ed miliband, dave miliband, and ed balls got that one right. diane abbott did not answer on principle because she does not drive at all. into move on before we get this debate. we had some quick fire questions to get a quick response as to where people stand on issues. diane abbott will answer this for. would you describe yourself as a socialist and what does that mean to you? >> i would describe myself as a socialist. if it means anything, it is being able to bring society together to make it more equal, to make it more just, and always making sure that the voice was have that voice. >> yes, it means that what we do together is greater than what we can do on our own. it is a very simple idea. social speaks to the basic part of who we are, that we get our identity and our freedom for what we rebel to do together. >> yes, we need to be willing to criticize the injustices of absolutism. we need to be willing to say that there are injustices with which we want to deal. >> yes, i joined labour 25 years ago for chances in this country and for all th

by ed miliband's decision to invade iraq was wrong. jamess landel reports. >> is this a man leaving front line politics? david mili band left britain today. once again spilled out into the open. harry alone applauded. so what did ed miliband think about his brother's anger? >> he thought my speech got the right note in terms of unity in a party. you will have to ask him obviously. >> not a bad iraq. didn't agree with you on iraq? >> different people have different views on these issues in our party. i'm leaving this party in a way to win back trust from people. >> this evening. labor's deputy leader out touring the conference was unrepentant. >> i can't remember exactly what he said to me. anyway, he was at the end of section as well >> why is this unworkable for david to say, he has to avoid these policies. >> not at all. >> as a favor at the end of section. >> it's true. i think hairiot voted for it. >> tonight, david mi li band and his wife aarrived in london. >> this is bbc news headlines were youngest son of kim jong-il has been n

>> out of the building. >> david miliband has just left a meeting with his brother. he is determined to say nothing about his future in labour and in the cabinet. today's private meeting of the brothers happened after this public display of affection from the man who lost. he promised to keep both party and family united. >> no more cleats, no more -- cliques, no more factions, no more soap operas -- when united labour party taking on one united government. >> that sounds and this looks like happy families. what is all the fuss about? it is quite simple. when david miliband arrived at a conference today he made clear he had yet to make up his mind about his future in politics. on the day the imf endorsed the government's approach to cutting the deficit, the man who was chancellor warned his party not to think it could opposed every public spending cut. tomorrow, we will find out whether his new leader was listening and whether ed miliband can convince people to stop talking about his brother. nick robinson, bbc news, manchester. >> this is bbc news. our reminder of o

for using torture tactics that comes from information released by security sources involving david miliband who was britain's foreign secretary into a few months ago critics say his actions amount to sanctioning torture that's something miliband denies let's talk more about this with tim cook creep which is a prisoners' rights group itself thanks for being with us could these documents actually at the end of the day be able to prove mr miliband sanctioned torture. well good evening and thanks for having me on the first thing to say is that we don't actually know the exact content of these documents but nor of the documents the most important story here what what the important thing is to recognize that whilst the u.k. has a very strong commitment to human rights and a very strong track record of mental torture what we're talking about here is the very difficult circumstance when an individual is detained by a country that is known to use techniques that are palatable to the united kingdom the united kingdom his lawyers and the secret service want to gain information from that person or to i

did they, david miliband? >> it really pains me, because there are people in our country who have lost sons and daughters in afghanistan and iraq, and that is toward enough for anyone to live with. but to then be told it could all have been easier are better if it had not been for some bureaucrats or politicians, is just not true. we have armed forces fighting in some of the most dangerous parts of the world with the best equipment they have ever had. richard went to afghanistan and complain that he was all-around by an american helicopter. it is good that there are 43 countries there in a coalition. it is good that we are not having to provide everything. it is very important that people send a very strong message that we are committing our troops in the most dangerous of circumstances. they are getting incredible support from the country but also from their own -- let's have a debate about the right judgments, but to start planning on individual acts is completely wrong. >> this is a misplaced criticism. i s

. >> britain's former foreign secretary, david miller band, has quit front-line politics -- david miliband, has quit front-line politics. this report features flash photography. >> going, going, gone. he looked relaxed and positively relieved. >> we have a new leader of the labor party, my brother ed, who has a big responsibility. i want to support him in the best way possible -- the party and the country -- and the big task he has. i can best do that from the back benches. i can give him the freedom and the space to drive the party forward in the way he sees fit without any distraction that could come from having your older brother sitting next to you. >> distractions like this yesterday, during his brother's first conference speech as labor leader. >> i do believe we were wrong to to britain to war and we need to be honest about that. >> the former foreign secretary looked furious with his brother and with gary harmon -- hariett harmon, who voted for the war but applauded the combination of it. >> he raised an eyebrow. it shows the dangers that can come when people read too much into thi

around the world britain's opposition labor party has selected a former climate change minister ed miliband as its new leader beating his brother david by a whisker they win over came his main rival and sibling the former foreign secretary by just one percent the younger miliband victory was helped by his more left to lead east on this trade union votes he takes the helm of the labor party from the power after thirteen years in office replacing. for prime minister gordon brown who resigned as party leader following may's election to. palestinian demonstrators have clashed with israeli troops in the west find it integration of tomorrow's lifting of a ban on juror seven was that the ending of the bad from late sunday is likely to pose serious problems in the latest round of middle east peace talks mediated by the u.s. but it's you know leaders say they'll walk away from negotiations of settlement construction resumes the u.n. general assembly has heard from palestinian president mahmoud abbas that israel must choose between peace all i can still do ation of settlements in occupied lands . and

around the world britain's opposition labor party has selected a former climate change minister ed miliband as its new leader beating his brother david by a whisker there winner overcame his main rival and sibling the form of foreign secretary by just over one percent the younger miliband victory was helped by his more left leaning stance which won trade union votes and there were places gordon brown who's talked who stepped down after losing the general election in may when the labor party was ousted after searching years in power. policy and demonstrators have clashed with israeli troops in the west bank in anticipation of tomorrow's lifting of a ban on jewish settlements that the ending of the ban from late sunday is likely to pose serious problems in the latest round of middle east peace talks mediated by the us leaders say they'll walk away from negotiations if settlement construction resumes the u.n. general assembly has heard from palestinian president mahmoud abbas that israel must choose between peace all a continuation of settlements or occupied lands. somali pirates have seized a

the rest of the main global news headlines this hour britain's opposition labor party has chosen ed miliband as its new leader in an extremely close run competition he narrowly defeated his brother the former foreign sacred david miliband by just one percent in four rounds of distributing voting it left to the two siblings to battle it out to take over the party from x. prime minister gordon brown. in a pakistan international airlines jet with two hundred seventy three people on board had to make an emergency landing in sweden after a bomb scare the boeing seven seven seven was in its way from toronto when a woman in canada phoned to say a passenger had explosives the plane was safely evacuated in stockholm when a man was arrested but later released no explosives were found on the remaining passengers were allowed back home bored to continue their journey. tropical storm matthew is battering much of the caribbean and central america tonight with up to twenty five centimeters of rain expected in honduras and nicaragua the country's a brace for flash floods and mudslides while still coping wit

his brother former foreign secretary david miliband by just over one percent it took four rounds of eliminating candidates with preference vote before the two siblings battled it out for the fifty percent needed to take over from x. premier according brown. patches have been reported between palestinians and israeli troops in the west bank these protests come a day just for a freeze on jewish settlement building in the palestinian territories and if that fresh middle east hold mediated by the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is still ongoing over both israeli and palestinian officials say a peace deal is far. from. international airlines jet with two hundred seventy three people aboard had to make an emergency landing in sweden after a bomb scare the boeing seven seven seven was on its way from toronto when a woman in canada phoned to say a passenger had explosives the plane was safely evacuated in stockholm and a man was arrested but later released no explosives were found and the remaining passengers were allowed back on board to continue their journey. victims of clerical

of more global news headlines now this hour in brief britain's opposition labor party has chosen ed miliband as its new leader in an extremely close run competition he narrowly defeated his brother the former foreign secretary david miliband by just over one percent it took four rounds of eliminating candidates with preference votes before the two siblings battle it out for the fifty percent needed to take over from aix premier gordon brown. in pakistan international airlines jet with two hundred seventy three people aboard had to make an emergency landing in sweden after a bomb scare the boeing seven seven seven was on its way from toronto when a woman in canada phoned to say a passenger had explosives the plane was safely evacuated in stockholm and a man was arrested but later released no explosives were found on the remaining passengers were allowed back onboard to continue their journey. a couple of games president says there's still much work to be done on site just days ahead of the opening ceremony in new delhi mike fennell two of the athletes village which has been beset by construct

extremely close run competition he narrowly defeated his brother the former foreign secretary david miliband by just over one percent it took four rounds of eliminating candidates with preference votes before the two siblings battling for the fifty percent needed to take over from ex premier gordon brown will be smart to see a caucus star international airlines jet with two hundred seventy three people aboard to make an emergency landing in sweden after a bomb scare. the boeing seven seven seven was on its way from toronto when a woman in canada phoned to say a passenger had explosives the plane was safely evacuated in stockholm when a man was later and was arrested then later released no explosives were found on the remaining passengers were allowed back onboard to continue their journey. a sudden storms left at least five people dead dozens more injured as it blasted through haiti's capital authorities say strong top down trees billboards and temporary homes the devastation comes just eight months course after an estimated two hundred thousand people perished after a powerful earthquake hi

he is clearly backing it david miliband . >> is fairly obvious and we were backing coming in for some reason, you'll have not set. >> it may be obvious, but i have not said it. >> no one wants to be clear to -- close to the former leader. >> [unintelligible] do you think it hinders you to be seen as the heir to blair? >> i am tired of people asking me that. >> tony blair and gordon brown both make -- but made mistakes. they both lost trust. i am afraid, they have to come out of touch. >> the significance is whether this in the end of the new labour journey or helps to ensure it's a continues. bbc news, westminster. >> you were watching "bbc world news." still to come -- taking a look at an old wreck. robots shine the light on one of the world's most famous shipwrecks. now, a team of divers have begun to salvage bottles of what is thought to be the world's oldest champagne. despite an estimated two centuries in a shipwreck at the bottom of the baltic, the champagne is said to be perfectly preserved. wine experts have valued each bottle at tens of thousands of dollars. >> not the usual

ed miliband said he relishes the chance to take on prime minister david cameron as part of labour's new generation. >> the phrase that he kept on using time and again in his speech was my generation, the new generation. the reason he was doing that is he wants to separate himself away from tony blair and gordon brown and their eria in government. he was a very critical of the war in iraq. he said it was a wrong and that britain undermined united nations. not everyone in the hall like that. >> off iraq divided our party and our country. many sincerely believes the world face a real threat. i criticize nobody, faced with making the toughest decisions, and i honor my troops who fought and died there, but i do believe we were wrong. >> he was also critical on the labour record on regulating banks. he argued that britain did not do enough to make sure its economy was stable. the other thing he wanted to separate himself up from was the unions, the people who helped to elect him. he said he was not "red ed." he also said the unions should not give in to overblown rhetoric when it comes to opp

slightly less clear cut issue is whether he jumped or was pushed he was quite influential with david miliband who was the former foreign secretary before this new government came in four months ago but the moment the new government was appointed the new foreign secretary william hague put in his position under review as to the question certainly is did his skepticism about u.s. foreign policy in the region mean that he had to go and his job was to coordinate strategy with the u.s. and with other countries that had troops that have troops in the region which is obviously a diplomatic position and diplomacy as you just pointed out doesn't seem to be something that he either had much of or didn't didn't want to use this in this case and there's certainly a suggestion that he got into so many just peace with so many different people that they rendered his position really on terror untenable now the interesting thing is that the foreign office in the u.k. says that the position of special representative is no longer necessary and that bearing in mind that. u.k. will no longer now have a full time

overcame his main rival and sibling the former foreign secretary by just over one percent the younger miliband victory was held by his more left leaning stance which won the trade you know votes and he replaces gordon brown who stepped down after losing the general election in may when the labor party was ousted after thirteen years in power. palestinian demonstrators have clashed with israeli troops in the west bank and integration of tomorrow's lifting of a ban on jewish settlements that the ending of a ban from late sunday is likely to pose serious problems in the latest round of middle east peace talks mediated by the us but its senior leaders say they'll move away probably gave stations of settlement construction resumes to you our general assembly has heard from palestinian president mahmoud abbas that israel must choose between peace or a continuation of settlements on occupied lands. somali pirates have seized a greek cargo ship with twelve ukrainians on board the european union is anti-piracy force says the greek vessel certain to distress call before altering its course toward somali

yesterday a new leader has been selected for the british labor party it really wasn't the mother of mr miliband is very active it's a jewish woman who is very active in the organization of solidarity for the palestinians and for the for blanket just broke aid well let's talk about israeli settlements now mr of mary we know that the israeli freeze on the construction settlements in the west bank stopped within the last twenty four hours but would also say that mahmoud abbas has said that he'll pull out of u.s. peace talks if construction resumes they always rains ready to sacrifice buildings for. i think the majority is against in your bidding and the settlements. the day think certain dissonance between the israeli public opinion and be very government the government is much to the right of public opinion why do so is a complicated question. that is your means of billick it to settlements i think is being condemned by a very many israelis who believe that every new building in the settlement is their land to mine all the way to peace it makes no sense he again it's somehow is stupid because eve

winner overcame his main rival sibling the feeble foreign secretary by just over one percent the younger miliband victory was helped by his more left leaning stance which won trade union votes and he replaces gordon brown who stepped down after losing the general election may when the labor party was ousted after thirty years in power. and a student demonstrators have clashed with israeli troops in the west divide it into patient of tomorrow's lifting of a ban of jewish settlers that settlements that the ending of the ban from late sunday is likely to pose serious problems in the latest round of middle east peace talks mediated by the us policy and leaders say they'll walk away from negotiations a settlement construction resumes the u.n. general assembly has heard from palestinian president mahmoud abbas that israel must choose between peace and war against terror a tional settlements on occupied lands. and now it's time to take a journey and i'll close that series o.c. transports you to the varied and inspiring regions of russia. so our close up team has traveled seven thousand kilometers from m

extremely close run competition he narrowly defeated his brother the former foreign secretary david miliband but just over one percent it took four rounds of eliminating candidates with preference votes before the two siblings battle it out for the fifty percent needed to take over from gordon brown. clashes would be faulted between palestinians and israeli troops in the west bank fees proceeds from the day before three jewish settlement building in the palestinian territories is lifted fresh middle east which mediated by the us secretary of state hillary clinton. over both israeli and palestinian officials say a peace deal is. she body pirates have seized a greek cargo ship with twelve ukrainians on board. piracy forces the vessel sent a distress call before altering its course toward somalia so far there's been no contact with the ship which was taking steel bars and wires to malicious about its instability for the past two decades let piracy thrive in the gulf of aden and the indian ocean. so not to take a journey or close up series in r.t. transports is to the varied inspiring regions of

extremely close one competition he not only defeated his brother the former foreign secretary david miliband but just over one percent it took four rounds of lemonade to count the votes with preference wrote before the two said wiggs battle for the fifty percent needed to take over from ex-president. cashews had been reported between palestinians and israeli troops in the west bank these protests come a day before a freeze on jewish settlement building. palestinian territories is lifted fresh middle east talks mediated by u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is still ongoing however both israeli and palestinian officials say a peace deal is far from certain. somali pirates have seized a greek cargo ship with twelve ukrainians on board the european union's antipiracy force says the greek vessel sent a distress call before altering its course toward somalia there's been no contact with the ship since which was taking steel bars and wired to more issues lawless instability in somalia for the past two decades has fueled rampant piracy in the gulf of aden and the indian ocean. timer to take a

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