About and its findings. Good morning about and its findings. Good morning it about and its findings. Good morning. It is about and its findings. Good morning. It is out, about and its findings. Good morning. It is out, the about and its findings. Good l morning. It is out, the interim findings of Operation Kenova, a savanier, near £40 million investigation into an army agent at the heart of the ira. Freddie scapaticci was tasked with hunting down suspected informers. This report and its findings shine a light into dark corners of the so called dirty war, the intelligence war between the state and the ira. Among its findings which include a failure by the Security Forces to protect those accused by the ira of being agents. It also finds that agents were involved in murder with no evidence to suggest that the authorities considered holding them liable. Crucially, a finding that Freddie Scappaticci purported to be the armys golden egg, a prized asset inside the ira who it was said had sa
And brett bruen, former us diplomat and professor of Crisis Communication at georgetown university. First, the latest headlines. Donald trump has posted a bond of almost 92 million as he appeals against the verdict of a Defamation Case against him in new york. Mr trump wants to reverse an order to pay the writer, ejean carroll, more than 83 million. A United Nations Fact Finding Mission has concluded that iran was responsible for the violence that led to the death of mahsa amini a kurdish woman accused of breaching islamic dress rules. A report said the government also used Unnecessary Lethal Force to suppress demonstrations that followed. A report on the british armys top undercover agent in the ira during the troubles in Northern Ireland has found that his actions probably cost more lives than he saved. The agent, codenamed stakeknife, worked inside an ira unit responsible for rooting out informers. Officials in australia say the Great Barrier reef is undergoing another mass bleachin
We will have a special programme in 30 minutes. Hello, im nicky schiller. We start in the United States where President Biden has delivered his last state of the Union Address before the president ial election in november. In a fiery speech he warned that the us is facing a greater threat to its freedom and democracy than at any time since the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s. He repeatedly took swipes at donald trump, using the term, My Predecessor 13 times. He described mr trumps recent remarks about nato as unacceptable. Mr biden said he had inherited an economy on the brink after the turmoil of covid pandemic, but it was now the envy of the world. But it was his repeated attacks on mr trump which drew the biggest cheers on capitol hill. Nomia iqbal has the story from washington. Cheering. This was President Biden s make or break moment to show americans why he should be re elected. No pressure. Good evening. If i were smart, id go home now. Laughter. It was a more fiery s
And it is blowing at the moment. North east england, 2a miles an hour. 73 miles an hour over the tops of the pennines. At the moment we have got gusts of wind of 57 miles an hour, so two or three times the strength of the winds elsewhere in Northern England. Overnight it will stay quite blurry and there will be a lot of cloud around with Rain Pushing Northwards and westwards. None of the rate will be heavy. Temperatures four to seven overnight. The weekend whether prospect is dominated by this low Weather Pressure further south. It will throw in bands of rain across the uk, and on saturday we start off with Rain In The South West going into Northern England and that will move northwards to Reach Scotland and Northern Ireland in the afternoon. At the same time it will brighten up across east anglia and the midlands with hazy, sunny spells coming through. Could get up to 13 in the sunshine. But in the north sea coast cold again, temperatures just six or seven celsius. Saturday looks like
There is an overwhelming case to be made for a departure from ncnd, neither confirm nor deny, and this has left a lot of families in limbo. Families will be greatly encouraged by todays strong recommendation from jon boutcher that there will be a comprehensive review of ncnd, for many, that cant come quickly enough. The findings in todays report makes a decision not to prosecute anyone at all all the more depressing. Many hope that someone from the security forces, the intelligence constituency, which in fact be prosecuted for perverting the course ofjustice, conspiracy to murder and related offences. Todays finding only serves to compound frustration to address this glaring justice deficit. We further requested reviews and a number of cases and are now at the point of litigation against the Pps On Failure to look at overarching criminal, corporate failings. We say government and relevant other agencies had a statutory obligation under health and safety regulations to handle and overse