Was fuelled In part by mIs InformatIon, spread on SocIal MedIa about the alleged kIller. Our dIsInformatIon correspondent, marIanna sprIng, has tracked down some of the people behInd one of the fIrst posts publIshIng false InformatIon, and asked them why they dId It. All thIs week, weve been tellIng you a lot about how mIsInformatIon, false claIms on SocIal MedIa, have been accused of fuellIng rIots In the uk. Ive been InvestIgatIng where Its comIng from and why Its beIng shared. One of the fIrst pages to share false InformatIon about the Southport Tragedy was thIs unregulated News SIte called channel3 now. They wrote a story about the stabbIngs In southport and quIckly posted It on SocIal MedIa. Some of the detaIls were correct, but the name of the 17 year old charged was false and the artIcle wrongly suggested that the alleged attacker was here seekIng asylum. Nevertheless, It was wIdely quoted and shared, often by accounts postIng dIsInformatIon and far rIght Ideas. And because the
proceedings from inside this courthouse are being broadcast live in what is undoubtedly the most consequential police trial in recent us history. more than 8,000 claims of sexual harasssment and abuse in schools the education secretary says its shocking and abhorrent. and freed at last the giant container ship that has blocked the suez canal for almost a week. and coming up in sport, on bbc news. it s confirmed sergio aguero will leave manchester city at the end of the season. after ten years, their record goal scorer won t be offered a new deal and will depart when his contract ends injune. good evening. the prime minister has urged extreme caution as england s lockdown starts to be lifted. borisjohnson said he hoped this would be the last lockdown, but the public must continue to obey the rules and the vaccines need to remain effective. the stay at home rule has been lifted. the government says you should limit travel where possible but you can now visit family and frie
off online on social media. joao fellet reports. the amazon rainforest is one of the most beautiful and biodiverse places on earth. ..and if you want to buy a chunk of it, now all you have to do is go online. we ve discovered facebook has become a go to marketplace for brazil s illegal land grabbers. .. ..ready to turn pristine rainforest into cattle pasture for buyers around the world at the click of a button. indistinct voices ..no matter what or who they harm. i m joao fellet and i m going to take you undercover to meet the sellers behind the online ads. ..to find out who they are and how they are getting away with it. deforestation in the brazilian amazon is at a ten year high. is facebook fuelling that destruction? deforestation is happening in every corner of the amazon. it s not hard to find communities of illegal loggers working away. we were invited by a logger to actually visit the place where he s chopping the trees right now. we are about to enter the forest. th
described the chaotic scenes at wembley stadium during the euro 2020 final this summer as a source of national shame . around 2000 people without tickets managed to get into the stadium as england took on italy. the report s author, baroness louise casey, said the behaviour of a minority of england supporters was notjust disgraceful but also recklessly endangered lives. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. appalling disorder on a day of national shame the damning findings of the investigation into the scenes that marred england s biggest match since 1966. many fans left terrified after being caught up in the chaos. today, the woman whose report lays bare the gravity of the mayhem at wembley told me it was fortunate that no one died. well, i think what happened was a very near miss and that near miss would be a significant loss of life or injuries probably on a scale that, sadly, we saw at hillsborough. so, i think the benefit of it being a near miss is, actually, that w
militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any foreign military intervention in niger, would be considered a declaration of war on them. a french mp for emmanuel macron s renaissance party spoke to the bbc about the country s evacuation mission and said paris was left with no other choice. translation: we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between european countries is to show solidarity. if other european countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would work together to evacuate those who want to leave. niger is a key part of africa s sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. on sunday, the regional bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders i