to mention our allies around the globe. for days and up until now, months. so the way that the president s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts. and clearly politically motivated, gratuitous. and, so, i will say that when it comes to the role and responsibility of a prosecutor in a situation like that, we should expect that there would be a higher level of integrity than what we saw. thank you. thank you for the question. vice president harris pushing back strongly against special counsel robert hur s report. more on that coming up. good day. i am chris jansing live in new york city. you just heard from vice president kamala harris, passionately defending the president. many others lashing out at the special counsel for portraying him as elderly and confused. one official arguing that could sway the entire campaign. some democrats are having flash backs to 2016, warning it is like jim comey and hillary clinton all over again. we r
cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get their. but certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. the duchess is called for the public to get checked after revealing she had breast cancer surgery. the 63-year-old duchess was diagnosed recently with an early form of the disease. the prince of wales is launching a project and the five-year program brings together organizations and individuals to find local solutions. a man died after a hot air balloon caught fire and felt the ground in worcester. the uk air accident investigation form has confirmed they are investigating the incident. one person s been killed and several others injured when a rollercoaster derailed in stockholm. the ride in the swedish capital has derailed. the park was evacuated after the incident and remains closed until further notice. britain s greatest tennis player marie i
what we are learning tonight. a family s nightmare. a 6-year-old traveling alone to be with his grandmother for the holiday put on the wrong spirit airlines plane arriving in the wrong city. the tense moments for his family and what the airline is now saying this in the middle of a record breaking holiday travel season with millions hitting the roads and taking to the skies. we re following a cross-country storm making its way in the south. millions on alert for potential flooding and the blizzard warning in the northern plains. christmas celebrations canceled in the traditional birthplace of jesus where the fighting in gaza hangs over a time that is usually a time of joy. as relentless combat in the israel-hamas war takes a toll on civilians and both sides of the fighting and the grim death toll. prime minister benjamin netanyahu under pressure inside israel, rick clement from bethlehem. fear that the israeli-hamas conflict will spread as tensions escalate in the red s
thursday. again, a showery day and those showers are heavy, some of them thundery and we still have those brisk south westerly winds dragging up my old iso temperatures for many around ia or 15 degrees, 11 for many around 1a or 15 degrees, 11 and 12 for scotland and northern ireland. thursday we might see some rain skirting into eastern areas of england and it looks wet in the west and the outlook further showers expected. it might get a bit cold in the far north of scotland and may be some wintry showers at the weekend. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 21st of march. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. thank you, racism, misogyny and homophobia at the heart of the metropolitan police force. tonight on bbc london a special programme on what it means for londoners and what needs to change. the review by baron as casey looked at the culture throug
it has a systemic racial bias and misses repeat offenders. one officer had 11 complaints against him, from assault to abuse to sexual harassment. he s still in the met. parm sandhu was a chief superintendent. black and asian officers are 80% more likely to be accused of misconduct. she was one and sued for discrimination. i absolutely was targeted because of my racial background. and the fact that i had raised a misconduct issue many years before against another senior officer. and because of that, you then become targeted yourself, you become ostracised. when two police officers take photos with the dead bodies of murdered sisters nicole smallman and biba henry, then share them with colleagues, it is clear too many unsuitable officers have been allowed to stay. it is time now for change. we need that because when we are in trouble, the only people we can call are the police. and if you are not sure that they are going to be honest and true, we are all left in a terrible stat