it s goodnight. after multiple racist incidents involving uk police officers newsnight learns that the initiative set up to tackle racism in policing in england and wales is now facing allegations of racism itself. some ethnic minority staff who used to work for the unit tell this programme they believed they were seen as troublemakers or difficult . i was treated differently my white colleagues by a lack of support when the workload increased. i increasingly felt my voice and at times might lived and professional experience were being ignored. we ll ask the chair of the body tasked with oversight of the programme where this leaves the police race action plan. also tonight south africa grants diplomatic immunity to world leaders attending a conference in august. president putin himself has outstanding arrest warrants for war crimes, so will he now turn up injoburg? the message is that south africa would have been showing is that it prefers its relationship with mr puti
Tory scum. Well ask whether this kind of regular abuse mps receive will end up driving some of them out of politics altogether. Plus, up to 60 reports of murder and thoughts of killing associated with antidepressants have been received by the uk Medicines Regulator in the last three decades. I believe if he hadnt taken the sertraline he wouldnt have murdered anyone. Well look at what that means. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Throughout the programme, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well hear claims that sperm is declining at such a dramatic rate the Human Species could eventually become extinct. Fairly stark warning, that well bring you all the details. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today new diesel and petrol cars are to be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to tackl
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in lewis hamilton isjust like, see you next year, and we can t wait. thank you. regularsports you next year, and we can t wait. thank you. regular sports bulletin with all the rest of the sport coming up a little bit later on in the hour. right now, we will turn our attention to our other main story here, of course, the one that is really dominating at the moment. health officials say the first people in the uk have been hospitalised with the 0micron variant of coronavirus, with the country facing an predicted large wave of infections. ministers say as many people as can need to get their covid booster with bookings opening tomorrows to everyone aged between 30 and 39. it comes as health leaders warn that nhs staff are currently working at full stretch. here s our health correspondentjim reed. in southampton this morning, plenty of people were out queueing for covid vaccine number three. ministers and scientists say these boosterjabs are the most important defence against the 0micron v
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