warnings of a public health emergency in the uk this winterfor the nhs, amid fears services could be even more stretched after a bad summer. and a show of solidarity for salman rushdie: authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in virginia. el shafee elsheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of the islamic state group which terrorised large swathes of iraq and syria between 2014 and 2017. beatings, electrocutions and mock executions were carried out by the jihadists on western hostages, who called their torturers the beatles due t
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. We are going to have a look at how Police Forces are handling pro palestine protests both in the uk and the us. Columbia university announced classes would be held online after last weeks protests. Rishi sunak says Londons Metropolitan Police will need to rebuild trust with Thejewish Community after complaints about the way the force handled an incident at a pro palestinian rally. There have been calls for the Police Commissar sir mark rowley to resign after the head of the campaign against Anti Semitism gideon falter was accused of causing a breach of peace, and threatened with arrest, by walking through a protest while being, quotes, openlyjewish. Heres the Prime Minister giving his thoughts on the met police and its boss. What happened was clearly wrong and its right that theyve apologised for that. And yes, i do have confidence in him, but thats on the basis that he works to rebuild the confidence and trust of notj
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