Why Wasn't the Southport Killer Stopped?
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at the prime minister’s pledge to fight “the changing face of terrorism” in light of Britain facing a “new and dangerous threat” from extreme violence.
In an address from Downing Street, Sir Keir Starmer announced a public inquiry into the state failure that allowed Axel Rudakubana to fatally stab three young girls in Southport last summer.
Plus we discuss President Trump’s first actions back in the White House, including the pardoning of nearly 1,600 people in connection with the Capitol riots on 6th of January 2021, with Caitriona Perry, Chief Presenter for BBC News.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, there was a lot of news on Monday, so much so that even after we published two episodes, there's still a lot more to get into today. |
| 0:12.5 | First, the Prime Minister has now responded to the Southport Killer's admission of guilt. |
| 0:17.2 | We'll consider if we are, as Sir Keir Starmus suggests, living in a new era of terrorism. And also it is, of course, day two of guilt. We'll consider if we are, as Sir Keir Starmer suggests, living in a new era of terrorism. |
| 0:22.8 | And also it is, of course, day two of Donald Trump's second tilt at the presidency. And he's already |
| 0:28.1 | signed a whole series of executive orders. What do they tell us about how he will govern this time |
| 0:34.1 | around? We'll try to find out on this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:40.1 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:41.2 | I like landscapes. |
| 0:42.6 | I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 0:43.0 | Japping. |
| 0:45.0 | Unemployed people who are overweight. |
| 0:46.2 | That is not the agenda. |
| 0:48.4 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
| 0:49.5 | The star is born. |
| 0:49.9 | Elon. |
| 0:52.7 | It's all hurt that a miracle let us happen. Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 0:54.5 | Take me down to Downing Street. |
| 0:56.3 | Let's go have a tour. |
| 0:57.9 | Blimey. |
| 0:58.5 | Hello, it's James in the studio. |
| 1:00.5 | And yesterday we brought you the news that Axel Ruder-Cabana |
| 1:03.7 | had pleaded guilty to murdering three little girls |
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