that someone was iain packer. police would speak to iain| packer.packer. police would speak to iain packer six times between 2005 and 2007. the evidence against him, these officers say, was undeniable. iain packer admitted to taking women into the woods for six. he admitted to taking emma there. he even directed the police to the crime scene and various women identified iain packer as a violent rapist who had attacked emma in the months prior to her death. yet senior officers repeatedly dismissed him as a suspect. find officers repeatedly dismissed him as a susect. �* ., ., ., a suspect. and i am told that point, dave , a suspect. and i am told that point, davey. when _ a suspect. and i am told that point, davey. when you — a suspect. and i am told that point, davey, when you get _ a suspect. and i am told that point, davey, when you get iain _ a suspect. and i am told that point, davey, when you get iain packer - a suspect. and i am told that point, | davey, when you get iain packer and bring him in, it doesn't matter what he tells you. doesn't matt

iain, full view is just political correspondent iain watson.parties�* launches. all of them will have won over the coming weeks?— launches. all of them will have won over the coming weeks? that's right. all the parties _ over the coming weeks? that's right. all the parties are _ over the coming weeks? that's right. all the parties are in _ over the coming weeks? that's right. all the parties are in contention, - all the parties are in contention, including reform uk. the liberal democrats are keen to get their retaliation in first, get started. harpenden has had boundary changes for the next general election. there is a new seat, harpenden and berkhamsted. it�*s predicted to be a three—way marginal seat between the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats. so the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey is staking his claim to that territory. it's staking his claim to that territory. it�*s an area where the liberal democrats have been making inroads into what tended to be conservative held seats and councils. sometime ago, they the way in st

, iain duncan smith, if i can ask you. as a _ briefly, iain duncan smith, if i can ask you, as a formerdemocracy? — democracy? there is no question that is what those malign entities would want to happen. if you ask me have we been fast enough and quick enough and focused enough to deal with it, the answer has to be no. not for want of trying by the security services, i have to tell you, because i think they have been well aware of what this was. i go back to 2020, when some of our supposed the entry of huawei into 56. i thought the government received bad advice. eventually, we were able to demonstrate it was not the case, and it was politicians, parliamentarians, that actually opposed that and stopped it. what we have hope since it was that we could stop it. we were sanctioned because we had on earth the xinjang genocide, and it is a genocide. even the un have suggested that is the case. because we got that, these were official documents, china were furious with those of us as individuals as well, you know the government sanctioned three very lowly officials, they went ahead and sanct

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they betrayed their duty to protect life, they sabotaged the case against iain packer— they sabotagedir hands _ packer and they have blood on their hands and _ packer and they have blood on their hands and must now, those individuals are responsible, face justice — our scotland correspondent lorna gordonjoins us now. lorna, what happens next? angela constance in _ lorna, what happens next? angela constance in her _ lorna, what happens next? angela constance in her statement - lorna, what happens next? angela constance in her statement said i lorna, what happens next? angelal constance in her statement said the terms of reference for this public inquiry will now be decided. the questions when it seems it may look at our primarily to do with that early investigation, but not exclusively to do without. but perhaps he might look at questions like why, what's the police knew that iain packer was a violent user of prostitutes, he had interactions with emma caldwell, they knew he took emma caldwell and other sex workers to the woods, where her body was found. why he was only ever interviewed

her killer was iain packer. a quarter of a century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma's mother wants to know why one of britain's worst sex offenders remained free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i've gone this far, i'm going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland's first minister has said a judge—led inquiry is being considered, given the systematic failings in the case. i'm looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you'd understand, we'd update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to take forward. by 2007, police had identified iain packer as a sexually violent user of prostitutes. but four turkish men were charged with emma caldwell�*s murder. those charges were later dropped. in 2015, packer was exposed by a newspaper and a bbc

iain: you have to see them on a monthly basis. start seeing a whole list of .4 it's going to call that into question but i also think in a mindset jay powell wants to raise policy seems determined. jonathan: steve said the same thing. this is a chairman that wants to cut interest rates. if i look across the curve right now i can see why maybe wind by the front-end treasuries. looking for rate cuts. i'm wondering if they're willing to tolerate higher tall -- inflation howdy things operate. iain: you do see the curb steep and up a bit. maybe that's the five-year part of the curve. i think that's what happens. we've still got the inverted yield curve. we should reverse that at some point. so for me i don't think you'll see a big sale from the back end. i do think this huge demand for bonds and i think they look attractive in real terms. but again, this is more of the carry environment because i think we will go back to where we were at the beginning of the year. i think we see seven cuts unless we see deterioration and data. when you

iain watson, thank _ small boats in the first place. iain watson, thank you.or as much as three times the average rainfall. as we head into march and the start of the meteorological spring, it's all about to turn colder. there will be some frosty nights and the possibility of some of that rain and showers turning to snow over higher ground. mostly, any snow will be over 200 metres elevation. that does include the higher ground of northern ireland, the welsh mountains, the pennines and the cumbrian fells. some of that rain and snow will be pushing towards the southern uplands as we head towards the end of the day, where the snow levels could start to drop a little bit. there will be a lot of heavy rain as we head through the morning across england, wales and northern ireland. clearing its way northwards and eastwards. showers and brighter spells following behind for many of us. blustery wind up through the channel and the north sea facing coasts. some of the rain clearing away from northern ireland. it's going to be feeling cold, largely dry across much of scot

iain donaldson, liberal democrat candidate, 2,164. applause paul simon ellison, the conservative party candidate, 3,731. applause george galloway, workers party of britain candidate, 12,... cheering 12,335. michael howarth, independent candidate, 246. applause william howarth, independent candidate, 523. applause guy otten, green party candidate, 436. ravin rodent subortna, official monster raving loony party candidate, 209. cheering david anthony tully, independent candidate, 6,648. cheering and applause that was 6,638. i do hereby declare that george galloway is duly elected. cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. the cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. ., ., , welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.7%. welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39-7%- thank — welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39-7%- thank you. _ welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.7%. thank you, ladies _ welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.796. thank you, ladies and - 39.7%. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. mr galloway... so george galloway will no

her killer was iain packer. century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma's mother wants to know why one of britain's worst sex offenders remained free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i've gone this far, i'm going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland's first minister has said a judge—led inquiry is being considered, given the systematic failings in the case. i'm looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you'd understand, we'd update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to take forward. by 2007, police had identified iain packer as a sexually violent user of prostitutes. but four turkish men were charged with emma caldwell�*s murder. those charges were later dropped. in 2015, packer was exposed by a newspaper and a bbc documentary. th

sir iain reckons the uk is still too soft on china and plenty of mps on all sides agree.n who is now foreign secretary, david cameron, was swigging a pint with the chinese president in oxfordshire. there is much more scepticism now, but there was one key question i wanted to ask for you when i spoke to this former secret service official. i wonder how worried we should be as individuals, maybe scared even, about china? the overwhelming majority of the british people probably have nothing to be worried about but if you are engaged in politics or in areas such as human rights promotion, then you can safely assume that china is going to want to be on your case. cybercrime in the shadows, the world's newest superpower. dealing with china, one of the challenges of our age. chris mason reporting. joining me tonight baroness helena kennedy kc, who is the co—chair of ipac the inter—parliamentary alliance on china. it is an international cross—party group of legislators that represent democratic countries concerned with this issue. you are very welcome to the programme. can ijust

the former tory leader sir iain duncan—smith, who has been calling for tougher action against china,ement, like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. the reality is that in those three years, the chinese have trashed the sino—british agreement, they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang, we have had churches broken, and in hong kong, false court cases againstjimmy lai. he is right, isn't he? it is particularly awkward for your former boss, david cameron, who was meeting backbenchers tonight. not long ago, he was lobbying on behalf of the chinese state? i he was lobbying on behalf of the chinese state?— he was lobbying on behalf of the chinese state? i think if you look at the relationship _ chinese state? i think if you look at the relationship with - chinese state? i think if you look at the relationship with china, i at the relationship with china, matters have changed a heck of a lot in recent years. largely because china has changed its approach stop the chain of ten years ago was a country where one could be at least reasonably optimistic that they

going to be speaking to sir iain duncan like to get duncan smith. get his reaction to rishi sunak's leadership of leadership and also this idea of penny mordaunt giving the tories a chance of winning a better chance of winning the next welcome back to the camilla tominey show. it's lovely to have your company this sunday morning. if i'm a bit croaky. by the way, i have spent the whole week off ill in bed. i've got the lurgy that i think half the country got. if i have a country has got. so if i have a little fit, you'll little coughing fit, you'll hopefully forgive me. now i'm delighted that joined delighted to say that i'm joined now conservative now by former conservative leader iain duncan smith, leader sir iain duncan smith, the and the mp for chingford and woodford lovely to see woodford green. lovely to see you morning. now the you this morning. now the newspapers bring us news of tory calamity . sir ian, with the calamity. sir ian, with the tories apparently heading for the biggest defeat in history. talk of labour winning 250 seats, majority

emma caldwell�*s body was found in woodland close to glasgow in 2005, but only last week, iain packerr free to rape and assault more than 20 women. 0ur scotland correspondent steven godden reports. for almost two decades, margaret caldwell has sought answers for her daughter. today, she met scotland's first minister to ask face—to—face for a public inquiry for emma and the other women who suffered at the hands of her killer. emma had a voice, and these other women, perhaps there's no—one. emma caldwell was working as a prostitute in 2005 when she was strangled and dumped in remote woodland. how could anyone do this? by 2007, police knew iain parker was sexually violent and had previously taken emma to the spot her body was found, but senior officers disregarded that evidence, wrongly pursuing four turkish suspects. parker continued to attack women. it was years before he was finally confronted. did you kill emma? no, i never. last week, packer was jailed for life for murdering emma caldwell and attacking 21 other women. both institutions of the crown office and the police must answer

iain watson, bbc news.herine's announcement on friday, that she is receiving cancer treatment. charlotte gallagher reports. a busy sunday in windsor, the home of the prince and princess of wales and their three young children. a family now dealing with a cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment. i want to take this opportunity to say thank you personally. but was this announcement planned, or did the princess feel forced to address speculation? we actually understand that the princess made the decision two weeks ago, that she was going to do this public statement. and the key thing for her, as a mother, her priority was protecting those three children. she didn't want them going to school being asked even more than they already were — they were already being affected at school, so it was always her plan that she would wait until the last day of term. but the royal family won't have been immune to the outlandish conspiracy theories circulating. it's the worst i've ever seen, and i've been in the media mos

iain watson, bbc news.e's announcement on friday that she is receiving cancer treatment. a statement from kensington palace also said the couple were "grateful" that the public understood their request for privacy. charlotte gallagher reports. a busy sunday in windsor, the home of the prince and princess of wales and their three young children. a family now dealing with a cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment. i wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally. but was this announcement planned, or did the princess feel forced to address speculation? we actually understand that the princess made the decision two weeks ago, that she was going to do this public statement. and the key thing for her, as a mother, her priority was protecting those three children. she didn't want them going to school being asked even more than they already were — they were already being affected at school, so it was always her plan that she would wait until the last day of term. but the royal family won't have be

our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. from? yes, we do- basically _ are that 400 figure comes from? yes, we do. basically a _ are that 400 figure comes from? yes, we do. basically a range _ are that 400 figure comes from? use: we do. basically a range of mps have been trying to get this information from the government for quite some time and they only got partial information back in december. they ask the spending watchdog the national audit office to look into it and they have come up with bigger and more robust figures. so £220 million has already been spent on an economic development programme with rwanda. that is not dependent on the number of migrants sent there. that money has already been spent. we know it is going to increase by £50 million a year every year for the next two years. you add that together with the setup costs, which are being paid for in the uk. that is going up to £28 million a year and they arrive at that figure of nearly 400 million, but in addition to that if 300 migrants are sent to land at the

our political correspondent iain watson reports from dudley, in the west midlands.conservatives of letting down, rather than levelling up areas that felt left behind. people say to me the worst thing you can do in politics is to prey on people's fear. yet, in some ways, preying on their hopes is just as bad. and that's what the tories did with levelling up. labour say they can now deliver where the conservatives failed. but there is a pressing problem. one in five councils fear they could go bankrupt in the next year. they want more than hope, they want hard cash. i am very worried at the state of our local councils after 1a years of this tory chaos. at the end of the first period of a labour government, should there be one, will councils be better off then than they are now? yes or no? yes, they would be. i want to make sure they're in a position to deliver the services they need to deliver. keir starmer is in the market for voters who backed the tories for the first time in 2019. his campaign launches here, in conservative—controlled dudley. but he might find his

let's head to florida and speak to our correspondent iain carter.tle bit. matt fitzpatrick has just completed a brilliant birdie on the first hull, a superb tee shotjust 95 yards, wedged to tap in range to move to 10—under par. he moves alongside nick taylor and sandra. a superb second shot into the second hole, really good birdie opportunity coming for him. the lead may be trimmed to three shots. wyndham clark has been very impressive so far, a pair of 65s having finished runner—up last week at bay hill, he does well on tough golf courses, he is the reigning us open champion and he is very much the man to beat this weekend. we he is very much the man to beat this weekend. ~ ., , ., weekend. we have seen some low scores already _ weekend. we have seen some low scores already on _ weekend. we have seen some low scores already on saturday, - weekend. we have seen some low scores already on saturday, ian, l weekend. we have seen some low scores already on saturday, ian, i | scores already on saturday, ian, i wonder if that is because of the traditional

by 2007, police knew iain parker was sexually violent and had previously taken emma to the spot her bodye, wrongly pursuing four turkish suspects. parker continued to attack women. it was years before he was finally confronted. did you kill emma? no, i never. last week, packer was jailed for life for murdering emma caldwell and attacking 21 other women. both institutions of the crown office and the police must answer as to why one of the worst sex offenders in the united kingdom was gifted his freedom for some 17 years. how many other women in that time were disbelieved, humiliated, challenged when seeking justice? the family's campaign for a public inquiry will ratchet up this week. tomorrow, they'll meet scotland's chief constable and on thursday, the lord advocate, the most senior law officer in the country. thank you everyone. having heard police scotland apologised for failings in the original investigation, margaret caldwell believes anything less than a public inquiry would be a betrayal of emma. she's been promised a quick decision. stephen gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. unions rep

iain watson, bbc news.ley marathons, in tennessee. 100 miles up and down hills, through rugged terrain. she finished with just 99 seconds to spare before the 60—hour cut—off. jasmin has finally recovered her breath — and her voice — and spoke to the bbc. it wasn't until the last kilometre that i really sort of doubted that it was going to be possible. and at that point i was just so desperate to stop, to stop running and to walk. i knew that i couldn't because i wouldn't make it. i think it was just the thought that if i didn't make it this time it was going to be by seconds and then i would have to come back and do the whole thing again. because i would never have let it rest. i was so oxygen deficient when i reached the end and the last few hundred metres i couldn't even really see anybody. cheering and applause. i knew there were people kind of cheering me on and there was lots of noise and... but i was just aiming for the gate and everything else sort of went blurry at the edges of my vision and ijust n

so it has my support. >> i asked , um, earlier, iain >> i asked, um, earlier, iain duncan smith whethermps essentially should have security. he didn't security. he said he didn't think that. do you know, as i said , um, you know, i already said, um, you know, i already have you know, my home is a fortress. >> my office is a fortress. um but our accessibility is the cornerstone of our parliamentary democracy . and i don't believe democracy. and i don't believe that putting a ring of steel around us is the answer. we need to address the root causes is why we're seeing so much more extremism , why people feel, um, extremism, why people feel, um, emboldened and emboldened to attack mps. let's deal with those issues, including social media, as well as making sure sensible security is put in place, but not a ring of steel around us. >> mike freer, thank you very much for your time and your insights. there much appreciated. um i know you wanted to come back on, um, ella so you can pick up on what ella said or what you just said there from mike freer. >> well, i think essentially what we need t

we heard sir iain duncan in heard sir iain duncan smith in the news earlier on. the conservative party. i'd much rather the helm, but rather see him at the helm, but there are other people. there are people who've prime are people who've been prime minister in the house of minister who sit in the house of commons. >> david cameron was prime >> well, david cameron was prime minister well, went minister as well, and he went for the chinese for a pint with the chinese president in oxford, he? president in oxford, didn't he? do those pictures do you think those pictures haunt him now? >> well, hope that they do, >> well, i hope that they do, because needs to both recant because he needs to both recant of that period, the golden era, which was anything but. and recognise that the indebtedness of china places of this nation to china places us in a parlous and perilous position. this is dangerous . it position. this is dangerous. it is a strategic threat and we should say so. should be in should say so. it should be in the as well, which the enhanced tier as well, which

her killer was iain packer.or a quarter of a century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma's mother wants to know why one of britain's worst sex offenders remain free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i've gone this far, i'm going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland's first minister says a judge led inquiry is being considered, given the systematic failings in the case. i'm looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you'd understand, we'd update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to take forward. by 2007, police had identified iain packer as a sexually violent user of prostitutes. but four turkish men were charged with emma caldwell�*s murder. those charges were later dropped. in 2015, packer was exposed by a newspaper and a bbc docu

iain watson has that story.re power for mayors and for local councils. and in a bid to appeal to voters who chose the conservatives for the first time in 2019, he praised some of borisjohnson�*s ideas to help local communities. but he was less keen on the implementation. people say to me the worst thing you can do in politics is to prey on people's fear. yet, in some ways, preying on their hopes is just as bad. and that's what the tories did with levelling up. so what would he do? you talked about the decimation of public services, you talked about hope, the councils that fear they are going to go bankrupt in the next year will need more than hope, they will need hard cash. can you guarantee that a labour government in its first year will give them more resources than the conservatives are giving them now? can i stand here and pretend to you that there is a magic money tree that we can waggle on the third or the day after the election? no, they have broken the economy. to leave your country after 111 years of go

as you heard there from iain carter, the talks very much much ongoing, but still a deal to be struck.y monahan, insists progress is being made, but said it was in the interests of the sport to get the right agreement. i do believe that negotiating a deal with pif is the best outcome. and, obviously, it has to be the right deal for both sides, like any situation or negotiation. the conversations with ssg, for the reasons ijust said, alex, i think have enhanced the likelihood of us reaching a successful conclusion. the pga tour has been limited in our ability to invest back into some of those growth opportunities. we no longer are with the formation of pga tour enterprises, and i think an ultimate deal would be in the best interests of the game, and, ultimately, would be in the best interests of the tour — if that can be done, and that's the spirit with which we approach the conversations and the negotiations. and i think that goes both ways. well, one man who is involved in this week's players championship is the defending champion scottie scheffler. he's been having his say onjon rahm

but one member of parliament, sir iain duncan smith, was, shall we say, less than impressed. >> whilstwelcome these two sanctions from the government , sanctions from the government, it is a little bit this statement like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. the reality is that in those three years the chinese have trashed the sino—british agreement. they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang . we have had churches xinjiang. we have had churches broken and in hong kong , false broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai >> great quote, elephant giving birth to a mouse. i rather like sir. ian's here. i'll ask that, sir. ian's here. i'll ask him about where that came from in a moment. but it's all going to be okay. it's all going to be absolutely fine, because the chinese ambassador has been summoned us lord summoned to meet us lord cameron, foreign secretary . cameron, the foreign secretary. >> we must now enter a new era of relations with china, dealing with the contemporary chinese communist party as it really is, not as we would wish i

iain watson, thank you for that update.urse we will bring you more on george galloway�*s first day being sworn in to parliament. there is more on our bbc website and app. staying with uk politics now. the chancellor, jeremy hunt is under growing pressure to introduce tax cuts in wednesday's budget — which is likely to be the last before the next general election. some backbench conservative mps want to see taxes lowered. mr hunt has hinted he will do that — but only in a responsible way. but how possible is this, at a time when budgets are tight? 0ur political correspondent, hannah miller, reports. it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. we have got roads full of potholes. are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks' time? well, i'm doing everything that i can. i mean, short of laying siege to his own home. well, i want us to be, you know, l cutting taxes in a responsible way. under pressure from backbenchers — and with less money

where did these latest figures take us, iain? thea;r latest figures take us, iain?heme, charlie, because some mps have been trying to drag these figures out of the home office for some time and they got a partial answer to their inquiries back in december, when we found out that £240 million had been spent on the scheme without any migrants being sent to rwanda at all. but now mps and a couple of cross—party committees have managed to get the spending watchdog to get further information. we now know that £370 million is due to be spent in total on an economic develop and scheme for rwanda in return for taking migrants. in addition, if more than 300 migrants are sent to rwanda, a further 120 million would be paid to the total cost of their close to half £1 billion. that's not all. £150,000 per migrant will be spent over a five year period should the government finally get flights off to rwanda, they are currently caught up to rwanda, they are currently caught up in these legal battles in order to do so. effectively, labour has called this a national scandal and say t

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former tory leader sir iain duncan smith, a prominent critic of the chinese government, said mps wouldand the _ a stand for values of human rights and the international rules —based system _ and the international rules —based system upon which we all depend. therefore — system upon which we all depend. therefore we have hopefully request of the _ therefore we have hopefully request of the government when they make their respective statements today. number— their respective statements today. number one china should be immediately labelled as a threat, not anti—pork defining systemic challenge in the integrated review. china _ challenge in the integrated review. china should be in the enhanced two of the _ china should be in the enhanced two of the foreign influence registration scheme, that there should _ registration scheme, that there should be sanctions on those responsible for the abuses and not 'ust responsible for the abuses and not just in— responsible for the abuses and not just in hong kong but obviously in shame _ just in hong kong but obviously in shame showing and around the

our correspondent iain carter is at sawgrass.enalty shot and the failure to get up and down meant a double bogey six. but otherwise he was very tired, fitzpatrick excellently put too many weights into the grip of his club over previous months and only discovered that in the build up to this championship, and has reaped the benefits thereafter. so a return to form for him, he's in second place at the moment, nine under par. five shots off the lead, wyndham clark so impressive, a second success of 65, just one shy of the 66 hole record. rory mcelroy, just happen for a birdie, 66 hole record. rory mcelroy, just happen fora birdie, keeping him at seven under par, so seven shots the lead. . ~ seven under par, so seven shots the lead. . ,, ,., seven under par, so seven shots the lead. . ~' ,. , seven under par, so seven shots the lead. . ,, y., , . ., it's one of the feature events of the us basketball season, but the british version of the all star game has been absent for 13 years. this year, though, it's back — and for the first tim

recent weeks, multiple violent assaults including this terrifying moment when a woman bashed cellist iain forrest in the head performing on a subway platform, the second time he's been attacked. >> they say lightning doesn't strike twice, but this was a terrible moment of deja vu. >> reporter: today new york's governor kathy hochul said she is assembling a team of 1,000 including the national guard and state police to help secure the massive transit system >> these brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated >> reporter: teams will be stationed at the busiest and most problematic stations searching bags. civil liberties activists calling it overreaction and overreach. >> do you think you will have an impact on weapons getting on the subway with these bag searches >> absolutely. first of all, it's a deterrent, and if anyone is thinking of coming into the subway system with a weapon, there's probably a good chance they're going to get caught. >> reporter: mike kemper is the nypd transit chief. the big problem, he says, is repeat offenders. >> we arrest people all the

iain watson in westminster. from florida for a six month mission on the international space station. three, two, one comic ignition. full power. and, lift off! the falcon 9 rocket is operated by elon musk�*s spacex company. space remains a rare area of cooperation between the us and russia, since the russian invasion of ukraine two years ago. the us presidential candidate nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington dc. it's her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign. she claimed almost 63% of the vote, while donald trump finished second on 33%. despite the defeat, mr trump has a huge lead over ms haley to become the republican presidential candidate. an "extreme" blizzard has caused widespread disruption in the western us — with more than ten feet of snow piling up in places. thousands of properties were left without power in california and nevada over the weekend, while the state of utah was also hit. we have got carol with our weather in just a moment we

iain duncan smith. from hear from him. >> ivhost governmentsrt from hear from him. >> ivhost governments . from hear from him. >> ivhost governments . neither their host governments. neither we nor other parliamentary colleagues will be bullied into silence by beijing for years , silence by beijing for years, the behaviour of the chinese government has gone unchecked and been too passive and we have been too passive here in the west, particularly here in the west, particularly here as beijing here in the uk, as beijing overseas influence operations have rapidly expanded, turning a blind eye to what the intelligence and security committee termed penetration of every sector of the uk economy, unquote . still, incredibly, unquote. still, incredibly, there there is a debate within there there is a debate within the uk government, we understand over whether or not china should be in the enhanced tier of the new foreign influence registration scheme. still, the uk has yet to impose a single sanction on offici

but in any battle between politics and economics, there's iain watson, bbc news.pecially among young people. the vote follows weeks of political unrest after the outgoing present, macky sall, postponed the election, triggering deadly opposition protests. mr sall has served two terms as president and is barred from standing again. finally this half hour, tourists in paris today might have found themselves in the unusual position of having to dodge hundreds of waiters and waitresses swarming the streets trying desperately not to spill trays of coffee and croissants. a century—old tradition has returned to the streets of paris — the waiters' race through the city. for the first time since 2011, 200 competitors wearing aprons and carrying trays loaded with a coffee, croissant and a glass of water made their way through the french capital. there's no running — it's a brisk walk only. points are awarded for speed and deducted for spills. runners were split in different categories, given age, group and gender. the mayor of paris revived the race, after it was put on hiat

sir iain reckons the uk's still too soft on china, and plenty of mps on all sides agree.n years since the now foreign secretary, david cameron, was swigging a pint with the chinese president in buckinghamshire. there is much more scepticism now but there was one key question i wanted to ask for you, when i spoke to this former secret service official. i wonder how worried we should be as individuals, maybe scared even, about china? the overwhelming majority of the british people probably have nothing to be worried about, but if you are engaged in politics or in areas such as human rights promotion then you can safely assume that china is going to want to be on your case. cybercrime in the shadows, the world's newest superpower — dealing with china, one of the challenges of our age. chris mason, bbc news. donald trump is to face a criminal trial on the 15th april, the first—ever criminal trial of a former or current us president. mr trump is alleged to have paid "hush" money to a porn star, stormy daniels, over a sexual relationship, which he denies. here's our north ameri

three mps including former conservative leader iain duncan smith will get a briefing from security servicesght hear from them afterwards and might hear more about the specifics of these alleged attacks. supporters of the main opposition candidate in senegal�*s presidential election have been celebrating as provisional results show him in the lead. several other opposition figures have conceded. what is the latest regarding the vote count? the what is the latest regarding the vote count?— vote count? the results are currently — vote count? the results are currently being _ vote count? the results are currently being transmitted j vote count? the results are i currently being transmitted to vote count? the results are - currently being transmitted to the vote counting commission. lfiss currently being transmitted to the vote counting commission. loss of sound. vote counting commission. loss of sound- the — vote counting commission. loss of sound. the line _ vote counting commission. loss of sound. the line has _ vote counting commission. loss of sound. the line has risen - vote counting commis

sir iain reckons the uk's still too soft on china, and plenty of mps on all sides agree.ed though. look at this! it's less than 10 years since the now foreign secretary, david cameron, was swigging a pint with the chinese president in buckinghamshire. there is much more scepticism now but there was one key question i wanted to ask for you, when i spoke to this former secret service official. i wonder how worried we should be as individuals, maybe scared even, about china? the overwhelming majority of the british people probably have nothing to be worried about, but if you are engaged in politics or in areas such as human rights promotion then you can safely assume that china is going to want to be on your case. cybercrime in the shadows, the world's newest superpower — dealing with china, one of the challenges of our age. chris mason, bbc news. professor of cyber security from the university of auckland, giovanni russello, told me he's not surprised by the timing of these cyber attacks. i'm not really surprise about what's going on here. i mean, it's basically quite norma

candidate paul ellison, the absent former labour candidate azhar ali and the liberal democrat candidate iainform uk thought they'd do better. the leader richard tice is saying the by—election was not "free and fair", claiming campaigners suffered abuse and death threats. 0ur political correspondent peter saull reports from rochdale i do hereby declare that george galloway is duly elected. george galloway is nothing if not persistent. 37 years after he was first elected as a labour mp, he is on his way back to parliament determined to be a thorn in his former party's side. this is going to spark a movement, a landslide, a shifting of the tectonic plates in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north—west. in the west midlands, in london, from ilford to bethnal green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters. he's always divided opinion, though. george galloway! you want to burn our future! that protester hauled away after accusing rochdale�*s new mp of denying climate change. you are well aware that you're a divisive fi

sir iain reckons the uk's still too soft on china, and plenty of mps on all sides agree.ince the now foreign secretary, david cameron, was swigging a pint with the chinese president in buckinghamshire. there is much more scepticism now but there was one key question i wanted to ask for you, when i spoke to this former secret service official. i wonder how worried we should be as individuals, maybe scared even, about china? the overwhelming majority of the british people probably have nothing to be worried about, but if you are engaged in politics or in areas such as human rights promotion then you can safely assume that china is going to want to be on your case. cybercrime in the shadows, the world's newest superpower — dealing with china, one of the challenges of our age. chris mason, bbc news. let's get more on the scale of this cyber—attack, with alex stamos. he's the chief trust officer of sentinel one, and a lecturer at stanford university. thank you for staying up to talk to us on bbc news. what do you make of all of these? of course, sense it is emerged in the news

rochdale was a lib dem stronghold not so long ago and the party's candidate iain donaldson believes it we will be light at the calgary shortly. —— we will be live at the count very shortly. labour's shadow immigration minister, stephen kinnock, was asked for his reaction to the by—election now the polls have closed. well, to be frank, i'm pleased that this whole sorry saga has come to an end now. it has been a very difficult and messy process. i'm very pleased that we took rapid and robust action in terms of our candidate. and the number one priority for us now in rochdale will be to select a strong candidate who will take the seat for labour and we will have a labour mp at the general election that we can be proud of. that is labour's stephen kinnick. let's go live to our political correspondent, peter saull, who is at the count in rochdale. peter, can you just give us... you're hearing george galloway pause 19 sounding confident, is that right? 19 sounding confident, is that riuht? ~ ., . 19 sounding confident, is that riuht? a, ., _, , right? more than confident, they think they've