hello. good evening. wayne couzens, who abducted and murdered sarah everard while he was in the metropolitan police, should never have been given a job as a police officer. that is one of the stark findings of an independent inquiry. its chair, lady elish angiolini, said red flags about couzens had repeatedly been ignored by three police forces, and that without significant overhaul, she believed there s nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight . the metropolitan police has responded that it must go further and faster to regain public trust. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. he was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. a criminal with state sanctioned powers. wayne couzens should never have been allowed to join the police, and constant flawed vetting meant he was able to continue in his role despite a series of red flags. these are the stark conclusions of today s inquiry report. the metropolitan police service told the inquiry in 202
hour. details of the incident are under review and they say dozens of gazans were crushed and trampled, the israeli troops say they open fire because they were under threat. here are palestinians arriving at the hospital in the northern gaza strip, we are trying to piece together the timeline. the hamas run health ministry says more than 30,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel began its military offensive in october. it says the majority of those killed were women and children. that number equates to about 1.3% of the 2.3 million population of the territory. with the latest from jerusalem here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. chaos in northern gaza s hospitals. 0verwhelmed by hundreds of casualties. many men had just set out to bring home sacks of flour for their hungry families and were shot, witnesses say, by the israeli army. they started firing, says this man, whose friend tamer was killed. the flour trucks ran over all the bodies. 0vernig
down, and many others are in the danger zone. private boats have joined the greek coastguard picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the greek army has also been helping get tourists to safety. no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. the fires have been burning for five days. the country s deputy fire chief says the fires in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as greece is suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days, making it the longest since records began. our reporter azadeh moshiri is in lagonisi, southeast of athens and gave us this update. temperatures are set to rise, but also break records here in greece. now, for some, that may mean flocking to the beach like here in lagonisi. but for others, the dangers are far more immediate. now, every morning, my team checks in with the fire service. and th
of the island. the fires said to be out of control have been burning on the island for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the fires there are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as greece is suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days making it the longest since records began. our reporter azadeh moshiri is in lagonisi, south east of athens and gave us this update. temperatures are set to rise, but also break records here in greece. now, for some, that may mean flocking to the beach like here in lagonisi. but for others, the dangers are far more immediate. now, every morning, my team checks in with the fire service. and this morning they told us that the fires that have been raging throughout the mainland in places like lagonisi are mainly under control today. but they warned that they were putting all their resources into rhodes. and by this afternoon and the evening, the im