from trafalgar square, back to you.ales. there will be very gusty winds today. temperatures a little bit lower than yesterday. through tonight, more showers and those most frequent again across scotla nd those most frequent again across scotland and into north—western areas of england. temperatures into single figures but then as we go through thursday, seeing again a bit more cloud around, showers but more persistent rain in northern ireland and scotland. this is worklife from bbc news, with sally bundock and karin giannone. counting the cost of caring for the elderly to relatives and economies around the world. live from london, that's our top story today wednesday the 9th of october. a new report puts the cost of workers leaving the uk economy to care for a relative at nearly $1 billion dollars a year and that doesn't account for the physical and mental cost. also in the programme.

today, thousands of activists blockaded streets from trafalgar square, down to lambeth bridge, shuttingve been following the protests all day. there wasn't much the police could do as vehicles blocked key junctions and protesters swiftly chained themselves underneath. we're trying to shut central london to draw attention to the climate and ecological violence. go, go, go! but officers drew the line when activists tried to set up a kitchen — yep, sink and all, in the middle of trafalgar square. this was a numbers game. there were hundreds of police. there are no official numbers yet, but thousands of protesters. campsites and kitchens quickly sprang up in the heart of government. there was even an impromptu wedding on westminster bridge. cheering and applause. it brought parts of central london to a standstill. everyone's going to lose money. i might as well go home now. my day's finished. i ain't going to earn nothing, am i? it certainly was disruptive. it took hours for police to unclip protesters from the scaffolding tower. you are his theical and alienating public opinion and they an

in trafalgar square.d be a walk in the park but we didn't expect this hostility. we saw some uncomfortable scenes. police officers dragged a man into a vehicle. it has not been too aggressive, has it? you could say that for him now but we have not seen that for him now but we have not seen that across all the sites. will you move to trafalgar square? seen that across all the sites. will you move to trafalgar square ?m seen that across all the sites. will you move to trafalgar square? it is in the police interests to give as these sites but if we cannot hold them then we will disperse and become a lot more difficult to police. what do you make of the prime minister‘s comments last night. it would be easy to describe as as such but we have doctors here, teachers here and it is really not the case. i don't think it is an accurate representation of the people here. let us not forget that our prime minister shuts down prime parliament not that long ago. our prime minister shuts down prime parliament not that l

our correspondent dan johnson is in trafalgar square.can see how determined this is by the hearse that the protesters have a party. there are a number of people her sat on the road completely blocking traffic and they have apologised for the straps on, said that they are prepared to be arrested. you can see that some people are having a bit of a disco. it has been largely a good—natured event and they say that they will be here until the message is heard. we're expecting disruption over the next, probably, two weeks. although this is peaceful, they say that they are determined to take action, to cause disruption so that their message is heard. there was gridlock this morning at some of london's iconic landmarks. protesters popped up to block key junctions, roads and bridges, targeting parliament and government buildings, all in the name of highlighting their climate concerns. the police have promised a robust response but warned these demonstrations and the disruption are stretching their numbers. still, they stepped in quickly to cut pr

whitehall is closed northbound from horse guards avenue to trafalgar square for gas works.thornton. good morning to you. a much better day in prospect for us across london today. it's generally going to be pretty dry, something i've not said for a while. just a stray shower later on. and actually, although we start with some low cloud, we are going to see some brighter skies developing and some sunshine for the afternoon. they could just be a couple of showers to drift our way from the south as the afternoon wears on, but it is generally mostly dry, with a top temperature of 17 celsius. and largely dry into this evening in the first part of the night as well. but then we'll see a thickening of the cloud from the south—west, and by tomorrow morning, the next belt of wet weather is with us. the next belt of wet weather is with us. temperatures holding up overnight in double figures, but not a pleasant commute tomorrow morning. some heavy bursts of rain for a time. all of that whistle through quite quickly, but it will be breezy as it does though, with gusts of 35 mph. later a

officers have been clearing climate change demonstrators from trafalgar square overnight.roup have called the city—wide ban an outrage. our correspondence is at the last remaining camp in london and our people staying or will they go? that is the question a lot are asking themselves today. there are still a lot of tents, fewer than this morning because police have moved through the camp telling people they should pack up and move out. that is what many are doing. albeit relu cta ntly. what many are doing. albeit reluctantly. officers move swiftly through trafalgar square last night, clearing the camp there and ordering group protests linked to extinction rebellion to end citing serious disruption to the neighbourhood. extinction rebellion organisers have complained, saying it was heavy—handed and not acceptable and it breached they say their right to peaceful protest. london mayor sadiq khan expressed concern saying he has asked for more information from officers about why it was cleared although he has noted what he calls the undue pressure put on overstretched police off

you can see they are right here across the road and that means the main streets around trafalgar squaretegy to target these high—profile sites. the protesters have parked a trailer and are laid underneath it currently refusing to move. it is a peaceful protest but it is deliberately destructive. there was gridlock this morning at some of london's iconic landmarks. protesters popped up to block key junctions, roads and bridges, targeting parliament all in the name of highlighting climate concerns. the police have promised a robust response but warned these demonstrations are stretching their numbers. still, they stepped in quickly to cut protest is free and make arrests and we have been told to expect two weeks of this sort of direct action. we are facing the loss of the majority of life on earth within a few generations. we don't know what the planet will look like by the end of the century, but it is highly likely it will be largely uninhabitable, so... what do you do when you know that's coming? the protests reached right around the world. this was sydney. extinction rebellion is a gl

helena wilkinson reports from trafalgar square.ntral london. now today, earlier on in oxford circus, the busiest shopping area in london, that was brought to a complete standstill when demonstrators set up what appeared to be a makeshift tp. —— tee pee a couple of the demonstrators got onto that, and various specialist officers from the metropolitan police had to come and get them down using a cherry picker. they made a number of arrests there, too. the demonstrators then made their way through some of the streets of central london. they passed various government buildings, and when they stopped, they made speeches outside their government buildings, calling on the government to take more action on what they say is a climate emergency. and a bit earlier on this evening, one of the protesters from extinction rebellion climbed up the side of the elizabeth tower, also known as big ben. he got onto the netting there, unfurled a couple extinction rebellion banners. of course, there was a huge police presence to try to get this man down.

we are in trafalgar square, one of 12 sites in and around westminster.nt, it certainly looks like this protest is escalating. the numbers we re protest is escalating. the numbers were small in the morning, but there are around 1000 people at trafalgar square alone. and dozens of people have been arrested. i have one of the organisation team here from extinction rebellion. what are you hoping to achieve today, molly? we are hoping to meet our demands clear to government and to parliament that we are here, not going away, rebellion is carrying on despite anything that happened over the weekend. we need government and parliament to take action. what are the demands? the government and media need to tell the truth about the crisis. we are demanding net zero greenhouse emissions by 2025. and we want to set up as citizens assembly to come up with the solutions we need before 2025. you had big demonstrations in april — did that achieve anything? in some ways it did. what you can see today is one of the best things we achieved. our support has grown massively, a

the city of london, police moving into clear trafalgar square where climate change activists set up cap week ago. the protest movement 20 to cause enough disruption to force governments to make changes to cut carbon emissions. four demonstrators died in capital, with rallies breaking out to proposed changes that would allow the president to seek a third term. he has been in office since 2010. south africa's embattled former president jacob zuma is facinin coururt on corruption charges. it is the fifirst time he facess trial. he is accused of taking kickbacks before he became president from a $3.4 billion purchase of arms manufufacturedy european companies including a french d defense firm. pollss have opened across mozambique with 13 million voters registered to cast .allots these elections are key to consolidating pace. the two main parties in a protracted civil war signing another peace deal. it is an election that pits old-time foeses against eah other. two partiese -- that signed a peace deal months ago. expected to win has since 1975. but the main opposition party could gain ground

have a rally and so on a monday let's do it on a saturday go to trafalgar square have a rally and so on a monday we did and we gathered in a park and i remember darcus and all of us the day we did and we gathered in a park and i remember darcus and all of us the collective there and other activists thinking was this a mistake who's going to come and then give them another activist thinking was this a mistake who's going to come and then bit by bit it just failed and as we children climbed some schools people jump a bit just failed and as we marched children climbed some schools people jumped off must buses and by the time we got to the west to blackfriars bridge we were about 50 must be busted by the twins and we got to the west to blackfriars bridge we were about 15 to 20000 strong but when we got about 5 bridge the police were there with a complete cordoned 1000 strong but when we got about 5 bridge the police were there with a complete cordon saying you're not passing say young people on the pull up. and i have to say young people who sent a message back to doctors on the b

they arrested me for standing in trafalgar square and asking them for an explanation.oes a protest become a nuisance? ithink at what point does a protest become a nuisance? i think of because there has been some disruption caused by the extinction rebellion protests and of course that is what they intended to do because they want to bring the climate crisis to public attention and actually, it has been quite interesting to see the way that, back in the spring and again now people protesting out on the streets is ringing public attention to the climate crisis. the skill strike us as well done an amazing job of bringing this crisis home and we've seen with the different types of people arrested over the last ten days, grandmothers, grandads, rabbis, former paralympic athletes, we have seen that this is a protest around which people of all unite because they are desperately concerned about the climate emergency. whilst the argument that the public become more aware and indeed may support protest like that, isn't there a danger that actually, you alienate the very people y

they'll now only be allowed to lawfully demonstrate in trafalgar square.an 300 people have been arrested. turkey says it's ready to begin a military operation in syria as president trump defends his surprise decision to pull out us troops. the american president's move has aroused cross—party opposition in the us, where he's been accused of abandoning kurdish fighters in the region. young people who are addicted to computer games and gambling can now get specialist help on the nhs in england. it's estimated that around 55,000 11—to—16 year olds in the uk are problem gamblers. treatment is being made easier to access, including using skype for consultations. a woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling from a ride at hull fair. a statement from humberside police said it is believed she fell from one ride onto the base of another nearby, on monday evening. both rides have been closed while officers and safety officials establish what happened. that is a summary of the news so far, back to you, victoria. this group of men, all of who

in the amendment on the bill later on in the preceding we leave you there with this shot of trafalgar square where protesters are on the move. this offly way to take the table is to make this the only deal. mr. speaker, there are three reasons why i think we should vote in favor of this deal today to the's just go back first principles. we made a contract with the people of the united kingdom and using the two elements of our constitution. we said to them we will not and cannot make a decision, therefore you must take the decision and then we will say how to implement the decision. that is what we are being asked to do today. it is our duty to deliver on what we promised the people if you want to maintain our systems. stood on a manifesto that said we would order the results of the referendum, and it's not good enough to say that you favor a deal and then went to vote down every single detail of every single deal that's ever made. the public will regard this as disingenuous. let's have another referendum, why would any citizen of this country looking at their parliament vote in a second one

all approaches to trafalgar square and parliament square are closed.ns between tavistock avenue and wadsworth road after a warehouse caught fire. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. not the greatest day of weather today. yesterday wasn't too bad but today we are returning to that very u nsettled we are returning to that very unsettled them. it's very windy and there will be plenty of rain around at times, some of it heavy. it is a mild start of the morning, temperatures are14— mild start of the morning, temperatures are 14— 15 degrees, but also a very wet one. there will be lots of rain around through the morning rush hour, lots of surface water. the rain turns lighter, more patchy as we go through the morning, but more rain in the afternoon. a very blustery day with gusty winds of up to 40 miles an hour. so it is windy and it's wet. lots of low cloud around as well, top temperatures of17— cloud around as well, top temperatures of 17— 18 celsius. not feeling too cold. by the time we get to the evening rush hour, more rain in th

been over 200 arrests as protestors blocked bridges and roads in the city centre, including trafalgar squarens and protesters swiftly chained themselves underneath. we're trying to shut central london to draw attention to the climate and ecological violence. go, go, go! but officers drew the line when activists tried to set up a kitchen — yep, sink and all, in the middle of trafalgar square. this was a numbers game. there were hundreds of police. there are no official numbers yet, but thousands of protesters. campsites and kitchens quickly sprang up in the heart of government. there was even an impromptu wedding on westminster bridge. cheering and applause it brought parts of central london to a standstill. everyone's going to lose money. i might as well go home now. my day's finished. i ain't going to earn nothing, am i? it certainly was disruptive. it took hours for police to uncut protesters from this scaffolding tower. not everyone agreed with the tactics. you are hysterical extremists and you are alienating public opinion and i am not going to turn off their lights until you ask them to

our correspondent, dan johnson, sent this from trafalgar square.afalgar square are closed, and that is a deliberate strategy to target these high—profile sites. if we look around here, we can see the protesters 00:40:51,595 --> 2147483051:57:10,512 have packed a trailer 2147483051:57:10,512 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and there are actually demonstrators towards parliament, and they keep moving to keep trying to stretch the police, to catch them out. so far, they seem to have successful in that. it is certainly a challenge for the police, and so far this morning they have made 135 arrests. that was dan johnson. the media watchdog, ofcom, has said it has "serious concerns around the transparency of the bbc‘s complaints process" following its handling of the naga munchetty case. the bbc recently reversed a decision to partially uphold a complaint against the presenter for comments she made about president trump. let's get more on this, we can speak to our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. what has happened today? ofcom has published a very det

drew the line when activists tried to set up a kitchen — yep, sink and all — in the middle of trafalgar squareere hundreds of police. there are no official numbers yet, but thousands of protesters. campsites and kitchens quickly sprang up in the heart of government. there was even an impromptu wedding on westminster bridge. cheering and applause it brought parts of central london to a standstill. everyone‘s going to lose money. i might as well go home now. my day's finished. i ain't going to earn nothing, am i? it certainly was disruptive. it took hours for police to unglue protesters from this scaffolding tower. and how would you cut this guy free from his hearse? not everyone agreed with the tactics. i think you're hysterical extremists, and you are alienating public opinion, and they ain't going to turn off their lights until you ask them to individually. celebrity supporters defended the action. this is a movement for everybody. this is not about party politics, it's not about brexit. it's much, much bigger than all of that. and it wasn'tjust london. extinction rebellion protests included

cleared most of extinction rebellion's makeshift campsites today, insisting they only occupy trafalgar squarearbon emissions have gone down 42% since 1990. that's as cleaner energy has been introduced as less is manufactured here in the uk. now that's happened without much effort from us. the next stage in emissions reduction is going to be very different, according to the new report. there has to be a major shift to public transport. 0ur homes need to be better insulated, our heating systems low carbon. the report says we'll also have to eat less meat and dairy and drive down emissions from agriculture. some cows produce less methane than others. meet the low carbon cow. the difference between the most polluting animal and the least polluting animal is about a0%. our hope is to keep breeding using these less polluting animals. so you're trying to breed a kind of race of super low carbon cows. ultimately, that's the goal. that's the goal? yes. but the report warns we will only be willing to make these changes with incentives from government, and by pushing up the prices of high carbon product

cleared most of extinction rebellion‘s makeshift campsites today, insisting they only occupy trafalgar squarearbon emissions have gone down 42% since 1990. that's as cleaner energy has been introduced as less is manufactured here in the uk. now that's happened without much effort from us. the next stage in emissions reduction is going to be very different according to the new report. there has to be a major shift to public transport. 0ur homes need to be better insulated, our heating systems low carbon. the report says we'll also have to eat less meat and dairy and drive down emissions from agriculture. some cows produce less methane than others. meet the low carbon cow. the difference between the most polluting animal and the least polluting animal is about a0%. our hope is to keep breeding using these less polluting animals. so you're trying to breed a kind of race of super low carbon cows. ultimately, that's the goal. that's the goal? yes. but the report warns we will only be willing to make these changes with incentives from government, and by pushing up the prices of high carbon products

drew the line when activists tried to set up a kitchen — yep, sink and all — in the middle of trafalgar squarece. there are no official numbers yet, but thousands of protesters. campsites and kitchens quickly sprang up in the heart of government. there was even an impromptu wedding on westminster bridge. cheering and applause it brought parts of central london to a standstill. everyone's going to lose money. i might as well go home now. my day's finished. i ain't going to earn nothing, am i? it certainly was disruptive. it took hours for police to unglue protesters from this scaffolding tower. and how would you cut this guy free from his hearse? not everyone agreed with the tactics. i think you're hysterical extremists and you are alienating public opinion and i am not going to turn off their lights until you ask them to individually. celebrity supporters defended the action. this is a movement for everybody, this is not about party politics, it's not about brexit, it is bigger than that. and it wasn'tjust london. extinction rebellion protests included a mass lie—in in mumbai, road blocks in b

might of napoleon, past wellington's home at hyde park corner, past nelson, on his column, in trafalgar squarethe nation's capital, reflecting historical tensions with european neighbours. a significant part of the country mayjust want to get a deal done, get onto the next stage of the brexit process. but these are the faces of people who are saying not in my name, not yet, or not at all. details of every growl and groan from the debate inside the house of commons rippled through the crowds outside as they headed towards parliament. stop brexit now! this long—planned event provided a noisy soundtrack to attempts by government to bring the brexit argument to an end before the march reached its destination. pictures from inside the palace of westminster were relayed to the vast crowd watching outside, and then the moment when it was clear there would be no brexit deal today. applause. the news from parliament is greeted less with rejoicing, i think, and more with relief. the long march that they hope leads from one people's vote to another people's vote, well, that can go on. it's not a defeat.

we went to do a talk at trafalgar square, for the standing together christian charity, my wife and istage, she was next to a woman, and she said "what you doing here?", she said "my husband is doing a talk". she said "wouldn't it come better from you ? " she said "why? does my husband grieve any less than me?" she couldn't — my missus had to get up and walk away from this woman. why would it be better? i feel for my son as much as she did, you know. why do you think you are ignored sometimes? i think the women have carried the child. i was going to say that. and given birth to the child. so there is an automatic empathy, particularly from women to women, because they have a shared experience. i think that is what it is. i want to bring in martin. you will have heard this argument about, you know, there aren't enough youth clubs services, there have been cuts to various sectors since 2010. i won't ask you about policy because that is not your area, what do you think we can do to try and reduce the number of knife crime victims? i think it is very difficult. i think that the problems s

year old woman ahead of the monday morning rush hour this is what it looks like just outside trafalgar square right now and the meld just about. before the 2 week campaign kicked off police in the british capital also rounded up 10 activists after the group threatened to shut down westminster and cripple the city's transport networks as part of a worldwide movement starting in 60 cities. protesters have also disrupted traffic in central amsterdam and despite a warning of a clamp down by the authorities dutch police say they've made arrests near a popular tourist attraction in berlin around a 1000 people blocked a traffic roundabout dozens of activists have reportedly been apprehended in australia and new zealand where the protests started hours ago before all this on sunday activists in germany practiced peaceful resistance and mock arrests at that camp in front of parliament and campaign as in new delhi and india staged a mock funeral for the us and in paris hundreds gathered ahead of monday's main event extinction rebellions but in the headlines throughout the year of course with hundreds o

that is a picture of an extinction rebellion protest in trafalgar square.ing the nhs to pick up the pieces. that is also a picture of extinction rebellion in london yesterday. that picture has been around a lot. sally was talking yesterday about the longstaff brothers. this is on the back of daily mail. this is sean and matty. he scored on his debut for newcastle against manchester united. a lot of newcastle fans delighted. sheer delight for what it means to score on your debut for your club. that is an adorable little picture. that is an adorable little picture. that is an adorable little picture. that is cute. i am sure they have been celebrating. newcastle and manchester united in a spot of bother in the premier league. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. and you are starting with a typhoon? yes, we think this typhoon will head towards the south coast of japan. it has been categorised as a violent typhoon. if this was a hurricane in the atlantic, it would be category five. typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones a re five. typhoons, hurricanes

the extinction rebellion activists blocked roads, chained themselves to vehicles, and filled trafalgar squaretion on what they say are global climate and wildlife emergencies was echoed within the palace of westminster. where mps debated a petition calling for the eu and un to impose sanctions on brazil over its deforestation of the amazon rain forest. what a natural environment this petition refers to. the amazon rainforest, 5.5 square million of rainforest surrounding the amazon river. 60% of it is contained in brazil, as the honourable member has drawn attention to. it is home to about a quarter of the world's species and accounts for about 15% of terrestrial photosynthesis and is a major carbon sink. the world wildlife fund report it's home to perhaps 3a million people, including 385 indigenous groups. it is integral to notjust to the habitats of the people, plants and animals it provides a lot to, but the global ecosystem. so it is very, very precious. but we also know that the amazon rainforest has been under threat from deforestation for some years. between 2001—2018, brazil lost almos

we went to do a talk at trafalgar square, for the standing together christian charity, my wife andi together, my wife and i was waiting to go on stage, she was next to a woman and she said what you doing here, she said my husband is doing a talk. she said wouldn't it come better from you. she said why, does my husband grieve any she said why, does my husband grieve a ny less she said why, does my husband grieve any less than me? she couldn't, my mrs had to get up and walk away from this woman, why would it be better? i feel for my this woman, why would it be better? ifeel for my son this woman, why would it be better? i feel for my son as much as she did, you know. why do you think you are ignored sometimes?” did, you know. why do you think you are ignored sometimes? i think the women have carried the child. are ignored sometimes? i think the women have carried the childlj are ignored sometimes? i think the women have carried the child. i i was going to say that. and given birth to the child. so there is an automatic empathy, particularly from women, to women, because they have a shared expe

impose the rules after "continued breaches" of conditions which limited the demonstrations to trafalgar squarelcomed 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 of weeks where it has been impossible to get around the centre of london. police have the powers to ban a protest of the public order act o

they are moving down to trafalgar square. they support this vote. they have raised half a million pounds in donations. ordinary people are getting involved, trying to have their voices heard. within theom mp's house of commons. they are calling upon these people to get their voices heard. side, trying to get their voice heard as the debate continues inside the house of commons. >> we are looking forward to the future of our children. only by putting this back to the people and listening to all of those people, the hundreds of thousands who are marching out there today, give them a say on their future. agree with the tenant of what was said it. >> he talks about workers rights. the you entitlement for holiday pay is for weeks. in the u.k., it is 5.6 weeks. why aren't we doing it already? >> because that's something the labour party would never countenance. >> order. are a most eccentric dennison of the house. this is not conducting a private conversation with you. control yourself. >> the conservative party is they are forcing us into no deal in prev

are also works taking place at whitehall, closed northbound from north horse guards avenue to trafalgar squarests of rain first thing but like i say, they will be pushed away. a gusty wind associated with the front in the cloud breaking up as it clears through the afternoon. some sunny spells a little later. the temperature today heading to around 16 celsius. after a dry enter the day it looks dry overnight as. again, clear spells in the wind a little lighter. leading to mist yunus by dawn. small chance of a shower sneaking up from the south but largely dry and the temperature between seven and eight celsius. for thursday, the air is still unstable so we are likely to see a mixture of heavy showers and you may get funded mixed in with hail but also sunny spells as well. again, a gusty breeze and it will stay unsettled through the rest of this week and into the weekend with showers and breeze. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. sequence of events. i can't believe that. hello this is breakfast with dan walke

past nelson on his column in trafalgar square, the architecture of the nation ‘s capital reflecting ourn from inside the house of commons would ripple through the crowds outside as they headed towards parliament. this long planned event provided a noisy soundtrack to attempts by government to bring the brexit argument to an end, before the march reached its destination. pictures from inside the palace of westminister were relayed to the vast crowd watching outside. and then the moment when it was clear there would be no brexit deal today. the news from parliament is greeted, less with rejoicing, i think, and more like relief. the long march that they hope leads from one people's vote to another people's vote, well, that can go on. it is not a defeat. we are still in the fight. it gives us hope that something can be slowed down. slowed down. because the slower it goes the better. it means the agony continues though, doesn't it? i know, yes, that's boring, but that's the position that he has put us in, so... but what will the final destination look like? for people on all sides of the arg

climate activists have set up sites in trafalgar square and vauxhall, and a protest has been taking placeto deal with multi sites of protesters, large numbers of protesters and protesters that are gluing themselves to each other the street furniture and locking themselves on with complex locks they mean it is slow and sometimes dangerous to remove them. so we have had to draw officers in from across the country to help us police it, which means they are not in their communities policing where they want to be and where they should be. how long do you think there will continue if you are taking resources from elsewhere was something is going to give. you will make changes in demand and it does mean that we are not doing the activity that we wa nt to are not doing the activity that we want to do, the same amount of time of the victims, we are still responding to emergencies when people need us, but it is a big ask we are asking a lot of our officers and it is not fair on the communities in london and the police are not able to provide the service that we want. what is your reaction to the ac

in central london — the extinction rebellion demonstration is still affecting roads around trafalgar squarefic on the north circular eastbound is slow towards green lanes. now the weather with lizzi. plenty of early sunshine around, a pretty sunrise and a nippy start to the day. temperatures across the board back into single figures. today should stay dry or mostly dry, one or two showers in the afternoon. rather blustery with a brisk south—westerly when attending to pick up as we head for the day. lots of morning sunshine than the cloud thickening from the west as we had to the afternoon. turning brazier and cloudier and if there may be one or two showers of the day but temperatures higher than yesterday, peaking at 17 degrees but remember it will be windy and staying windy overnight and it looks quite wet with rain through the early hours into tomorrow morning so wet and windy but a mild start of the day tomorrow with flows between 12 and 14 celsius. tomorrow, blustery day, spells of rain on and off but feeling milder and more rain by saturday. plenty more on our website at the usual addr

climate activists have set up sites in trafalgar square and vauxhall, and a protest has been taking placere two demonstrators have climbed onto a glass roof. i'm joined by deputy assistant commissioner, laurence taylor. thank you for speaking to us. a busy time for you? it is. stretched, what does that practically mean? time for you? it is. stretched, what does that practically mean7m time for you? it is. stretched, what does that practically mean? it is a complex operation we're dealing with, multiple sites of protesters, large numbers of protesters and protesters who are going themselves to each other, to street furniture and locking themselves on with complex locks that mean it is slow and sometimes dangerous first remove them. —— glowing. them. —— police and sometimes dangerous first remove them. —— police are not in their communities where they want to be, because we have had to ask them to come and help. wind how long can that continue? taking resources from elsewhere, something is going to give? it certainly has an impact. the met is a big organisation. we are used to changing reso

way from marble arch, past wellington‘s home at hyde park corner, past nelson on his column in trafalgar squareours. details of every groa n european neighbours. details of every groan from the debate inside the house of commons rippled through the house of commons rippled through the crowds outside as they headed towards parliament. this long planned event provided a noisy soundtrack to bring the brexit argument to an end before the march reached its destination. pictures of inside the palace of westminster we re inside the palace of westminster were relayed to the vast crowd watching outside and then the moment when it was clear there would be no brexit deal today. cheering the news from parliament is greeted with relief rather than rejoice. the long march that they hope leads from one peoples vote to another people‘s boat, well, that can go on. it's not a defeat. we are still in the fight. —— peoples vote. a defeat. we are still in the fight. -- peoples vote. things are going to slow down. the slower it goes the better. it means the agony continues. yes, it's boring, but he has put that in t

policarrested at least 20 people monday as protesters have vowed to close down parliament and trafalgar square. this is lizzy mansfield, one of the protesters. >> we're here because the gogornment is s not doing enough on the climate emergency. the key word is "emergency." we've seen surprisingly little action. get one planet. we need to try and defend it. amy: on saturday, london police used a battering ram to break into a building used by extinction rebellion, seizing protest supplies and arresting 10 people on pre-emptive charges of suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuiuisance. back in the united states, the trump administration moved friday to open more than acres 720,000 of california land to oil and gas drilling. environmentalists have vowed to sue to block what would be the first federal fossil fuel lease sales since 2013. clare lakewood, senior attorney at the center for biological diversity, said -- "turning over these spectacular wild places to dirty drilling and fracking will sicken californians, harm endangered species, and fuel climate chaos." president trump signed a proc

one group superglued themselves to a parked hearse in trafalgar square as hundreds occupied the area. other demonstrators shut down westminster bridge long enough for a couple to get married before the crowd. this is protester jake lynch speaking from the streets of london. >> it is now five e months since parliament declared a climatee emergency and yeyet we have seen no emergency l legislation brout forward to take effective action to stem the climate crisis, so we are still subsisidizing fossl fuels more than any other country in europe,e, globally carbon emissions a are still inincreasing. we'rere heading prerecisely in e wrong didirection. we here at extinction rebellion are taking action to interrupt the flow of norormality becauset isis that flow that is carryings towards disaster. juan: extinction rebellion launched in london last year and has since grown into a global movement. prime minister boris johnson attacked the groups protesters monday night, calling them "uncooperative crusties." climate activist george monbiot responded tweeting -- "i'm proud to be an #uncooperative