instigate an in depth report by dame carol baker on how we should proceed with regards to drugs, reporting wise, but with equaljustice policy, and they sort of. the researchers who think did a very good job, it is a very good document, they categorised the sort of level of deal, if you like, from at such a street dealing come into four areas, but they note that in two of them, the key drawback is that there is serious intelligence gaps. 0ne the key drawback is that there is serious intelligence gaps. one way we can mitigate that intelligence gaps and the importance of intelligence that viewers need to understand, criminal investigations these days, particularly the proactive ones, they are what we call intelligence led. that means that we know where we are going before we do it, we are not interested in looking around on the street, that policy does not work. one way we can improve that intelligence flow, or kick it again, is by reforming a neighbourhood policing teams, becau
Minister xijinping outlining the countrys to ties. Ahead of an election year, labours keir starmer sets out his partys key messages. Hello, im Annita Mcveigh welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. South africa has filed an urgent request to the International Court of Human Justice in the request to the International Court of humanjustice in the hague request to the International Court of Human Justice in the hague asking that the court all delete in order israel to halt its offensive in rafah and do more to protect its civilians in gaza. In its findings, south africa described rafah as a last refuge for palestinians in gaza and said israels assault on a population meant that new measures needed. It is the latest intervention by the South African Government and its legal case against israel. It argues that on top of direct military attacks, israel is starving palace unions in gaza by Obstructing Access To Food and fuel and medicines. Israel, meanw
For bobby storey, the former sinn fein chairman who was linked to several major incidents when he was a member of the ira. He died injune 2020 and critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained at the funeral. Michelle oneill is now giving evidence. Lets have a listen in. To evidence. Lets have a listen in. If . Those first evidence. Lets have a listen in. To those first months of the pandemic, in order to understand what government in Northern Ireland was doing to respond, and i want to start with what you say about this in your witness statement, please, and if we could go to page nine, paragraph 29. Paragraph 29, just to orientate us in time. This was the 25th of february. I will come back to that strategic review. Butjust looking at paragraph 30 and what you say there, at this time, the time period you are talking about, the Department Of Health remained the lead department in responding to the predicted global pandemic. Staff had stood up ccg and i will come back to t
of countermeasures. why did you not say those things? say those things? that is not howl would characterise say those things? that is not howl would characterise the say those things? that is not howl would characterise the situation. i would characterise the situation. the first thing is that i am not confident that by this cabinet meeting, i will have known that sage had concluded that containment was lost. and in fact, i don t think that i was told that for a number of days after. as i said, i m not exactly sure when i was told that. but this meeting was the morning after the minutes of sage coming to that conclusion. secondly, at this point in the department and nphet and the health service, we were working extremely hard to prepare for the pandemic. i had commissioned the action plan and work was under way on that and phe. we were attempting and pushing phe to build the testing system and all of the other things we were directly responsible for. as i say, we were
and the eu s head of foreign affairs, josep borrell, in calling for the truce between israel and hamas to continue. international pressure really mounting. international pressure really mounting. let s go live now to tel aviv and join anna foster. what is going to happen today? what is the holder, what we know about how this could possibly things today? it how this could possibly things toda ? . , , ., today? it was interesting hearing ou today? it was interesting hearing you describe today? it was interesting hearing you describe those today? it was interesting hearing you describe those two today? it was interesting hearing you describe those two things . today? it was interesting hearing l you describe those two things that seem quite contradictory on the face of it, the idea there is still negotiation going on about release lists, but at the same time, they are talking about a possible extension to the truce. in terms of those lists, what has happened so far is the