The british army has been stood down from supporting the metropolitan police after hundreds of officers stepped back from firearms duties. The Prime Minister has said armed officers need clarity about their legal powers. Rishi sunak was backing a home office review, after a metropolitan Police Officer was charged with murdering a 24 year old man, chris kaba, in south london last year. Earlier, the bbc was told up to 300 officers had turned in permits allowing them to carry weapons. Lord macdonald, the former director of Public Prosecutions in england and wales, told the bbc that the met police chief needs to provide more information, if he believes his officers are being unfairly dealt with. A lot of respect for mark, hes an excellent commissioner. But i think he needs to identify what there is a Glaring Unfairness is our. Evidence has been assembled by the police about police conduct. It has been referred to the cps, the evidence has been considered and the cps have made their decisio
Long record. One fact is indisputable. Throughout my time in congress, i have remained steadfast on the side of Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders in egypt, and everywhere else in the world. If you look at my actions related to that during the period described in this indictment and throughout my whole career, my record is clear and consistent in holding it accountable for its unjust detention of american citizens and others, human rights abuses, its deepening relationship with russia, and efforts that have eroded the independence of the nationjudiciary among a eroded the independence of the nation judiciary among a myriad eroded the independence of the nationjudiciary among a myriad of concerns. In 2017, i led a bipartisan letter to then President Trump expressing grave concern with the worsening situation for human rights in egypt. That same year sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee supporting us assistance to egypt as long as egypt adhered to the accords and