so this new development, saying it is unlawful, obviously ups the ante on the metropolitan police. k to the police, we are a dimension to the message from the met that they we re the message from the met that they were going to learn lessons, is that enough at this point? we have heard the home secretary talking about an independent investigation of what happened. but that is puzzling because we were already supposed to have had an investigation do wedding independent investigation. have had an investigation do wedding independent investigationlj have had an investigation do wedding independent investigation. i think this increases the pressure on them that obviously will be looked at with great scrutiny as to what extent the metropolitan police have actually implemented recommendations. the whole series of recommendations. the whole series of recommendations put forward in the report, and the question is how far has the metropolitan police gone to actually implement them, and that is what we are waiting to hear as to whether they have done anything, and obviously this will be the k

well, i think there has to be a very serious damage to the metropolitan police.g. we now have the full report, and we have got a lot more detailfrom it. of course, for example, if you lookjust at detailfrom it. of course, for example, if you look just at the list of failures which the report highlighted, the list contains 43 points, including, of course, that absolutely key issue, that the metropolitan police had to basically com pletely metropolitan police had to basically completely accept everything that carl beech told them. there was to be no further questioning, theyjust accepted it as credible and true. and of course that was an absolutely fatal mistake on the police. it also meant, for example, that they didn't carry out any further investigations, any background checks, trying to find out if there we re checks, trying to find out if there were any inconsistencies in what he was saying. none of that was done, simply because of this policy that they should just believe, at face value, everything that he told them. and, of course, it proved to be totally wr

is thention, this metropolitan police department.leaving now. >> if they begin to arrest people that do not move on. >> this is possible, but not probable. we won't be arresting for some time. nearlyr: within hours, 45,000 youths were cleared from the campsite. most who left the park also left the city. others who would have stayed for monday's planned demonstration scattered to all parts of the district. all, only a handful of hard-core militants who remained in defiance of chief wilson's porter -- order were detained at the park. >> get off your phon a -- phony eyelashes and your false text. you're a pig. faggot woman. none of your business, assholes. you are all fucking pigs, all of you. narrator: the 15,000 demonstrators who remained in washington were joined by several thousand militants for the following day's traffic stopping action. ♪ narrator: monday's tactics called for massive disobedience at 12 selected targets. targets were broken into two areas, traffic circles and bridges. mayday leaders flet if these were blocked duri

the metropolitan police has said it is deeply deeply sorry. home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. among the many prominent figures coral beach named was lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff. also falsely accused were lord britain, who had served as home secretary. the former conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister edward heath and the long—time labour politician lord john r. and police interviews coral beach claim that these men along with other high—profile names formed a paedophile network in the 19705 and 805 and that he was just one of the boys the 5exually and 805 and that he was just one of the boys the sexually abused and tortured. he even said he had witne55ed three boys being murdered. one hit by a car. it was in october 2012 that coral beach approach the voucher force making limited abu5e claim5. police examined hi5 allegations but they went no further. injuly 2014, he fir5t went no further. injuly 2014, he first met the labour mp tom watson. thi5 first met the labour mp tom watson. this was aft

for the nation's capital and metropolitan police, it was business as usual.politan police had performed its duties in a professional manner, dealing fairly with violators of the law. all visitors of the nation's capital were afforded the protection of the law. but there will be other demonstrations, other crises, as demonstrators and police alike discovered, there can be no tactical manual for a mayday. each incident is unique. each situation must be individually evaluated and acted upon. for in law enforcement today, the police officer is often the peacekeeper in events involving national and local issues for which he is not responsible nor empowered to resolve, yet he remains the crucial pivot around which education, racial, and other issues of the day revolve. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] you can watch archival railamerica," saturday at 10:00 and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here in american hi

but today the metropolitan police.d there was the statement. when we have done wrong with such damaging circumstances, we find genuinely distressing. so finally let me be very clear. i am deeply committed deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made. and for the mistakes that were made. and for the ongoing pain these mistakes have caused, i promise we would do all that we can to prevent them happening in the future. he was the senior officer who was head of the inquiry. now in a top policejob outside the met, he is castigated on a number of fronts in the report. and this includes sanctioning the use of the phrase credible and sure to describe beech‘s allegations. this was while privately acknowledging that beech then known by the pseudonym nick, could have made up his story. sir richard says in his review... the police team are described as being under pressure from tom watson, a campaigner on child abuse. 0ne detective describe the politician as a priority. the review says... harvey proctor lost his home and his job b

i have been under the cosh, or the truncheon of the metropolitan police, for nearly five yea rs metropolitaning to be investigated, or to be the centre of such an investigation for so long, and the ramifications of it. but, as people know in shorthand, what happened to me was that i lost myjob, my home, and my repeat as a result of a fantasist, who were believed by the metropolitan police, and who castigated his comments as credible and true. they were neither credible and true. they were neither credible nor true. they were untrue, and they were incredible. any common sense person would realise that what he was saying was not credible. what holds in his story do you think could have been picked up on early? quite clearly, the metropolitan police went to a districtjudge to get a search warrant to search my house and that of two others, and there were numerous contradictions before the application for the search warrants and they were not deployed before the districtjudge. for example, they lied about who went to carl beech. they said he went to carl beech. they said he went to carl beech. th

i have the utmost contempt for senior officers of the metropolitan police past and present.or the turmoil that they have put people's lives through. we'll have the latest from new scotland yard. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal the prime minister will send a letter asking brussels for a delay to brexit if no agreement is reached with the eu by the 19th of october. downing street still insists the uk will leave at the end of the month. the biggest ever winter flu vaccination programme. 30 million people eligible for the jab this year. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — the british—iranian womanjailed in iran — is sending her daughter gabriella home to london, so she can start school in the uk. the paralysed man who can move again with a mind—controlled suit — he says it's like walking on the moon. and coming up at 5:45 — renee zellweger steps intojudy garland's shoes injudy — a new film on the last years of the singer's life. find out what mark kermode makes of that and the rest of this week's releases in the fi

the metropolitan police has said it is deeply, deeply sorry.kelly, reports. among the many prominent figures carl beech named was lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff. also falsely accused were lord brittan, who had served as home secretary, the ex—conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister sir edward heath, and long—time labour politician lord janner. in police interviews, carl beech claimed that these men were part of a high—profile paedophile network in the ‘70s and ‘80s, who sexually abused and tortured boys. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. there was a lot of blood, i had blood on my hands. it was in october 2012 that carl beech approached the wiltshire force, making limited abuse claims. there was no action. in july 2014, beech first met the labour mp tom watson. this was after he had published wider claims online. by by december that year, scotland yard we re by december that year, scotland yard were investigating, describing the claims as credible and true.

the metropolitan police has said "it is deeply, deeply sorry".fairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. among the many prominent figures carl beech name towards lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff. also falsely accused we re defence staff. also falsely accused were lord brittan had served as home secretary, the ex conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister sir edward heath and long—time labour politician lord janner. in police interviews, carl beech claimed that these men, together with other high—profile names, formed a paedophile network in the 1970s and 80s. and that he was just one of the boys they sexually abused and tortured. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered, one hit by a car. it was in october 2012 at carl beech approached the wiltshire force, making limited abuse claims. police examined his allegations but they went no further. injuly 2014, carl beech first met the labour mp tom watson. this was after he had published wider claims online. by december 2014, the met police had launched opera

the metropolitan police has said it is deeply, deeply sorry. rts. after hearing hours of allegations, police described carl beech‘s story among the many prominent figures carl beech name it was lord bramble, a former chief of the defence star. also falsely accused were more brittan, who had served as home secretary, the ex— conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister sir edward heath, and the long—time labour politician lord jana. in police interviews, carl beech claimed that these men were pa rt beech claimed that these men were part of a high—profile paedophile network in the 1970s and 1980s, who sexually abused and tortured boys. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group. 0ne hit by a car. it was in october 2012 that carl beech first made limited abuse claims to wiltshire police. there was no action. injuly 2014 he met the labour mp tom watson after he made by the claims online. by december that year, scotland yard when investigating, describing his claims as credible and true. a senior retired judge, si

the metropolitan police commissioner has apologise for mistakes made by the police during investigationeged vip paedophile ring. a review of operation midland by a former high court judge review of operation midland by a former high courtjudge identified 43 police failings during the investigation. the independent officer police conduct has said no officer police conduct has said no officer should face misconduct charges. but it is been accused of a whitewash by the former mp harvey proctor, he was one of those from the edges. the commissioner says they will ensure the report's recommendations are implemented. they have raised a number of lessons for us, a number of things they want is to implement. i think they are very important areas and we need to be assured, for example, that we are dealing effectively with warrants. dealing effectively with searching premises and a number of other areas of policing which are fundamental. i think it's raising serious questions about the way we did this kind of things, back then in 2014 and 15 in that operation. i am going to work closely with her m

the metropolitan police is heavily criticised for its investigations into false allegations of a vipenior officers of the metropolitan police, past and present, for the turmoil that they have put people's lives through. the prime minister insists again tonight that there'll be no delay to brexit. but government papers seen in court today say he will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension, if no deal is agreed

the metropolitan police is working with facebook to try and stop terrorists livestreaming their attacksism training exercises with body cameras provided by the company so it can further develop its artificial intelligence software. it's hoped the information will enable facebook to identify those kinds of videos more quickly. sarah corker has this report. firearms officers simulate a terrorist attack. the scenario — multiple gunmen on the loose in a disused building. the metropolitan police regularly practice their counterterrorism response, and the body cameras recording these images have been supplied by facebook. subject down, red jumper. have been supplied by facebook. subject down, redjumper. hundreds of people working facebook‘s safety and security team, and it's based here in london. 0ver and security team, and it's based here in london. over the past two yea rs, here in london. over the past two years, 26 million posts from global terror groups have been removed, and facebook uses artificial intelligence to spot extreme content. this is how the technology works. identifying peop

the metropolitan police has issued an apology after its investigation into an alleged vip paedophileaid officers were too quick to believe accusations by carl beech, who was later jailed for lying. he's now serving an 18—year prison sentence. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. among the many figures carve each named was lord bramall. also lord britain who had served as home secretary. the ex conservative mp laura proctor. and the x prime minister edward heath. and edward jana. in police interviews, kyle beach claimed these men were part of a high profile paedophile network in the 70s and 80s who sexually abused and tortured boys. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. it was in october 2012 that carl beech first made limited abuse claims to wiltshire police, there was no action. injuly 2014, carl beech met labour mp tom watson after he made wider claims online. by december that year, scotland yard we re december that year, scotland yard were investigating describing carl beech's claims as credible and true. thisjudge

what went wrong in this case, a case which incidentally seems to have gone to the top of the metropolitan policeinaljustice system is rebalanced so that we all have confidence in what in essence is a fantastic system. danieljanner qc, thank you. i've got a statement through from the metropolitan police. "the met is determined to learn lessons to improve our response to similar situations in the future and we publish these recommendations and the key failings he identified in operation midland in 2016. the metropolitan police service and the police officers involved cooperated with sir richard as the operation into carl beech was ongoing. we were not able to publish the bulk of the report but since carl beech was found guilty of perverting the course ofjustice we are able to publish a significant amount more detail". just to say we have a line coming through from the report which says the main cause of the metropolitan police's disastrous investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring in westminster was poorjudgment paedophile ring in westminster was poor judgment and a paedophile ring in wes

the deputy commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir stephen house, gave a statement outside new scotlandce to release this much information about an investigation outside of criminal proceedings. but we feel it's important that those directly affected by it, all those concerned by some of the rumours that surround these investigations, and indeed the report itself, are able to see as much of it as possible. this exceptional level of information has been published in response to the need to dispel the rumour, the strong public interest in ensuring transparency, to demonstrate the decision and complexities involved in investigations, and our commitment to learn from past mistakes and help maintain public confidence. in preparing for today's publication we have been particularly conscious of the dreadful and damaging impact these false allegations and our investigations have had on these wrongly accused individuals and their families. we have consulted all of them about today's publication, as well as sir richard himself. the metropolitan police response to that report. now with just two we

i have the utmost contempt for senior officers of the metropolitan police past and present.exit but government papers seen will be no delay to brexit but government papers seen in the court today say he will send a letter to the eu asking for an

the policing watchdog says there were gaps and shortcomings in the way the metropolitan police appliedrom the court as our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw explained a little earlier. it found there was no evidence that police officers had deliberately misled the districtjudge, but it did find gaps in processes and systems, and it has made 16 recommendations. some detailed recommendations. some detailed recommendations. the two that really sort of strike me, thatjump off the page, orfirstly to sort of strike me, thatjump off the page, or firstly to consider whether these hearings before the magistrates' court to apply for search warrants should be recorded, so should there be an audio recording of those hearings? and the second point, which really goes a bit further, relates to this culture that has developed in the police or believing victims when they come forward and make allegations. the iopc says that while acknowledging there is a fine balance to be struck, we would invite the police service to reflect carefully on and renew their efforts to balance the culture of belief at

the iopc is hand in glove with the metropolitan police. n into these police officers. while carl beech is in prison for his lies, the police watchdog is insisting it has carried out a thorough and detailed investigation into what went on at scotland yard. june kelly, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: american businesswoman jennfer arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. the independent office for police conduct says police officers didn't deliberately mislead a judge over claims of a vip westminster paedophile ring — but there were shortcomings in the investigation. to chris silverwood is named as the new coach of english cricket. andy murray continues his come back with a win at the shanghai masters. and england say they will not take any risks over the fitness of billy vunipola as they wait to

some more lines coming out, particularly notable is the fact that according to the review, the metropolitan policein the accounts being given by carl beech and the accou nts being given by carl beech and the accounts which his mother had given also. he was saying this was inexcusable that this did not happen. as i say, until about six months after the investigation had begun. and also saying that the police should have asked him to do a medical examination and the police also should have asked to look at his computers and mobile phones, and if they had done this they may well have discovered the inconsistencies which would then have changed the whole complexion on this investigation. also, there has been criticism ofjournalists, including the bbc, saying that some of the investigative work which they were doing, impacted on the police investigation. richard, for the moment, thank you. richard galpin at new scotland yard. the government has formally acknowledged for the first time that borisjohnson will write to the eu requesting a delay to brexit if he fails to agree a new deal in the next fortnig

but a conservative peer suggested that that requirement had not been met and criticised the metropolitan police to comply with that motion resulted in a number of disabled colleagues being unable to leave the house yesterday because taxis and other vehicles were not able to come here and they were not able to walk the considerable distances in the rain. it resulted in a huge disruption to business, i ate in the restaurant last night where there was only one table at all the other tables had been cancelled. it resulted in congestion throughout the city adding to pollution. surely my noble friend needs to intervene, or is thisjust another example of the commissioner of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, doing her best and it not being good enough? can i say i empathize with most of what my noble friend has just said? in terms of the pollution he is absolutely right. the city of london is now gridlocked with nobody being able to get in or out. the effect on businesses, i think it's quite disgraceful. particularly small businesses like restaurants, this morning going to the home office and i h

the metropolitan police obviously came under a lot of criticism for how credulous they were when it camey they went after those who are alleged to have carried out abuse, who were com pletely have carried out abuse, who were completely innocent. most of them, not all of them, elderly former politicians, who were not really in a fit state to have to put up with this type of questioning and allegations, and this of course has come out and it has been incredibly damning. bonnie, i am going to move us damning. bonnie, i am going to move us along, but i want to take you to a story that is developing in your home turf, your stomping ground, the united states. this is the front of the huffington post. mitt romney criticises trump over biden tax. let me just say quickly, so much is happening to us here we are not paying attention to the united states. the president is in meltdown. he does a thing now, he doesn't hold press conferences anymore, he stands in front of his helicopter, the journalists called a chopper talk. he just spouts, literally spouts, he curses, he does everything. what is happ

richard ecclestone is a former metropolitan police officer, and paul stevens, who's ex—army and a former to the fa ct first of all, your reaction to the fact that the police have banned further protest in london? first of all, iam further protest in london? first of all, i am a former detective sergeant and a former... he is the soldier. i beg your pardon, got it com pletely soldier. i beg your pardon, got it completely wrong. it is difficult to understand because section 14 should balance human rights with disruption. what does that mean? it allows the police to put conditions on public protest. section 14 is for assemblies, section 12 is for processions. i clarified with the police yesterday that there is no section 12 in place, so, technically, we can process, but they have said, you have to assemble to protest, processions are banned. they are being really sloppy with the law, and it won't stand up in court. that is what is going to happen, extinction rebellion will ta ke happen, extinction rebellion will take them to court? there will be a review, a judicial review. do take them to

we are hoping to speak to the metropolitan police later. how much do you know about the provisions? e hoping to speak to the police a little bit later. thank you. the institute for fiscal studies said borrowing would likely climb to £100 billion if there was no—deal brexit, and total debt could soar to 90% of national income, which means the uk could be borrowing almost as much as the country earns in a year. the treasury says its rules on income and expenditure are currently under review. nhs england is launching services for children and young people with behavioural issues which are linked to gaming, gambling and social media. it's esimated that 55,000 11 to 16—year—olds in the uk have gambling problems. the nhs chief executive, simon stevens, said the health service should not be left to "pick up the pieces" by internet firms and bookmakers. a humpback whale, thought to be up to 10 metres in length, has been spotted in the river thames. the mammal was seen spouting water near the dartford crossing between kent and essex over the weekend. experts say the whale does not seem to be

the metropolitan police began clearing protesters on monday.es after "continued breaches" of conditions which limited the demonstrations to trafalgar square. in the house of lords, the ban was both welcomed and criticised. could i ask the minister whether she thinks that the matter of citizens right to having a voice is a question of democracy? and given that, does she think that actually a blanket ban across the whole of london for an indefinite period is a proportionate response, which is what is required by the act? today, of course, the minister will know that a judicial review proceedings have been started. but can she undertake that whatever the outcome of that review some of the government will give further guidance on what the word proportionate means? my lords, the word "proportionate" is long—established in the law and the noble lady asks is it democratic to have a citizen's voice, well of course it's democratic to have a citizen's voice. it disrupts the lives of others to have public disorder and we have seen this for the last couple

the metropolitan police is working with facebook to try and stop terrorists livestreaming their attacksafter the new zealand mosque attacks when facebook was criticised for not removing material posted by the gunman quickly enough. our home affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. firearms officers simulate a terrorist attack. the scenario — multiple gunmen on the loose in a disused building. the metropolitan police regularly practise their counterterrorism response and the body cameras recording these images have been supplied by facebook. the body cameras supplying these images have been supplied by facebook. hundreds of people work in facebook‘s safety and security team at its base here in london. over the past two years, 26 million posts from global terror groups have been removed. facebook uses artificial intelligence to spot extreme content. this is how the technology works — identifying people and objects. but the company was criticised for failing to prevent videos of the new zealand mosque shootings from being widely shared. the christchurch attack went more viral than any o

the iopc is hand in glove with the metropolitan police. se police officers. while carl beech is in prison for his lies, the police watchdog —— the first that he strung along for 18 months is still in the dock. the police watchdog insisted it has carried out a thorough and detailed investigation into what went on at scotla nd investigation into what went on at scotland yard. june kelly, bbc news. metropolitan police commissioner creddida dick has issued a statement this afternoon saying she is "deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made during our investigations into the appalling lies spun by carl beech. they simply should not have happened." the commissioner went on to say that her force will take time to consider the findings of the independent office for police conduct and any improvements that are needed to be made. statement by cressida dick earlier this afternoon. an american businesswoman, whose past friendship with borisjohnson is a matter of controversy, has broken her silence about her dealings with mrjohnson when he was mayor o

after 2 weeks of sustained civil disobedience despite peaceful protests being banned by the metropolitan police this week one man who is down of the protests is the star of the smash hit t.v. show game of thrones room flynn he joins me now via skype thanks for coming back on the show what do you make of a extinction rebellion then just middle class hippies dancing on drugs according to british media that who you hang around with. well i am i went down for my 1st experience of x r on monday and i was. i went we were right in the city of london and they were making a specific protest to the banks and the banking institute's of our country and the world where so much investment in this chapel and investment is part of the problem you know this investment in many of the things which are causing such devastation to our wildlife and our habitat and our climate there was a whole whole selection of people that. and yet whatever wild no class to be there were fewer of those i'm probably not far away from my myself now and it was palpable essence of. peaceful protest of respect. fall where they were furt

the metropolitan police is heavily criticised for its investigations into false allegations of a vipdophile ring. the prime minister insists again tonight that there'll be no delay to brexit. but government papers seen in court today, say he will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension, if no deal is agreed in the next 2 weeks. now on bbc news it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's releases, we've got mark kermode. who else? mark, you've got some big movies this week to talk about. and they couldn't be more different. we havejudy, in which renee zellweger plastudy garland. we havejoker with an arresting central performance byjoaquin phoenix. and good posture, a little indie pic directed by dolly wells. so, from bridgetjones to judy garland. this has been in the works a long time, adapted from the stage play called end of the rainbow. it's the end ofjudy garland's life, it's when she was playing at the talk of the town, she is low on money so she has to do the gig despite the fact that she's not entirely c

but this evening, the ceremony is still taking place here, and the metropolitan police say there area buyer is sought. the yorkshire—based chain, which specialises in clothing for the over—50s, employs nearly 3,000 people. two astronauts have made history — with the first ever, "all—women" spacewalk. christina cook and jessica meer have been floating out of the international space station in an operation to replace defective equipment. more than 200 people have carried out spacewalks since the first one in 1965 — but only 11; were women — and until today, they‘ve been accompanied by men. well, a short time ago, i spoke to libbyjackson, who has worked in mission control for the uk space agency and taught the astronaut, tim peake. she told me she was thrilled by this historic spacewalk. oh, it‘s delightful to see, and it‘s an inspirational milestone. it‘s going to be great particularly for young people all around the world and the uk, for us particularly, to see that space is somewhere where everyone can work in. i know a lot of little girls around the world will see that the space sec

department i was negotiating with partner police secret service and metropolitan police department i was negotiating with those police agencies and i said. to them over and over again you see those police agencies and i said to them over and over again you see these assaults these violent attacks taking place against us any of these assaults these violent attacks taking place against us and you're doing nothing and they would just kind of smile and say that's right and you're doing nothing and they would just kind of smile and say that's right. people who are trying to bring food inside to those who are inside the embassy and people who are trying to bring food inside to those who are inside the embassy at the invitation of the government the legal owner who are holding a vigil inside at the invitation of the government the legal owner who are holding a vigil inside the people who brought food were violently assaulted by these lego supporters state the people who brought food were violently assaulted by these lego supporters they acted like vicious thugs and again all under the wat

department had been conducting 3 trials of facial recognition cameras or earlier this year metropolitan police in london find a man 90 british pounds that's about $114.00 when he protested having his picture taken to say ok talk to us about this case because you actually bear you saw with your own eyes. yeah it did it was really shocking and i think really speaks to. this new power imbalance that occurs when police have facial recognition. a man came out of the train station and saw a group of us standing with placards in the flats letting them know that the surveillance cameras in the area were actually facial recognition cameras and a very very small act of resistance he maybe pulls ringback the bottom of his jumper up his chin and we had been told by paint place of a says he. will be watching how people who are were responding to us informing them of the facial recognition cameras so very quickly he was sweep's by a team of police offices they demanded to know why he had dead to cover his face they just wanted his id they really riled him and he was about aggravated 'd and they gave him a f

i have the utmost contempt for senior officers of the metropolitan police, past and present, for thegh. president trump faces growing pressure over his dealings with ukraine as democrats pursue their attempts to impeach him. the extraordinary achievement of doctors enabling this paraplegic

according to london's metropolitan police, they do. or who live in areas where there is a certain political driverfor, brexit has been a huge driver of some of this, post referendum, that has been a driver. we actually see a relatively even split between people who have been targeted because they are pro—brexit and people who have been targeted because they are remain. the most extreme example of abuse against politicians was the murder of the labour mp jo cox in 2016. according to the metropolitan police, all crimes against mps have gone up from 151 in 2017, to just over 340 in 2018. anna soubry left the conservative party at the same time as heidi allen, and like her she wants to stop brexit. here's her reaction to heidi allen's news... anna soubry too has first—hand experience of abuse. here's what happened during a bbc interview in january. ..is we have to be absolutely... i do object to being called a nazi actually. crowd chants: soubry is a nazi. apologies too if you're offended at what you're listenig to. i think this is astonis

the met commissioner, dame cressida dick, says police the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressidaof operation midland by a former high courtjudge identified a3 police failings during the investigation. the independent office for police conduct has said no officers should face misconduct charges — but it's been accused of a "whitewash" by the former mp, harvey proctor, who was one of those wrongly accused. dame cressida says the force will implement the recommendations of the report. the ipc have raised a number of lessons for us, a number of things they want us to implement, they are very important areas, and we need to be assured for example that we are dealing effectively with warrants and with searching premises, and a number of other areas of policing which are fundamental. midland raises serious questions about the way we did those kind of things back then in 201a, 2015, in operation, and i'm going to work closely with her majesty's inspector to make sure that we have implemented the releva nt lessons that we have implemented the relevant lessons of the report and that we do

they have made clear that, despite the fact the metropolitan police put out a statement a few days agotinction rebellion must now cease, so any gatherings of extinction rebellion must now cease, so any protest in the capital is illegal, they intend to continue with their programme of events. we saw them gathering at trafalgar square, even though the camp was cleared, previously, they cleared the camp at vauxhall, as well. the extinction rebellion protesters are determined to make their presence felt, they want to see out the two weeks they said they would spend protesting about what they see as a climate emergency and they see as a climate emergency and the lack of response to it. we can expect more of this. thank you very much. eyewitness aaron ramsden was at canning town trying to get to work this morning and saw the heated scenes unfold... thank you for speaking with us, i understand the protesters were on the roof of the train when you arrived at the station, what happened next? i arrived at the train station on my way to work, and, basically, yeah, the protesters we re and, basica

the metropolitan police says that it has put new conditions on the protests today.t does not give you the right to disrupt other people's lives to the extent that they are. people's livelihoods are being damaged, the huge disruption to london, we had over 50 bus routes cancelled yesterday. i know a number of stories of people struggling to get to work. it is important the protesters u ndersta nd get to work. it is important the protesters understand the impact. today we have put conditions on the protest under the public order act where people can only now lovely protest at trafalgar square on the pedestrianised area off the road. anybody else protesting within the westminster area a re anybody else protesting within the westminster area are linked to extinction rebellion are committing an offence and they will be arrested today. let's get the latest on the protests — our reporter tim muffett is at whitehall in central london. it isa it is a stone's throw from downing street. what is the reaction to the comments by boris johnson? street. what is the reaction to the

it was facebook that approached the metropolitan police and us authorities so it can gather the volumer security team at its base here in london. over the last two years, 26 million posts from global terror groups have been removed, and facebook uses artificial intelligence to spot extreme content. this is how the technology works, identifying people and objects. but the company was criticised for failing to prevent videos of the new zealand mask shootings from being widely shared. the christchurch attack went more viral than any one piece of terrorist content i have ever seen and i analyse terrace content every single day. what we also realised was because it started on facebook live, perhaps our tooling wasn't as good as it could be about proactively detecting what might be first—person shooter content. we are very good once we know about a violating piece of content to stop repeat uploads, but we still more than 800 different forms of the video being uploaded to try to avoid our detection. social media platforms are under increasing pressure to stem the flow of violence and hate onl

and his case continues to undermine the reputation of the metropolitan police. ho reviewed the scotland yard inquiry, has also slammed the investigation by the police watchdog, which decided that no officers should be disciplined. maintenance of law and order depends upon the effective oversight of those invested with power. who guards the guards themselves? who watches the watchers? a malfunctioning police force has not received the negotiations oversight. sir richard also believes that the current met commissioner, dame cressida dick, should have been interviewed by the watchdog. she managed the team responsible for the beech investigation. today, she stressed her officers should investigate with an open mind. there was a policy that tended to suggest to officers they should believe complainants, so—called victims, whatever they said, and investigate the allegation rather than at any early stage beginning to investigate the individual. than at any early stage beginning to investigate the individual. the investigation into an alleged westminster paedophile ring

the iopc is hand in glove with the metropolitan police. into these police officers. while carl beech is in prison for his lies, the police watchdog is insisting it has carried out a thorough and detailed investigation into what went on at scotla nd investigation into what went on at scotland yard. june kelly, bbc news. us troops have withdrawn from northeastern syria, opening the way for a full—scale turkish assault against kurdish fighters there. the syrian democratic forces, led by the kurds, had been the americans' main allies in the fight against the so—called islamic state. the sdf called the us withdrawal a stab in the back. turkey, which regards kurdish militias as terrorists, said its army was ready to launch operations against them at any moment. police have arrested more than 130 people in connection with the climate change protest in london organised by extinction rebellion. the group says its aim is to shut down the whole of westminster. you can see they are right here across the road and that means the main streets around trafa

is a very major and tragic set of circumstances deserving a very serious response from the metropolitan policeities we might find. police have confirmed the teenager's name at the request of the family. he was at the request of the family. he was a talented footballer who had the rest of his life to need. in terms of murders in london in the last year, more than 110 fatalities, murders, 69 of them have been nice enabled. you mentioned the stabbing in south london yesterday, that was an 18—year—old stabbed on a council estate in camberwell. that took place about five hours after this incident, about 8:30pm last night, police are appealing for witnesses in all three of these stabbings. thank you, greg. indigenous protesters in ecuador have paraded eight police officers they had taken hostage as part of a nationwide protest against the removal of fuel subsidies. at least five people have been killed in more than a week of violent demonstrations against the government's austerity programmes. our correspondents will grant senseless. after days of the heavy—handed police crackdown, it is little wond

the metropolitan police says that it has put new conditions on the protests today.s are being damaged. huge disruption to london. i know of a number of stories of people who are struggling to get to work. it is really important that protesters understand that impact. today, we have put conditions on the protest under the public order act where people can only lawfully protest in trafalgar square. that is off the road. anyone else protesting in that westminster area are committing an offence and will be arrested today. the protests aren‘t just confined to london, up to 60 cities around the world are taking part over the next two weeks. yesterday, campaigners in new york drenched wall street in fake blood, traffic was blocked in the centre of madrid and over a hundred people were arrested in amsterdam after setting up a campsite on a main road. let‘s get the latest on the protests in london with our correspondentjon donnison. we were just hearing that the police strategy is changing and that they will arrest anyone who is not protesting in trafalgar square. what is ha

the high court judge who wrote a report on how the metropolitan police handled what turned out to be dophile ring says there were then shocking failures at the independent 0ffice of police conduct which investigates police officers. sir richard henriques' stinging criticism is in tomorrow's daily mail newspaper. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is with me now. what's he been saying? well, you would remember that the report of sir richard henriques into how police investigated this made up paedophile ring was published in lots of detail on friday and his most strong criticism of the force was the way police officers had obtained search warrants for the homes of theirformer obtained search warrants for the homes of their former chief of general staff, lord brittan, and harvey proctor. he said those search wa rra nts harvey proctor. he said those search warrants had been obtained illegally because the detectives had misled districtjudge by saying their witness was very credible when there we re witness was very credible when there were concerns about the witnesses. that was

the former high courtjudge who wrote a report on how the metropolitan police handled what turned out ster paedophile ring says there were then "shocking failures" at the independent 0ffice of police conduct, which investigates police officers. sir richard henriques' stinging criticism will be in tomorrow's daily mail newspaper. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins me now. what has he said now? as you said, so what has he said now? as you said, so richard henriques originally investigated how the police had carried out 0peration midland which looked into the false claims by carl beech of a paedophile ring operating in westminster. he said the search wa rra nts in westminster. he said the search warrants of senior military and political figures had warrants of senior military and politicalfigures had been obtained unlawfully in that police investigation because the district judge had been misled about the credibility of the key witness. the iopc which then looked into what he had said has now decided that no police officer should face any further action. so richard henri

prison and for a after actually after that boris johnson had sent him 15000 members of the metropolitan policeto bats and people to the ground to use water cannons and to use plastic bullets and then we find his office scottish government in prison and the other half in exile and you know seeking sanctuary in european countries yet that is the reality that we see in the heart of europe and what the practice is that spain has operated they have reverted shamefully back to the days of general franco and enough is enough they and they should be suspended from the european union for their actions and they should be taught a lesson because if we do not raise our voices now and if the european leaders do not act then they have no right to point the finger of blame or anybody else outside the european union because it is complicit with it silent and his utter utter hypocrisy thank you thank you but to finish over about 136 is the way the usa was arguably defeated in lebanon when around 251 soldiers but killed by anti imperialist militants in beirut we do you have to do until wednesday keep in touch v

department had been conducting 3 trials of facial recognition cameras or earlier this year metropolitan police in london find a man 90 british pound that's about $114.00 when he protested having his picture taken to say ok talk to us about this case because you actually bear you saw with your own eyes. yeah it is it was really shocking and i think really speaks to. this new power imbalance that that occurs when police have facial recognition. a man came out of the train station and saw a group of us standing with placards in the flats letting them know that the surveillance cameras in the area were actually facial recognition cameras and a very very small act of resistance he maybe pulled the bottom of his jumper by his chin and we had been told by playing to the place of a says he. watching how people really were responding to us informing them of the facial recognition cameras so very quickly he was sweep's by a team of police offices they demanded to know why he had deads to cover his face they just wanted his id they really riled him and he was about aggravated 'd and they gave him a fine