also this lunchtime. borisjohnson accepts he did mislead parliament over lockdown parties in downing street, but says he didn t do it intentionally or recklessly. a warm handshake from the chinese president for vladimir putin, even though the russian leader is now wanted for war crimes in ukraine. a new scheme to keep lung patients out of hospital, as new research show a sharp north/south divide. and maddie hinch, who saved all four penalties to win olympic gold for great britain, announces her retirement. and coming up on the bbc news channel, he s back roy hodgson returns to crystal palace, tasked with keeping the club in the premier league again. good afternoon. a scathing report has found that britain s biggest police force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic . baroness casey s review into the metropolitan police follows the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer, wayne couzens. the report says a boys club culture is rife within the force. the
to ask after the weekend rescue of credit suisse by ubs. in the last half hour or so the us treasury secretary janet yellen has continued to offer reassurances that the banking system is stable in a speech to bankers in washington. she s been saying that the us government is prepared to help more banks if that s what is needed. the government s recent actions have demonstrated our commitment to take the necessary steps to ensure that savings and the banking system remain safe. our intervention was necessary to protect the board a us banking system and similar actions could be warranted if smaller institutions suffered that pose the risk of contagion. and if we look at the latest on the financial markets we can see that they are in positive terittory. they re expecting some of those reassurances from politicians. we can move on and see some of the banking shares here in london, hsbc. these are some of the stocks at lost valley yesterday as those concerns grew about ubs and cre
at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. ministers say more funding for research and new targets to cut pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors think more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. let s return to today s scathing review of london s metropolitan police which found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author baronness casey said many londoners had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it didn t change. labour party leader sir keir starmer and shadow home secretary yvette cooper are giving a press conference in response to the report, let s listen in. good afternoon everyone thank you very much forjoining us. baroness casey s report today commissioned by the mayor of london is forensic, thorough and truly damning. it is deeply critical about the problems in the metropolitan police and the urgent change some of
intentionally or recklessly. and london s metropolitan police under scrutiny, a damning report find evidence of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia . we start with an accusation from both china and russia that the united states is undermining global stability. it came on the final day of president s xi jinping state visit to moscow. there was plenty of pomp and ceremony. the chinese leader was treated to an orchestral rendition of the chinese and russian anthems, before moving in to the grand hall of the order of st catherine for talks. but consider the circumstances: with russia under heavy international sanctions and increasingly reliant on china. high on the agenda was the war in ukraine and beijing s12 point peace proposal to resolve the conflict, which vladimir putin said could be used as a basis to end the war. but the russian leader said the west had dissmissed the proposals as the basis for talks. we believe that many of the provisions and the peace plan pu
coming up on the bbc news channel: sarah hunter hopes for the perfect end the england captain and world cup winner will retire from rugby against scotland this weekend at her home town stadium in newcastle. new research shows a sharp north south divide in the number of people needing emergency hospital treatment for lung conditions. the figures are three times higher in some parts of the country than the richest areas of the uk. the research by the charity asthma and lung uk shows the north west of england, central scotland and parts of northern ireland had much higher rates of illness and death than other areas. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, reports. amy was just the centre of our family. she was just full of life, really. and she was only 22. joanne s daughter, amy,