Than a thIrd of women have been subjected to Sexual Harassment or sexual offences whIle commutIng by traIn or tube. Our Correspondent NIck Eardley has thIs report. BeepIng. Put your bags on the floor. ThIs Is the moment when Edgar JunIor was arrested by brItIsh Transport PolIce last year. The 50 year old had sexually assaulted a woman on a traIn. He admItted It and was sentenced to 20 months In prIson. But new fIgures show that thIs Is far from an Isolated case. BrItIsh Transport PolIce fIgures show an average of 31 Reports a Day InvolvIng vIolent crImes agaInst women or gIrls. The number beIng reported hasjumped 50 In just two years. Reports of Sexual Harassment have more than doubled In the same perIod, wIth Sexual Assault Reports up Io , too. Most women and gIrls have experIenced IncIdents of Sexual Harassment and other types of non contact sexual offendIng on the Transport Network for a very long tIme. It Isnt new to many women and gIrls that thIs Is happenIng, but we also know per
To a very tight race. Well cross live to montreal for analysis of Whetherjustin Trudeaus Gamble in calling a snap early election could backfire on him. Also in the programme philippine Boxing Champion and politician, manny pacquiao, confirms he will run for president in next years election. And the first civilian Space Crew to orbit the earth returns safely after their three Day Mission. Its six in the morning in singapore, and one am in moscow, where initial results from russias marathon three day elections show president Putins Party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. The central Election Commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united Russia Hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. Thats down from more than 54 at the last elections in 2016. Few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run with supporters ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny among those affected. From moscow, Steve Rosenberg reports. Theres something rather odd about a russian election. Pol
Also in the programme philippine Boxing Champion turned Politician Manny Pacquiao confirms he will run for president next year. And the first civilian Space Crew to orbit the earth returns safely after their three day mission. Its seven in the morning in singapore, and two am in moscow, where initial results from russias marathon three day elections show president Putins Party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. The central Election Commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united Russia Hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. Thats down from more than 54 at the last elections in 2016. Few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run with supporters ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny among those affected. From moscow, Steve Rosenberg reports. Theres something different about a russian election. Polling stations turn into musicals. Buses turn into Polling Stations. We found this one just outside of moscow. We asked why a bus . We asked why in a bus . He could
Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Hello, and welcome to the programme. The Security And Intelligence deal announced just 2a hours ago between the us, the uk, and australia has been greeted in very different ways. The White House has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the western pacific. But for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. And theres been some Collateral Damage coming from france, which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines to australia with ones made in america. Heres our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. Britains making its mark in the pacific. The royal navys new aircraft carriers been flying the flag there, on exercise with the us and Allies Proof of the increasing importance of the region, and the focus for this new defence agreement. So what is the threat . China is the rising power in the region notjust an economic giant, but a Milit
Liz truss, who replaces dominic raab, demoted for his much criticised handling of the afghanistan withrawal. Its part of a significant re shuffle. She left the uk to be an Islamic State bride. Now Shamima Begum tells the bbc she wants to help the fight against terrorism. And the Photo Sharing App instagram may have a harmful effect on teenagers, according to research by its owners facebook. Live from our studio in singapore. This is Bbc News. Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, 6pm in the evening in washington, pm in london, and 8am in canberra where the us, the uk, and australia have just announced a Landmark Security Pact. It will see more shared intelligence, pooling of some resources, and new deals on providing military hardware. But hovering in the background seems to be the growing military power of china. More on that in just a moment but first, heres how us president Joe Biden and uk prime Minister Borisjohnson characterised the new pact. We all recognise the imperative of ensur