Back on, apparently indefinitely. But first tonight, and megacities are in crisis. Look at the statistics, they are everywhere. Rate, robbery, Assault And Murder is skyrocketing. In portland the Murder Rate is up on whopping 800 and in minneapolis its up by a whopping 56 . Philadelphia, washington, d. C. , Los Angeles, New York and chicago also now suffering through major spikes violent crimes. Now, what do all the cities have in common . One comfort they are all run and have been for many years by far left Democrats. Number two, the same Democrats that vilified Law Enforcement Police budgets, defunding the police, vowing To Defund and dismantle as well and acting soft on crime policies like no bail reform. Refusing to prosecute people that we have video of rioting and looting, involved in arson, and other violent criminals during the summer of 2020, these Democrats spent a need to an angry mob and denied the reality that was it played out Before the entire country. In minneapolis, Cit
in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia, as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. forecasters have warned more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. my my colleague will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. iam sarah. i am sarah. coming up programme. 15th time lucky for alfredo morelos, as he secures a share of the points for rangers in the old firm derby. a hard fought fa cup win for chelsea, as thomas tuchel says they were lucky to reach the semifinals. there was late drama in bristol bears premiership battle against northampton saints. and jofra archer is returning home, as an injury rules him out of england s 0di series against india. lovely to have you with us here on sportsday this sunday evening. so much football to bring you, including use of the london derby between west ham and arsenal, but we are going to star
thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. forecasters have warned more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. for months, tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting in india. their movement has attracted global support, from celebrities including rihanna, lily singh, and the climate activist greta thunberg. so why are the farmers protesting? the bbc s south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, explains what it s all about. from their fields and their land, they came on tractors, trucks, on horseback in a roadside resistance. tens of thousands of farmers determined to peacefully protest new laws. it s become the biggest challenge facing india s prime minister, narendra modi. narendra is not listening to us. the government is so stubborn. for those farmers under ten acres, they ll die. they ll die. explosion. tensions have been building for months. this is a fight over the future of farming in india. those of us who have worked on the reforms for 50 years, t
as acts of domestic extremism or terrorism. the a.g. draw a distinction of the attacks primarily because of the time of day that they happened. an attack on a courthouse while in operation, trying to prevent judges from deciding cases, that plainly is domestic extremism. domestic terrorism. an attack simply on a government property at night or any other kind of circumstances is a clear crime and a serious one and should be punished. i don t know enough about the facts of the example you re talking about. that s where i draw the line. one is both are criminal, but one is a core attack on our democratic institutions. shannon: one of his critics knows that judges clean up all day and night. after initial vetting, deb holland is facing scrutiny from joe manchin. he s undecided about the far left progressive and he has questions for the nominee. who was called to get rid of ice and a total phase-out of fossil fuels. it s time to stop all fossil fuel infrastructure in ameri
migration is not a problem of the middle east. not a problem of north africa. not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. at least 1a people have been killed after a volcano erupts on the indonesian island ofjava for the second time in less than a year. good afternoon. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to depature they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self isolate until they receive their negative test result. but the travel industry has strongly criticised the move with one industry executive saying, the introduction of pre departure