access to systems and the resources of europol depend on different things.ion is different things. being outside the european jurisdiction is a different things. being outside the europeanjurisdiction is a red line but the mps say europe should not be too rigid. the complex, technical and legal issues mean both sides seem and legal issues mean both sides seem to be ready to extend the two—year transition before brexit comes in accusing the government of complacency of the committee wants the uk could be sleepwalking into a security crisis. you with the briefing. the headlines: politicians in the united states and europe are summoning executives from facebook to answer questions about whether personal data was misused to manipulate recent elections. the fbi has confirmed a series of 0msk sent to addresses in the city of austin are linked. two people have been killed in the campaign. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the i newspaper and the story that facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, is

how best to continue cooperation on a range of issues, including the european arrest warrant and europolf young people taking knives to school. the number of knives being carried by school children has reached epidemic proportions, in the words of a labour mp. she's fearful that efforts to combat the rise could be hampered by cuts to school budgets. the matter came up at education question time in the commons. knife carrying in schools across the uk is up 42%, and yet in my constituency in croydon, and i expect across the country, at least three quarters of head teachers have had to cut staff, special needs provision and support life mentoring, which are all crucial in preventing crime. now that this epidemic has infiltrated our schools, will he admit that school cuts are threatening our children's safety? you've heard the secretary of state regarding school finance. all i would say to the honourable lady is that the department is working with the home office, and of course other stakeholders, police, ofsted and health and safety, etc, on updating our school security guidance to make cle

access to eu—wide data systems and the resources of europol depend on legal obligations underpinned by both sides need to be ready to extend the two—year transition before brexit kicks in. accusing the government of complacency, the committee warns the uk could be sleepwalking into a security crisis. mark easton, bbc news a man has been injured after a parcel bomb exploded in the texan city of austin — the latest in a series of similar attacks. five similar devices have detonated so far this month and killed two people. a sixth parcel bomb was intercepted before it exploded. the fbi now believes the attacks are the work of a serial bomber. a warning that houses that perch on a cliff edge in hemsby will top down the beach in the next few days. the homes on the norfolk coast came presley close to the seat after sandy cliffs eroded. we see some pictures there. close—up photos of shown parts of the house is starting to collapse, living rooms exposed. possessions across the sand as well. vulnerable mental health patients are being let down because of the treatments. a new report out today i

and we also don't have such a unified police force, i can say, of analysis like europol. so i'll go into that point over the next slide, please. so as we talked about today, the special element that is making our population by such a significant rate is the presence of fentanyl, which we have more of an does the rest of the osce region, that is, more than western europe, more than the former soviet union. and as was said and i don't want to repeat it, comes directly from china, some of the comes in from latin america and dennis moved north. but our phenomenon is not an urban phenomenon one. in many places in the european union the deaths or the users are in major urban centers. but we are having this fentanyl deaths all over the united states and in rural areas because the mobility of our population is mirrored by the mobility of the sellers of the drugs, and its managing to penetrate throughout our country in ways that we have not seen before. next slide. so what is different next if you read europol statistics they will tell you that 35% of their organized crime groups

s crime fighting agency europol should join the investigation into the killing of young and his partner. now what kind of a country has russia become under vladimir putin as voters go to the polls in a presidential election they do so in a russia of stark contrast between the rich and the poor influential in the neglected and between the capital and the provinces in the third of a series of reports focus on europe's euro chateau has visited two women with very different lifestyles one in moscow the other nearly one thousand eight hundred kilometers to the east in a suburb of the city of year catherine block. on the outskirts of the central russian city of catarina burg a house is in a state of extreme disrepair. the roof is in danger of looters pollutant. what happens when the state turns a blind eye to poor housing conditions. just look at those roofs there's mold everywhere the building belonged to a state owned company that went out of business and no one has taken responsibility for the plane fix it the authorities aren't lifting a finger. nearly two thousand kilometers away the con

access to eu—wide data systems and the resources of europol depend on legal obligations underpinned bybeing outside the european courts jurisdiction is a red line, but the mps say the government should not be too rigid on such matters if it wants to get a good deal. and they reckon the complex technical and legal issues mean both sides need to be ready to extend the two—year transition before brexit kicks in. accusing the government of complacency, the committee warns the uk could be sleepwalking into a security crisis. mark easton, bbc news. talk about springing a leak — these pictures are of a water main break in university city near san diego yesterday. local reports said a contractor hit a six—inch diameter blow—off valve connected to a water main causing the leak which saw water shoot up above the californian highway. the break shut down the road for roughly 30 minutes, while crews worked to shut off the water. it's been a 25—year wait, but later today the first polar bear cub born in the uk for over two decades will make his public debut. born in december, the bear is still to be

access to eu—wide data systems and the resources of europol depend on legal obligations underpinned byeing outside the european courts jurisdiction is a red line, but the mps say the government should not be too rigid on such matters if it wants to get a good deal. and they reckon the complex technical and legal issues mean both sides need to be ready to extend the two—year transition before brexit kicks in. accusing the government of complacency, the committee warns the uk could be sleepwalking into a security crisis. mark easton, bbc news pope francis is to visit ireland in august — the first papal visit to the country for almost 40 years. the last pontiff to visit the republic of ireland was popejohn paul ii. he drew crowds of over two and a half million — more than half the state's population — in 1979. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. how much excitement is this visit going to cause? this has been anticipated for some time but yesterday we now have that official announcement and it has been more than 40 years, almost 40 years since the pope has visited ireland. it is tr

malta although i appreciate it's politically difficult to see the european union's police agency europol being strengthened to have powers of the rest perhaps. we need to get beyond statements of condemnation i mean to take the option of crimes like these are a mind of it's becoming increasingly difficult for journalists and young because iraq is the highest types of a story if you want to follow it online yes and such of us these are my beatles her on twitter and facebook and the hashtag was always a doing and sarah comment here from one of our viewers on facebook ali who says so much all for freedom of speech journalists are detained and killed even in europe now imagine the rest thank you for your comment allie don't forget aging is great when you connect with us on social media now the wetlands of hokkaido provide a rich habitat for thousands of species of animals and plants among them are japan's famous red crowned cranes who find sanctuary there during the winter their numbers are now slowly recovering after overhunting and destruction of their habitat pushed them to the brink of e

is known ase eu having issues with that thing, what is it that makes europole special and what can the u.s. learn from it? >> i think on the enforcement side and the fact that they don't have its own law enforcement system and relies on law enforcement from other countries and try to make them work together is hard. but it does bring together a lot crimea on transnational within the eu region. they are spending a lot of resources on doing it -- analysis off of it. we are not capitalizing enough on it. we have under our u.s. data, data -- the fbi collects on the most serious crimes. but we are not having enough data collection that allows us to look and understand these networks. that is what we are missing. some of theher, analytical capacity we need to help law enforcement target this activity more. >> is that something the executive branch can implement or does that require legislation? >> a lot can be done through some of the mandates and legislation going on. for example, things were just past on the omnibus bill on how to combat illicit cigarette trade. this could be applied in ot

europol says the group had been active since 2013.ult to find out because guns being guns, very often used illegally, so people don‘t often own up to how many guns they have and where they are on the rest of it. however, the generally accepted figure is there is one gun for every american, very roughly. however, that ownership is concentrated in very small numbers. the number of people who have guns is meant to be somewhere between 25, maybe 35% of the population. within that, 3% of the population own half of all guns in america. my of all guns in america. my word. i know, you don‘t want to get on the wrong side of that 3%. you wonder where they keep them. there is a range of 3% who have between seven and 140 guns per person, which is quite a lot and quite alarming. however, the next point, lots of howevers in this story, but the next point is the number of people who has guns it is slowly going down —— who have guns. the thought is the gun market is getting smaller and more concentrated. let‘s go over tojoe mellor who is in north ame