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reinvestigated, 246 will face no formal action because correct action was taken at the time. 689 will undergo a new assessment to pursue new 01’ undergo a new assessment to pursue new or mr lines of inquiry including possibly talking again to victims and witnesses. 196 face formal risk management measures and potentially a review to determine if they should remain in the force. this is a good time to go back to our home affairs correspondent sonia jessop, who is there by the bbc radi...

of the met with our home editor. also this lunchtime... scotlands former first minister nicola sturgeon cancels a public appearance today, as the police investigation into her husband continues. a new drug on the nhs for people living with inherited breast and prostate cancer. and delays again for holiday—makers booked on cross—channel ferries from dover, as the easter getaway begins. and coming up on the bbc news channel... we round up the latest action, he key interviews and disc...

urged the chinese leader, xijinping, to make president putin see reason. later, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, encouraged china to promote what she called a �*just peace. she warned beijing not to sell weapons to russia. the chinese leader said beijing was seeking a political solution to the war. rebecca choong wilkins is an asia government and politics reporter at bloomberg news. well, we have seen beijing really rolling out the red carpet for macron, scene...

we start in france. large numbers have taken to the streets again, the 11th day of mass protests against the change in pension age in france. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. on the streets there in france we have more large protests, notjust paris but many of the big cities. notjust paris but many of the big cities. frances constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the governments move after the change...

bring russia to its senses". thats the message the french president emmanuel macron has delivered on thursday to the man who can, maybe, influence vladimir putin, the chinese leader xi jinping. applying pressure on ukraine isnt an an easy sell after years of worsening relations between the west and china, and president xis recent visit to moscow. heres some of what president macron had to say. decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and every...

hello, welcome to the programme. we have got another action packed programme for you tonight. coming up, the white house says they have still had no consular access to anerican journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held by the russians on spying charges. we will speak tonight from the former soviet dissident natan sharansky, who was held in the same moscow prison in the 1970s. we will also hearfrom mark urban on his continiung investigation into russias 331 parachute regiment, and ...

Henry, what is the normal trump doctrine of Foreign Policy . I dont think any of us knows if there is any coherent policy going on, it cannot be expressed in 140 characters. That is how this man governs. He will say in a News Conference that russia us relations are atan conference that russia us relations are at an all time low, then tweets that there will be everlasting peace. He told Us Health Care would be replaced by something great. We cannot divine anything from the policy of the last week...

It may be a very minor conviction ten or 15 years before theyjoined the police, and theyve now got a good work history. but frankly, having looked at them, some of them concern me that i think we shouldnt have let them in. national vetting standards are quite permissive in giving a range of interpretation. were looking here at putting some tougher standards in where, unless youve got the most minor historic conviction, youre not going to bejoining the police. earlier, the commissioner took quest...

Has moved officers from tackling serious crime and terrorism to boost their efforts to clean up its own workforce. last month, a major review branded the force institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic. speaking on a bbc radio call—in show earlier today, the head of the met was asked whether hed dismiss all officers found guilty of wrongdoing. to answer the question in shorthand. yes, of course i want to sack them. actually, in a lot of cases, well, in all cases, i dont have the final say ...

Actually in a lot of cases, in all cases, i do not have the final say appears in the metropolitan police. i know that sounds mad, i am the commissioner, you are holding me to account with this question because you want me to run a good police service. there are independent legal tribunal is who can decide that we have to keep some day even though we want to sack them. that is one of the powers that has to be changed by the powers that has to be changed by the home secretary and she is doing a re...