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Recently completed some naval exercises with four aircraft carriers in waters approximate to taiwan and i think some of what china is doing is trying to show that it too has a capacity to threaten taiwan. two competing visions between the inevitability of unification and taiwans vision that it will not be forced down a path it does not want to take. mark lobel, bbc news. just days after the prime minister said he does not support calls to make misogyny a hate crime, the observer newspaper is rep...

Government intervention. this comes as strain on supply chains continues to grow. the government has confirmed intensive training courses for hgv drivers will be opened to a further 2,000 people, although those taking part will not qualify until after christmas. labour said it was a drop in the ocean compared to what was required. megan paterson, bbc news. just days after the prime minister was on breakfast earlier in the week telling us he doesnt support calls to make misogyny a hate crime, one...

Since the killings of sarah everard and sabina nessa. ive been speaking to our political correspondent ione wells. that is right, the observer today is reporting there are some tensions over whether or not a new offence would be needed to tackle public sexual harassment and this taps into this wider question, an ongoing live debate about whether any new legislation is needed to tackle male violence against women. firstly, there are calls from mps across the political spectrum to make misogyny a ...

Sam kiley tracking events from abu dhabi. sam, this election was brought on by corruption, lack of services. this would be a great day for those iraqis demanding change frmpt what we just heard there, it doesnt seem that thats the case. why not? >> reporter: well, as you rightly point out, kim, this goes back to 2019 and the massive demonstrations that we covered there, a lot of them against corruption, inequality but also the heavy influence of iran and importantly in the iraqi context a lot of...

Beginning in the 90s, the clinton and bush administrations deported thousands of gangsters back to central america to unstable countries recovering from years of brutal civil war. but which never had a gang problem. this was a time bomb. in 2005, i witnessed its explosion. >> so we hadnt even been in el salvador more than a half-hour before we learned a member of ms 13 had been shot. >> central america is now one of the most dangerous regions on earth. now in the u.s., a new generation of ms 13 ...

Committed in the past? >> the thing that struck me about these crimes is you have teens carrying out killings of other teens using machetes and sticks and stones has become a major, major problem in the area. >> one of these ms 13 murders stands out from the rest. that of 15-year-old high school freshman demaris. his mother fled the violence of el salvador and came to america seeking a safer life for her family. after getting a foot hold in maryland she sent for her daughter. >> tens of thousand...

Machetes? >> based on my experience it is a characteristic and in el salvador. >> i feel chills because i watched the video of the brutal killing. when you shoot someone, it is immediate. with these knives -- >> its a torture. >> a brutal killing. >> a lot of times you have one machete and knife and passing it around. they do that because theyre involved with the murder and makes them to a higher level within the gang. >> in central america, machetes like these were adopted by ms-13 as part of t...

Thats where theres a dangerous combination. it was almost the perfect storm. >> a downward spiral jens mother, lynn, witnessed firsthand. >> the onset of his mental illness started during our marriage. >> how do you think his drug use affected him? >> oh. it just multiplied everything 10 times. he became increasingly violent towards me. >> when you started to recognize those signs that really scared you, you started telling a lot of people. why didnt anyone listen to you? >> because -- well, the...

Here in the uk, the killings of two women have highlighted the dangers women face simply walking alone on the streets after dark. sarah everard and sabina nessa were killed in different circumstances in two separate attacks in the last few months. but their deaths have led to an outcry over womens safety. now the phone company british telecom has suggested that users could opt into a gps tracking system, triggering an alert, if they people dont�* reach their planned destination. heres graham s...

♪♪ there were memorials then. >> i wake up every morning now, and i have to remember how to breathe. >> the searches were over. they tried to figure out how to go on. >> i will channel my rage and commit to spending my life making our society safe from the incurable evil. >> there were thousands at these events. a measure of the upset, the impact of the killings. >> for every single person out there who has ever shed a tear for amber, for chelsea, i beg you to please put one minute of effo...