metropolitan police who say they are in a pickle.put it slightly stronger than that. a cry for help from the metropolitan police commissioner for extra resources and support from the government to help beat all we see of violence on our streets. 120 dead in london alone. a lot of them teenagers. one of the problems, and we will discuss how you solve knife crime later. one of the problems is that the police numbers have been cut and the support officers have been cut. they were cut in theresa may's what she was home secretary. she suggested there was no correlation between the numbers of police on the streets and the levels of crime. and we are seeing crime rising across the board. we are seeing a rise in violent crime, knife crime, in homicides. and this is why there is more of the need to go public, to persuade the home office that you need to rethink this. there was not a single penny in the budget last week for neighbourhood policing. and yet, as they say, violent crime is rising. that cannot be right. a big topic. we have not got

the home secretary has called on the metropolitan police to step up its response to knife crime followingd scotland yard to make full use of police powers, including stop and search. mrjavid told the commissioner of the metropolitan police cressida dick: ‘we must act together, and i stand with you as we face this challenge", and that he was committed to bringing down violence in capital. first, iam first, i am deeply worried about this. there are so many people being hurt, so many lives being lost and i am committed to doing everything they can to help drive down to knife crime and all types of serious violence. so this morning, i spoke to the met chiefjust an operational date, because as you say there has been so much of this just in the last few days, but then also to give her my support and give her team i support, and to commit to doing everything that i can to help. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump claims "tremendous success" in the mid—term elections, after a night of mixed results for his republican party. fighting for his life, the 98—year—old assaulted and robbed in his lo

in a statement today the metropolitan police described the violence as senseless, but played down thea question of funding, you know, we as the police have a big role to play, but this is a collective responsibility. we are always prioritising the work that we do, violence, tackling violence, an absolute priority for the metropolitan police. but according to some politicians, this wave of violent crime in which many young people have been killed could persist for a generation before it is brought under control. richard galpin, bbc news, in south—east london. a decade ago, glasgow gained a reputation as the murder capital of europe. but — determined to tackle the city's addiction to violence — strathclyde police embarked on a new approach that treated violence as a "disease". the scottish violence reduction unit's aim was to target all forms of violent behaviour — in particular knife crime among young men in and around glasgow. crime in scotland is now at a a2—year low. niven rennie — a former chief superintendent at strathclyde police — is the director of the unit and is in our glasgo

ken marsh is here, the chairman of the metropolitan police federation. he force. ina in a moment, chief constable andy rhodes willjoin us. he's the national police chiefs' council lead for the wellbeing of police officers. ken marsh, what shocks you most. members of the public walking by as this is the normal, a member of the public filming this, doing a mocking commentary, two of my colleagues are being seriously assaulted, very seriously assaulted and this is about, is this becoming normal now, this is becoming acceptable that we canjust don't this is becoming acceptable that we can just don't constantly police officers executing their warrant, do absolutely nothing about it and it isa absolutely nothing about it and it is a big joke? absolutely nothing about it and it is a bigjoke? it's absolutely nothing about it and it is a big joke? it's not a joke for my colleagues, they are being seriously assaulted, as you said four minutes across the country, it has got to stop and everyone has to buy in. we see in the footage one man takes a run up and kung fu

in a statement today the metropolitan police described the violence as senseless, but played down theust a question of funding, you know, we as the police have a big role to play, but this is a collective responsibility. we are always prioritising the work that we do, violence, tackling violence, an absolute priority for the metropolitan police. but according to some politicians, this wave of violent crime in which many young people have been killed could persist for a generation before it is brought under control. richard galpin, bbc news, in south—east london. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here. danny, four murders in five days — put these latest killings into context? this is a bad year in terms of serious violence in london, no doubt about that. it is potentially the worst year for about that. it is potentially the worst yearfor teenage about that. it is potentially the worst year for teenage killings for a decade, and it is replicated gci’oss a decade, and it is replicated across other cities and other parts of england and wales. we are seeing homicides at the 10—y

in a statement, the metropolitan police told this programme: the historical work, deployment and actionsed and scrutinised by the undercover policing inquiry. the metropolitan police service is providing every assistance so the inquiry can fully address the key issues it has identified, and can fulfil its terms of reference. we are completely committed to equality, professionalism, and treating everyone who comes into contact with police with dignity and respect. i want to thank you for your many messages, i want to thank you for your many m essa 9 es , pa re nts i want to thank you for your many messages, parents of children with autism. suzy says my son is struggling with autism and has violent out worst on a daily basis. i have come to the conclusion i am on my own after the paediatrician referred him to cams, the mental health service locally and they proceeded to say there was nothing wrong with him because he was able to hold it all in at school. i have died out for support, he smashes his room every day through anger, i can relate to jamie was back story on your programme this mor

londoners don't feel safe to quell public concerns about the rate of violent crime london's metropolitan police have deployed five hundred extra officers on street patrols one senior police officer has said that children as young as nine and ten are now carrying knives and compare the situation to the wild west with attacks taking place in broad daylight in front of pass' by c.c.t.v. cameras but the reasons behind the surgeon violent crime are now the subject of fierce national debate police federation's blame cuts to police funding there are around twenty thousand fewer police officers now than there were eight years ago while the rate of violent crime has shot up the reason that it's all exploded out of control on the streets of the you can especially in the streets of london is very simple and straightforward for the last eight years the government has cut the numbers of police officers by cutting twenty five to thirty percent of the budget for the police service the home office is own leaked documents though suggest that there is a link between cuts to police budgets and serious violent cri

the metropolitan police say they're treating the matter very seriously. iran says it will defy tough sanctions reimposed today by the united states on its oil and banking sectors, following america's withdrawal from the international nuclear deal agreed back in 2015. president rouhani says iran is in a state of economic war and will continue selling oil. there's been an angry response on the streets of tehran. president trump says the us is trying to stop what it calls tehran's destructive behaviour across the middle east. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, is at the foreign office and explains the impact the sanctions will have on both iran, and here. the international community and iran did a deal. iran would agree to restrict its nuclear programme and in return it would get some trade with everybody else. the americans have decided that that is no logger working. so they are reimposing sanctions across the board. very competitive sanctions. that's clearly will have an impact on people in the ground in iran. they will find it harder to get foo

more than eight and the metropolitan police more than eightand a the metropolitan police more and that is just five individuals. you said you were not surprised by that? when i did the commission on mental health and policing what we found was in london alone the police response to mental health was higher than that for robbery and sexual effect —— offences put together. it does not, it saddens me, because it's not the best use of police time. but i'm not surprised. would it be the normal order of things that if a call comes in about an incident that the police would be dispatched? it's incident that the police would be dispatched ? it's difficult incident that the police would be dispatched? it's difficult to establish whether that incident involves someone with mental health issues are not. unless something comes up on issues are not. unless something comes up on the computer that says it's been tagged as somebody they know who is a persistent caller or suffers from some sort of condition, they are none the wiser and unless they are none the wiser and unless the collar can g

radio station passed an internal labour party dossier to cressida dick, commissoner of the metropolitan policecal correspondent ben wright reports. he must have hoped this row had gone away. any response at all about the police investigation? good morning, how nice to see you. do you think... good morning, how nice to see you, goodbye. but after the metropolitan police was given a leaked labour party dossier detailing 45 cases of alleged anti—semitic hate crimes linked to labour party members, scotland yard is now investigating. we have been assessing some material which was passed in fact to me in a radio studio, of all things, about two months ago. and we are now investigating some of that material, because it appears there may have been crime committed. the met is not investigating the labour party itself, but examples of online anti—semitic abuse that may constitute hate crime. and the police is consulting the crown prosecution service. during the summer, labour was engulfed in a dispute about its handling of anti—semitism. in september, the party's ruling body eventually agreed to adopt i

londoners don't feel safe to quell public concerns about the rate of violent crime london's metropolitan police have deployed five hundred. the extra officers on street patrols one senior police officer has said that children as young as nine and ten are now carrying knives and compared the situation to the wild west with attacks taking place in broad daylight in front of passes by c.c.t.v. cameras but the reasons behind the surgeon violent crime are now the subject of fierce national debate police federation's blame cuts to police funding there are around twenty thousand fewer police officers now than there were eight years ago while the rate of violent crime has shot up the home office's own leaked documents suggest that there is a link between cuts to police budgets and serious violent crime london's mayor says that it's a deadly combination we have fewer officers than any time since two thousand and three at a time when the population is going up it's more and more difficult and yet a government minister has denied the link between cuts and crime pointing to other factors instead like socia

generation to tackle the violent crime epidemic gripping the british capital according to the metropolitan police there have been one hundred eighteen murders in the city since the start of this year. picks up the story. it's being called an epidemic and the british capital is bearing the brunt four men have been stabbed to death in the british capital in the space of just five days the youngest to die was only fifteen years old and that brings the total number of murders in london to one hundred eighty since the start of the year. crime knife crime epidemic average of three killings a week londoners don't feel safe one senior police officer has said that children as young as nine and ten are now carrying knives and compared the situation to the wild west with attacks taking place in broad daylight in front of passes by c.c.t.v. cameras but the reasons behind the surgeon violent crime are now the subject of fierce national debate police federation's blame cuts to police funding there are around twenty thousand fewer police officers now than there were eight years ago while the rate of violent cri

the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, has voiced her support for the senior officer who to deal with issues such as logging hate incidents against women. sara thornton, chair of the national police chiefs council, was criticised by some people for saying police should focus on burglary and violent crime rather than misogyny. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here. so, sara thornton's remarks were regarded as controversial, but backing for her from the country's top police officer. yes, and this is all about senior officers coming out and saying, look, we have to be realistic about what we can do, what we can prioritise and what we can't do at a time when resources are stretched, when we've lost a lot of police officers and staff. cressida dick is saying that for her the priority has a lwa ys saying that for her the priority has always been tackling serious violence. yesterday a 15—year—old boy was stabbed to death in south london and she says you can't increase the scale of the mission by enforcing new laws such as misogyny u nless enforcing new laws such as m

cressida dick, because —— the commissionerfor the metropolitan police, gave an interview to the bbc and been a sharp rise in violent crime but said it had now plateaued. the truth is, that killings like these are happening every 3—4 days in london, many of the big and is young people. —— word many of the victims. —— many of the victims. activists from amnesty international have renamed the road outside the saudi embassy in london as "khashoggi street" to mark the one—month anniversary of the journalist's murder. the campaigners temporarily erected a mock street sign in front of the diplomatic compound in mayfair, in a symbolic gesture honouring jamal khashoggi. they staged the friday lunchtime stunt to coincide with the time that he was last seen alive entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul, on the 2nd of october. it comes as a turkish official claimed jamal khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid, after being cut up. the shale gas company cuadrilla, says it's seen the first natural gas flow at its site in lancashire, since fracking operations began there just over two weeks ago. t

in a statement today, the metropolitan police described the violence as senseless, but played down thet a question of funding, you know, we as the police have a big role to play, but this is a collective responsibility. we are always prioritising the work that we do, violence, tackling violence, is an absolute priority for the metropolitan police. but according to some politicians, this wave of violent crime in which many young people have been killed could persist for a generation before it is brought under control. richard galpin, bbc news, in south—east london. for more on this lets speak to patrick green, ceo of the ben kinsella trust, a charity set up to knife crime in the wake of the murder of its namesake, 16 year old ben kinsella, who 10 years ago was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack. where are we now in comparison with that stage? we are in a worse position, but the believe the most terrible thing i can say. we had falling knife crime for part of the last decade and then it has started to increase and increase rapidly in the last few years. and we are really at a crisi

the headlines: the metropolitan police say they'll step up patrols on the streets of the capital afters. the us secretary of state has said there will be relentless pressure until it stops funding what he called violent and destabilishing activities. donald trump and barack 0bama both on the campaign trail with just hours to go until america's crucial mid—term elections. and do you really, really want to see the spice girls live? in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in half hour, we'lljoin katty kay and christian fraser in washington for beyond 100 days as america builds up to the crucial mid—term elections. at 8pm, we'll be speaking to a former gang member about how to tackle knife crime — that's after four stabbings in five days in the capital. and later on, a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers.

cressida dick, the commission of the metropolitan police, gave an interview to the bbc today in whichlent crime, but said that that had now plateaued in the capital. the truth is, a killing like this is happening every three or four days in is, a killing like this is happening every three orfour days in london, and many of the victims are young people. jon donnison, thank you. a christian woman cleared of blasphemy charges in pakistan could be banned from ever leaving the country. the authorities have started legal proceedings against asia bibi, to place her on a travel ban list, as part of a deal struck with islamists. the agreement ended three days of violent protests across the country. ms bibi, who's a mother of five, had been on death row since 2010. she was cleared by a court earlier this week but has yet to be released. sucunder kamani reports. the punishment for blasphemers? hang them. that was the chant at this demonstration in islamabad. today saw thousands of protesters out on the streets in cities across pakistan. they're angry this christian woman, asia bibi, had her deat

radio station passed an internal labour party dossier to cressida dick, commissoner of the metropolitan police must have hoped this row had gone away. any response at all about the police investigation? good morning, how nice to see you. do you think... good morning, how nice to see you, goodbye. but after the metropolitan police was given a leaked labour party dossier detailing 45 cases of alleged anti—semitic hate crimes linked to labour party members, scotland yard is now investigating. we have been assessing some material which was passed in fact to me in a radio studio, of all things, about two months ago. and we are now investigating some of that material, because it appears there may have been crime committed. the met is not investigating the labour party itself, but examples of online anti—semitic abuse that may constitute hate crime. and the police is consulting the crown prosecution service. during the summer, labour was engulfed in a dispute about its handling of anti—semitism. in september the party's ruling body eventually agreed to adopt in full an international definition of ant

so a note of caution by steve house of the metropolitan police after comments about the walk on by culture pollution and congestion? electric scooters are currently illegal on public roads and pavements in the uk but campaign groups hope this will change in the near future. graham satchell reports. the electric scooter — is this the answer to britain‘s congested, polluted roads? i haven‘t been on a scooter since i was about six, so this could be good. 0h, 0k. that wasn‘t good. as i rather uncertainly unleashed my inner six—year—old, the man behind this electric scooter was having some big thoughts. we‘ve got to a breaking point in cities across the uk, where congestion is at an all—time high, air quality is at an all—time high, so we have to try and make a difference here and provide the public with an alternative. if this is the future of short—hop journeys, there are a couple of problems. scooters aren‘t legal either on the road or the pavement in the uk, which is why this trial is happening on private land at the olympic park in london. the scooters in this trial are only available to h

he then became chief of police for the metropolitan police department for the district of columbia inrt to build this museum and as a member of the museum advisory committee, personally helped develop some of the museum exhibits. with his deep experience as an internationally recognized police practitioner and educator, he has a unique perspective on the museum's mission that has been invaluable to the development process. he currently is a member of the museum's leadership council, which oversees all aspects of this museum. commissioner ramsey is known for his results and reducing crime in all three cities he served. he oversaw and participated in numerous high-profile investigations, such as the sandra levy murder investigation, the washington, d.c., sniper that went on for three or four weeks, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 2001 anthrax attacks. in 2007, he served on the independent commission on security forces of iraq and led a prominent group of law enforcement professionals that traveled across iraq to review the state of iraqi police forces for a report that was ultimately

in a statement today, the metropolitan police described the violence as senseless, but played down theays prioritising the work that we do, violence, tackling violence, is an absolute priority for the metropolitan police. but according to some politicians, this wave of violent crime in which many young people have been killed could persist for a generation before it is brought under control. richard galpin, bbc news in south—east london. in the elections that will take place here in the us tomorrow, there is one issue that stands out over all others, and that's affordable access to health care. in every poll, it comes out near — if not at the top of voters' concerns — and the airwaves are full of competing ads. the bbc‘s james cook reports from sedon, arizona, on how it is playing there. the desert state of arizona hasn't sent a democrat to the us senate for 30 years. but the party hopes its drought here will end tomorrow. do you now know a lot more about health care policy than you did to begin with? yeah, and it's all been pretty much self—taught. if it does, jeffjeans, a throat canc

this is the metropolitan police speaking out about the fact that they feel they have been abandoned byhe politicians. there are two really interesting aspects to this. obviously this interview with the commissioner comes in the context of 120 stabbings taking place. this explosion in knife crime and the full story has a lot of graphic detail the wider story, very focused oi'i detail the wider story, very focused on london with this issue but we're seeing vast increases across the whole bunch of cities in terms of not based attacks. the main point being offered by the commissioner is she feels there are several tools the police need. why they want for her it is this use of facial recognition software. she will so be able to roll it out much more broadly and she thinks it is vital in theirarmoury but broadly and she thinks it is vital in their armoury but she does also go for a veritable point as well which is to save if i had more police officers, i would have them out on the streets. if i had them out on the streets. if i had them out would not find it easier. comes back to this link b

the commissioner of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, has said she's appalled by a video which ng attacked in south london. the footage, taken in merton on saturday, shows a man kicking a female police officer. her colleague is then dragged across the road, as he tries to stop a suspect. a warning, this report from our special correspondent, lucy manning, contains footage some people may find disturbing. everybody‘s fighting, look. they've got him! saturday evening, south london, and two police officers stop a car and are then attacked. a flying kick knocking the policewoman to the ground. oh, dear me! just kung fu kicked her! in the head! as she lies in the road, the man filming this appears to find it entertaining. look! i'm getting this all live. i'm getting this live, boys and girls! some people do eventually assist the officers, but those representing the police now say the public needs to think about stopping the filming to start helping. i'd like the public to intervene if they want to, to ask the individuals to stop behaving in the way they are. to ask the police if they

the metropolitan police are acting on an internal labour party dossier handed to them in september.is in westminster for us. what can you tell us? as you said, this dossier claimed 45 exa m ples of as you said, this dossier claimed 45 examples of anti—semitic comments made online by people the dossier suggested were involved in the labour party somehow. it was passed to the head of cressida dick. she said she would handed on to specialist investigators to see what they made of it. today she confirmed they made of it. today she confirmed they were talking to the cps and considering whether criminal action was possible here. this is what cressida dick said earlier. we're not going to investigate the labour party and we would always wa nt labour party and we would always want and political parties and similarto be able want and political parties and similar to be able to regulate themselves. however, if somebody passesis themselves. however, if somebody passes is material which they say amounts to a crime, we have a duty to look at that and not just dismiss it. and we have been assessi

harry stephenson, former detective superintendent, and david, a former metropolitan police detective.lice have to deal with their unruly kids. tony says, what happened to these officers was terrifying and sends the wrong message to visitors to the uk. gillian says that the children should be arrested, charged and convicted. get in touch with us don't. still to come. schoolchildren from across australia have taken part in a day of strikes calling for action on climate change. we'll be talking to a 14—year—old girl who organised the protests. yesterday, we showed you shocking footage of a 15—year—old syrian boy being attacked at a school in huddersfield. the footage showed him being grabbed by the neck and thrown to the floor, before having water poured over his face. now support groups are warning that physical and verbal attacks are increasingly becoming part of the refugee experience in britain today. organisations representing syrians say they're facing a growing number of vicious attacks that aren't receiving media attention. in a moment we'll ask what's it like to arrive in the uk

from the metropolitan police we're committed to everything that we can bring down those level of violenceinvestigators investigating each of the murders from the last week. we have additional police on duty. 0ur levels of violence saw a significance surge in the early part of this year. since then, we've introduced our violent crime task force that everyday is policing the streets of london. sadly, we always expect this to be one of our busiest weeks of the year which is why today we have even more officers on duty, we have hundreds of additional uniformed officers on duty in every single borough in london. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here. shocking numbers of killings on the streets of london this year. talk this through the trends, how have things been changing. the trends began in 2014 when there was an increase in violent crime across england and wales. before that, we we re england and wales. before that, we were seeing england and wales. before that, we were seeing some england and wales. before that, we were seeing some really significant falls and there was a sens

that was ken marsh from the metropolitan police federation. reen party and member of the london assembly's policing and crime committee. what is your reaction? the footage is shocking and i questioned when i first heard comments that were being made whether or not ken marsh, who is the federation for london, was asking ordinary people to step in in that kind of situation? i think the police have moved back from that and said, only if you feel confident and it seems safe because ordinary members of the public don't have the same protective equipment or training. buti same protective equipment or training. but i think what he's getting at is the erosion of confidence in the police. the man making the video is essentially joking about what is happening. do we know that? you can hear him on the video reacting as if it is funny. i think that is really worrying, if they are eroding that mutual respect and it is very important there is mutual respect between police and the public for policing to work, it is called policing to work, it is called polici

an unnamed source allegedly from ecuador and they gave no explanation as to why the london metropolitan police who spent millions of dollars. to monitor the ecuadorian embassy around the clock didn't detect such a meeting why is there no evidence why is there no evidence in the visitors logs that are supposedly complete and thorough and demand a floor it's not there and there are video cameras everywhere and police everywhere and there's no record we can withhold judgment and remain skeptical but a possible explanation for the lack of evidence is that there isn't any evidence our channel has actually reached out to the london police to see if they can confirm that such a meeting ever took place now we've not yet received any response wiki leaks is saying they will pay big money to anyone with proof of such a meeting remember this day when they go into an permitted to serial fabricate a to totally destroy the papers reputation wiki leaks is willing to bet the go indian a million dollars and he said it is that metaphors never matches so on the story is getting even more twisted it turns out the

out in south london today with a metropolitan police response car, trying to chase down a vehicle thatvailable to respond to any call and are then pulled off to investigate a car crash. it's everyday work, but police forces across england and wales say it's getting harder as they feel the financial squeeze. we can be more efficient, we can be more modern... the chair of the chief constables' organisation told me police understand the need to modernise but funding is becoming a real problem. it's absolutely clear that there are fewer officers and fewer staff, and there's a lot less policing activity now than there was two or three years ago. that is very apparent in the numbers of arrests, the number of charges or summons. we watched this afternoon as a suspected shoplifter was being booked into the cells at bishopsgate police station by city of london police officers. but when fewer officers are available, opportunities to arrest suspects become fewer too. police forces have been warning for years that, as budgets have shrunk, core policing has started to suffer. the home secretary, sa

the metropolitan police say that violent crime in the capital has leveled off. not feel that way this weekend. leicester city's football players are in bangkok to attend funeral ceremonies for their former chairman. he died in a helicopter crash outside the king power stadium last saturday. four other people were also killed. the team flew out to thailand after their match against cardiff yesterday. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, spoke to us earlier from the temple where the funeral ceremony has been taking place. we're on the second day of the funeral. we saw the players arrive here, as you say, directly from that match in cardiff. they got here as soon as they could. just about an hour ago, off a bus, taken straight from the airport. they're not all here, but we sanamie vardy, captain wes morgan, goalkeeper kasper schmeichel, of course, who was particularly close to mr vichai. coming off wearing black suits with other players and officials. and they were taken straight into the temple complex you can see behind me, where the funeral will go

mr gambaccini is also suing the metropolitan police.nother setback for the former director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, who stepped down this week after five years in the role. mr gambaccini, seen here in 2016 at the memorial service for fellow radio two broadcaster of sir thierry wogan, has described 0peration yewtree as a celebrity witch—hunt, aimed at averting attention away from the failure of the authorities to stoinmmy savile. ben ando, bbc news. the brexit campaigner arron banks has returned to the uk, as he faces allegations that his multi—million pound donations to the leave cause may have broken electoral law. the leave.eu co—founder was referred to the national crime agency by the elections watchdog, which suspects that cash given to the campaign had come from what it called "impermissible sources". mr banks denies any wrongdoing. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now. here‘s back, did he have anything substantial to say about these allegations? and early morning arrival at gatwick from bermuda, w

out in south london today with a metropolitan police response car, trying to chase down a vehicle thatvailable to respond to any call and are then pulled off to investigate a car crash. it's everyday work, but police forces across england and wales say it's getting harder as they feel the financial squeeze. we can be more efficient, we can be more modern... the chair of the chief constables' organisation told me police understand the need to modernise but funding is becoming a real problem. it's absolutely clear that there are fewer officers and fewer staff, and there's a lot less policing activity now than there was two or three years ago. that is very apparent in the numbers of arrests, the number of charges or summons. we watched this afternoon as a suspected shoplifter was being booked into the cells at bishopsgate police station by city of london police officers. but when fewer officers are available, opportunities to arrest suspects become fewer too. police forces have been warning for years that, as budgets have shrunk, core policing has started to suffer. the home secretary, sa