The Metropolitan Police in 2018. Thats despite an accusation he sexually assaulted a child barely in her teens while in his early 20s. Couzens, who was off duty, murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the false guise of an arrest. He was sacked by the met after his arrest and is now serving a whole life sentence. The inquiry s first stage has been considering what the met knew about couzens reported behaviour prior to sarahs murder. Heres what inquiry chair, Lady Elish Angiolini had to say. The fragility of public trust and confidence in policing affects us all, including those good Police Officers doing the right thing every day. It is time for all of those with responsibility for policing to do everything they can to improve standards of recruitment, vetting and investigation. Wayne couzens was never fit to be a Police Officer. Police leaders need to be sure there isnt another Wayne Couzens operating in plain sight. And lets just remind ourselves of what happened to Sarah
It in. Israel has issued an urgent warning to residents in northern gaza, telling them to move south. It follows another night of airstrikes. The Health Ministry in gaza says 266 palestine reons, including 117 children, have been killed in the past 24 hours as leaflets and phone messages warn those who stay in the north could be seen as sympathisers with a terrorist organisation and are putting their lives in danger. Israel Defence Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner says theyre only targeting hamas. Hamas. We know extensive how extensive their tunnel mechanisms is and how they are operating and using them. So were confident that we have good intelligence. But you know, the realm of warfare is the, urn, its not the known knowns. Its the unknown , unknown knowns. And the unknown, unknown knowns. And so we know that we have a brutal enemy. We dont know exactly what theyre doing. We have a what theyre doing. We have a good grasp of their operational capabilities , and we need
The past 24 hours. Israel has now issued a warning to residents in the north of the strip, telling them to head south or they may be identified as sympathisers of terrorist organisation. An idf spokesman , organisation. An idf spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner , Lieutenant Colonel peter lerner, says forces are only targeting hamas. We know extensive how extensive their tunnel mechanisms is , is and how they mechanisms is, is and how they are operating and using them. So were confident that we have good intelligence, but the realm of warfare is the, urn, its not the known knowns, its the unknowns , unknown knowns. And so unknowns, unknown knowns. And so we know that we have a brutal enemy. We dont know exactly enemy. We dont know exactly what theyre doing. We have a good grasp of their operational capabilities , and we need to capabilities, and we need to confront that. And remove that as if it was a tumour. A former head of the Palestinian Diplomatic Mission to the uk, Manuel
Conflicts in the minds of western opinion makers. Retired western opinion makers. Retired British Army Colonel richard kemp will give me his view. The actor kevin spacey, who was earlier this year acquitted of charges of sexual assault, made a surprise appearance at the sheldonian theatre in oxford. His recitation from shakespeares timon of athens moved an audience which was there to remember the philosopher Roger Scruton and to denounce modern cancel culture gb news emma webb was in the audience and will be to here reflect on the performance and talking of theatre and theatre reality. Our resident critic stephen kiriasis has been busy a busy bee all week , buzzing busy bee all week, buzzing around three shows, including a ballet. Later in the program , ballet. Later in the program, ill be asking what should be done with the land that was purchased by the government for that chunk of the hs2 railway thats now been cancelled. And thats now been cancelled. And we reflect on trafalgar day
Uk, Manuel Hassassian. Hes been the he had been the representative of the Palestinian Authority for 15 years to this country. And with years to this country. And with this wednesday marking a year since, a year since the day rishi sunak became Prime Minister although to some it might feel a little bit longer than that. Who better to speak to than the man who literally wrote the book on Prime Ministers . Esteemed ministers . The esteemed political historian, sir Anthony Seldon . Well thats all to come in the show , but first lets in the show, but first lets have a look. Whats in the papers today. Joining me now is the spectator columnist and former member of the european parliament, patrick oflynn. Parliament, patrick oflynn. Lets have a little run through of the papers first. So patrick, youve picked out the sunday times front page as as perhaps the most predominant story this morning. Well, yes, in Old Fashioned newspaper man parlance , theyve newspaper man parlance, theyve got someth