frank gardner, - to what they have discovered. frank, many thanks. frank gardner, our- many thanks.e culture secretary, nadine dorries, one of borisjohnson�*s strongest supporters in the cabinet, has suggested that the bbc licence fee could be abolished in 2027 and that the corporation's funding will be frozen for the next two years. media experts predict that the bbc will face the prospect of having to close services and make significant redundancies on top of those already seen in recent years. labour has accused the government of trying to regain popularity by punishing those who've been reporting the scandal of lockdown parties in downing street. our culture editor katie razzall has more details. the bbc is 100 this year and so much has changed across radio, tv and more recently online. in a digital age, the corporation is under increasing pressure. today came at the opposite of a birthday present, the opposite of a birthday present, the £159 licence fee that buttons nearly three quarters of the bbc budget will be frozen for two years. the bbc wanted the feed to rise to over £18

our security correspondent frank gardner is here. have been prevented, what do ou sa ? . , could this have been prevented, what do ousa? . ,., do you say? that is a question which have got to — do you say? that is a question which have got to be _ do you say? that is a question which have got to be put _ do you say? that is a question which have got to be put to mi5 _ do you say? that is a question which have got to be put to mi5 who do - do you say? that is a question which| have got to be put to mi5 who do not normally speak publicly, but this attack, branded anti—semitic by liz truss and byjoe biden, as a terrorist attack, it came out of nowhere, at least it appeared too, but this was somebody who did have a criminal record in this country, and he was investigated in late 2020 for a period of four weeks, by mi5, but they decided he was somebody they did not need to actively follow so he was transferred to another fire which numbers over 40,000 individuals, subjects of interest —— another file. individuals, subjects of interest ——

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our security correspondent frank gardner is here.estigation with global reach. the indications — investigation with global reach. the indications are that he was not on any us— indications are that he was not on any us watchlist, he was not on a no fly any us watchlist, he was not on a no fly list. _ any us watchlist, he was not on a no fly list. he _ any us watchlist, he was not on a no fly list, he was able to fly into the united states two weeks ago, transiting — the united states two weeks ago, transiting jfk airport, acquire a weapon— transiting jfk airport, acquire a weapon there in the us, and carry out this— weapon there in the us, and carry out this attack. we had chosen a place _ out this attack. we had chosen a place 20 — out this attack. we had chosen a place 20 miles away from where this present— place 20 miles away from where this present is— place 20 miles away from where this present is being held, serving a very— present is being held, serving a very long — present is being held, serving a very long 86 year prison sent

thought to be a risk when he travelled to the us late last month. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner., , prevented? you will remember christians _ prevented? you will remember christians raised _ prevented? you will remember christians raised by _ prevented? you will remember christians raised by this - prevented? you will remember christians raised by this attack| christians raised by this attack which has been branded by the foreign secretary here as anti—semitic because it targeted a jewish synagogue in texas, and it has been branded a terrorist attack ijy has been branded a terrorist attack by presidentjoe biden. the question is, could it have been prevented? he was on a watch list, he was subject to a short four week investigation in the latter part of 2020. at the end of that it was decided he did not present a serious risk to the public and he was put onto a kind of secondary list as it were, former subjects interest. there are over 40,000 individuals on that list. they did not pick up anything between the end of 2020 and the end of last year, when he flew. the second question

frank gardner. also how was he able to get into the united states with a known criminal record? he had a violent temper and was banned from several courts, had been involved in a drugs deal — all of that, and yet he was able to walk throuthfk airport in new york, spend two weeks drifting around texas, acquire a weapon, walk into a synagogue and hold four people hostage. it is incredible that more people were not hurt. i think it is important to say that this has not only been branded a terrorist attack by presidentjoe biden, but an anti—semitic attack by liz truss, the foreign secretary, because it was a synagogue that was attacked and chosen. initially, the fbi said that was irrelevant. it is not irrelevant. it is absolutely key. in the rest of that interview that thejewish chronicle got hold of, he is ranting againstjews. it is a very anti—semitic attack. frank gardner. more on the prime minister's future, and in the last few minutes, the conservative mp steve baker says it does look like checkmat

our security correspondent, frank gardner, has the latest.nal record, because he did, who had displayed erratic and bad tempered behaviour, being banned from courts, being involved in drug transactions, how did somebody like that get to united states through immigration, spend two weeks there, get a weapon and carry out this attack? lots of questions to follow there. there�*s a new warning about pollution from plastics. the ngo environmental investigation agency says it�*s now a global emergency in need of a robust un treaty. it argues that the threat is almost equivalent to climate change. it�*s reported, for instance, that around 20 elephants in thailand died after eating plastic waste from a rubbish dump like this one. the bbc�*s roger harrabin reports: the eia�*s tom gammage says: peter thomson is the un secretary general�*s special envoy for the ocean. there�*s no doubt that it is a huge global problem. the un has identified three global environmental problems that should be of concern. first is the climate crisis. second is biodiversity

earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner.ou new year to the united states, arrived athk, got himself down to texas, was able to get a weapon, on the street we are told, and carry out this hostage taking attack. so, i think there are going to be questions here as to how this happened. those two lists, as i said, are kind of dynamic. the active list usually ranges from about 3000 to 4000 suspects on there. the former, the list of former subjects of interest is anything up to 40,000. these are people that they have investigated in the past, every now and then flags pop up and they think we better have a look at that person. it is not a perfect science, and i think there probably will be criticism to say why did this person slip through the net. and is there any indication as to the motive? it has been reported that he was demanding the release of a convicted pakistani scientist who is being held tojust 20 miles away from the synagogue where the hostagetaking happened. well, that is definitely one of the international angles to t

the time he flew to the us he was assessed to be no longer a risk. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardnerrank, he was known about. why weren't they able to stop him? did mis did mi5 miss a trick? it is one of the questions — did mi5 miss a trick? it is one of the questions they _ did mi5 miss a trick? it is one of the questions they will - did mi5 miss a trick? it is one of the questions they will be - did mi5 miss a trick? it is one of| the questions they will be asking themselves. it is quite usual for people being investigated for a short time, in this case he was investigated for four weeks, a short lead investigation in the latter half of 2020, because he did have a criminal record and a violent temper and they were a number of records of him being quite disruptive. he has been banned from certain courts. he was known to both the police and mis. was known to both the police and mi5. there was nothing there that they found that justified, mi5. there was nothing there that they found thatjustified, i am told, putting him on a kind of active list, bumping him up into something of a high

with the latest on the investigation, here's our security correspondent, frank gardner.ady share a huge amount of intelligence and obviously the origins of this come back to the uk, because malik faisal akram travelled two weeks�* ago to the us via jfk airport. he is believed to have bought his weapon there in the us and travelled down to dallas, where he carried this out, but the investigation is, although it has been led by the fbi, the federal bureau of investigation, it is liaising very closely notjust with british counter terrorism police, that is greater manchester police as well, but also with, they have been in contact with israel, because of the synagogue connection here. this doesn't look on the surface to be like a kind of classic isis or al-qaeda operation. the brother has suggested that there were mental health issues involved, but the fact that he was making a political statement demanding the release of aafia siddiqui, who is a pakistani neuroscientist, you heard there in sophie long's report, that has pushed it into the realm of terrorism, which is why al

the time he flew to the us, he was assessed to be no longer a risk. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnergressive, he was banned from a number of courts. he was known to both the police and m15. there was nothing there that found that justified, i'm told, putting him on an active list, bumping him up into something that was of higher priority. so to give you an idea of the numbers here, i'm not exonerating him, these are numbers they will have to answer internally at the home office— but in terms of the numbers, they have two lists. they have the list of active as 0|s, subjects of interest, ranging from 3-4000 subjects of interest, ranging from 3—4000 people. these are people who may be engaged in preparations for active terrorism, some who in contact with those they are very concerned about. then there's those who are not even closed files, but people they've decided they are not too fussed about right now. that list is up to 40,000 long, and he was on that list by the time he flew to the united states. so either he gave no indication he was going to do this, or he did in they missed it.

wait and see how that progresses in manchester-— let's speak now to our security correspondent, frank gardnerith israel— they have been in contact with israel because of the synagogue connection. this doesn't look on the surface _ connection. this doesn't look on the surface to— connection. this doesn't look on the surface to be — connection. this doesn't look on the surface to be like a kind of classic isis or— surface to be like a kind of classic isis or al-qaeda operation. the brother— isis or al-qaeda operation. the brother has suggested they were mental— brother has suggested they were mental health issues involved. but the fact— mental health issues involved. but the fact he — mental health issues involved. but the fact he was making a political statement demanding the release of a pakistani _ statement demanding the release of a pakistani neuroscientist, that has pushed _ pakistani neuroscientist, that has pushed it— pakistani neuroscientist, that has pushed it into the realm of terrorism, which is why all leads are being — terrorism, which is why all leads are being investigated. as y