i want _ that? vital if we want a livable world and i want to _ that? vital if we want a livable world and i want to see - that? vital if we want a livable world and i want to see it i that? vital if we want a livable i world and i want to see it happening now, we really had to, we need to transition right now. that means really seriously transitioning workers right now out of the oil and gas industry into other industries. is it that achievable but quickly? yes, we have to start and get really far in the next decade. haifa yes, we have to start and get really far in the next decade.— far in the next decade. how do we beain to far in the next decade. how do we begin to go _ far in the next decade. how do we begin to go through _ far in the next decade. how do we begin to go through that? - far in the next decade. how do we begin to go through that? we i far in the next decade. how do we i begin to go through that? we heard

bp saying it needs to happen over a longer period so the skills are retained within the industry to be transferred into these new sectors. workers really want to transition now, there need to be opportunities available for them now or we will lose them, which will be a brain drain. ~ . . lose them, which will be a brain drain. . ., ., ., ., drain. what are the alternative industries- _ drain. what are the alternative industries. well _ drain. what are the alternative industries. well like _ drain. what are the alternative | industries. well like aberdeen? an here industries. well like aberdeen? anywhere from _ industries. well like aberdeen? anywhere from ecotourism i industries. well like aberdeen? anywhere from ecotourism to i industries. well like aberdeen? i anywhere from ecotourism to food, manufacturing, wejust anywhere from ecotourism to food, manufacturing, we just had to look at the opportunities and really fund the new innovative ideas and companies. the new innovative ideas and companies-— the new innovative ideas and comanies. ., ., �* ., companies. you don't mention alternative _ companies. you don't mention alternative industries - companies. you don't mention alternative industries like i alternative industries like hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, have they a role to play? i think they had to because they are so heavily promoted by the oil and gas industry and they have one role to play but i would hate for them to be pushed to keep the oil and gas companies going, so blue hydrogen made from oil and gas as opposed to

green hydrogen made from renewables. this place is intrinsically linked with oil, if you don't work with oil you know somebody who does, anyone living here has an association with it. is it a lonely position to be an environmental campaigner in the oil capital of europe? trio. environmental campaigner in the oil capital of europe?— capital of europe? no, there was loads of us- _ capital of europe? no, there was loads of us. you _ capital of europe? no, there was loads of us. you are _ capital of europe? no, there was loads of us. you are not - capital of europe? no, there was loads of us. you are not either. capital of europe? no, there was | loads of us. you are not either for or against the oil companies, most of the members of the community groups i know have been involved in oil and gas, or theirfamilies or friends are, it is our region, basically. friends are, it is our region, basically-— friends are, it is our region, basicall . , ., ., , basically. does that mean it gives ou basically. does that mean it gives you greater _ basically. does that mean it gives you greater understanding - basically. does that mean it gives you greater understanding of i basically. does that mean it gives| you greater understanding of what those roles involve? is there an element of truth in what people are saying, if we don't do this right it could decimate a place like aberdeen?— could decimate a place like aberdeen? ., ., , ., ., aberdeen? totally, we need to do hoh, we need _ aberdeen? totally, we need to do hoh, we need to _ aberdeen? totally, we need to do hoh, we need to do _ aberdeen? totally, we need to do hoh, we need to do it— aberdeen? totally, we need to do hoh, we need to do it now - aberdeen? totally, we need to do hoh, we need to do it now and i hoh, we need to do it now and gradually. if we continue just with oil and gas workers, we will go off

a cliff edge when north sea oil and gas is stopped, which it will have to. is gas is stopped, which it will have to. . . gas is stopped, which it will have to. , ., , , ., , gas is stopped, which it will have to. , , ., , , to. is there a suggestion this is happening _ to. is there a suggestion this is happening already? _ to. is there a suggestion this is happening already? i— to. is there a suggestion this is happening already? i think i to. is there a suggestion this is i happening already? i think about one in tenjobs in happening already? i think about one in ten jobs in aberdeen's economy is in ten jobs in aberdeen's economy is in renewables already, how soon do you want to see that balance be tipped? this you want to see that balance be ti ed? m you want to see that balance be tipped? as soon as possible, i think it can be much _ tipped? as soon as possible, i think it can be much sooner— tipped? as soon as possible, i think it can be much sooner than - tipped? as soon as possible, i think it can be much sooner than the i tipped? as soon as possible, i think it can be much sooner than the oil. it can be much sooner than the oil and gas companies say, we need to invest in companies that will make the transition.— the transition. thank you to alison. in two words. the report projects i in two words. the report projects that by 2030, the end of this decade, it will have gone from one in tenjobs in decade, it will have gone from one in ten jobs in the city being decade, it will have gone from one in tenjobs in the city being in renewables to three out of five, that would be the tipping point for that would be the tipping point for that happening. but that report from robert gordon university suggests that can only happen to maximise the number ofjobs if i transition is done on a reasonably slow basis.

studio: thank you. the football association of wales has been accused of not doing enough to scrutinise who runs football clubs here after a bbc wales investigation into the ownership of bangor city fc. the north wales club has been left on the verge of extinction after a disastrous takeover by an italian—argentine wannabe pop star. domenico serafino promised to bring the good times back to bangor city by spending big and bringing in a host of foreign players. but players went unpaid and details were uncovered about another club he owned in italy. wyre davies reports. domenico serafino, a wannabe pop starfrom argentina, who'd never owned a football club before. in 2019, the argentine came to north wales and took over one of the oldest clubs in the country, bangor city. we were told he was a very wealthy man. he made it known himself.

i mean, he was going to put bangor city where it needed to be, which is ultimately at the top of welsh football, where it's always been. we were proud of bangor city's history, and it's deep embedded in the community here. virtually every person that lives around here will have connections. every game that you go to, it's like, there isjust- a great sense of community. everyone there is all friends. but not long after his arrival, questions were being asked. players who, i got wind quite early on, were on sums of money that dwarfed the normal wage bill in welsh football. he didn't really speak much on how it would be financed. he just said, you know, from making music for documentaries and for films, and stuff like that. i was sort of swept up with the excitement of it all. as the sort of weeks and months went by, it did sort of become — you know, we'd speak among ourselves and sort of think, this is a balloon that's getting blown up and blown up, and eventually it's going to pop. things came to a head at the club

when players stopped being paid. staff and players say that furlough payments claimed by the club were not always passed on to them. it'd be like a lottery every month, of who would get paid and who wouldn't get paid. where that furlough money went, i don't know. but it wasn't to our pockets. after failing to pay players tens of thousands of pounds, bangor city was suspended, and later withdrew from the league. serafino is still the club's owner on paper, but he left wales at the end of 2020, and is still making music, believed to be thousands of miles away in argentina. he knew that he didn't have the money to pay, and he abandoned us, and we've not seen him since. serafino said he did pass

on all furlough money to players, and he hasn't returned to wales because of health problems. he blamed the club's financial problems on covid and unexpected debts. he also claimed that people were conspiring to undermine the club for their own financial gain. wyre davies, bbc news. joining me now is wyre davies. wyre — this is part of a wider investigation you've been doing into lower league football. tell us more? for all the money sloshing around at the top end of the game there was real concern with lower league clubs across—the—board lower league clubs across—the—boa rd not just lower league clubs across—the—board notjust in wales but europe that they are vulnerable to corruption and mismanagement. we have heard harrowing stories from bank and city players who went without money for months, they went without food, many of these guys were from argentina and italy with families in north wales and were struggling to survive. many have since given up football because of eric's experience is and given this owner

because my presence notjust in wales but in italy where he is alleged to have done something to a club that, was the proper test done to look at where his money was coming from and also his background? he says he has been undermined by a co—investor, the football association of wales says it has the necessary checks in place but there is a vulnerability at the lower end of the game, we are notjust looking at this aspect in the programme which goes out tonight but also allegations of match fixing and spot fixing, again at lower levels. i think there is a real question for the footballing authorities. it is recognised by europol and uefa but there was vulnerability for lower league football, particularly in these difficult financial times. what is spot fixing?— what is spot fixing? specific moments — what is spot fixing? specific moments adopted _ what is spot fixing? specific moments adopted by - what is spot fixing? specific| moments adopted by players what is spot fixing? specific i moments adopted by players or officials, it is driven by online gambling —— specific moments are doctored. so arranging for a red

card, yellow card, throw ends, it is driven by a much gambling. this is a big problem in the football across europe and has elicited warnings from both europol and uefa in the last few weeks.— from both europol and uefa in the last few weeks. ., ,, , ., , . there'll be more on that this evening on the hidden world of football, on bbc one wales at 8pm or afterwards on iplayer. the united nations' world food programme has described russia's blockade of ukrainian ports as a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government, and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. david beasley is from the world food programme. if we do not open those ports, you are talking about a declaration of war on global food security. you will have extraordinary consequences. we are already facing the worst food crisis since world war ii. and when you take 400 million people that are fed by the food

that comes out of ukraine and you shut that off and then you add on top of that fertiliser problems, droughts, food costs, fuel costs... we are looking at a hell storm on earth. in the next eight to ten months, there is going to be food pricing problems. next year, there is going to be a food availability problem. our ukraine correspondent, joe inwood, who's in kyiv, says it is difficult to find overwhelming evidence that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. i think it would be difficult to say that that is what they are trying to achieve. of course they would argue that their primary aim is the blockade to stop ships coming out for military reasons, but it is an end consequence of a military action in the black sea. the black sea port of odesa, where huge, huge amounts of ukrainian grain would normally flow out and get to the world has been blockaded. we understand that there is about 80 million tonnes of grain that needs to get out this year, but none of it can get through. you ask about what can be done.

well, it was quite an interesting suggestion from the latvian foreign minister yesterday. he was in london talking to his british counterpart, liz truss, and they were talking about the idea of creating a sort of convoy of the willing, a group of ships that could go in and extract the grain, that could take it to world markets, not in a military sense. not nato ships, not trying to create a confrontation with russia, but countries like egypt, countries that have significant navies and a significant interest in getting this grain out. of course, it would be risky. firstly, you would be confronting russia, you would be challenging russia, but also it is mined. so there are lots of potential pitfalls here, but it is one of the thoughts coming about how this problem could be resolved. controversial legislation, which will change how killings from the conflict in northern ireland are investigated will be debated by mps today. victims' groups are strongly opposed to the plan, which would allow suspects who co—operate with the investigation immunity from prosecution. the government says the proposals will enable more families to get to the truth.

our ireland correspondent chris page reports. every day when i wake and i wake in pain. notjust physical pain, but emotional pain. if my dad hadn't have been murdered i wouldn't be anywhere near the bomb that night. andrea brown is living with a legacy of tragedy and trauma. when she was 12, herfather, eric, a police officer, was shot dead. five years later, she was severely injured in a bombing which killed six soldiers at a fun run. andrea's strongly against the government's new legislation dealing with the conflict. there's nowhere else in the world that would try to make a law that murderers and serial killers do not have to facejustice. victims are meant to forgive. draw a line under it.

you know, but how can we? you know, no one is sorry. more than 3,500 people died during the period known as the troubles. the legislation will create a commission led by a judge which will gather information on crimes. cases can be brought to it by bereaved families, the government and some others. suspects who cooperate won't face a criminal investigation, but those who refuse can still be prosecuted if there's enough evidence. the question of how killings from the troubles should be investigated is hugely complex and contentious. in northern ireland, history still hurts. different people have different views on the past, how the conflict started, why it lasted so long, how it should be recorded and remembered. but most victims' groups agree the government's plan is wrong. raymond mccord's son, who was also called raymond, was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries.

it's nonsense. it won't work. the murderers all of a sudden are going to walk in the room and tell people, "i killed him. "i killed him." the british government really believe that. but if they do come forward, that person go in and tell them whatever details, laughing and say themselves and saying, "i got away with it." the current system is failing everybody. the government says it wants to give families the best opportunity to get to the truth. even if only one or two people come forward with information, that's still going to be one or two more families than ever before. getting to the bottom of what happened. and of course, the other side of this is that we as uk government will be making information and documentation available in a way we haven't done before with a proper independent investigatory body working through these things. so more people get to the truth

and an understanding of what happened than ever before. the politics of the present is always affected by the pain of the past year. the proposed change in the law is almost certain to be challenged in the courts. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the chelsea flower show opens to the public today, returning to its traditional spring slot for the first time in three years. this year the event has floral tributes to honour the platinumjubilee, and the queen paid the gardens a visit yesterday. other themes this year include wildlife and wellbeing. it's the end of an era in new york where the last phone box in the city has been removed. the city began replacing them with wi—fi hotspots in 2015, which allows people to charge their devices and make free phone calls. people gathered to use their new phones to film the last

old phone taken away. that is search, have a good day. —— that it, have a good day. hello again. today really is going to be a day of bright spells, sunshine and showers, and some of the showers will be heavy and some of them will also be thundery later across parts of the south—east and the east. but many of us will miss the showers and have a dry day with either bright skies or some sunshine. and then later on, a ridge of high pressure builds in from the west. so many of the showers in the west will fade. it's going to be a breezy day, with highs today between 11 and 18 degrees. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, eventually many of the showers will start to fade. and what we'll find is we'll end up with some clear skies for a time, but they'll be fairly short—lived because in the west already the cloud will be building and a weather front coming in is going to bring in some rain.

temperatures tonight falling away between seven and 11 degrees. so as we start the day tomorrow, we'll have some bright skies initially across the far south—east. but you can see we've got these fronts, one moving east and one moving south. and the isobars alone tell you that wherever you are tomorrow, it is going to be a windier day, quite gusty winds. so after that bright start, the cloud comes in quite quickly. a weather front continues to push east southeast and fragment as it does so. so the rain turning lighter and more patchy. and then behind that, we're back into that regime of sunshine and showers. but through the afternoon, once again, the showers becoming more isolated. but it's going to be windy and our top temperature will be up to 18 degrees. then as we head from wednesday into thursday, well, you can see how high pressure is still across the south, low pressure still in the north, the ice bars in the north the isobars in the north of the country closely packed.

so that does mean we're looking at gust to gale force across parts of scotland. here, too, some heavy showers. they're likely to have some sleet in them on the highest ground. and then weather fronts sinking south, producing all this cloud and some spots of rain. quite murky around the south—west and the south coast. temperatures in stornoway, ten degrees, 20 degrees as we push down towards london. now heading on into the weekend, high pressure starts to build across oui’ shores. so things settle down for many of us with a fair bit of dry weather, again, variable amounts of cloud, some sunshine. still some showers coming in across the north of scotland where we've got a northwesterly breeze and temperatures 11 to 16 in the north, but once again, 20 further south.

this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 11: the met police and boris johnson are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a leaving do in downing street during lockdown. he wasn't fined for this event, and as you can see he's raising a glass and he seems to be saying cheers and thank you to a member of staff as he left the office that day. i think the met police service should be explaining and providing clarity as to how they reached their conclusions. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan was a "disaster" and a "betrayal", according to an inquiry conducted by mps. images china doesn't want you to see — hacked data passed to the bbc shows the detention and indoctrination

of uyghur muslims. all police officers in england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of plans to tackle discrimination. and spanning over 100km from reading to essex, the elizabeth crossrail line finally opens — more than three years later than scheduled. the met police are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a gathering in downing street during lockdown. but this is an event that borisjohnson was not fined for attending. it happened in november 2020, at a time when indoor social mixing was banned in england. a report into such gatherings

by the senior civil servant, sue gray, is expected to be published this week. our political correspondent helen catt reports. leaving drinks for a senior downing street aide with bottles of wine, food and what appears to be a toast from the boss. this was on 13th november 2020 when the country was in lockdown, indoors socialising banned. it's understood at least one of the people who went to this gathering was fined by the police. the prime minister was not, which has raised questions. i think millions of people will be sitting at home thinking that if it was them or anybody else pictured at that party they would have received a fine, so unless the met police can provide an urgent clarification as to why boris johnson wasn't fined, then the police watchdog needs to step in and restore some transparency and public trust to this process. the met has previously said it

wouldn't provide further details of its findings. downing street says the police had access to all the relevant information, including photographs. the prime minister thought it was a works event. the metropolitan police thought it was a works event. therefore it was a works event. no, you might want it to be a party, but unless you're going to say that the prime minister is not telling the truth and the met police aren't telling the truth, it wasn't a party. others don't agree and say the pictures cast doubt on what the prime minister has said to parliament, like this in december last year. will the prime minister tell- the house whether there was a party at downing street on i the 13th of november? speaker: prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i'm sure, whatever happened, the guidance and the rules were followed at all times. i don't think this is good enough, regardless of party, _ that the prime minister it appears has misled parliament. _ we can allow this to come out in the sue gray report. -

we can allow the police to do more commentary on it. i we can allow the privileges and i standards committee to look at it. but why put us all. through that agony? if mrjohnson will not resign over this, then i think that tory mps i have to bring him down. a handful of tories have publicly criticised these photos. a more telling reaction is likely to come to the long—awaited report by the senior civil servant sue gray. she's expected to publish in the next couple of days. downing street has said boris johnson will address parliament in full once that's happened. will this, then, be the week when some of those details that have been under wraps for months finally see the light of day? helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. hearing about photographs of it is anoihen _ hearing about photographs of it is another. ~ ., ., hearing about photographs of it is another. ., ., ' . another. what sort of difference you think this latest — another. what sort of difference you think this latest photo _ another. what sort of difference you think this latest photo and _ another. what sort of difference you think this latest photo and we i another. what sort of difference you think this latest photo and we are i think this latest photo and we are told mortal, might make to the prime minister? i

told mortal, might make to the prime minister? ~ ., , minister? i think it opened pandora's _ minister? i think it opened pandora's box _ minister? i think it opened pandora's box again i minister? i think it opened pandora's box again for i minister? i think it opened | pandora's box again for the minister? i think it opened - pandora's box again for the prime minister. after that met close down their investigation and only find him once i think there was a sense that some of the pressure was beginning to disappear from the political scene but what these photos do is boot conservative mps backin photos do is boot conservative mps back in a difficult position because they know a lot of their constituents will be angry and a lot of the public will contrast these pictures with what was going on in their own lives in november 2020. we have heard it from government sources saying they think this shows the prime minister was working because he has his red box and is in his shirt and tie and they say he p°p5 his shirt and tie and they say he pops into the these leaving drinks to see a farewell speech to his former head of communications, but i

don't think there is any doubt this lease very uncomfortable questions to the prime minister to answer. you could see this this morning from the transport secretary, grant shapps. well, it's certainly a leaving event. his part in it, though, will have been fully investigated by the police. as we know, he wasn't fined for this event, and as you can see he's raising a glass and he seems to be saying cheers and thank you to a member of staff as he left the office that day. but, as i say, i don't seek to defend it, because he doesn't either. and he's reformed number 10, brought in a new office of the prime minister, brought in a permanent secretary to that office to look after all of the running of number 10, which is what should've been happening all along. supporters of the prime minister trying to alleviate the pressure you have been speaking about basing

police apologies and nothing new here, in effect, but now that the police investigation itself is being questioned, the thoroughness of it and why some people received fines for certain events and others didn't, that makes events a little bit more tricky for the prime minister and his supporters? i think it is tuite minister and his supporters? i think it is quite tricky _ minister and his supporters? i think it is quite tricky for _ minister and his supporters? i think it is quite tricky for the _ minister and his supporters? i think it is quite tricky for the met - minister and his supporters? i think it is quite tricky for the met and i it is quite tricky for the met and its supporters because there is a sense of confusion at how decisions were arrived at. we have seen pictures of the living drinks and we know that somebody was fined and the prime minister was not. we have talked about the cabinet room where the prime minister and the chancellor were fined for attending but simon case was not fined for

that and at the moment we are trying to fill in the gaps because the met have not told us to hope they reach their conclusions. i think there are a lot of politicians saying what led to those decisions being made and should we not know a bit more about it so the public can have a bit more faith in the liberal democrats have asked the independent office for police complaints to look into how the met conducted this investigation and we had some questions raised this morning by the london mayor,, sadiq khan. i think the met police service should be explaining and providing clarity as to how they reached their conclusions. why the prime minister didn't receive more fines. as it is, he's been found guilty of at least one

offence, as it is, we know that downing street have had more fines issued then any property across the country. that shows a culture of lawbreaking from those that are making the laws. i think the police should explain how they reached their conclusions. in terms of what happens next, no sign of the sue gray reportjust yet and we think we will get some notice before it is coming. there was a lot of speculation it would be tuesday or wednesday so it seems a fair chanceit or wednesday so it seems a fair chance it could come tomorrow but how many times have we sat here and thought that report was eminent? but it is a big deal because it is expected to go into a lot of detail about what went on at different events and it could well have more than comfortable photographs on it. i think it will be really bad for the civil service. the question is whether it does even more to pile pressure on the prime minister because there may be more details of events he was out and it's me again call into question some of those accounts he has given to parliament.

let's recap on how events unfolded. a total of 126 fixed penalty notices were issued by the metropolitan police during their investigation into lockdown parties in downing street. 83 people were fined for events happening across eight different dates. the prime minister was fined for covid breaches for attending an event of 30 people, where he was presented with a birthday cake in the cabinet room. at the time, gatherings of two or more people inside were banned by law unless �*reasonably neccessary�* for work purposes. the chancellor rishi sunak and boris johnson's then fiancee carrie, were also fined. the latest images, released by itv yesterday, were reportedly taken in 2020 on 13th november. the event was for a leaving party when a second coronavirus lockdown was in place in england. the bbc has been told that at least one person who attended the event was fined,

but borisjohnson was not. the met police are facing calls to explain why mrjohnson did not receive a fine. the senior civil servant sue gray will hand her report on parties to downing street later this week. let's talk now to peter kirkham, a former senior investigating officer at the metropolitan police. thank you very much forjoining us today. do you think it is right that the met does give the public a greater insight into how it made its decisions? i greater insight into how it made its decisions? ., ., ,, decisions? i have to say i think that is essential _ decisions? i have to say i think that is essential in _ decisions? i have to say i think that is essential in this - decisions? i have to say i think that is essential in this case. i | decisions? i have to say i think. that is essential in this case. i am surprised they have not provided some sort of explanation for how they came to their decisions, bearing in mind that the level of knowledge of the detail of the law is so sketchy amongst the public, amongst the media, amongst everybody, really. and so we have

got the situation whereby some people seem to have been fined £50 whilst they can get into individual decision—making decisions on individual cases they could certainly provide some generic framework they applied. i certainly provide some generic framework they applied. i wonder if ou think framework they applied. i wonder if you think this _ framework they applied. i wonder if you think this is _ framework they applied. i wonder if you think this is a _ framework they applied. i wonder if you think this is a fair— framework they applied. i wonder if you think this is a fair question i framework they applied. i wonder if you think this is a fair question to i you think this is a fair question to ask whether subconsciously or otherwise the fact it was the prime minister being investigated, did that make her difference in the minds of anybody involved in the investigation? i minds of anybody involved in the investigation?— investigation? i am sure subconsciously - investigation? i am sure subconsciously it - investigation? i am sure subconsciously it could i investigation? i am sure i subconsciously it could not do anything but have some sort of impact on their minds because it is not everyday you investigate the prime minister for criminal offence.

police officers are used to putting those sorts of influences to one side, though, i'mjust those sorts of influences to one side, though, i'm just following the evidence and see where the evidence takes them and in this particular case there are two or three levels at which decisions will be made. as the party something which fits the definition is best understood by the police, because bearing in mind that these were all brand—new regulations, no one has any idea what the higher courts will make of interpreting particular words. just on that point, the test was an indoor meeting allowed if the gathering was reasonably necessary for work purposes but only with absolutely necessary participants. that was the test at the time. yellow muck exactly. and what does a

reasonably mean? that is a common term used throughout the criminal law and most police officers have a bit of a handle on what that means and so that should not be the problem. not outlandish, something that the man on the omnibus in clapham would look at and say it sounds reasonable. that clapham would look at and say it sounds reasonable.— sounds reasonable. that is not particularly _ sounds reasonable. that is not particularly difficult. _ sounds reasonable. that is not particularly difficult. but i sounds reasonable. that is not particularly difficult. but the i particularly difficult. but the wording differentiates between different people. it may be reasonably necessary for some people to be there. people may have different properties for being there. for instance, there might be a whole team there that have just rolled on from doing something work—related and there is a leaving do whatever it is and some people might comejust a do whatever it is and some people might come just a leaving do and in that instance it might not surprise

me if some of those there already were held to have a defence available that it was reasonably necessary for them to be there because it was associated with the work activity, whereas those that were visitors such maybe wouldn't. but it is an incredibly complex situation that we cannot approach in simplistic terms.— simplistic terms. speaking of the man on the _ simplistic terms. speaking of the man on the clapham _ simplistic terms. speaking of the man on the clapham omnibus - simplistic terms. speaking of the l man on the clapham omnibus that simplistic terms. speaking of the - man on the clapham omnibus that you alluded to, a lot of people would have been working during lockdown is but they would have drawn a line between working and then a leaving do at the end of the working day, surely? do at the end of the working day, surel ? a, , do at the end of the working day, surel ? �* �* do at the end of the working day, surel? �* �* , do at the end of the working day, surel? , �* , ., surely? may be. but there is no requirement — surely? may be. but there is no requirement in _ surely? may be. but there is no requirement in the _ surely? may be. but there is no requirement in the law - surely? may be. but there is no requirement in the law for - surely? may be. but there is no requirement in the law for that l surely? may be. but there is no i requirement in the law for that to be the case. that would make a decision easier but it is not a

legal requirement for things to be separated like that. it muddies the waters if they are not but there is no legal requirement for it to be otherwise, so it would certainly seem to make sense if some of the broad brush generic points that led them to the decisions that they have made was provided by the police. i think ultimately there will have to do that one way or another. i would like to see them do it sooner rather than later. . ~ like to see them do it sooner rather than later. ., ~ , ., , . joining me now is suzanne mccallum. she lost her mother, lily, during the first lockdown and couldn't see her before she died in april 2020. iamso i am so sorry that you lost your mother during lockdown and all of that entailed and not being able to see her. tell us a little bit about

her. ,, . , see her. tell us a little bit about her, ,, ., , see her. tell us a little bit about her. ,, ., , . ., see her. tell us a little bit about her, ,, ., , . ., ,, her. she was a fiery character. she was very small _ her. she was a fiery character. she was very small and _ her. she was a fiery character. she was very small and very _ her. she was a fiery character. she was very small and very short - her. she was a fiery character. she was very small and very short in i was very small and very short in height but she was mighty. she was not shy in telling you what she thought, she always told you the truth whether you wanted to hit it or not. but at the end of the day she was my mother. we did but heads as mothers and daughters can do but absolutely lost without her. not a single second of every day goes by that i don't miss her terribly. find that i don't miss her terribly. and not bein: that i don't miss her terribly. and not being able — that i don't miss her terribly. and not being able to _ that i don't miss her terribly. and not being able to see her in those final weeks and days will have had and continue to have a big impact, i am sure. ,, .,, ., ,

am sure. she was only in the care home for only _ am sure. she was only in the care home for only a _ am sure. she was only in the care home for only a matter— am sure. she was only in the care home for only a matter of- am sure. she was only in the carej home for only a matter of months because i was her main carer at home and with her dementia it wasjust becoming impossible for me to do it all on my own. so she must only in theirfor a few months. all on my own. so she must only in their for a few months. she loved it when she was in there. the staff were amazing, they loved theirjob, they loved the residents treated them as if they were their own family. i can't stress how amazing the staff were at their care home in drumchapel, absolutely out of this world. i drumchapel, absolutely out of this world. ., ., , ., ., world. i wonder what you are reaponsible _ world. i wonder what you are responsible is _ world. i wonder what you are

responsible is when - world. i wonder what you are responsible is when you - world. i wonder what you are responsible is when you saw| world. i wonder what you are i responsible is when you saw the photo released yesterday of boris johnson with drink in hand in downing street during one of the lockdown is. yet downing street during one of the lockdown ia— downing street during one of the lockdown is. . ., . ., , ., lockdown is. yet again, he comes out with another— lockdown is. yet again, he comes out with another party. _ lockdown is. yet again, he comes out with another party. it _ lockdown is. yet again, he comes out with another party. it is _ with another party. it is ridiculous. he made all those rules and we all followed them to the letter. i did, anyway, i didn't break any rules, i stayed at home, i didn't go out and did not socialise with anybody else. i couldn't see my mother because the care home wanting into lockdown. her dementia got worse because of lockdown, she didn't understand what was going on outside and there was this big horrible virus annihilating everybody. horrible virus annihilating everybody-— horrible virus annihilating eve bod. , ., , , everybody. sorry to interrupt. does it make a difference _ everybody. sorry to interrupt. does it make a difference to _ everybody. sorry to interrupt. does it make a difference to you, - it make a difference to you, obviously you heard about these events but does make a difference to

now see a photograph of one of those events? to now see a photograph of one of those events? ., .. ., , now see a photograph of one of those events? ., ., , , . ., events? to actually see evidence, to see it in black-and-white _ events? to actually see evidence, to see it in black-and-white that - events? to actually see evidence, to see it in black-and-white that is - see it in black—and—white that is there in front of your eyes, there is no way he can get out of this one. hejust can't. even any is no way he can get out of this one. he just can't. even any apology that he makes, it will not be sincere. it will only be because he has been caught out again.- sincere. it will only be because he has been caught out again. thank you so much for— has been caught out again. thank you so much for talking _ has been caught out again. thank you so much for talking to _ has been caught out again. thank you so much for talking to us _ has been caught out again. thank you so much for talking to us today. - kurt zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking a cat. this follows a video which appeared in february. you may

have its seen it and decided not to watch it. he was convicted of kicking and slapping a pet cat and was summoned by the rspca under the animal welfare act and today we have heard that kurt zouma has pleaded guilty at thames magistrates' court to kicking and slapping one of his pets and found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering. —— and charged with causing unnecessary suffering. mps have delivered a scathing assessment of the government's evacuation of afghanistan last year. the foreign affairs committee said afghan allies and british soldiers had been let down by what they called "deep failures of leadership." their report accuses ministers of having a "total absence of a plan," and calls for the resignation

of the foreign office's top civil servant, sir philip barton, who stayed on holiday as kabul fell. paul adams reports. the west's withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain's allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. knowing that american forces were soon going to leave, the report says the government failed to respond. well, it's clear that what we could have done really from 18 months out when the warning started is begun the really serious preparations, knowing who we needed to evacuate, planning on how we would get them out and where we would take them but instead i'm afraid that's not what happened. at a hearing last december, the foreign office's top civil servants struggled to explain why he and others, including the foreign secretary, stayed on holiday while kabulfell. i have reflected a lot since august on my leave and if i had my time again i would have come back

from my leave earlier than i did. i did put in place, as i think you know, an acting permanent secretary in the normal way, but also a director—general to lead in power in afghanistan. today's report suggests mr barton should consider his position. it says many of the british officials and soldiers sent to try and manage the terrible situation at kabul airport worked under enormous pressure. but it criticises what it calls misleading statements about the evacuation process, and says the leadership at the foreign office should be ashamed that two civil servants risked their careers to bring the situation to light. the foreign office defends its record. our staff works tirelessly, a spokesperson said, to evacuate over 15,000 people from afghanistan within a fortnight. this was the biggest uk mission of its kind in generations and followed months of intensive

planning and collaboration between uk government departments. the report urges the government to commit to a serious strategy for dealing with afghanistan in the future. a failure to do that, it says, would abandon afghan women and girls to the biggest single reversal of rights in a generation. paul adams, bbc news. all police officers and staff in forces across england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of a new national plan to tackle discrimination against black people. the new measures have been announced by the national police chiefs' council and the college of policing, but campaigners say the plan falls short of real change. with me now is abimbola johnson, a barrister and the chair of the independent scrutiny and oversight board — which exists to provide external scrutiny of the police plan of action. i think lots of people might be

surprised they may be. fine i think lots of people might be surprised they may be.- i think lots of people might be surprised they may be. one of the asects of surprised they may be. one of the aspects of this _ surprised they may be. one of the aspects of this plan _ surprised they may be. one of the aspects of this plan is _ surprised they may be. one of the aspects of this plan is very - surprised they may be. one of the aspects of this plan is very often l aspects of this plan is very often points i think members of the public would believe ought to be in place nationally are not. one key aspect of the plan is spreading good practice across all 43 police forces. ~ . , , , practice across all 43 police forces. . , , , . forces. what is the best practice when it comes _ forces. what is the best practice when it comes to _ forces. what is the best practice when it comes to tackling - when it comes to tackling discrimination?— when it comes to tackling discrimination? . ., ., , discrimination? there are various asects discrimination? there are various aspects to _ discrimination? there are various aspects to it. _ discrimination? there are various aspects to it. a — discrimination? there are various aspects to it, a multi-faceted - aspects to it, a multi—faceted approach with four work streams, looking at the utilisation of police powers and engagement and protection from victimisation and internal culture and includes to my mind the best way to ensure there can be an anti—racist police force which is towards the police service has used in terms of their ambitions for this means that multifaceted in terms of their ambitions for this means that multi faceted approach that analyses the culture and not just the people in policing. some

campaigners _ just the people in policing. some campaigners are _ just the people in policing. some campaigners are seeing - just the people in policing. some campaigners are seeing the - just the people in policing. some campaigners are seeing the plan does fall short of real change. what is your assessment of the plan as you have seen it? mr; your assessment of the plan as you have seen it?— your assessment of the plan as you have seen it? my assessment is the roof have seen it? my assessment is the - roof will have seen it? my assessment is the proof will be — have seen it? my assessment is the proof will be in _ have seen it? my assessment is the proof will be in the _ have seen it? my assessment is the proof will be in the pudding. - have seen it? my assessment is the proof will be in the pudding. the . proof will be in the pudding. the rule of my borders to scrutinise the way in which the plan is implemented and look at the way in which the actions are implemented. what the police have said they are committed to as a long process of consultation over the next few months. what i will look to see it as if it remains an interim plan which is how they have described it and for the remains dynamic document the blessing to informed decisions and conversations from groups with a lot of experience in antiracism work in police accountability and making the police accountability and making the police more transparent. those groups have raised criticisms which are very welcome because the fact is the police cannot get this right on its own. they have had an ample number of reports and opportunities to steer policing in the right direction have not been able to do

so. my view is for this plant to be treated almost as a draft document and until has been that substantive accountability of the police used through public consultation, that is when we will see that as a true commitment to change if those areas of feedback are taken on board and developed accordingly. i of feedback are taken on board and developed accordingly.— of feedback are taken on board and developed accordingly. i take it you want to see — developed accordingly. i take it you want to see police _ developed accordingly. i take it you want to see police forces _ developed accordingly. i take it you want to see police forces and - developed accordingly. i take it you want to see police forces and all. want to see police forces and all staff and police stations in england and wales not taking this as an end point but a starting point that will continue to involve. fourth —— evolve. continue to involve. fourth -- evolve. , , ., , ., evolve. they should set out the minimum _ evolve. they should set out the minimum national— evolve. they should set out the minimum national standards i evolve. they should set out the i minimum national standards that should be extended by every police force but i want to see police forces looking at the spirits of plans like these and running with it, thinking ahead and what they can do to pioneer and push forward

antiracism work within their jurisdiction is notjust ticking boxes and trying to get away with complying with the letter of plans without really understanding the principles behind them. it without really understanding the principles behind them.- principles behind them. it has otential principles behind them. it has potential but _ principles behind them. it has potential but there _ principles behind them. it has potential but there is - principles behind them. it has potential but there is a - principles behind them. it has potential but there is a but. principles behind them. it has - potential but there is a but clearly in everything you are saying to me today. in everything you are saying to me toda . , in everything you are saying to me today. yes. what is the single bi . . est today. yes. what is the single biggest piece _ today. yes. what is the single biggest piece of _ today. fez what is the single biggest piece of advice today. ies what is the single biggest piece of advice you would give to forces across england and wales as they look at this training to avoid it being as you put it in a box ticking exercise?— to avoid it being as you put it in a box ticking exercise? there has been trainina ut box ticking exercise? there has been training put in _ box ticking exercise? there has been training put in place _ box ticking exercise? there has been training put in place before. - box ticking exercise? there has been training put in place before. i- box ticking exercise? there has been training put in place before. i know. training put in place before. i know the training aspect is the part which is really caught the attention of the media but it is also an area that attracts a lot of cynicism because everybody is a diversity training at work are antiracism training at work are antiracism training which is now being developed. who will deliver that training? how will it be mandated?

how will it become work enacted? those are the questions each original force needs to consider to ensure this is something that steak�*s ensure this is something that steaks and chris will change so the need to be less defensive and more informed in the way they implement these actions. informed in the way they implement these actions-— these actions. thank you very much for our these actions. thank you very much for your time _ these actions. thank you very much for your time today. _ let's return to the news that the premier league footballer kurt zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his cat after video emerged in february. many people saw the and other people had the reports and chose not to watch it. the case was brought by the rspca under the animal welfare act and kurt zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and

slapping his cat, the west ham defender guilty to two counts of the act this morning. he apologised after that footage was filmed and shared by his younger brother who admitted one offence during the hearing and we saw an image of his brother a little area. we are told from the court here earlier this morning which describes kurt zouma arriving at court in what is described as chaotic fashion accompanied by several security guards who emerged from the vehicle holding umbrellas to try to form a shield around him and that is an image of him going and not wanting to show his face. the court was told about the footage of the incident which was filmed at kurt zouma's home and posted by his brother in february of this year. the cat was

kicked across the kitchen floor, shoes were thrown at the cat and the cat was hit on its head as well. so those are the latest details from the court this morning where kurt zouma has admitted to two charges for kicking and slapping his pet cat and his brother has also admitted one charge. the elizabeth line in london is carrying its first passengers this morning — £4 billion over budget and three and a half years late. when fully linked up, the crossrail project will run from reading in berkshire to shenfield in essex and abbey wood in south east london, via central london. with me now is railway historian and presenter of secrets of the underground, tim dunn. tim, great to have you with us, as we would expect. you have had a sneak preview, haven't you, of it all. loving the cushions and your sign as well, by the way, as i turn to take in your background, so what

do you make of this new line? and how much impact will it have for people wanting to travel round london? it people wanting to travel round london? . people wanting to travel round london? , ., ., ., , people wanting to travel round london? , .,., ., , ., london? it is extraordinary. i am very lucky. _ london? it is extraordinary. i am very lucky. i— london? it is extraordinary. i am very lucky. i have _ london? it is extraordinary. i am very lucky, i have been - london? it is extraordinary. i am very lucky, i have been down - london? it is extraordinary. i am l very lucky, i have been down there london? it is extraordinary. i am - very lucky, i have been down there a number of time, these are incredible station, and this is a game—changer to london. all of us know how busy the seven central line has become, and jubilee line as westminster. this is a cracking east west route that cuts time east to west but enables all the routes round it on jubilee, centraland enables all the routes round it on jubilee, central and what have you to loosen their passenger and put them to the middle. all of london, them to the middle. all of london, the whole country gains as a result. worth the wait, then? film. the whole country gains as a result. worth the wait, then?— worth the wait, then? oh, yes, absolutely. _ worth the wait, then? oh, yes, absolutely. i— worth the wait, then? oh, yes, absolutely, i went _ worth the wait, then? oh, yes, absolutely, i went down - worth the wait, then? oh, yes, absolutely, i went down there, | worth the wait, then? oh, yes, - absolutely, i went down there, and i am liking some of the stations to great big white spaceships that have landed underground because they are incredible curved form, they are remarkable structure, some more angular but they are full of wit.

they are have been designed for passengers to design and move round quickly at huge roll loom but they are full of visualjoke, quickly at huge roll loom but they are full of visual joke, references to the area they are built in, so farringdon has hatton garden diamonds there, is a bar code for smithfield and there are pinstripes on the ceiling, in people suits over moore gate so there are hints to places you are at.— places you are at. there are questions — places you are at. there are questions over _ places you are at. there are questions over how - places you are at. there are questions over how much i places you are at. there are questions over how much it| places you are at. there are - questions over how much it was over budget and how long it was in coming to fruition, when we talk about big infrastructure projects in this country, what lessons need to be learned from this?— learned from this? well, i think there are numerous _ learned from this? well, i think i there are numerous commentators learned from this? well, i think - there are numerous commentators have talked about this, but i think today isn't about dwelling on the past and those problem, it is a day for celebrating the staff and people of tfl and the cop tractor, it is a day for them. to see them coming through

the gates is wonderful thing. when i was down there, some of staff said to me thank goodness you are here, thank goodness you here, they are dying to have people to look after, because you are going to customer services because you like looking after people. the staff are just chomping at the bit to have us down there, and i have seen some of the views this morning, the smiles on people's face, shows you, big infrastructure project, they are complex, difficult, they are hard to engineer and they take mammoth amounts of time and energy but it is always, almost always, you know, worth it in the end and i think we will seen very quickly, perhaps forget most of the big problems we have had and look at the benefits it will bring london & country. maybe we will address _ will bring london & country. maybe we will address those _ will bring london & country. maybe we will address those another - will bring london & country. maybe we will address those another time | we will address those another time but lovely to talk to you today, tim.

controversial legislation, which will change how killings from the conflict in northern ireland are investigated, will be debated by mps today. victims' groups are strongly opposed to the plan, which would allow suspects who co—operate with the investigation immunity from prosecution. the government says the proposals will enable more families to get to the truth than ever before. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. every day when i waken, i waken in pain. notjust physical pain, but emotional pain. if my dad hadn't have been murdered i wouldn't be anywhere near the bomb that night. andrea brown is living with a legacy of tragedy and trauma. when she was 12, herfather, eric, a police officer, was shot dead. five years later, she was severely injured in a bombing which killed six soldiers at a fun run. andrea's strongly against the government's new legislation dealing with the conflict. there's nowhere else in the world that would try to make a law that murderers and serial killers do not

have to facejustice. victims are meant to forgive. draw a line under it. you know, but how can we? you know, no one is sorry. more than 3,500 people died during the period known as the troubles. the legislation will create a commission led by a judge which will gather information on crimes. cases can be brought to it by bereaved families, the government and some others. suspects who cooperate won't face a criminal investigation, but those who refuse can still be prosecuted if there's enough evidence. the question of how killings from the troubles should be investigated is hugely complex and contentious. in northern ireland, history still hurts. different people have different views on the past, how the conflict started,

why it lasted so long, how it should be recorded and remembered. but most victims' groups agree the government's plan is wrong. raymond mccord's son, who was also called raymond, was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. it's nonsense. it won't work. the murderers all of a sudden are going to walk in the room and tell people, "i killed him. "i killed him." do the british government really believe that? but if they do come forward, that person go in and tell them whatever details, laughing and say themselves and saying, "i got away with it." the current system is failing everybody. the government says it wants to give families the best opportunity to get to the truth. even if only one or two people come

forward with information, that's still going to be one or two more families than ever before. getting to the bottom of what happened. and of course, the other side of this is that we as uk government will be making information and documentation available in a way we haven't done before with a proper independent investigatory body working through these things. so more people get to the truth and an understanding of what happened than ever before. the politics of the present is always affected by the pain of the past year. the proposed change in the law is almost certain to be challenged in the courts. chris page, bbc news, belfast. wales' education minister has told every school it must tackle bullying and racism head on, after a pupil lost a finger reportedly fleeing bullies in abertillery, in south wales. jeremy miles said schools have to take a "robust" approach, and an anti—racism plan will be published soon. raheem bailey, ii, had surgery after catching his finger on a fence at his school, but it could not be saved. nelli bird reports. 11—year—old raheem bailey, recovering at home after a terrifying and life changing ordeal.

last tuesday he spent hours undergoing surgery in hospital. raheem told his mum shantal that he had been attacked by a group of children in school and as he tried to escape the bullies, he caught his finger, injuring it badly. it was so severe it had to be amputated. he was really brave. he was. it is not me just saying it because it is nice, or... he was completely brave. he sat there in utter agony with just gas and air and occasionally having calpol and oramorph, but he sat there in agony. and the whole time telling, "i'm sorry, i'm sorry, mummy. "i just couldn't stay there. why don't no one like me?" since people started to hear about raheem's story. his mum set up a fundraising

page and so far it has raised nearly £100,000 for raheem's future treatment. the boxer anthonyjoshua and footballerjadon sancho are among those to send private messages to his family. seeing people's support has been helping. it has been amazing, because it's like another kind of boost of, there you go, you see, there is mean people but there is also a lot of nice people. today the secondary campus, as well as the four primary schools that make up abertillery learning community have been closed. the council says it was concerned about some of the comments on social media and felt it was necessary to keep pupils and staff safe. but the council says all schools will reopen tomorrow. in a statement, the education ministerjeremy miles said he was shocked and saddened when he heard about the incident, and said it was a key goal of the welsh government to improve the experiences of black, asian and minority ethnic pupils. the children's commissioner for wales says making sure schools are equipped to tackle racist bullying needs to be a priority. previously the issue has not

been taken as seriously as it should have, and the urgency is to start to put the regulatory framework in place, the resources, the training, the support for teachers to be able to deal effectively with incidents like this. raheem's mum says he's being brave, despite still being in pain. she says she is grateful that her son is alive. it's every football fan's dream — a new owner steps in to buy a city's struggling club with promises of a return to its glory days. but for one team in north wales, the dream has turned into a nightmare. bangor city, with a history spanning more than 140 years, is on the verge of extinction, after going bust following a takeover by an argentinian singer. wyre davies reports. domenico serafino, a wannabe pop starfrom argentina, who'd never owned a football club before.

in 2019, the argentine came to north wales and took over one of the oldest clubs in the country, bangor city. we were told he was a very wealthy man. he made it known himself. i mean, he was going to put bangor city where it needed to be, which is ultimately at the top of welsh football, where it's always been. we were proud of bangor city's history, and it's deep embedded in the community here. virtually every person that lives around here will have connections. every game that you go to, it's like, there isjust- a great sense of community. everyone there is all friends. but not long after his arrival, questions were being asked. players who, i got wind quite early on, were on sums of money that dwarfed the normal wage bill in welsh football. he didn't really speak much on how it would be financed.

he just said, you know, from making music for documentaries and for films, and stuff like that. i was sort of swept up with the excitement of it all. as the sort of weeks and months went by, it did sort of become — you know, we'd speak among ourselves and sort of think, this is a balloon that's getting blown up and blown up, and eventually it's going to pop. things came to a head at the club when players stopped being paid. staff and players say that furlough payments claimed by the club were not always passed on to them. it'd be like a lottery every month, of who would get paid and who wouldn't get paid. where that furlough money went, i don't know. but it wasn't to our pockets. after failing to pay players tens of thousands of pounds, bangor city was suspended, and later withdrew from the league. serafino is still the club's owner on paper, but he left

wales at the end of 2020, and is still making music, believed to be thousands of miles away in argentina. he knew that he didn't have the money to pay, and he abandoned us, and we've not seen him since. serafino said he did pass on all furlough money to players, and he hasn't returned to wales because of health problems. he blamed the club's financial problems on covid and unexpected debts. he also claimed that people were conspiring to undermine the club for their own financial gain. wyre davies, bbc news. there'll be more on that this evening on the hidden world of football, on bbc one wales at 8pm or afterwards on iplayer. earlier some of you may have noticed something usual on the ticker on the bottom of the screen, making a

comment about manchester united and i hope that manchester united fans weren't offended by it. let me explain what was happening, behind the scenes someone was training to learn how to to use the ticker and to put text on the ticker, so they were just writing random things, to put text on the ticker, so they werejust writing random things, and that comment appeared so apologies if you saw that and you were offended and you are a fan, but certainly that was, you know, a mistake and it wasn't meant to appear on the screen, so, that was what happened. we thought we better explain that to you. rescue workers in iran say that dozens of people are still trapped in the rubble of a ten—storey building that collapsed in the city of abadan. at least six people have been killed, and more than 25 people injured. the bbc�*s az—a—day moshiri has this report. it is impossible to see through the smoke after this building collapsed,

in south—west iran. it was still under construction, but its lower floors were already open to shoppers, and located on one of the busiest commercial streets, it is thought up to 150 people were inside when it crumbled. the building collapsed suddenly, this building had no strength at all. figs this building had no strength at all. �* . . this building had no strength at all. �* , , ., this building had no strength at all. as news of the collapse travelled. _ all. as news of the collapse travelled, 17 _ all. as news of the collapse travelled, 17 rescue - all. as news of the collapse travelled, 17 rescue teams l all. as news of the collapse - travelled, 17 rescue teams rushed to the site. from the city as well as other nearby cities. rescuers are still trying to find more survivors as well as bodies. translation: ., , as well as bodies. translation: ., translation: more casualties are under the rubble, _ translation: more casualties are under the rubble, the _ translation: more casualties are under the rubble, the risk - translation: more casualties are under the rubble, the risk is - translation: more casualties are under the rubble, the risk is high i under the rubble, the risk is high because the rest of the surrounding buildings are also collapsing. officials say they still don't know how this could have happened. how this ten storey building could have fallen apart so quickly. with its beams an concrete floors, crushing the cars beneath it. but for

residents the answer is clear. they have filled the nearby streets blaming local authorities and declaring it a day of mourning for the city. for now the buildings owner an its contract to have both been arrested are as police try to piece together who is responsible. and in the meantime, the search through the buildings ruins continues. just one in ten headliners at the uk's biggest music festivals this summer will be women — that's according to a new study for bbc newsbeat. it's despite promises from organisers to diversify line—ups by this year. newsbeat reporter mitch mansfield is here. so, mitch, there no shortage of big female artists out there, so what have you found? we female artists out there, so what have you found?— female artists out there, so what have you found? we found, we asked the bbc's data _ have you found? we found, we asked the bbc's data unit _ have you found? we found, we asked the bbc's data unit to _ have you found? we found, we asked the bbc's data unit to look— have you found? we found, we asked the bbc's data unit to look at - have you found? we found, we asked the bbc's data unit to look at this - the bbc�*s data unit to look at this for us, they took 50 of the biggest festivals across the uk, they had a

look at the headliner, 200 of them and of that 200, just 26, so around about 13% were either female solo acts or bands. compare that to the men, there was round 150 male solo actses or artists so round 75%. one artist did identify as non—binary, now this is nothing terribly new, we have known for a while now that festival line ups have been predominantly male, but a lot of them had promised to get to 50—50 across the line ups by now and this indicates at the top of the bill alleast there is a long way to go. people have been thinking about it, talking about making a difference toe this but it doesn't seem like they have made enough progress, clearly they haven't, so far, why? everyone seems to be in agreement that not a lot of progress has been

made, given the targets they set themselves, it was the key change scheme that really drove the project towards 50—50. a lot of festivals signed up to the scheme. we have spoken to key change and they said it was an ambitious target, 2022. they say it takes time to develop these artists to get to the point where they are yesterday toy play the festivalsal at all. but it is worth saying some festivals say they have managed it. strawberries and cream festival they say their line up cream festival they say their line up is 60% female and non—binary and say they haven't struggled to find artists of the calibre required. they say perhaps in a time of economic uncertainty, coming off the back of the pandemic, a lot of other festivals may have wanted to play it safe, sick to the norm and just book

the artists they know can sell tickets. i the artists they know can sell tickets. . . ., , ., tickets. i mean, which leads me on to what of — tickets. i mean, which leads me on to what of the _ tickets. i mean, which leads me on to what of the festivals _ tickets. i mean, which leads me on to what of the festivals who - tickets. i mean, which leads me on to what of the festivals who aren'tl to what of the festivals who aren't doing so well, saying, in addition to the reasons you have given, or some people might call them excuses. it is is a mixed response. a few festival, it is worth saying, insist they have stuck to their 50—50 commitment across line up, albeit with mainly male headliner, the biggest festivals, a lot of them, reading, leeds, latitude they are run by a company called festival republic. they haven't responded to request, but we have spoke fohn the association of independent festivals, which represents around 90 organisers across the uk and they insist some progress has the been made, there is still work to do but they say really it is an issue for they say really it is an issue for the whole music industry, in that festivals can be an easy target. thank you for that.

the chelsea flower show opens to the public today, returning to its traditional spring slot for the first time in three years. this year the event has floral tributes to honour the platinumjubilee, and the queen has paid the gardens a visit — using a buggy as she toured the exhibit, as our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. driven by a member of the royal household, the queen visited some of the tributes celebrating her platinum jubilee year. she's missed several events recently, but this is one of her favourites. simon is right in the way. come over here. this has been created by simon. on her tour, the main display in her honour. a four—metre high floral portrait. we've got one tonne of steel as a frame in the lovely platinum purple and then it supports 70 terracotta pots, one for each year of her reign. within the centre we have a silhouette again of her majesty using gorgeous rosemary for remembrance and an assortment of british trees.

the show has finally returned to its traditional late may slot. over the next week, up to 140,000 people are expected to wander through these spectacular gardens, each one planned to perfection and with its own story to tell. this one has been made for children who have been treated at liverpool's alder hey hospital. it will be transferred there once the show is finished. that one is mint. smell it. smell the mint. betty, who is four, spent months in intensive care after she was born prematurely. i think it's that opportunity to explore and to have those connections in the world that you don't get when you're stuck in hospital. before the gardens open to the public tomorrow, some well—known faces have been enjoying the displays. it's got everything actually. lemons on my lemon trees dropping off, which i pick every— night for gin and tonic.

i have planted a himalayan... ..silver birch. it's absolutely beautiful. over the next week, thousands of visitors will be able to enjoy the gardens in all their spring glory. helena wilkinson, bbc news, at the chelsea flower show. in the united states, she was an actress, director, and beauty queen. now she's a nigerian queen. angelique—monet gureje, married the monarch of eti—oni in osun state last year. she's been speaking to dami oduolowu from bbc africa's what's new programme about how she's embracing her new life, and also about a very special skill she's brought to the kingdom. from beauty queen to royal queen. thank you for letting us into your kingdom. this is her royal majority angelique—monet. born in america e,

now the wife of a phage ran queen, how do you want to be addressed? i am actually the yeyeluwa 0lori of eti-oni. am actually the yeyeluwa 0lori of eti—oni. than am actually the yeyeluwa olori of eti-oni. �* 4' am actually the yeyeluwa olori of eti-oni. �* ~ .., ., eti-oni. an leek came to live in this rural _ eti-oni. an leek came to live in this rural community _ eti-oni. an leek came to live in this rural community in - eti-oni. an leek came to live in - this rural community in south-west this rural community in south—west nigeria after marrying in 2021. how did she adapt to the change from a show business life in america? well. show business life in america? well, first of all, show business life in america? well, first of all. it — show business life in america? well, first of all, it is — show business life in america? well, first of all, it is something _ show business life in america? well, first of all, it is something that - show business life in america? -ii first of all, it is something that i am really proud of, because the first time i set foot in africa, i am married to a king and i have a long and long—standing road to go ahead, and for eti—oni and our people and i am happy to be here, it isjust like a fairy people and i am happy to be here, it is just like a fairy tale that came true. isjust like a fairy tale that came true. ., , ., , ., isjust like a fairy tale that came true. ., y., y., , true. how did you meet your husband the kin: ? true. how did you meet your husband the king? that _ true. how did you meet your husband the king? that is _ true. how did you meet your husband the king? that is a _ true. how did you meet your husband the king? that is a really _ true. how did you meet your husband the king? that is a really good - the king? that is a really good question- _ the king? that is a really good question- we _ the king? that is a really good question. we we _ the king? that is a really good question. we we get - the king? that is a really good question. we we get asked i the king? that is a really good l question. we we get asked that the king? that is a really good i question. we we get asked that a lot. we have nevin each other and known each other for a while and it was our humanitarian projects that really broth brought us together. which was like, to me, it's a fate from god. it was an easy adjustment,

because i have always loved africa and i have always loved nigeria and then i learned through the transatlantic slave trade even my ways would come from the traditions so it has been a beautiful adjust. and, to be honest, ifeel like as long as you are willing to give to the people, it makes you, yourjob easier. jesus loves me, think know. �* ., jesus loves me, think know. and what queen angelique _ jesus loves me, think know. and what queen angelique gives _ jesus loves me, think know. and what queen angelique gives to _ jesus loves me, think know. and what queen angelique gives to the - jesus loves me, think know. and what queen angelique gives to the people, j queen angelique gives to the people, especially the children is a unique skill of ventism? i especially the children is a unique skill of ventism ?_ especially the children is a unique skill of ventism? i started doing it for humanitarian _ skill of ventism? i started doing it for humanitarian reason, - skill of ventism? i started doing it for humanitarian reason, i - skill of ventism? i started doing it for humanitarian reason, i mean l skill of ventism? i started doing it | for humanitarian reason, i mean to make a difference, for over a decade. so i had retired from acting as well as performing full—time, but the ventriloquist act is something i have been doing round the world to make people happy, because it does. this is milk. i would like do you

meet ourfriend again. i this is milk. i would like do you meet our friend again. i already know who they are. yes, i know that you know. it is eti—oni, the oldest plantation in nigeria. that is right. where are you from? the united states of america here but now i live here in eti—oni. are you ready to welcome her to live here, milk the cow, say yes! i got into it because i was bullied. it was rough. but, it was the rare art of ventriloquists that my mother taught me. gracey the pig they loved. but is the acting life over for for her? we are working on a few film project, and with some animations as well as telling the history of our kingdom, and, and the good work we are doing, so, so, but you would say i am retired from acting, full—time and performing. 50

i am retired from acting, full-time and performing-— i am retired from acting, full-time and performing. so the film industry is hue, is and performing. so the film industry is huge. is that _ and performing. so the film industry is huge, is that something _ and performing. so the film industry is huge, is that something you - and performing. so the film industry is huge, is that something you could consider being part of? is huge, is that something you could consider being part— consider being part of? any great sto , the consider being part of? any great story, the palace _ consider being part of? any great story, the palace has _ consider being part of? any great story, the palace has let - consider being part of? any great story, the palace has let me - consider being part of? any great| story, the palace has let me mow they support me doing things that make a difference, so if it a beautiful story and it happens to be molly wood, definitely we are open minded to it. the ventriloquist queen. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. today really will be a day of bright spells, sunshine and showers, some heavy and some thundery later across parts of many of us will miss the showers and have a dry day with bright skies all sunshine and later on, a ridge of high pressure builds from the west, so many of the showers will fade. it will be breezy with highs between 11 and 18. heading into the evening and overnight, eventually many showers will start to fade

and we will find we will end up with clear skies for a time, but they will be fairly short—lived because in the west the cloud will be building and a weather front coming in will bring some rain. temperatures falling away between seven and 11 degrees. starting tomorrow, some bright skies initially across the far south—east but you can see we have these fronts, one moving east and one moving south, the isobars alone tell us that wherever you are, it will be windier, quite gusty winds. the cloud comes on quickly after that bright start, a weather front continues to push its south—eastern fragments, the rain turning likely and patchy. sunshine and showers after that, but through the afternoon they become more isolated, it will be windy and the top temperature will be up to 18. from wednesday into thursday, high pressure is still across the south, low pressure still in the north, the isobars in the north are closely packed, meaning gusts to kayal. cross parts of scotland.

heavy showers too, sleet on the highest ground, weather front sinking south, producing this cloud and spots of rain. quite murky at times. 20 degrees towards london, 10 degrees in stornoway. the high pressure built over the weekend, things settled down for many with a fair bit of dry weather, variable cloud, showers coming in across the north of scotland where we have a north—westerly breeze and temperatures 11 to 16 in the north, but 20 further south once again.

this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at midday: the met police and boris johnson are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a leaving do in downing street during lockdown. he wasn't fined for this event, and as you can see he's raising a glass and he seems to be saying cheers and thank you to a member of staff as he left the office that day. i think the met police service should be explaining and providing clarity as to how they reached their conclusions. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan was a "disaster" and a "betrayal", according to an inquiry conducted by mps. images china doesn't

want you to see — hacked data passed to the bbc shows the detention and indoctrination of uyghur muslims. all police officers in england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of plans to tackle discrimination. west ham defender kurt zouma pleaded guilty to two charges of kicking and slapping a cat. and spanning over 100km from reading to essex, the elizabeth crossrail line finally opens more than three years later than scheduled. the met police are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a gathering in downing

street during lockdown. but this is an event that borisjohnson was not fined for attending. it happened in november 2020 — at a time when indoor social mixing was banned in england. a report into such gatherings by the senior civil servant, sue gray, is expected to be published this week. our political correspondent helen catt reports. leaving drinks for a senior downing street aide with bottles of wine, food and what appears to be a toast from the boss. this was on 13th november 2020 when the country was in lockdown, indoors socialising banned. it's understood at least one of the people who went to this gathering was fined by the police. the prime minister was not, which has raised questions. i think millions of people will be sitting at home thinking that if it was them or anybody else pictured at that party they would have received a fine,

so unless the met police can provide an urgent clarification as to why boris johnson wasn't fined, then the police watchdog needs to step in and restore some transparency and public trust to this process. the met has previously said it wouldn't provide further details of its findings. downing street says the police had access to all the relevant information, including photographs. the prime minister thought it was a works event. the metropolitan police thought it was a works event. therefore it was a works event. no, you might want it to be a party, but unless you're going to say that the prime minister is not telling the truth and the met police aren't telling the truth, it wasn't a party. others don't agree and say the pictures cast doubt on what the prime minister has said to parliament, like this in december last year. will the prime minister tell- the house whether there was a party at downing street on l the 13th of november? speaker: prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i'm sure, whatever happened, the guidance and the rules were followed at all times. i don't think this is good enough,

regardless of party, _ that the prime minister it appears has misled parliament. _ we can allow this to come out in the sue gray report. - we can allow the police to do more commentary on it. - we can allow the privileges and i standards committee to look at it. but why put us all. through that agony? if mrjohnson will not resign over this, then i think that tory mps l have to bring him down. a handful of tories have publicly criticised these photos. a more telling reaction is likely to come to the long—awaited report by the senior civil servant sue gray. she's expected to publish in the next couple of days. downing street has said boris johnson will address parliament in full once that's happened. will this, then, be the week when some of those details that have been under wraps for months finally see the light of day? helen catt, bbc news, westminster. the transport secretary grant shapps was asked whether the photos confirmed borisjohnson was attending a party.

well, it's certainly a leaving event. his part in it, though, will have been fully investigated by the police. as we know, he wasn't fined for this event, and as you can see he's raising a glass and he seems to be saying cheers and thank you to a member of staff as he left the office that day. but, as i say, i don't seek to defend it, because he doesn't either. and he's reformed number 10, brought in a new office of the prime minister, brought in a permanent secretary to that office to look after all of the running of number 10, which is what should've been happening all along. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has oversight over the metropolitan police and told bbc radio 4's today programme that the force should explain why the prime minister wasn't fined over the pictured event. i think the met police service should be explaining and providing clarity as to how they reached their conclusions. people can't understand and are scratching their heads at why the prime minister didn't receive more fines. as it is, he's been found guilty of at least one offence, as it is, we know that downing street have had more fines

issued then any property across the country. that shows a culture of lawbreaking from those that are making the laws. i think the police should explain how they reached their conclusions. mps have delivered a scathing assessment of the government's evacuation of afghanistan last year. the foreign affairs committee said afghan allies and british soldiers had been let down by what they called "deep failures of leadership." their report accuses ministers of having a "total absence of a plan," and calls for the resignation of the foreign office's top civil servant, sir philip barton, who stayed on holiday as kabul fell. paul adams reports. the west's withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain's allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. knowing that american forces

were soon going to leave, the report says the government failed to respond. well, it's clear that what we could have done really from 18 months out when the warning started is begun the really serious preparations, knowing who we needed to evacuate, planning on how we would get them out and where we would take them but instead i'm afraid that's not what happened. at a hearing last december, the foreign office's top civil servants struggled to explain why he and others, including the foreign secretary, stayed on holiday while kabulfell. i have reflected a lot since august on my leave and if i had my time again i would have come back from my leave earlier than i did. i did put in place, as i think you know, an acting permanent secretary in the normal way, but also

a director—general to lead in power in afghanistan. today's report suggests mr barton should consider his position. it says many of the british officials and soldiers sent to try and manage the terrible situation at kabul airport worked under enormous pressure. but it criticises what it calls misleading statements about the evacuation process, and says the leadership at the foreign office should be ashamed that two civil servants risked their careers to bring the situation to light. the foreign office defends its record. our staff works tirelessly, a spokesperson said, to evacuate over 15,000 people from afghanistan within a fortnight. this was the biggest uk mission of its kind in generations and followed months of intensive planning and collaboration between uk government departments. the report urges the government to commit to a serious strategy for dealing with afghanistan in the future. a failure to do that, it says, would abandon afghan women and girls to the biggest single reversal of rights in a generation. paul adams, bbc news.

joining me now is stephen carter, afghanistan adviser to non—governmental organisation, global witness. thank you forjoining us. this is a truly scathing about a lack of planning and leadership according to the cross—party foreign affairs committee. what is your response to it? i committee. what is your response to it? . , ,., y committee. what is your response to it? y , it? i absolutely recognise the icture it it? i absolutely recognise the picture it paints _ it? i absolutely recognise the picture it paints and - it? i absolutely recognise the picture it paints and was - it? i absolutely recognise the - picture it paints and was involved in trying to get people out of afghanistan who were in desperate danger back in august 2021 in the chaos of that situation is hard to overstate. i think it really drives home notjust the overstate. i think it really drives home not just the failure overstate. i think it really drives home notjust the failure of planning and the failure of duty around that but the lack of serious switch people in afghanistan have been treated before and since the evacuation. i think there was a

profound optimism but it was based on our failure to really understand afghanistan, which is an dreadful indictment given the states involved and how we were long —— how long we were there. it is a picture of the amateurishness which since 2001 has characterised the intervention, particularly around the issues of politics and power which were never taken seriously and have led to this crisis. ., ., , ., , crisis. not enough people with experience _ crisis. not enough people with experience of _ crisis. not enough people with experience of the _ crisis. not enough people with experience of the country - crisis. not enough people with experience of the country in i crisis. not enough people with. experience of the country in the right positions? i experience of the country in the right positions?— right positions? i think it is artl right positions? i think it is partly that _ right positions? i think it is partly that and _ right positions? i think it is partly that and partly - right positions? i think it is partly that and partly not i right positions? i think it is - partly that and partly not enough people with experience on the ground, who had language skills and deep understanding, but really i think it is from the top, a failure to have people, the leadership from

governmental and ministerial level, despite all the signs, all the warnings that were received, it was really treated as a military adventure and after a certain point the international community really washed its hands of afghanistan and there was a sense that this was a losing cause and we would no longer be involved and i think that was visible in the evacuations but i think the key point here is that failure of responsibility is not something which ended in august 2021, is something which continues to this day so afghans who are still in afghanistan, who are desperately trying to get out, who we are trying to support with other organisations in an effort to help people still in the country who are in desperate risk and they really don't have a path to come out. that i think is a real indictment, for us to fail in

august 2021 when things move very quickly was one thing but for us to fail to put in place an adequate pathway for people to get out at risk since then, that is a true indictment and i think a sort of shame for the united kingdom. there are inferior pathways but they are not open to applications and time is dragging on and people at immense risks are increasingly desperate and there is just not the help in risks are increasingly desperate and there isjust not the help in place for them. . , ., for them. there are calls for the senior civil _ for them. there are calls for the senior civil servant _ for them. there are calls for the senior civil servant to _ for them. there are calls for the senior civil servant to resign - for them. there are calls for the j senior civil servant to resign and for them. there are calls for the l senior civil servant to resign and i wonder if the buck will stop somewhere because if it doesn't what incentive is there for any department to say let's examine what we're and how we do it and look to whether we can improve our practices? i whether we can improve our practices?— whether we can improve our ractices? ~' ,., ., , practices? i think the report does make clear _ practices? i think the report does make clear the _

practices? i think the report does make clear the phase _ practices? i think the report does make clear the phase of -- - practices? i think the report does make clear the phase of -- the l make clear the phase of —— the failures of leadership in the civil service but i think we must be very careful not to ignore the real people responsible which are at the end of the buck has to stop with the ministers, notjust the ministers directly involved at the time of this operation but going back to somewhere for them. it would be i think a deep injustice if the politicians were let off the hook and on the civil servants pay the price. the main thing we need to see no is a change in the policy that we have towards afghanistan in the here and now. it is very good to have had this degree of accountability but it is the policy in the future that needs to change.— is the policy in the future that needs to change. good to talk to ou, needs to change. good to talk to you. thank _ needs to change. good to talk to you. thank you _ needs to change. good to talk to you, thank you very _ needs to change. good to talk to you, thank you very much. - the west ham footballer, kurt zouma, has admitted kicking

and slapping his pet cat. zouma, who is 27, pleaded guilty to two counts under the animal welfare act during a hearing at thames magistrates court. he'll be sentenced at a later date. you're watching bbc news, saying goodbye to viewers on bbc 2. the united nations' world food programme has described russia's blockade of ukrainian ports as a �*declaration of war on global food security�* — that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government —— and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. david beasley is from the world food programme. we are already facing a crisis since

world war ii and if you add on top of that fertilisers and droughts and food costs and fuel costs we are looking at hailstorm on earth and nature of this could be a food availability problem. our ukraine correspondent, joe inwood, who's in kyiv, says it is difficult to find overwhelming evidence that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. i think it would be difficult to say that that is what they are trying to achieve. of course they would argue that their primary aim is the blockade to stop ships coming out for military reasons, but it is an end consequence of a military action in the black sea. the black sea port of odesa, where huge, huge amounts of ukrainian grain would normally flow out and get to the world has been blockaded. we understand that there is about 80 million tonnes of grain that needs to get out this year, but none

of it can get through. you ask about what can be done. well, it was quite an interesting suggestion from the latvian foreign minister yesterday. he was in london talking to his british counterpart, liz truss, and they were talking about the idea of creating a sort of convoy of the willing, a group of ships that could go in and extract the grain, that could take it to world markets, not in a military sense. not nato ships, not trying to create a confrontation with russia, but countries like egypt, countries that have significant navies and a significant interest in getting this grain out. of course, it would be risky. firstly, you would be confronting russia, you would be challenging russia, but also it is mined. so there are lots of potential pitfalls here, but it is one of the thoughts coming about how this problem could be resolved. about how this problem the headlines on bbc news: the met police and borisjohnson are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a leaving do

in downing street during lockdown. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan was a "disaster" and a "betrayal", according to an inquiry conducted by mps. west ham defender kurt zouma pleadeds guilty to kicking and slapping a cat. he's admitted two offences under the animal welfare act. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. west ham's kurt zouma has admitted kicking and slapping his pet cats. the defender pleaded guilty to two counts under the animal welfare act when he appeared at thames magistrates' court in east london this morning. he was filmed on social media in february kicking and mistreating his pet cats by his younger brother yoan who plays for dagenham and redbridge. he admitted one offence during the hearing. the animals are still being cared for by the rspca which raised the investigation.

danil medvedev has begun his french open with a straightforward win. the world number two encountered few problems from the argentinian facundo bagnis... easing to a comfortable straight sets win 6—2, 6—2, 6—2. later former champion simona halep and 2021runner—up stefanos tsitsipas will take to the court for their opening matches. emma raducanu says she's "proud" of the way she battled back from a set down to win her first round match. a year ago she was sitting her a—levels, now the teenager has won a match at every grand slam going. she beat linda noskova, who's two years younger than her at 17 — a qualifier from the czech republic and was last year's junior champion. raducanu took the deciding set 6—1 and will next face aliaksandra sasnovich of belarus tomorrow. rafa nadal says he hopes the powers that be that run tennis and wimbledon can get together soon and sort out the row over ranking points.

nadal beatjordan thompson in straight sets at roland garros yesterday. he spoke yesterday and is did not say whether he agreed or disagreed. four time grand slam champion naomi osaka yesterday said she may now give the even a miss. i respect and understand the decision by wimbledon but on the other hand i understand protecting the members. it is not that one is doing a negative thing on the other one is doing a good thing, in my personal opinion i have good reasons to make the decisions that they make today and hopefully atp and

wimbledon can sit together and negotiate a better future for all sides. all police officers and staff in forces across england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of a new national plan to tackle discrimination against black people. the new measures have been announced by the national police chiefs' council and the college of policing, but campaigners say the plan falls short of real change.

july 2020. this video of team gb athlete bianca williams and her partner went viral on social media, showing the moment they were stopped and searched by police in london. just two months before that, the murder of george floyd in the us led to the global resurgence of the black lives matter movement. and earlier this year, protests were held after the shocking case of child q, the 15—year—old black girl who was strip searched by police at school without an appropriate adult present. the way black people are treated by police across the uk continues to raise serious questions. trust is broken. confidence is low. and these teenagers in east london say they are scared. me personally, i think the word that comes to me is fear. i feel like even when you see videos of people sort of acting up or being aggressive towards the police, i feel it all stems from fear. they put a gun to our face. yeah, that's one of my second experiences with the police. my first experience was actually on oxford street. i was shopping. stopped and searched me. they let me go. i didn't do anything wrong. but today, senior police officers

say they are committed to real change, with the announcement of a new national action plan to address racial inequality. we have launched today a plan specifically targeting black communities that recognises we are falling short and we are falling short because confidence is low right now. and, you know, there are many great things that police officers do. there is phenomenal work the police service does, but in this area, we've got and say we are not meeting the needs of communities. black people in england and wales are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched compared with white people according to government figures. this new plan aims to address the disproportionate use of these powers as well as recruit more black officers to help rebuild trust in marginalised communities. but human rights campaigners aren't convinced by these new measures. their commitments made in the report are at complete odds with the announcements made by the government just last week, so the home secretary announced that the government would be

creating new stop and search powers in the public order bill. it's expanding suspicion of stop and search in the police crime sentencing courts act. it's rolling out taser to volunteer police officers. these are exactly the powers and tools that disproportionately target and harass young black men. back in east london, there are still concerns over the pace of change in policing. we're seen as better or we're seen as, "the police are not that bad". butjust because we are not as worse as america does not mean that we're still at the level it should be. the action plan will take shape over the coming months with more details expected at the end of the year. adina campbell, bbc news.

a violent drug user has been sentenced at birmingham court. this was a three—year—old boy who was described in court as lively, boisterous and happy. injune 2018 he died while in the care of the people who should have been protecting him. his mother and her partner. fis protecting him. his mother and her artner. �* . protecting him. his mother and her artner. �* , , ., partner. as the patient breathing? watson made _ partner. as the patient breathing? watson made this _ partner. as the patient breathing? watson made this 999 _ partner. as the patient breathing? watson made this 999 call. - partner. as the patient breathing? i watson made this 999 call. although paramedics arrived quickly and taken to hospital, they could not save him. his ribs had been crushed and he died from severe abdominal injuries which the court heard were comparable to a car crash on a fall from height. doctors also find evidence on his body of a number of

other serious injuries he had suffered in the days and weeks before. on the day he died, his mother took him from the family flat to a walk in health centre and told a nurse his son was not his normal self, was sick and had a high temperature and was not eating. he was given medicine for a suspected stomach bug. on the outside he appeared well. this is him after the health centre visit stopping for lunch with his mum and then returning to their flat in west bromwich. a few hours later he was dead. it bromwich. a few hours later he was dead. . . . bromwich. a few hours later he was dead. ., ., , ~ bromwich. a few hours later he was dead. ., , dead. it was a shocking case. the evidence that _ dead. it was a shocking case. the evidence that was _ dead. it was a shocking case. the evidence that was heard - dead. it was a shocking case. the evidence that was heard is - dead. it was a shocking case. the - evidence that was heard is something that i had not seen before in my experience as a police officer to hear about the descriptions of the injuries that he suffered was really harrowing. injuries that he suffered was really harrowina. , ., . ., ,., harrowing. during the trial watson and paul said _ harrowing. during the trial watson and paul said his— harrowing. during the trial watson

and paul said his injuries - harrowing. during the trial watson and paul said his injuries were - and paul said his injuries were inflicted accidentally during roughly. ——pope. pope was convicted of using and dealing in drugs and watson was said to have a zero to 100 temper. he watson was said to have a zero to 100 temper-— 100 temper. he was a lovely and mischievous _ 100 temper. he was a lovely and mischievous three-year-old - 100 temper. he was a lovely and mischievous three-year-old boy| 100 temper. he was a lovely and i mischievous three-year-old boy let mischievous three—year—old boy let down by the very people that should have been looking after him. these ictures have been looking after him. these pictures detail _ have been looking after him. these pictures detail that, _ have been looking after him. these pictures detail that, a _ have been looking after him. these pictures detail that, a safeguarding review that will reveal whether opportunities were lost to save the boy will be detailed later

the bbc has been handed a huge cache of hacked data including thousands of photographs from the heart of china's highly secretive system of mass—incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities in the xinjiang region. they include evidence of a shoot—to—kill policy for those who try to escape. the foreign secretary, liz truss, called the data "shocking" and renewed her call for the un human rights commissioner to be given access to the area. john sudworth reports. these are the faces china never intended us to see, from inside its system of mass incarceration in xinjiang. the government has long denied it's running detention camps for uyghurs, insisting instead they are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3,000 of them, show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have been swept up person by person. the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention. the youngest, just 15. the uyghurs, with their turkic language, islamic traditions and roots in a region

with a history of separatism and violence have long faced cycles of tightening government control. and with mounting criticism over the camps, the authorities have taken journalists on tours, showing them uyghurs celebrating their culture and, they say, being guided away from extremism. yes, this is classified internal government information. the files, said to have hacked from the police computer service in xinjiang by a source whose identity is unknown, were first passed to dr adrian zenz, a xinjiang scholar, who in turn shared them with the bbc — and they raise serious questions about china's narrative. you have police officers in heavy riot gear standing next to some of the men. some of the men have their arms in a funny position as if they were handcuffed, so this is really very powerful. i was looking through these images on my laptop in the living room and had to get up and go somewhere else and take a break. i was overwhelmed.

the hacked files also contain hundreds of spreadsheets, row upon row of draconian jail sentences often targeting expressions of islamic faith, as a parallel method alongside the camps for detaining uyghurs en masse. just for growing a heard, this man was sentenced to 16 years injail. his chosen expression of uyghur identity forcibly removed. by speaking to members of the uyghur diaspora in places like turkey, the bbc has been able to verify the data, showing it to contain real people. this man for example knew his eldest son had beenjailed — but the database tells him for how long. 15 years for terrorism offences. although as evidence, only has son's devout islamic faith is listed. in response to questions, the chinese embassy in the us

issued a statement, saying in the face of the grave and complex counterterrorism situation in xinjiang the authorities had taken a host of decisive, robust and effective deradicalisation measures so that people could live a safe, happy and fulfilling life — although there was no attempt to address any of the hacked data directly. it includes these images, once again from deep within the system that appear to offer further evidence of the harsh detention and indoctrination of a people, not for what they have done, but for who they are. hello. today we were looking at a day of sunshine and showers. some share was heavy and a few with the odd rumble of thunder particularly in the east and south—east. in between the showers will be some

sunshine and later in the day as a ridge of high pressure pulls from the west, in the west in any of the showers will fade. it's going to be a breezy day with temperatures 11—18. through the evening and overnight, eventually most of the showers will fade, ww�*ll see some clearer skies, but the cloud will be building up towards the west ahead of this band of rain coming into the west. temperatures falling away between about 7—11. tomorrow morning we start off on a bright note in the far south—east, but short lived. the cloud continuing to build ahead of the weather front. the weather front producing some rain but increasingly that will be light and patchy. it's going to be a windy day and we are also looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, with the shower is increasingly becoming isolated with highs up to 18. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the met police and borisjohnson are facing fresh questions

after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a leaving do in downing street during lockdown. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan was a "disaster" and a "betrayal", according to an inquiry conducted by mps. images china doesn't want you to see — hacked data passed to the bbc shows the detention and indoctrination of uyghur muslims. all police officers in england and wales are to be given anti—racism training as part of plans to tackle discrimination. is west ham defender kurt zouma pleadeds guilty to kicking and slapping a cat — admitting two offences under the animal welfare act. now let's get the latest on pa rtygate. the prime minister and the metropolitan police are facing fresh questions after leaked photos showing borisjohnson toasting to a room of people in number ten.

let's recap on how events unfolded. a total of 126 fixed penalty notices were issued by the metropolitan police during their investigation into lockdown parties in downing street. 83 people were fined for events happening across eight different dates. the prime minister was fined for covid breaches for attending an event of 30 people, where he was presented with a birthday cake in the cabinet room. at the time, gatherings of two or more people inside were banned by law unless "reasonably neccessary" for work purposes. the chancellor rishi sunak and boris johnson's then fiancee carrie, were also fined. the latest images, released by itv yesterday, were reportedly taken in 2020 on the 13th of november. the event was for a leaving party when a second coronavirus lockdown was in place in england. the bbc has been told that at least one person who attended the event was fined, but borisjohnson was not.

the met police are facing calls to explain why mrjohnson did not receive a fine. the senior civil servant sue gray will hand her report on parties to downing street later this week. joining me now to talk about it further is stephen roberts, former deputy assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police. thank you very much forjoining ours it is a story, well i won't say everyone's talking about it but a lot of people are, and you know, on the question of weather the metropolitan police ought to and needs to give more details as to who it arrived at its decisions, do you theyis it arrived at its decisions, do you they is a good idea? he i it arrived at its decisions, do you they is a good idea?— it arrived at its decisions, do you they is a good idea? no i think it's a very bad — they is a good idea? no i think it's a very bad idea. — they is a good idea? no i think it's a very bad idea, the _ they is a good idea? no i think it's a very bad idea, the metropolitan| a very bad idea, the metropolitan police had to assess the evidence against the normal criminal law criteria, of whether or not it proved offences beyond reasonable doubt. although these were fixed penalty ticket offence, they have to be able to defend and prove the case in court, if it is challenged. we could have ended up, if they did

anything else, we could have ended up anything else, we could have ended up in the situation where the prime minister was challenged it in court, and we had yet another hearing about the evidence. so, the met will have taken independent legal advice, and checked against that hard rigorous criteria of beyond reasonable doubt. i am afraid the photographs all too often photographs can give a slightly misleading impression, and while we might take a common—sense view about what they prove, that doesn't mean that a photograph is either admissible or adequate evidence to provide, prove an offence, �* , offence, but the bar here is incredibly — offence, but the bar here is incredibly high, _ offence, but the bar here is incredibly high, we - offence, but the bar here is incredibly high, we are - offence, but the bar here is i incredibly high, we are talking about a situation where the prime minister had asked everyone to obey a certain set of rule, the questions relate to whether he himself obeyed those rule, so surely this is an exceptional case and the there is a

case for the met to explain how it reached a decision, over certain events, where some people were fined and others weren't? i events, where some people were fined and others weren't?— and others weren't? i think will is and others weren't? i think will is a stron: and others weren't? i think will is a strong case _ and others weren't? i think will is a strong case for _ and others weren't? i think will is a strong case for the _ and others weren't? i think will is a strong case for the met - and others weren't? i think will is a strong case for the met being i a strong case for the met being transparent about the process that it went through, in order to assess the evidence, and come to decision but i think it would set�* had precedent indeed if the met or any other body were to reveal the evidence about why somebody hadn't been charged with an offence, we do have an idea in this country that people are innocent until proven guilty, and having to prove somebody innocent is not what the criminal law is about, this is essentially a political dispute. we now have the met being challenged by the prime minister's political opponents, in the lib dems, and the labour party. and some of his own party to be

fair, you know, some of his own conservative mps are saying there needs to be more transparency, we needs to be more transparency, we need more information. i needs to be more transparency, we need more information.— needs to be more transparency, we need more information. i would say it is fairly clear _ need more information. i would say it is fairly clear some _ need more information. i would say it is fairly clear some of _ need more information. i would say it is fairly clear some of mr - it is fairly clear some of mr johnson's political points are within his own party and all claiming that the met should disclose the evidence because the met has not come to the conclusion they wanted to come to. but. met has not come to the conclusion they wanted to come to.— they wanted to come to. but, well, can ou they wanted to come to. but, well, can you really _ they wanted to come to. but, well, can you really say _ they wanted to come to. but, well, can you really say that? _ they wanted to come to. but, well, can you really say that? is - they wanted to come to. but, well, can you really say that? is it - can you really say that? is it because they simply want more detail on how a decision was reached? he. on how a decision was reached? no, as i sa , on how a decision was reached? no, as i say. i— on how a decision was reached? no, as i say. i think _ on how a decision was reached? iifr, as i say, i think giving detail about how a decision is reached, the process of investigation is legitimate, i don't think giving evidence that amounts to proving somebody�*s innocence is in accordance with the criminal law. 0k, accordance with the criminal law. ok, steven roberts, really interesting to hear your thoughts today. thank you very much.

wales' education minister has told every school it must tackle bullying and racism head on, after a pupil lost a finger reportedly fleeing bullies in abertillery, in south wales. jeremy miles said schools have to take a "robust" approach, and an anti—racism plan will be published soon. raheem bailey, 11, had surgery after catching his finger on a fence at his school, but it could not be saved. nelli bird reports. 11—year—old raheem bailey, recovering at home after a terrifying and life changing ordeal. last tuesday he spent hours undergoing surgery in hospital. raheem told his mum shantal that he had been attacked by a group of children in school and as he tried to escape the bullies, he caught his finger, injuring it badly. it was so severe it had to be amputated. he was really brave. he was.

it is not me just saying it because it is nice, or... he was completely brave. he sat there in utter agony with just gas and air and occasionally having calpol and oramorph, but he sat there in agony. and the whole time telling, "i'm sorry, i'm sorry, mummy. "i just couldn't stay there. why don't no one like me?" since people started to hear about raheem's story. his mum set up a fundraising page and so far it has raised nearly £100,000 for raheem's future treatment. the boxer anthonyjoshua and footballerjadon sancho are among those to send private messages to his family. seeing people's support has been helping. it has been amazing, because it's like another kind of boost of, there you go, you see, there is mean people but there is also a lot of nice people. today the secondary campus, as well as the four primary schools that make up abertillery learning community have been closed. the council says it was concerned about some of the comments on social media and felt it was necessary

to keep pupils and staff safe. but the council says all schools will reopen tomorrow. in a statement, the education ministerjeremy miles said he was shocked and saddened when he heard about the incident, and said it was a key goal of the welsh government to improve the experiences of black, asian and minority ethnic pupils. the children's commissioner for wales says making sure schools are equipped to tackle racist bullying needs to be a priority. previously the issue has not been taken as seriously as it should have, and the urgency is to start to put the regulatory framework in place, the resources, the training, the support for teachers to be able to deal effectively with incidents like this. raheem's mum says he's being brave, despite still being in pain. she says she is grateful that her son is alive.

let's get more now on that major cache of hacked data, acquired by the bbc, that includes thousands of photographs from the heart of china's highly secretive system of mass—incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities in the xinjiang region. they include evidence of a shoot—to—kill policy for those who try to escape. i'm joined now in london by rahima mahmut. uk director, world uyghur congress. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news today. i wonder what your thoughts are on seeing these images? your thoughts are on seeing these imaues? ., ~' ,. your thoughts are on seeing these imaues? . ~ y., ., your thoughts are on seeing these imaues? ., ~' ,. ., ., images? thank you for having me. the photographs — images? thank you for having me. the photographs put _ images? thank you for having me. the photographs put a _ images? thank you for having me. the photographs put a human _ images? thank you for having me. the photographs put a human face - images? thank you for having me. the photographs put a human face to - images? thank you for having me. the photographs put a human face to this | photographs put a human face to this genocide. in the past we only had limited footage and satellite images but now we have thousands of pictures of individual uighurs that have been detained. behind each one

carries its own story, trauma and life destroyed. i looked through the photos, there is 15—year—old girl, and this is in humanity at its most extreme. and i have translated the testimonies of those that have survived these camps and i am well wear of the horrors they have faced, constant surveillance, humiliation, indoctrination, torture, systematic rape, and all this, but these pictures just seeing the face, it breaks my heart. it is really, really sad. breaks my heart. it is really, really sad-— really sad. do you think the publication _ really sad. do you think the publication of _ really sad. do you think the publication of these - really sad. do you think the publication of these images really sad. do you think the - publication of these images will lead to any change, any movement? i hope so. i lead to any change, any movement? i ho -e so. ., , lead to any change, any movement? i hoe so. .,, . lead to any change, any movement? i hoe so. . lead to any change, any movement? i hoeso. i hope so. i hope so. we saw the power

of imaes hope so. i hope so. we saw the power of images from _ hope so. i hope so. we saw the power of images from ukrainings _ hope so. i hope so. we saw the power of images from ukrainings for - of images from ukrainings for example and the chinese government never allowed the world to see their crimes. and so, i hope that this will really cause some kind of outrage among the international community, as well as the governments, to really take action sanctioning the chinese government, individual officials, and stop forced labour products coming into the countries, so i believe this is very significant, and it will also like give some kind of power to my work, because china's government consistently denying about what they have been doing to my people, carrying out genocidal policies, interning millions of my fellow

uighur, and now these images show the truth. we have been talking about, for the past at least five years. about, for the past at least five ears, , , , about, for the past at least five ears. years. embassy, china's embassy here in the uk has — years. embassy, china's embassy here in the uk has issued _ years. embassy, china's embassy here in the uk has issued a _ years. embassy, china's embassy here in the uk has issued a statement, - in the uk has issued a statement, saying that these allegations around the release of these image, allegations as they call them e are designed to smear china, they talk about the visit to china by the un high commissionerfor about the visit to china by the un high commissioner for human about the visit to china by the un high commissionerfor human rights saying that china will welcome and facilitate a visit, including to the province, what is your response that? ~ ., ., , , , that? well, i am not surprised. i mean we — that? well, i am not surprised. i mean we know _ that? well, i am not surprised. i mean we know this _ that? well, i am not surprised. i mean we know this will - that? well, i am not surprised. i mean we know this will be - that? well, i am not surprised. i mean we know this will be a - that? well, i am not surprised. i| mean we know this will be a kind that? well, i am not surprised. i. mean we know this will be a kind of very window dressing sort of, you know, with it. it is not what we hoped unfettered access, to be able

to investigate the camps and the people. also with the families of those who have family members missing, and also serving long—term prison, including some died in those concentration camps. we don't believe that the un high commissioner can see the reality, it is just commissioner can see the reality, it isjust a trip commissioner can see the reality, it is just a trip that serves china's propaganda about how well that uighur people are living under their policies, but you know, these are the reality, this is the leaked internal classified documents. no—one can deny those images, those photographs, those real names of those people. so... 50 photographs, those real names of those people. so...— those people. so... so sorry, i thouht those people. so... so sorry, i thought you — those people. so... so sorry, i thought you had _ those people. so... so sorry, i thought you had come - those people. so... so sorry, i thought you had come to - those people. so... so sorry, i thought you had come to the l those people. so... so sorry, i. thought you had come to the end those people. so... so sorry, i- thought you had come to the end of your sentence, thought you had come to the end of yoursentence, please thought you had come to the end of your sentence, please finish that thought if you would. so for us yn

thought if you would. so for us y,, in exile, thought if you would. so for us y,, in exile. you _ thought if you would. so for us y’,, in exile, you know, this is not breaking new, this is the nightmare. we have been living for, for the last five, six years and i am glad you know, these images are out now and are hoping that you know, this can really counter the chinese government's claim that these are just a re—education camps or vocational training camps. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the met police and borisjohnson are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a leaving do in downing street during lockdown. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan was a "disaster" and a "betrayal", according to an inquiry conducted by mps. west ham defender kurt zouma pleadeds guilty to kicking and slapping a cat. he's admitted two offences under

the animal welfare act. controversial legislation, which will change how killings from the conflict in northern ireland are investigated, will be debated by mps today. victims' groups are strongly opposed to the plan, which would allow suspects who co—operate with the investigation immunity from prosecution. the government says the proposals will enable more families to get to the truth than ever before. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. every day when i waken i wake in pain. notjust physical pain, but emotional pain. if my dad hadn't have been murdered i wouldn't be anywhere near the bomb that night. andrea brown is living with a legacy of tragedy and trauma. when she was 12, herfather, eric, a police officer, was shot dead. five years later, she was severely

injured in a bombing which killed six soldiers at a fun run. andrea's strongly against the government's new legislation dealing with the conflict. there's nowhere else in the world that would try to make a law that murderers and serial killers do not have to facejustice. victims are meant to forgive. draw a line under it. you know, but how can we? you know, no one is sorry. more than 3,500 people died during the period known as the troubles. the legislation will create a commission led by a judge which will gather information on crimes. cases can be brought to it by bereaved families, the government and some others. suspects who cooperate won't face

a criminal investigation, but those who refuse can still be prosecuted if there's enough evidence. the question of how killings from the troubles should be investigated is hugely complex and contentious. in northern ireland, history still hurts. different people have different views on the past, how the conflict started, why it lasted so long, how it should be recorded and remembered. but most victims' groups agree the government's plan is wrong. raymond mccord's son, who was also called raymond, was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. it's nonsense. it won't work. the murderers all of a sudden are going to walk in the room and tell people, "i killed him. i killed him." the british government really believe that. but if they do come forward, that person go in and tell them whatever details, laughing and say themselves and saying, "i got away with it." the current system

is failing everybody. the government says it wants to give families the best opportunity to get to the truth. even if only one or two people come forward with information, that's still going to be one or two more families than ever before. getting to the bottom of what happened. and of course, the other side of this is that we as uk government will be making information and documentation available in a way we haven't done before with a proper independent investigatory body working through these things. so more people get to the truth and an understanding of what happened than ever before. the politics of the present is always affected by the pain of the past year. the proposed change in the law is almost certain to be challenged in the courts. chris page, bbc news, belfast. breaking new, this is a statement from the boss of ofgem talking about the energy price cap now, you will be well aware there has been lots of

discussion about that price cap, expected to rise later in the year and jonathan brearley has told mps that it and jonathan brearley has told mps thatitis and jonathan brearley has told mps that it is expected to rise to £2800. £2800. he is talking about an increase of nearly another £1,000 due continued volatility in the gas market. he said conditions have worsened in the global gas market with russia's invasion of ukraine, gas prices are higher, and highly volatile. at times, he said they have reached over ten times their normal level. the ofgem boss said he would be writing to the chancellor today to give him the latests mates after the price cap. just a reminder these are estimates and this prediction of £2800 in october was still uncertain, but thaw is what ofgem is suggesting the price cap

may be in october this year, currently at £1971, expected to rise to somewhere in the region of £2800, by this autumn, so, a huge deal given the cost of living crisis, increasing pressure on the chancellor to look at a windfall tax on energy company, that news into it just now. concerns have been raised the number of new green jobs won't match those that will be lost as part of the energy transition. as part of the bbc�*s energy transition. as part of the bbc�*s future of oil day our environment correspondent reports. it is a familiar sight at the harbour in aberdeen, supply ships like these have kept oil platforms

stocked for half a century. for the next generation, the changes ahead bring some challenge. obviously it is exciting with renewable sector and it's a welcome and needed change but oil and gas will be round for a long time i think. ~ , ., .,, will be round for a long time i think. a ., , think. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart — think. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of _ think. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the _ think. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the oil— think. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the oil and _ think. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the oil and gas - beating heart of the oil and gas industry for many decades now. but evenit industry for many decades now. but even it is changing to make room for the new industries, not least the growing number of wind farms that are cropping up along the east coast. change is on the horizon here, but it is still an oil and that is by far the biggest source of employment, although the numbers are gradually declining. the head of bp's operation here tells me the biggest change will come in the next eight years. we will be come in the next eight years. , will be about 60—40 by 2040 in those two pillars. in will be about 60-40 by 2040 in those two illars. ., ., ., will be about 60-40 by 2040 in those two pillars-_ you - will be about 60-40 by 2040 in those two pillars._ you will- two pillars. in favour of? you will have a 4096 _ two pillars. in favour of? you will have a 40% reduction _ two pillars. in favour of? you will have a 40% reduction new- two pillars. in favour of? you will have a 40% reduction new the i have a 40% reduction new the business today, that is will be about 60%, and then you will have

the balance being this the low carbon energy. the balance being this the low carbon energy-— the balance being this the low carbon energy. the balance being this the low carbon ener .i ., ., , . ., carbon energy. what does that mean for 'obs in carbon energy. what does that mean forjobs in a — carbon energy. what does that mean forjobs in a place — carbon energy. what does that mean forjobs in a place like _ carbon energy. what does that mean forjobs in a place like aberdeen? i forjobs in a place like aberdeen? can there be enough jobs created to replace the jobs that will be lost? absolutely, we are convinced about that. . absolutely, we are convinced about that. , ., ._ absolutely, we are convinced about that. , ., ., ., �* that. others, though, say that won't be the case — that. others, though, say that won't be the case across _ that. others, though, say that won't be the case across the _ that. others, though, say that won't be the case across the industry, - be the case across the industry, with these requiring fewer people to run them, than a big oil installation. there is evidence that aberdeen is serious about embracing alternative energy, this centre now trains people to transfer on to wind turbines in the middle of the sea. we know the pace of energy transition is picking up, so we like other businesses just have to adapt to that. it is why we have made investments in new facilities specific to the renewables industry for example. specific to the renewables industry for example-— for example. aberdeen's a city t in to for example. aberdeen's a city trying to shake _ for example. aberdeen's a city trying to shake its _ for example. aberdeen's a city trying to shake its tag - for example. aberdeen's a city trying to shake its tag as - for example. aberdeen's a city i trying to shake its tag as europe's oil capital. in favour of europe's energy capital. but while oil peaked more than two decades ago, this is

not a place that wants to let go of its entirely any time soon. the the price of groceries has increased at its fastest rate for 13 year, can for said increased at its fastest rate for 13 year, canforsaid it increased at its fastest rate for 13 year, can for said it reached 74% to mark the highest level sense may 2009. dog food, savoury snacks and fresh meat saw particularly sharp price rises, although spirit prices slipped for the month. the latest figures also reported that supermarket sales dropped by 4.4% to 12 weeks to may 15th. an end of an era in new york. phone boxes are now a thing of the past there. the city began replacing them with wi—fi hotspots in 2015, which allows people to charge their devices and make free phone calls. whilst taking the last phonebox away, it did draw in a bit of a crowd,

as some people gathered to capture the moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. it is looking unsettled with lower pressure dominates the weather scene, towards the end of the week high pressure will start to build and that will turn things drier, today has been one of those unsettled day of sunshine and heavy shower, thinneder mixed in to some of the showers through central and eastern parts of the country, though the there will be a fewer out west, there is a ridge of high pressure building in. dry weather by the end of the day. the odd shower. those temperatures round the seasonal range from 13—18 or 19 degree, this evening and overnight it turns drier for a while. for much of central and the east, that ridge of high pressure. a new area of low pressure pushes into the west, bringing wind, cloud, rain, so milder out west. so

this frontal system works from west, east across the country on wednesday, and you will notice more isobars so it will be a blustery day across the board. we will have that west weather front, rain going east wards, clearing into the afternoon, to leave another day of sunshine and blustery shower, some will be heavy in the north and west of scotland. but good spells of sunshine in between, in place, those temperatures again are on the mid to high teen, so as we head into thursday, we have low pressure tow the north of the uk. higher to the south. we have this feature running through central parts, through ireland, parts of northern england, the midland and wales, that will clear away, and we should see a bit of cloud round, i think on thursday in england and wales, glimmers of brightness, one or two shower, scotland, northern ireland will be another breezy day with sunshine and shower, some heavy in western scotland. again, the temperatures range from 13 to 19. into friday, high pressure starts to push in from the south—west, in fact it will

bring a lot of dry weather round for much of southern scotland, northern ireland, much of england and wales, more sunshine across the south, so it will feel warmer, but still breezy in the north east of scotland. here we will see further showers at times. temperatures round the low to mid teen, we could see the low to mid teen, we could see the high teens or touching 20 degrees. things turn cooler into the weekend, high pressure is dominating the scene so it will be largely dry with sunshine, we will start to pick up with sunshine, we will start to pick up a cool and northerly wind.

third. he wasn't there saying, this shouldn't be happening. he wasn't saying, can everyone break up and go home? downing street hasn't commented on the allegations, but said previously that the metropolitan police has carried out a full inquiry. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. the energy regulator ofgem says the price cap is expected to reach £2800 in october, an increase of more than £800 on the current cap. thousands of photographs are uncovered from the heart of china's highly secretive system

of incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities — it includes evidence of a shoot