resilient is going to be increasingly important because we are going to see more extreme weather events as the result of climate change. deeper droughts, deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. amy: we will spend the hour with new orleans native actor wendell pierce, best known for his roles in the wire and treme. monique harden and journalist .ary rivlin. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. hundreds more people fleeing violence in syria, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, sub-saharan africa and other regions have reportedly died en route to europe as the world grapples with what s being described the worst migration crisis since world war ii. as many as 200 people may have drowned when a boat headed to southern europe sank off the libyan coast thursday. another boat with 50 people on board also reportedly capsized thursday. swedish officials say they also found the bodies of more than 50 people wh
parliament was forced into lockdown by a man initially described as a lone wolf terrorist. armed with just a knife and a rented car, 52 year old muslim convert khalid masood killed five people and injured 50 before he was finally shot dead by the police. precisely what compelled masood to launch one of the uk s worst terrorist atrocities is still unknown investigations by the security services are ongoing. but we have uncovered evidence that agents of the so called islamic state were plotting a near identical terrorist attack using secret messaging services. for over two years, our undercover journalists have been posing as fictional characters committed tojihad. via social media and secretive messaging sites, they have been in near constant communication with senior players in isis. injuly 2016, we discovered that the terrorist organisation was touting on twitter and facebook for british muslims to stage attacks at specific london locations. we began conversing with one of
westminster, london bridge, manchester and the recent attacks in barcelona have brought condemnation and sympathy from around the world. in a survey conducted exclusively for inside out by yougov, nine out of ten people said further attacks in britain are likely. while the current threat level for international terrorism in the uk remains at severe. prime minister theresa may has vowed to shut down the extremists operating online. and it seems many of us are behind her. 0ur survey revealed that 44% of people questioned in london think more should be done to help the security services tackle terrorism even if individual privacy suffers. so what are the terrorists doing online? over the past two years inside out london has been undercover, tracking the online operations of the so called islamic state. what we ve discovered from encrypted messages and the dark web was shocking evidence of how the attacks on westminster and london bridge were organised. terrorist expert raffael
nine out of ten people said further attacks in britain are likely. while the current threat level for international terrorism in the uk remains at severe. prime minister theresa may has vowed to shut down the extremists operating online. and it seems many of us are behind her. our survey revealed that 44% of people questioned in london think more should be done to help the security services tackle terrorism even if individual privacy suffers. so what are the terrorists doing online? over the past two years inside out london has been undercover, tracking the online operations of the so called islamic state. what we ve discovered from encrypted messages and the dark web was shocking evidence of how the attacks on westminster and london bridge were organised. terrorist expert raffaello pantucci has this special report. westminster at a stand still. london bridge in a state of emergency. were these isolated terror attacks by individuals working independently, so called lone wol
hello i m sean fletcher. welcome to a new series of inside out. over the coming weeks we ll be bringing you surprising stories from the capital. westminster, london bridge, manchester and the recent attacks in barcelona have brought condemnation and sympathy from around the world. in a survey conducted exclusively for inside out by yougov, nine out of ten people said further attacks in britain are likely. while the current threat level for international terrorism in the uk remains at severe. prime minister theresa may has vowed to shut down the extremists operating online. and it seems many of us are behind her. 0ur survey revealed that 44% of people questioned in london think more should be done to help the security services tackle terrorism even if individual privacy suffers. so what are the terrorists doing online? over the past two years inside out london has been undercover, tracking the online operations of the so called islamic state. what we ve discovered from enc