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the chief constable of merseyside police gave a press three briefing awhile ago here is a of it.s are production of a biological toxin, namely meissen, of the act of 197a. possession of information namely a pdf file entitled military studies in the jihad entitled military studies in thejihad against entitled military studies in the jihad against the tyrants. the al-qaeda training manual. likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism,... that is the latest. let's speak to our north of england correspondent nick garnett who's in southport he has been charged with two further offences one is a terrorism charge. police said his charges came after searches of his house immediately after the arrest of him. two days after the search began, we understand an item was found inside the house. that was taken away and tested by scientists at porton down. it was discovered to be meissen. as well as that, information was obtained from his computer and that led to the second charge. what is really important here and the police ar

it comes after merseyside police announced the 18—year—old is also facing a charge under the terrorismbbc two and iplayer in about four minutes. see you then.— minutes. see you then. not long to no now, minutes. see you then. not long to go now. victoria. — minutes. see you then. not long to go now, victoria, thank— minutes. see you then. not long to go now, victoria, thank you. - that's it for now from me and our teams across the us, now back to you, reeta, in the studio. thanks, clive. thank you, sumi. here, the teenager who's accused of murdering three young girls at a taylor swift—themed dance class in southport injuly has been charged with two further offences — one of which is a terrorism charge. axel rudakubana, who's 18, is accused of producing the poison ricin along with possessing information about an al qaeda training manual. he's already been charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a knife. our special correspondent, judith moritz, has more. bebe king, elsie dot stancombe stankom and alice aguiar were just dancing, having fun in the school holidays, when the

it comes after merseyside police announce the 18—year—old accused of murdering three girls in southport facing a charge under the terrorism act. welcome to newsnight, live each weeknight where we're bringing you insight and interviews about the us election and the uk budget. there is a reason kamala harris has chosen the ellipse — the park in front of the white house — to deliver what she calls her "closing argument" to the american people before us election day, because it's the exact spot where donald trump, onjanuary 6th 2021, called on his supporters to take action when he was falsely claiming he hadn't lost that election, it had been "stolen" from him. we're going to walk down — and i'll be there with you — we're going to walk down... we're going to walk down, any one you want but i think right here, we're going to walk down to the capitol... and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country any more. hours after that, a mob supporting mr trump's attempts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election stormed the capitol building. s

and now the significant development, the announcement by merseyside police of two new charges againstuspect, axel rudakubana. he will now face charges relating to the production of the deadly toxin ricin and also a terror charge relating to the downloading of an al—qaeda terror manual. this is what the merseyside chief constable, serena kennedy, said a little earlier. >> the two further offences relate to evidence obtained by merseyside police during searches of axel rudakubana home address, as part of a lengthy and complex investigation, which has been ongoing since the 29th of july. the additional charges are the production of a biological toxin , namely ricin, biological toxin, namely ricin, contrary to section one of the biological weapons act 1974 and possession of information, namely a pdf file entitled military studies in the jihad against the tyrants. the al—qaeda training manual, likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism, contrary to section 58 of the terrorism act. 2000. >> well, the southport attack led

little earlier . a little earlier. >> the two further offences relate to evidence obtained by merseyside police of axel rudakubana home address , as part of a lengthy address, as part of a lengthy and complex investigation, which has been ongoing since the 29th of july. the additional charges are the production of a biological toxin, namely ricin , biological toxin, namely ricin, contrary to section one of the biological weapons act 1974 and possession of information, namely a pdf file entitled military studies in the jihad against the tyrants. the al—qaeda training manual, likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism, contrary to section 58 of the terrorism act. 2000. >> well, the southport attack led to a great deal of anger and an outbreak of violent disorder in a number of towns and communities in england and northern ireland. the merseyside chief constable is calling for calm amongst the public as they absorb the news of these two new charges, and is urging the pubuc charges, and is urging the public not to speculate, give

as we heard that yesterday merseyside police, three months on from that attack in southport brought additional charges for 18—year—old axel rudakubana. for 18—year—old axel rudaku ba na. today for 18—year—old axel rudakubana. today he won't be appearing here at westminster magistrates' court in person, he will be appearing on video link from prison. he will be charged with having produce the toxin racing in contravention to the biological weapons act of 1974 and he will also be in charge of possessing the pdf file for an al-qaeda training manual in contradiction to terrorist act. ricin was found in a search of the suspect press make property in lincolnshire. really important to clarify ricin was not present at the scene in southport. it is very deadly for adult if it is injected, ingested or inhaled. they will need medical treatment because it will likely kill them. as we had, there was so much speculation and rumour online in the summer. it did trigger riots across the country. yvette cooper has warned people about further speculation, particularly on social media. some have questioned why th