Of extremism in order, it says, to try to stop organisations which promote hatred, violence and intolerance. And there has been a backlash to it. It will be used to help decide if groups are able to receive public money. Critics say the measure threatens freedom of speech. Here is a look at it. This includes those who intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve those aims. Five groups will have their activities measured against this new definition. Speaking from the commons, michael gove outlined some of the reasons behind this change in definition. Our democracy and our values of inclusivity and tolerance are under challenge from Extremist Groups which are radicalising our young people and driving greater polarisation within and between communities to further their own ends. In order to protect our Democratic Values and enhance Social Cohesion, it is important both to reinforce what we all have in common and to be clear and precise in identifying the dangers po
Its ahead of a planned Ground Offensive in the Southern City of rafah, where about 1. 5 Million People are sheltering. It is being reported this morning, not a huge amount of detail what those humanitarian islands would look like. It is right at the very southern end of the gaza strip, where more than half of the population is now sheltering and is a place where israel has said it needs to carry out a military Ground Offensive because it says in order to achieve its aim of fully removing hamas run gaza, the only way to do thatis hamas run gaza, the only way to do that is target hamas s remaining leadership when they are believed to be in and among civilians sheltering in rafa. Of course this remains an operation which has questions attached, certainly the word ireland is interesting because a central part of the gaza strip has been left severely damaged by months of Israeli Ground and air attacks. People who live there have left their homes, been going back to those areas but of course
Trump documents case. Former president expected to be there like he was several weeks ago and we shall, too. Here we go. Bill hemmer, welcome to thursday. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Great to be here with you. We have a big show for you. Some experts believe that robert hurs testimony sports President Trumps argument that he did not mishandle classified documents. Well see if the judge feels the same. Bill you have the former president celebrating a victory of sorts in a different legal battle in atlanta, georgia. Fulton county. A judge there dismissing half a dozen charges in the Election Interference Case in georgia. Dana that same judge is also weighing a decision on whether to disqualify the prosecutor who brought the case. Fulton county d. A. Fani willis in response to allegations she was dating her lead prosecutor when she hired him. Bill that could come at any moments. The judge expected to rule any day, could be today after williss ex blows ivor testimony
as the nation observes and extended independence day weekend, i find myself reflecting on how our country has been radically transformed by decisions handed down last week by the ultraconservative supreme court super majority. in their new america, higher education is further out of reach for people of color and those struggling financially to keep pace with skyrocketing tuitions and the skills of justice are tipped in favor of business owners who wish to discriminate on the basis of sexual preference and gender. against the rights of americans who simply want the freedom to if their lives openly, as they please. the biden administration has already mobilized the response to the sweeping rules and sweeping rulings, looking for work around s to restore and protect policies popular with the american people. i am hopeful some of these fixes will work, but i know it will take a larger movement to push back against a deeply ideological minority that has plotted for decades to take
here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world. this week how many casualties has russia suffered in its war against ukraine, and how do we find out? we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia. xijinping, china s leader, at 70. is he turning into an emperor? the status he s got now, he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. and how bad is the world s climate crisis, really? enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the w