from british back to. us we cover the diplomatic. travel is british politicians and. all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first what may be the most powerful company in the world announces its results today a parent company of google alphabet it's been in the news quite recently for allegedly abusing its market position and we start with the breaking news that the internet giant google has been hit with a record two point four two billion euro fine for breaching e.u. competition rules but what does competition exactly mean european citizens going to suddenly follow the orders of brussels and start asking ask jeeves the record fine by the e.u. is just three percent of last year's turnover of parent company alphabet which reports results today to the new york stock exchange only the present editor of a london freesheet newspaper you'd think that finding google skin is the company

this is a real. this government when i became. there was some companies. that write. we said we take action now we have companies like google paying tax that was britain's old finance minister george osborne crowing about finding nothing to two decimal points of alphabet stone of the bank corporation tax it almost a tenth of the twenty percent that your local construction company has to yes google paid two point seven seven percent instead of twenty and. for ten years its power is donald trump in his campaign for the white house called the tech giant out he. has. two points nation i. despise the same. search it was suppressing the bad news.

how about well king eric schmidt chairman of alphabet appears now to come to his senses and instead of being named in wiki leaks as an anti trump conspirator now ailes to the chief about opportunities for those who create huge very large new business opportunities for which he entrepreneurs technical talent immigration and so forth to understand he can drive america theory very positively forward it's going to happen soon during your leadership it seems that only the donald and not the e.u. can win google's sycophancy however the multinational technology company is ranked among the best for employee benefits in the united states joining me now amidst a noisy and windy british parliament is the u.k. government pensions minister baroness ross alterman after this week's big decision on pensions. thanks for well we're here in the green the bells here presumably because of the pensions announcement. surprise announcement which was so important

was made just as newsrooms are talking about b.b.c. salaries well. the announcement was due anyway it was actually supposed to happen in may but it was delayed because of the election clearly the government didn't want to announce it during the election campaign it would have been i think very wrong to hold this back over the summer because it's already said. but the fact that the government has made the decision to accept the recommendation that john kryten made to accelerate the rise in state pension age probably isn't a surprise ok so juggling the c.b.i. . had you you were the u.k.'s pension minister do you think that. david they've modeled who this is affecting demographically and depending on life expectancy so they know that basically they me they make a scottish l. for

a pension for ten years before he dies twelve years for a scottish woman if you stayed with a want to age approach which is based on the average life expectancy then by definition you're going to disadvantage any groups that have much lower than average life expectancy themselves and that is people who live in certain regions of the country such as parts of scotland and also people who've had certain areas where you jobs my own view is that we should be able to be more flexible in the state pension and it would be healthy for both the state pension system and for retirement itself to get away from the idea that there is one single age that you will know whether that vox that you should a bout to suddenly stop working but isn't the problem with the flexibility you're advocating that it'll cost more to work out which age group. in which region of britain should be eligible for this

age old that age would pensions a parable i'm certainly not talking about means testing the state pension or individually applying depending on your particular personal circumstances for a different type of pension there are certainly ways in which we could manage payment of state pension more flexibly than having just one minimum age indeed we already do that you can get a higher state pension if you are healthy and wealthy enough to wait longer before you start it. however that flexibility doesn't work the other way if you are certainly not healthy and you can't afford to wait until you start getting your state pension or you may die before you get it it's tough luck you can't get a penny so you could have a system where you can take a reduced pay. sooner so that some fan is already built into the system for. richer

people in this country as regards today the flexibility is already built into the system for those that are healthy and wealthy enough another way in which you could manage the state pension differently and have this if you like a band of ages over which you might be able to take the pension rather than aiming for just one to each. is if you base it on the number of years of your working life for example if you've contributed to national insurance for fifty years maybe you left work at left school at sixteen maybe you should be able to get your pension at sixty six it gives them more options of course it's important to control the costs of state pension and i'm not disputing the fact that there's great news out there most people will be able to live longer and generally can stay healthy. i mean i'm not sure why you can reach and the former head of the c.b.i.

to do that it was a legal requirement from the twenty fourteen pension funds that would be why then ok so why are we even talking about raising pension ages because of life expectancy given up until quite recently we were told we should be reducing the pension age because of the high tech economy that was the issue what happened to all of us the idea that people should aspire to early retirement actually is something that i think led us in very much the wrong direction because if people stop work and if you've got an aging population as we do with fewer people in the younger generations coming behind them in the context of a play as you go state pension system where the young people of today pay for the old people of today then you will make the system on affordable again or that that seems sensible but gary coleman's people are already looking into this idea of universal basic income. shopping pensions perhaps completely isn't that's where the

real thinking is should be being done this idea that we have to work out different areas and different ages for pension eligibility and as you say the demographic time bomb i'm absolutely not in favor of working out different types of pension depending on where you live or depending on your cooking is demographic time i'm talking about giving people a choice to take that pension early. or later it was a real choice they only have a choice to take it later the other thing i think it's important to say is that. generally called in and the labor party's manifesto for this election was that we should never increase the state pension age beyond sixty six now labor introduced the age of sixty eight in its legislation in two thousand and seven we can all be full of truths correct and we can't expect younger generations to be able to

fund here extra costs that we will be talking about one hundred fifty billion also ok i mean obviously you are a tory benj the minister but on a bipartisan matter although compass is a left leaning thank you also a political statement why do you say pensions policy state which is it called the compass think things as a transitional system and you know as a basic income really eight billion pounds a year plus existing means tested benefits is no one and that side of politics somebody new liberal politics thinking about this means of pension provision rather than. the way that you were thinking about all of them and the flat rate state pension was originally conceived as the idea of some kind of citizens' pension so as of right every person beyond a particular age would be entitled to a particular basic level of income flat rate. and that's it it wouldn't be

a means tested tell papa told it would be the income that you would receive by virtue of reaching a particular age now the universe is basically income extends that concept to everyone of working age all together as well nevertheless i still think that this whole idea of people having a particular level of income. related only to age or to some kind of contribution is probably going to be a more sustainable way of running the economy the problem very often with the sort of universal basic income i'm not ruling it out and i think it's definitely worth exploring but it wouldn't be i think a sustainable system is that there will always be people who will come along as a special case and they'll need a bit extra for this and they'll need a bit extra for that and so the concept of the basic income starts very well and

then gradually over time you end up getting back to the situation we're trying to get away from right now so i'm not saying the current system is ideal and it may be worth looking at possible alternatives but one needs to be very careful about being seduced into thinking this is all very simple and that's it what you've done it the whole system will be sorted and then disappointed that the report that you commission didn't look into these aspects of a future when she was we have another review next parliament the law says that it is every politician at least every five years the state pension policy needs to be reviewed i do hope that in the next review these issues will be looked at more seriously and i'm particularly believe that that's going to be essential because what i'll state pension system still doesn't do and we haven't really talked. about

this atoll. is cater for supporting millions of people as they get older in the twenty first century we have a welfare state and a wealth us system which was designed by beveridge in the 1940's and at that time they believed and that was the case that in general when you reached retirement you needed some kind of basic income to help you through the years when you're not working in the twenty first century retirement is that likely to be very different for a big section of the population so our national insurance system needs to take account of social care the fact that at the end very end of their lives a number of older people a significant proportion and it could even get so wanted to of all the people or more the born into of women are going to be unable to live independently and all

the banks need more income to support themselves in their advanced of the state pension doesn't help you on that promise all the thank you you'd think they'd be less noisy with all the entries and all of a after the break and as a new president takes office in india today one of german cauldrons newest m.p.'s is really inquiry into an alleged british back to draw city of the golden temple in the brits or india bus a good day to bury bad news what destroys or be lost in transit in this week's bury the all the symbol going over but through him going on the ground. what politicians do you should to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be trusted or injury. or somehow want to be rich. that you'd like to be first to see what before three of them or can't be good. i'm

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welcome back with the mainstream really brought to a standstill over state mandated salaries of the b.b.c. where an actor playing in the skin and up to three hundred thousand pounds more than a nurse on the n.h.s. has strike action in the past twenty four hours being purposely squashed under the weight of celebrity paychecks well here is going underground senior producer pete bennett reporting on some of the week's buried news. pack your bags slap on the sunscreen and come and join us by the political poolside with a cocktail of cherry pick stories to quench your thirst for the truth but well not all of us can kick back on vacation this summer british politicians have jet set it on forty eight of one hundred twenty days off leaving the how did halls of westminster and the knowledge you be teresa mayes manifesto promises. so in the

spirit escaping the desktop of foreign shores here are the diplomatic do's and don'ts of travel to some of this year's most controversial destinations stop one and all tours the creator of the european union headquarters of nato military alliance brussels where based on the case head rep for breakfast it's david davis you probably spend more than an hour run the go sheet and table if you're looking for a bargain down the market and a quick way to travel advice or is remember to pack your notes especially there might be a language barrier or a couple of trade barriers oh and don't get caught out like prime minister netanyahu forgot to turn off his might when criticizing the one stop suit the revolutionary cityscape of paris where the newly elected much wrong and big on general dva have clashed in a public gridlock over stairs he calls the france's nato affiliated army a seasoned traveler himself the now former head of the e.u. second largest own forces took matters into his own hands resigning in a flurry of criticism directed directly at the french president mind is french so

if it rains on your parade makes you a fixed skin as even the don't know now thinks nato is becoming obsolete next a slight detour routes a capsule hill washington d.c. so brace yourself we saw through storm dong a disorderly swirl of hot air said to be threatening the united states of america yet as president trump sets off a seismic shift and in the covert cia program anti assad rebels in syria signs of a sneaky undercurrent of multibillion dollar defense contracts being pushed through the u.s. congress may go unnoticed so have your wits about you when abroad as you might run into characters like this one this is spending baltimore police officer who is caught in his own body camera planting drugs that led to an eventual arrest. number four on the whistle stop tour is a country where allegedly fourteen protesters space execution saudi arabia. b.-a so

what she will step is even the u.k. foreign office is a voice against travel within ten kilometers of the yemeni border no mention there of the u.k. de facto conflicts into tens of thousands of civilians contracting cholera although they do state yemeni passengers flying to jordan have to provide disease free certificates so make sure you carry your credentials or you might not even get off the ground like a flight containing british journalist who allegedly stalked by the saudi that coalition from entering yemen now on to the travel update sure to be full of delays and disputes in the case of british airways versus the cabin crew is it business over economy as five thousand workers go and strike of what they've called poverty pay an average of sixty thousand pounds a year which is around five first class flights and british airways and luxury dreamliner yet despite the cabin pressure rising being a of said they've made an offer which was rejected by their employees maybe it's on the airline was once again you nationalized next up on the gender gap chancellor

philip hammond versus trains the public backlash of the tory m.p. saying even a woman can drive a train the controversial eight just to line faces similar criticism for a lack of common sense was spiralling cost to the taxpayer point three billion pounds around the same as the n.h.s. deficit before any traps have been laid people's homes and communities are in the threat of being torn down so that the high speed rail way can get you from birmingham some months just quicker i'm finally drivers versus parliament with a shocking report insisting london bus drivers can work sixteen hours straight so despite twenty five boss related deaths in the past two years is it time they joined hundreds of drivers who left the vehicles in the road being trafficked to a standstill to protest the government's handling of the recent attacks in london all the disabled protesters denouncing brutal tourist areas because you clashed with police outside the houses of parliament well with progress in like a runaway train will make sure to catch it all by. going underground.

see the british repeat bennett they're reporting on this week's buried news today the president of india pranab mukherjee steps down from the role he's held since twenty twelve one m.p. who has just begun his role in the british parliament is damage eating dessie and he's calling for an inquiry into a british back to trustee of the golden temple in india or at least its alleged he is the first turban seeking in the european parliament and he uses maiden speech just smashed through what he called a glass ceiling in british politics. for going on the show congratulations what option your maiden speech got a lot of coverage you said that your constituency is one of the highest rates of homelessness male nutrition in the country how do you think that squares with dres amazing we've never had more people in work. a very vibrant very diverse. is just west of london close to heathrow it is a major business hub with several corporate and start up headquarters there however

as you rightly pointed out it is juxtaposed next to issues about malnutrition about child new tradition in the twenty first century yes and that is something that as you said it doesn't quite square up with the theresa may and her statements and that's why you know there are so many people of having to go to food banks in order to ensure that they actually feed their children that they lead adequate lives so i don't think the conservative government of dealing with the just about managing some might argue that your party over and certainly people didn't vote for you or maybe for any party the general election would have said that your party is the one synonymous with privatisation hospitals we have a schools cozying up with the rich in the city of london and that alone the killing when you go displacing of tens of millions of people because they are. fully. i

agree with that presentation in terms of privatization party nor proponent of privatization if anything it is labor that is actually fighting off in the continued backdoor privatisation of the n.h.s. or of our public service we know that historically under blair and brown it was and if we look at under the last labor government. millions and billions were invested into the public services to ensure that we had the shortest waiting lists ever on our energy and so forth you know in the private contractors into hospitals you will at p.f. i contract that are costing the taxpayer always bringing private capital out of the n.h.s. it wasn't meant as it is being used today in terms of a wholesale privatisation bit by bit you know where huge contracts million pound contracts are going to huge private medical health care companies who by the action many of whom just happen to be lodged party donors but if believes that say the

blair and brown way is to. tell me about this independent inquiry you are calling for over like a mad conspiracy. maybe the s.a.'s operation bluestar is right for many of the views they may not be aware that in one thousand nine hundred four there was an attack on the golden temple in amritsar in the punjab state in india we were never aware of any involvement of the british government or any advisory capacity except it was only after the thirty year rule when documents became apparent it was a lot of good work done by a journey such as film a film and a lot of good work done by the labor m.p. tom watson and others to actually bring this out into the why did in maine and since then seek organizations and british sikhs in particular have been demanding an independent inquiry to establish the extent of the then government's involvement . in that attack. so the likes of myself also been calling for it and i was very

very pleased that jeremy corbyn tom watson and the labor party actually included that within the manifesto within the labor party manifesto in the twenty seventeen election we were very happy with that and juxtapose next to that action is the fact that the conservatives whether it was under the cameron government whether it's under the current to raise them a government they are simply brushing it under the carpet because they don't want to uncover the extent of that by having full disclosure on the issues well i mean that's your allegation angelina jolie's great friend the former you gave orange actually may is on the record for saying that u.k. assistance for the attack or massacre at the golden temple in america was just in a purely advisory or if it was in a purely advisory capacity then why don't we have full disclosure you know that that will establish the extent of that because you know there are thousands of people victims who would want to know the truth you know there are millions of seats around the world thousands because the initial death numbers five seven five

understand then the hague said three thousand court in the crossfire of what actually happened in the golden temple and pursuant to that is all there were thousands killed on that occasion but if you look at the programs you know in the genocide there after which by the way is the genocide is not my word even the indian home minister has used the fact that it was a genocide and we need to know that's a separate issue altogether and that's something you know what what i am concentrating on is to try to get an independent inquiry as the labor party has has demanded as well that the government needs to come clean the only way that we can deliver justice to the affected and also to the millions of sikhs and the hundreds of thousands of sikhs within britain who are think very much in support of that amount genocide quite a big word when it comes to you. regulators anyone who disagrees welcome to send an email to this said action that was the word used by the indian home minister is also of. over later government you said in your maiden speech that you took this

job with humility you were proud to be elected to the british brother meant. to be in a parliament where the government is in power because it gave a billion pounds to one section of the country proud to be in the parliament very very proud to be in the british parliament which is the most diverse parliament ever we're in more women more thick minorities more and more people with disabilities have been elected than ever before but as you very rightly pointed out if one billion pounds can be found from the magic money tree to help out the good people of northern ireland that is not fair on the people of people in other parts of the u.k. where this all sterile these cuts are having a devastating impact on local communities and that is why food bank usage not just in our but in other parts of the country has increased from a forty one thousand during the labor government to now it is more than one million people who are dependent on food banks and having volunteered in food banks i know

just just how important a role that they're playing in today's modern britain and that is why you know if funds can be found for northern ireland that i'm sure that is faced with more than fifty four million pounds worth of cuts to its own council its own public service is more than twelve million pound cuts to our schools then we need some of that money as well thank you very much because you know the government says we have to pay off the losses the bank bankers in the city of london that's why your in other places have to rely on food but. would strongly. condemn such statements because the austerity is ideologically driven it is not a necessity it is tory ideology coming to the fore so for the last seven years we were told by now that they know the deficit would be eliminated would be coming down etc etc the government has failed on its very own parameters and the parameters that was set up in order to be an economically very. well managed.

and you know it so that is why i think it needs a labor government to bring hope and prosperity for everybody shared for everybody and that's why all the mantra during the election was for the many not just a few. thank you for the show we're back on wednesday when we go to the a wall and they place exhibition in london. and the privatization of public. buildings in the u.k. jill thank you for dutch branches of media if you will with just sixty four years to the day of the beginning of the cuban revolution the failed. attack but by fidel and raul castro. against a u.s. backed dictatorship. you can revolt against the dictator but what about the day after i think we as libyan people did not give much thought about facts and so they wait

for passion off the resolution does not build nations. and certainly does not build states. is. the rather than. the one but i guess some kind of. sign of this you. know she refused. to. wear the blue. it's just a good area for immigrants it's. never really know for sure but this is.

you know. when i started. this is a real news today we discussed decision to end cia operations in syria russia in the u.s. are working together but most players in this proxy conflict aren't happy about this and some surprising but expected developments in ukraine. i met.

her. i know. that. leaked memo suggests that brussels is preparing retaliation if washington pushes ahead with russia sanctions that could european businesses says an e.u. delegation holds talks with us the. president says the needs of russian political and military presence in the country to restore balance to the region. trade secretary accuses the b.b.c. of biased coverage of the break. of ignoring positive stories about leaving the european union i cannot. recall a single time in.