Its part of its promise to tackle what is says is an increased threat since the hamas attacks in israel last october. The intention is to stop Extremist Groups or individuals from having a platform to spread their views. But concerns have been raised that any definition could be seen as unfair and undemocratic. With the details, heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. The aftermath of the October 7th Attacks on israel, the government says, has been increasing concern about radicalisation here in this country. So its come up with this new definition of extremism, saying it means the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance that aims to negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, undermine the uks system of democracy and democratic rights, or intentionally create a permissive environment for others to do that. This month outside downing street, rishi sunak promised robust action. We will redouble our support for t
under way on bbc two, the news continues here on bbc one , as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. across france, protests, riots and looting run into a fourth night. president macron closes transport networks, blames social media but what can he do to end the unrest? one further fatality reported tonight after violence sparked by a police killing of teenager of north african origin in the french suburbs on tuesday. we ll hear from someone who knows her way round the activist movement. also tonight. rwanda is being condemned by the un, the us and the eu for supporting the m23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. the last time this happened, the uk pulled aid to rwanda. the conservative aid secretary responsible for that 2012 decision tells newsnight the uk approach to human rights atrocities risks being downgraded. we speak to the former un assistant secretary general for
thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, mr bennett. i want to take your mind back to those dark days of october in israel, after hamas s barbaric attack on southern israel of october 7. a few days later, joe biden visited your country and he said this to israelis. he said, while you feel the rage, do not be consumed by it. after 9/11, he said, we in the us were enraged. while we sought justice, we also made mistakes. do you think israel has paid heed to those words from joe biden? i think the operation that we re conducting is not about rage and it s not about what happened. it s about preventing it from happening again. you see, there s a huge difference between 9/11 and october 7th. afghanistan is far away from the united states. gaza is on our doorstep. and hamas, the terror organisation that executed this horrible attack, tells us point blank, we re going to do it again and again. so we have really no choice but to eradicate it. close to 20
scotland and further south through the night followed by a heavy showers and it will not be a cold or frosty night, so temperatures in double figures in the south would colder towards the northern isles but it will be the winds that will be the focus tomorrow, with gust widely 50 60 and maybe as high as 80 towards the northern isles, enough towards the northern isles, enough to cause significant disruption to travel. blustery wherever you are and we have cloud and a patchy like rain in the south, pushing further south, and then sunny spells and squally showers moving in from the north and even a bit of snow over the highest ground of scotland, blown in on the really strong north westerly winds, and temperatures between five and aberdeen and maybe 12 in london. it is mild but we still have the mild and windy weather with us on friday so patchy rain pushing east, a bit of snow over the highest ground, of scotland on friday, and another blustery day but not quite those strong di
the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule: on wednesdeay, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d. higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has truly been atrocious. to welcome him to belfast. and i spoke to one northern ireland politics student and he said the reason he had come was because a visit by one of the most powerful people in the world, a us pres