and to ensure that their views were not only heard, but embedded across policy and practice. so, from my perspective, i did thatjob. i sat with victims and survivors, i listened to the harrowing stories of abuse but, equally, those they went to who often looked the other way. and i shared those experiences with the highest of the highest, so the archbishop s council members, made up of the most senior bishops, various people on there, and explained to them that victims and survivors are tired of apologies. they need to be heard. they want change and change is very slow for them. and today, as i sit here, as somebody who was removed from that role and accused of being too survivor focused by a very senior member of the national safeguarding team, i feel aggrieved for victims
climate change, warning that extreme weather events are hitting the country more frequently, and with greater devastation than ever before. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell visited luoxingdun island, in the country s flood plain in the south, and also to the town of zhuzhou in the north, which is normally flood free. here is his special report. china s recent floods hit hard in parts of the country not accustomed to them. and its meteorological administration says both extreme temperatures and precipitation have definitely increased in recent decades. it s one thing to talk about climate change in the abstract, quite another to consider real human impacts. this whole town is having to rebuild after the recent floods and all these businesses, they ve been completely trashed by the floodwaters, and the people here, they don t know how they re going to be able to get back
in a plane crash on wednesday. reports suggest ukraine s counter offensive may be gathering pace. we ll have the latest. to china, where extreme weather events continue to devastate the country due to climate change. we ll bring you a special report. and all these businesses, they ve been completely trashed by the floodwaters. and the people here they don t know how they ll be able to get back to the way their lives were. london s metropolitan police is investigating a suspected data hack involving the details of potentially thousands of officers. and celebrating caribbean culture europe s biggest street party, notting hill carnival, gets under way in london. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news.
crash on wednesday. reports suggest ukraine s counter offensive may be gathering pace we ll have the latest. to china, where extreme weather events continue to devastate the country due to climate change we ll bring you a special report. in all these businesses, they have been completely trashed by the flood waters and the people here, they don t know how they will get back to the way their lives were. london s metropolitan police is investigating a suspected data hack, involving the details of potentially thousands of officers. and celebrating caribbean culture europe s biggest street party, notting hill carnival, gets under way in london.
that strong message. i mean, i campaigned for the criminalisation of forced marriage. that, i m hearing, from the younger generation today, is acting as a deterrent, as almost a tool to negotiate with family members. to be clear, you achieved that. yeah. i mean, that legislation was passed. absolutely. and younger people are telling me now that, we re able to say to our parents, you can t do this to us. it s against the law. you ll go to prison . so. but i have to say, change is really slow in that community, where this is happening. where the change is happening is the increase in reporting. karma nirvana, i left in 2018, has a national helpline now. we have civil, criminal law. recently, the age of consent for marriage for children in england and wales has been increased from 16 to 18. yeah, you can t marry under 18. no. so, we ve changed things significantly, in terms of leaving that lasting change. i should say that s in england and wales, it s not in scotland and northern i