Violence against women declared a ‘national emergency’ in the UK

Violence against women has reached “epidemic levels” in England and Wales and needs to be treated as a national emergency, according to UK police chiefs. More than 1 million violent crimes against women and girls were recorded by British police between 2022 and 2023. But women’s rights groups say those figures only tell half the story. The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry has more. And a listener warning: This story contains descriptions of violence.