the ingraham angle from washington. vote democrat or you re racist. that s the focus of tonight s angle. have you noticed a growing trend in america? white supremacist organizations are popping up all over north southeast west, racist groups are gaining traction. i m talking about white supremacist book clubs, white supremacist bowling leagues, white supremacist garden clubs, even edgy new fashion clubs for spring breakers. there are white supremacist day care centers where the products are white. if you believe any of that, turn off the tv go to bed and call your doctor in the morning. of course all this is ridiculous. true white supremacists everybody shunted to the extreme fringe of society but to listen to the democrats messaging heading into 2024 do you think the nation is about to be taken over by men in white hoods and the supposed racist are black and brown people. being black or hispanic or anything does not make you immune from being racist. part of the unders
the extra security follows the murder of a policeman in paris on thursday. in a separate incident on saturday a man threatened police with a knife at the gare du nord train station in paris. it led to temporary panic among travellers. it all comes ahead of french people abroad casting their votes. in the lull before france s presidential vote, those out campaigning today weren t supporting politicians. this rally was for the police. chanting. black balloons for those killed in the line of duty. pink for the family they leave behind. their message, the police need protecting too. i am a wife of policeman and i am very, very angry because i love him and i don t want that someone come here and kill him like that. one of the balloons was for xavierjugele, attacked on the champs elysee on thursday night by a lone gunmen with an automatic weapon targeting policemen in the heart of paris. xavier was on duty near the bataclan during the 2015 paris attacks and went back for a c
i m stephen sackur. in just a few days from now, pope francis will fly to egypt to offer his personal support to egypt s coptic christians. he ll find a community filled with apprehension, targeted byjihadist extremists, and subject to persistent discrimination and sectarian violence. elsewhere in the middle east, in syria and iraq, the plight of christians is even worse. my guest today is the general bishop of the coptic church in the uk, bishop angaelos. do christians have any future at all in the middle east? bishop angaelos, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. do you think there is something substantively different about the nature of the threat faced by coptic christians in egypt today? because they have faced threats for many, many years. yes. we have faced threats for centuries, and particularly over the past decades, but to have suicide bombers in churches is is a shift, and it looks like the mirroring of attacks in other parts of the world. and think that is why it has
the people of france go to the polls in a matter of hours for the first round of one of the most important and unpredictable presidential elections of recent times. combating terrorism is a key issue, after the killing of a police officer in the capital on thursday. additional security forces will back up around 50,000 police officers nationwide for sunday s vote. lucy williamson reports from paris. in the lull before france s presidential vote, those out campaigning today weren t supporting politicians. this rally was for the police. black balloons for those killed in the line of duty. pink for the family they leave behind. their message, the police need protecting too. i am a wife of policeman and i am very, very angry because i love him and i don t want that someone come here and kill him like that. one of the balloons was for xavierjugele, attacked on the champs elysee on thursday night by a lone gunmen with an automatic weapon targeting policemen in the heart of paris. x
duncan burt from the national grid says it s a watershed moment. electricity is a really important pa rt electricity is a really important part of our day to day lives and we see that every day in the control room of the national grid but actually those appliances and our favourite gadgets are getting more energy efficient so we actually see demand for electricity either flat or declining over the next few yea rs. or declining over the next few years. and with that background of really flat demand, we can supply more and more low carbon energy from sources like solar and wind. it s great to see. duncan burt. there ll be a full bulletin at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s time for the travel show. on this week s travel show, we are exploring a secret corner of spain full of places that time forgot. really beautiful round here. it s really quiet. we are tackling the great wall of china, one step at a time. and we re tracking down a wild and secretive creature that s l