President biden has accused republican controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on free and fair elections by restricting Voting Rights. The republicans have introduced a number of changes following Donald Trumps claim that Voter Fraud Cost him the 2020 election. Speaking in philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy, Mr Biden called those republican led efforts un american. To date, 17 states have brought in a variety of new measures, such as changing voting hours. But President Biden pointed out, there had been no evidence of widespread fraud. Theres an unfolding Assault Taking Place in America Today an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. An assault on democracy. An assault on liberty. An assault on who we are. Who we are as americans. For, make no Mistake Bullies and merchants of fear, peddlers of lies, are threatening the very foundation our country. That is the president speaking there in philadelphia. But the state at the
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 police chi
around the world. three people are dead in jacksonville after what police say is a racially motivated shooting. the fbi is investigating it as a hate crime. we will go live to madrid for he a report after the women s world cup. we will speak with a doctor about what you need to know to stay safe against covid-19. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a deadly mass shooting in jacksonville that authorities are calling racially motivated. three people are dead, two men and a woman were black. a white man in his 20s took his own life after the shooting. he was armed with a ar 15 style rifle which he decorated with swastikas. writings were found indicating that the suspect quote, hated black people. i read part of it. there was one written to the fbi, went to his parents and one to the news media. frankly they are the words of a madman. i am a believer in transparency and a big believer of people seeing. as soon as we finish with it, we w
welcome to bbc news now. we start in spain, where within the last hour, the head of the country s football federation has said he will not resign. luis rubiales has faced sharp criticism over his unsolicited kiss on the mouth ofjennifer hermoso, a player with the women s national team. it happened in the moments following spain s victory in the women s world cup. but mr rubiales showed no sign of backing down when he spoke a short while ago: translation: is not so serious that i have to leave. translation: is not so serious that i have to leave, while translation: is not so serious that i have to leave, while having - translation: is not so serious that i have to leave, while having done i i have to leave, while having done the bestjob for spanish i have to leave, while having done the best job for spanish football? do you really believe that i have to resign. i am going to tell you something. i am resign. i am going to tell you something. iam not resign. i am going to te
OKLAHOMA CITY — An effort to raise Oklahoma’s age of sexual consent appears dead for the session after lawmakers tried to take it a step further by also banning most childhood marriages. Senate Bill 615 sought to increase the age of consent from 16 to 18. It also contained provisions that would have protected adults […] The post Bill increasing age of sexual consent dies in Oklahoma House amid flap over childhood marriage ban appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.