the murder of sarah everard last year by police - sarah everard last year by police officer created theence against women and girls is being tackled. today, the prime minister was asked whether agencies like mi5 should do more. the whether agencies like mi5 should do more. ., , , whether agencies like mi5 should do more. ., ,, ., more. the thing we have focussed on in particular. — more. the thing we have focussed on in particular. is— more. the thing we have focussed on in particular, is giving _ more. the thing we have focussed on in particular, is giving women - more. the thing we have focussed on in particular, is giving women and - in particular, is giving women and girls particularly the confidence that when they experience a, an attack, domestic abuse, rape or attempted rape, whatever, that they will be helped all the way through to prosecution, and trial. our investigation is generating serious questions about the value placed on women's safety, by the state and mi5. daniel is with me. what powers does this intelligence watchdog have? it this intelligence watchdog have? ut has e

the murder of sarah everard last year by police last year by police officer the murder of sarah everardlast year by police officer created the focus on how violence against women and girls is being tackled. today, the prime minister was asked whether agencies like mi5 should do more. the thing we've focussed on in| particular, is giving women and girls particularly the confidence that when they experience - that they will be helped all the way through to prosecution and trial. i our investigation is generating serious questions about the value placed on women's safety, by the state and mi5. daniel explained earlier is what powers the watchdog has. its powers the watchdog has. it; enormous because it can go where other courts can't. were it to consider this case, it could have a wider implication, were it to rule the mac that could have a much wider implication for all agencies who have to authorise agents. really, this case, if they took it on, it could become quite turbulent. daniel di simone. part _ could become quite turbulent. daniel di simone. part of _ could become quite turbulent

we should say this is the police officer who murdered sarah everard. correct.d his status as a police officer to trick her into his custody. we felt the way this man was acting was so serious and the abuse of his position so serious that it was in the public interest to warn people everywhere, particularly women and children, of who he was, what he was doing and what his modus operandi was. the court ruled that you're not allowed to name this mi5 agent because it might endanger him and it might endanger other agents. is that right? and do you still disagree? so, i believe what they are arguing is essentially firstly that he could be endangered by being named, and we disputed that. but we accept the ruling of the court that they they went on that side. they also made a wider argument about national security, which is effectively that to name him would indicate other agents. and these are effectively informants working for mi5 informing on terrorist groups and suchlike, that the bbc might come along and name them and that they would then stop working for mi5. we

last year, sarah everard was murdered by a police officer who abused the power of the state.d an inquiry into her death, saying it will shine a light on the failings that let an officer use his power in such an horrific manner. warning signs are rarely plainer than the ones we have found, but the same government took us to the high court, first trying to stop this story ever being broadcast and then seeking to dramatically limit what we could report. they failed, but we have been legally prevented from naming the agent because of a potential risk to him from other extremists, despite the threat he poses. the government said it was obliged to protect him from harm. chanting: sisters united will never be defeated! i violence against women and the state's response to it is one of the issues of our time. yet the british government has thrown its full weight behind stopping women everywhere being warned about this dangerous abuser. he could now be anywhere and with anyone. hello. temperatures close to average across the uk this week. it'll be breezy, windy by wednesday, and it wil

last year, sarah —— sarah everard was murdered by a police officer who abused the power of the state.ent has announced an inquiry into her death, saying it will shine a light into the failings that let an officer use his power in such an horrific manner. warning signs are rarely plainer than the ones we have found, but the same government took us to the high court, first try to stop the story being broadcast and then seeking to dramatically limit what we could report. they failed, but we have been legally prevented from naming the agent because at the —— because of a potential risk to him from other extremists, despite the risk he poses. the government said it was obliged to protect him from harm. said it was obliged to protect him from harm-— from harm. sister's united will never be defeated! _ from harm. sister's united will never be defeated! violence . from harm. sister's united will- never be defeated! violence against women and the _ never be defeated! violence against women and the state's _ never be defeated! violence against women and the state's response - never be defeated!

the most headlining case is wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard.urt today that he should be in jail for decades to come, but short of a whole life order, because he had shown remorse once he was in court, but the crown's lawyers are disputing that saying his crime was of the serious nature because it undermines trust in the police, his permanent incarceration was a just punishment. the other end of the spectrum we have the case of emma from solihull who murdered her stepson. she was given a minimum term of 29 years. the attorney general wants it raised saying she should have been considered for a whole life order when she was jail. her lawyers dispute that. judges are wrestling with this and when they come back, whatever they come back with the lee mack with —— whatever they come backward with define sentences for years to come. the american comedian dave chappelle has been attacked during a performance at the hollywood bowl in los angeles. videos shared on social media showed someone running into chappelle. in other clips the comic seemed to be un

they lead case in terms of public profile is the murder of sarah everard. our last autumn and the sentencing judge said he could impose it in his very particular circumstances because the police officer had abused his position of trust with society effectively con sarah everard into his car and the circumstances of the murder led to a complete damage of trust, public trust in policing and undermining democracy itself so in that sense the course has been trying to wrestle with whether or not that is an appropriate lifetime. there are other cases which are slightly different. emma who was jailed with a minimum term of 29 years as part of her life sentence for the murder arthur hughes. that means she could leave jail in 29 years time. the attorney general wants that to be reconsidered for a whole life whiter because of the sadistic and cruel nature that little boy a's death. her lawyers told the court today that it would be wrong to give her a whole life whiter because of the background of the offenders. someone who had serious mental and high risk of suicide.

one of them is wayne couzens, the murderer of sarah everard.icated picture and that is why so manyjudges are involved because what they say at the end of this well defined with howjudges the end of this well defined with how judges a the end of this well defined with howjudges a deal with these cases. let me tell you about wayne couzens�* case. when he was jailed last autumn for the murder of sarah everard, the former police officer was told by the trialjudge who is one of the most seniorjudges in the country, that his crime is so serious because he committed it as a serving police officer, abusing his position as a serving police officer to basically trick her into his car and to take away her to kill her that he warranted a whole life order, effectively because his crime as a police officer had undermined trust, the whole of society�*s trust in the police. rememberthe the whole of society�*s trust in the police. remember the public outcry at the time. his counsel told the court today that that whole life order was manifestly unfair because al

if you think back to sarah everard being murdered last year, and all of the public concern about thate to violence towards women and girls, we have tried to shine a light on the more secret parts of the state and its record on violence against women and girls. hopefully this report might start a bit of a debate about that.- bit of a debate about that. thank ou. and if you'd like to see more on this story, you can watch the abuser working for mi5 — available on the bbc iplayer. the prime minister will face no more fines after the police announced they have closed their investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown. borisjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party in the cabinet room injune 2020. the police investigation resulted in a total of 126 fixed penalty notices. they were issued to 83 men and women — most of them understood to be civil servants who were at events on eight different dates between may 2020 — the height of lockdown — to april 2021. here's our political editor chris mason. it was n

last year, with the murder of sarah everard, we saw outrage about a police officer abusing his power since then on the role of the police. maybe now because of a case like this, we might see more focus on mi5 and some of the intelligence agencies.- focus on mi5 and some of the intelligence agencies. daniel de simone you. — intelligence agencies. daniel de simone you, our _ intelligence agencies. daniel de| simone you, our correspondent, intelligence agencies. daniel de - simone you, our correspondent, thank you. the metropolitan police has closed its investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown, which means that borisjohnson will not receive any more fines. mrjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party injune 2020. the police investigation resulted in a total of 126 fixed penalty notices being issued to 83 men and women, most of whom are understood to be civil servants. they were at events on eight different dates between may 2020, at the height of lockdown, and april 2021. 0ur political editor chr

now, the first and probably the most headlining case is wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard. in court. now, the crown's lawyers are disputing that, saying that the sentencing rules were clear. his crime was of such a high, serious nature because it undermined trust in the police that his permanent incarceration was a just punishment. now, at the other end of the spectrum, we have the case of emma tustin from solihull, who murdered her stepson, arthur labinjo—hughes. she was given a minimum term of 29 years. now, the attorney general wants that raised, saying she should have been considered for a whole life order when she was jailed. her lawyers dispute that. judges are now wrestling with this, and when they come back, whatever they come back with will define murder sentencing for many decades to come. with will define murder sentencing dominic with will define murder sentencing casciani reportii for more than a month from the start of the war in ukraine, the town of bucha, just north of kyiv, was under the control of russia's 6ath motirised infantry brigade. on its return hom

position to coerce sarah everard to kidnap her.his report will do is generate a bit of public debate about similar issues, but in relation to more secret parts of the state, unlike m15 and other intelligence agencies. daniel, thank ou for all intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of— intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of that. _ intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of that. president - intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of that. president biden l you for all of that. president biden says he is proud to support the admission of sweden and finland to the nato defence alliance will stop he was speaking at the white house following a meeting with leaders of both nordic countries. tt is following a meeting with leaders of both nordic countries.— both nordic countries. it is an honour to _ both nordic countries. it is an honour to have _ both nordic countries. it is an honour to have you _ both nordic countries. it is an honour to have you but i both nordic countries. it is an honour to

we all remember those scenes at sarah everard's vigil, and you were amongst those who condemned the way the police reacted. 100%. i think there are more culture changes that need to happen, and for me, i would specifically love public sexual harassment to become a crime. but that is something that again, one of the things that i have seen is that the department and secretary of state have an opinion and there can be other things that kind of pushback... other things or other people? other people, and cabinet responsibility is a thing so that is what i am saying, it is notjust individuals, so i think there is at times a very masculine conversation where the government and how government and institutions work, so we need to be able to address that. so, why isn't this happening? because a lot of people come to the same conclusion... hold on, you are the government's adviser, i'm trying to work out why it doesn't happen. i know. is it because people at the top of the government, is it those people in number ten who advise the prime minister, saying, i'm not sure i would have this argument,

the murder of sarah everard last year by police officer created the focus on how violence against womend girls is being tackled. today, the prime minister was asked whether agencies like mi5 should do more. the thing we've focussed on in| particular, is giving women and girls particularly the confidence that when they experience - an attack, domestic abuse, - rape or attempted rape, whatever, that they will be helped all the way through to prosecution and trial. i our investigation is generating serious questions about the value placed on women's safety, by the state and mi5. and daniel explained what powers does this intelligence watchdog have? well, it has enormous power, really, cos it can go where other courts can't go, it can compel mi5 witnesses, it could examine mi5 paperwork. and were it to consider this case, it could have, like, a wider implication because were it to actually rule or make a finding that they hadn't conducted themselves properly and the agent hadn't been handled properly, that could have a much wider implication for all intelligence agencies who have authorised

and if you think back to sarah everard being murdered last year and all of the public concern about thatto violence towards women and girls, what we've tried to do with the report is shine a light on the more secret parts of the state and its record on violence against women and girls. and hopefully this report might start a bit of a debate about that. thanks to daniel for that. the prime minister will face no more fines after the police announced they have closed their investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown. borisjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party in the cabinet room injune 2020. the police investigation resulted in a total of 126 fixed—penalty notices. they were issued to 83 men and women, most of them understood to be civil servants who were at events on eight different dates between may 2020, the height of lockdown, to april 2021. here's our political editor chris mason. it was not long before christmas that partygate was first exposed, and since january, officers here have been inve

there is a lack of confidence, there is everything going on, sarah everard, stories about police officersombination of all of these factors that undermine confidence in victims and survivors and their desire to seek support in this way. we survivors and their desire to seek support in this way.— survivors and their desire to seek support in this way. we know that court delays _ support in this way. we know that court delays affect _ support in this way. we know that court delays affect the _ support in this way. we know that court delays affect the process i support in this way. we know that court delays affect the process of| court delays affect the process of getting justice for victims of offences, victims of crime as well. if i can come back to where is the right balance because clearly if you are trying to build a case, you need to get a certain level of detail. where is the balance between getting the right level of detail and asking questions that are too intrusive? it's a very difficult balance, but we must also always be guided by the victim and survivor. it is their choice ultim

people have said sarah everard — women.stems that are failing them. you and we need to change the systems that are failing them.— that are failing them. you say the conversation _ that are failing them. you say the conversation has _ that are failing them. you say the conversation has changed - that are failing them. you say the conversation has changed but - that are failing them. you say the conversation has changed but we | that are failing them. you say the - conversation has changed but we were chatting earlier, almost, the conversation has changed and the ability to talk about this has opened up and is more free and i imagine people are not being recoiled out when they call something out as much but actually, what they are talking about often is things that have gotten worse, become worse. i things that have gotten worse, become worse.— things that have gotten worse, become worse. i think so. people like to say — become worse. i think so. people like to say this _ become worse. i think so. people like to say this is _

we should say this is the police officer who murdered sarah everard.red by being named — and we disputed that, but we accept the ruling of the court that they — they went on that side. they also made a wider argument about national security, which is effectively that to name him would indicate to other agents — and these are effectively informants working for m15, informing on terrorist groups and suchlike — that the bbc might come along and name them and that they would then stop working for m15. we would never normally try and identify a state agent in this way but we felt in this case, there was an exceptional public interest in doing so. to make the decision to challenge the government and go to court over this must have been a big decision for the bbc news to make. sure, and it was their decision to take us to court and it was our decision to defend our position and to fight that, and that's a scary thing. it involves a lot of time, it involves a lot of money, unfortunately, and it's always very difficult to know where it will end. so, you go into