i'm martine croxall at church housein i'm martine croxall at church house in westminster at a mass lobby organised by the national farmers�* union where the chancellor will be urged to drop the inheritance tax plans for funds. a court in hong kong sentences 45 democracy activists to jail in a controversial national security trial. —— the inheritance tax plans for farms. up to 12 centimeteres of snow has fallen across parts of the uk and more is forecast as the country has its first taste of winter. zoe ball announces she�*s stepping down from hosting the radio 2 breakfast show next month, after six years at the helm. hello, i�*m karin giannone. thousands of farmers are protesting in westminster this morning to oppose the government�*s planned changes to inheritance tax. from april 2026, farms with a value of one—million pounds or more will be subject to an inheritance tax of 20%. let�*s go to central london with my colleague, martine croxall. reporter: thank you very much. thousands of farmers from all over the country are descending on westminster for two events. there will be potential

to inheritance tax. lam martine i am martine croxall at church housein i am martine croxall at church house in westminster where the national farmers�* union have organised a lobby of 1800 members to urge the chancellor to scrap inheritance tax plans. a court in hong kong sentences 45 democracy activists to jail in a controversial national security trial. it is an unfair trial, it is an unreasonable trial. even one day, they don�*t deserve to be in prison. 620 leaders meeting in brazil voice support for peace in ukraine, as the country marks a thousand days since the start of russia�*s full—scale invasion. you are watching bbc news, i�*m karin giannone. thousands of farmers are protesting in westminster this morning to oppose the government�*s planned changes to inheritance tax. let�*s go to westminster now. good morning, martin. reporter: thank you very, very much. todayis thank you very, very much. today is the day the countryside comes to the capital, i arrived at westminster at around 7:a5am and there were already tractors in a parade past the houses of parliament, ready for their rally

let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley, who is here at church house.g to keep explaining who is going to be effective, because he doesn't believe it's as bad as people think?— he doesn't believe it's as bad as people think? that's right. the government's _ as people think? that's right. the government's defence . as people think? that's right. the government's defence of| the government's defence of this is a three pronged. firstly, they argue that it's a point of fairness. they argue that a handful of very wealthy people do buy up lots of agricultural land and therefore avoid paying inheritance tax that they might otherwise have had to pay. they say there is a point of fairness and those people should pay inheritance tax. the other point is that the measures in the budget they have put in to support farmers. they point to £5 million announced in the next two years for farming, announced in the next two years forfarming, 50 million for flooding and so on. thirdly, they argue that actually, very few farmers will be affected by this. they argue that the

sky and some of them are so so the, the suitcase le, unnoticed for decades in the attic of a churches parish house, the oh god, it states the suitcase was handed over to the brandon, the branch of the german walgreens commission for all of it, but i'd hoped and catch them cops. it's like opening a time capsule. a travel alarm clock. it contains extremely personal items worn and weathered by time. some bad the oven is name. they smell of us and death. if you look in the fewer knows only struggle work and worrying and our role is to relieve him of as much as those as best we can who was the recipient of these lattice and who might still be waiting for an answer . that's why i wanted to see how things are. yeah. i hadn't been back since the attack ended all look so dreadful now to this of the main square is unrecognizable for the economies we did. that is the that's a brief description of what preston looked like. it was in early april 1945, the most people, the year 1945 is history. but to all of up when i talked, it's like the present day. i'm thinking of the alarm clock. it's all a question of tim

the destruction whether or not the church of england governing bodies do divest from police and companies remains to be seen. but if so, they will be on trent as a house, the church of england, sty seats, which itself governing districts have connected to the best thing as of other denominations elsewhere. and the church is commitments and that's where those things travel by 2030 is assigned to. things are changing. it sounds incredibly ambitious target and there's an awful lot to do. but in a sense it was a has to be ambitious target. you've got to have the realistic time to get that and you've got to come at the results is a now we just work like crazy to make it happen. local international actions like this will make a substantial difference to someone to bring about some more systemic level change indicates how the huge capital assets owned and managed by face across the world can be used for the greater good is amazing about to start to sides. hey, we've representatives of different religions and the well, the finance on the subject of discussion is green investment. already over the age of functions. i understand that when we should not be the c

destruction whether or not the church of england is governing bodies, do divest from police and companies remains to be seen. but if so, they will be on trend of the house, the church of england, sty seats, which itself governing districts have coming to decide vesting as of other denominations elsewhere. and the church is commitments and that's where those things travel by 2030 is assigned to things are changing. it sounds incredibly ambitious target and there's a lot to do. but in a sense it was a has to be an vicious target. you've got to have the realistic time to get that and you've got to commit the results is a now we just work like crazy to make it happen. local international actions like this will make a substantial difference to someone to bring about some more systemic level change indicates how the huge capital assets owned and managed by face across the world can be used for the greater good is amazing about to start to sides. hey, we've representatives of different religions and the well to finance of a subject of discussion is green investment. already over the age of functions understand that when we should not be the center of life. so

now, if you haven't been to the shire house on church drive in san jose over the years, you have been missing something. this year it's an old west theme, complete with an entire locomotive haunted train depot. every year, bob and his boo crew create entire multi-story buildings from the ground up and then welcome in literally thousands of people to experience it. bob says it's simply his way of being a good neighbor. you know, i love getting a team together of people that work together towards something that the public enjoys every year. and then when you have all these people converging on this event with excitement and energy, you can't pay for that. you know, it's really cool. now, i know bob and his wife janine for about ten years. i first did a story with them. i put together this collage of just like these overoh my goodness. like, each year it's something different. like completely. yeah. the bottom left. that's a haunted hotel. there's a pirate ship in the bottom middle. there's. remember thajungle temple in the top? yes. and it's completely different every year. and it comes

absolutely right - and i talked about the problems that we have seen in the churches of course, the issue of trying to deal with abuse in houseauthorities is an issue across many institutions, we have seen it in the church and secular institutions as well and that is why this law is so important and if you go and see many people do we have a report, they would say we do but unfortunately that is not the case in this country we do have most in western countries but we do not have one in britain. and we do need to see that change. the labour mp, kim leadbeater, says her bill to legalise assisted dying in england and wales would be among the strictest in the world. under the legislation, adults with less than six months to live, would be able to end their life, but only if they can self administer the fatal drugs. the patient would also need approval from two independent doctors and a high courtjudge. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young injust over two weeks, mps will be asked to vote on one of the most contentious issues and the ever likely to face, whether the law should change to allow the terminally ill to end th

but the bleak realities that even schools and churches that have been housing, hundreds of palestinians, families have been bonded and targeted on the course of the past over the year. and we know basically that these areas have been designated to be safe for palestinians in order to seek refuge and later they tend to be a legitimate target for the it's been a minute to one of the latest is by the attacks of the schools took place just a couple of hours ago in as like 2 neighborhoods in the southern side of kansas city to now what just confirm does that 15 palestinians, what killed in the strike while 45 others wounded? this uses february numbers, gives a key, a pro fund indicator that these places are no longer safe for palestinians on despite the fact that they are offering them. so just the protection, not just only a did some button, but also against the very that your rates in cost with the conditions, especially during the winter. it's winter's time, russo families, how they are re grumbling alone in the, in the throes. if there's something going. sobering, a humanitarian crisis,

it is the established church in this country, it has a very privileged constitutional position in this country. there are bishops that set automatically in the houseut it is bigger than just the church of england, the anglican communion is vast. it has had its difficulties in the past with divisions, because you are talking about a church that has an imprint on areas with very different cultures, very conservative areas, much more liberal areas. they came together a couple of years ago, bishops from around the world, deep divisions there, but they still looked to the archbishop of canterbury as the head, the person who they elect to a many ways, some had said it was difficult to look at the archbishop of canterbury for guidance when there had been so many scandals and so much division, but certainly it has a huge imprint, and certainly archbishop welby carried about trying to hold things together. it is, even in this country, a divided institution, and i think for a lot of the time he was in charge, it was very difficult, ithink, was in charge, it was very difficult, i think, for the archbishop to hold very principled lines one way or the other on

just so beautiful and i'm so thrilled to be here i think this is my first time speaking in a church and a house of worship. and i do have an overwhelming urge to a prayer of thanks and particular to thank you all for showing up this morning. 9:00 is very bright and early. it is really thrilling to see all of you here and. i really wanted to stress how often charming it is for authors to be invited to a festival like this. i want to thank the organizers and all of the sponsors for making this happen. author don't often have a chance. get together with each other. and that is also thrilling. like you, i'm a fan. so many of the other authors who are here and there are such a wide range of authors and it's really thrilling for us all to be able to get together because writing is a very solitary endeavor. you know, it can be years of feeling like you're sort of trudging through desert by yourself, trying to find your way. and so come to an event like this to be in fellowship, in true fellowship with readers, with people who love books, who love reading to be able to walk around savannah and and get

and the 2 of us can, you just became that pam house and i'm church am. yeah, that matters each other and shared our experiences with each other. so i remember that being a really and a pivotal pay my guess and spark of my own and interest and what's going on and paula stain and really feeling not the actual solidarity of 2 young people who were and really live in this, these oppressive systems. and yeah, and then i just continued to see and try to understand the palestine struggle and i went to visit policy and myself. and i know unfortunately like 33 is the contact that me and this guard height carried on for a few years. and then it gets on stage our letters for it were intercepted and, and read off contact. and i do often wonder what you know, where, where she and what immersed her family and, and what's going on for her. and so, yeah, i, i feel like as our, as people we, we, as, as people and citizens of the world 1st and foremost the, we have an obligation on a responsibility to day all the week on and to, to free pollen stain. and n t n d, these at

the store was a de facto public space, a meeting space, a communal space that wasn't a house, a church or political hall. in those cramped quarters, writers readers, literature gathered. it was intimate. it was far reaching. it was alive. and it was at the center of a transformation. the birth of the modern american bookstore. and i call it the first modern american bookstore, because many of its predecessors really places to hang out. typically, the books would be hidden behind cupboards. there would be a moat separating the reader from the books. in the earliest bookstores, almost all of the stock arranged by a publisher which made easy to kind of categorize but wasn't intended to be browsing all kind of spaces. but the old corner was a place that invited people to come in to linger, to pick up books, to taste them, which is how wendell holmes described his browsing experience. and even without any events like this, even without a starbucks inside, every day was community event of sorts and i think it's true. but maybe an underappreciated fact that every great bookstore also has grea

the house impeached him, then there was a trial in the senate. and had he been-- the churcheachment articles. had he been convicted by the senate he would not have been able to run given the 14th amendment prohibition. so on allowing some of misconduct to serve in the presidency. mitch mcconnell though and almost all the senate republicans voted to acquit him. only a handful had joined democrats, then he would have been done for. if mcconnell voted to convict he would have been convicted. >> in the less than a minute we have left have you been paying attention to who the attorney general might be, and if so, is there somebody you really-- who could be a g who the american people should be concerned who is a g mark >> i think they have put that would occur-- he has-- conservative ideologue who is usually tasked with pushing republican legal propaganda into the public space. he would not be a good attorney general, i don't think he's ever even worked in the justice department. >> should president biden do you think pardon his son? >> i think that's a very complicated question,

house, big time. she was at glide memorial church to have a look at the construction going on, and to assure democratslife will go on. we have that story. >> no way to

house are the most. we want to have like church peace in the middle east. and we need to do is to be just the historic election, only consequential presidents get shot at with the potential to impact their shapes as the well we know, let's get the best amount because what is the brand of stores, but who gets to write that story we're a nation in decline, that's all i can say. and how would it matter to those in need? those across our borders unlawfully will be apprehended? we're going to do for these people, we're going to get them out of our country. what is the, what to expect? let us show each other in the world who we are. we have to be brave, otherwise we're not gonna ever go to. how will the choice of one nation affect us all the us 2024 elections. all now to 0, here, right here it is your visual and see us see through boston and i mean, i wasn't here, i shot him dead. the controversial us know, stand your ground. you're seeing that these laws actually encourage more violence, giving assailants the right to can were sending the message that you can ju

through the white house and the same day that president trump famously took the white house and stood at saint johns churchio expected to be named secretary of state. communism and cuba. goes on to be the speaker of the house for the florida state house. then he goes on to be a senator of florida, part of the gang of 8. that's the intelligence community. knows everything that you need to know not only about china but the threat of iran. is he going to be a big asset. >> brian: right. >> here is marco rubio. and some of his positions on the hot spots in the world and the challenges we face. >> i'm not on russia's side but, unfortunately, the reality of it is the way the war in ukraine is going to end is with a negotiated settlement. and i want and we want and i believe donald trump wants for ukraine to have more leverage in that negotiation. they are playing a long game here. and hamas thinks they have the upper hand. they exist to destroy the state of israel. what are you supposed to do with existential state. allow at eliminate it. you cannot allow it to survive. >> filled with a bunch of conventional pol

for the church, as the nationally established church to continue to have a moral voice in any way, shape orform in our nation, when we cannot get our own housech. given that, what do you think about the position of the archbishop of canterbury? i think sadly his position is untenable, so i think he should resign. but the archbishop of canterbury stepping down is not going to solve the problems. it won't solve the problem but i think it would be a very clear indication that a line has been drawn. who would believe a 16—year—old lad against a bishop and vicar? matthew is a survivor of church abuse, here testifying at an inquiry. he wasn't a victim of john smyth, but says the events of the past week have been retraumatising for all victims. it is clear where he stands onjustin welby. i think he should definitely resign and he should take with him all those who failed in safeguarding. if he doesn't the church is showing itself again it doesn't understand what it is like to be a victim. it doesn't understand what safeguarding is. for years it has been saying it will do its own safeguarding, it knows what it is doing, it doesn't. supporters ofjust

the minister's wife would take me to her house next to the church, and she would give me cookies and a bath, because most of the places i slipped in did not have running water in england. and there were quite a few people like that who reached out , and i have taken that as a life message. when somebody is in trouble and is making trouble, reaching out to them can change their life, and it is such a good thing to be able to do. and you asked me what did the experience mean for me? i think you gave me the energy that i had to make a difference, and i know when together with mark, we walked into mexico to meet with refugees, the idea that the immigrants, the refugees here that they are part of gangs. yes, there is bad people. there is bad people wherever you look, but they are not the problem. the problem is the rest of the people who say -- who acquired -- give you one quick story. my brother as he was dying, and he had a fabulous life, and he lectured all over the world, including my hometown. and she said everybody says that our sister is alive. don't spend a lot of time but go over

. >>> back in the bay area former house speaker nancy pelosi was at glide memorial church today in theoin for her first ever public event since the general election, struck a positive note with the crowd, made up mostly of democrats and churchgoers. she said this is the time to unite and stand up against hate and many in the audience said well, they needed some encouragement. >> but let's again see everything as an opportunity, an opportunity to show the difference between caring for people and not giving them hope or instilling fear. >> the reverend lifted our spirits. nancy pelosi lifted our spirits tremendously. >> the ceo of glad memorial church said the nonprofit will play an even more vital role under the trump administration by continuing to support marginalized groups. >>> still ahead tonight at 11:00, we've got rain coming while crews in southern california are still fighting to get a handle on the mountain fire. >>> but first the latest on a shooting in a historically black university in alabama today, we'll have that when we come back. >>> an arrest has been made after a dea

the church, as the nationality established church, to continue to have a moral voice in any way, shape orform in our nation, when we cannot get our own houses critically important, something that would be asked of any institution, let alone the church. given that, what do you think about the position of the archbishop of canterbury? ithink, sadly, his position is untenable, so i think he should resign. the first cases of abuse byjohn smyth at christian summer camps were in the mid—19705. by the early �*80s, church officials were informed but there was what the report calls an "active cover—up". in 1984, smyth carried on his abuse in zimbabwe and later south africa, and we know the archbishop of canterbury was definitely told by 2013. but the abuse continued and was exposed by channel 4 in 2017, something justin welby said at the time was the first he knew of john smyth�*s behaviour. smyth died in 2018 without ever facing justice. london vicar giles fraser says for his role the archbishop has lost the confidence of clergy. you know, just the idea that the archbishop knew in 2013, at the very most generous interpretation, and still people we

house is on a mission to quote, the african american vote. the systems of her day with the sunday service as a predominantly black church in detroit, michigan, and is due to visit a body shop for the summit of pontiac. lisa house was campaigning only in michigan today covering multiple locations us here in michigan right now. each of us has an opportunity to make a difference. because in this moment we face a real question. what kind of country do we want to live in? what kind of country do we want for our children and our grandchildren? a country of chaos fear and hate, or a country of freedom, justice, and compassion and republican presidential candidate donald trump is jumping through 3 critical background states on sunday, routing and pennsylvania, north carolina, and georgia. he's just about to step onto the podium and kingston, north carolina. he checked it off in the pennsylvania town of little, it's just a few hours ago where he focused much of his speech once again on claims the election as a rigged against him. they are fighting so hard to seal is damned, a look at what's going on. look what's going on in your state every day. so ta

going to take your land but here, you move into this house and we will pay for people who previously had homes and propertyty are congregations of churches that were in this community. their children are going to schools in this community on house, a homeless. there is no f option to become a renter you find something else and do something else. and seneca village is not central park it's one of the more visceral examples to me because central park is so expensive. to think o it was once this is a haven for people like you and i is really sad. but it is not an anomaly. if you've heard of lake rainier and george it that's not far from where ie. live. constant lore about it being haunted. the blue black residents of georgia it will tell you that's used to be a portal probably black community named oscare bl the community was told we need to create a lake yet x amount of days to move beforeef we create lake at literally flooded it when the lake levels get really low sometimes the structures are visible. you can see like that wouldn't structures underwater that would have been through their cemeteries under that water that black people were

for the church, as the nationality established church to continue to have a moral voice in any way, shape orform in our nation, when we cannot get our own houseder with regard to something as critically important, something that would be asked of any institution, let alone the church. given that, what do you think about the position of the archbishop of canterbury? i think sadly his position is untenable, so i think he should resign. but the archbishop of canterbury stepping down is not going to solve the problems. it won't solve the problem but i think it would be a very clear indication that a line has been drawn. who would believe a 16—year—old lad against a bishop and vicar? matthew is a survivor of church abuse, here testifying at an inquiry. he wasn't a victim ofjohn smyth but says the events of the past week have been retraumatising for all victims. it is clear where he stands onjustin welby. i think he should definitely resign and he should take with him all those who failed in safeguarding. if he doesn't the church is showing itself again it doesn't understand what it is like to be a victim. it doesn't understand what safeguarding is

the church, as the nationality established church, to continue to have a moral voice in any way, shape orform in our nation, when we cannot get our own house be asked of any institution, let alone the church. given that, what do you think about the position of the archbishop of canterbury? ithink, sadly, his position is untenable, so i think he should resign. the first cases of abuse by john smyth at christian summer camps were in the mid—1970s. by the early �*80s, church officials were informed but there was what the report calls an "active cover—up". in 1984, smyth carried on his abuse in zimbabwe and later south africa, and we know the archbishop of canterbury was definitely told by 2013. but the abuse continued and was exposed by channel 4 in 2017, something justin welby said at the time was the first he knew of john smyth's behaviour. smyth died in 2018 without ever facing justice. london vicar giles fraser says for his role the archbishop has lost the confidence of clergy. you know, just the idea that the archbishop knew in 2013, at the very most generous interpretation, and still people were abused around the world, it's absolutely

. >> lillian testified that while bonnie and her caretaker were in church that sunday morning, carl slipped into the houset karen johnson while he smothered his grandmother. >> so i rang the doorbell. the door was open but the storm door was closed. ms. johnson came and answered nd the door. i was in the process of stepping in and closing the storm door when i see this flash. >> inside the house. >> coming from the den. >> coming up behind ms. johnson. >> yes. yes. and i saw that it was carl. and he iwas yelling at me to close the door, get in here, gon in there with his grandmother. >> once karen johnson was dead, lillian says, carl led bonnie to her bedroom where she says carl asked her to pray. >> i see the pillow. the doorbell rang. and it scared carl. he jumped up and he told me to go look and see who it it was. >> whoever it was left after about five minutes. it was then lillian told the jury that carl decided to drive his grandmother to normangee. >> in your mind was it clear that she knew that carl was trying to kill her then? >> yes. >> what'd she say? >> she looked at him and say you tried to ki

house, big time. she was at glide memorial church to have a look at the construction going on, and to assure democrats that life will go on. we have that story. >> no way to sugarcoat it, nancy pelosi, the next four years will be tough for democrats. she said it's not time to cry, it's time to stand up and unite against tate. it feels more like a celebration than a funeral, acquire popping energy into a room full of mostly democrats deflated by the tuesday election results. losing the white house, the senate, possibly the house. >> we are dancing around. we listen to the choir. we come together. >> former speaker nancy pelosi tries to strike a positive tune and reminds democrats and churchgoers not all is lost. >> let's see everything as an opportunity, an opportunity to show a difference, for those not giving them hope, but instilling fear. many in the audience said he needed encouragement and a message of hope. >> nancy pelosi lifted our spirits, tremendously. so she went to check on the progress. the feds and the state provided $2 million to modernize the church. nonprofits like glide will play an

church. he's the one who filed the bill last year and the philippines house of representatives, which aims to establish professional surrogacy standards and ethics. the bill also provides clear guidelines and parentage, child born through certain to see would be deemed the biological child of the intending couple. but there's a catch the bill with only permit altruistic surrogacy for circuits would not be paid. i, i'm not scared, i'm going, i'm going to church because i'm out of roman catholic and then my face really strongly guide. but my point of view is some of the head this team because it's already happening and i've gotten 3. if i mean a bio these who else from the 5, nobody also says that by removing profit from surrogacy, she hopes to get more support for the bill to pass. maybe it's not going through these things and i really have problems with the being being pregnant and giving birth to a child is very difficult for don't you think women should be compensated for that? really legalize it by doing that so much that much more than that because i know that i will also make our catholi

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