reorganization. we ll talk to the mayor and plus this. that is violence, serious violence escalating between israel and palestinians. and a mysterious drone strike against iran stoking tension in the region as america s top diplomat heads to jerusalem in the thick of it. facing a major test as this situation continues. a bombastic warning from a top u.s. general who is predicting war with china potentially. we re going to start though with the memphis police department permanently shutting down the scorpion unit after the savage and deadly beating of tyre nichols. the special unit is once celebrated for cracking down on high crime areas. it is now coming under intense scrutiny. the big question is was tyre nichols the only one? or did other people also suffer brutal treatment? you re going to stay on top of this. it has a very as i understand it, sketchy track record. well, we re hearing that certainly from people in the community. you were there. people would come
at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. ministers say more funding for research and new targets to cut pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors think more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. let s return to today s scathing review of london s metropolitan police which 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. labour party leader sir keir starmer and shadow home secretary yvette cooper are giving a press conference in response to the report, let s listen in. good afternoon everyone thank you very much forjoining us. baroness casey s report today commissioned by the mayor of london is forensic, thorough and truly damning. it is deeply critical about the problems in the metropolitan police and the urgent change some of
midlands, wales and the south west, then further pulses of heavy rain will push across wales and the south west of england later this afternoon. here is a closer look across scotland this afternoon at four o clock, a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. northern ireland, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery downpours. a window of mostly fine weather for northern england through the afternoon, and across east anglia and the south east where we hold onto the brightness we could see temperatures reaching 25 degrees. for the midlands and the south west of england, some outbreaks of rain. heavier pulses of rain will swing in across the south west and wales, into northern england throughout the night. some clear spells up to the north west, that will allow it to get chilly, and later in the night we are likely to see a fresh plot of downpours across the far south east of england. some rain to start tomorrow morning but it will clear off smartly to leave a day of sunshi
we have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo nazis and the kkk. these dangerous fringe groups have no place in american public life and the american public debate and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. and 70 years ago 200 years of british colonial rule in india came to an end when the country was partitioned into pakistan and india hundreds of thousands of people were killed as violence erupted on both sides. we will talk to two families about what it meant for them and the legacy it left. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about today including the news of a big increase in the number of people being arrested for being drunk at airports or on flights. do you drink when you fly? if you work in the travel industry and have experienced drunk passengers or if you re a traveller with views on whether licensing laws should be changed do get in contact. u
award, the artist of my life is beyonce for me, and the album lemonade is so monumental, so monumental. could afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the justice secretary, liz truss has said there s no quick fix to reduce the prison population in england and wales. her first major speech on sentencing follows a bbc investigation which found evidence of major security failings at a privately run prison in northumberland. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama spent two months working as a prison officer at the jail near morpeth. he secretly filmed widespread drug abuse and discovered that door alarms didn t work and there was a hole in a fence. the ministry ofjustice says it s looking into allegations. our correspondent ed thomas reports. undercover in one of our biggestjails. for two months, bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more th