of incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities it includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy. the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster, says an inquiry by mps, which will damage the nation s interests for years. the murder of three year old kemarni watson darby his mother s boyfriend is jailed for at least 2a years, after subjecting the toddler to weeks of beatings. good morning everyone and welcome to the brand new elizabeth line service. and the train pulling in is three years late and £4 billion over budget crossrail opens for business, as the first passengers catch the elizabeth line. it was a long wait but, you know, it s here now, and we are on it. the journey time between canary wharf and whitechapel blew my mind. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: gareth southgate is set to announce his squad for next month s nations league games, when england will take on hungary, italy and germany. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc new
heart of china s highly secret in incarceration. includes details of the sheet kill policy. the murder of this toddler. the boyfriend is jailed. west ham defender pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat under offences under the animal welfare act. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. speaking for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings in downing street during covid lockdowns have told bbc news that they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before, and that parties were routine. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about his attendance at the leaving party, and the metropolitan police are facing calls to explain why the prime minister wasn t issued with a fine. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has
to hear about the descriptions of the injuries that kemarni suffered was really, really harrowing. pope had previous convictions, including for assault, burglary and dealing drugs. watson was described as having a zero to 100 temper. both used cannabis regularly. last month, pope was convicted of kemarni s murder. watson was cleared of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the death of her son. they were both also found guilty of child cruelty. a safeguarding review which will reveal whether opportunities were missed to save kemarni will be published soon. navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. the time is 13:18. our top story this lunchtime. insiders have told bbc news that lockdown parties in downing street were routine. the premier league footballer kurt zouma admits charges
a mother who s daughter was strip searched by police said that she was so distraught she tried to take her own life. the force is currently being sued for strip searching another girl referred to as child 0, without an appropriate aduu as child 0, without an appropriate adult being present. headlines and more news coming up but let check out the weather prospects now. hello. further west, higher pressure slowly building in which has been killing off the showers. most showers will fade away but the next frontal system will work its way in, wetter,
households. 0n energy, that s millions of households. on top of that there will be the question of how to fund it. some companies have profited from these rising prices, which will raise the debate around the urgency of a windfall tax and i expect something could come on that as soon as this week. something could come on that as soon as this week- a man who murdered his partner s three year old son after inflicting more than 20 rib fractures over weeks of beatings has been jailed for at least 24 years. the little boy s mother also received 11 years for causing or allowing his death. navtej johal is outside court of us. the church at birmingham crown court described this case is particularly distressing and tragic. kemarni s relative to chair dell nathaniel pope s life sentence was read out and one told me she feltjustice had been served for the little boy whose