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the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has been answering questions on gaza. our political correspondent, tony bonsignore was watching. the question was, for oliver dowden, specifically about what the advice, the legal advice, that the government had been given on whether israel was acting within international law, and of course that will have an impact on uk arms sales to israel, which have become a very, very live political issue here in the uk. so the deputy prime minister, as you say, oliver dowden, interviewed on sunday with laura kuenssberg here on the bbcjust a short while ago. here is what he had to say. have specific concerns about different areas of israel's conduct. we are raising those concerns with israel. by the way, it is so important to remember this, we have gone from the horrors of six months ago to holding israel to extraordinary high standards. it is right that we do so and it is right that we raise these concerns where we say, "look, what will you are doing "in respect of not getting aid in, or what you are doing in respect "of your target
the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has been answering questions on gaza. our political correspondent, tony bonsignore was watching. the question was, for oliver dowden, specifically about what the advice, the legal advice, that the government had been given on whether israel was acting within international law, and of course that will have an impact on uk arms sales to israel, which have become a very, very live political issue here in the uk. so the deputy prime minister, as you say,...
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oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister was pressed on this this morning. when you british company wants to sell arms, they have to have a licence from the government and it gets assessed against a number of criteria, some of which include the uk's obligations under international law and the risk that those products, those arms will be used to violate human rights. there have been questions over whether that should still apply for israel. the deputy prime minister oliver dowden was pressed on this this morning and said he believed it was still legal for arms to be sold from the uk to israel. , where there are specific concerns about different areas of israel's contact, we are raising those concerns with israel. it's so important to remember this — we've gone from the horrors of six months ago to holding israel to extraordinary high standards. it's right we do so and it's right that we raise these concerns where we say, look, what you're doing in respect of not getting aid in or what you're doing in respect of your targeting raises concerns for us and we n
oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister was pressed on this this morning. when you british company wants to sell arms, they have to have a licence from the government and it gets assessed against a number of criteria, some of which include the uk's obligations under international law and the risk that those products, those arms will be used to violate human rights. there have been questions over whether that should still apply for israel. the deputy prime minister oliver dowden was pressed on...
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i am sure oliver dowden will pick that up. i think what will get first and foremost at the top of this will be tribute to the former labour mp, this will be tribute to the former labourmp, frank this will be tribute to the former labour mp, frank field, who we have learnt has died today. a widely respected figure across the political spectrum for his campaigning work on issues like child poverty and welfare. he represented birkenhead on merseyside for 40 years. he quit the labour party overjeremy corbyn. leadership and then served as a crossbench peer in the house of lords in his latter career but, as i say, really well liked, a very independently minded figure and that's why we have had tributes notjust figure and that's why we have had tributes not just from figure and that's why we have had tributes notjust from the labour party from the conservatives, too. rishi sunak saying he was a great parliamentarian. in terms of what angela rayner might be able to go on to perhaps score some hits today, perhaps housing. the housing s
i am sure oliver dowden will pick that up. i think what will get first and foremost at the top of this will be tribute to the former labour mp, this will be tribute to the former labourmp, frank this will be tribute to the former labour mp, frank field, who we have learnt has died today. a widely respected figure across the political spectrum for his campaigning work on issues like child poverty and welfare. he represented birkenhead on merseyside for 40 years. he quit the labour party...
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oliver dowden who's in germany. oliver dowden began today's pmqs with a joke aimed at the labour deputy's tax affairs, suggesting she might claim the house of commons as her main residence. on the matter of defence, however, mr dowden said labour had been silent on whether it backs investment in the armed forces investment in the armed forces in an increasingly dangerous world. >> the prime minister was able to announce his plan for the biggest strength of defence spending in a generation , but it spending in a generation, but it should come as no surprise that the party opposite refused to say whether they back it or not, because this comes from the right honourable lady who voted to scrap trident and install in downing street someone who wanted to change the army into a peace corps. there you have it . peace corps. there you have it. >> angela rayner hit back, though, saying that mr dowden had been obsessing over her living arrangements while the government quietly cuts funds for the army. >> the difference is, is
oliver dowden who's in germany. oliver dowden began today's pmqs with a joke aimed at the labour deputy's tax affairs, suggesting she might claim the house of commons as her main residence. on the matter of defence, however, mr dowden said labour had been silent on whether it backs investment in the armed forces investment in the armed forces in an increasingly dangerous world. >> the prime minister was able to announce his plan for the biggest strength of defence spending in a generation...
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i think oliver dowden is not yet standing at the despatch box. >> he'll be the last question. i think we're listening to northern ireland questions. that's the secretary of state. oh, and i think the speaker is taking another question in northern ireland. questions now . northern ireland. questions now. okay. let's get back to what, jenny chapman said about your attacks on angela rayner. they said they are desperate. and how do you respond to that? i mean, aren't there bigger fish to fry? >> i think there are certainly bigger fish to fry. i think she could put this to bed by just very simply coming clean on her tax advice that she received and whether or not she does it massively . o'doherty because i massively. o'doherty because i think it's a matter of integrity. there are clearly questions to be asked. she can answer them and hopefully she'll use this opportunity today to do that. >> but it's not her questions, is it? it's you. it's the government's journalists, actually. >> i mean, it's journalists that are understandably asking these questions. she's engulfed in scandal.
i think oliver dowden is not yet standing at the despatch box. >> he'll be the last question. i think we're listening to northern ireland questions. that's the secretary of state. oh, and i think the speaker is taking another question in northern ireland. questions now . northern ireland. questions now. okay. let's get back to what, jenny chapman said about your attacks on angela rayner. they said they are desperate. and how do you respond to that? i mean, aren't there bigger fish to fry?...
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oliver dowden it was put on this repeatedly by laura kuenssberg. he said of course the uk would act in accordance with obligations of the way it works is that the foreign secretary lord cameron is giving legal advice, secretary lord cameron is giving legaladvice, he secretary lord cameron is giving legal advice, he then forms a judgment and then he makes a gives advice to recommendation and gives advice to the business secretary on whether those arms exports should be permitted. he says if it's the case that we can't lawfully act in accordance with the law, of course we won't supply those arms. an important caveat, he said that is precisely a position even in respect of the united states or any other country around the world.- of the united states or any other country around the world. thank you for that. country around the world. thank you for that- of — country around the world. thank you for that. of course, _ country around the world. thank you for that. of course, the _ country around the world. thank you for that. of course, the us - countr
oliver dowden it was put on this repeatedly by laura kuenssberg. he said of course the uk would act in accordance with obligations of the way it works is that the foreign secretary lord cameron is giving legal advice, secretary lord cameron is giving legaladvice, he secretary lord cameron is giving legal advice, he then forms a judgment and then he makes a gives advice to recommendation and gives advice to the business secretary on whether those arms exports should be permitted. he says if it's...
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the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has been answering questions on gaza. our political correspondent, tony bonsignore was watching. the question was, for oliver dowden, specifically about what the advice, the legal advice, that the government had been given on whether israel was acting
the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has been answering questions on gaza. our political correspondent, tony bonsignore was watching. the question was, for oliver dowden, specifically about what the advice, the legal advice, that the government had been given on whether israel was acting
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but oliver dowden told gb news they are putting in the work . they are putting in the work. >> i don't know the specific incident that james was referring to. it is the case that we carry out wide scale, exercising programmes across government. indeed, i did one recently for a national power outage involving several thousand different people across government. now, of course, there is more work that we need to do across different areas, but we have stepped up considerably. our effort . considerably. our effort. >> police have named a man they're hunting for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford city centre. west yorkshire police detectives have said they want to trace a 25 year old, habiba masum , who is from the oldham masum, who is from the oldham area. they were called to the city centre on saturday afternoon following reports of an attack by man who fled the an attack by a man who fled the scene. the woman was taken to hospital died . a hospital where she later died. a man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a to
but oliver dowden told gb news they are putting in the work . they are putting in the work. >> i don't know the specific incident that james was referring to. it is the case that we carry out wide scale, exercising programmes across government. indeed, i did one recently for a national power outage involving several thousand different people across government. now, of course, there is more work that we need to do across different areas, but we have stepped up considerably. our effort ....
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i'll be asking deputy prime i'll be asking the deputy prime minister, dowden, his minister, oliver dowden, for his thoughts the turmoil thoughts on all the tory turmoil with the cabinet currently split on and prime on israel and former prime ministers david cameron and bods ministers david cameron and boris poles apart on boris johnson. poles apart on the i'll be asking former the issue, i'll be asking former foreign minister tobias ellwood whether still be whether we should still be selling arms to israel in light of the death this week of three british aid workers in gaza. i'll also be speaking to tony blair's former political secretary, john mctiernan. as the poll suggests, labour the latest poll suggests, labour is win mammoth is on course to win a mammoth 400 does he think we're 400 seats. does he think we're going witness a 1997 style going to witness a 1997 style landslide? author and landslide? feminist author and journalist julie bindel will be sharing her thoughts on the arrest, threats facing jk rowling over her gender critical views in scotland, and whether the government has
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but oliver dowden will go away. but oliver dowden told gb news they're putting in the necessary work, but i don't know the specific incident that james was referring to. >> it is the case that we carry out wide scale , exercising out wide scale, exercising programmes across government. indeedi programmes across government. indeed i did one recently for a national power outage involving several thousand different people across government. now, of course, there is more work that we need to do across different areas, but we have stepped up considerably our effort. >> a man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a human torso at a nature reserve in salford, greater manchester police launched a murder investigation after the body part was found wrapped in plastic at kersal wetlands. the victim is believed to have been older than 40. chief superintendent tony crowley says the suspect, who is from the local area, will be questioned today. local area, will be questioned today . two pe
but oliver dowden will go away. but oliver dowden told gb news they're putting in the necessary work, but i don't know the specific incident that james was referring to. >> it is the case that we carry out wide scale , exercising out wide scale, exercising programmes across government. indeedi programmes across government. indeed i did one recently for a national power outage involving several thousand different people across government. now, of course, there is more work that we need to...
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i think michael gow, oliver dowden and piriti patel are the same. piriti patel's trip to israel should be investigated again. we still don't know who paid for his trip. from his return trip, he tried to change the policies of the government . this was the result of his secret trip without informing his superiors or even the ambassador of our country report it there, he did it. if you look at wikipedia and read the explanations about tom togenhutt, who of course is also the british security minister, he wrote the things that i am going to read to you. he condemned the united nations for its official criticism of israel's actions in building settlements in the occupied palestinian territories. maybe this was said a few years ago, but his words have never been forgotten. he never changed his opinion . how can we have a security minister in the british government who does not believe in international laws? that too according to everyone the events that are going on, in my opinion, should be original. ward khamenei issued a decree that the army of the wo
i think michael gow, oliver dowden and piriti patel are the same. piriti patel's trip to israel should be investigated again. we still don't know who paid for his trip. from his return trip, he tried to change the policies of the government . this was the result of his secret trip without informing his superiors or even the ambassador of our country report it there, he did it. if you look at wikipedia and read the explanations about tom togenhutt, who of course is also the british security...
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the deputy prime minister oliver dowden has told the bbc he has concerns about the way israel is conducting itself — but denied that the government had received legal advice saying israel has broken international law. sir keir said there is a precedent for the publication of a summary of such legal advice. well, yesterday was the six month anniversary of this awful conflict. and we've seen the continual holding of hostages. we've seen 33,000 people killed in this conflict, many of them women and children. so we need the conflict to end. we need that ceasefire. on the question of arms sales, there's a legal test for when sales should be suspended. the government's got advice on that. and so what the government should do is to publish that legal advice or at least a summary of it. they've published summaries before in response to the houthi attacks. so publish that so we can all see it, and that appropriate action can then be taken in relation to the sale of arms. here in the uk, a group of former senior diplomats and officials say the foreign office should be abolished, saying it's "rooted
the deputy prime minister oliver dowden has told the bbc he has concerns about the way israel is conducting itself — but denied that the government had received legal advice saying israel has broken international law. sir keir said there is a precedent for the publication of a summary of such legal advice. well, yesterday was the six month anniversary of this awful conflict. and we've seen the continual holding of hostages. we've seen 33,000 people killed in this conflict, many of them women...
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oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a wartime preparation exercise which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying that too many in government are, quote, just hoping everything will go away . hoping everything will go away. but oliver dowden told gb news they're putting in the work . they're putting in the work. >> i don't know the specific incident that james was referring to. it is the case that we carry out wide scale, exercising programmes across government. indeed, i did one recently for a national power outage in involving several thousand different people across government. now, of course, there is more work that we need to do across different areas, but we have stepped up considerably. our effort. >> two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after human remains were discovered in a park in south london, the met police say a 44 year old man and a 48 year old woman are now in custody after
oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a wartime preparation exercise which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying that too many in government are, quote, just hoping everything will go away . hoping everything will go away. but oliver dowden told gb news they're putting in the work . they're putting in the work....
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dowden insisted that the reforms would be delivered as promised, despite uncertainty over when they might take effect. housing ministerjacob young said moments ago that abolishing no fault evictions would create chaos for landlords, and change must happenin landlords, and change must happen in an orderly way. but labour's deputy leader angela raynen labour's deputy leader angela rayner, says the government has made empty promises for 14 years. >> they failed renters, they failed leaseholders and they failed leaseholders and they fail mortgage holders. but mr speaken fail mortgage holders. but mr speaker, i read with interest that the right honourable gentleman has been urging his neighbour in number 10 to call an election because he's worried they might get wiped out . has he they might get wiped out. has he finally realised that when he stabbed boris johnson in the back to get his main into number 10, he was ditching their biggest election winner for a pint size loser. >> the head of tiktok says the social media app isn't going anywhere after president biden signed a law that could
dowden insisted that the reforms would be delivered as promised, despite uncertainty over when they might take effect. housing ministerjacob young said moments ago that abolishing no fault evictions would create chaos for landlords, and change must happenin landlords, and change must happen in an orderly way. but labour's deputy leader angela raynen labour's deputy leader angela rayner, says the government has made empty promises for 14 years. >> they failed renters, they failed...
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the line walked by dowden morning's by oliver dowden this morning's interview talked interview round when he talked about israel was fighting a about israel that was fighting a legitimate that, of legitimate campaign that, of course, we expect obligations of israel expect of israel that we don't expect of hamas, for instance, but also making are making clear that there are concerns, particularly around issues into issues around aid getting into the and so i think it's the country. and so i think it's about israel's self—interest the country. and so i think it's ab considerl's self—interest the country. and so i think it's ab consider the self—interest the country. and so i think it's ab consider the way;elf—interest the country. and so i think it's ab consider the way;el1which est to consider the way in which other countries responding other countries are responding to what happened last week, this week, monday, particularly week, on monday, particularly with of seven aid with the killing of seven aid workers. the workers. and you see the reaction in uk also, reaction here in
the line walked by dowden morning's by oliver dowden this morning's interview talked interview round when he talked about israel was fighting a about israel that was fighting a legitimate that, of legitimate campaign that, of course, we expect obligations of israel expect of israel that we don't expect of hamas, for instance, but also making are making clear that there are concerns, particularly around issues into issues around aid getting into the and so i think it's the country. and so i...
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the deputy prime minister oliver dowden told the bbc he has concerns about the way israel is conducting itself, but denied that the government had received legal advice, saying israel has broken international law. the opposition labour party has called for that advice to be published. here's our political correspondent helen catt. this was what was left of an aid convoy hit by an israeli air strike in gaza last week. seven aid workers died, three of them british. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, said today it was tragic and avoidable, and there was no doubt that the blame lay with israel. but the government has not agreed to calls made in the aftermath, including by 600 lawyers, to stop arms exports to israel. this morning the deputy minister said the government's current assessment remains that sales are still legal. of course we have concerns about the way in which israel is conducting itself. that is why we have raised issues in relation to aid and getting more aid in. that's why we've raised issues in relation to de—conflicting. but that is in the context of a legend conflict
the deputy prime minister oliver dowden told the bbc he has concerns about the way israel is conducting itself, but denied that the government had received legal advice, saying israel has broken international law. the opposition labour party has called for that advice to be published. here's our political correspondent helen catt. this was what was left of an aid convoy hit by an israeli air strike in gaza last week. seven aid workers died, three of them british. the foreign secretary, lord...
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and this morning we asked oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister, if he thinks israel is acting within the law. i think that israel is conducting a legitimate campaign and it is doing so in a very, very difficult environment where it is facing hamas, a terrorist organisation that hides amongst its civilian population. now, in terms of the united kingdom government's assessment of that, the way that we undertake this, indeed, we are required by law to periodically review compliance with arms export controls, and that happens to all nations. now, the way we do that is for the foreign secretary to take advice. he then advises the business secretary about whether we should be able to continue those arms exports. now, the foreign secretary's advice in respect of that has not changed. so currently you believe israel is acting within the law? you say the advice has not changed so currently it is your belief israel is acting within international law? the position of the government is that we don't publish our legal... that's not my question. the point is, no one essentially gets to that point.
and this morning we asked oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister, if he thinks israel is acting within the law. i think that israel is conducting a legitimate campaign and it is doing so in a very, very difficult environment where it is facing hamas, a terrorist organisation that hides amongst its civilian population. now, in terms of the united kingdom government's assessment of that, the way that we undertake this, indeed, we are required by law to periodically review compliance with arms...
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>> i'd ask oliver dowden, by the way. i think it's deeply unimpressive. i would ask him, does he think the french police are doing enough to stop migrants getting into those small boats across the channel? >> wow, beth, i'm probably on that similar theme . i would say that similar theme. i would say that similar theme. i would say that if the planes now take off for rwanda and if they prove not to be a deterrent, what is plan b ? b? >> plan b? well, good. very good question. you're getting better. >> things are getting better every week. stronger. >> stronger. but that's enough of bev and andrew. >> it's fast approaching midday. this is gb news. >> britain's election channel pmqs live starts right now. 57 on wednesday, the 24th of april. this is pmqs live on gb news with christopher hope and gloria de piero. >> in just one moment, the prime minister's deputy oliver dowden, and labour's deputy leader, angela rayner will go head to head at prime minister's questions in the house of commons. will our full coverage of every moment, every spit and cough and ge
>> i'd ask oliver dowden, by the way. i think it's deeply unimpressive. i would ask him, does he think the french police are doing enough to stop migrants getting into those small boats across the channel? >> wow, beth, i'm probably on that similar theme . i would say that similar theme. i would say that similar theme. i would say that if the planes now take off for rwanda and if they prove not to be a deterrent, what is plan b ? b? >> plan b? well, good. very good question....
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oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a war crime preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping everything goes away . hoping everything goes away. police have named a man they're searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford city centre. west yorkshire police detectives say they want to trace 25 year old habiba masum, who is from the oldham area. they were called to the city centre yesterday afternoon following reports of an attack by a man who fled the scene . the by a man who fled the scene. the woman was taken to hospital where died . and a british where she died. and a british man nicknamed hardest geezer has become the first person to run the length of africa. russell cook, from worthing in west sussex, crossed the finish line in tunisia today. he ran through 16 countries in 352 days. the 27 year old said he'd
oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a war crime preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping everything goes away . hoping everything goes away. police have named a man they're searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford...
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the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers say britain isn't ready for conflict , suggesting ready for conflict, suggesting some ministers are just hoping that threats will go away . james that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples from allies like sweden, where the public are given war preparation guidance , given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining what to do in time of war. the what to do in a time of war. the intervention from those two long serving ministers comes as rishi sunakis serving ministers comes as rishi sunak is facing pressure to increase defence spending . and increase defence spending. and finally, before we hand back to tom and emily tonight, tens of millions will be looking to the skies for what's set to be the most viewed total eclipse ever. while the weather might eclipse the , for some it's a the excitement, for some it's a different story in canada, where the clear skies are set to bring near perfect viewing conditio
the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers say britain isn't ready for conflict , suggesting ready for conflict, suggesting some ministers are just hoping that threats will go away . james that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples from allies like sweden, where the public are given war preparation guidance , given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining...
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and you heard the remarks from speaker of house of commons oliver dowden, standing in for rishi sunak at pmqs, and also from the deputy leader, angela rayner. hugely missed character, and i think this is the kind of politician which most mps should aspire to be. >> chris, thank you very much for joining us and frank field, forjoining us and frank field, rest in peace now. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and i'll bring you a wonderful story about the second world war hero who celebrated his 102nd birthday in style. i take it from me , he looks take it from me, he looks younger than me. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines. and it's ray addison . headlines. and it's ray addison. thanks, martin. it's 330. our top stories this afternoon. >> three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl in the english channel yesterday. >> the national crime agency says they were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. now those detained include two sudanese men aged 22 and 19,
and you heard the remarks from speaker of house of commons oliver dowden, standing in for rishi sunak at pmqs, and also from the deputy leader, angela rayner. hugely missed character, and i think this is the kind of politician which most mps should aspire to be. >> chris, thank you very much for joining us and frank field, forjoining us and frank field, rest in peace now. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and i'll bring you a wonderful story about the second world war...
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oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a war time preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping things go away . police hoping things go away. police have named a man they're searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford city centre. west yorkshire police detectives say they want to trace 25 year old habiba masoom, who was from the oldham area. they were called to the city centre yesterday afternoon following reports of an attack by a man who then fled the scene. the woman was taken to hospital where she died . and a hospital where she died. and a british man nicknamed hardest geezer has become the first person to run the length of africa. russell cook , from africa. russell cook, from worthing in west sussex, crossed the finish line in tunisia today. he ran through 16 countries in 352 days. the 27 year old said he'd
oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a war time preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping things go away . police hoping things go away. police have named a man they're searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford city...
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so we'll ask oliver about that. ask oliver dowden about that. also of course, the row unfolding within the tory party about response to israel about the response to israel should arms sales be banned. it's interesting to see that the foreign secretary, david cameron, ruled that out cameron, hasn't ruled that out yet. some people think that his stance is a little bit shaky on israeli support. in fact, boris johnson's been very critical of david cameron his own mail david cameron in his own mail column , suggesting that the column, suggesting that the foreign secretary is taking too many positions this issue. so many positions on this issue. so are we speaking to oliver dowden about bad poll ratings about that and bad poll ratings once for the tories, with once again for the tories, with the fast the may elections fast approaching, looks like it's going to be a very difficult may for the prime minister. i'll also speaking to tobias also be speaking to tobias ellwood. interested in ellwood. i'd be interested in his not on israel and his take not ju
so we'll ask oliver about that. ask oliver dowden about that. also of course, the row unfolding within the tory party about response to israel about the response to israel should arms sales be banned. it's interesting to see that the foreign secretary, david cameron, ruled that out cameron, hasn't ruled that out yet. some people think that his stance is a little bit shaky on israeli support. in fact, boris johnson's been very critical of david cameron his own mail david cameron in his own mail...
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however, the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, defended the uk's continued arms sales to israel. he's rejected calls for the government to publish the legal advice it's had about whether israel's conduct in the war has breached international law. with the latest here's our political correspondent helen catt. he was pushed on this morning. and, yes, he said that israel's war was legitimate. he also said that it was the uk government's assessment that it was still legal for british companies to sell arms to israel. now, if a british company wants to do that, it has to get an export licence from the government and that takes into account criteria like the uk's international law obligations and the risk that any goods or products that are being sent to a country could be used to violate human rights. now what mr dowden said was that the government's assessment of that hadn't changed, that it was still legal. he also suggested that if that changed and israel was found to have broken international law, then those exports could stop. but he insisted, and speaking to the bbc�*s laura k
however, the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, defended the uk's continued arms sales to israel. he's rejected calls for the government to publish the legal advice it's had about whether israel's conduct in the war has breached international law. with the latest here's our political correspondent helen catt. he was pushed on this morning. and, yes, he said that israel's war was legitimate. he also said that it was the uk government's assessment that it was still legal for british companies...
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we've talked about this before but this is oliver dowden, deputy pm, and he's met the vice chancellors of 24 leading universities, including oxford and cambridge , where you oxford and cambridge, where you probably went and i, i just had some weird humour to the story, but i went with a weird insult even.i but i went with a weird insult even. i know you went there as well, but anyway, the director of m15's got involved. they've taken a day off, listing their pronouns and that kind of thing, and they've decided to actually do some m15 work and they're all worried about it, and they're just saying we need to get more realistic about the threat from china infiltrating our universities. >> well, i mean, it's very real. you know, we've had complaints before about chinese investment in american universities. british universities, where the government, the chinese government, the chinese government is actually saying, oh, you can't teach that because that's against our values and they're going along with it because of the money. >> we're not talking here necessarily about ideological influenc
we've talked about this before but this is oliver dowden, deputy pm, and he's met the vice chancellors of 24 leading universities, including oxford and cambridge , where you oxford and cambridge, where you probably went and i, i just had some weird humour to the story, but i went with a weird insult even.i but i went with a weird insult even. i know you went there as well, but anyway, the director of m15's got involved. they've taken a day off, listing their pronouns and that kind of thing, and...
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oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a wartime preparation exercise which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping everything goes away . hoping everything goes away. police have named a man they're searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford city centre. west yorkshire police detectives say they want to trace 25 year old habiba masum , trace 25 year old habiba masum, who is from the oldham area. they were called to the city centre yesterday afternoon following reports of an attack by a who then fled the by a man who then fled the scene. the woman was taken to hospital where she died . and a hospital where she died. and a british man nicknamed hardest geezer has become the first person to run the length of africa . russell cooke, from africa. russell cooke, from worthing in west sussex, crossed the finish line in tunisia today. he ran
oliver dowden is defending the government after outgoing armed forces minister james heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a wartime preparation exercise which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping everything goes away . hoping everything goes away. police have named a man they're searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in bradford...
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oliver dowden's , defending the oliver dowden's, defending the government after the outgoing armed forces minister, james heappey, told the telegraph only the ministry of defence officials attended a wartime preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary wallace has backed secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping everything away and everything goes away and a british man nicknamed hardest geezer has become the first person to run the length of africa . africa. >> russell cook, from worthing in west sussex, crossed the finish line in tunisia after running for get this 352 days. the 27 year old said he'd previously struggled with his mental health, gambling and drinking and wanted to make a difference. >> and as if running a marathon every day is not hard enough, he was also mugged whilst he was doing that and he was also kidnapped, faced a kidnapping as well in the congo and he's also run previously from asia to the uk and in total he's raised nearly £1 million single handedly. wonder he's handedly.
oliver dowden's , defending the oliver dowden's, defending the government after the outgoing armed forces minister, james heappey, told the telegraph only the ministry of defence officials attended a wartime preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. former defence secretary wallace has backed secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping everything away and everything goes away and a british man nicknamed hardest geezer has...
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the deputy prime minister oliver dowden, has said that it's hard to think of any other minority that would be treated as disrespectfully as jews seem to be. the chap that was involved in this incident, gideon falter, he's the head of the campaign against anti—semitism. he's written in the sunday times today, also saying that he thinks the met police boss needs to go. and the met police boss has been summoned to see the policing minister this week. so this row is not going away at all. >> in fact, is this a government issue though? is this down to sadiq khan? well, sadiq khan could sack him couldn't he. >> the, the home secretary and sadiq khan could , i have to say sadiq khan could, i have to say i think that is unlikely. sadiq khan could, i have to say i think that is unlikely . and in i think that is unlikely. and in fairness to the police, it's clear that this has been very , clear that this has been very, very badly handled. but the argument that the police would make and indeed made later to this chap in another video clip is they said, there's so many protesters and there's n
the deputy prime minister oliver dowden, has said that it's hard to think of any other minority that would be treated as disrespectfully as jews seem to be. the chap that was involved in this incident, gideon falter, he's the head of the campaign against anti—semitism. he's written in the sunday times today, also saying that he thinks the met police boss needs to go. and the met police boss has been summoned to see the policing minister this week. so this row is not going away at all....
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, we talk about oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister, who? it's been reported , wants the pm to been reported, wants the pm to go to the country in the summer. what's your reading of the situation ? situation? >> i think i think there's some truth in it , >> i think i think there's some truth in it, i'm not sure if it's oliver or or just other people in downing street who is listening to this argument came up earlier in the year when he was being pressured to go for may the 2nd. now, again, i ran a story a while back saying that they were going to press the button on that and go for may the 2nd, have a general election on the same day as the local elections, and it was only a last minute threat from a whole load of tory mps saying, we'll put in letters and have a leadership contest if you try this, but stopped it now, that may well happen again. if i try a summer election , because a summer election, because frankly, the same problem is going to happen. they are miles behind in the polls. they're going to get less than 100 seats unless someth
, we talk about oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister, who? it's been reported , wants the pm to been reported, wants the pm to go to the country in the summer. what's your reading of the situation ? situation? >> i think i think there's some truth in it , >> i think i think there's some truth in it, i'm not sure if it's oliver or or just other people in downing street who is listening to this argument came up earlier in the year when he was being pressured to go for may the 2nd....
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oliver dowden, the deputy chair of the tory party said that the met had shown disrespect. so deputy prime minister not deputy chair of the tory party, is deputy prime minister. yeah, he was. yeah. >> sunak has not called for him to go. lots of jewish leaders have called for him to go. but sunak has not. neither has khan. >> no. absolutely. well, khan is i mean, khan is. i don't know what khan is doing because he's said he's going to meet with some mark today to discuss community relations, is the quote i would be discussing the particular incident. >> the london mayor was a key figure in getting rid of cressida dick. >> absolutely. so he's got four. he was the former met chief who rowley replaced. i mean, you know, to lose, you know, to paraphrase oscar wilde, to lose one met chief, etc, so what i think is particularly interesting is that a meeting has been planned this week between sir mark and chris philip, who is the police minister, the junior minister in the home office, and that has now been upgraded. and the home secretary, james cleverly, is now going to attend tha
oliver dowden, the deputy chair of the tory party said that the met had shown disrespect. so deputy prime minister not deputy chair of the tory party, is deputy prime minister. yeah, he was. yeah. >> sunak has not called for him to go. lots of jewish leaders have called for him to go. but sunak has not. neither has khan. >> no. absolutely. well, khan is i mean, khan is. i don't know what khan is doing because he's said he's going to meet with some mark today to discuss community...
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is there is concern, i think, from there is concern, i think, from the prime minister to his deputy, oliver dowden, to number 10 aides about the potential link between smartphone use and social media and deteriorating mental health in teenagers. and we saw in the recent cass report last week, reports of how amongst, girls , there's, you amongst, girls, there's, you know, more cases of mental health issues at the moment. and therefore, if there is a link between the two and there's lots of studies claiming there is , of studies claiming there is, and what can they then do about it? could it be the most extreme opfion it? could it be the most extreme option which you mentioned, which banning which would be banning perhaps smartphones 16 year olds, smartphones for 16 year olds, the sale of smartphones, basically under 16, basically for anyone under 16, all other other options such as, potentially a social media ban for under 14. so you've seen that in some states in the us, and i think , you know, it is and i think, you know, it is tricky. it's complicated to make these, options practical, bu
is there is concern, i think, from there is concern, i think, from the prime minister to his deputy, oliver dowden, to number 10 aides about the potential link between smartphone use and social media and deteriorating mental health in teenagers. and we saw in the recent cass report last week, reports of how amongst, girls , there's, you amongst, girls, there's, you know, more cases of mental health issues at the moment. and therefore, if there is a link between the two and there's lots of...
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oliver dowden is due to speak at chatham house later, where he'll outline plans to protect against shocks like energy price hikes, spikes following the russian invasion of ukraine. dowden is expected to call for a review of export controls and an update of the investment act , used to the investment act, used to block deals with chinese companies . prince harry has companies. prince harry has officially listed the united states as his primary residence , states as his primary residence, according to documents filed in the uk. the change was made last summer. he and his wife meghan moved to america after stepping back from royal duties in 2020. and the cheapest european houday and the cheapest european holiday destinations this summer might not be where you'd expect. consumer group, which has analysed more than 4500 package deals and found the least expensive, are locations generally considered pricey, like the greek islands or italy's amalfi coast, traditionally , low cost options traditionally, low cost options like bulgaria and turkey didn't even make the top ten. for the latest stories
oliver dowden is due to speak at chatham house later, where he'll outline plans to protect against shocks like energy price hikes, spikes following the russian invasion of ukraine. dowden is expected to call for a review of export controls and an update of the investment act , used to the investment act, used to block deals with chinese companies . prince harry has companies. prince harry has officially listed the united states as his primary residence , states as his primary residence,...
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in other news, the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers say that britain isn't ready for conflict and suggests that some ministers are. they say, just hoping that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples of allies like sweden , where the allies like sweden, where the pubuc allies like sweden, where the public have been given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining what to do in a time of war. the intervention from those two long serving ministers comes as rishi sunak faces growing pressure to increase defence spending . the increase defence spending. the start of this working week has been hit hard by severe travel disruption, with no trains running on some of england's busiest rail routes due to ongoing strikes. drivers with aslef union have walked out in their long running dispute over pay their long running dispute over pay and conditions, with the south east and east anglia the worst affected areas, including southern, greater anglia and thamesl
in other news, the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers say that britain isn't ready for conflict and suggests that some ministers are. they say, just hoping that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples of allies like sweden , where the allies like sweden, where the pubuc allies like sweden, where the public have been given war preparation guidance, including a booklet...