Daily briefing Saturday 2nd May

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0:45The Green Party leader says he was hasty in sharing a tweet which condemned the officers for kicking the Golders Green suspect in the head when arresting him. Sir Mark Rowley's told The Times the officers were traumatised by the incident and the Prime Minister has called that criticism disgraceful, is The Times' politics reporter Daisy Eastlake. You know, there was lots of politicians who were really quite angry about this. You said that this was really inappropriate and at a time when the Jewish community are feeling so intimidated and so scared that, you know, questioning these kinds of responses is not appropriate.

1:17And this came from kind of cross-party, really. Sir Mark Rowley says British Jews are facing their greatest threat ever. He's blamed social media for fuelling an epidemic of anti-Semitism, describing Jewish people as sitting at the centre of a ghastly Venn diagram of hate. Former National Coordinator for Counter-Terror Policing, Nick Aldworth, says online anti-Semitism is making it much harder to police. A lot of this crime isn't emanating from the streets of Golders Green. It's emanating from people outside of that geographic area and outside of the geographic area of Manchester. If you look at the data from 2024 in terms of reported hate crime, 35 % of that crime occurred online.

1:57And the actors who are involved in that criminality, that's a global situation. The Pentagon says it will withdraw 5 ,000 American troops from Germany in a row between Donald Trump and the German Chancellor. There are 36 ,000 American soldiers currently in the country. Officials say that partial withdrawal will take six to 12 months. Friedrich Mertz said earlier in the week Washington had been humiliated by the war in Iran. Donald Trump says he's dissatisfied with the latest peace proposals from Tehran. The Iranian government meanwhile says it is open to talks if the US changes what it calls an excessive approach.

2:33Miran Kamrava, professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, says each site has a very different view of how the talk should work. Iranians want a series of in-depth discussions. They want a long and drawn-out process whereby technical details can be worked out. And the Trump White House, on the other hand, wants a quick and decisive, kind of a flashy meeting whereby it could declare victory and how it brought the Iranians to their knees. Ministers are expected to tell the public to prepare for flight cancellations over the summer holidays because of jet fuel shortages. The Transport Secretary is expected to outline contingency plans to limit the impact.

3:14And a Peter Kay gig in Birmingham has been evacuated mid-performance because of a potential suspicious bag. The comedian was taken off stage 45 minutes in. This is the moment the audience were told to leave the utilitarian arena. So we've been putting the house lights up. and can you please follow the instructions given to you from the House staff, Stewards and Security. What? OK, thank you. Is this a joke? A 19-year-old man was arrested. Don't forget to subscribe to the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify or listen live to Times Radio online.

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