officers of the metropolitan police were directed to maintain a low visibility profile. role was, as always, to protect the constitutional rights of citizens, intervening only to meet emergency situations. there were few laws broken, few arrests. most who came in the name of peace returned to their jobs and homes or schools. but some who came to break the peace stayed on in west potomac park. for them, the april 24 rally was only a prelude to mayday, an opportunity to advance their own well-defined aim, to shut down the federal government. >> the country should respond from coast to coast with demonstrations at universities and communities across this country. narrator: these members of the new left decided the discipline and tactics of peaceful assembly were no longer acceptable. as early as june, 1970, strategy conferences were held by radical leaders in milwaukee and ann arbor. ♪ here, a new tactic was adopted, massive civil disobedience and confrontation. instead of large crowds peaceably assembling to petition their government, activity would move to unlawful direct

the national crime agency and the metropolitan police service conducted their own investigation into the harms the caused tougat viruses u.k. victims. these also provided invaluable assistance to the united states as well. the u.k. indicted two of yakubets co-conspirators to the united states to face justice. he has been engaged in cyber crime on and on a decade. our goal is to identify the perpetrators of these crimes in rapid fashion. the reality of law enforcement work is a quick resolution of these cases cannot always happen. make no mistake. we will pursue cyber criminals and we can bring them to justice. today's announcement should make clear for those engaged in cybercrime that we will identify you, we will unmask you, and we will prosecute you no matter how much effort it requires or how long it might take. you will never have safe haven from the efforts of the united states law enforcement and our international partners to bring you to justice. i want to thank the united states attorney's office from the western district of pennsylvania, the united states attorney's office f

let's talk to dal babu, a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. the police have when a prisoner comes out of jail on licence. how involved are you? isn't jail on licence. how involved are you ? isn't it jail on licence. how involved are you? isn't it a probation matter? the police gather the intelligence. crimes happen in neighbourhood areas and they get solved, and you rely on the police officers in the neighbourhood to gather intelligence, working on probation with the probation service, to monitor individuals and look at whether they are adhering to their conditions, and what we have had is a 22,000 reduction in police officers, 18,500 reduction in police staff, so the majority of that production has been neighbourhood policing. what is the difference between police staff and police officers? it is almost as big a cut. when i was borough commander i think police staff played an equally important role as police officers so there would be community support officers, a significant reduction in those numbers, intelligence officers, once police offic

transport police officer who was in plain clothes, before armed officers from both the city and metropolitan policeed the attacker and shot him. the actions of the police and the public are all the more remarkable as we now know the attacker was wearing what looked like a very convincing explosive device. thankfully, we now know that was a hoax device. today, this address in stafford where usman khan had recently been living was being intensely searched. detectives say at this stage there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the attack. move that way. clear, please. which leaves the burning question, how was a convicted terrorist released from jail while still dangerous? and how did he, still wearing a tag, kill two people at a meeting focused on the rehabilitation of prisoners? daniel sandford, bbc news, london bridge. it's been confirmed that the licence conditions of every convicted terrorist released from prison in england and wales are to be reviewed, following the latest london bridge attack. here's our political correspondentjessica parker. hello, how are you doing? visiting

a national crime agency and the metropolitan police service in the uk detect had their own service in the harms that zeus and boo got viruses head to the uk and uk victims. these folks also provided invaluable assistance to our investigations here in the united states as well. the uk also extradited to have iacobucci's co-conspirators and this is scheme to the united states to face justice. iacovelli allegedly has been engaged in cyber crimes on an almost unimaginable scale for over a decade. our goal is to identify the perpetrators of these crimes in rapid fashion. the reality of law enforcement work is that a quick resolution to these cases cannot always happen. but make no mistake, we will doggedly pursued cyber criminals until we can bring them to justice. today's announcement should make clear to those engaged in cyber crime, that we will identify you, we will unmask you, and will prosecute you, no matter how much effort it requires or how long it might take. you will never have a safe haven from the efforts of the united states law enforcement and our international partners to b

that is all the details we have at this stage from the metropolitan police.ny of us got to see a lot of sunshine. but through this evening, fog is likely to cause some problems across central, eastern and northern parts of england and also southern scotland. it could be quite dense for some but probably won't stick around all night long because we will see cloud rolling in from the west. the breeze strengthens so that fog should tend to lift. at the same time, we see rain pushing into northern ireland, parts of west wales and the south—west of england. turning milder here by the end of the night as well but another chilly one for scotland, a touch of frost in some spots here to take us into boxing day morning. as we go through the day, we will see these outbreaks of rain trundling north—eastwards, maybe a bit of snow mixed in over the very highest hills of the pennines and up into scotland. behind that rain band, we will see some spells of sunshine, some hefty showers and more persistent rain back in the far south—west later on but mild here, 12 degrees in pl

the woman was named today by the metropolitan police who have confirmed that she is saskia jones.earning together programme. we heard earlier from the vice chancellor talking about programme. both gadgets involved in the programme, jack was a coordinator and saskia jones was able and tear on the programme. theirfamilies and saskia jones was able and tear on the programme. their families are receiving support from family liaison officers. i willjust try and give you a quick flavour of the statement that the families have put out. but one concern jack merritt‘s family. they describe jack as a beautiful and talented boy who died doing what he loves, surrounded by people he loved and who loved him. he let up our lives and the lives of his many friends and colleagues and we will miss him terribly. jack left his principles, he believed in retention and rehabilitation, not revenge. he always took to the side of the underdog. he was intelligent, but what a pathetic. he was looking forward to the future with his girlfriend and making a career and the justice system. he would not wa nt the

i spoke to dal babu, a former chief superintendent of the metropolitan police a little earlier. ndon bridge on friday. he explained the role of the police when a prisoner is released on licence. the police gather the intelligence, so essentially crimes happen in neighbouring areas, they get solved, the criminals live in neighbourhood areas, so you rely on the police offices in that neighbourhood area to gather intelligence, working in conjunction with the probation service to monitor individuals and look at whether they are adhering to their conditions. now, what we've had is we've had a 22,000 reduction in police officers. we've had 18,500 reduction in police staff, so if you look at that, the majority of that reduction has been in neighbourhood policing. so tell us, what's the difference between police staff and the police officers? because it's almost as big a cut. yes. when i was borough commander, i say police staff played equally as an important role as police officers, so they would be community support officers, there has been a significant reduction in those numbers. it

the metropolitan police said the man, believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene in yard has launched a murder investigation. a woman has died in a crash on the mi. it happened last night on the northbound side, nearjunction i2. it was one of two accidents on the motorway overnight, with police from both hertfordshire and bedfordshire called to help. the woman who died has not yet been named. religious leaders have been giving their traditional christmas addresses. in the vatican, pope francis said "god loves everyone, even the worst of us", thought to be a reference to abuse scandals in the catholic church. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, talked about the darkness of the london bridge attack. john mcmanus reports. midnight mass at manger square, the place where, for christians, it all began just over 2,000 years ago. and this year, a special link to the past — a wooden fragment which the church says is from the manger ofjesus, back in the holy land after 1,300 years. the holy family famously became migrants, fleeing from king herod to the relative safety

also to especially think that a foreign law enforcement partners from the united kingdom the metropolitan police service conducted their own investigation and the harm that the viruses cause to uk victims. they also provided invaluable assistance to us in the united states as well and to extradite the co-conspirators to the united states to face justice. allegedly had thought involved in cybercrime for over a decade. a quex resolution cannot always happen but we will doggedly pursue cybercriminals until we can bring them to justice today's announcement should make clear those engaged in cybercrime we will identify you and unmask you and prosecute no matter how much effort it requires or how long it might take you will never have safe haven from the efforts of united states law enforcement in international partners to bring you to justice thank you to the united states attorney's office from pennsylvania and the district of nebraska the fbi in state department of the crime agency all of which are represented behind me of those institutions. >> thank you brian good morning. we have announced the i

then he joined the washington metropolitan police department, was a foot patrolman, moved through the ranks to motorcycle man and then to detective. he resigned from the metropolitan police department , thee joined the military segregated army, as it was referred to at the time in history. he became a captain, and a relatively short period of time, learning explosives and a number of things. but he led a particular charge in the northeast corner of france during world war i. rousted the germans out of a stronghold they had held for four years. underequipped. not well trained. soldiers. it,ilitary history records ditch by ditch, trench by trench, and rested them out. they took a lot of heavy casualties, but they fought with valor, and jones survived. he returned. in december of 1919, he joined ,he precursor to the fbi reporting directly to j edgar hoover. jeff: wasn't he the son of former slaves? dr. glover: that is correct, yes. hooverhy do you think chose him? dr. glover: it is interesting -- i don't know how the two got together, how he became interested in the fbi. but he is the ki

patrol situations and the metropolitan police have set themselves and i'm bishop target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has buddy for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also has across the country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and. credential or start to be a strange not citizen poll for heights. all. clearly because it's only the sub electric cause of prove they're in effect in this in other countries in september police in the us were forced to give up the chase with suspected crooks when the battery in their tesla police vehicle went dead british police are making a noble effort in the war on climate change but the cost could be a price to pay in the war on crime sally r.t. . meanwhile in germany a youth environmental group has caused outrage with a message on social media directed at older people friday's for future germany posted a tweet saying why do our grandparents keep lecturing us every year they will soon be gone german politicians

the metropolitan police says it's reviewing allegations of possible fraud and other offences. is most active, there's concern the authorities are taking too long to act. i strongly believe that it's ‘cause it's black kids. because it's black kids it's almost seen as, "that‘s you lots‘ problem." the sad thing is, a lot of these young people are looking for something better. that‘s why they went to spac nation. young worshippers like lovis trusted the church to help them — instead they‘ve been left burdened with huge debts it will take them years to pay off. this is bbc news. a very warm welcome if you‘re watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. my name‘s i‘m mike embley. our top stories: a state of emergency in new south wales — australia‘s highest recorded temperatures are fuelling more than 100 bushfires. another day of bitter division in american politics as republicans and democrats argue over what happens next in the impeachment of president trump. at least three people are killed in protests against the indian government‘s new citizenship law — we h

the metropolitan police is urging those without tickets to watch from home or attend other events inhe city. hogmanay celebrations got underway in edinburgh last night. the festivities began in the city last night as around 40,000 people joined a torchlit procession which ended with them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a "hand of friendship". the events will end with the traditional firework display, with more than 3,600 fireworks being set off at edinburgh castle at midnight. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. we will usher in the new year with some sunshine? no, it will be really cloudy, simon, notjust by night but also by day tomorrow. starting with also by day tomorrow. starting with a ridge of high pressure today, a week weather front sinking south, this is coming from the south—west and will give spots of rain across the isles of scilly, devon and cornwall and possibly south wales. for wales, central and southern england, fairly cloudy. moving north into the midlands, northern england, scotla nd into the midlands, northern england, scotlan

police officials to travel around before they were being used in patrol situations and the metropolitan police have set themselves and our bishop a target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has but leave for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also across the country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and. credential or start to be a. not suitable for heights. all progress action. so if there is a sub electric cars have proved in effect of this in other countries in september police in the us were forced to give up a chase with suspected crooks in the back in their test the police vehicle went dead british police are making a noble effort in the war on climate change but the cost could be a price to pay in the war on crime if sally r.t. . britain's guardian newspaper has been forced to to amend an article it published last year about russia's role in an alleged plot to extract to join us as for me i could or an embassy in london ont he. picks up the story. of t

patrol situations and the metropolitan police have set themselves and i'm bishop target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has body for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also has across the country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and. credential or start to be a strange not suitable for heights. all prague reaction clearly. some electric cars have proved there in effect in this in other countries in september police in the u.s. were forced to give up a chase with suspected crooks in the back in their tesla police vehicle dead british police are making a noble effort in the war on climate change but the cost could be a price to pay in the war on crime sally r.t. . there's been a sharp rise in british weapons sales to saudi arabia and its coalition partners over the last 5 years that's despite adopting a treaty meant to regulate trade that could violate human rights the increase has been calculated by the british humanitarian charity oxfam which is

police officials to travel around before they were being used in a patrol situations and the metropolitan police have set themselves and i'm bishop target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has buddy for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also across the country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and our credential or start to be a mystery not city's a bowl for our hearts. all prague reaction. to your high speed solider as a sub electric cars have proved there in effect in this in other countries in september police in the us were forced to give up the chase with suspected crooks when the battery in their tesla police vehicle went dead british police are making a noble effort in the war on climate change but the cost could be a price to pay in the war on crime sally r.t. . meantime while we're talking green a german that young people's environmental group affiliated with the eco activist group to turn book has caused outrage by insulting the older generation and

the metropolitan police says it's reviewing allegations of possible fraud and other offences.is most active, there's concern the authorities are taking too long to act. i strongly believe that it's cos it's black kids. because it's black kids it's almost seen as, "that's you lots‘ problem." the sad thing is, a lot of these young people are looking for something better. that's why they went to spac nation. young worshippers like lovis trusted the church to help them — instead they've been left burdened with huge debts it will take them years to pay off. this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: as the us house of representatives prepares to vote on impeaching donald trump, he lashes out, calling it an open war on democracy. this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. taiwan's foreign minister tells the bbc the free world should stand with the island democracy — in the face of growing pressure from china. and anger in ukraine — protesters s

the metropolitan police is urging those without tickets to watch from home or attend other events inunced that the national living wage will go up in aprilfor workers over the age of 25. rising by 6.2% the living wage from april will be £8.72 pence an hour. that's an increase of 51 pence an hour on the current. there's also a rise to the minimum wage for 21 to 2a years — going up to 8.20, an increase of 6.5%. dan tomlinson is a policy analyst at the resolution foundation — a think tank focusing on people on lower incomes. hejoins me now from oxford. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. how much data do we have about the impact the national minimum wage has had in the 20 years or so since it was introduced? the main factors that the living wage has had since it was introduced, in 2015, this boost by george osborne, it has given hundreds if not thousands of pounds into the pockets of the lowest pa id workers pounds into the pockets of the lowest paid workers in the uk. this additional rise coming into force later this year is another welcome increase in the minimum wage for those a

some breaking news that is coming to us some breaking news that is coming to us from the metropolitan policeing terrorism unit. counterterrorism unit. 0fficers counting terrorism unit. counterterrorism unit. officers from west midlands counter terrorism unit executing a search warrant last night, that is etched on it, in connection to the review that was announced by the prime minister this weekend of existing licence conditions of convicted of terrorism offenders, of which we know that there are 7a have been released early on licence. as the result of a search of address in stoke—on—trent, the man, 3a euros, was arrested contrary to section five of the terrorism act for preparing terrorism act for preparing terrorism acts. there is no information to suggest that the arrested man was involved in friday's incident at a hall and on london bridge. no suggestion of any connection with no, but the suggestion from that —— with the usman khan. but in stoke—on—trent arrested as a result of the licence review in connection with terrorism offences. if we get any more about that, we will update you her

las vegas metropolitan police department homicide investigators were on scene fire officials ruled thental and not criminal. >> we want we went in and found the fire in the first floor when we got in there the got the fire out in less than a minute it was easy to put out. >> with this is telling the police and the art apartment did not have heat and residents are using stove as heating. turning into a dire situation deadly. the fire started in the area of one stove unit >> we've always told you people never to use stove as heating device. they are not designed for that. and what happens is they can overheat and they can catch fire and this might be one of those cases. >> it remains unclear what caused the deadly fire this holiday weekend. jackie heinrich, fox news. >>> arrested were made in the case of a missing mom and her baby. heidi percent went missing with her newborn back thursday. 33-year-old body was found in the trunk of a car in a home just northwest of houston yesterday. the fire department had initially responded to that home for child welfare check and that is when they fo

the metropolitan police is urging those without tickets to watch from home or attend other events inies began in the city last night as around a0,000 people joined a torchlit procession which ended with them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a "hand of friendship". the events will end with the traditional firework display, with more than 3,600 fireworks being set off at edinburgh castle at midnight. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. we will usher in the new year with some

the metropolitan police is urging those without tickets to watch from home or attend other events inbegan in the city as around 40,000 people joined a torch—lit procession which ended with them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a "hand of friendship". the events will end with the traditional firework display with more than 3,600 fireworks being set off at edinburgh castle at midnight. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. hello, simon. the weather is pretty quiet to end 2019 no significant issues in the forecast for the next couple of days, really. we have had some fog this morning, that is tending to lift. you can see in london, the shard still beneath that fog. quite cloudy across many southern areas into the afternoon. a few showers around the isles of scilly and the south—west of england and cool more. further up north, plenty of sunshine in lincolnshire, northern england, scotla nd in lincolnshire, northern england, scotland and northern ireland. a bit chillier compared to yesterday, temperatures for — six celsius. further south, 8—10.

the metropolitan police has since tweeted it was a sonic boom from planes that were launched from rafesponding to a perceived threat from a plane that wasn't responding to radio communications. it later re—established contact and police say there is no cause for concern. our correspondent andy moore said residents heard what sounded like an explosion. you can imagine after friday people concerned about that. one person told the bbc he was petrified. he said it sparked a primal fear. but we know now that it was two jets launched from raf coningsby and this is part of the raf‘s quick reaction alert procedures so they are on duty 2a hours a day to protect british airspace if there is believed to be a threat. on this occasion there was a plane flying over central london which was not responding to radio calls. this the raf had to get out and check it was ok and they had to get there fast so they put their foot to the floor, metaphorically, and they break through the sound barrier which is the sonic boom you hear, but everything was ok, they intercepted the jet and it re—established commun

involved numerous departments in the uk, and i'd like to pay tribute to the efforts of the metropolitan police, national cybersecurity center, and others who have stuck with this long game for many, many years. i'd also like to commend the small team back in the uk who i know will be watching this for the efforts they have made. there is a fundamental point around cybercrime and tackling the harmful by cybercrime where many will say, as colleagues have reported out your wasting your time trying to recipe, your wasting your time trying to deliver evidence about who is behind these events. that is plain wrong. we will extend our reach. we have a long memory and we will relentlessly -- online is to identify their identity, till we get a real footprint and then we'll take the best route to bring them to justice. thank you. >> who is controlling time here? [laughing] >> question, can you describe a little bit more campaign you mentioned, to disrupt these networks going forward. >> the campaign that i mentioned? the camping i mentioned was a spearfishing campaign. [inaudible] -- now taking steps to