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silenced by the government. asif sultan, a kashmiri reporter pictured here at one of his court hearings. he s been injailfor five years, charged under terror laws. his father mohammed says asif was targeted for this article he wrote about an anti india militant. translation: everyone knows he is innocent. i he is a professional reporter and was jailed for his writing about the militancy. they wanted to make an example out of him. so other journalists so otherjournalists don t dare to cover topics the government does not approval. does not approve of. at the time of his arrest, asif s daughter was six years old. she might have been reunited with her father when he was given bail last year. but on the day of his release, new charges were brought. asif was kept in jail. it s part of a troubling pattern. journalist sajad jailed for a criminal conspiracy. well known magazine editor, fahad shah arrested on terrorism charges. whenever they re granted bail, new cases are fil ....
this is the kashmir the indian government wants the world to see. beautiful, serene, filled with tourists. away from the site is the more grim picture. a painful long running conflict, more recently a clampdown on democratic rights. journalists who can bring out people s voices and the grim realities say they are being silenced by the government. this kashmiri reporter pictured here at one of his court hearings. he has beenin one of his court hearings. he has been injailforfive one of his court hearings. he has been in jail for five years charged under terror laws. been in jail for five years charged underterror laws. his been in jail for five years charged under terror laws. his father mohammed says his son was targeted for this article he wrote about an anti india militant. translation: everyone knows he is innocent, he is a professional reporter and was jailed for his writing about the middleton sea. they wanted to make an example out of him. he dared to cover topics the g ....
is helping local authorities with the investigation. turning to this past weekend s shooting injacksonville, florida. we re learning more about the gunman s wherabouts just before the attack that left three people dead. the sheriff s office has released new surveillance footage, showing the suspect walking into a convience store to buy some items before the attack. here, we see the gunman s car on the edward waters university campus where he parks to put on what police say is a tactical vest. then, footage from after the shooting, police officers entering the store where it took place. the city s police chief says homicide detectives are working around the clock in their investigation. our agency will continue to diligently investigate these horrific crimes so that we can better understand what happened. likewise, i will continue to update the public on any developments in this investigation. while this is a dark time injacksonville s history, these senseless acts of vi ....
forecasters say that it s expected to intensify to a dangerous category three hurricane. the national hurricane center warned that it could bring life threatening conditions to parts of florida as soon as tuesday. and in anticipation of the storm, tampa international airport will be closed starting midday tuesday. the airport plans to shut down until at least early thursday to secure its planes and prepare equipment on the ground. us presidentjoe biden spoke with florida governor ron desantis and approved an emergency declaration for the state in preparation for the storm. mr desantis declared a state of emergency in 46 florida counties, saying the storm will have major impacts. evacuation orders, i urge floridians to heed the admonitions and heed the directives from your local officials. there are going to be evacuation orders issued in all these gulf coast counties in the a and b zones. all the barrier islands, places that are low lying on the coast, you are going t ....
that officers are not going after offenders of lower level crime such as shoplifting, vandalism and theft. now the home office says it s got agreement from police chiefs that they will pursue all reasonable lines of inquiry if a perpetrator could be apprehended. since 2015, forces have had to say how many of the offences they record result in someone being charged. back then it was 16%, but now it s just under 6%. political pressure to improve that number is coming from all sides. i think the key is in the use of the word reasonable. now, what s reasonable for one force won t necessarily be reasonable for another, given the types of crime that they re investigating. and it s absolutely right that police will always base it on threat, harm and risk. but certainly in my own force and otherforces, i do think that there are times when we should be investigating further and it s absolutely reasonable and the public and the government are right to expect us to do so. but poli ....