jones.— knew and love jack merritt and saskia jones. ~ . ., , , ~ saskia jones. jones. what was striking in the conclusions by _ saskia jones. what was striking in the conclusions by the _ saskia jones. what was striking in the conclusions by the jury - saskia jones. what was striking in the conclusions by the jury today | the conclusions by the jury today was that they were utterly unequivocal. the agencies that were supposed to be protecting the public from usman khan failed. there was a deficiency in the management of usman khan by the probation service and the police they said, and that the agencies who are responsible for monitoring him, mi five, and the west midlands counterterrorism police also failed. they were asked a series of questions. they were asked whether they'd been failure in the management of usman khan in a —— as and offender. they said yes. they also said there was insufficient training of those involved in his case and there had been a blind spot to this unique risk due to his image. neverasked to this unique risk due to his image. never ask

the fact that saskia jones and jack may were trying _ saskia jones and jack may were trying to— saskiailled them makes it even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behatf— even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behalf of— even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behalf of the city of london police. — in behalf of the city of london police. i— in behalf of the city of london police, i would like to once again extend _ police, i would like to once again extend our— police, i would like to once again extend our most sincere sympathy and condolences to their family and friends — condolences to their family and friends and to others who were injured — friends and to others who were injured or— friends and to others who were injured or caught up in the attack. as emergency services, we constantly exercise _ as emergency services, we constantly exercise and _ as emergency services, we constantly exercise and train for incidents such— exercise and train for incidents such as — exercise and train for incidents such as this. whilst, of course, hoping — such

jack merritt i and saskia jones had been murdered and saskia jones had been murdered by a man he waso have had a terrorist past and was still under active investigation by mi5. of course, usman khan was responsible for saskia jones and jack merritt�*s death and that is why there was an unlawful killing conclusion by the jury, but it is striking that in their written conclusions, they talked about a lack of accountability by agencies of the state, not only had they nobody stood up and said, are we really going to allow usman khan to travel to london alonejust going to allow usman khan to travel to london alone just a year after his release, but also, that key bit of intelligence, he intends to carry out an attack after his release hadn't been widely shared. daniel sandford, thank you very much. and you can see much more on that over the course of the afternoon on the bbc news channel. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz shafernaker. hello, and good afternoon, i am so delighted to bring you a forecast full of optimism, we have been advertising for days that the weather is set

saskia took place.rritt were young saskia jones and jack merritt were young people with their lives ahead of them, both committed to helping others in their different ways. the man who murdered them was living under a curfew afterjust coming out of prison for terrorism fences. he was still being investigated by mi5 but still he managed to travel alone to london to kill. convicted terrorists, usman khan, travelling to london alone on a train. only recently out of prison, there had been intelligence that he was planning an attack but the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand fighting on london bridgejust outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt were dying. the inquest said the unacceptable management of khan and poor sharing of vital intelligence had contributed to their deaths. for those who _ contributed to their deaths. igrr' those who hide behind the cloak of secrecy, to search their own conscience and review their own potential failings. conscien

saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people.to do something good with their lives, to make tremendously positive contributions to our society. the fact that, as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attacker, and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, is simply unacceptable and i am so deeply sorry we weren't better than this in november 2019. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison, he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen as a violent, radicalising leader of prison extremists. a month before he was freed, there was intelligence recorded in capital letters that he intended to carry out an attack after his release. in prison, he had mixed with michael adebolajo, who killed lee rigby, leaders of two major al-qaeda bomb plots and the infamous preacher abu hamza. jack merritt�*s parents told me their son's death was the result of an unforgivable failure by a system that was not fi

jack merritt and saskia jones were "unlawfully killed" by usman khan in 2019.heir families say the authorities let them down. they had this hugely dangerous person— they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being _ person and they lost sight of him being dangerous, really, from the beginning — being dangerous, really, from the beaainnin. ~ ., being dangerous, really, from the beaainnin. ~ . ., beginning. with all that information, _ beginning. with all that information, you - beginning. with all that information, you would | beginning. with all that - information, you would have beginning. with all that _ information, you would have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage them effectively and keep the public safe, and they fail to do that. as the number of new uk coronavirus cases rises to more than 4,000, there's growing concern over whether restrictions can be lifted next month. the downing street flat refurbishment — an independent adviser says the prime minister didn't break the ministerial

jack merritt and saskia jones _ dead, i wanted it over.still under active investigation by m15. of course, usman khan was responsible for saskia jones and jack merritt�*s death and that is why there was an unlawful killing conclusion by the jury, but it is striking that in their written conclusions, they talked about a lack of accountability by agencies of the state, not only had they nobody stood up and said, are we really going to allow usman khan to travel to london alonejust going to allow usman khan to travel to london alone just a year after his release, but also, that key bit of intelligence, he intends to carry out an attack after his release hadn't been widely shared.

jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed' by usman khan in 2019.heir families say the authorities let them down. the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko accuses the west of trying to destabilise his country during talks with president putin. facing up to its colonial past. for the first time, germany formally recognises it committed genocide in namibia, and promises over a billion dollars in aid. and, the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to reboot the us economy and fend off competition from china. hello and welcome. inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers�* hall in 2019. he'd been released from prison on licence less than a year earlier — and was allowed to travel alone to the event in london — where

saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people.th chosen to do something good with their lives, to make tremendously positive contributions to society. the fact, that as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attack and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible is simply unacceptable, and i am deeply sorry we went better than this in 2019. we weren't better than this in 2019. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen as a violent, radicalising extremist. before he was released there were a recording in capital letters he intended to carry out an attack. in prison, he mixed with one of the murderers of lee rigby, and abu hamza. jack merritt�*s parents told me there some�*s death was as a jack merritt�*s parents told me their son's death was as a result of a system not fit for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him

along down they can you feel the vibration from these jets saskia was you said. i think that's what a lot of. the. sensory data. we've come to the final part of the band that everyone loves. but the trail. black. mold. on the night they. get into the final parts of the conflict on. this day. after gosh every single. one of the days not just about celebrating the trial is a horrific ideology it's about remembering the promise which the triumph came at today's very powerful day of collective remembrance as an enormous country stretching over $5000.00 times over the $146000006.00 is that russia comes together as one and it reminds itself of how much it owes those $27000000.00 who died for this. at the same time lost being a very showy public national holiday it was also an intensely hostile is that every single russian into his family archive and his photo album and think of his ancestors and what role they play 8 you know oh i know for myself on this day more than most i think of my grandmother. she was just 15 years old when she lied about her age and she signed u

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisation had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travelm by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones�*s family's lawyer said today was a remarkable num

an inquestjury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed' at fishmongers hall by convictedrorist usman khan. a report into borisjohnson's refurbishment of his downing street flat says he didn't break the ministerial code, but did act unwisely. as the number of new uk coronavirus cases rises to more than a—thousand, there's growing concern over the further easing of restrictions due next month now on bbc news, the film review. i , it's a friday, and that means only one thing. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing both in cinemas and in the home. back in 1961, disney scored an animated hit with 101 dominations adapted from the novel by dodie smith. a live—action remake starring glenn close as cruela devile followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmations a few years later. now, as disney's campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live—action prequel that's been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you hav

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisation had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travelm by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones�*s family's lawyer said today was a remarkable num

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisationan had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travelm by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones�*s family's lawyer said today was a remarkable n

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisationnmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travel by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones's family's lawyer said today was a remarkable number of red flags waving. daniel sandford, bbc news. a woman from mali in west africa may have m

jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed' by usman khan in 2019.n leader, alexander lukashenko accuses the west of trying to destabilise his country during talks with president putin. facing up to its colonial past. for the first time, germany formally recognises it committed genocide in namibia, and promises over a billion dollars in aid. and, the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to reboot the us economy and fend off competition from china.

a roar is well and real poignant moment as well for saskia as the talking about the relations of the past so many nations a cause contributed to the final victory fighting together with the soviets to bring the devastating war to an end a number of foreign veterans also every year come to moscow and they've come again this year to pay their respects to the soviet soldiers. i. want everybody to. know the motivation not religious no political let's push the enemy back to this territory i've been a division of soldiers from $22.00 countries including not an american from the communists juice muslims and we will fall together. should hit good old remembered i was part of a small reconnaissance unit. points we had only 2 machine guns for the 3 of us one of the guys was general clark's eldest son in law he was later killed just going into china. i tried to do the memory of that minute that paid the ultimate price north to live . with bush should hurry for a loaf of bread all of a modern mental god no high order there are players there was shot down by the groom and had not taken a lot of t

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biggest of dozens of the sessions taking place across russia to celebrate the defeat of nazi germany saskia taylor and rory stewart shaping this the highlights. this few day there will be no dignitaries in attendance so the kremlin basically wanted to say that we would like to err on the side of caution so although we're going to have the big guns the big jets the big tanks and all the different regiments and battalions marching across red square it will be a slightly smaller audience for this year's edition of lot of the putin flanked by a number of veterans as well who are attending today. this is. 6 so they say oh my goodness me on i think i'm 90 years old playing with my choice all over again absolutely remarkable display of russian aerospace technology you're right about rose square. serene. we've come to the final great event that's going to be the next stage. but the trail. class that the 86 kids should also take on the night they get today is a very powerful tale selective remembrance this country stretching your thoughts tyneside the 146000006 years at its russia comes to get us wa

biggest of dozens of processions taking place across russia to celebrate the defeat of nazi germany saskia taylor. take us through the highlights. today at this day there will be no dignitaries in attendance or the kremlin basically wanted to say that we would like to err on the side of caution so although we're going to have the big guns the big jets the big tanks and all the different regiments and battalions marching across red square it will. a slightly smaller audience for this year's edition of saddam a position flanked by a number of sessions as well who are attending today's. visit. so they're saying oh my goodness me i think i'm 90 years old playing with my toys all over again absolutely remarkable display of russian aerospace technology here right above rows square. serene. he's. trying to put the final break that's not funny let's face it. but trail. glad to be anything. on the night they get today is a very powerful tale selected for. this country's trying to you know 5000 tyneside the 146000067 russia comes together as one and it reminds itself of how much it owes those 270000

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biggest of dozens of procession taking place across russia to celebrate the defeat of nazi germany saskia taylor and will receive shapers news the highlights. today at this few day there will be no dignitaries in attendance so the kremlin basically wanted to say that we would like to err on the side of caution so although we're going to have the big guns the big jets the big tanks and all the different regiments and battalions marching across red square it will be a slightly smaller all. audience for this year's edition of lot of my position flanked by a number of sessions as well who are attending so day. visit on my. experience. so little time oh my goodness i think i'm 90 years old playing with my toys all over again absolutely remarkable display of russian aerospace technology here right above rows square. to the serene. take out my friend. sutton we come to the final break that's going to be the next problem. but the trail. back to the 86 feet should also take on the night they get today is a very powerful day of connecting from man frightens us to normal. countries stretch you know

initial tack concluding that nothing could've been done to stop him from killing jack merritt and saskiaones while the evidence presented at the inquest seriously cast doubt on that and suggests that there were enormous missed opportunities for people with expertise to have stopped this and numerous chances, you know, numerous warning signs about his behaviour, his state of mind in the run—up to the attack, and that people were put at risk when they did not need to be put at risk, which is a really serious issue. , ., , risk, which is a really serious issue. g . , ., , risk, which is a really serious issue. ., , . issue. jasmine, always difficult, these stories, _ issue. jasmine, always difficult, these stories, because - issue. jasmine, always difficult, these stories, because the - issue. jasmine, always difficult, l these stories, because the actual incident happened two years ago, not too full calendar years, but 2019, which feels, after covid, like a lifetime ago. it was a genuinely shocking, awful incident when it happened, but sometimes the further you get away from these things,

country to confront the her, refigure, north and deadly policy of retreating 1st nations people. saskia taylor has the report. canada, a shining example of maximum woken us. a place where there is no mankind. there are just people is the love that's going to change the future of mankind. so we'd like you to, we like to say people kind, not necessarily mankind, more inclusive. turns out though, the beneath the glitzy slogan of inclusive t law is a tragic past. harrowing use has emerged in british columbia of a mass grave of 215 children indigenous children who were ripped from their homes and forcibly enrolled in one of the largest indian residential schools. the news that remains were found at the former. com loops residential school breaks my heart . it is a painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter of our country's history. i am thinking about every one affected by this distressing news. we are here for you. the residential school system was indeed dark and shameful set up by the government and run by churches these what educational facilities for fast people need. they want

said it's doubling down efforts to find the source of the pandemic. investigating for us is our team saskia taylor. remember donald trump and his administration's take on the corona virus. the chinese virus comes lou, the china virus calling chinese flu, china flu. there's enormous evidence that that's where this began. remember, 10 has a history of infecting the world, and they have a history of running sub standard laboratories. these are not the 1st times that we've had a world exposed to virus as a result of failures in a chinese lab. remember how his theory about the virus escaping from a lab with labeled racist and mad. a wall won't stop a virus, racism won't stop a virus. do your job? well, turns out now it's not racist, but a totally rational ferry. why? because it's not trump peddling it, all you have this year fresh in the oval office bite and actually shut down a trump para top secret operation to look into the origins of the pandemic. and specifically, whether the virus leaked from the woo hon institute of fi, rolla, g, q, his own altering off a report into the origins of the pa

but it turns out the methods and approaches being used on always having the desired effect what is saskia tele delves deeper. yes i am white yes i still identifies the jonjo i was born i don't know what's strange is never asked to touch my have i have frequent flyer miles in comfort times no i'm no i've never been called a terrorist ok so how did i do privileged but not even a man should i get points for that and. well clearly i'm never going to end up in the happiest place on earth these internal documents are deliberately distorted as reflective of company policy when in fact their purpose was to allow divested of thought and discussion on the incredibly complex and challenging issues of race and discrimination that we as a society and companies nationwide are facing and tunnel talks for months from the lines of mixing mouse a kate disney show that being an employee of the well ain't no fairy tale it's new diversity and inclusion program called reimagined tomorrow has been leaked and it's a full time gig you need to check your privilege while through feelings of guilt and shame saying n

diplomat messiah try and get a clearer picture on this my colleague neil harvey talked about it with saskia to. if you're trying to understand policy towards russia in recent days good luck because for a block his premise is unity and cooperation that's the real splintering here on monday foreign minister came out in essentially said that brussels needs to stop pushing ties with russia to an irreparable brink we're certainly in a difficult phase of our relationship with russia between slovak and russia but collectively between the european union and russia we need to stop the negative spiral for relationship now germany supports the sentiment says it's time to mend fences with russia so there's one camp that's looking to reap rebuild news that the kremlin welcomes but on the other hand another camp has emerged and it's is the czech republic weeks off to prague out of the blue and without any evidence accused russian agents of being behind an explosion at a weapon step in 2014 and expelled russian diplomats as punishment it's now asking all the e.u. nations to jump on its bandwagon and also

fitness to rule but their words also angered other military servicemen and of course the democrats saskia taylor expects. well you watch the news so you know joe biden's the best we see it was. true to the country what a difference. the change of presidents has made president biden is confronting this enormous loss directly and publicly help americans heal on a new front that something good joe biden is uniquely qualified to do as a joe biden giving america a message tonight and one i think the only this president president could give not the former one the thing is apparently the mainstream media doesn't speak for everyone shocking so what bones does this letter have to pick with the current us administration well quite a few ranging from joe being too buddy buddy with beijing to killing off thousands of jobs along with a big percentage of americans thinking that the ongoing border crisis is biden's fault open borders jeopardize national security by increasing human trafficking drug cartels terrorist entry illegals are flooding our country we must reestablish border controls and continue

saskia jones was one of two people killed by usman khan at the event in november 2019.ore. prosecutors are being asked to consider whether to charge a man arrested on suspicion of murdering 31—year—old stuart lubbock, who died at the entertainer michael barrymore's home in essex two decades ago. his body was found in the former television presenter�*s swimming pool. two years after the government set up a compensation scheme for the windrush scandal, campaigners say they're concerned about the low number of payouts. the latest figures show that up to february, the home office has received almost 2,000 applications. just over 400 claims have resulted in a payment. the average claim takes about 1k months to process. the government has promised to right the wrongs and ensure the windrush generation get the compensation they deserve for the injustices they faced. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell has the story. anthony williams arrived in birmingham from jamaica when he was seven. he laterjoined the army and spent 13 years serving with the royal artillery.

yesterday it was he who ultimately signed off as khan's trip to london which ended up with the deaths of saskiafter lengthy discussions with a panel responsible for public protection. but today he was asked if he had been aware that mi5 had an open priority investigation into usman khan, who had recently been released from prison, and he said he didn't. he was asked, if he had known that, would it have twitched his antennae? he said it certainly would have done, had he been told that mis would have done, had he been told that mi5 had actually increased the priority of usman khan on his release from prison because of intelligence that he had been radicalising other prisoners and that he might possibly be planning an attack, he said no, and that if he had have known, it would have had a huge impact upon his decision—making. he said that the whole management process would have altered potentially. he was then also asked if he was aware that mi5 had been present at these multi—agency public protection meetings, when the case was being discussed, and he said that he had had no idea that mi5 were eve

an inquestjury says jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed by usman khan at a prisoner let them down. probation and police teams directly responsible for khan's supervision were staffed by officers with little or no experience of terrorism offenders. there was praise for the bravery of those who tackled khan on london bridge, and an apology to the victims'

well we spoke to saskia bricmont a member of the greens in the european parliament she says that the events in seattle are proof of the failed migration policy the us outsourcing its own policy is actually asking 3rd countries such as morocco such as turkey such as libya to take care of migrants in oregon to unload them to cross the border and to come to you but i think to do that to you has to question itself about the policies that supply know while we prevent them to to to to seek for a better life we've heard that in many ways we've heard them saying nothing and every day shows that there are death in independent tyranny and. this is also because they you have to take responsibility and to adopt a proper migration policy and not only by relying on 3rd countries. to do so. to some football news now in the german men's national squad for next month's european football championship will be announced on wednesday by next thomas miller is widely expected to be recalled to the squad having been dropped in 2019 his form with by and has pushed the 2014 world cup when a back into those pl

well earlier we spoke to saskia bricmont a member of the greens in the european parliament she told us that the events are proof of the failed migration policy the us outsourcing its own policy is actually asking 3rd countries such as morocco such as turkey such as libya to take care of migrants in or a nut to unload them to cross the border and to come to you but i think to do that to you has to question itself about the policies that supplying know while we prevent them to to to to seek for a better life we've heard that to many as we've heard them saying if nothing and every day shows that there are death in independent tyranny and. this is also because a you has to take responsibility and to adopt a proper migration policy and not only by relying on 3rd countries. to do so people across britain are celebrating the easing of coronavirus restrictions by going to pubs restaurants and cinemas for the 1st time in months but the spread of a new variant identified in india is causing concern cases of the variants have more than doubled within a week in the u.k. and the town of bolton is t

zoe, thank you, following the inquest into the death of jack merritt and saskia jones.he pandemic closed so many workplaces. now, with lockdown easing, many businesses are planning for their employees to return — but will it be the same? 43 out of 50 firms questioned by the bbc, including some of the uk's biggest employers, said they don't plan to bring staff back to the office full time, that there will be a mixture of home and office working. ben thompson has been looking at how the world of work could change. back in the office after 1a months at home. i took on my role in march 2020. it was kind of a baptism by pandemic. for monica, who started her newjob just as the crisis began, getting back to the office is a chance to change how she and her team can work. when you come into the office, there are going to be open spaces, collaboration spaces. before, very much, we came into the office, we sat at our desks. sometimes we had meetings, but often, we were sitting at our desk. now we are reconfiguring to make sure we have spaces that facilitate that collaboration. tha