Senior police have warned that more violent protests are expected in the coming days, and say nearly 4,000 extra officers are ready to respond. Tensions have escalated since the killing of three young girls in southport on monday, there were more than 90 Arrests Yesterday in cities including bristol, belfast and hull. Earlier i spoke with the bbc s shelley phelps. We heard earlier on from the policing minister, Dame Diana johnson, who was keen to stress that the government are reassured that the police have the resources they need to deal with the disorder that we are seeing this weekend. She said they had been clear about that and they had the powers that they needed. She talked about things like Mutual Aid, so this is where different Police Forces can work together and allow them to put extra officers in certain parts of the country. Another element of the approach to this by the government is focusing on pushing this point that there this point that there will be consequences for pe
GIrls In southport nearly a week ago. More than 90 people have been arrested after far rIght demonstratIons descended Into scenes of vIolence In towns and cItIes on saturday. It follows days of unrest after false InformatIon was spread onlIne about the kIllIngs In southport. Greg mckenzIe reports. TensIons had been buIldIng all week, and yesterday saw an escalatIon of the VIolence And Unrest lInked to far rIght groups across england and Northern Ireland. PolIce forces stretched to theIr lImIts, fIghtIng runnIng battles lIke thIs In lIverpool overnIght. The scene of some of the worst vIolence, whIch turned Into reported lootIng late In the evenIng. A number of offIcers were Injured, wIth the Mayhem SpIllIng out Into the cItys maIn shoppIng areas. There were reports of youths throwIng FIreworks at the polIce. In a statement, MerseysIde PolIce saId. The people who have brought such AggressIon And DestructIon Into the heart of our communItIes do not represent the people of merseysIde. ThIs
marks 100 days in the white house, we asked what he has done to justify the hopes and fears he brought with him to washington. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a breast cancer surgeon has been found guilty of carrying out unnecessary operations at private and nhs hospitals in the west midlands. nottingham crown court heard that 59 year old ian paterson lied to patients, and exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer, to convince them to go under the knife. the charges related to nine women and one man, but there are hundreds of other victims. police say it is still not clear why he did it. he was bailed today, and will be sentenced next month. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. surgeon ian paterson, described as charismatic and charming, but who lied to his patients in order to deliberately wound them on the operating table, pretending they were at risk of cancer when they were not. today, some of his victims, who thought the surgeon was saving their liv
attack on seoul or tokyo is real, and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. indeed, the dprk has repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. given that rhetoric, the united states cannot idly stand by, nor can other members of this council, who are within striking distance from north korea missiles. despite un pressure, north korea has been able to accelerate its weapons programme, and shortly after mr tillerson spoke, it fired another missile, although that test seems to have failed. still, it was an act of defiance, like this massive live fire exercise last week. only tighter sanctions and greater diplomatic isolation might force north korea to give up its weapons, said the secretary of state, and its powerful chinese neighbour was the key to make that work. but the chinese foreign minister pushed back. translation: mr president, china is not a focal point of the problem on the peninsula, and the k
the threat of a north korean nuclear attack on seoul or tokyo is real, and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. indeed, the dprk has repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. given that rhetoric, the united states cannot idly stand by. nor can other members of this council, who are within striking distance from north korea missiles. despite un pressure, north korea s been able to accelerate its weapons programme, and shortly after mr tillerson spoke, it fired another missile, although that test seems to have failed. still, it was an act of defiance, like this massive live fire exercise last week. only tighter sanctions and greater diplomatic isolation might force north korea to give up its weapons, said the secretary of state, and its powerful chinese neighbour was the key to make that work. but the chinese foreign minister pushed back. translation: mr president, china is not a focal point of the