By by lunchtime we will know whether borisjohnson by lunchtime we will know whether Boris Johnson can achieve by lunchtime we will know whether borisjohnson can achieve a lifetimes dream or whether jeremy hunt will be the next occupant of number ten. The liberal democrats have announced their new leader. Jo swinson takes over from sir vince cable. She becomes the first woman to lead the party. Dozens of pro democracy protestors are injured in hong kong after theyre attacked by masked men in white carrying metal bars and sticks. And adam peaty makes history as he wins the 100m breaststroke his third successive gold at the World Championships in south korea. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could gareth bale be about tojoin the Chinese Super league for a Million Pounds a week . Good evening. A convicted paedophile who accused some of the uks highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51 year old carl beech who was known by
So desperately needs. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katy balls, from the spectator, and political commentator, lance price. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. A convicted paedophile who accused some of the uks highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51 year old carl beech, who was known by the pseudonym nick, claimed he was sexually abused in the 1970s and 80s. Among those he accused were the former Prime Minister, edward heath, the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall, the late lord brittan, and the former tory mp, Harvey Proctor. His allegations led to a £2 Million Police investigation. But the court heard he was a fantastist whod ruined peoples lives. June kelly reports from newcastle. In hours of Police Interviews he played the part of a victim. I had poppies pinned to my chest while they did whatever they wanted to do. Carl beech claimed
If iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in their waters along the coastline. And blast off for indias mission to the moon. Scientists hope theyll be the first to explore the lunar south pole. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 00 in the morning in hong kong where the authorities have defended the police, after groups of pro democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. 45 people were injured in the incident, which happened after a rally in the centre of the city. Opposition politicians have accused police of being suspiciously slow to arrive at the scene. You may find some of the pictures in stephen mcdonells report upsetting. Gangs were waiting when pro democracy activists arrived. Their attack was brutal. Using home made weapons, they set upon individual protesters. One of t
A subtle change is expected with temperatures ranging in the afternoon, upper 60s at the coast, upper 80s for our inland cities. We are starting out with just a little bit of patchy fog out there and partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. A better look at the Current Conditions, the afternoon highs for today and what you can expect for the rest of the weekend coming up. All right, rosemary, thank you. Well, the parents and the brother of a man reported missing here in the bay area have flown from new york to San Francisco. Now to search for him. Just two weeks ago, the missing 22 year old man started a new job at netflix. Jana katsuyama tells us about evidence that the family says was found at a popular land park in San Francisco. Im heartbroken. Johannes cadens family is terrified. His parents and older brother joseph flew in from new york wednesday after they suddenly lost touch with the 22 year old. They say johannes had just graduated from cornell in may and was starting a
Incarceration and overpolicing please welcome kelly stimson, senior legal fellow and Deputy Director in the heritage foundations meese center for legal and judicial studies. Well, welcome to the heritage foundation. For those of you online here in person, then those whove joined us on c, were delighted to have and im really delighted and honored to welcome to heritage two friends and really giant in the criminal Justice Policy world. Dr. Barry latzer on my far left and Rafael Mangual barry is professor Professor Emeritus at the John Jay College criminal justice and at the city college of new york. He has a law degree and a ph. D. And is the author of countless articles, papers and influential books the rise and fall of Violent Crime in america. And his latest book, published last year called the myth of our punishment a defense, the american Justice System and a proposal to reduce incarceration while protecting the public Rafael Mangual is the Nick Odonnell fellow head of research for