We are working at pace. As you can see, we are out you are engaging with all of the key partners and i will be Moving On, travelling wager in the region to facilitate that as well. Dame Sarah Storey becomes britains most successful paralympian of all time a remarkable ride In Tokyo bringing Her 17th Gold Medal. It still feels a bit like an out of Body Experience, like youre watching somebody else go through that it is very, very hard to put into words. And Mamma Mia are abba about to release new music nearly a0 years after they last performed together . A Public Inquiry has found shocking failings and � Blatant Hypocrisy� in the way major religious groups have handled allegations of Child Abuse. The independent inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse says a number of religions, including thejehovahS Witnesses, orthodoxjudaism and islam, are morally failing children; it found that in some cases religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse, in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. The report has been produced at The End of weeks of public hearings in which survivors of abuse gave evidence. Richard galpin reports. Idid not i did not fully recognise what was going on at the time is wrong or had a label for it. And these were my patients. A label for it. And these were my atients. ,. ,. ,. , patients. Cera, not her real name, was very young patients. Cera, not her real name, was very young when patients. Cera, not her real name, was very young when she patients. Cera, not her real name, was very young when she says patients. Cera, not her real name, was very young when she says her| was very young when she says her father, a jehovahs witness, started abusing her. Her mother, a particularly devoutjehovahs particularly devout jehovahs witness, also particularly devoutjehovahs witness, also abused her she said. It was very abusive and controlling. Although i feel like my mothers Mental Health issues were her own Mental Health issues were her own Mental Health issues were her own Mental Health issues, ifeel like the Witness Religion give her a framework to hang that abuse on, to justify it. And ultimately to get away with it. Justify it. And ultimately to get away with it justify it. And ultimately to get awa with it. ,. , away with it. The allegations were eventually Reported away with it. The allegations were eventually Reported by away with it. The allegations were eventually Reported by a away with it. The allegations were eventually Reported by a member| away with it. The allegations were l eventually Reported by a member of the organisation when she was 13. And yet, she says, nothing was done by the jehovahS Witnesses. The . And yet, she says, nothing was done by the jehovahS Witnesses. They say it is the parent by the jehovahS Witnesses. They say it is the Parent Responsibility by the jehovahS Witnesses. They say it is the Parent Responsibility to it is the Parent Responsibility to report allegations that the police, but as you can see any case like mine, that clearly isnt good enough. It is not enough to expect children, to expect the perpetrators to report them self to the police, it is laughable. It is laughable. Todays report is hiuhl it is laughable. Todays report is highly critical it is laughable. Todays report is highly critical of it is laughable. Todays report is highly critical of many it is laughable. Todays report is highly critical of many religious | highly critical of many religious organisations. We highly critical of many religious organisations. Highly critical of many religious organisations. We looked at the jehovahS Witnesses, organisations. We looked at the jehovahS Witnesses, the organisations. We looked at the j jehovahS Witnesses, the jewish jehovahS Witnesses, thejewish organisation, 38 in total, i think we find failings in every organisation. It would be unfair to pick one empirical outcome all of them those feelings made it easier for abuse to happen and much harder for abuse to happen and much harder for it to be Reported. For it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations for it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations are for it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations are calls for it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations are calls for for it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations are calls for all| recommendations are calls for all religious organisations to have a Child Protection Policy in place. And for the government to amEnd Legislation to ensure inspectors have sufficient powers to check the quality of Child Protection in suspected unregistered schools. But for some, these recommendations from the report dont go far enough. Campaigners supporting jewish people here who have been abused saying progress is slow, and want it to be made mandatory for any religious person to report abuse to the police. Earlier, our home Affairs Correspondent, Tom Symonds, gave me some more background to the report. The independent enquiry, the public enquiry, has been looking at the catholic church, has looked at the anglican church. This is about 38 other religious organisations, a whole wide range of organisations, ranging from thejehovahS Witnesses in some cases to an organisation representing 100 synagogues in the orthodox jewish tradition, and also a number of major mosques. And the enquiry found problems across the board, really. Just to sum them up victims being blamed for reporting Child Sexual Abuse; matters of sexuality not being discussed for religious reasons, making it harder for children to disclose; the abuse of power by religious leaders, many of whom were men; mistrust of organisations Outside the religious orders, for example, the police; and also misusing the concept of forgiveness, as the enquiry says. What they are saying is that religious believers, this is a quote, can find it difficult to accept that members of their congregation or religious leaders could perpetrate abuse. As a result, some consider it not necessary to have specific Child Protection procedures or to strictly adhere to them. And its a big report, butjust to give you some idea of what this is about, one focus was the jehovahS Witnesses, which is quite a big religious organisation from the christian tradition across the uk. They have a rule, a biblical rule, which says that they can only consider allegations when there are two witnesses. Now, of course, in the case of Child Sexual Abuse, there is usually only the person involved in the abuse who is present. Now, thejehovahS Witnesses do have a policy of reporting everything to the police, but the enquiry says that this two Witness Rule has to stop because it is creating the wrong environment for these allegations to be properly considered. Lets speak now to richard scorer, whos a lawyer thats been representing many of the victims and survivors. Thank you very much forjoining us. You have represented a great many people affected by this. What are they telling you in response to the report . They telling you in response to the Re Ort . , they telling you in response to the Re Ort . , ,. Report . Those i represent very much welcome this report . Those i represent very much welcome this Report Report . Those i represent very much welcome this report today. Report . Those i represent very much | welcome this report today. Obviously welcome this report today. 0bviously they have known for many years, many decades that there has been this catastrophic failure to protect children and religious settings, but it is really important that that has been validated and recognised by this independent inquiry. And so they very much welcome it, and i think we then need to move on to what needs to change in order to protect children in the future. How ade. Uate protect children in the future. How adequate in protect children in the future. How adequate in your protect children in the future. How adequate in your view are the recommendations . The adequate in your view are the recommendations . ,. ,. , recommendations . The recommendations dont no recommendations . The recommendations dont go nearly recommendations . The recommendations dont go nearly far recommendations . The recommendations dont go nearly far enough. Recommendations . The recommendations dont go nearly far enough. Having dont go nearly far enough. Having said that, we werent particularly expecting significant recommendations today. The enquiry has always said it will make its most important recommendations next year, when it does this final report. We are going to have to wait until then. There is a lot that needs to be done. There needs to be independent oversight of religious bodies, in terms of safeguarding, and we need to have mandatory reporting. We need to reel in this country that you have to report if you know about abuse. Those are the changes we need to see. It is imperative the enquiry recommends those, we are going to see a change in the situation. Aah . Those, we are going to see a change in the situation. In the situation. Why do we need more legislation in the situation. Why do we need more legislation when in the situation. Why do we need more legislation when child in the situation. Why do we need l more legislation when Child Abuse in the situation. Why do we need. More legislation when Child Abuse is already against the law . The problem is, coverin already against the law . The problem is. Covering up already against the law . The problem is, covering up child already against the law . The problem is, covering up Child Abuse is, covering up Child Abuse unfortunately is not always against the law. An Institution Or Organisation can know that Child Abuse is happening or suspect that it is happening, but they dont have a legal duty to report that to the authorities, which is something that surprises many people. People think that you do have to report, but the reality in law is that you dont. There isnt a law that requires that. In that respect we are at odds with most western countries. Other countries such as the united states and canada and australia all have mandatory reporting. So we need to change that and i think that is one of the key changes we need to see when the enquiry issues its final recommendations next year. Where there is mandatory recommendations next year. Where there is mandatory Reporting Recommendations next year. Where there is mandatory reporting in there is mandatory reporting in those countries that you have mentioned, what difference has it made to the reduction of Child Abuse rates and the prosecution of those guilty . Rates and the prosecution of those uuil . ~. Rates and the prosecution of those uuil 7~. ,. ,. , rates and the prosecution of those guilty . What mandatory reporting does, and there guilty . What mandatory reporting does, and there is guilty . What mandatory reporting does, and there is a guilty . What mandatory reporting does, and there is a lot guilty . What mandatory reporting does, and there is a lot of guilty . What mandatory Reporting L does, and there is a lot of Research Evidence thaT Bears this out, is ensure allegations get Reported and unReported early. So that abusers who go from abusing one child to another to another are stopped in their tracks. Abuse is stopped early. That is the effect it has, there is a lot of Research Evidence supports that. I think that is the key change that we need. We also need,is key change that we need. We also need, is part of this independent oversight in safeguarding, the report was very clear that many religious organisations simply have no Safeguarding Policy at all and need to get those policies in place. The way in which those implement those does need to be supervised from the Outside. Those does need to be supervised from the Outside. Legislation is one thin , but from the Outside. Legislation is one thing, but abuse, from the Outside. Legislation is one thing, but abuse, victims from the Outside. Legislation is one thing, but abuse, victims and thing, but abuse, victims and survivors of it, steeped in shame, embarrassment and humiliation, often made to feel it was their fall. How do you bring about a Cultural Change whereby these issues are more widely talked about . I change whereby these issues are more widely talked about . Widely talked about . I think that is a really difficult widely talked about . I think that is a really difficult question widely talked about . I think that is a really difficult question to a really difficult question to answer. 0ne A really difficult question to answer. One of the issues with religious groups as they believe they are good, they want to appear to be good, so when evidence comes along that something bad has happened within the group or the organisation, there is a tendency to cover it up. And theres also the deference to religious leaders. And religion can be used to facilitate Child Abuse. As i said to the enquiry, there is no more effective way than silencing a child and saying you have god on your site. There is a real comparable problem here, and hope that religious groups will engage in trying to address than challenge it. And the overtime that can change. That is a long term Cultural Change. In the meantime, we absolutely need legal changes to make sure that children are protected. Make sure that children are protected make sure that children are rotected. ,. , ,. ,. ,. , protected. How appropriate would it be for these protected. How appropriate would it be for these religious protected. How appropriate would it be for these religious organisations | be for these religious organisations to play financial compensation to their victims . {iii to play financial compensation to their victims . To play financial compensation to their victims . Of course, some of them are doing their victims . Of course, some of them are doing that their victims . Of course, some of them are doing that already. Their victims . Of course, some of them are doing that already. I their victims . Of course, some of l them are doing that already. I think it is important that they do that. One of the criticism is the enquiry made of religious organisations as very few of them have proper Support Schemes for victims and survivors. So redress is an issue that is to be looked at. All organisations that are responsible for abusing or harming children have a legal or moral responsibility to compensate the victims and ensure their victims are properly provided for, and that needs to be addressed as well, absolutely. Needs to be addressed as well, absolutely needs to be addressed as well, absolutel. ~ ,. ,. Needs to be addressed as well, absolutel. , ~ ,. ,. , absolutely. Thank you very much for talkin to absolutely. Thank you very much for talking to us at least 9 people have died in Flash Flooding in the North East coast of the us, including New York, newjersey and philadelphia, as tropical Storm Ida brought a Months Worth of rain to the area. 3 inches of rain fell in Central Park in just one hour. A State Of Emergency has been declared, with the mayor of new York City, bill de blasio, describing the flooding as � brutal�. Leboo diseko reports. ItS Floating The Streets of New York, as the city was hit by the fury of Storm Ida. Oh, my god, this poor personS Floating. Roads turned into rivers, as the city was deluged with rain. At least one body was pulled from a vehicle that was swept away. The Citys Subway Network forced to a standstill, as what looked like waterfalls submerged platforms, tracks and trains. Play was interrupted at the Us Open. The Venues Roof no match for the rain. Even leaving as the Flood Warning came in didnt prevent being caught in the storm. It literally was torrential, coming down from left to right. There were a number of cars that have been abandoned, sort of owners trying to get out. I spoke to one guy who had to climb out of the window of his car as the waters were rising, and so then the bus driver, who was an absolute hero, managed to carry on and pull through the water. At one point, it was up to two or three feet in the bus itself, the water was coming through. In neighbouring newjersey, planes were grounded overnight, conditions too dangerous to fly. Ida hit louisiana as a category four hurricane on sunday. The state is still reeling from its impact. Its since been pushing up across the east of the country now a tropical storm, but still causing destruction. There have been several deaths in new York City. The mayor has declared a State Of Emergency for what he called a historic weather event, which brought brutal flooding to the city. Lebo diseko, bbc news. 0ur Correspondent Laura trevelyan joins us from new York City. To what extent were people caught out by these conditions . Weill. To what extent were people caught out by these conditions . To what extent were people caught out by these conditions . Well, i can tell ou out by these conditions . Well, i can tell you that out by these conditions . Well, i can tell you that i out by these conditions . Well, i can tell you that i was out by these conditions . Well, i can tell you that i was getting out by these conditions . Well, i can tell you that i was getting a out by these conditions . Well, i can tell you that i was getting a train. Tell you that i was getting a train from washington to New York last night and i spent the night on the train in newjersey, because there is so much flooding that the tracks were just completely impassable. It was extraordinary. At about 830 last night there was a tropical storm, it was like being in an extreme car wash, being on the train. All of a sudden there were Flash Flooding alerts on our phones. Catastrophic flooding. The train in front of us, people were stranded on it, at least we were in the station on a platform, we could get out. It was quite extraordinary. Here in new York City, the subway, she saw from the report, full of water, devastating, brutal flooding. The report, full of water, devastating, brutalflooding. All the report, full of water, devastating, brutal flooding. All of this of course the remnants of that hurricane that hammered louisiana at the weekend, but the national Weather Service was not working because of torrential rainfall so it really call people by surprise. Quite a long way north compared with where Hurricane Ida, when it was a hurricane, Made Landfall. What are the facilities available to the new York Subway when trying to deal with this amount of rain in such a short period of time . It is this amount of rain in such a short period of time . Period of time . It is not like the tube in London Period of time . It is not like the tube In London which period of time . It is not like the tube In London which is period of time . It is not like the| tube In London which is Hundreds Period of time . It is not like the tube In London which is hundreds of feet below ground. The subway in New York is really pretty much at street level. So it floods incredibly quickly. And at the levels of water that we saw, theres literally nothing to be done. They cannot pump it quick enough. So it is just one of the vulnerabilities in new York City that is really underlined by Climate Change. The last time we saw scenes this bad word during Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Sandy because new York City itself is at sea level, so any Storm Surge or excessive rainfall causes flooding. Now we are seeing more severe and extreme weather, more frequently, New York is being really, really exposed. New york is being really, really exosed. ~. New york is being really, really exosed. ~. ,. ,. , exposed. What are the conditions likel to exposed. What are the conditions likely to be exposed. What are the conditions likely to be over exposed. What are the conditions likely to be over the exposed. What are the conditions likely to be over the next exposed. What are the conditions likely to be over the next day exposed. What are the conditions likely to be over the next day or | likely to be over the next day or so . Is it improving . It is improving here. The water so . Is it improving . It is improving here. The water is so . Is it improving . It is improving here. The water is receding. So . Is it improving . It is improving here. The water is receding. In here. The water is receding. In philadelphia, south of us, there is major flooding philadelphia, south of us, there is majorflooding and right philadelphia, south of us, there is major flooding and right now there are incredible live pictures and fact of people who are having to be rescued from their homes in philadelphia, because they are the river has burst its banks and flooded, so yet another example of how cities on the East Coast of america, which are at sea level, are incredibly vulnerable to this new climate we are seeing. Incredibly vulnerable to this new climate we are seeing. Thank you very much climate we are seeing. Thank you very much for climate we are seeing. Thank you very much forjoining climate we are seeing. Thank you very much forjoining us. The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has held talks in qatar about the situation in afghanistan in particular, the prospects of the taliban reopening Kabul Airport. Mr raab said his priority is to secure safe passage out of the country for the remaining british nationals and the afghans who worked with them. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, James Landale reports. Dominic raab in qatar this morning, visiting a centre where some of those fleeing afghanistan have been processed. For many, the Gulf State was their first stop after escaping kabul, and its from here where some will eventually head for britain. But what of those Left Behind . The focus of Mr Raabs talks with qatari leaders, with the prospect of persuading the taliban to reopen Kabul Airport and provide a route out for british nationals and afghans who are at Risk And Wish to leave. The Foreign Secretary said ensuring safe passage would be an early test for the taliban. I do think we feel a responsibility to make sure that the remaining british nationals and afghan workers can come to the uk. Thats why we watch with great interest what may be possible at Kabul Airport. But were also here, and im here notjust in qatar, but Moving On afterwards, to talk to regional countries about how we can ensure safe passage through third countries. Qatar already has a technical team at Kabul Airport discussing what needs to be done to resume flights, and qatars Foreign Minister was optimistic. We are working very hard, and also engaging with taliban to identify what are the gaps and the risks for having the airport back up and running. But we will remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible. The Foreign Secretary said britain would not formally recognise the new Taliban Government, but it did want what he called Direct Engagement. Thats already begun here in the qatari capital of doha, where the taliban have a political office, and where the british embassy to afghanistan will now be based. A senior british official, sir simon gass, has held talks with taliban officials here and will brief the Foreign Secretary on their outcome. 0n the next step of a tour that critics say has come far too late, Mr Raab will head for pakistan. His aim, he said, was to form an alliance of nations, to exert maximum moderating influence on the taliban. James landale, bbc news. The Foreign Secretary spoke to the media following those talks, and gave more detail on how he plans to secure safe passage for those still trying to leave afghanistan. There are two opportunities to get safe passage out of afghanistan and back to the uk. 0ne one is through the Airport Kabul to stop i had good conversations with the Foreign Minister of qatar here today about the workability of that. I dont think we are yet able to say anything formal, but that is looking like it may happen at some point in the nearfuture. At the like it may happen at some point in the near future. At the same time, we are obviously working with all the countries in the region to make sure that they are processing the documentation, the basic logistics are in place, to give us the alternative option. So we are working at pace, and as you can see, we are out here, im out here engaging with all of the key partners and i will be Moving On, travelling wider in the region to facilitate that as well. It travelling wider in the region to facilitate that as well. Facilitate that as well. It was obvious to facilitate that as well. It was obvious to ben facilitate that as well. It was obvious to Ben Wallace facilitate that as well. It was obvious to Ben Wallace that | facilitate that as well. It was. Obvious to Ben Wallace that the facilitate that as well. It was obvious to Ben Wallace that the game was up injuly. Why wasnt it obvious to you . Was up in july. Why wasnt it obvious to you . Was up in july. Why wasnt it obvious to you . Ben and i were takin obvious to you . Ben and i were taking the obvious to you . Ben and i were taking the same obvious to you . Ben and i were taking the same assessment i taking the same assessment throughout until very late. The assessment, the central assessment being that Kabul Wouldnt Fall until after The End of august, and the evacuation of allied troops, and indeed it would be a steady deterioration throughout the remaining part of the year. So we are all working to the same set of assumptions. Are all working to the same set of assumptions are all working to the same set of assum tions. ,. ,. ,. , assumptions. How and what does the forei. N assumptions. How and what does the Foreign Secretary assumptions. How and what does the Foreign Secretary hoped assumptions. How and what does the Foreign Secretary hoped to assumptions. How and what does the Foreign Secretary hoped to achieve. Foreign secretary hoped to achieve these aims . Because he is dealing with a force in afghanistan who are highly unpredictable . Highly unpredictable . Entirely. Eve hint highly unpredictable . Entirely. Everything now highly unpredictable . Entirely. Everything now is highly unpredictable . Entirely. Everything now is going highly unpredictable . Entirely. Everything now is going to highly unpredictable . Entirely. | everything now is going to have highly unpredictable . Entirely. Everything now is going to have to be at one remove cup. Using qatar because they have good links with the taliban, the taliban have an office there. The characters were given a row by the americans many years ago to act as natural partners in the region. They have a good pen, they will be mediators in coming days they will be mediators in coming days qatars. That is why he is there. A short Term Need to find new ways of opening up afghanistan. Reopening the airport, Reopening Borders in the region. That is why he is going on to talk to others in coming days, to see if he can get some of the land borders open or at least ask them to say, is it possible . As you say, that is not something the british government can just decide on there, it is all about encouraging partners and regional allies to see what more can be done and how the taliban can be influenced, because in the short term that is of crucial importance to those people who are still inside afghanistan who wish to leave. The big question is, regardless of whether airports are open our borders are open, the big question is, will you tell them and allow people to get to that point in the first place . People to get to that point in the first lace . ~ ,. The united states Supreme Court has formally refused to block a law in texas which bans almost all abortions. The law, known as the texas heartbeat act, Bans Abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detected, which is usually at 6 weeks before many women even know they are pregnant. The only exemption is if there is a danger to the mothers health. The Supreme Court did not rule on the constitutionality of the law but cited complex and novel procedural issues. After 18 months of disruption to schools from covid, the Education Secretary says he expects a greater sense of normality this term, as pupils in England Start to return to the classroom. Gavin williamson also said he hoped scientific advisers would make a decision very soon about whether to recommend Covid Vaccinations For 12to15 year olds and that parents would welcome having the option to give their child a jab. Health experts say the decision is finely balanced. Sean dilley reports. Mum of two karen is running a uniform exchange for parents in greater manchester. Her children are among thousands returning to schools across the uk. Its important, The Return. They need. Notjust from the Education Perspective but they also need the social lives. I mean, they learn so much from Each Other, dont they, at this age . Pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland will see fewer covid restrictions than before the summer holidays. Social distancing and bubbles are among the restrictions eased. But in scotland, where students returned in the middle of august, both remain. The Education Secretary for england says teachers are ready. Weve seen the lifting of all national restrictions, so people can go about their business, and its really important for us that children are having as normal a pre Pandemic Education Experience as possible. But we do recognise precautionary measures have to be taken. To help make this possible, Secondary School children in england are being invited to take to Lateral Flow Tests in school, three to five days apart. Secondary schools are staggering their return to manage demand. Pupils across the uk are being encouraged to continue with twice weekly testing from home. Those Testing Positive in england will be contacted by the nhs Test And Trace service and instructed to isolate. But ministers say schools no longer need to sEnd Large groups home when they come into contact with a confirmed case. In scotland, the First Minister is among those linking a rapid rise in cases to schools reopening, leading to concerns that england could also see a large increase. But public Health England believe schools will not be a driver of infections. We are reassured, and the studies and surveys confirm this regularly, that schools are not the hub of infection in communities. Its widely accepted that Mass Vaccination of adults is likely to lessen the impact of transmission in schools. But some argue that all 12 to 15 year olds should be offered the vaccine. I would probably go for a single dose of the vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds as a one off in order to help public health generally break Transmission Chains in society. The decision on who should be offered vaccines lies with Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation, which independently advises Uk Health authorities. But ministers in england say, if they recommend injections for 12 to is year olds, they are ready to support the roll out. Two groups representing Health Service organisations are warning that services may have to be cut, unless Nhs England receives an extra £10 billion in Government Funding next year. The Nhs Confederation and nhs providers say the additional money is needed to cover costs related to the pandemic, and reduce the backlog of operations and treatments. Adults who catch coronavirus when theyre fully vaccinated are half as likely to develop long covid, as people who havent had a jab. Research from Kings College london has been been published in the journal, the lancet infectious diseases. One hundred organisations have signed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister, urging him to scrap the planned cut to Universal Credit. £20 a week was added to the benefit at the start of the pandemic, as a temporary measure its due to be phased out from The End of this month. The letter says the move risks causing immense and immediate hardship. The government says its focus is on getting people intojobs. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent michael buchanan. Fresh Fruit And Veg might not seem a luxury, but for ron graham, too often they were a cost he couldnt afford. A failed Business Venture in 2016 left the 63 year old relying on Universal Credit. Until his benefit was increased by £20 a week at the start of the pandemic, such basics were beyond him. I would have to forego all this if the £20 a week was stopped. Also i would have to cut back on other things that i was getting, even cleaning products, stuff for the house. Ron, whos a keen walker, has long had to limit his heating to keep to his budget. Ive only had the heating on in my flat three times since august 2016, so illjust put a Dressing Gown on and an extra jumper, or both. And basicallyjust get on with it. Last week at Bridlington Beach in yorkshire, Unite The Union organised this Sand Sculpture to highlight their opposition to the governments plan. Todays Open Letter to the Prime Minister is signed by groups representing education, housing, the economy, Health Care and anti poverty campaigners. Were facing a crossroads where the government faces a choice. It has said it is committed to improving the lives of people on the lowest incomes, but the depth of that commitment will be revealed this autumn when it decides whether or not to go ahead with this cut to the incomes of the poorest people in our country. Ministers say the increase in Benefit Levels was always meant to be temporary, and that theyre now focused on getting people into work. Many of those on Universal Credit already have a job, but now face a £20 a Week Income cut from The End of this month unless the treasury relents. Michael buchanan, bbc news. Indian Actor And Model Sidharth Shukla has died at the age of a0 after a heart attack. Sidharth was best known for his role in the long Running Tv Show Balika Vadhu and for winning the 13th Series of the Reality Show Bigg boss. Tributes have been coming in from fellow stars, fans and public figures in india. Now its time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. It is another largely dry but fairly cloudy day out there. Some blue Sky And Sunshine breaking through, particularly across parts of scotland, northern england. This is the picture earlier on. Some fair Weather Cloud around there. Just the Odd Spot of drizzle coming out of that cloud. Tending to peter out as we head to the afternoon and evening. Some sunshine for parts of scotland into North West England as well. 20 or 21 degrees in the brighter spells. A lighter colour in the East Coast with breezes coming in off the North Sea, typically meant outings. 0vernight still some clear spells across parts of Southern England, perhaps a few for the west of scotland. Temperatures in a few spots down to single figures. Six or seven in the coolest, possibly. Tomorrow we do it all again. The Odd Spot of drizzle, cloudy skies for most, a bit of Sunshine Reappearing particularly along the South Coast compared to recent days. Top temperatures around 1322. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines an independent inquiry finds some religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. A State Of Emergency in New York at least nine people have died in Flash Flooding three inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. The Foreign Secretary says the uk will need to engage with the taliban about reopening Kabul Airport and getting people out of afghanistan. Sarah storey has won her wins Her 17th Gold Medal to become britains most successful paralympian of all time. Sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. Its been a great day for great britain, claiming four more golds on day nine of the paralympics In Tokyo. Records broken in the javelin, and Dame Sarah Storey has become the most successful paralympian of all time. Michael redford has more. Dame Sarah Storey, record breaker, History Maker. The latest chapter in an incredible career, Dame Sarah Storey the best ever. It was perhaps fitting that she would become great britains best in typical great british weather. The fog in the rain, though, the weather least of her concerns. Instead she had to focus on her german opponent. But to beat Sarah Storey you need a bigger lead than that. A grimace and a glance told her shed been caught with a lap to go. From a young age, storey was told to focus only on herself, she has certainly done that. She is now 43, her revivals still cant find a way to beat her. It still feels a bit like an out of Body Experience, like you are watching somebody else go through that. Its very, very hard to put into words. Ive worked for this was such a long time but ive worked for each race independently, so now we finished all three i am like, we are finished. ,. ,. , finished. This is her third gold of this came finished. This is her third gold of this game is. Finished. This is her third gold of this game is, her finished. This is her third gold of this game is, Her 17th finished. This is her third gold of this game is, Her 17th overall. I finished. This is her third gold of i this game is, her17th overall. She this game is, Her 17th overall. She is quite simply the perfect paralympian. And part of a perfect morning the Paralympics Gb cyclist. There was also a silver and a gb 1 to finish in the mens road race. Success in the pool as Bethany Firth 100 metres back stroke. Success also in the backstroke. Tokyo has been one to remember. But not for ellie simmonds, she finished fifth in her final race of the games in what is likely to be herfinal paralympics. The 400 Metres Freestyle was one in World Record time. Gold for Dan Pembroke in the javelin as He Sat in a Paralympic Record. Also it silver and bronze. She will be going home with something shiny. Surely, after finishing last in her heat, she was proposed to by her guide. Thankfully, she said yes. Q the celebrations. England have the edge on the first day of the fourth test against india at the oval. It was a slow start this morning but englands bowlers eventually got into their groove, reducing india to 54 for three at lunch. Its now 92 4, a wicket each forjames Anderson And Ollie robinson, with The Returning Chris Woakes taking two. India Captain Virat Kholi is currently at the crease, and on 41 not out. The five Match Series is tied at one all. Live commentary on Test Match special over on 5live sports extra. Englands footballers are back in action for Theirfirst Match since the euro 2020 final, tonight. Theyre taking on hungary in budapest. England top their group, but know things wont be easy against a team, who held both france and germany to draws at the euros. In terms of qualification, it is a really important opportunity for us because if you can take points off your nearest challengers in their own home, then it puts us in a really strong position and we would be in control of the group, basically. Plenty more build up to Tonights World Cup qualifiers, including Northern Irelands match against lithuania on the Bbc Website. But thats all the sport for now. Love the Engagement Story very nice. Need to buy a hat. Some Breaking News from scotland. The First Minister is to complain to hollywoods Presiding Officer after a Conservative Msp made a controversial comment in parliament accusing Nicola Sturgeon of being anti english. Nicola sturgeon was speaking about everybody being welcome in scotland, but the North East Msp Test Flight is Reported to have said, unless you are english. Ms sturgeon said she was deeply offended by the remark. A Government Spokesman said the First Minister will be making an official complaint as this didnt amount to the usual heckling that goes on. The scottish conservatives have been approached for comment, so far one Tory Msp has told the bbc that the comment was more naive than malicious. But a complaint is going on. Lets get more now on the floods in North Eastern usa, in which at least nine people have died. Matthew cappucci is an atmospheric Scientist And Meteorologist for various broadcasters and publications in the us and joins me now. This sort of weather is terrifying, but fascinating view. How have you been making use of these conditions . Actually i wound up less than about 70 metres from a significant Tornado Yesterday in maryland of all places. I chased tornadoes many times, i never expected to be face to face with one like that in my own back yard. We had significant tornado is p yard. We had significant tornado is up and down the coast, and at least 14 people so far confirmed dead and serious flooding. Rainfall we havent seen in centuries. Tell serious flooding. Rainfall we havent seen in centuries. Tell us what these havent seen in centuries. Tell us what these tornadoes havent seen in centuries. Tell us what these tornadoes were havent seen in centuries. Tell us what these tornadoes were like L Havent seen in centuries. Tell us i what these tornadoes were like and how they are formed. Taste what these tornadoes were like and how they are formed. How they are formed. 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I think there is that. People in closeup. I think there is that. People in the closeup. I think there is that. People in the northeast closeup. I think there is that. People in the northeast especially people in the North East especially dont understand the Raw Power of Rock Tornadoes can do. I saw people driving into it. I was trying to halt traffic, saying stop, you are driving into a tornado. People here dont know what they look like, what they can do. Ive done this many times, this is to the untrained Observer And Individual you want to stay far away and heed all the warnings. Stay far away and heed all the warninus. , stay far away and heed all the warninus. , i. Meanwhile, the parts of the us First Hit by Hurricane Ida are still suffering the after effects. Nearly A Million residents of louisiana are still without power after winds of 150 miles per hour and heavy rains lashed the southern state. Gail maclellan reports. Our house is gone but we still have a house. Yeah. Sisters rosalie and bridget had evacuated their southern Louisiana Home to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Ida. This is what they found when they returned. Structures collapsed and whole areas flooded as ida tore a path through the state. Three days after the category four hurricane Made Landfall, more than1 million homes and businesses remained without electricity in louisiana and mississippi. Ida struck 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated new orleans, but this time the city was spared because of Flood Gates and pumps built in katrinas wake. In the areas Outside those flood defences, evacuees are being urged not to return home yet as officials scramble to supply power and water. 0ther essentials are also in short supply. People seeking fuel for generators or vehicles are struggling to find supplies orfacing long queues. In the extreme heat, the lack of power means Food Cant be kept cool and quickly deteriorates. Kelly mayhew decided to distribute the food from his bakery. What weve done is instead of wasting our product, we made a little Community Closet and giving away everything. We have people coming in and donating, dropping off produce, drinks, water. He has created a space in the community where goods can be distributed before they spoil. So we just went to our friends who evacuated so we cleaned out the fridge and brought it here and sharing it with the neighbours and they will be really happy about that. The storm has caused an estimated 15 Billion of damage. Some people have lost all they have, others are not sure how to begin to fix things. We dont want another storm like this. Oh, no. We pray. We prayed we wouldnt get this one. Its awful. A sentiment shared by millions who are in the path of Hurricane Ida but as the seas across the globe continue to warm, feeding extreme Weather Events, its probably not a matter of if but when. Gail mcclellan, bbc news. It is now two weeks since the taliban Captured Kabul and while the group is still to announce the composition of a new government for afghanistan, the Countrys Economy is on the verge of collapse. Prices are rising and it is extremely difficult for people to get hold of cash. The bbc� s South Asia Correspondent yokhita limaye reports. After weeks of witnessing chaos, fearand grief, Kabul Airport is now still. Flights from the capital are likely to resume soon, with help from qatar. And a new Taliban Government is expected to be announced in a few days. But with the group saying Women Wont be included in senior positions, there are doubts about claims that it will be an inclusive one. I spoke to nargis nehan, former afghan minister, who has now left the country. Theyre talking about not being against women, but weve seen action that actually they are doing it. Publicly they have come with only two statements. 0ne Statement was that women in the Public Sector should stay at home, and when we form the government we will have women in the lower layers of the government but not in the high Level Position of the cabinet, so that shows they want to have women working only perhaps in the social sector, as doctors, nurses, teachers, because they know the requirement and they know the demand for that, but they dont want to include women in Decision Making or as their equal. If they are to form this government where it leaves women out from Decision Making positions, from top positions, how would you expect the world to respond to such a government . So, we hope that the world will begin to engage practically with the taliban and make them realise that they will not have any support if they continue to govern afghanistan with the previous model that they had adopted before. Today, women in herat, afghanistans third largest city, protested for their rights. Many are in hiding, fearing reprisal. The taliban though deny theyre going door to door looking to target people. Translation this is being done by people posing as taliban and we have arrested many. They are from the previous administration and want to defame us. There is no hit list, no door to Door Hunting done by the taliban. The past few weeks have seen the taliban emerge stronger possibly than ever before, but they are now the rulers of this country and governing it wont be easy. Yogita limaye, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. An independent inquiry finds some religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. A State Of Emergency in New York at least nine people have died in Flash Flooding three inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. The Foreign Secretary says the uk will need to engage with the taliban about reopening Kabul Airport and getting people out of afghanistan. Thousands of homes in spain are without electricity, and roads and rail links have been forced to close, after intense Rain Led to severe flooding. Coastal towns in catalonia bore the brunt of the storm, as well as areas near to madrid. Courtney bembridge has this report. Streets were turned to torrents with a powerful stream of water swallowing up cars, furniture and trees. This vision was captured by Emergency Services in catalonia, where Coastal Towns were hit particularly hard. Dozens of people had to be rescued, and its feared some people are still trapped. Thousands of homes remain without power. Further inland, just Outside madrid, people were in the middle of a meal at this restaurant when the storm hit. Translation we had some customers who had just finished eating. We tried to get out across the patio, but it was terrible. You couldnt get out anywhere. The water came up to your knees. Out on The Street, dozens of cars were picked up by the force of the water. Translation when it stopped for a while, i i went down to see if our cars were 0k, and i saw that my Brothers Car was gone and mine was being carried away by the flood. The storm gained strength from recent high temperatures and humidity. Its the latest in a series of major floods across europe this summer, and scientists warn Weather Events will continue to become more extreme unless the world dramatically cuts Greenhouse Gas emissions. Courtney bembridge, bbc news. The Gym Group is reporting a � rapid recovery� in membership numbers, driven by young people who don� t have space at home to work out. The chain, which has 190 sites across the uk, says membershipjumped by a third since february as coronavirus restrictions were eased and sites reopened. Despite reporting big financial losses in the first half of this year, the Budget Gym operators are now planning to expand. Joining me now is our business correspondent, victoria fritz. I think ithinka i think a lot of people who are desperate to get back to the gym after being cooped up at home, and this would bear that out . It certainly would. There are different things going on here. If you had the space and you are stuck at home, and if you have the Disposable Income and perhaps when spending as much money because there was nothing to do during lockdown, people went out and went buying Gym Equipment, and we saw the likes of the Peloton Bike absolutely go through the roof and they had their best year ever as result. But plenty of people over the last year had no access to space, didn� t have room in the place they were living, didn� t have a garden, had no way of exercising at all, and you have to remember that particularly young people have suffered as a result of a lack of sociability as well, and it� s something to remember when it comes to gyms and gym going, but only is at the physical Exercise And Plenty of people have really suffered from treat brain and eating too many pizzas and take outs, just for that dopamine affects every time to get through a difficult period, so perhaps they� ve put on the famous covid ten, not only is that going on that people want to see other people. This is right across every age group, notjust young people, people want to see Each Other. And of course the Barriers To Entry for that are much lower, the risk for younger people, because they feel they have been disproportionately affected by covid in terms of the opportunities they� ve lost as a result, whether that be training, training and a newjob, whether that� s been the university experience, the School Experience, for example, so it� s Little Wonder that the moment the gyms were open you have seen Membership Rise, and when you look at the Gym Group, they are low cost, nojoining when you look at the Gym Group, they are low cost, no joining fee, when you look at the Gym Group, they are low cost, nojoining fee, no annual subscription, so it� s hardly said a surprise they have seen third uptick in memberships and subscriptions since february. In this kind of bears it out in other groups as well, pure gym as well, and i mentioned peloton, who make the expensive bikes, they� ve seen a big Drop Off in sales, and last week they announced they were cutting the value of the bikes, the price of their bikes, by 20 , and that� s the second time they� ve dropped the prices on those bikes to try to generate more sales, because of guess if you have one bike, why would you buy another . And they are struggling because they are very much of the high end of the market. So it� s very interesting. We knew the pandemic would shift the way we thought about how we live, how we work, how we move, but some of the fact that we would all still be staying at home and all have these Home Gym setups just doesn� T Bear out if that� s just not a reality for you, whether the Price Point is far too high for you. You, whether the Price Point is far too high for you. Thank you. We were all admiring too high for you. Thank you. 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Shattering the house i love you even more for that, shattering that the house i love you even more for that, shattering that illusion. I it� s back to school for some children in wales this week amid growing concerns about rising cases of covid 19. The Safety Measures in place are based on local risk but the welsh government says it will closely monitor Infection Rates once schools reopen. Bethan lewis reports. It� s the first day of Secondary School for year sevens. The first tentative steps into the new term. And the head says initially, at least, there will still be Covid Measures in place. Our main priority is to protect people from getting covid and therefore we are still using face coverings and we are still prioritising Information And Education for all our families in social distancing. Other schools will be assessing the impact of a new Government Framework which sets out how local risk should determine what measures if any are needed. Business as usual as far as possible it says. Some unions say it is far too vague. For the welsh government, what has been described as a chaotic start to the term, they have now said no final decision has been made to buy Ozone Disinfecting machines to clear classrooms of covid. Despite the pandemic, some things don� T Change. The nerves, the excitement of the first day in high school. It is a bit annoying having to wear the masks everywhere and having to social distance a bit more, but still, with all that, i can� t wait. In conwy, a mother of six is apprehensive about The Return to school. The family lost a loved one to covid and rising cases are on her mind. I am concerned about the increased risk of them catching covid. North wales, i think, really, we are on the increase, arent we, with the numbers . We have some elderly members, vulnerable members in our family. We try to maybe just meet Outside and try to keep Each Other safe, but it is a difficult position. I think im looking forward to, like, seeing my friends and socialising in person more. And im Quite Lookingl forward to starting my gcse subjects, as well. Seeing my friends again and looking forward to having a new teacher. The welsh government will monitor the impact on covid as schools return, but vaccinations have changed the context, it says. A new term with a hope of normality, but still uncertainty about what� s ahead. Now, do you remember this . The History Book on the shelf the History Book on the shelf is always repeating itself is always repeating itself waterloo waterloo i was defeated. The scandinavian pop superstars, abba, are making a major announcement later today. 0ur Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba is here. What are they going to tell us . Nothing has been confirmed right now, but the speculation is unsurprisingly new Abba Music. To be fair, they said themselves three years ago back in 2018 that they had been back in the studio, they� d really enjoy the experience, and they� d recorded a couple of new songs, and those songs were imminent. And then 2018 become the web became 2019, 2020, let� s skip over that. So they know is this new music three mute when years ago, and friends will be devastated if their news is that they are opening a new exhibition in stockholm or something. It sounds like it will be something. It sounds like it will be something major, they don� t like to let theirfans down, something major, they don� t like to let their fans down, so something major, they don� t like to let theirfans down, so i� d be surprised if in a few hours� time we weren� t listening to the first new Abba Music in nearly four decades. What would really keep fans happy as if they reformed and went on tour again. 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So i will keep faith with them and say if they do have hundreds of millions themselves and a huge amount that both they, their Record Company, their agents, their managers, all their agents, their managers, all the people behind them want to throw at it making it an experience for fans, it will be a big thing for them if they let fans down with something shoddy, and we would be the first Leaping Up And Down and saying, hang on, what have you done . We would indeed. In the meantime we will give them the benefit of the doubt and thank you for the music. See what i did there . Now it� s time for a look at the weather with sarah. Hello. 0ur Weather has been stuck in a bit of a cloudy rut over recent days. It has been largely dry, a big area of High Pressure that� s driving this dry, settled theme. For most places we have got fairly grey skies. This is from cornwall. Things are brightening up a little bit through the rest of today but in the next couple of days, the theme doesn� T Change very much. Things are still mainly dry and cloudy. The best of any sunshine for the rest of today across parts of central and western scotland. Also some Sunny Spells for Northern Ireland, North West England and a few brighter spells along the South Coast. Particularly towards the channel islands. We have still got a bit of a breeze coming in around the North Sea coasts, particularly lincolnshire, East Anglia and the South East. Temperatures around the East Coast 15 to 17 celsius but further west 20 or 21 celsius. This evening and overnight, mostly dry, a few spots of drizzle here and there, low cloud, Mist And Fog around the coast as well. Temperatures for most of us staying in double figures under the blanket of Cloud Butjust dipping into single figures. We could see six or seven celsius, the coldest spots across the west of scotland. Tomorrow, another fairly cloudy, largely dry day, similar to today, a bit of sunshine here and there, especially for parts of western scotland. Southern england also seeing a bit more brightness, the Sunshine Reappearing here. 22 celsius or so In London. Less of a breeze around that East Coast compared to recent days as well. Heading on into the weekend and High Pressure still with us. You can see the white on the maps here, that is extensive cloud which is again trapped underneath that area of High Pressure. Most places largely dry on saturday and fairly cloudy. You can see a few isolated showers moving up from the south, so there could be one or two for the likes of the isle of wight, up to South Wales as well. Most places avoiding them. Sunny spells, a Touch Warmerfor some of us. Around 17 to 21 celsius. As we head through the course of the weekend, High Pressure still with us but drifting off to the east. Sunday, we will see a Weather Front trying to move in from the west but it bumps into the area of High Pressure so it could bring showers to Northern Ireland or the North West of scotland, particulate on on sunday. Much of england and wales having a dry day. Temperatures up to 24 celsius in the warmest spot, 20 celsius further north. One or two showers in the north and North West into the Working Week but temperatures certainly on the rise. Goodbye. This is bbc news. The headlines. An independent inquiry finds shocking failings and � Blatant Hypocrisy� in the way major religious groups have handled allegations of Child Abuse. We looked at 38 religions in total and i think we found failings in every organisation we looked at. The Foreign Secretary says the uk will need to engage with the taliban about reopening Kabul Airport and getting people out of afghanistan. We are working at pace. As you can see, we are out, i� m out here engaging with all of the key partners and i will be Moving On, travelling in the region to facilitate that as well. A State Of Emergency in New York at least nine people have died in Flash Flooding 3 inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. Dame Sarah Storey becomes britain� s most successful paralympian of all time a remarkable ride In Tokyo bringing Her 17th Gold Medal. It still feels a bit like an out of Body Experience, like you� re watching somebody else go through that it is very, very hard to put into words. And Mamma Mia. Are abba about to release new music nearly 40 years after they last performed together . A Public Inquiry has found shocking failings and � Blatant Hypocrisy� in the way major religious groups have handled allegations of Child Abuse. The independent inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse says a number of religions, including thejehovah� S Witnesses, 0rthodoxjudaism and islam, are morally failing children; it found that in some cases religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse, in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. The report has been produced at The End of weeks of public hearings in which survivors of abuse gave evidence. Richard galpin reports. I did not fully recognise i what was going on at the time is wrong or had a label for it. And these were my patients. Sarah, not her real name, was very young when she says her father, a jehovah� s witness, started abusing her. Her mother, a particularly devoutjehovah� s witness, also abused her, she says. It was very abusive and controlling. Although i feel like my mother� s Mental Health issues were her own Mental Health issues, i feel like the Witness Religion gave her a framework to hang that abuse on, to justify it. And, ultimately, to get away with it. The allegations were eventually Reported by a member of the organisation when she was 13. And yet, she says, nothing was done by the jehovah� S Witnesses. They say it is the Parent Responsibility to report allegations to the police, but as you can see in a case like mine, that clearly isn� t good enough. It is not enough to expect children, to expect the perpetrators to report them self to the police, it is laughable. Today� s report is highly critical of many religious organisations. We looked at the jehovah� S Witnesses, thejewish religion, 38 in total, i think we found failings in every organisation. It would be unfair to pick one out but in all of them those failings made It Easierfor Abuse to happen and much harder for it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations are calls for all religious organisations to have a Child Protection Policy in place. And for the government to amEnd Legislation to ensure inspectors have sufficient powers to check the quality of Child Protection in suspected unregistered schools. But for some, these recommendations from the report don� t go far enough. Campaigners supporting jewish people here who have been abused saying progress is slow, and want it to be made mandatory for any religious person to report abuse to the police. Our home Affairs Correspondent, Tom Symonds gave us some background to the report the independent inquiry, the public enquiry, has been looking at the catholic church, has looked at the anglican church. This is about 38 other religious organisations, a whole wide range of organisations, ranging from thejehovah� S Witnesses in some cases to an organisation representing 100 synagogues in the 0rthodoxjewish tradition, and also a number of major mosques. And the enquiry found problems across the board, really. Just to sum them up victims being blamed for reporting Child Sexual Abuse; matters of sexuality not being discussed for religious reasons, making it harder for children to disclose; the abuse of power by religious leaders, many of whom were men; mistrust of organisations Outside the religious orders, for example, the police; and also misusing the concept of forgiveness, as the enquiry says. What they are saying is that religious believers, this is a quote, can find it difficult to accept that members of their congregation or religious leaders could perpetrate abuse. As a result, some consider it not necessary to have specific Child Protection procedures or to strictly adhere to them. And it� s a big report, butjust to give you some idea of what this is about, one focus was the jehovah� S Witnesses, which is quite a big religious organisation from the christian tradition across the uk. They have a rule, a biblical rule, which says that they can only consider allegations when there are two witnesses. Now, of course, in the case of Child Sexual Abuse, there is usually only the person involved in the abuse who is present. Now, thejehovah� S Witnesses do have a policy of reporting everything to the police, but the enquiry says that this two Witness Rule has to stop because it is creating the wrong environment for these allegations to be properly considered. I� m joined now byjohn 0� brien, who was the secretary to the inquiry. Thank you forjoining us. What did you find particularly remarkable in the Spending Spice so. 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All of the failings we found in reports going back 30, 40 years, failings we found in reports going back 30,40 years, failings we found in reports going back 30, 40 years, everything was shocking but the most shocking thing was we found exactly the same failings going on that were going on 30, 40 years failings going on that were going on 30,40 years ago going on in very recent times. In institutions, religion is very often the last and that people go to and Everything Else has let them down so in the very institutions people look to to provide that last piece of honesty, spiritual guidance, they find themselves abuse yet again. You exect themselves abuse yet again. You exoect those themselves abuse yet again. You expect those organisations to be based on trust. Why are these problems, this abuse, so long standing and so prevalent in these organisations . B, standing and so prevalent in these organisations . Standing and so prevalent in these oruanisations . � ,. ,. , organisations . A number of reasons. The religious organisations . A number of reasons. The religious organisations organisations . A number of reasons. The religious organisations we i organisations . A number of reasons. The religious organisations we have l the religious organisations we have looked at have largely, in some respect in the past they have all adopted an approach where protecting the reputation of the organisation has been paramount above Everything Else, including protecting and supporting victims of Child Sexual Abuse. That leads to all the behaviours you have heard about. Shaming people into saying it is not the done thing in this religion to report Sexual Abuse. You must respect religious leaders, they are here to provide spiritual guidance, they can� t really do anything wrong, so, what are you doing talking about them carrying out Sexual Abuse . Just discouraging any talk about Sexual Abuse, Sexuality Or Anything to do with what we might describe as the intimate part of a relationship, just discouraging that from being discussed at all. Institutions were many of the leaders are actually male, which makes it critically difficult for female victims of Child Sexual Abuse to report, so a whole range of things thatjust make it really difficult for victims to do two things. One is to actually recognise that what is happening to them as abuse, because they are told it is normal, and the second thing is, even when they recognise it is abuse, to know what to do about it. These organisations can sometimes make it really hard for people to know what to do and make it really hard for them to do that thing when they find it out. In many instances we heard that where they were brave enough to report it to that side of authorities they were then ostracised from within the religious or wider community, which isjust or wider community, which is just acts or wider community, which isjust acts as a deterrent to others. So it is a range of things but at the heart of it lies that protecting the repetition of the organisation Trumps Everything else. Tiara repetition of the organisation Trumps Everything else. Two main recommendations Trumps Everything else. Two main recommendations in Trumps Everything else. Two main recommendations in the Trumps Everything else. Two main recommendations in the report i Trumps Everything else. Two main| recommendations in the report but Trumps Everything else. Two main i recommendations in the report but a lot of the people we� ve been talking to to get a reaction to the report, which they welcome, wish they were more recommendations. When might they be forthcoming . Element i know some people in particular mention. The panel have said in at least three of the reports were published so far are they do intend to come back to the issue of mounted reporting, and the simple reason for thatis reporting, and the simple reason for that is that reporting is to look at all institutions to figure out if it should be required across a beast mandatory reporting. Required across the piece. That is the purpose of the final report, to look at the holistic view of what has been done and they have said mandatory reporting will feature in whatever way, shape or form the evidence takes them in that final report. Evidence takes them in that final Re Ort. , ~ , evidence takes them in that final reort. , ~ , evidence takes them in that final reort. , ~ ,. ,. , report. How likely is that the final Re Ort will report. How likely is that the final report will talk report. How likely is that the final report will talk about report. How likely is that the final report will talk about the report. How likely is that the final report will talk about the need i report. How likely is that the Finalj Report will talk about the need for some kind of financial compensation for victims . 50 some kind of financial compensation for victims . ~ some kind of financial compensation for victims . For victims . So i think the final Re Ort for victims . So i think the final report will for victims . So i think the final report will look for victims . So i think the final report will look at for victims . So i think the final report will look at this for victims . So i think the final report will look at this as i for victims . So i think the final report will look at this as from | report will look at this as from holistic point of view, what went wrong, how these were people . How do you redress the suffering people of faith in the past . Some of that might be a financial Product Redress can take many forms. We have heard from many people who wish to get access to better quality support, for instance. They will look at redressing in the round and take it beyond just the financial, i suspect, and look at it from what we have heard people would appreciate what the evidence they have heard leads them to conclude from that. Redress is one of those things that applies across all organisations, and it definitely goes wider than purely financial, although that is part of it. Purely financial, although that is art of it. ~. ,. , purely financial, although that is artofit. ~. ,. , purely financial, although that is artofit. ,. ,. , part of it. What would you see to victims who part of it. What would you see to victims who believe part of it. What would you see to victims who believe there part of it. What would you see to victims who believe there is i part of it. What would you see to victims who believe there is a i part of it. What would you see to i victims who believe there is a need for legislation to bring some of these recommendations into reality . Which of course is going to take a long time . Info circuit is never for them. It feels like it is Never Ending for them. We them. It feels like it is neverending for them. We have already made neverending for them. We have already made recommendations| neverending for them. We have i already made recommendations that require legislation and the government is reacting in some of those. The sad truth is that many of the things we have recommended in her past reports and potentially some of the things we will recommend in future reports once we finish gathering evidence will require legislation, much of which will be primary. In Primary Legislation does take time to facilitate its way through the parliamentary process. But what i would say to victims as the it is really important that we look at this properly, Take A Look at the evidence. Lode at this properly, Take A Look at the evidence. ~. ,. , evidence. We recommend those things that we really evidence. We recommend those things that we really think evidence. We recommend those things that we really think based evidence. We recommend those things that we really think based on evidence. We recommend those things that we really think based on the i that we really think based on the evidence can fix it. And where that is Primary Legislation, even if it takes time, let� s take them to do this and it properly. Let� s get the in place. It can then be effective in place. It can then be effective in stopping Sexual Abuse of children in stopping Sexual Abuse of children in its tracks in the future. But the sad reality is that it will take time to do that, but that is not a reason not to tackle it. We need to bring in the protections we found lacking. The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has held talks in qatar about the situation in afghanistan in particular, the prospects of the taliban reopening Kabul Airport. Mr raab said his priority is to secure safe passage out of the country for the remaining british nationals and the afghans who worked with them. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, James Landale reports Dominic Raab in qatar this morning, visiting a centre where some of those fleeing afghanistan have been processed. For many, the Gulf State was their first stop after escaping kabul, and it� s from here where some will eventually head for britain. But what of those Left Behind . The focus of Mr Raab� s talks with qatari leaders, with the prospect of persuading the taliban to reopen Kabul Airport and provide a route out for british nationals and afghans who are at Risk And Wish to leave. The Foreign Secretary said ensuring safe passage would be an early test for the taliban. I do think we feel a responsibility to make sure that the remaining british nationals and afghan workers can come to the uk. That� s why we watch with great interest what may be possible at Kabul Airport. But we� re also here, and i� m here notjust in qatar, but Moving On afterwards, to talk to regional countries about how we can ensure safe passage through third countries. Qatar already has a technical team at Kabul Airport discussing what needs to be done to resume flights, and qatar� s Foreign Minister was optimistic. We are working very hard, and also engaging with taliban to identify what are the gaps and the risks for having the airport back up and running. But we will remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible. The Foreign Secretary said britain would not formally recognise the new Taliban Government, but it did want what he called Direct Engagement. That� s already begun here in the qatari capital of doha, where the taliban have a political office, and where the british embassy to afghanistan will now be based. A senior british official, sir simon gass, has held talks with taliban officials here and will brief the Foreign Secretary on their outcome. 0n the next step of a tour that critics say has come far too late, Mr Raab will head for pakistan. His aim, he said, was to form an alliance of nations, to exert maximum moderating influence on the taliban. James landale, bbc news. The Foreign Secretary spoke to the media following those talks, and gave more detail on how he plans to secure safe passage for those still trying to leave afghanistan. There are two opportunities to get safe passage out of afghanistan and back to the uk. One is through the Airport Kabul to stop i had good conversations with the Foreign Minister of qatar here today about the workability of that. I don� t think we are yet able to say anything formal, but that is looking like it may happen at some point in the near future. At the same time, we are obviously working with all the countries in the region to make sure that they are processing the documentation, the basic logistics are in place, to give us the alternative option. So we are working at pace, and as you can see, we are out here, i� m out here engaging with all of the key partners and i will be Moving On, travelling wider in the region to facilitate that as well. It was obvious to Ben Wallace that the game was up injuly. Why wasn� t it obvious to you . Ben and i were taking the same assessment throughout until very late. The assessment, the central assessment being that kabul wouldn� T Fall until after The End of august, and the evacuation of allied troops, and indeed it would be a steady deterioration throughout the remaining part of the year. So we are all working to the same set of assumptions. 0ur political correspondent Jonathan Blake is at westminster. How Jonathan Blake is at westminster. Beholden is britt to how beholden Is Britain going to be to other countries to get these talks to mean something . I to other countries to get these talks to mean something . I think the other countries talks to mean something . I think the other countries are talks to mean something . I think the other countries are absolutely other countries are absolutely crucial. You hair there are the Foreign Secretary speaking in the report alongside qatar, one country that has the close Working Relationship already with the taliban. Turkey is another crucial partner which has close ties to afghanistan, the country as a whole. And in some respects, the taliban as well. I think you can see in the approach the Foreign Secretary is taking on the strip it is very much an approach in partnership with and in conjunction with other countries who are perhaps better placed to have direct talks and Direct Engagement with the taliban itself. That said, as we have heard, britain is talking to the taliban, albeit at Arms Length perhaps. Not at the ministerial level, but the Prime Minister� s envoy has been getting round the table with senior representatives of the taliban, we are told. The Foreign Secretary now going off to pakistan, will tour other countries in the region as well. I think we will see throughout, combined efforts to work with those countries to put pressure on the taliban and influence them not only in the immediate term with the most pressing problem of getting british people and those who are allowed to come to the uk out of the country who are stranded there, but also in the longer term attempting to prevent a humanitarian crisis, and also asserting pressure on the taliban, hoping to influence them in terms of the type of regime they end P Terms of the type of regime they end up running. At least 9 people have died in Flash Flooding on the North East coast of the us, including New York, newjersey and philadelphia, as tropical Storm Ida brought a month� s worth of rain to the area. 3 inches of rain fell in Central Park in just one hour. A State Of Emergency has been declared, with the mayor of new York City, bill de blasio, describing the flooding as � brutal�. Leboo diseko reports. It� S Floating The Streets of New York, as the city was hit by the fury of Storm Ida. Oh, my god, this poor person� S Floating. Roads turned into rivers, as the city was deluged with rain. At least one body was pulled from a vehicle that was swept away. The city� s Subway Network forced to a standstill, as what looked like waterfalls submerged platforms, tracks and trains. Play was interrupted at the Us Open. The venue� s roof no match for the rain. Even leaving as the Flood Warning came in didn� t prevent being caught in the storm. It literally was torrential, coming down from left to right. There were a number of cars that have been abandoned, sort of owners trying to get out. I spoke to one guy who had to climb out of the window of his car as the waters were rising, and so then the bus driver, who was an absolute hero, managed to carry on and pull through the water. At one point, it was up to two or three feet in the bus itself, the water was coming through. In neighbouring newjersey, planes were grounded overnight, conditions too dangerous to fly. Ida hit louisiana as a category four hurricane on sunday. The state is still reeling from its impact. It� s since been pushing up across the east of the country there have been several deaths in new York City. The mayor has declared a State Of Emergency for what he called a historic weather event, which brought brutal flooding to the city. Lebo diseko, bbc news. 0ur Correspondent Laura trevelyan spoke to us a little earlier from new York City. Well, i can tell you that i was getting a train from washington to New York last night and i spent the night on the train in newjersey, because there is so much flooding that the tracks were just completely impassable. It was extraordinary. At about 830 last night there was a tropical storm, it was like being in an extreme car wash, being on the train. All of a sudden there were Flash Flooding alerts on our phones. Catastrophic flooding. The train in front of us, people were stranded on it, at least we were in the station on a platform, we could get out. It was quite extraordinary. Here in new York City, the subway, full of water, devastating, brutal flooding. All of this of course the remnants of that hurricane that hammered louisiana at the weekend, but the national Weather Service was not warning us of torrential rainfall so it really caught people by surprise. Quite a long way north compared with where Hurricane Ida, when it was a hurricane, Made Landfall. What are the facilities available to the new York Subway when trying to deal with this amount of rain in such a short period of time . It is not like the tube In London which is hundreds of feet below ground. The subway in New York is really pretty much at street level. So it floods incredibly quickly. And at the levels of water that we saw, there� s literally nothing to be done. They cannot pump it quick enough. So it is just one of the vulnerabilities in new York City that is really underlined by Climate Change. The last time we saw scenes this bad were during Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Sandy because new York City itself is at sea level, so any Storm Surge or excessive rainfall causes flooding. Now we are seeing more severe and extreme weather, more frequently, New York is being really, really exposed. What are the conditions likely to be over the next day or so . Is it improving . It is improving here. The water is receding. In philadelphia, south of us, there is majorflooding and right now there are incredible live pictures and fact of people who are having to be rescued from their homes in philadelphia, because the river has burst its banks and flooded, so yet another example of how cities on the East Coast of america, which are at sea level, are incredibly vulnerable to this new climate we are seeing. After 18 months of disruption to schools from covid, the Education Secretary says he expects a greater sense of normality this term, as pupils in England Start to return to the classroom. Gavin williamson also said he hoped scientific advisers would make a decision very soon about whether to recommend covid vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds, and that parents would welcome having the option to give their child a jab. Health experts say the decision is finely balanced. Sean dilley reports. Mum of two karen is running a uniform exchange for parents in greater manchester. Her children are among thousands returning to schools across the uk. It� s important, The Return. They need. Notjust from the Education Perspective but they also need the social lives. I mean, they learn so much from Each Other, don� t they, at this age . Pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland will see fewer covid restrictions than before the summer holidays. Social distancing and bubbles are among the restrictions eased. But in scotland, where students returned in the middle of august, both remain. The Education Secretary for england says teachers are ready. We� ve seen the lifting of all national restrictions, so people can go about their business, and it� s really important for us that children are having as normal a pre Pandemic Education Experience as possible. But we do recognise precautionary measures have to be taken. To help make this possible, Secondary School children in england are being invited to take to Lateral Flow Tests in school, three to five days apart. Secondary schools are staggering their return to manage demand. Pupils across the uk are being encouraged to continue with twice weekly testing from home. Those Testing Positive in england will be contacted by the nhs Test And Trace service and instructed to isolate. But ministers say schools no longer need to sEnd Large groups home when they come into contact with a confirmed case. In scotland, the First Minister is among those linking a rapid rise in cases to schools reopening, leading to concerns that england could also see a large increase. But public Health England believe schools will not be a driver of infections. We are reassured, and the studies and surveys confirm this regularly, that schools are not the hub of infection in communities. It� s widely accepted that Mass Vaccination of adults is likely to lessen the impact of transmission in schools. But some argue that all 12 to 15 year olds should be offered the vaccine. I would probably go for a single dose of the vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds as a one off in order to help public health generally break Transmission Chains in society. The decision on who should be offered vaccines lies with Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation, which independently advises Uk Health authorities. But ministers in england say, if they recommend injections for 12 to 15 year olds, they are ready to support the roll out. Adults who catch coronavirus when they� re fully vaccinated are half as likely to develop long covid, as people who haven� t had a jab. Research from Kings College london has been been published in the journal, the lancet infectious diseases. Two groups representing Health Service organisations are warning that services may have to be cut, unless Nhs England receives an extra £10 billion in Government Funding next year. The Nhs Confederation and nhs providers say the additional money is needed to cover costs related to the pandemic, and reduce the backlog of operations and treatments. A scottish Conservative Msp has apologised to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and to the scottish parliament for controversial comments she made. During First Minister� s questions, Nicola Sturgeon said that everyone was welcome in scotland but the North East Msp Tess White is Reported to have added unless you� re english. The msp subsequently apologised and asked to withdraw her remarks. She was reprimanded by the Presiding Officer, alisonjohnstone. The First Minister returned to parliament to hear the apology and then left the chamber. My comments during the First Minister� s qquestions were over the line, and i would like to withdraw them and apologise to both the chamber and the First Minister. Thank you. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. It is another largely dry but fairly cloudy day out there. Some blue Sky And Sunshine breaking through, particularly across parts of scotland, northern england. This is the picture earlier on. Some fair Weather Cloud around there. Just the Odd Spot of drizzle coming out of that cloud. Tending to peter out as we head to the afternoon and evening. Some sunshine for parts of scotland into North West England as well. 20 or 21 degrees in the brighter spells. A lighter colour in the East Coast with breezes coming in off the North Sea. 0vernight still some clear spells across parts of Southern England, perhaps a few for the west of scotland. Temperatures in a few spots down to single figures. Six or seven in the coolest spots, possibly. Tomorrow we do it all again. The Odd Spot of drizzle, cloudy skies for most, a bit of Sunshine Reappearing particularly along the South Coast compared to recent days. Top temperatures around 13 22. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines an independent inquiry finds some religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. A State Of Emergency in New York at least nine people have died in Flash Flooding three inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. The Foreign Secretary says the uk will need to engage with the taliban about reopening Kabul Airport and getting people out of afghanistan. Sarah storey has won her wins Her 17th Gold Medal to become britain� s most successful paralympian of all time. Let� s catch up on all the Sport News now. Good afternoon. We� ll we� ll start we� ll start with an update on the paralympics. Four Gold Medals for great britain on day nine of the paralympics In Tokyo with history made and records broken. Paralympics gb stay second in the medals table. Javelin thrower Dan Pembroke set a new paralympic and European Record on a victorious games debut. Pembroke has a degenerative Sight Condition and competed in non disabled events before switching to para sport. He threw 69. 52 metres in the f13 final. Bethany firth won gold in the pool in winning the s14100 Metres Title for the third games in a row. She said it� s the one she� s been waiting for all week. And on the track, success for ben watson, who won his second gold In Tokyo with a brilliant victory over Team Mate Fin graham in the men� s c1 3 road race. And Dame Sarah Storey has won Her 17th Gold Medal to become britain� s most successful paralympian. It� s nearly 30 years since she won her first paralympic title aged 14 at the barcelona games in 1992 then in the swimming pool, before she switched to cycling today, victory in the c4 5 roadrace saw her ride into the History Books. I wasn� t too fussed by the forecast, we probably trained for 85 humidity, it was 17 degrees, i was looking at my bike computer, 17 degrees, i had to wear a layer, we were asking the heat packs, but it was brilliant whether to be trying to hurl it round corners and just try and do the best you could. It still feels a bit like an out of Body Experience, like you are watching somebody else go through that. It� s very, very hard to put into words. I� ve worked for this for such a long time but i� ve worked for each race independently, so now we� ve finished all three i� m like, well finished, i� m going home tomorrow, i� ll be at home tomorrow evening. It� s very strange, so i� m hoping over the course of the next few hours in the next day before i get home, it starts to sink in. I� ve had so many messages and i� m trying desperately hard to reply to the mall as quickly as i can because it� s incredibly overwhelming. England have the edge on the first day of the fourth test against india at the oval. India Captain Virat Kholi made a half century before being caught behind off 0llie robinson who now has two wickets, as does The Returning Chris Woakes. James anderson with the other, india are 115 5. The five Match Series is tied at1 all. Live commentary on Test Match special over on 5live sports extra. England� s footballers, are back in action for their first match since the euro 2020 final, tonight. They� re taking on hungary in budapest. England top their group, but know things won� t be easy against a team, who held both france and germany to draws at the euros. In terms of qualification, it is a really important opportunity for us because if you can take points off your nearest challengers in their own home, then it puts us in a really strong position and we would be in control of the group, basically. Plenty more build up to tonight� s World Cup qualifiers, including Northern Ireland� s match against lithuania on the Bbc Website. But that� s all the sport for now. The us Supreme Court has refused to block a law banning most abortions in texas. The law, which came into force on tuesday, makes it illegal to terminate pregnancies after six weeks even in cases of rape or incest. It� s the most dramatic restriction so far to the Roe Versus wade judgment of 1973, which legalised abortion across the united states. Earlier we spoke to sonia adesara, an Nhs Doctor and women� s rights campaigner. No woman, whatever the circumstances, should be forced to have a pregnancy were against her well. This lawyer is talking about six weeks, many women won� t even know they are pregnant at six weeks, and it� s going to have an awful impact on women� s health, their physical health, Mental Health, and we know we have so much evidence for this, when you criminalise abortion women are harmed and women die, and inevitably we will see more women harmed and dying as a result of policies like this, and of course it is for women, women with the least economic means, the women who are most vulnerable, most marginalised, you suffer the most with these policies. With me now is dr calum miller, a medical Doctor And Researcher at oxford university. You take a different view. 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I think what i weve seen over the last 50 years is we� ve seen over the last 50 years is that people across the western world, especially in countries with really radical abortion laws up to birth, such as in the us, have really come to see that these laws are too radical for the really come to see that these laws are too radicalfor the public really come to see that these laws are too radical for the public to accept, and in particularfor women to accept. 0pinion polling shows that generally women are more pro life and more supportive of these sorts of laws than men are. And that� s partly as a result of the scientific developments we� ve seen over the last few decades, showing that actually the baby has developed much earlier than we think. So although six weeks seems very early in pregnancy, i think that� s partly because we� re so surprised learn that the baby� s heart does develop atjust that the baby� s heart does develop at just three weeks after conception. 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For example, there was a poll from 2017 called where do | was a poll from 2017 called where do they stand, and in that survey, along a wide variety of dimensions, women supported further limitations and regulations on abortion for their own safety and as part of a humane and compassionate abortion law. For example, women were more likely to support a reduction in the term limit for abortion than men were, and actually the large majority, 70 of women, thought the term limit in the uk should be brought down from 24 weeks as a result of scientific development. You talk about the heartbeat being present from three weeks, but the foetus isn� t viable at that point, is it . How comfortable are you as a man telling a woman what she should do with her body, her health . I do with her body, her health . I think we usually dont think think we usually don� t think Viability Or Independence is what gives people their moral value. 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I think when the life of the mother is at i when the life of the mother is at risk, abortion should be available as a means of separating the baby from the mother to try to save the mother. But i think all human beings are equal and therefore as a result we have to protect human beings at every stage of development, notjust the stages of development at which we become comfortable or 0k the stages of development at which we become comfortable or ok with protecting them. 50 we become comfortable or ok with protecting them we become comfortable or ok with protecting them. So you are ok, are ou, protecting them. So you are ok, are you. Saying protecting them. So you are ok, are you. Saying to protecting them. So you are ok, are you. Saying to a protecting them. So you are ok, are you, saying to a woman protecting them. So you are ok, are you, saying to a woman or protecting them. So you are ok, are you, saying to a woman or a protecting them. So you are ok, are you, saying to a woman or a girl protecting them. So you are ok, are| you, saying to a woman or a girl who has become pregnant because of rape or incest, that she should carry that they be . I or incest, that she should carry that they be . Or incest, that she should carry that they be . I think first we have to realise these that they be . I think first we have to realise these are that they be . I think first we have to realise these are very that they be . I think first we have to realise these are very tiny i to realise these are very tiny minorities of cases. To realise these are very tiny minorities of cases. To realise these are very tiny minorities of cases. That is a question minorities of cases. That is a question im minorities of cases. That is a question im asking. Minorities of cases. That is a question im asking. Sorry, i minorities of cases. That is a question im asking. Sorry, if. Minorities of cases. That is a i question im asking. Sorry, if you would let me question im asking. Sorry, if you would let me finish, question im asking. Sorry, if you would let me finish, these i question im asking. Sorry, if you would let me finish, these are i question im asking. Sorry, if you would let me finish, these are al would let me finish, these are a tiny minority of cases, but these women do matter and we should give them an answer. The empirical evidence on the psychological outcomes is simply that having an abortion in those terrible, traumatic situations which we would never want women to be in on the first place, having an abortion does not help those women psychologically, and in fact the evidence we do have suggests that women are psychologically worse off after having an abortion compared to having the unwanted pregnancy continued. And that 96 of women who are refused an Abortion End up being glad they were refused an abortion, according to recent research. But this legislation in texas would deny terminations as a result of pregnancy from rape or incest. Even in girls who are underage. fits Pregnancy from rape or incest. Even in girls who are underage. 5 i in girls who are underage. As i suggested. In girls who are underage. As i suggested, this in girls who are underage. As i suggested, this is in girls who are underage. I suggested, this is something in girls who are underage. I suggested, this is something we have to listen to women� s voices on a look at the evidence on. Women in these rare situations, when we are talking about the tiny minority of abortions, these women will have gone through something absolutely terrible and horrendous, and no woman should ever go through that, and we should be absolute forthright about saying this is something that should not happen. But the question is, once it has happened, what is the best solution for those women. What is the thing that will most help them to heal from that trauma . And as i said, the empirical evidence and the voices of women, when you listen to their testimonies, is that abortion does not help in these situations, and in many situations it makes that trauma significantly worse. But many situations it makes that trauma significantly worse. Significantly worse. But there will be many people significantly worse. But there will be many people watching, i significantly worse. But there will be many people watching, manyl significantly worse. But there will i be many people watching, many women watching, who have made the difficult decision to have a termination and for them that was absolutely the right decision. What is your answer to them . Is your answer to them . Well, its true most is your answer to them . Well, its true most women is your answer to them . Well, its true most women say is your answer to them . Well, its true most women say they is your answer to them . Well, its true most women say they made l is your answer to them . Well, its i true most women say they made the right decision when they have the decision to have an abortion. However, the converse is true, when women are denied an abortion for legal reasons orfor any women are denied an abortion for legal reasons or for any other reason, 96 of those women at least eventually are glad they had the baby. So what this means is more that women are able to have a remarkable resilience and an amazing ability to come to terms with their circumstances and welcome new life, evenin circumstances and welcome new life, even in the most difficult of situations. And that is something i think is a wonderful thing about women, is something we should not be trying to suggest they are not capable of doing. Capable of doing. Would you understand capable of doing. Would you understand if capable of doing. Would you understand if they capable of doing. Would you understand if they thought l capable of doing. Would you understand if they thought somebody of semi said they thought there was a terribly patronising attitude . A man talking about a woman� s resilience to cope with the pregnancy she does not want . I dont think its Patronising Pregnancy she does not want . I dont think its patronising to pregnancy she does not want . I dont think its patronising to say pregnancy she does not want . I dont think its patronising to say women i think it� s patronising to say women are resilient, no. I}i . Think its patronising to say women are resilient, no. Are resilient, no. Ok. Callum miller. Goodbye. We are going to go live to New York. The New York governor is holding a Press Conference because she is talking about the Situation In The state as a consequence of the extraordinary weather conditions they� ve been having. To theyve been having. In municipalities, cities, the citizens, the business is affected and certainly the homeowners, and also with respect to the homeowners of risk experienced the flooding in their own basements, i� ve directed their own basements, i� ve directed the department of financial services to be in contact immediately with their insurance providers so they get people on the ground, show up in these neighbourhoods, get your claims adjusters, let them start filing to get reimbursed for the damages we have mobile units on the ground to this end as well. Right now we still have a limited services on the subway, i will be heading out to long island to see some dilate damage that occurred out there shortly, but the metro north, and the Subway Systems are not fully functioning at this time. But i want people to stay engaged following the information and to make sure they stay safe. I want to conclude by saying once again New York is show what they are made out of, the collaboration that was going on, the constant communication between our teams is something that perhaps you don� t see the public, but it is real, it makes a Difference And Help save lives. And i want to thank our partners at the State Level, state police, and our rescue teams, had to rescue over 100 people in Westchester County alone. This is the scenario as we speak today, that i will be giving continued reports. What i wanted to do first was assess where we are today, my next question is where are we going next, had we prevent this from happening, how� d we get money and resources to the places we can build up the resiliency and streets, before we worried about the coastal areas now it� s about what is happening in The Streets, the Drainage Systems that need to be enhanced, and all the resilience because of Climate Change unfortunately this is something we� re going to have to deal with with great regularity and we want to assure all New Yorkers we have prepared and will do everything we can in our powerto prepared and will do everything we can in our power to protect human life and property. Thank you very much, i would like to introduce Senator Schumer who has been very engaged and i thank him for his partnership. Engaged and i thank him for his partnership partnership. Ok. Thank you, governor. Partnership. Ok. Thank you, governor, and partnership. Ok. Thank you, governor, and first, partnership. Ok. Thank you, governor, and first, to i partnership. Ok. Thank you, governor, and first, to my i governor, and first, to my condolences and heart and prayers to all of the condolences and heart and prayers to all of the families who have lost loved all of the families who have lost loved ones. Imagine the horror of sitting loved ones. Imagine the horror of sitting in loved ones. Imagine the horror of sitting in your own Basement Apartment and the water is just flooding apartment and the water is just flooding in all of a sudden with no notice. Flooding in all of a sudden with no notice. And flooding in all of a sudden with no notice, and you struggle to get out but you notice, and you struggle to get out but you cant. Its an awful, awful situation, but you cant. Its an awful, awful situation, and our hearts go out to them situation, and our hearts go out to them i situation, and our hearts go out to them ialso situation, and our hearts go out to them. I also want to thank all of our new them. I also want to thank all of our New Yorkers at the city and the state our New Yorkers at the city and the State Level our New Yorkers at the city and the State Level as well as the other localities, State Level as well as the other localities, who always go all out. Unfortunately we are New York have experienced too many emergencies in the last experienced too many emergencies in the last decade, and the one thing we have the last decade, and the one thing we have learned through this emergencies is how strong New Yorkers emergencies is how strong New Yorkers are and how much our public servants yorkers are and how much our public servants want to go all out and risk their servants want to go all out and risk their lives servants want to go all out and risk their lives to preserve other peoples their lives to preserve other peoples lives. And we thank them. I am going peoples lives. And we thank them. I am going to peoples lives. And we thank them. I am going to make two points here. Number am going to make two points here. Number one, we will do everything we can to number one, we will do everything we can to get number one, we will do everything we can to get all of the federal aid that is can to get all of the federal aid that is needed. We did this after sandy. That is needed. We did this after sandy, weve done it after many other sandy, weve done it after many other storms, upstate, the governor knows other storms, upstate, the governor knows when other storms, upstate, the governor knows when we work together on these storms knows when we work together on these storms up knows when we work together on these storms up state, and i spoke this morning storms up state, and i spoke this morning to storms up state, and i spoke this morning to the fema administrator, you know morning to the fema administrator, you know what herjob was before she was the you know what herjob was before she was the administrator, she was the citys was the administrator, she was the Citys Oem was the administrator, she was the citys 0em commissioner. So she knows citys 0em commissioner. So she knows New York well. We will fight and make knows New York well. We will fight and make New York declared a disaster and make New York declared a disaster area, and make New York declared a disasterarea, ive spoken and make New York declared a disaster area, ive spoken to the white disaster area, ive spoken to the white house as well, and that will mean white house as well, and that will mean money, money for homeowners and individuals. Mean money, money for homeowners and individuals, money for small businesses that may have been lost, and money businesses that may have been lost, and money to our Citys State and other and money to our Citys State and other local and money to our Citys State and other local governments for the amount other local governments for the amount of money that theyve had to lay out amount of money that theyve had to lay out to amount of money that theyve had to lay out to deal with this crisis. And lay out to deal with this crisis. And i lay out to deal with this crisis. And i will lay out to deal with this crisis. And i will make sure, as i have in the past, and i will make sure, as i have in the past, that no stone is left unturned the past, that no stone is left unturned and all of the federal largesse, unturned and all of the federal largesse, in the federal government we know largesse, in the federal government we know when a disaster hits one area the we know when a disaster hits one area the whole country comes together~ area the whole country comes together. And helps. And that is what together. And helps. And that is what we together. And helps. And that is what we are going to ask if in New York, what we are going to ask if in New York, iust what we are going to ask if in New York, just as we are helping in california york, just as we are helping in california with the fires and out West California with the fires and out west with california with the fires and out west with the fires, etc. And that relates west with the fires, etc. And that relates to west with the fires, etc. And that relates to my second and final point relates to my second and final point. Globalwarming is upon relates to my second and final point. Global warming is upon us. When point. Global warming is upon us. When you point. Global warming is upon us. When you get two Record Rain falls in a week when you get two Record Rain falls in a week its notjust coincidence. When in a week its notjust coincidence. When you in a week its notjust coincidence. When you get all the changes that weve when you get all the changes that weve seen in weather, thats not a Coincidence Weve seen in weather, thats not a coincidence. Globalwarming weve seen in weather, thats not a coincidence. Global warming is weve seen in weather, thats not a coincidence. Globalwarming is upon us and coincidence. Globalwarming is upon us and its coincidence. Globalwarming is upon us and its going to get worse and worse us and its going to get worse and worse and us and its going to get worse and worse and worse unless we do something about it. And thats why its so something about it. And thats why its so imperative to pass the two bills, its so imperative to pass the two bills, the its so imperative to pass the two bills, the Infrastructure Bill and the budget Reconciliation Bill. The second the budget Reconciliation Bill. The second deals with Climate Change and will reduce second deals with Climate Change and will reduce the amount of carbon we put in will reduce the amount of carbon we put in the will reduce the amount of carbon we put in the atmosphere by 50 . By 2030 put in the atmosphere by 50 . By 2030 the put in the atmosphere by 50 . By 2030. The first bill deals with infrastructure and build into their infrastructure and build into their infrastructure is something i started infrastructure is something i started fostering with sandy, that we dont started fostering with sandy, that we dont just started fostering with sandy, that we dontjust build infrastructure but we we dontjust build infrastructure but we build resilient infrastructure. So when these floods or fires infrastructure. So when these floods or tires or infrastructure. So when these floods or fires or anything else occurs, they or fires or anything else occurs, they are or fires or anything else occurs, they are much more resistant. And you saw they are much more resistant. And you saw some results of that from the sandy you saw some results of that from the sandy money, but we need much more the sandy money, but we need much more of the sandy money, but we need much more of it the sandy money, but we need much more of it. And these bills do that. Woe is more of it. And these bills do that. Woe is us more of it. And these bills do that. Woe is us if more of it. And these bills do that. Woe is us if we dont recognise these woe is us if we dont recognise these changes are due to Climate Change. These changes are due to Climate Change, woe is us if we dont do something change, woe is us if we dont do something about it quickly. Both in building something about it quickly. Both in building resilient infrastructure and going to clean power, whether it is in homes, and going to clean power, whether it is in homes, in electricity, in transportation, to stop global warming transportation, to stop global warming or at least reduce its awful Effect Warming or at least reduce its awful effect on warming or at least reduce its awful effect on this country. I want to thank effect on this country. I want to thank the effect on this country. I want to thank the governor for being here iiliit thank the governor for being here right on thank the governor for being here right on the spot, i want to thank the moya, right on the spot, i want to thank the moya, he is or was available, our horough the moya, he is or was available, our Borough President , our great converse our Borough President , our great converse men, and everyone who is here converse men, and everyone who is here and converse men, and everyone who is here. And now its my honour to mary here. And now its my honour to Mary De here. And now its my honour to Mary De blasio. Here. And now its my honour to Mary De islash here. And now its my honour to Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is right, Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is right, we Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is right, we are Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is right, we are in Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is right, we are in a i Mary De blasio. Thank you. Senator schumer is right, we are in a whole J Schumer is right, we are in a whole new world. We saw horrifying storm last night. Unlike anything we� ve seen before. And this is a reality we have to face. Unfortunately, the price paid by some New Yorkers was horrible and tragic, we have now lost nine New Yorkers to the storm. Nine people who were alive at this exact moment yesterday. No idea that such a horrible fate could befall them. Families in mourning right now, we need to be there for them and all the New Yorkers who right now are dealing with the results of this horrifying storm. I want to thank Senator Schumer, we spoke earlier today, thank Senator Schumer, we spoke earliertoday, i thank Senator Schumer, we spoke earlier today, i know he will get us the maximum federal aid. 0ur homeowners need it, our business owners need it, people are going through hell right now and i need help. I thank President Biden and Senator Schumer for being willing immediately to help. The governor, we spoke repeatedly, thank you for your leadership, thank you for the way the state of New York responded. We are truly all in this together. And storms affect all of us, but what we� ve got to recognise is the suddenness, the brutality of storms now, it is different. A Record Set two weeks ago, another Record Set now, rainfall like we haven� t seen ever before. This is the biggest wake up call we could possibly get. We are going to have to do a lot of things differently and quickly. But what is a constant is our first responders. I want to thank the men and women of the Ft Ny and ems, nypd, environment protection, all the agencies that were out in force last night, rescuing hundreds and hundreds of New Yorkers. So many lives were saved because of the first, courageous response of a first, courageous response of a first responders. People help from a Subway Train safely, people helped out of a car in a flooded area, this happened literally hundreds of times last night. And god bless ourfirst responders who were there. Got a lot of work to do right now, to help New Yorkers recover, but we also have a lot of work to do to change the very approach. I agree with the governor, it� s time for an entirely different approach because we are getting signal here. It� s not going to be easy. We are going to need all that help possible from the federal government. But in our time we have to make this change. We� ve gotten the message, we have to make a change to protect the lives of the people of the city. Thank you, and i would like to call on someone who has been dramatically helpful and always make sure we get help in the city. Congress member gregory meeks. First let me give my condolences to the family first let me give my condolences to the family members, the friends, the relatives. The family members, the friends, the relatives, the neighbours on this block relatives, the neighbours on this block who relatives, the neighbours on this block who have to be devastated. 0ne Block who have to be devastated. One day its block who have to be devastated. One day its a block who have to be devastated. One day its a beautiful day, and we know day its a beautiful day, and we know that day its a beautiful day, and we know that in queens, neighbourhoods are families. Block associations, working are families. Block associations, working together, neighbours protecting neighbours homes. This is absolutely devastating, and my heart is absolutely devastating, and my heart reaches out to each and Everyone Heart reaches out to each and everyone. 0n Heart reaches out to each and everyone. On this blog and in this family everyone. On this blog and in this family a everyone. On this blog and in this family. A mother, a son, gone from us because family. A mother, a son, gone from us because of family. A mother, a son, gone from us because of Climate Change and these us because of Climate Change and these record storms, storms that were these record storms, storms that were once these record storms, storms that were once in 500 years, im told. Now were once in 500 years, im told. Now that were once in 500 years, im told. Now that weve got to look at them to he now that weve got to look at them to be storms that come in a regular manner~ to be storms that come in a regular manner. More intense, as indicated. So i manner. More intense, as indicated. So i want manner. More intense, as indicated. So i want to manner. More intense, as indicated. So i want to thank. I spoke to speaker so i want to thank. I spoke to speaker pelosi, to make sure that we work very speaker pelosi, to make sure that we work very closely with Senator Schumer, work very closely with Senator Schumer, so there is no separation between schumer, so there is no separation between the house and the senate, and i between the house and the senate, and i think between the house and the senate, and i think all of the members of the united and i think all of the members of the united States Congress in berlin the united States Congress in berlin the resources here to the city of new the resources here to the city of New York the resources here to the city of New York. We thank the mayor and the governor New York. We thank the mayor and the governor for New York. We thank the mayor and the governor for their working on this instantaneously. We have and to be here in instantaneously. We have and to be here in South Eastern queens in the first congressional desk it, knowing we need first congressional desk it, knowing we need infrastructure, it is absolutely crucial and important that we absolutely crucial and important that we pass reconciliation. 0ne Absolutely crucial and important that we pass reconciliation. One of the that we pass reconciliation. 0ne of the reasons that we pass reconciliation. One of the reasons why its important, i know the reasons why its important, i know for the reasons why its important, i know for flooding in South Eastern queens, know for flooding in South Eastern queens, i know for flooding in South Eastern queens, i have a request in now that was passed queens, i have a request in now that was passed in the house but has to be was passed in the house but has to he passed was passed in the house but has to be passed on the Reconciliation Bill, be passed on the Reconciliation Bill. For be passed on the Reconciliation Bill, for some close to 4 Million ust bill, for some close to 4 Million just for bill, for some close to 4 Million just for blocks like these. To improve just for blocks like these. To improve the infrastructure and to stop the improve the infrastructure and to stop the flooding. That we know takes stop the flooding. That we know takes place here. If you look at what takes place here. If you look at what this takes place here. If you look at what this place look like in these pictures what this place look like in these pictures now at 10p last night, it was devastating. And finally, let me say thank was devastating. And finally, let me say thank you to all of the men and women say thank you to all of the men and women working in all our Emergency Services women working in all our Emergency Services and women working in all our Emergency Services and the heroes and sheroes. The best services and the heroes and sheroes. The best drivers and the people in a subway the best drivers and the people in a Subway System is getting people to safety, Subway System is getting people to safety, rescuing people stuck in their safety, rescuing people stuck in their cars. Safety, rescuing people stuck in their cars, they are really heroes. Putting their cars, they are really heroes. Putting themselves at risk for the rest of putting themselves at risk for the rest of us putting themselves at risk for the rest of us. So, again, thank you. I want rest of us. So, again, thank you. I want to rest of us. So, again, thank you. I want to thank rest of us. So, again, thank you. I want to thank my City Councilman who has been want to thank my City Councilman who has been working here for a long period has been working here for a long period of has been working here for a long period of time, in this very block, trying period of time, in this very block, trying to period of time, in this very block, trying to make a difference for the people trying to make a difference for the people of trying to make a difference for the people of this district, for all of the hard people of this district, for all of the hard work you do in the City Council the hard work you do in the City Council and the hard work you do in the City Council and our former Borough President. Council and our former Borough President , for all she does. Council and our former Borough President , forall she does. I now want president , forall she does. I now want to president , forall she does. I now want to bring out the current borough want to bring out the current Borough President , who is working very hard Borough President , who is working very hard to make sure this borough receives very hard to make sure this borough receives all very hard to make sure this borough receives all the infrastructure dollars receives all the infrastructure dollars and the attention it needs. Thank dollars and the attention it needs. Thank you. Dollars and the attention it needs. Thank you, and thank you both to the governor and the mayor for their support this morning. Into the early hours. I want to thank all the agencies. First, let me start by saying we mourn all 2. 4 Million queens residents more in the lives of those lost in the early morning hours due to this catastrophic storm. Let me also just say that we have surveyed a lot of different communities across the borough, and i� m happy to say that rosedale and the rockaways, because of the investment by the city, i want to thank the mayor for his investment into southern queens, we definitely saw a different story this time around based on that investment. But we know that is still not enough and thatis we know that is still not enough and that is why here today. We need washington, dc to move with a level of urgency, we have been here before in Hurricane Sandy, we are still awaiting for the rockaway reformulation plan, we have a Howard Beach Plan near many parts of this borough that historically have flooded, and it� s only going to get worse. And unfortunately, if we do not address Climate Change we will continue to lose lives across not just this borough but across this Country And State and we don� t have to look any further than louisiana to look any further than louisiana to see what also happened there as well. A few things i want to mention, to homeowners out there today, please document all of your losses, i� ve spoken to some homeowners here, and put a claim with the controller as well as with your insurance companies, i know a lot residents struggle with flood insurance, but these are key things to do. I� m also asking companies to allow their workers to work remote today, and if you are not an essential worker to stay off the roads as well. For the neighbourhoods of whitestone, couege neighbourhoods of whitestone, College Point and parts of flushing, left right, i want you to know we are here, i� ve asked the Governor Today for assistance to small businesses and to homeowners as well, and she has given her stamp of approval on all those things. So there is a lot of work that needs to be done, we are not out of the woods, queens needs to see much more infrastructure investment. We cannot wait until tomorrow, we need it today, these lives could have been saved. If we had investment that we sorely needed a long time ago. With that being said, it could brings me great honour to bring up my colleague, someone who worked with me from my time being the environmental Protection Chairman and the council, him being civil service and labour, someone who worked to secure a 2 Billion for south queens,. Worked to secure a 2 Billion for south queens,. Good morning. First of all, my condolences south queens,. Good morning. First of all, my condolences to south queens,. Good morning. First of all, my condolences to the i of all, my condolences to the family of all, my condolences to the family i of all, my condolences to the family. I want to thank the governor, the mayor, the senator, the congress member, Borough President , and this collaboration of folks of president , and this collaboration of folks of government who have come together folks of government who have come together to address this issue. And they have together to address this issue. And they have done so very well articulated the issues of Climate Change articulated the issues of Climate Change on infrastructure or the lack thereof change on infrastructure or the lack thereof. But all politics are local, and i thereof. But all politics are local, and i think thereof. But all politics are local, and i think the congressman has mentioned that i have spent the better mentioned that i have spent the better part of ten years on The Street better part of ten years on The Street here. And i probably had about street here. And i probably had about six street here. And i probably had about six to 12 inches of water in my basement this morning. But i always my basement this morning. But i always say my basement this morning. But i always say that you feel like the man with always say that you feel like the man with no shoes until you come over man with no shoes until you come over here man with no shoes until you come over here on man with no shoes until you come over here on one 83rd st and then you see over here on one 83rd st and then you see the over here on one 83rd st and then you see the man with no feet. I bet you see the man with no feet. I bet you this you see the man with no feet. I bet you this is you see the man with no feet. I bet you this is my mother. Every time you this is my mother. Every time you get you this is my mother. Every time you get to you this is my mother. Every time you get to mike. You this is my mother. Every time you get to mike. Gonna pick that u . You get to mike. Gonna pick that u . Hes you get to mike. Gonna pick that up . Hes doing you get to mike. Gonna pick that up . Hes doing a you get to mike. Gonna pick that up . Hes doing a press you get to mike. Gonna pick that| up . Hes doing a Press Conference. Your little boy up . Hes doing a Press Conference. Your little boy is up . Hes doing a Press Conference. Your little boy is in up . Hes doing a Press Conference. Your little boy is in good up . Hes doing a Press Conference. Your little boy is in good hands i your little boy is in good hands 0h, your little boy is in good hands oh. My your little boy is in good hands oh. My god your little boy is in good hands oh, my god its your little boy is in good hands oh, my god its my your little boy is in good hands oh, my god its my mother. I we felt like, until you see the person we felt like, until you see the person with no feet. The folks here had a person with no feet. The folks here had a 30 person with no feet. The folks here had a 30 foot of water on the first floor had a 30 foot of water on the first floor and had a 30 foot of water on the first floor and not in the basement. As Borough Floor and not in the basement. As Borough President richards indicated, the 2 Billion of infrastructure spent, nearly half of the Citys Infrastructure spent, nearly half of the Citys Infrastructure budget, the Citys Infrastructure budget, the minority was one 83rd st. When that schedule came about, do one 83rd st that schedule came about, do one 83rd st first, and guess what, they did. 83rd st first, and guess what, they did and 83rd st first, and guess what, they did. And then they did it again because did. And then they did it again because it wasnt done right the first time because it wasnt done right the first time. And were still today. And so first time. And were still today. And so we first time. And were still today. And so we have to figure out what we are not and so we have to figure out what we are not doing right. We have to make sure that are not doing right. We have to make sure that these folks that every time sure that these folks that every time it sure that these folks that every time it rains, they are not out here time it rains, they are not out here every time it rains, they are not out here. Every time it rains, my staff and i, here. Every time it rains, my staff and i. We here. Every time it rains, my staff and i. We hit here. Every time it rains, my staff and i, we hit the hot spots. You call over and i, we hit the hot spots. You call over here, you call certain areas call over here, you call certain areas in call over here, you call certain areas in springfield gardens to see if it is areas in springfield gardens to see if it is working. And guess what. Two if it is working. And guess what. Two weeks if it is working. And guess what. Two weeks ago when we had the major flood then, two weeks ago when we had the major flood then, the record breaker, we were flood then, the record breaker, we were 0k~ flood then, the record breaker, we were ok. This was different. The loss were 0k. This was different. The loss of were ok. This was different. The loss of lives are unacceptable. We absolutely have to make sure that we are taking absolutely have to make sure that we are taking care of families. I want toiust are taking care of families. I want toiust say are taking care of families. I want tojust say that are taking care of families. I want to just say that this group of folks here are to just say that this group of folks here are the epitome of a resilience. Theyd take care of Each Other, resilience. Theyd take care of Each Other, they resilience. Theyd take care of Each Other, they feed Each Other, they house other, they feed Each Other, they house Each Other, they feed Each Other, they house Each Other. We are here with them house Each Other. We are here with them we house Each Other. We are here with them. We are going to continue to be here with them. We are going to continue to be here with them. I want to thank the governor. Here with them. I want to thank the governor, Senator Schumer, the mayor. Governor, Senator Schumer, the mayor. Just governor, Senator Schumer, the mayor, just for the collaboration and resources that are going to be here in and resources that are going to be here in queens. We are all here to make here in queens. We are all here to make sure here in queens. We are all here to make sure that this is done equitably and that these folks here that have equitably and that these folks here that have been suffering for so long suffer that have been suffering for so long suffer no that have been suffering for so long suffer no more. Thank you. At that have been suffering for so long suffer no more. Thank you. Suffer no more. Thank you. At this oint, suffer no more. Thank you. At this point. We suffer no more. Thank you. At this point. We will suffer no more. Thank you. At this point, we will take suffer no more. Thank you. At this point, we will take questions, i suffer no more. Thank you. At this point, we will take questions, but| point, we will take questions, but i also want point, we will take questions, but i also want to point, we will take questions, but i also want to make point, we will take questions, but i also want to make a point, we will take questions, but i also want to make a statement i point, we will take questions, but i. Also want to make a statement before we go also want to make a statement before we go onto also want to make a statement before we go onto questions. Also want to make a statement before we go onto questions. The also want to make a statement before we go onto questions. The people i also want to make a statement before| we go onto questions. The people who live on we go onto questions. The people who live on the we go onto questions. The people who live on The Streets we go onto questions. The people who live on The Streets like we go onto questions. The people who live on The Streets like these we go onto questions. The people who live on The Streets like these in live on The Streets like these in the city live on The Streets like these in the city of live on The Streets like these in the city of new live on The Streets like these in the city of New York, live on The Streets like these in the city of New York, i live on The Streets like these in the city of New York, i want i live on The Streets like these in. The city of New York, i want them live on The Streets like these in the city of New York, i want them to know. The city of New York, i want them to know. A the city of New York, i want them to know. A new the city of New York, i want them to know, a new administration, the city of New York, i want them to know, a new administration, my know, a new administration, my administration, know, a new administration, my administration, we know, a new administration, my administration, we dont know, a new administration, my administration, we dont govern| know, a new administration, my. Administration, we dont govern by press administration, we dont govern by Press Conference administration, we dont govern by Press Conference. We administration, we dont govern by Press Conference. We are administration, we dont govern by Press Conference. We are here i administration, we dont govern by. Press conference. We are here today to answer Press Conference. We are here today to answer questions, Press Conference. We are here today to answer questions, but Press Conference. We are here today to answer questions, but i Press Conference. We are here today to answer questions, but i want Press Conference. We are here today to answer questions, but i want to i to answer questions, but i want to assure to answer questions, but i want to assure them to answer questions, but i want to assure them it to answer questions, but i want to assure them it is to answer questions, but i want to assure them it is not to answer questions, but i want to assure them it is notjust to answer questions, but i want to assure them it is notjust about. Assure them it is notjust about what assure them it is notjust about what we assure them it is notjust about what we do assure them it is notjust about what we do today, assure them it is notjust about what we do today, but assure them it is notjust about what we do today, but about i assure them it is notjust about. What we do today, but about what assure them it is notjust about what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow and what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow and the what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow and the next what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow and the next day what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow and the next day in i what we do today, but about what we do tomorrow and the next day in the i do tomorrow and the next day in the next day~ do tomorrow and the next day in the next day~ youre do tomorrow and the next day in the next day. Youre going do tomorrow and the next day in the next day. Youre going to do tomorrow and the next day in the next day. Youre going to see do tomorrow and the next day in the next day. Youre going to see a next day. Youre going to see a different next day. Youre going to see a different tone next day. Youre going to see a different tone and next day. Youre going to see a i different tone and collaboration. Next day. Youre going to see a. Different tone and collaboration. I have been different tone and collaboration. I have been in different tone and collaboration. I have been in the different tone and collaboration. I have been in The Streets different tone and collaboration. I have been in The Streets for different tone and collaboration. I have been in The Streets for a different tone and collaboration. Ii have been in The Streets for a long time have been in The Streets for a long time and have been in The Streets for a long time and know have been in The Streets for a long time and know what have been in The Streets for a long time and know what it have been in The Streets for a long time and know what it takes have been in The Streets for a long time and know what it takes to have been in The Streets for a longi time and know what it takes to get the job time and know what it takes to get the job done time and know what it takes to get the job done. You time and know what it takes to get the job done. You show time and know what it takes to get the job done. You show up time and know what it takes to get the job done. You show up until. Time and know what it takes to getl the job done. You show up until the ob the job done. You show up until the job is the job done. You show up until the job is done the job done. You show up until the job is done. Thank the job done. You show up until the job is done. Thank you, the job done. You show up until the job is done. Thank you, said job is done. Thank you, said Senator Job is done. Thank you, said senator it job is done. Thank you, said senator. It is job is done. Thank you, said senator. It is the job is done. Thank you, said senator. It is the presence i job is done. Thank you, saidl senator. It is the presence of job is done. Thank you, said senator. It is the presence of our public senator. It is the presence of our public advocate senator. It is the presence of our public advocate who senator. It is the presence of our public advocate who has senator. It is the presence of our public advocate who has joined. Senator. It is the presence of our| public advocate who hasjoined us and senator public advocate who hasjoined us and senatorjohn public advocate who hasjoined us and senatorjohn lewis. Public advocate who hasjoined us and senatorjohn lewis. Kind public advocate who has joined us. And senatorjohn lewis. Kind here. Cant and senatorjohn lewis. Kind here. Cant hear those were my questions this morning when i those were my questions this morning when i spoke those were my questions this morning when i spoke to those were my questions this morning when i spoke to the those were my questions this morning when i spoke to the leadership those were my questions this morning when i spoke to the leadership at when i spoke to the leadership at the nta~ when i spoke to the leadership at the nta~ we when i spoke to the leadership at the nta. We need when i spoke to the leadership at the nta. We need to when i spoke to the leadership at the nta. We need to identify when i spoke to the leadership at the nta. We need to identify the| the nta. We need to identify the areas the nta. We need to identify the areas where the nta. We need to identify the areas where we the nta. We need to identify the areas where we have the nta. We need to identify the i areas where we have vulnerabilities on our areas where we have vulnerabilities on our streets areas where we have vulnerabilities on our streets where areas where we have vulnerabilities on our streets where the areas where we have vulnerabilities on our streets where the drainage i on our streets where the Drainage Systems on our streets where the drainage Systems Arent on our streets where the drainage Systems Arent functioning on our streets where the drainage. Systems arent functioning properly and close Systems Arent functioning properly and close the Systems Arent functioning properly and close the entrance Systems Arent functioning properly and close the entrance to Systems Arent functioning properly and close the entrance to the and close the entrance to the subway and close the entrance to the subway we and close the entrance to the subway. We need and close the entrance to the subway. We need to and close the entrance to the subway. We need to be and close the entrance to the subway. We need to be ablei and close the entrance to the i subway. We need to be able to and close the entrance to the subway. We need to be able to fix those subway. We need to be able to fix those first subway. We need to be able to fix those first so subway. We need to be able to fix those first so we subway. We need to be able to fix those first so we dont subway. We need to be able to fix those first so we dont get subway. We need to be able to fix those first so we dont get a those first so we dont get a situation those first so we dont get a situation where those first so we dont get a situation where the those first so we dont get a| situation where the drainage those first so we dont get a situation where the Drainage System and the situation where the Drainage System and the Sewage Situation where the Drainage System and the Sewage System Situation where the Drainage System and the Sewage System Cant situation where the Drainage System and the Sewage System Cant handlei and the Sewage System Cant handle the volume and the Sewage System Cant handle the volume of and the Sewage System Cant handle the volume of water. And the Sewage System Cant handle the volume of water. I and the Sewage System Cant handle the volume of water. I think and the Sewage System Cant handle the volume of water. I think that and the Sewage System Cant handle the volume of water. I think that is. The volume of water. I think that is our first the volume of water. I think that is our first priority. The volume of water. I think that is our first priority. Its the volume of water. I think that is our first priority. Its my the volume of water. I think that is our first priority. Its my first our first priority. Its my first priority our first priority. Its my first priority i our first priority. Its my first priority. I also our first priority. Its my first priority. I also want our first priority. Its my first priority. I also want to our first priority. Its my first priority. I also want to have i our first priority. Its my first. Priority. I also want to have an after priority. I also want to have an after action priority. I also want to have an after Action Report priority. I also want to have an after Action Report on priority. I also want to have an after Action Report on this. Priority. I also want to have an. After Action Report on this. When did we after Action Report on this. When did we know after Action Report on this. When did we know what after Action Report on this. When did we know what we after Action Report on this. When did we know what we had, after Action Report on this. When did we know what we had, whati did we know what we had, what information did we know what we had, what information do did we know what we had, what information do we did we know what we had, what information do we have, did we know what we had, what. Information do we have, whether did we know what we had, what information do we have, whether any Intelligence Information do we have, whether any intelligence Failures Information do we have, whether any Intelligence Failures in information do we have, whether any Intelligence Failures in Terms Information do we have, whether any Intelligence Failures in terms of Intelligence Failures in terms of our preparedness. Intelligence failures in terms of our preparedness. I Intelligence Failures in terms of our preparedness. I deployed l our preparedness. I deployed resources our preparedness. I deployed Resources Yesterday our preparedness. I deployed| Resources Yesterday morning, our preparedness. I deployed Resources Yesterday morning, but we did not Resources Yesterday morning, but we did not know Resources Yesterday morning, but we did not know that Resources Yesterday morning, but we did not know that between Resources Yesterday morning, but we did not know that between 850 Resources Yesterday morning, but we did not know that between 850 End L did not know that between 850 End Line did not know that between 850 End Tine 50 did not know that between 850 End Tine 50 pm did not know that between 850 End Tine 50 Pm Test did not know that between 850 End Line 50 pm last night did not know that between 850 End Line 50 pm last night that did not know that between 850 End Line 50 pm last night that the line 50 pm last night that the Heavens Line 50 pm last night that the heavens would line 50 pm last night that the heavens would literally line 50 pm last night that the heavens would literally openi line 50 pm last night that the l heavens would literally open up line 50 pm last night that the heavens would literally open up and brin heavens would literally open up and bring niagara heavens would literally open up and bring niagara falls heavens would literally open up and bring niagara falls level heavens would literally open up and bring niagara falls Level Water heavens would literally open up and bring niagara falls Level Water to i bring niagara falls Level Water to The Streets bring niagara falls Level Water to The Streets of bring niagara falls Level Water to The Streets of new bring niagara falls Level Water to The Streets of New York. Bring niagara falls Level Water to The Streets of New York. Could. Bring niagara falls Level Water to l The Streets of New York. Could that have treen The Streets of New York. Could that have been anticipated . The streets of New York. Could that have been anticipated . I The Streets of New York. Could that have been anticipated . I want The Streets of New York. Could that have been anticipated . I want to i have been anticipated . I want to find out have been anticipated . I want to find out is have been anticipated . I want to find out. Is that have been anticipated . I want to find out. Is that something have been anticipated . I want to find out. Is that something we i find out. Is that something we should find out. Is that something we should have find out. Is that something we should have known find out. Is that something we should have known in find out. Is that something we i should have known in advance . Find out. 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We have to| realise many people are already some ways earlier . We have to realise many people are already on the subways realise many people are already on the subways if realise many people are already on the subways. If we realise many people are already on the subways. If we shut realise many people are already on the subways. If we shut them realise many people are already on. The subways. If we shut them down, there the subways. If we shut them down, there are the subways. If we shut them down, there are people the subways. If we shut them down, there are people underground. The subways. If we shut them down, there are people underground. That| there are people underground. That is not there are people underground. That is not an there are people underground. That is not an option there are people underground. That is not an option. Do there are people underground. That is not an option. Do we there are people underground. That is not an option. Do we stop is not an option. Do we stop passengers is not an option. Do we stop passengers from is not an option. Do we stop passengers from going is not an option. Do we stop| passengers from going down is not an option. Do we stop passengers from going down the stairs passengers from going down the stairs into passengers from going down the stairs into them . Passengers from going down the stairs into them . It passengers from going down the stairs into them . It is passengers from going down the stairs into them . It is also passengers from going down thei stairs into them . It is also about evacuation stairs into them . It is also about evacuation and stairs into them . It is also about evacuation and not stairs into them . It is also about evacuation and not bringing stairs into them . It is also about. Evacuation and not bringing people into the evacuation and not bringing people into the System Evacuation and not bringing people into the system at evacuation and not bringing people into the system at the evacuation and not bringing people into the system at the time. Evacuation and not bringing people into the system at the time. And. Into the system at the time. And your into the system at the time. And your first into the system at the time. And your first question into the system at the time. And your first question was . Your first question was . Inaudible inaudible there were Storm Warning and tornado warnings throughout the evening but i dont see what more could have been done. I dont see what more could have been done i dont see what more could have been done. � ,. ,. , been done. Thats a good question. Inaudible we have damage. Inaudible we have damaue. ~. Inaudible we have damaue. We have damage. We have damage and i am auoin to we have damage. We have damage and i am going to be we have damage. We have damage and i am going to be out we have damage. We have damage and i am going to be out visiting we have damage. We have damage and i am going to be out visiting some we have damage. We have damage and i am going to be out visiting some of am going to be out visiting some of the sites am going to be out visiting some of the sites right am going to be out visiting some of the sites right now am going to be out visiting some of the sites right now and am going to be out visiting some of the sites right now and we am going to be out visiting some of the sites right now and we are am going to be out visiting some ofi the sites right now and we are going to be the sites right now and we are going to be embedded the sites right now and we are going to be embedded with the sites right now and we are going to be embedded with personnel. To be embedded with personnel. Everything to be embedded with personnel. Everything has to be embedded with personnel. Everything has to to be embedded with personnel. Everything has to settle to be embedded with personnel. Everything has to settle down i to be embedded with personnel. I everything has to settle down and stabitise, everything has to settle down and stabilise, make everything has to settle down and stabilise, make sure everything has to settle down and stabilise, make sure we everything has to settle down and stabilise, make sure we are stabilise, make sure we are protecting stabilise, make sure we are protecting life stabilise, make sure we are protecting life and stabilise, make sure we are| protecting life and property, stabilise, make sure we are protecting life and property, Job Number protecting life and property, Job Number one protecting life and property, Job Numberone. Number protecting life and property, Job Number one. Numbertwo, protecting life and property, Job Number one. Numbertwo, we i protecting life and property, job. 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Numbertwo, we go out there with the theme accrues and there with the theme accrues and added there with the theme accrues and added the there with the theme accrues and added the extent there with the theme accrues and added the extent of there with the theme accrues and added the extent of the there with the theme accrues and added the extent of the damage i there with the theme accrues and i added the extent of the Damage And File for added the extent of the Damage And File for a added the extent of the Damage And File for a declaration added the extent of the Damage And File for a declaration with added the extent of the Damage And File for a declaration with the file for a declaration with the Federat File for a declaration with the federal government. File for a declaration with the federal government. This file for a declaration with the federal government. This is. File for a declaration with the federal government. This is where president federal government. This is where President Biden federal government. This is where President Biden assured federal government. This is where President Biden assured me federal government. This is where President Biden assured me theyi federal government. This is where President Biden assured me they were lloifi President Biden assured me they were going to President Biden assured me they were going to do President Biden assured me they were going to do this President Biden assured me they were going to do this for President Biden assured me they were going to do this for us. President biden assured me they were going to do this for us. Tell President Biden assured me they were going to do this for us. Tell us going to do this for us. Tell us what going to do this for us. Tell us what we going to do this for us. Tell us what we need. What we need. Inaudible what we need. Inaudible. I let me get our d ep commissionaire. I think he is here. He can speak to specifics. As you heard from congressmen meeks and from president richardsons per account Borough President richards. We made a 2 Billion investment in addressing the infrastructure problems in queens in the sewer problems. This is tragically a very long Standing Problem and one of the things that became clear was that we were going to have to make an extraordinary investment to address it. As you have heard, that investment is having an impact but it is not complete. In terms of the impact on investment is needed here in this area, the commissioner has the dpp. Thank you. A couple of things. One is that thank you. A couple of things. One is that the thank you. A couple of things. One is that the rate of rainfall that occurred is that the rate of rainfall that occurred wasjust is that the rate of rainfall that occurred was just really extraordinary. Councilmember occurred wasjust really extraordinary. Councilmember miller mentioned extraordinary. Councilmember miller mentioned that the storm that we had a couple mentioned that the storm that we had a couple of mentioned that the storm that we had a couple of weeks ago with the remnants a couple of weeks ago with the remnants of henri, which was about the total remnants of henri, which was about the total amount of rainfall that fell, the total amount of rainfall that felt, but the total amount of rainfall that fell, but they still fell in a very short fell, but they still fell in a very short window, a few hours, and that is a very short window, a few hours, and that is a very big short window, a few hours, and that is a very big difference. As the mayor is a very big difference. As the mayor said, we recognise in this Area Mayor said, we recognise in this area of mayor said, we recognise in this area of south queens, investment was needed area of south queens, investment was needed and area of south queens, investment was needed and long overdue. The mayor announced needed and long overdue. The mayor announced a needed and long overdue. The mayor announced a commitment a few Years Baci be in the same position as last time. I be in the same position as last time. Be in the same position as last time. ,. ,. , time. I have been to so many catastrophic time. I have been to so many Catastrophic Flooding time. I have been to so many Catastrophic Flooding events | time. I have been to so many Catastrophic Flooding events from Lake Ontario Catastrophic Flooding events from Lake Ontario to Catastrophic Flooding events from Lake Ontario to long Catastrophic Flooding events from Lake Ontario to long island Catastrophic Flooding events from Lake Ontario to long Island And L Catastrophic Flooding events from. Lake ontario to long island and out of the Lake Ontario to long island and out of the city Lake Ontario to long island and out of the city. No. Lake ontario to long island and out of the city. No, this Lake Ontario to long island and out of the city. No, this is Lake Ontario to long island and out of the city. No, this is not Lake Ontario to long island and out of the city. No, this is not unusual. Of the city. No, this is not unusual any more of the city. No, this is not unusual any more. Anyone of the city. No, this is not unusual any more. Anyone who of the city. No, this is not unusual any more. Anyone who says of the city. No, this is not unusual any more. Anyone who says it of the city. No, this is not unusual any more. Anyone who says it is l of the city. No, this is not unusual. Any more. Anyone who says it is once in a century any more. Anyone who says it is once in a century once any more. Anyone who says it is once in a century once in any more. Anyone who says it is once in a century once in 500 any more. Anyone who says it is once in a century once in 500 years, any more. 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Business so we need to take steps considered the normal course of business so we need to take steps to prepare business so we need to take steps to prepare we business so we need to take steps to prepare. We should business so we need to take steps to prepare. We should have business so we need to take steps to prepare. We should have evacuationi prepare. We should have evacuation plans prepare. We should have evacuation plans that prepare. We should have evacuation plans that every prepare. We should have evacuation plans that every single prepare. We should have evacuation plans that every single homeownerl plans that every single homeowner knows plans that every single homeowner knows about plans that every single homeowner knows about. What plans that every single homeowner knows about. What do plans that every single homeowner knows about. What do you plans that every single homeowner knows about. What do you do plans that every single homeowner| knows about. 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Know and The Streets and subways that this know and The Streets and subways that this is know and The Streets and subways that this is dangerous. Know and The Streets and subways that this is dangerous. Have know and The Streets and subways| that this is dangerous. Have alerts going that this is dangerous. Have alerts going out that this is dangerous. Have alerts going out on that this is dangerous. Have alerts going out on ceil that this is dangerous. Have alerts going out on cell phones. That this is dangerous. Have alerts going out on cell phones. I that this is dangerous. Have alerts going out on cell phones. I dont. Going out on cell phones. I dont know going out on cell phones. I dont know that going out on cell phones. I dont know that this going out on cell phones. I dont know that this wont going out on cell phones. I dont know that this wont happen going out on cell phones. I dont. Know that this wont happen again tomorrow know that this wont happen again tomorrow i know that this wont happen again tomorrow. I know know that this wont happen again tomorrow. I know we know that this wont happen again tomorrow. I know we need know that this wont happen again tomorrow. I know we need to know that this wont happen again tomorrow. I know we need to do i know that this wont happen again tomorrow. I know we need to do much more tomorrow. I know we need to do much more in tomorrow. I know we need to do much more in our tomorrow. I know we need to do much more in our resiliency, tomorrow. I know we need to do much more in our resiliency, addressing more in our resiliency, addressing ciimate more in our resiliency, addressing Climate Change more in our resiliency, addressing Climate Change. That more in our resiliency, addressing Climate Change. That is more in our resiliency, addressingi Climate Change. That is long term, that is Climate Change. 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When we are talking about Climate Change, housing, making sure that we have the change, housing, making sure that we have the resilience for the future, not the have the resilience for the future, not the today, just for today. 0fficiats not the today, just for today. Officials in New York speaking to the media, gathered thereafter extraordinary scenes of flooding in which at least nine people have died following the aftermath of what was hurricane eider. The point being made that more situations like this are going to be seen in the united states as a result of Climate Change, and the need for the vulnerabilities, as their governor of New York put it to work out where they need to make the investment. And calls the federal age causes wealth of federal age because of the state of the city. Lets bring you the latest government data on coronavirus. Britain has Reported another 38,154 new Cases Today of covid 19. That is up by 2500 compared with yesterday. Another 178 deaths have been Reported. That is people dying within 28 days of a positive test. The Number Yesterday was 207 deaths. That was the highest number recorded since early march. A Public Inquiry has found shocking failings and Blatant Hypocrisy in the way major religious groups have handled allegations of Child Abuse. The independent inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse says a number of religions, including thejehovahS Witnesses, 0rthodoxjudaism and islam, are morally failing children. It found that, in some cases, religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse, in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. The report has been produced at The End of weeks of public hearings in which survivors of abuse gave evidence. Richard galpin reports. I did not fully recognise what was going on at the time was wrong or had a label for it. And these were my parents. Sarah, not her real name, was very young when she says her father, a jehovahs witness, started abusing her. Her mother, a particularly devoutjehovahs witness, also abused her, she says. It was very abusive and controlling. Although i feel like my mothers Mental Health issues were her own Mental Health issues, i feel like the Witness Religion gave her a framework to hang that abuse on, to justify it. And, ultimately, to get away with it. The allegations were eventually Reported by a member of the organisation when she was 13. And yet, she says, nothing was done by the jehovahS Witnesses. They say it is the Parents Responsibility to report allegations to the police, but as you can see in a case like mine, that clearly isnt good enough. It is not enough to protect children, to expect the perpetrators to report them self to the police, it is laughable. Todays report is highly critical of many religious organisations. We looked at the jehovahS Witnesses, thejewish religion, 38 in total, i think we found failings in every organisation. It would be unfair to pick one out but in all of them those failings made It Easierfor Abuse to happen and much harder for it to be Reported. Amongst the recommendations are calls for all religious organisations to have a Child Protection Policy in place. And for the government to amEnd Legislation to ensure inspectors have sufficient powers to check the quality of Child Protection in suspected unregistered schools. But for some, these recommendations from the report dont go far enough. Campaigners supporting jewish people here who have been abused saying progress is slow, and want it to be made mandatory for any religious person to report abuse to the police. John obrien, who was the secretary to the inquiry said the inquiry found the failings which allowed abuse to take place have been happening for decades. The most shocking thing was we found exactly the same failings going on that were going on 30, 40,50 years ago going on in very recent times. In institutions, religion is very often the last that people go to when Everything Else has let them down. So in the very institutions people look to to provide that last piece of honesty, moral courage and spiritual guidance, they find themselves abused yet again. You expect those organisations to be based on trust, dont you . Why are these problems, this abuse, so long standing and so prevalent in these organisations . A number of reasons. The religious organisations we have looked at have largely, in some respect in their past, they have all adopted an approach where protecting the reputation of the organisation has been paramount above Everything Else, including protecting and supporting victims of Child Sexual Abuse. That leads to all the behaviours you have heard about. Shaming people into saying it is not the done thing in this religion to report Sexual Abuse. You must respect religious leaders, they are here to provide spiritual guidance, they cant really do anything wrong, so what are you doing talking about them carrying out Sexual Abuse . Just discouraging any talk about Sexual Abuse, Sexuality Or Anything to do with what we might describe as the intimate part of a relationship. Just discouraging that from being discussed at all. Institutions where many of the leaders are actually male, which makes it very difficult for female victims of Child Sexual Abuse to report. So a whole range of things thatjust make it really difficult for victims to do two things. One is to actually recognise that what is happening to them as abuse, because they are told it is normal, and the second thing is, even when they recognise it is abuse, to know what to do about it. These organisations can sometimes make it really hard for people to know what to do and make it really hard for them to do that thing when they find it out. In many instances, we heard that where they were brave enough to report it to Outside authorities they were then ostracised from within the religious or wider community, which isjust acts as a deterrent to others. So it is a range of things but at the heart of it lies that protecting the reputation of the organisation Trumps Everything else. Richard scorer whos a lawyer thats been representing many of the victims and survivors said they welcomed the report but that recommendations must be put in place to reduce abuse in these organisations. There is a lot that needs to be done. There needs to be independent oversight of religious bodies. In terms of safeguarding. And we need to have mandatory reporting. We need a role in this country that you have to report if you know about abuse. Those of the changes we need to see. It is imperative that the inquiry recommends those if we are going to see a change in this situation. Why do we need yet more legislation, when Child Abuse is already against the law . The problem is that covering up Child Abuse unfortunately is not always against the law. Another institution or an organisation can know that Child Abuse is happening, or can suspect that it is happening, but they dont have a legal duty to report that to the authorities. That is something that surprises many people. People think that you do have to report, but actually the reality in the law is that you dont. There is not a law that requires that. And in that respect, we are at odds with most western countries. Other countries such as the united states and canada and australia all have mandatory reporting. So, we need to change that, and i think that is one of the key changes that we need to see when the inquiry issues its final recommendations next year. Where there is mandatory reporting in those countries that you have mentioned, what difference has it made to the reduction of Child Abuse rates and the prosecution of those guilty . What mandatory reporting does, and there is a lot of Research Evidence thaT Bears this out, it ensures that allegations get Reported and get Reported early, so that abusers who go from abusing one child to another to another i stopped in their tracks. Abuse is stopped early, so that is the effect that it has, and there is a lot of researched evidence that supports that. So i think that is the key change that we need. We also need, as part of this, independent oversight of safeguarding. The report was very clear that many religious organisations simply have no Safeguarding Policy at all. They need to get those policies in place, but the way in which they implement those does need to be. A statement byjehovahS Witnesses said that the protection of children is of utmost concern and importance to alljehovahS Witnesses. We appreciate the work of the iicsa and agree with the recommendation that all religious organisations should have a Child Protection Policy. We will carefully and respectfully consider all the observations and recommendations contained in the report. JehovahS Witnesses are committeed to protecting children and providing spiritual comfort to any who have suffered Child Sexual Abuse. At least nine people have died in Flash Flooding on the North East coast of the us, including New York, newjersey and philadelphia, as tropical Storm Ida brought a Months Worth of rain to the area. 3 inches of rain fell in Central Park in just one hour. A State Of Emergency has been declared, with the mayor of new York City, bill de blasio, describing the flooding as brutal�. Leboo diseko reports. 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So it was, as the governorjust a few minutes ago said in a press current conference, the floodgates, the gates of heaven opened, and niagara falls levels of water came down. That was not something that people predicted, not the officials, nor the public was aware always warned that we could see this level of rain in such a short period of time, which cause these flooding seven deaths of 14 people at least until this moment in newjersey and New York and also in philadelphia. We are seeing these incredible images of rescue, door to door, in flooded areas. We are in a moment where it seems like the entire leadership of the city and the state and federal government are also echoing what many of the scientists have been saying, like cities of New York are not climate ready, and this last 12 hours very much highlighted that. ~ last 12 hours very much highlighted that. ,. , last 12 hours very much highlighted that. ~ ,. , last 12 hours very much highlighted that. , i. ,. That. Thank you very much. Our apologies that. Thank you very much. Our apologies for that. Thank you very much. Our apologies for the that. Thank you very much. Our apologies for the intermittent l apologies for the intermittent quality of the sound on that connection. The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has held talks in qatar about the situation in afghanistan, in particular, the prospects of the taliban reopening Kabul Airport. Mr raab said his priority is to secure safe passage out of the country for the remaining british nationals and the afghans who worked with them. Our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale reports. Dominic raab in qatar this morning, visiting a centre where some of those fleeing afghanistan have been processed. For many, the Gulf State was their first stop after escaping kabul, and its from here where some will eventually head for britain. But what of those Left Behind . The focus of Mr Raabs talks with qatari leaders, with the prospect of persuading the taliban to reopen Kabul Airport and provide a route out for british nationals and afghans who are at Risk And Wish to leave. The Foreign Secretary said ensuring safe passage would be an early test for the taliban. I do think we feel a responsibility to make sure that the remaining british nationals and afghan workers can come to the uk. Thats why we watch with great interest what may be possible at Kabul Airport. But were also here, and im here notjust in qatar, but Moving On afterwards, to talk to regional countries about how we can ensure safe passage through third countries. Qatar already has a technical team at Kabul Airport discussing what needs to be done to resume flights, and qatars Foreign Minister was optimistic. We are working very hard, and also engaging with taliban to identify what are the gaps and the risks for having the airport back up and running. But we will remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible. The Foreign Secretary said britain would not formally recognise the new Taliban Government, but it did want what he called Direct Engagement. Thats already begun here in the qatari capital of doha, where the taliban have a political office, and where the british embassy to afghanistan will now be based. A senior british official, sir simon gass, has held talks with taliban officials here and will brief the Foreign Secretary on their outcome. On the next step of a tour that critics say has come far too late, Mr Raab will head for pakistan. His aim, he said, was to form an alliance of nations, to exert maximum moderating influence on the taliban. James landale, bbc news. Qatar is one country that has a close Working Relationship are ready with the taliban. With the taliban. Turkey is another close crucial with the taliban. Turkey is another close crucial partner with the taliban. Turkey is another close crucial partner that with the taliban. Turkey is another close crucial partner that has with the taliban. Turkey is another close crucial partner that has ties i close crucial partner that has ties to afghanistan the country as a whole. In some respects, the taliban as well. I think you can see in the process that the Foreign Secretary is taking on this trip, that it is very much an approach in partnership and in conductjunction with other countries who are perhaps better place to have direct talks and Direct Engagement with the taliban itself. That said, as we have heard, britain is talking to the taliban, albeit at Arms Length perhaps and in it ministerial level. Simon gus has been getting around the table with senior representatives of the taliban we are told. The Foreign Secretary is now going off to pakistan. He will talk to other countries in the region too, and i think we will see throughout combined efforts to work with those countries to put pressure on the taliban and influence them, not only in the immediate term with the most pressing problem of getting british people and those allowed to come to the uk out of the country who were stranded there, but also in the longer term, attempting to prevent a humanitarian crisis and also inserting asserting pressure on the taliban and in the hope of influencing them in the type of regime they intend on running. After 18 months of disruption to schools from covid, the Education Secretary says he expects a greater sense of normality this term, as pupils in England Start to return to the classroom. Gavin williamson also said he hoped scientific advisers would make a decision very soon about whether to recommend covid vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds, and that parents would welcome having the option to give their child a jab. Health experts say the decision is finely balanced. Sean dilley reports. Mum of two karen is running a uniform exchange for parents in greater manchester. Her children are among thousands returning to schools across the uk. Its important, The Return. They need. Notjust from the Education Perspective but they also need the social lives. I mean, they learn so much from Each Other, dont they, at this age . Pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland will see fewer covid restrictions than before the summer holidays. Social distancing and bubbles are among the restrictions eased. But in scotland, where students returned in the middle of august, both remain. The Education Secretary for england says teachers are ready. Weve seen the lifting of all national restrictions, so people can go about their business, and its really important for us that children are having as normal a pre Pandemic Education Experience as possible. But we do recognise precautionary measures have to be taken. To help make this possible, Secondary School children in england are being invited to take two Lateral Flow Tests in school, three to five days apart. Secondary schools are staggering their return to manage demand. Pupils across the uk are being encouraged to continue with twice weekly testing from home. Those Testing Positive in england will be contacted by the nhs Test And Trace service and instructed to isolate. But ministers say schools no longer need to sEnd Large groups home when they come into contact with a confirmed case. In scotland, the First Minister is among those linking a rapid rise in cases to schools reopening, leading to concerns that england could also see a large increase. But public Health England believe schools will not be a driver of infections. We are reassured, and the studies and surveys confirm this regularly, that schools are not the hub of infection in communities. Its widely accepted that Mass Vaccination of adults is likely to lessen the impact of transmission in schools. But some argue that all 12 to 15 year olds should be offered the vaccine. I would probably go for a single dose of the vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds as a one off in order to help public health generally break Transmission Chains in society. The decision on who should be offered vaccines lies with Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation, which independently advises Uk Health authorities. But ministers in england say, if they recommend injections for 12 to 15 year olds, they are ready to support the roll out. Now, its time for a look at the weather. Some sunshine breaking through that cloud and this is the picture in yorkshire taken by one of our weather watchers earlier on. Flat weather watchers earlier on. Not a Hue Weather watchers earlier on. Not a huge Amount Weather watchers earlier on. Not a huge amount of weather watchers earlier on. Not a huge amount of Change Weather watchers earlier on. Not a huge amount of change in weather watchers earlier on. Not a huge amount of change in the huge amount of change in the forecast certainly in the next 24 hours or so, but eventually things will change over the weekend. We still have a lot of clouds around, and a few holes in that cloud, but a bit brighter than it has been nevertheless few days Sunny Spells elsewhere, and temperatures up to 22 celsius in the warmest spots. Over and out, it stays largely dry, clad working its way further west across the uk. Just a few clear spells over the uk. Just a few clear spells over the west of, scotland, so temperatures dipping down into single figures for a time. A bit more sunshine than there has been recently across parts of Southern England, also some Sunny Spells for the North West of england and western scotland. Temperatures reaching 13 aberdeen tomorrow, but very pleasant In London. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines a State Of Emergency in New York at least 14 people across eastern states have died in Flash Flooding three inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. An independent inquiry finds some religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. The Foreign Secretary says the uk will need to engage with the taliban about reopening Kabul Airport and getting people out of afghanistan. Sarah storey has won her wins Her 17th Gold Medal to become britains most successful paralympian of all time. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, its been a great day for great britain, claiming four more golds on day nine of the paralympics In Tokyo. Records broken in the javelin, and Dame Sarah Storey has become the most successful paralympian of all time. Michael redford has more. Record breaker History Maker the latest chapter in an incredible career. It was perhaps fitting that she would become great britains best in typical great british weather. The rain was that east of her concerns, she had to focus on Care Skin as their german open up a lead of more than a minute. But to beat sarah you need a bigger lead than that. A great mess and at times and she had been caught with an optical. From a young age she was told to focus only on herself, she had certainly done that. She is now 43 and her rival still cannot find a way to beat her. It 43 and her rival still cannot find a way to beat her. Way to beat her. It still feels like an out of Body Way to beat her. It still feels like an out of Body Experience way to beat her. It still feels like an out of Body Experience and i way to beat her. It still feels like l an out of Body Experience and that you are watching somebody else go through that. Its very hard to put into words. I worked for this for such a long time but i will work for each race independently so now i finished all three and im like we are finished finished all three and im like we are finished this is her third Gold Medal of the are finished this is her third Gold Medal of the games, are finished this is her third Gold Medal of the games, her are finished this is her third Gold Medal of the games, Her 17th medal of the games, Her 17th overall. She is quite simply the perfect paradigm began. And part of a perfect morning for paralympics great britain cyclist, she took silverware while there was also a great britain one, to finish in the Mens Race with watson taking Gold And Graham finishing second. Success in the pool as bethany won the hundred Metre Backstroke for a third successive games. Jessica took bronze. Also in the 100 Metre Backstroke, his fifth metal of the games. Tokyo has been one to rememberfor him. But not for eddie simmons, she finished fifth in her final race in whats likely to be her final paralympics. Final race in whats likely to be herfinal paralympics. China won final race in whats likely to be her final paralympics. China won the 400 Metre Freestyle and World Record time. There was gold in the deafening as he set a new Paralympic Record and there was also a silver and a bronze for dan greaves. No metalfor and a bronze for dan greaves. No metal for cakes and a bronze for dan greaves. No metalfor cakes but she and a bronze for dan greaves. No metal for cakes but she will be going home with something shiny. Shortly afterfinishing going home with something shiny. Shortly after finishing last in going home with something shiny. Shortly afterfinishing last in her heat she was proposed to buy her guide. Thankfully she said yes and to the celebrations. England have picked up from where they left off in the Test Series against india. Its day one of the fourth test at the oval and its been a good day for englands bowlers. Ollie robinson and Chris Woakes have both taken two wickets each, with James Anderson and Craig Overton taken the other two. Virat kholi made a half century before being caught behind. India are now 1547. The five Match Series is tied at all. Live commentary on Test Match special over on 5live sports extra. The floods in New York have been affecting the Us Open at flushing meadows, but organisers are currently working to get play ready for the day. Britains emma raducanu is set to play her second Round Match later. The 18 year old is up against Chinas Zhang Shuai after a comfortable win in the first round on tuesday. Raducanu reached the fourth round of wimbledon earlier this summer. Shes due on court shortly after 5pm, weather permitting. 53 days after the euro 2020 final, Englands Footballers are back in Action Tonight this time in a bid to qualify for the World Cup in qatar next year. Theyre taking on hungary in budapest. England top their group, but know things wont be easy against a team, who held both france and germany to draws at the euros. In terms of qualification it is a really important opportunity for us because if you can take points off urinary challenges in their own Home Thenit urinary challenges in their own home then it puts us in a really strong position and we would be in control of the group basically. The position and we would be in control of the group basically. Position and we would be in control of the group basically. The under 21 famil has of the group basically. The under 21 family has been of the group basically. The under 21 family has been cancelled of the group basically. The under 21 | family has been cancelled Tomorrow Night because of two positive covid 19 test results. The group say they will focus on next tuesday at 2023 qualifier against kosovo. Plenty more of that. Plenty more build up to Tonights World Cup qualifiers including Northern Irelands match against lithuania on the Bbc Website thats bbc. Co. Uk sport, but thats all the sport for now. Thank you very much. One hundred organisations have signed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister, urging him to scrap the planned cut to Universal Credit. £20 a week was added to the benefit at the start of the pandemic, as a temporary measure its due to be phased out from The End of this month. The letter says the move risks causing immense and immediate hardship. The government says its focus is on getting people intojobs. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent michael buchanan. Fresh Fruit And Veg might not seem a luxury, but for ron graham, too often they were a cost he couldnt afford. A failed Business Venture in 2016 left the 63 year old relying on Universal Credit. Until his benefit was increased by £20 a week at the start of the pandemic, such basics were beyond him. I would have to forego all this if the £20 a week was stopped. Also i would have to cut back on other things that i was getting, even cleaning products, stuff for the house. Ron, whos a keen walker, has long had to limit his heating to keep to his budget. Ive only had the heating on in my flat three times since august 2016, so illjust put a Dressing Gown on and an extra jumper, or both. And basicallyjust get on with it. Last week at Bridlington Beach in yorkshire, Unite The Union organised this Sand Sculpture to highlight their opposition to the governments plan. Todays Open Letter to the Prime Minister is signed by groups representing education, housing, the economy, Health Care and anti poverty campaigners. Were facing a crossroads where the government faces a choice. It has said it is committed to improving the lives of people on the lowest incomes, but the depth of that commitment will be revealed this autumn when it decides whether or not to go ahead with this cut to the incomes of the poorest people in our country. Ministers say the increase in Benefit Levels was always meant to be temporary, and that theyre now focused on getting people into work. Many of those on Universal Credit already have a job, but now face a £20 a Week Income cut from The End of this month unless the treasury relents. Michael buchanan, bbc news. He was best known for his role in the long Running Tv Show and for winning their 13th Series of the Reality Show big boss. Tributes have been coming in from fellow stars and fans in public figures in india. The us Supreme Court has refused to block a law banning most abortions in texas. The law which came into force on tuesday makes it illegal to terminate pregnancies after six weeks even in cases of rape or incest. Its the most dramatic restriction so far to the Roe Versus wade judgement of 1973 which legalised abortion across the united states. Our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, has more. This texas law basically allows any individual to sue those who help a women get an abortion. Now, the Supreme Court was asked by pro abortion rights groups and providers to block this law. But in a ruling, that was dominated by a mainly conservative bench, they voted to keep it in place. The bench did not comment on the constitutionality of this law, which basically leaves it is open to potentially be appealed. Experts are worried that other states could bring in similar laws which would eliminate the guarantee of Roe V wade, which is of course the Landmark Ruling which legalised abortion across america in 1973. It is a huge milestone for lots of pro life groups that exist in this country that have tried to roll back access to the procedure for many, many years. And of course a huge step back for womens rights groups who say this is just going push women into crossing state lines and to get an abortion, it will affect those who are poor, it will affect minority women as well. In terms of the reaction of President Biden, before the Supreme Court ruled to keep this law in place, he had commented on his concern about it. He is a religious man, he is a devout catholic, and in the past he has said that he believes that life begins at the point of conception. But he has also said he would not impose his view on anybody else. And he has said that this law is concerning and his administration will do whatever it takes to protect the rights of women. It is now two weeks since the taliban Captured Kabul and while the group is still to announce the composition of a new government for afghanistan, the Countrys Economy is on the verge of collapse. Prices are rising and it is extremely difficult for people to get hold of cash. The bbc� s South Asia Correspondent yokhita limaye reports. After weeks of witnessing chaos, fearand grief, Kabul Airport is now still. Flights from the capital are likely to resume soon, with help from qatar. And a new Taliban Government is expected to be announced in a few days. But with the group saying Women Wont be included in senior positions, there are doubts about claims that it will be an inclusive one. I spoke to nargis nehan, former afghan minister, who has now left the country. Theyre talking about not being against women, but weve seen action that actually they are doing it. Publicly they have come with only two statements. One statement was that women in the Public Sector should stay at home, and when we form the government we will have women in the lower layers of the government but not in the high Level Position of the cabinet, so that shows they want to have women working only perhaps in the social sector, as doctors, nurses, teachers, because they know the requirement and they know the demand for that, but they dont want to include women in Decision Making or as their equal. If they are to form this government where it leaves women out from Decision Making positions, from top positions, how would you expect the world to respond to such a government . So, we hope that the world will begin to engage practically with the taliban and make them realise that they will not have any support if they continue to govern afghanistan with the previous model that they had adopted before. Today, women in herat, afghanistans third largest city, protested for their rights. Many are in hiding, fearing reprisal. The taliban though deny theyre going door to door looking to target people. Translation this is being done by people posing as taliban and we have arrested many. They are from the previous administration and want to defame us. There is no hit list, no door to Door Hunting done by the taliban. The past few weeks have seen the taliban emerge stronger possibly than ever before, but they are now the rulers of this country and governing it wont be easy. Yogita limaye, bbc news. A State Of Emergency in New York at least nine people have died in Flash Flooding. Three inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. An independent inquiry finds some religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse in order to protect the reputation of their organisations. The Foreign Secretary says the uk will need to engage with the taliban about reopening Kabul Airport and getting people out of afghanistan. The Gym Group is reporting a rapid recovery� in membership numbers, driven by young people who dont have space at home to work out. The chain, which has 190 sites across the uk, says membershipjumped by a third since february as coronavirus restrictions were eased and sites reopened. Despite reporting big financial losses in the first half of this year, the Budget Gym operators are now planning to expand. Our business correspondent, victoria fritz, says were seeing the impacts of the pandemic on how we exercise. If you have the space and youre stuck at home and have the Disposable Income are not spending as much money because there is nothing to do during lockdown people went out and they went buying Gym Equipment and we saw the likes of the Peloton Bike for example absolutely go through the roof and they had their best year ever last year as a result but there were plenty of people over the last year who had no access to space and did not have room in the place they were living and did not have a garden and they had nowhere for exercising at all and you have to remember particularly young people have suffered as a result of a lack of sociability as well and its something to remember when it comes to gyms and gym going on and that physical Exercise And Plenty of people have really suffered from eating far and eat out outjust for that Dopamine Fix each and every time to get through a very difficult period. And so perhaps they put on the famous covid 19 ten pounds and not only is that going on but people want to see other people. This is right across every age group. Its notjust young people. People want to see Each Other. And of course the Barriers To Entry for that is much lower and the risk for younger people because they feel they have been disproportionately affected by covid 19 in terms of the opportunities they have lost as a result whether that be training in a newjob or the university experience, the School Experience for example, and its Little Wonder that the moment that the gyms were open you see Membership Rise and when you look at a Gym Group here they got their low cost and no joining fees and no annual subscriptions so its hardly surprising that they had seen this third uptick in membership since subscriptions since february and this bears that out in other groups as well. And i mentioned peloton the people who make this pretty expensive bikes, they have actually seen a big Drop Off in their sales and last week they announced they were cutting the value of their bikes and Price Target for their bikes by 20 and that is the second time that they have dropped their prices on those bikes to try to generate more sales because you have got one bike why would you go and buy another and theyre struggling because they are at the high end of the market so its interesting seeing whats going on. We knew the pandemic was going to shift the way we thought about how we live and how we work and how we move but some of the predictions about the fact that we would all still be staying at home and all have these Home Gyms set up does noT Bear out if thats just not a reality for you whether that Price Point is far too high for you. Its back to school for some children in wales this week amid growing concerns about rising cases of covid 19. The Safety Measures in place are based on local risk but the welsh government says it will closely monitor Infection Rates once schools reopen. Bethan lewis reports. Its the first day of Secondary School for year sevens at this high school. The first tentative steps into the new term. And the head says, initially at least, there will still be Covid Measures in place. Our main priority is to protect people from getting covid, and therefore we are still using face coverings and we are still prioritising Information And Education for all our students, and involving all our families in a context of social distancing. Other schools and councils will be taking a different approach. All will be assessing the impact of a new Government Framework which sets out how local risk should determine what measures, if any, are needed. Business as usual as far as possible, it says. But some unions say it is far too vague. But, for the welsh government, what has been described as a chaotic start to the term. They have now said no final decision has been made to buy Ozone Disinfecting machines, meant to clear classrooms of covid, despite announcing the £3 million investment at the start of this week. But, despite the pandemic, some things donT Change the nerves, the excitement of the first day in high school. It is a bit annoying having to wear the masks everywhere and having to social distance a bit more, but still, with all that, i cant wait. In conwy, a mother of six is apprehensive about The Return to school. The family lost a loved one to covid and rising cases are on her mind. I am concerned about the increased risk of them catching covid. North wales, i think, really, we are on the increase, arent we, with the numbers . We have some elderly members, vulnerable members in our family. We try to maybe just meet Outside and try to keep Each Other safe, but it is a difficult position. I think im looking forward to, like, seeing my friends and socialising in person more. And im Quite Lookingl forward to starting my gcse subjects, as well. Seeing my friends again and looking forward to having a new teacher. The welsh government will monitor the impact on covid as schools return, but vaccinations have changed the context, it says. A new term with a hope of normality, but still uncertainty about whats ahead. Twitter is launching a new feature which it hopes will crack on abuse. Safety mode will flag accounts using hateful remarks and block them for several days. That feature will work automatically and taking the burden off users to deal with unwelcome tweaks. It will be trialed on a small group of users alongside dealing with abuse on platforms, twitter says its also become more determined to stamp out misinformation. Andrew hutchinson is an australian social Media Expert and he says the move is a step in the right direction. The right direction. There are several prompts the right direction. There are several prompts that the right direction. There are several prompts that twitter | the right direction. There are. Several prompts that twitter put the right direction. There are several prompts that twitter put in place to put that protection for keep people away from abuse and give them an option to avoid that. It will detect a sudden influx in lots of mentions of your handle and lots of mentions of your handle and lots of replies to a tweet and when it gets a lot of those coming through and they are not people you regularly interact with it can switch them off so if you turn on Safety Mode it will switch them off for seven days and you dont have to worry about it. You can go back in and review the people at brock keeps you safe from those responses and does mentions for the period of seven days so far. Its important for twitter to be able to give people options to protect themselves. There are circumstances where you can inadvertently say the wrong thing and that india become subject of that criticism and its not so much the person they are attacking, it is the Topic And Self you are in and breaking the depression in the nadir and you are taking all the abuse but if the people who are attacking you that are trying to make your statement and the public nature of twitter makes it a significant impact and can affect your psychologically but also affect your reputation. I can see why twitter would want to keep people more options to avoid them and its important they keep people of the capacity to avoid that mental stress. The other side is it can give people an option to avoid criticism make if you are provoking people but it can also give brands an option to shut down a discussion if someones mentioning them a lot so they would have to answer to that and there will be some level of reckoning if you feel not responding to those questions and you block people but it does give individual users an option to be able to lessen some of that stress and removed himself from the situation. Now, do you remember this . The scandinavian pop superstars, abba, are making a major announcement later today, our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo mzimba is here. This speculation is unsurprisingly new Abba Music. To be fair, they said themselves three years ago back in 2018 that they had been back in the studio and really enjoyed the experience and they recorded a couple of new songs and those songs were imminenet and then 2018 and 2019 and it became 2020 and then 2021, lets not talk about 2020. So, if they say they have got a big announcement and they announced new music three years ago, fans wil be devastated if its like we are opening a the new exhibition in stockholm or something like that so i think we should be fairly safe with the assumption it will be something major theyve been building up to it. They dont like to let their fans down. Ill be very surprised if in a few hours we were not listening to the first new Abba Music in nearly four decades. What would really keep fans happy is if they reformed and went out on tour again. I think they said they never will do that again. And i think they are not the same as they were back in the 19705. They dont need the money. A promoter would offer them billions to tour again and already got that now that there was talk a few years ago of a kind of holographic kind of tour. We never quite found out what was actually a endgame with all of that. It could be something tied into that kind of approach but i think the thing fans really want is all very well whether its a tour or whatever but they want new Abba Music. I dont understand his fascination for going and watching hologram of abba. Did you get that . Its been an interactive part and im sure its a difficult thing to describe. When you say the Word Hologram until you are there, and actually seeing and experiencing it, it can be a great experience, it can be i dont really get it experience, abba have but the money and got the reputation to actually throw all the electronic wizardry and that technical term at it to make it a real experience. They dont want to get fans down and do something that seems shoddy so im going to keep faith with them and say if they do have hundreds of millions themselves in a huge amount that both they and their Record Company and their agents and managers and all the people behind want to throw out something and make it and make an experience for fans it will be a big thing for them if they let fans down with something shoddy and we will be the first leaping up and up and down and saying hang on, what have you done to fans . Answer to bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. We start off the day with a lot of cloudiness. Similarto we start off the day with a lot of cloudiness. Similar to recent days, the sunshine has been breaking through the cloudiness. Plenty of blue skies around here. Into the evening we can keep some late spells of sunshine. Things are looking try once again. A settled spell of weather at the moment. There will be some change into weather as head into the weekend. Things are not changing as they really have over the past week or so. We have got some breeze around the East Coast particularly fighting contrary down towards the southeast as well. Light winds towards the northwest of the uk. Temperatures from most of us out there at the moment 14 through 20 degrees. A Bit Cooler around the East Coast. Into this evening and overnight we will keep the cloudiness for some eastern parts and felting its way west across much of the uk. A few holes remaining into the night. Temperatures will get down into single figures and we could see six or 7 degrees across the west highlands. Into friday and we will do it all again. We have got a Tribe Day with some Drizzle And Fog you messed around in the morning. It should clear away with sunshine around the afternoon. Temperatures will respond up to 22 degrees or so for the warmest spots. Moving through into the weekend we have still got High Pressure. Sitting above us with day descending air. Its a bit of cloudiness underneath it. Saturday it will start off cloudy with Sunny Spells developing. A few showers and spots of blue here on the weather map. We could see one way to isolated but sharp showers moving in across parts of Southern England and South Wales. Most bases lit up like them and stay dry. Around 15 to 20 degrees on saturday. Overnight into sunday High Pressure will edge further east which will allow a few Weather Fronts to start to move in the High Pressure for much of the uk. Dry weather but some blue you can see here moving into Northern Ireland and west in scotland late on sunday. Temperatures on the up around 24 degrees myself through the day on sunday. Into the next Working Week you will notice in the south temperatures are edging up further. We could see highs up to 29 degrees in one or two spots by tuesday. It will be warm in september of that it had been through the whole of august. This is bbc news. The headlines an independent inquiry finds shocking failings and Blatant Hypocrisy in the way major religious groups have handled allegations of Child Abuse. We looked at the jewish we looked at thejewish religion, we looked atjehovahS Witnesses. We looked at 38 in total, and i think we found failings in every organisation we looked at. A State Of Emergency in New York at least 14 people have died in Flash Flooding three inches of rain fell in one hour in Central Park. Imagine the horror of youre sitting on your imagine the horror of youre sitting on your own imagine the horror of youre sitting on your own Basement Apartment and the water on your own Basement Apartment and the waterjust floats in all of a sudden, the waterjust floats in all of a sudden, with no notice, and you struggle sudden, with no notice, and you struggle to sudden, with no notice, and you struggle to get out, but you cant. Its struggle to get out, but you cant. Its an struggle to get out, but you cant. Its an awful, awful situation