to restore public faith. the culture sadly in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia is largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown. todayis today is without a doubt one of the darkest today is without a doubt one of the darkest days in an almost 200 year old met police service. european stock markets recover in early trading with shares in banks rallying after moves to reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse. barricades go up in new york in preparation for protests. a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited vladimir putin to visit beijing this year, and said he would make ties with mos
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