The unknown soldier. The day has personal meaning to biden who lost his son, beau, a veteran six years ago yesterday. He will speak as part of the ceremony and well bring you nose remarks when they begin. First he is laying the wreath at the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier and i want to go to courtney. What can we expect today . He made very personal remarks with his own experience with loss. You mentioned he just lost his son six years ago yesterday. He said that look, One Day you will make it through this pain and this loss and One Day when you talk about the loss of your Son Or Daughter or loved one it will bring not only a tear, but a smile to your face. This is historically a very somber event. Of course its Memorializing The Men And Women that died in service to this country all of the way back to the civil war. The ceremony here dates back. And the u. S. Was involved in more and more conflicts and more and more men and eventually women were killed in service and it became known as M
And has held wages down. A former facebook employee turned whistleblower tells us law makers that the Social Media Giant is harming children, Stoking Division and weakening democracy. More than 200,000 pupils were off school in england last week for covid related reasons. And close to a months worth of rain causes Flash Flooding in parts of the uk. Well have the latest on the downpours. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel can arsenal, the only ever british winners of the womens champions league, produce a Statement Result as they kick off against the holders barcelona tonight . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Home Secretary has announced an independent inquiry into the systematic failures that allowed a serving Police Officer to kidnap, rape and murder Sarah Everard. In her speech to the conservative Party Conference, priti patel said the public needs answers to ensure Something Like this can never happen again. Last week Wayne Couzens was sentenced to a whole li
Such as the earths climate. More than 200,000 pupils were off school in england last week over covid. And adele confirms her latest single. Clara amfo will be with us just after 8 30pm. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The home secretary has announced an independent inquiry into the systematic failures that allowed a serving Police Officer to kidnap, rape and murder Sarah Everard. In her speech to the conservative Party Conference, priti patel said the public needs answers to ensure Something Like this can never happen again. Last week, Wayne Couzens was sentenced to a whole life term in prison. Our special correspondent lucy manning has this report. So many questions after Sarah Everards murder. How could Wayne Couzens be a Police Officer . Why wasnt he stopped earlier . Why are women still not safe . Nearly a week after, we learned the full distressing details of what a Police Officer did to Sarah Everard, there will now be a wide ranging inquiry. The public have a right to know
400 list of wealthiest people for the first time in 25 years. Hell, welcome to the programme. Frances haugen is a persuasive witness. Today, the former facebook employee made her first public appearance before a congressional committee, after revealing that she was the source of thousands of pages of internal company research. In her testimony, ms haugen said the Social Media Giant has for years misled the public about the extent to which its products harm children and stoke division, painting a picture of a company that has consistently prioritised enormous profit over its users safety. The documents, she said, provided to congress are only the tip of the iceberg. And in testimony, she encouraged the senators to demand more of the companys own internal research. Facebook want you to believe that the problems were talking about are unsolvable. They want you to believe in false choices. They want you to believe that you must choose between a facebook full of divisive and extreme content
There is a broader point here that the reputation of politics is dragged into the gutter. The Oklahoma Senate approves an abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even realise theyre pregnant. And as Northern Ireland gets ready for elections next week we look at whether there is a new middleground that is no longer obsessed by old political and cultural identities. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Russia has attacked the Ukrainian Capital, kviv, with two missiles, injuring several people. It happened as the United Nations Secretary General was there for talks with ukraines president volodomyr zelensky. During his visit, Antonio Guterres saw for himself some of the places near kyiv where there have been accusations of war crimes carried out by Russian Troops. Our correspondent Sarah Rainsford sent this report, and a warning it does contain some distressing details. It was like a message from moscow, the