one of the most devastating legacies of the covid lockdowns has been the impact on vulnerable women, children and men suffering domestic abuse. the lockdowns saw a steep rise in the number of cases, with around a third more people seeking help, and those numbers have stayed high right the way through the cost of living crisis. the domestic abuse commissioner is warning of a growing funding emergency for services set up to help both victims and perpetrators. for this special report, i was given rare access to see how children who are victims are helped. i spoke to people who ve inflicted abuse and to those who ve survived it. i was scared to be in the house and scared of what he would do to me. i didn t dare leave a child alone with him. driving through the yorkshire countryside to meet a woman who is educated, professional, successful. abuse knows no bounds and can happen to those who least expect it. we re keeping her anonymous for her own protection. constantly looking ov
mr biden said that while those deaths lead to a debate here in the uk whether the government should suspend arms sales to israel. more than 600 legal experts, in fact, have written to the prime minister, rishi sunak, saying exports must end because the uk risks breaking international law. earlier we spoke to one of the signitaries of this letter, he says that patients for western allies with israel does appear to be running out. we allies with israel does appear to be running out- allies with israel does appear to be runnin out. . ., , . . . running out. we have seen a gradual tou~~henin running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of the running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of the rhetoric running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of the rhetoric and - toughening of the rhetoric and public toughening of the rhetoric and public and toughening of the messages in private both from washington and from lond
maybe declaring an emergency is his off ramp for this. 24 hours ago we were talking about the possibility of him declaring a national emergency. here s what the president said yesterday before his meeting with congressional leaders collapsed. i may go that route. i have the absolute right to do national emergency if i want. my threshold will be in i can t pak is to have the government declare a funding emergency while at the same time agree to sign a spending bill to reopen the government. prum would be able to sell supporters he did everything he could to build the wall.