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the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill, a first attempt to regulate it, is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they would face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring the full weight of the law against people using the internet as against people using the internet as a weapon to ruin other people s lives. those who send threatening messages, like the racist abuse of england s footballers last year, will face prosecution, as well people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to enable individuals who will be responsible within those organisations for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years imprison ....

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good evening. a summer of extreme weather has shown the dangers posed by climate change, while the war in ukraine has prompted worries about the uk s energy security. today, the prime minister said it was important that britain produces more of its own energy, and announced that oil and gas drilling in the north sea will be expanded. a hundred new licences will be issued this autumn, with more potentially to follow. rishi sunak says that domestic production will cut the carbon footprint of imported gas, but critics say he s backtracking on pledges to cut co2 emissions. the government has also promised new funding for carbon capture projects. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. powering up britain from britain is today s slogan. the more than 100 licences for companies to explore for and then drill to extract oil and gas are part of a plan to max out production from uk reserves. i d say it s entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero that we use the energy ....

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remained as a conservative mp if he d apologised. mr anderson was suspended by the prime minister following his remarks on gb news. 0ur political correspondent georgia roberts reports. lee anderson, seen this morning, was not long ago the deputy chairman of the conservative party, but he has now been suspended for refusing to apologise for these comments. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. speaking this morning, the deputy prime minister said the mp didn t intend to be islamophobic, but acknowledged the comments could have been read that way, which is why he was asked to apologise. i don t believe that lee anderson was intending to be islamophobic, but nonetheless i understand the concern, particularly when it is in relation to the mayor of london, how those words have caused offence. but you re talking about. and because of that, that is p ....

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the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been looking into this since it was raised and has been actively following up . according to the bbc statement, new allegations of a different nature were put to the corporation on thursday. the bbc says it is in touch with external authorities and the metropolitan police has confirmed it has been contacted. the bbc s director general says the bbc is in touch with the family referenced in media reports. helena wilkinson has more. the bbc has this afternoon confirmed one of its presenters accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos has been suspended. it is understood the bbc has also been in touch with the police. these developments follow further serious allegations today about an unnamed high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwe ....

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police seize over a hundred million pounds worth of cannabis plants and make nearly a thousand arrests. and early wickets for england as the third ashes test against australia gets under way at headingley. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, we will be live in wimbledon on day four as the two time champion andy murray takes on stefanos tsitsipas for a place in the third round. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former conservative mp and government whip, chris pincher, should be suspended from parliament for eight weeks that s the recommendation of the committee that deals with complaints about mps behaviour. the standards committee upheld allegations that chris pincher groped two people at a private members club in 2020, describing his behaviour as completely inappropriate and an abuse of power. if the suspension is agreed by mps there s likely to be be a by election in his tamworth constituency. mr pincher was deputy chief whip under borisjo ....

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