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the northern half of the country today pushing north, where it will be less windy than yesterday. the southern half of the country has a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers but very mild for the time of year. it s thursday the 14th of march. our main story. the government is setting out a new definition of extremism, as part of its pledge to tackle what it calls the increased threat to the uk. the new terminology will be used to assess whether groups are eligible to receive public funding or support. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. the aftermath of the october 7th attacks on israel, the government says, has been increasing concern about radicalisation here in this country. so it s come up with this new definition of extremism, saying it means the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance that aims to negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, undermine the uk s system of democrac ....
rivals in congress. we can see below picture is now what is happening inside the us congress. we know the president s motorcade has arrived at the capitol. state of the union is an annual event here in washington, when the president speaks direct to the nation. vice president kamala harris and kevin mccarthy the republican speaker of the house, not quite chatting to one another. this is a divided government, president s first divided government state of the union address. the chance is for president biden to celebrate the achievements of his administration over the last year and lay out his priorities for the and make the case here is the man for the job with the 2024 election looming on the horizon, though he has yet to confirm his candidacy. throughout the evening i ll bejoined by our in studio commentators, republican strategist ron christie, and democratic strategist amanda renteria. before we go much further, just a quick word from you both. amanda, what will you be look ....
rise in interest rates. russian officials say up to 98% of people in four occupied areas voted to join russia. ukraine has denounced the process as a sham. and it s liverpool vs glasgow in the battle to find out which city meanwhile, russia is accused of causing leaks in two major pipelines in europe. the kremlin says it is concerning. and it s liverpool vs glasgow in the battle to find out which city will host eurovision. hello, good afternoon. sir keir starmer has delivered his keynote speech to the labour party conference in liverpool, promising a fresh start for the country. the labour leader promised to set up a publicly owned green company within a year if elected with 100% clean power. he also promised a brighter economic future under a labour government. sir keir said that the conservatives had lost control of the uk economy and told delegates they should not forgive or forget that. he promised that a labour government would take action on the cost of living cri ....
steve rosenberg, bbc news, kiev. let s catch up with the weather. thank you very much. afternoon. i will start with a sunny note because there is a lot of cloud today but the best is across scotland, this weather watcher picture proves that. you can see from the satellite and radar showing the rain. a lot of cloud out there. a band of rain moving northwards this morning, didn t amount to very much. there s been a lot of cloud further south too. through the afternoon we will see rain returning in to the west country and towards wales. there will be some sunshine breaking through that cloud as it continues to thin and break in the next couple of hours. the m4 corridor northwards likely to see hefty showers developing, some heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. watch out if you catch one. warm and humid you will notice. there is that rain continuing to push to southern scotland. for much of northern ireland and scotland should and good deal of sunshine, especially western ....
were identifying cases in isolation, whereas by its very nature, both stalking and harassment occurs as a result of really pernicious and persistent offending. and officers and prosecutors were missing that, which meant that victims were left at risk. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is in the studio. this is not good, is it? it is a terrible report, really, and it shows failings at every stage of the criminal justice shows failings at every stage of the criminaljustice process, from the moment that an allegation of harassment or stalking is made, those crimes are not being reported 01’ those crimes are not being reported or recorded properly, sometimes not being recorded at all. victims are not being dealt with properly, risk assessment are being done and investigations aren t being carried out properly. one of the most disturbing findings from this report is that it says there is concrete evidence that police are issuing warnings the perpetrators, rather ....