Assed Baig on witnessing the fire overnight
We speak to our reporter, Assed Baig, who spent the night at the scene of the fire talking to those who escaped and were desperately searching for loved ones.
More arrests over London Bridge attack
[insert video] Counter terror officers investigating the London Bridge attack have made more arrests today in east London – and searched the gym where one of the attackers worked, apparently taking away computer equipment in an overnight raid. New CCTV images have emerged which appear to show the moment that armed officers shot the attackers […]
How was Jamal al Harith was radicalised and what happened to the money?
[insert video] Ministers have said former Guantanamo Bay detainees could lose the financial settlements paid to them if they have breached legal agreements with the Government. It’s a move designed to curb criticism over the payment made to the British suicide bomber Jamal al Harith. Tonight his wife Shukee Begum tells us what he may […]
Mental health: schools struggling to help support children
[insert video] Depression and anxiety were once thought of as illnesses which only affected adults but mental health problems affect around one in ten children and young people. But schools are struggling to help them, according to a new survey. The charity Place to Be said more than half of head teachers said it was […]
George Michael remembered
[insert video] Assed Baig has been outside George Michael’s home in North London, where fans have gathered to pay tribute to the star today.
At least 100 killed in India rail disaster
{insert video] More than 100 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a passenger train derailed in Northern India. Rescuers are struggling to find and free survivors in the wreckage of the crowded passenger train. Assed Baig reports.
The Taliban: Islam, opium and the current conflict in Afghanistan. Understanding why the Taliban fight
By Moneeb Hafeez This research is an attempt to understand the cause of the current insurgency in Afghanistan. The Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic movement, are fighting a foreign occupation on what is perceived as a war on religious grounds. However when analysing the Taliban’s beliefs and actions such a notion does not hold. Firstly the Islam […]
Islamic State: how can young Brits be stopped from joining?
Assed Baig reports from Dewsbury, where people are trying to understand why two Yorkshire teenagers, including reported suicide bomber Talha Asmal, ran away to a distant conflict.
We were defending British values, say Syria Britons
Exclusive: two British men who have returned from the Syria conflict say they went to the Middle East on a humanitarian mission “against a brutal regime” – and insist they are not terrorists. Think about the conflict in Syria today and the headlines dominated by Think about the conflict in Syria today and the headlines dominated by the savage […]
London shopkeeper defiant despite threats over Charlie sign
[insert video] East London deli owner Adel Defilaux tells Assed Baig he received death threats, after posting a “Je suis Charlie” sign, on the day a new issue of the satirical magazine went out.