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Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Its the longest Prison Sentence that has been handed down so far after the wave of riots that swept parts of england and Northern Ireland last month. 27 year old Thomas Birley from rotherham has been sent to jail for nine years after helping to set fire to a Hotel Housing Asylum seekers in the town and attacking Police Officers in august. The judge told Thomas Birley, you were a leading participant in an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. From ...

Thing and does another . Were very clear about wanting to advance renewable energy nationally, and ive made very clear that we need to see the government do far more to include renewable energy on new homes and buildings. But it is going to require infrastructure somewhere. Of course we need to invest in upgrading the national grid. There are different options for how you can do that that havent been properly assessed by this government. For now, the challenge is to turn their words into action ...

Welcome to the programme. A tale of two countries in the nations league a win for northern ireland, but a defeat for scotland. Steve clarke had said his side were about evolution after their early exit from the euros in the summer, but they began their campaign with a 32 defeat to poland in group a at hampden. Poland went ahead early through sebastian szymanski. Scotland had a goal ruled out, then gave away a penalty, which robert lewandowski took to make it 20. Billy gilmour struck back for sc...

A tale of two countries in the nations league a win for northern ireland, but a defeat for scotland. Steve clarke had said his side were about evolution after their early exit from the euros in the summer, but they began their campaign with a 32 defeat to poland in group a at hampden. Poland went ahead early through sebastian szymanski. Scotland had a goal ruled out, then gave away a penalty, which robert lewandowski took to make it 20. Billy gilmour struck back for scotland straight after the ...

Top diplomat is part of washingtons latest effort to help caribbean leaders navigate mmp help caribbean leaders navigate ramp and gang violence threatens to overtake haiti. A meeting with the new haitian prime minister, secretary blinken announce m5 million in new monetary and aid. Patient authorities have expanded a state of emergency order across the entire country, the military situation that is rapidly deteriorating since the former prime minister resigned backin former prime minister resign...

President. The trip is part of an effort to help caribbean leaders navigate rampant gang violence that threatens to overtake haiti. In a meeting with the new haitian prime minister, secretary blinken also announced m5 million in humanitarian aids. Haitian authorities have expanded as state of emergency or across the country and the humanitarian situation has rapidly deteriorated since the former prime minister resigned in march. Aid agencies report nearly 580,000 people have been internally disp...

Offenders whove served 40% of their prison terms will be eligible for early release. Its necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in mens prisons in england and wales, a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha was given full and rare access to hmp pentonville in london and this is what she found. Siren blares. Chaos in hmp pentonville. Sho...

This is formula student, a world series of events that took place this summer, featuring electric cars built by teams of students from 100 universities across the globe. On tracks throughout europe, the cars competed in disciplines including autocross, racing through formula 1like twists and turns as fast as possible. . . . . An endurance trial through more than 20km of track to push the limits of battery management. . . . . A test of grip and downforce by basically going round in a circle as fa...

Fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you in the hardtalk studio. It is now three years since taliban rule was restored in afghanistan. They have just passed a raft of new socalled vice and virtue measures in kabul. Tell me about the impact of those measures, as you see it. You have put it very rightly after the, you know, three years since the taliban regime was restored. This is the right way to put it, because many people think, say, um, thre...

Caribbean leaders navigate rampant gang violence that threatens to overtake haiti. In a meeting with the new prime minister, secretary blinken announced m5 million worth of new monetary and aid. Haitian authorities have expanded state of emergency order right across the entire country, the military situation that is rapidly deteriorating since the former prime minister resigned backin former prime minister resigned back in march. Eight agencies reported that nearly 580,000 people have been inter...