to restore public faith. the culture sadly in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia is largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown. todayis today is without a doubt one of the darkest today is without a doubt one of the darkest days in an almost 200 year old met police service. european stock markets recover in early trading with shares in banks rallying after moves to reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse. barricades go up in new york in preparation for protests. a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited vladimir putin to visit beijing this year, and said he would make ties with mos
and political ties between the two countries following talks between the two in moscow. at a news conference in the last hour and a half, the pair announced increasing economic partnerships, and said they would deepen co operation between their armed forces. president putin praised china s plan to end the war in ukraine, saying the proposals could form the basis for a peace settlement. however there were no further details of the plans, and they are unlikely to be acceptable to the ukraine government. the russian leader said moscow would help chinese businesses replace western firms that had abandoned operations in russia due to sanctions. president xi, meanwhile, described their discussions as friendly, frank, and fruitful. it s the chinese leader s second day in moscow our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley sent this report earlier. it s a visit being watched around the world for what its global consequences could be. according to the chinese president, his meet
london s metropolitan police, has found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author, baronness casey, said many londoners had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it didn t change. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has more. let s remember how all this began. sarah everard walking home kidnapped, raped and murdered by a met police officer. it shocked then and this report is frightening. a force that is broken, failing. there is, without doubt, a discriminatory culture right across the metropolitan police. and i think that institutional racism, institutional sexism, institutional misogyny and homophobia are definitely present across the organisation. we think the met is not able to assure all of us that its officers are of sufficient
a couple of weeks ago. it also shows, again, before japan hosts the g7 summit, that it is fully committed, is involved in what s happening in ukraine. it can provide military support, yes, but it has other means of support, whether humanitarian or reconstruction or rebuilding. here in the uk, a scathing review of britain s largest police force, london s metropolitan police, has found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author, baronness casey, said many londoners had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it didn t change. our special correspondent lucy manning has more. let s remember how all this began. sarah everard walking home kidnapped, raped and murdered by a met police officer. it shocked then and this