and there will most likely be a technocrat government set in by the parliament by the by the president of italy and it could be that mr gentile loney the social democrat could go on for a while as a cow take if and if the parties do not move but this is all based on exit polls the margin of error is still quite high still quite high you say but should the e.u. watching this be concerned about the surge in you know popularity among the populace potty an establishment fox is that. yes the european union should actually be concerned because if you count all the votes together for the populist parties on the left and on the ride you come to the result that sixty percent six zero percent of all italians voted for populist parties so this is very sad from a brussels view and italy is drifting in the same camp like greece to hungary which already governed by populist parties austria a populist parties in the government and italy of the third biggest economy in country in the eurozone this is a real danger seen from brussels the man that a lot of people seem to be looking at in this election s

of parliament is key. the age you can vote is from 25 upwards. the five star movement has been seen as something for the young and ignorant he wants something exciting. if the over 25 voted today, it means they are onto something and it is a very big nose thumb to the traditional parties in italy. the kind of upsets we have seen from germany to denmark to sweden. there is a movement in politics and things are changing. in italy things will not change fast enough. the five star movement have said they would be a pillar of the next government. how will europe be looking at this? it is interesting. from a european perspective, it is not long ago that european leaders pretty much forced out silvio berlusconi. this was at the height of the problems in italy for w is seen as a of the problems in italy for w is seen as a laughing stock because he was surrounded by scandal and was convicted of tax fraud that means he cannot stand for parliament. his party could be a kingmaker and surrounded by populist figures, th

the parliament met for the first time. on hope told her story on january seventeenth and since then we've had three attempts to elect a president there's a clear majority to elect a government and the courts the spanish courts by government intervention by government request have blocked the parliament form electing a government we're not declaring independence right now we're trying to elect a government based on the vote of the december election in fact we had this friday we had a decision by the committee the united nations committee and human rights. granting interim measures to one of the pundits. on the basis that their political rights are being violated this is about human rights now it's about the right of the people to elect their own government it's not the about independence that's. a very open debate but we're now up to have a parliament and was elected in december this is trying to elect a government that's consistent with the majority of the of the. results in december or it doesn't costello have to leave it

the nature of the parliament the hours of the parliament the working practices to make it compared with many other parliaments and well some of which we would mention but other powers a pretty friendly to two people with childcare responsibilities i think because it became a common one thousand night. and the to make sure we didn't have a situation where we had have anyone had ever been on like that there was a three. by the parties themselves to me because women liked it that was easier because there was no incumbents to get rid off so we went in the mill come but there is no male incumbents to get rid of because i think that we want men are in the siesta just refused to move so it was a blond new your perch unity it's very difficult for a woman who has to go to see westminster for example hundreds of miles away you can go ridiculous. you know hours you know they could be born in the time and i am we've always had one point in the life of cork get of withheld and i think really really important and i think the importance of women been near can be seen and the kinds of legislation wheth

home secretary said earlier today in parliament. very true to a new case or is a brazen. act but if we are to be rigorous in this investigation we must avoid speculation and allow the police to carry on the first occasion well that was her updating the house of commons on this case and she cautioned against speculation and not just speculation in the media it's something that now the politicians are doing as well many of them have pointed the finger of blame squarely at last and some are even using it as an opportunity to push for more defense spending take a listen the circumstantial evidence against russia is very strong who would harm. the. defense it's the first duty of the realm and spending two percent on the fence is not enough there will come a time for tradition and there will be consequences and there will be further information that follows but now i'm concerned about the incident and the consequences around and actually speaking in an interview this morning the defense secretary gavin williamson pulled that thread as well he refused to say whether or not he th

the parliament met for the first time. on a story on january seventeenth and since then we've had three attempts to elect a president there's a clear majority to elect a government and the courts the spanish courts by government intervention by government request have blocked the parliament from electing a government we're not declaring independence right now we're trying to elect a government based on the vote of the december election in fact we had this friday we had a decision by the committee the united nations committee and human rights. granting interim measures to one of the pundits. on the basis that their political rights are being violated this is about human rights now it's about that the right of the people to elect their own government it's not just about independence that's. a very open debate but we're now over have a parliament and were selected in december this is trying to elect a government that's consistent with the majority of the of the. results in december or it doesn't costello have to leave it ther

tied just a costa is the vice president of the council on parliament and ally of this push for more he joins me now from barcelona mr gaza thank you so much for being here let's start very simply what has been your reaction to prison last arrest today. well we were expecting. the president would have to appear before the courts somewhere we were expecting that he would be going to back home in belgium and he would have to undergo the same procedure of. brussels. that. he had to undergo some three or four months ago so we basically. expected this. we really hope that whatever the country whatever the court provided it's a european democracy will that the word that he's made it and that this this warrant shouldn't be valid and the council on message that we heard today is that this arrest is threatening the values that europe was built on but. these are there an argument to say that undermined those values knowingly when he broke with the spanish constitution and declared independence. but that's not that's never been a crime. that i know of so there may be a political problem there may

two was stemmed from online petitions to parliament, so from online petitions to parliament, so how does the system work? there isa so how does the system work? there is a website where you can click on a link to set—up your own petition. if you can attract 10,000 signatures the government must give a response. if 100,000 people sign up the petition might be debated in parliament. liz twist is on the commons petition committee and was involved in the recent sign language debate. 0n involved in the recent sign language debate. on a windy day at westminster in pascal wyatt petitions are automatically debated when they reach the magic 100,000 figure. as the petitions committee, we look at them quite carefully. sometimes they've been debated very recently and it will be repeated in debate. sometimes they are about things that perhaps the government cannot deal with, so rejected from that point of view. so, we have a certain criteria that we look at. that's a set of criteria. and how you do you decide? what kind of thing are you looking for in a petition? well, we are looking to see that it

slight edge over the anti-establishment fine style movement but it's not enough seats for a majority in parliament the final results are expected late monday morning and. a sigh of relief as germany and months of political deadlock the country's social democrats vote to join a governing coalition with chancellor merkel conservatives it paves the way for a new government and a fourth term in office but on the metro will find out what it means for germany plus. they've rolled out the red carpet for the film industry is biggest night of the stars descend on hollywood for the academy awards to preview the films and actors hoping for glory this evening. i'm edith to money thank you for joining us vote counting is under way in italy as parliamentary election after a tie tres initial exit polls suggest the rightwing alliance led by silvio berlusconi will be the largest bloc in parliament however it's falling short of the absolute majority needed to form a government the anti-establishment five star movement is the largest single party with around thirty percent of vote the. it's that's why new rules need

he is now standing up for the integrity of the parliament. he really is. for the right of you cases in the house of representatives. it seems to be the current passion, mr. speaker. at least he apparently did the right thing -- he did the right thing he stood up he resigned. it took months, months to get member to resign. and the member is still hanging in there, mr. speaker. it might as well be a leader of the opposition finds there will always be in england but they will always be -- as well. mr. speaker, in terms of corruption more general he has blocked integrity measures at every turn. at every single turn. he fought tooth and nail to oppose their introduction of the building and construction. an agency whose job it is to restore the rule of law for the construction sector and stop the unions including his own, from continually -- [multiple speakers] standing over developers, standing over the australian construction industry in a way that has been a disgrace for years but of course, there is bigger political -- of course, the registered organizations

so of course the debate in the parliament right here behind me is going to get a lot livelier because of course the parties in the grand coalition the social democrats and the conservatives also have to square the circle of redefining their own identity so that's going to be interesting well another change of course is that the far right anti immigrant a if tea party now becomes the official opposition in german parliament how is that likely to impact politics here. it has already impacted on the political debate the f.t.'s tone in the parliament behind me and some of the questions they have asked have also a reason to more traditional party members rising up and getting more vocal about certain issues and this is more democracy in action some german voters are saying so this is a good sign at the same time of course and we'll also find out how many german voters actually do support the a.s.d. in the course of the next few months how many people actually voted for the eighty out of the protest vote because grand coalition is going to have to deliver on some of the core issues that peo

the who's of course the president of the parliament and if i heard correctly he's just imposed a fine on a member of the bundestag for not sticking to the rules and for making his vote public we'll have to look at the details that but that would be the first. as we're watching a chance america has just been sworn in as we said find the president of the bundestag well can surely see her there standing with her fellow lawmakers there in parliament and you know she's been called the teflon chancellor in the past but the past for your suspect really have been particularly difficult for the chancellor this must be a moment of relief for her. i mean uncle americal is a scientist we mustn't forget that so she's looking for. solutions and her goal was to deliver a coalition government that is one of stability and she feels that she has to live with that and it took an extremely long time it's not her preferred option it's not a marriage of love it's a marriage of convenience and see her leaving there now. the bundesliga after being sworn in as you said you know this is been a difficult time f

and he actually is one of the prime suspects in the case he actually got into parliament after that case was opened in two thousand and seven he became a member of parliament and he said that may speech was irresponsible and hasty and that the situation was following the same playbook as previous cases and that even the fact that he made a statement this prime suspect in the litvinenko case is of course showing moscow's very defiant. stance on this this whole issue emily show in force in moscow and big mosque for us in london many thanks to both of you for joining us this morning we have some breaking news coming in an explosion has reportedly struck the convoy of the palestinian prime minister as he made a rare visit to the gaza strip the prime minister rami doll is understood to be safe and is attending an event as planned the palestinian presidency has blamed hamas for the explosion which is called a targeted attack is usually based in the west bank. now for some of the other stories making the news today the united states has warned it is ready to intervene in syria if necessary

sa parliament the you have bundestag he had german parliament welcome christopher so the three parties have now signed now what well filled parliament convenes on wednesday morning to formally elect chancellor merkel as the next head of government she needs what's called a chanceless majority there are seven hundred nine members of parliament at the moment so she needs three hundred fifty five yes votes the coalition government that she controls has three hundred ninety nine members of parliament so it should be a formality. is this is this coalition likely to last the next four years. well the outgoing government is also the incoming government it's the same political constellation a grand coalition so many of these people have been working with each other for up to four years now or four and a half if you include the time we've been waiting for this new government so you know working relationships are already in place there's a certain amount of political trust in place so that is good the thing that's different this time is that. both chancellor merkel's conservatives and the center

and i admit i spoke to a presiding officer of the scottish parliament from two thousand and eleven to two thousand and sixteen. the woman responsible for keeping me in order was first minister explain first the gender was not the only barrier that she had to overcome pressure maek your five years as presiding officer of the the scottish parliament between two thousand and eleven and two thousand and sixteen you are the first woman in the mirror of the scottish mother members presiding officer movies. as one of her doing indeed notable worse and it was the first person in the chair because she was the the mother of the pub most experienced member way back even though all this well i was trying to really make the watch and i choose my words carefully but as presiding officer you were the first woman chair. did you feel that was ever the shooter or had the scottish parliament develop such a way that really was of no matter what people say to me it must be a huge thrill for you to be the first woman president of this court pub and of course it was for i used to see it. and response to tha

parliament magazine. on d w. i loathe air and a warm welcome to our latest edition of your romantics where we are never lacking for a wealth of culture and lifestyle topics and today is no exception. also hopeful european actors who are tipped to win an academy award. the frozen north take it chili dogs like to eat.

support for kurdish independence in kosovo an opposition party has thrown tear gas in the country's parliament take a look at these pictures the self-determination movement party used the gas to disrupt a vote on the border issue with montenegro they even released another round of tear gas when parliament tried to reconvene. well german chancellor angela merkel has laid out plans for her fourth term in power in a speech to the country's parliament today merkel conceded that the migration crisis had split the country she vowed to return unity to germans his side she also addressed foreign policy changes or challenges rather from syria to donald trump's still terrorists as she sought to reassure voters that her reluctant grand coalition government is ready to get down to business. germany had to wait a little for this it took six months to form a coalition government six months in which she addressed parliament only once now that she's officially back in office merkel sets the goal for fourth term as german chancellor. alistair fit when this term is over i want people to say this government has

and the council in parliament has voted to demand jailed leaders on the succession is to movement are represented in parliament former catalan president gul as pooja ma is in custody in germany waiting for a court to decide whether he'll be extradited to spain he's denied he's been denied bail and he's considered as he's considered a flight risk. a memorial service has been held in paris for the policeman killed in last week's supermarket siege in southwest france our noble trum was hailed a national hero after trading places with a female hostage when police raided the premises and killed the gunman they found troll with gunshot wounds he died later in hospital the attack a red wire like dean had killed three other people he was going to french intelligence services but not deemed a threat the tasha butler has the latest from paris. what we saw this morning was the coffin of al gore. draped with the french tricolor flag it was taken through the streets of paris and brought here to his every need which is france's most famous military memorial and then we had a speech by the french pr

there was mockery from the government but should i say that was harsh criticism when germany's parliament was cyberattack they told us if our network was a safe as they as they would not have been a problem. now we see that nothing is one hundred percent secure because the shi'ites. also coming up on the day in slovakia political heads are rolling and now three people have been arrested all the connection with the shooting death of a journalist. for the ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. we'll have more on that suspected russian snake cyber attack in germany in just a moment we begin the day with a resignation at the trump white house that is almost like losing a member of the family white house communications director hope hicks is quitting she's only have the job about six months and she was the fifth person with that title since trump took office last year an obvious hit to his administration but hope higgs is more than just white house staff she was considered the closest and most loya

theresa may. to have it aired in parliament? online petitions to parliament. so, how does the system work? click on a link to set up your own petition. to give a response. debated in parliament. they reached the magic 100,000 figure. we look at them quite carefully. carefully. debated recently and it would be repeating a debate. repeating a debate. have referred to things that the government can not deal with. government can not deal with. have a set of criteria that we look at. and how you do you decide? what kind of things are you looking for in a petition? to take that forward. that 100,000 threshold. your debate on sign language being an example of that. yeah. ok, so there are two things. on the petition‘s website. and look at its response and improve it. so, that's something we take very seriously. to get to that 100,000 threshold. and in the public interest. these debates aren't binding on the government. have been had. it's been debated, something has to change now. and for some people it's the start of a campaign to raise awareness. but we have seen

there was mockery from the government but should i say there was harsh criticism when germany's parliament was cyberattack they told us if our network was the safest bet as there would not have been a problem. now we see that nothing is one hundred percent secure because the shi'ites. also coming up on the day in slovakia political heads are rolling and now three people have been arrested all in connection with the shooting death of a journalist for the ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. we'll have more on that suspected russian's sneak cyber attack in germany in just a moment we begin the day with a resignation at the trump white house that is almost like losing a member of the family white house communications director hope hicks is quitting she's only have the job about six months and she was the fifth person with that title since trump took office last year an obvious hit to his administration but hope higgs is more than just white house staff she was considered the closest and most loy

it has already impacted on the political debate the tone in the parliament behind me and some of the questions they have asked have also raised into more traditional party members rising up and getting more vocal about certain issues and this is more democracy in action some german voters are saying so this is a good sign at the same time of course and we'll also find out how many german voters actually do support the d. in the course of the next few months how many people actually voted for the eighty out of the protest vote because grand coalition is going to have to deliver on some of the core issues that people find these big parties haven't answered and so many people in september elections are believed to have given their vote to the a.f.p. nina has a political correspondent thank you. what does this decision mean for the european union let's go now to brussels and speak to political correspondent of vans or so bob relief across the e.u. i imagine french president emanuel mccraw of course needs berlin to back his european reforms well sort of reactions have you been getting fro

there was mockery from the government or should i say there was harsh criticism when germany's parliament was cyber attacked they told us if our network was a safe as there was there would not have been a problem. now we see that nothing is one hundred percent secure position it's. also coming up on the day in slovakia political heads are rolling and now three people have been arrested although the connection with the shooting death of a journalist for the ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. we'll have more on that suspected russian's sneak cyber attack in germany in just a moment we begin the day with a resignation at the trump white house that is almost like losing a member of the family white house communications director hope hicks is quitting she's only have the job about six months and she was the fifth person with that title since trump took office last year an obvious hit to his administration but hope higgs is more than just white house staff she was considered the closest and most

the parliament met for the first time. on story on january seventeenth and since then we've had three attempts to elect a president there's a clear majority to elect a government and the courts the spanish courts by government intervention by government request have blocked the parliament from electing a government we're not declaring independence right now we're trying to elect a government based on the vote of the december election in fact we had this friday we had a decision by the committee the united nations committee and human rights. granting interim measures to one of the country dates. on the basis that their political rights are being violated this is about human rights now it's about that the right of the people to elect their own government it's not just about independence that's . a very open debate but we're now over have. a problem indeed was elected in december this is trying to elect a government that's consistent with the majority of the of the. results in december or it doesn't cost i'll have to leave it

to have you with us today president vladimir putin will today gave his annual address to the russian parliament and other members of the country's political elite live now to central moscow. standing by for us. expectations for putin speech today. rory good morning well there is a new venue for that because it used to happen inside the kremlin one more time but this year the state of the nation as the address is also known as moving to and exit bishan hall which is just outside the red brick walls it's called the money edge and we've been told the reason for that is that mr putin wants to make it more interactive with things being shown on big screens at this venue and this is quite unusual for a formal speech like that as well as being quite intriguing because i don't really remember the president giving such visual presentation of course of a lot of our putin loves show and some numbers killed so perhaps we are going to see a bit of that with again some of these numbers being shown on the screens but also we are expecting him to talk about the economy a lot and with real incomes across russia

her a hero to many palestinians in kosovo an opposition party has thrown tear gas in the country's parliament the self-determination movement party used the gas to disrupt a vote on the border is she was montenegro they even released another round take a look at that some tear gas when the parliament tried to reconvene. german chancellor angela merkel has laid out plans for her fourth term in office in a speech to the country's parliament today she conceded that the migration crisis had split the country and she vowed to return unity to german society she also addressed foreign policy challenges from syria to donald trump's steel tariffs as she sought to reassure voters her reluctant coalition government is ready to do business. germany had to wait a little for this it took six months to form a coalition government six months in which she addressed parliament he wants now that she's officially back in office merkel said the goal for fourth term as german chancellor. made i lift off it when this term is over i want people to say this government has learned its lesson from the september twenty

it's a challenge so will accept the will of the parliament. voting three hundred. three hundred sixty. four the number. popular dr making it hard to see names. yeah have president. ok i'll go back to accepting the vote there from the question being put by the president of that same bible. said the traditional flowers on this occasion. all members. of her down to. eight hundred year even numbers gonzales's three have on. even genes robin has guns in one house and can often have four you can go to see they gave him a go. he had to say give me one for thirty to man who was present then ok there is congratulating the voice of both young ferguson gradually got the chance for christian winner there she just said hello to him he was the man who rejected the coalition and there is her former challenger martin showed shaking now parliamentary. crean leader as well also regretting no doubt that the negotiations didn't go his party's way elam akhil their receiving congratulations from the parliamentary president the president of parliament both who wished her god's blessing i

box there was mockery from the government but should i say there was harsh criticism when germany's parliament was cyberattacks they told us if our network was the safest bet as there would not have been a problem. now we see that nothing is one hundred percent secure because the shah it's. also coming up on the day in slovakia political heads are rolling and now three people have been arrested all in connection with the shooting death of a journalist. for the ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. we'll have more on that suspected russian snake cyber attack in germany in just a moment we begin the day with a resignation at the trump white house that is almost like losing a member of the family white house communications director hope hicks is quitting she's only have the job about six months and she was the fifth person with that title since trump took office last year an obvious hit to his administration but hope higgs is more than just white house staff she was considered the closest and most lo

to using exotic substances to kill its enemies on foreign soil britain's prime minister tells parliament that nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain was in all likelihood ordered by the kremlin to resubmit theresa may went on to say there could be no question of business as usual with russia i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the acts against. the script our. russian citizen work for one of the british intelligence agencies who took place on british territory and therefore it has nothing to do with russia let alone the russian leadership. we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. russia has claimed immediately for this but if you think about it the only side which is now interested in the former russian agents poisoning is a britain simply to feed its russophobia. peacefully used stamps interesting but as someone who has been poisoned it's very useful. should there be no credible response we will conclude that this action amounts to an armed rule for use of

using exotic substances to kill its enemies on foreign soil britain's prime minister tells parliament that nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain was in all likelihood ordered by the kremlin threesome a threesome and went on to say there can be no question of business as usual with russia i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against. the script our. russian citizen work for one of the british intelligence agencies the incident took place on british territory and therefore it has nothing to do with russia let alone the russian leadership. we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. russia was blamed immediately for this but if you think about it the only side which is now interested in the former russian agents poisoning britain simply to feed its russophobia. is fully used to squeeze down its interesting that is someone who has been poisoned into a very useful. should there be no credible response we will conclude that this action amounts to one on law

now on bbc news, it's time for the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up... real anger on the conservative benches over the government's brexit fishing deal. there is no way i can sell this deal in a transitional period as anything like a success to the fishing communities in moray, scotland or the uk. the foreign secretary likened vladimir putin and the world cup to hitler and the 1936 olympics. the comparison with 1936 is certainly right, and i think it is an emetic prospect. content or not content? that is the question. i think the contents have it. not content! i think the contents have it. but first, the week began with ministers hailing an historic step forward, the uk and eu largely agreed the overall shape of their relationship during the changeover period following brexit. but by tuesday they must‘ve felt like they had been slapped in the face with a wet fish. trawlermen were up in arms that the uk will not regain control of its uk waters in march 2019. the mps who represented them demanded answers. the mood in fishing communities toda

things it's not just to sort of say i was elected to parliament stood. for as i said before. that this is an issue for me it is a strong signal. and also what. that solve the problems russell's not there is only two alternatives. if we do not do it somebody else will help us then in fact i would rather that it is not do that but then you don't please can you answer the question of why is this people they have a right to go on bars why is they don't do it if they can get at the. ok there's going. to be so in a sense is not and i will get your view yana but i want to hear what all the house if they all go ahead. ok this is a very nearly barrel approach like everybody can do can become a millionaire a way they all don't go and do this the problem is that. there are hard feelings on both sides so latvians feel offended by russians historically but his story but russians feel offended by allowance as well unfortunately for example by the fact that during the liberation from soviet union the promise was made by by a major political force that all no one would be left behind all wou

ian zimmerman with the german parliament, the bundestag, mr. zimmerman thank you. russian president vladimir putin has used his annual state of the nation address to warn global powers that they must now reckon with russia's military might, as well as boasting of his new generation of invincible weapons. mr. putin has also pledged to cut poverty in his country in half in six years and improve the environment. he is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in elections which are due in 17 days. >> a pre-election video meant to impress and to intimidate, showing a russian missileaid to be le t peneate fenses. vladimir putin's state of the state speech was an aggressive performance, using his foreign policy to stoke his popularity. >> russia was and continues to be the greatest nuclear power, but nobody wanted to talk with us, nobody wanted to listen. well, listen now. [applause] >> the presentation also showed a nuclear-armed torpedo that analysts say could strike the u.s. west coast. all, putin said, in the name of peace. >> we are not threatening anyone and are not gng

he is standing up for the integrity of parliament. he is standing up for the right of u.k. citizens to sit and house of representatives are in i was they finally did the right thing and resign. it took them a long time. he did the right thing, he mr. speaker, it took months to get them to resign. they are still hanging in there, mr. speaker. they will always be in england but there always be a section before as well. mr. speaker, in terms of heruption, more generally has blocked integrity measures at every turn. and every single turn. he fought to end now to oppose the reintroduction of desperately building up instruction. an agency whose job it is to restore the rule of law for the construction sector and stop this, including his own. overing the law, standing tradesmen, standing over the construction industry in a way that has been a disgrace for years. these are the organization commissions, as is doing no more that there can't be secret payments for the employment union. mr. speaker, you would think that those measures which would probably got for the parliament would m

now on bbc news it's the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up... real anger on the conservative benches over the government's brexit fishing deal. there is no way i can sell this deal in a transitional period as anything like a success to the fishing communities in moray, scotland or the uk. the foreign secretary likened vladimir putin and the world cup to hitler and the 1936 olympics. the comparison with 1936 is certainly right, and i think it is an emetic prospect. content or not content? that is the question. i think the contents have it. not content! i think the contents have it. but first, the week began with ministers hailing an historic step forward, the uk and eu largely agreed the overall shape of their relationship during the changeover period following brexit. but by tuesday they must‘ve felt like they had been slapped in the face with a wet fish. trawlermen were up in arms that the uk will not regain control of its uk waters in march 2019. the mps who represented them demanded answers. the mood in fishing communities toda

the importance of parliament? it won't be lost on people who think, you know, you were the king of the sofa government. you didn't even care about cabinet, let alone parliament itself. not true, by the way. we certainly did care about cabinet and parliament, but it's true we had a huge majority, so even in my last term we had a majority of almost 70, so it didn't matter so much. but, you know, we were never dealing with an issue like this. this is of a unique quality for the country. it's going to decide the future destiny and direction of the country for generations to come. and yet, there's this poll out today that suggests more brits prioritise leaving the eu than keeping northern ireland in the uk. you know the refrain, it's get on with it, don't need another vote, get on with it. the fact is, if northern ireland leaves the uk and leaves it for this reason, it would tear apart the uk, so northern ireland and resolving it in a sensible way remains really important. the key thing is to emphasise that any further

in the sense that once you have a sovereign parliament it can do what it wants. for the last 45 years we have had a parliament constrained by european law and european courts. i think politics proper begins again on this country oi'i proper begins again on this country on march 30 next year. but a deal involves two parties, possibly more. there are plenty of deals in life that get broken, that isjust the way life is. as long as we leave, history has been made, we can get back to arguing amongst ourselves, making our own decisions. i don't like transition and i feel after we have left there will be political challenges to some of those concessions. southee eu should not ta ke concessions. southee eu should not take us at its word when we talk about these concessions —— so the eu. once we have left the european union she has done herjob. we had tony blair today, i know you are not his biggest fan, saying as a former prime minister, it looks sense to see what this final deal is, it may be very different to that which was foreseen a year ago, 18 months ago, even

give his address to the russian parliament and other members of political elite. foreign policy speech will set out a road map for policymakers and ultimately outline the nation's priorities let's go live now to central moscow. away from the new venue for this year's address expect. rory good morning well yes indeed this year we have a new venue usually events like that happen inside the kremlin but this time the state of the nation has moved to an exit bishan call that's not inside the kremlin and just outside it it's called the money as in we've been told that the reason for that is that mr putin wants to make it more interactive with things being shown on the big monitors that will be installed there and i'll tell you what that is quite unusual for a formal speech like that and that's intriguing because i don't remember seeing the president giving some visual presentation mr putin loves showing some knowledge with numbers so probably we will see that on these monitors and also hear him talk about the economy a lot with real incomes having fallen across the coun

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. let's go back to prime minster‘s questions, wherejeremy corbyn used the rest of his questions to tackle theresa may over the problem of homelessness. in november the chancellor of the exchequer announced a task force and £20 million for three pilot schemes to hack a homelessness. i understand for months on the task force has not yet met. not a penny has been spent on that programme. mr speaker, there is a homelessness crisis in this country. rough sleeping has doubled since 2010. doesn't the premise or think it is a little unambitious to say we're going to tackle rough sleeping by 2027. can i say we are going to eliminate it. that's our aim by 2027. but let me just perhaps... perhaps it would be helpful if i was to update, because a task force that he referred to has in fact met. it met today. we are funding 48 projects to help rough sleepers into emergency accommodations and to overcome the issues like mental health and substance abuse. it is why there have been councils around th

and south africa's parliament passes a measure that could see the entire white population stripped of their land without compensation. partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. a humanitarian pause in the syrian enclave of eastern ghouta has apparently been broken by terrorists per second day safety corridors established by russian came under heavy shelling from militants preventing civilians from leaving the besieged district the situation was heatedly discussed at a u.n. security council meeting is artie's chemical weapon reports. the assad regime and their supporters have been pummeling eastern ghouta where four hundred thousand people live under siege and constant bombardment needs to be understood and still legitimate targets of military operations they are asking civilians to leave eastern good to on the false premise that they can then attack anyone left in the area as much as they would like. someone specific ambulances are there because we've been through this before we know what russia will say today when you know

comes to using exotic substances to kill its enemies on foreign soil britain's prime minister tells parliament that nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain was in all likelihood ordered by the kremlin. theresa may went on to say there could be no question of business as usual with russia i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against. the script how. this russian citizen worked for one of the british intelligence agencies that incident took place on british territory and therefore it has nothing to do with russia let alone the russian leadership. we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. russia has blamed immediately for this but if you think about it the only side which is now interested in the former russian agents poisoning is a britain simply to feed its russophobia. is fully used to squeeze down interesting that is someone who's been poisoned it's very useful. should there be no credible response we will conclude that this action amounts to an on rule for

comes to using exotic substances to kill its enemies on foreign soil britain's prime minister tells parliament that nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain was in all likelihood ordered by the kremlin threesome theresa may went on to say there can be no question of business as usual with russia i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against. the script how. this russian citizen worked for one of the british intelligence agencies incident took place on british territory and therefore it has nothing to do with russia let alone the russian leadership. we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. russia has blamed immediately for this but if you think about it the only scenario which is now interested in the former russian agents poisoning is britain simply to feed its russophobia. is fully used up and squeeze down it's interesting that as someone who's been poisoned it's very useful. should there be no credible response we will conclude that this action amounts to an

nothing to do with us say the russians british prime minister to resign manning is due to update in parliament at any moment. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. germany's new government is preparing to take office after the participating parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement the document sense out of sets out the program agreed between angela merkel's conservative bloc and the social democrats it marks the end of long and difficult negotiations that have kept germany on edge the party leaders say that their joint program would address the concerns of those germans who feel left behind. it took them six months to finally agree on this coalition all three party leaders made it clear today that they want the government to last the full term the signed agreement is one hundred seventy seven pages long one hundred seventy seven pages of political policies for germany. the hierarchy in the new government is clear the leading figure is still on the america following a long run up to the new government's formation she promises things will now continue at a goo

things it's not interesting so to say i was elected to parliament stood. for as i said before. that this is an issue for me it is a strong signal. of the stillness and your thought. that rustles can solve the problems brussels not moscow and there is only two alternatives russel's. if we do not do it somebody else will help us that in fact i would rather than it is not to look at that but then you have gone please can you answer the question of why is this people they have a right to go on why is they don't do it if they can get at the. ok. question of very much to me so in a sense it was not and i will get your view yana but i want to hear what all the houses they all go had. ok this is a very nearly barrel approach like everybody can do can become a millionaire a way they all don't go and do this the problem is that. there are hard feelings on both sides so latvians feel offended by russians historically but his story but russians feel offended by a lot of fans as well unfortunately for example by the fact that during the liberation from soviet union the promise was made by a

response in parliament expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats and the limit by natural contacts with moscow later today the u.n. security council will discuss the case in new york tonight oh to as promised to help you change during the ongoing investigation here is some of what the prime minister had to say earlier in the house of commons. there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script. and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick beatty this represents an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom. under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers they have just one week to leave this will be the single biggest expulsion for over thirty years and it reflects the fact that this is not the first time that the russian state has acted against our country through these expulsions we will fundamentally degrade russian intellige

member of parliament early may yeah call them why not have free and fair elections because the p.p. does not have the confidence that it can actually win a free and fair election what it shows really is the very short termism of the p.h.p. it shows their fear of transparency their fear of people actually having a voice a say you know their fear of giving up even a tiny iota of power. articles published monday thursday tom divides his time between coordinating a program on southeast asian studies at oxford university and managing an online publication and think tank in singapore so any questions point would you not let the most is. one of his goals is to get singaporeans to be less afraid to speak up but he knows it won't be easy he too has been penalised for doing so. i used to work for the national university of singapore and after i sat the publishing and giving lectures about my research which proved that lee kuan yew had lied about his use of detention without trial from the one nine hundred sixty s. onwards i was privately informed by someone senior in the university that i wou

don't forget, there is a round—up of the day in parliament every night at 11pm on bbc parliament. but for now, for me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello once again. i hope at least at some point during the course of the weekend you managed to get to see some sunshine, because it may well be in the forthcoming week that that is in short supply for some areas, especially the northern parts of scotland. all of us will notice it turning a little bit colder, because initially there's some warmth to be had, especially across the southern half of the british isles. but, as i move you through to around about wednesday, well, those yellows have moved away. we've tapped into some cold air yet again from scandinavia, for the northern half of britain. to the south, well, there's an incursion of milder air, relatively, from the atlantic. but it comes at something of a price, and some of you start paying that as early as monday afternoon, because the cloud and rain begin to push in towards northern ireland, the west of wales, down into the south—west of england. elsewhere, after a chilly old start,

alicia mccarthy presents the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, our look back at the big events of the last few days here at westminster. on this programme: theresa may is urged to set out more details of her brexit strategy. we will bring back control of our laws, our borders and our money. but labour says the government's in chaos. when is she going to put the countries interests before the outsized egos of her own cabinet? also on this programme: we talk to welsh mps as scotland and wales turn up the pressure on ministers to make sure they get control of some of the powers coming back to the uk after brexit. there's a call for a ban on live animal exports and is facial recognition technology a security boost or a big brother threat? the chinese ali baba site has introduced a system where you can smile to pay. but first. . .. the acceptance that the uk cannot have its cake and eat it, was just one of the messages from theresa may as she set out details of what the uk wants from brexit. in a speech on

i could probably do the can sit in to work very well all the parliament to work right i think to do both because i struggle. and i'm saying that because i like to give one hundred percent and i wouldn't want to do something that i didn't feel i could do under present and really do the best possible job so it was really considering that those those those injuries and the consequences that maybe decide to not pursue that further but actual thank you for giving me one hundred percent today thank you. today we've met three very different people but with one common theme every single one of us undergoes challenges in life sometimes it's deserved sometimes not and sometimes a mixture of the two. i would defy him to have a life and how we respond. best beyond if they have a disadvantage in life to underline romany background has proved an advantage in this success led to open the glittering prizes a poetic snatched away and there's no rebuilt his career as a commentator. says he is more fulfilled as a human rights campaigner than he would have been as a backbench parliamentarian in their own se

things it's not just to sort of say i was elected to parliament stood. for as i said before. that this is an issue for me it is a strong signal that the stillness and also what. that can solve the problems brussels and there is only two alternatives. if we do not do it somebody else will help us then in fact i would definitely not do that but then you don't please can you answer the question always if people say how right the government bars xterm why is they don't do it if they can get at the. ok. question to me so. i will get your view yana but i want to hear what all the house if they all go ahead. ok this is a very nearly birrell approach like everybody can do can become a millionaire a way they all don't go and do this the problem is that. there are hard feelings on both sides so latvians feel offended by russians historically but his story but russians feel offended by a lot of fans as well unfortunately for example by the fact that during the liberation from soviet union the promise was made by by a major political force that all no one would be left behind all would b