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we're going to ta ke a general election? ase to the british people. don't under estimate the support there is for the labour party. don't under estimate the anger that there is out there of the levels of inequality and injustice in our society. we'll expose that. that's where our case is very, very strong. can you answer yes or no, please? you've asked me the question, many, many times, how many times do i have to tell you, we're taking our case out there to win because we believe we can win. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. we will get reaction to that from the former work and pensions secretary, stephen crabb. denise says, "he can't answer a simple question as to how he would pay for it. i fully support the welfare cuts and the government." vivy says, "i agree withjeremy corbyn. i'm concerned about the government's attitude to the disabled." emma says, "it isn't just attitude to the disabled." emma says, "it isn'tjust people with mental health issues that will be affected by pip changes is this is a huge is

losing an mp, despite getting four million votes in the general election in 2015, ukip won't want to d it is no surprise that we are hearing calls from ukip that there should be a by—election. douglas carswell says this time because he is not crossing the house of commons floor, because he's not changing political persuasion he doesn't think needs to bea persuasion he doesn't think needs to be a by—election. i think ukip as the hours progress from now, will be more and more insistent there should be one. matt, thank you. a former head of the metropolitan police has called for changes to security at westminster, following wednesday's terror attack. the former chief constable lord blair said there should be a review of the arming of officers. two men from birmingham continue to be questioned by police in connection with the attack. our correspondent nick beake reports. the scramble of armed police in the aftermath of the westminster attack. new video taken by a taxi driver shows how marksmen swooped on parliament from all directions. this footage shows medical equipment being thrown to

because i was not fitting in with the establishment republicans so i could win a primary and general election to retain the seat which was very difficult because the district is almost twice as long as what i have in congress now so near state was getting frustrating all the oil like to think that i stand out as a member to fight corruption and as an independent voice the first person to call for the of been resignation of mr. silver facing a jail sentence instead up against a former richard leader food took the position against corruption to stand for the of middle-class and i representative district. i got automation to do the right thing because honestly i was tired of politicians saying they would stand for something than not do that in albany. so i felt that way in washington politician as well. so i ran and challenge the former congressman in the primary i lost by a very narrow margin kiowa shocked actually because i had almost no funding against one of the wealthiest members of congress i had a very grass roots steve and i was shocked / was not sure if i would run again but i reagan in

the netherlands is gearing up for its general election wednesday. last night, the dutch prime minister and his main rival held their first and only one-on-one debate. their political parties aren't that ken the cap the moment. 60% of voters say they are still undecided. >> for 30 minutes, they went head to head. on national television, the two rivals in the upcoming elections presented their diametrically opposed views of the netherlands. wilders rolled out his anti-immigration, anti-muslim stance. >> you are not the prime minister of the dutch, you are the prime minister of the foreigners. a third term, mark rotella said that his opponent had been preaching extremism. >> i will not cooperate with such a party, not in government. not in parliament. no, never. >> mainstream parties ever views to work with wilders, which means his far right freedom party is unlikely to govern if they win. nevertheless, the results could be tight. one issue that may play a role is the diplomatic fight in turkey. wilders says they are being held hostage by an current. >

that is the dutch general election. sorry. you have let the cat out of the bag. that is the point.ause of the run—up to the dutch, very toxic, general election, where nativism and the presence of muslims in their country is an issue. i really think it is about timing from their point of view. president erdogan's reaction has been so hyper, i would even call it absurd, to call them nazis is inept, it is completely wrong. what he has done easy has got the headlines around the world. he was trying to get the 5 million turks in europe to vote for him to have extended powers in turkey. it isn't only the netherlands that have said they don't want these rallies. germany have said they don't want them because of the agitation on the ground. more importantly for the netherlands, it is because there election is this week. march madness, says the metro. a million hit by train strikes. we saw the disruption on southern trains. no more will be hit this week. my hometown is coming out. this is the rmt making sure 2000 guards walk out. at the end of the day everybody has got to get to the nub of

with six months to go before the german general election, her conservatives are polling neck and neckt president martin schulz announced he would stand against mrs merkel. jenny hill reports. not a vote cast yet but already they are on a victory march. the social democrats think saarland and germany is ready for change. translation: he is a breath of fresh air for the party. he has many new ideas and i think he can deliver them. she is talking about martin schulz, the man from brussels who has stirred up berlin. the bookseller turned politician famously beat alcohol addiction and he has angela merkel‘s conservatives on the back foot. in saarland they are fighting back. pretzel and politics at the factory gate. like angela merkel, the region's prime minister is established, well known here, but like angela merkel, she might well lose her seat. translation: it is a challenge, yes, but that is the essence of a democracy. from now until the national election, it is all about who has got a better plan for the country and on this martin schulz has not delivered anything. we on the other han

conservative party has been fined a record £70,00 for breaking spending rules during the 2015 general election had been significant failures in the reporting of expenses, and that there was a "realistic prospect" the money had given the party an advantage. 12 police forces have now asked the crown prosecution service to consider criminal charges. the conservative party insists any failures were due to "administrative error". daniel sandford reports. the south thanet constituency in 2015, where the conservatives were battling nigel farage. desperate to stop him winning a seat. they poured big names and resources into it. now they have been given the biggest everfine, £70,000, for breaking the rules on recording election spending, here, and elsewhere. we have never issued findings to that extent before, and i think they are some of the worst in the fact that they were unable to provide evidence when we needed it and the reports were inaccurate and the spending returns did not contain things they should have done. tré tfie’ié 739955? his official expenses after the campaign showed he was within th

to the general election, another three-way against to self-funding literally -- both worth at least $100 million each -- much to my surprise, they spent almost 12 main combined against me and i was still able to pull it out so for me it is really just trying to do the right thing for my constituents. i have always run as if i were trying to do the same thing rather than trying to get reelected or not. i don't know if it comes from my mother father, the brutal honesty of my mother or mike father's determination to find it positive and a lot of things. it has just driven me to really try to do that so here i am. who knows if i am a one-termer? i'm here. >> where you serve? what committee? rep. tenney: i serve on the criminal justice committee. before i ran our family business i was a bank attorney, represented a number of banks and financial institutions in my area. i think it is a important industry to give access to our small business community. as a small business owner i am acutely aware of those needs. as our business struggles, what remains of our's is, we sold our newspaper division

to the general election, another three-way against to self-funding literally -- both worth at least $100 million each -- much to my surprise, they spent almost 12 main combined against me and i was still able to pull it out so for me it is really just trying to do the right thing for mike constituents. -- mike constituents. i have always run as if i were trying to do the same thing rather than trying to get reelected or not. i don't know if it comes from my mother father, the brutal honesty of my mother or mike father's determination to find it positive and a lot of things. it has just driven me to really try to do that so here i am. who knows if i am a one-termer? i'm here. >> where you serve? what committee? i serve on the criminal justice committee. before i ran our family business i was a bank attorney, represented a number of banks and financial institutions in my area. i think it is a important industry to give access to our small business community. as a small business owner i am acutely aware of tho needs. as our business struggles, what remains of our's is, we sold our newspaper

we will revisit that issue as we get closer to the next general election.xt time? that is a matter for some time down the line. i think it was pretty clear that when we fought the last general election, our opponents would have been much more willing to raise taxes... if you come back in 2020 and say we are not going to raise taxes and national insurance, can we believe you? what are we meant to do? i come back to the point that we legislated for these measures, we complied with that legislation. i come back to the point, last time i was here, you were saying, you are failing to cut spending this year. one of the things that has come through from today's numbers is we are succeeding in reducing spending this year, and if we can continue at that rate, we will meet our spending plans in this parliament in the same way that we met them in the last parliament. thank you very much indeed. well, let's see how the budget is going down outside westminster. just some background here: one reason for the buoyant economy over the last year is that households have carri

on to the general election i faced another threeway against two self-funding literally both worth at least $100 million each and so much to my surprise they spent almost 12 million combined against me and i was still able to pull it out and so for me it's really just trying to do the right thing for my constituents. i've never run as if i wanted to get relocated. i always run ln if i don't know if it comes from my mother or father, the brutal honest of my mother and my father's determination to find the positive in a lot of things, just it's just driven me to really try to do that and so here i am, you know. who knows if i'm a one termer, i don't know. >> you are here. where are you serving? >> i serve on the financial services committees and the reason -- i sought that committee for a couple reasons, number one, i have a history before i ran our family business. i was a bank attorney, represented a number of banks and financial institutions in my area. i think it's a really important industry to give access to credit and banking for especially our smau business owners. i'm acutely a

and so i was able to win a primary and a general election to retain that seat. which was very difficult, because the district was so long. it was almost twice as long as the district that i now have in congress. and so i felt new york state was just getting really frustrating, although i'd like to think that i really stood out as a member and fought corruption. i stood out as an independent voice. i was the first person to call for the resignation of corrupt speaker sheldon silver who's now facing a jail sentence. i also stood up against the former senate majority leader who was a republican and really took a position against corruption and really tried to stand for, you know, the middle class and the citizens that i represented in my district. so i just got on this mission of really trying to do the right thing because, quite honestly, i got tired of politicians saying they were going to stand for something and not do it in albany. so i took on the battle in washington because i kind of felt the same way about a lot of the washington politicians. and so i ran a

polling stations have closed in the dutch general election.st exit polls suggest the party of the prime minister, mark rutte, will be the biggest party. and that the far right populist geert wilders is trailing well behind, tied in second with two other parties. the u.s. government has announced charges against two russian intelligence agents and two alleged hackers under -- over a cyber attack that affected 500 million users of the yahoo! website. yahoo! disclose the breach last september. user accounts were compromised as far back as 2014. prosecutors say it attacked u.s. officials and diplomats. it is the first case the u.s. has had against russian officials for cyber crimes. the department of justice says these are not connected to allegations that russia was involved in hacking the democratic party during the presidential campaign last year. a lot to sort through there. let's go to washington with our correspondent on the story for us. good evening to you. the hackers are said to have targeted the user accounts of u.s. and russian diploma

already postponed from 2015 to 2018. >> translator: when all parties and groups cooperate, the general election takes place, real reconciliation will be achieved. we understand the process may not be complete in three to six months, it will take time. we should make a time frame or speed up the process. >> reporter: political parties are submitting their recommendations which will be reported to the government next month but it's still unclear whether the talks organized by the military government will really bring political stability. nhk world, bangkok. >>> we take you to the world of sumo now. the newest grand champion will be making his debut at the sport's highest rank in the upcoming tournament starting sunday. nhk world's hiro momorita went on one with yoke xu ka kisenosato about his goals. >> reporter: with just days to go before the next sumo tournament in osaka the wrestlers are training intensely is. none has more to prove than newly promoted yokozuna grand champion. kisenosato is 30 years old. he likes to attack from the get-go with powerful thrusting and once he grabbed his owe upo

mackinlay, the mp for south thanet, is being investigated over alleged overspending in the 2015 general electionin and he beat the former ukip leader, nigel farage, to become the mp there. the bbc understand that's he has been interviewed under caution over allegations of overspending during the general election. the conservative party is facing claims that accommodation costs for activists who were bussed around the country to key constituencies should have been recorded as part of local spending limits, not as part of the national campaign limit. so as a result, there are a number of police investigations going on across the country, looking into whether some mps agents should have filed costs associated with the battle bus under their local constituency expenses. spokesman has said that the party was cooperating with the ongoing investigations. separately, i know, there was a meeting that was held this afternoon with a number of concerned mps as well as the conservative party chairman. i'm told there were some unhappy mps at that meeting, but others say there was a sensible discussion. so tha

len mccluskey is standing for re—election as the union's general secretary. for re—election mr corbynbour is ready for re—election for a general election if one is called. jeremy corbyn has said he'll oppose the government's plans to change european laws without parliamentary scrutiny when they become part of uk law during the brexit process. scrutiny when they become part of uk the government wants to include the powers in its great repeal bill, which will be published in draft form this week. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the story. we are europe! alex forsyth has the story. some still might not want it, but brexit is beckoning. the majority voted, but brexit is beckoning. and the government is about to start the formal process. parliament will see the historic moment this week, followed by details of the government's plan to give control over uk laws to westminster instead of brussels. some warn, as this complex work begins, mps must be involved. we're not going to set there and hand over powers to this government to override parliament, override democracy and just s

last year in japan, we didn't have any general election which could affect the change of our administration of japan. so my focus of last year was this. how i can help in support to realize the conservative government in the u.s. by being in japan. the big change happening in the u.s. will give a big impact not only to japan, but to the whole world. [ applause ] so to defeat hillary clinton, i worked to publish the translation book of clinton cash written by peter schweizer who is my good friend. >> thank you. [ applause ] and also last march i offered the book that trump revolution, when the international committee and japanese community were not taken seriously about mr. trump. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> translator: because last year in the spring, i was determined and i was convinced that mr. trump would be the only one who can defeat hillary clinton. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> translator: just let me brag a little bit. so the books became the best selling book in the amazon category ranking. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> translator: but because after i cleared my position to suppo

the saarland election is widely seen as an indicator to a general election which will be held in sixonservative candidate said tonight that she had not expected such a clear victory her wildest dreams and i'm expect that angela merkel had neither. the reason why it is interesting is it is the first regional vote to be held since the former president of the european parliament took hold... his appearance back on the german domestic political scene has given the social democrats a real boost. they are polling neck and neck with angela merkel‘s conservatives and he stands a very good chance of knocking her from her stands a very good chance of knocking herfrom her perch in those elections in september. you have the cdu and the social democrats neck and neck and that is why all eyes we re and neck and that is why all eyes were on this very small german state. looking at these exit polls, angela michael has had a nice prize. it looks as though when it comes down to the privacy of the voting booth, the electorate actually have not given in, if you like, to this so—called effect of martin s

she said there is no need for a general election because in law there won't ab general elbe a g election until 2020. i think it would be extremely foolish, at the same time trying to negotiate with 27 different government is, and parliaments, also to trigger a general election. every minute will count. the clock is ticking from today onwards. the idea that the government will waste its time on the general election in the middle of that strikes me as wrong. >> so we need a divorce deal, a great repeal act. a trade deal. trade deals with china u.s., australia. we need to deal with referendum issues, scotland, and northern islan ireland. this sounds like the most moment to us task any british government has had to do certainly post-war. >> something will have to give. the one thing that is not going to happen is that all of this will go -- will happen effortlessly according to time and plan. it won't. there's no way that in two years, as you say, you do a divorce deal, you then negotiate the most complex free trade devel agreement that the new world has seen, you have to negotiate with 50 o

remember, during the general election campaign, how the snp dominated that general election campaign.pocket of the snp. yes, they absolutely dominated scottish politics as well. the snp have made use of that. there was a suggestion about fox hunting, the snp said they would stop and —— step in and stop that happening, even though it didn't apply in scotland. we have had the discussion about english law is very —— english votes for english laws only. it will be interesting to see, as we go into next week in parliament, looking at brexit and whether the brexit bill gets its final approval, how the snp choose to wield their power. interesting times. thanks very much. more than 60 prisoners were evacuated from a jail in dorset last night after a large fire was started by an inmate. it's believed he climbed onto the roof of hmp guys marsh near shaftesbury after complaining about a change of regime,at the prison. fiona lamdin is there now. flames and thick smoke filled the night sky above hmp guys marsh. after an inmate thought to be drunk, wearing many layers of clothes, set light to them

but the result will also affect the general election. expect some bruises.martin schultz. translation: he puts too much emphasis on criticising the other parties. i like merkel better. she showed her a human side in the refugee crisis. he comes across as authentic, he says what he things, people like that. but i think you cannot implement many of the things he promises. this is what the schultz effect is all about. it could transform this tiny german state, and it might, just might, change the face of german politics. the taxi firm uber has suspended its pilot programme for driverless cars after an early model of its self—driving car crashed on a roadway in arizona. the accident is the latest in a series of crashes involving autonomous vehicles. it's not yet known whether the car was in self driving mode at the time of the crash. uber said it caused no serious injuries. staying in hong kong, at least 18 people have been injured, one seriously, after an apparent escalator malfunction in a shopping centre. the escalator was packed with shoppers when it apparen

it was one of the states we focused on generally during thee course of the general election. as you well know it went for we president trump at that time. it was a state that everybody watched close limit in fact, just a couple of days before the election, both of the jets of each campaign, hillary clinton's jet and president trump's jet were side-by-side adderall lay durham because it was just suchh an important statement of went s want to go back to the people,oe how do they think the presidentt ishe doing so far? are theyey disappointed in any way in we're going to let them express theirt views on that whether they voted for president trump and healthcare obviously this week is just absolutely front and a very interesting place to do this, not because they went forw president trump they voted out a republican incumbent governor ever it's still a state where you have am people on different sides of the spectrum. you're right, i mean when youean look at the state by state -- i mean the county by county breakb down in north carolina you look at counties like wake and durham,

a ma nifesto the last general election with a manifesto which promised not to put up manifesto whichere being asked repeatedly how can you say you've honoured that manifesto commitment when you've just said that you're raising this class four national insurance for the self—employed? national insurance for the self—employed ? now, national insurance for the self—employed? now, their defence in this, they say the appropriate place for the details in this is in the law, in the legislation, there is a thing called the tax lock bill which was brought in after the 2015 general election and it did indeed say that it was just class one national insurance that wouldn't be raised, but many were pointing out and saying that voters could feel a little bit duped, if you were self—employed, and you looked at the 2015 general election manifesto and it said, "we won't be putting up your national insurance. " it said, "we won't be putting up your national insurance." today, that's what they've donement the other problem for them. who does it hit? they insist it is processive and it doesn't hit the l

but the result will also affect the general election. expect some bruises. this is angela merkel versus martin schulz. schulz translation: pits too much emphasis on criticising the other parties. i like merkel better. he comes across as authentic, he says what he things, people like that. but i think you cannot implement many of the things he promises. this is what the schulz effect is all about. it can transform this tiny german state, and it might, just might, change the face of german politics. police in the belarusian capital, minsk, have arrested hundreds of people during the latest protests against a tax on the under—employed. thousands defied a government ban on demonstrations. the country's president insists the tax will not be scrapped. this report from greg dawson contains some violent scenes. the demonstrators cobb this freedom day. but there was little sign of any freedom to protest when the riot police arrived. the government had banned this march, and those defying the orders were swiftly removed from the orders were swiftly removed from the st

it is not exactly a secret that at the 2015 general election the scottish national party flew nicolat of their candidate, which suggests to me that some of his complaints, or the complaints of his party, in this respect, are both spurious and hypocritical. order. no, no, the leader of the house mustn't use that last word. he is a versatile fellow and he can use another word and i feel sure it i think the party... i make no allegation against an honourable member. i think the party in question has--. . , l, of approach when it comes to this matter. david lidington, testing his descriptive skills. mps have accused the large energy companies of "ripping off" and "robbing" customers by leaving them on the most expensive tariffs. in a debate in the commons, there were calls from all sides for action against the "big six", as they are known, for the introduction of a "relative" price cap limiting price rises once fixed deals end, and for more to be done to encourage consumers to switch between energy providers. the debate was opened by a conservative mp, who criticised the big firms for fa

in an effort to ta ke general election in an effort to take advantage of labour's disarray to get a see off backbench rebellions and it would strengthen her hand in the eu negotiations. now downing street dismissing the idea but interesting, a number of tory mps much more sympathetic, a former cabinet minister, duncan smith smith, saying if things got really, really difficult over brexit and the lords we re difficult over brexit and the lords were proving intransigent, then maybe mrs may would have to consider it. thank you. a centre for young offenders, run by the private company, gas, has been found to be "inadequate" at managing their behaviour. gas is trying to sell 0akhill secure training centre in buckinghamshire, which holds up to 80 boys and young men aged between 12 and 18. the energy giant e.0n says it will increase prices for gas and electricity customers by an average of 8.8% from next month. households who only use electricity will see a rise of 13.8% on average from the 26th april. e.0n says it's the first such rise in three years and blamed the hike on government soci

not just for a referendum but independence itself. for breaking spending rules during the 2015 general electionectoral commission said there had been significant failures in the reporting of expenses, and that there was a "realistic prospect" the money had given the party an advantage. 12 police forces have now asked the crown prosecution service the conservative party insists any failures were due to "administrative error". daniel sandford reports. that vote and that could build support not just for a referendum support not jdst {we referenddrrr support not jdst pre referenddrrr independence support not just tore referendum independence itself. but independence itself. let us campaign. the south thanet constituency in 2015, where the conservatives were battling nigel farage. desperate to stop him winning a seat. any chance... they poured big names and resources into poured big names and resourcesrinte now they have been given the it. now they have been given the biggest fine, £70,000, for breaking the rules on recording election the rules orlrecordigelectigge here, and elsewhere. spending. her

they did have mark reckless elected in another by—election, but he lost his seat in 2015 the general election others crossed the floor without by—election, but he has been at their prize, the one ukip member to make it through a general election with a seat. nigel farage, in seven attempts, has never achieved it. i think paul nuttall is up to five or six attempts. it will hurt ukip, but i spoke to one of their spokespeople just a few moments ago and they had no knowledge of this. he doesn't appear to have told his party he was doing it. i broke the news to them! it's going to be quite a blow for them, isn't it? it is. there have been people in ukip calling for him to be kicked out, claiming that he is part of their problem element of national executive taking the party in directions that some, not least the close ally of nigel farage, banks, the money man, distancing himself in parting ways. there are some who have been calling for him to go. perhaps they would rather not lose an mp, but they may not be to win happy to lose douglas carswell. but make no mistake, if they blow. they've gone fro

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thes: a win for merkel in run-up to germany's general election. her biggest victory in 13 years handing schultz a reality check. anna: the u.k. prime minister visits scotland to call for unity ahead of triggering article 50 on wednesday. manus: oil producers say they will continue -- will consider extending output cuts. we are live in kuwait city with the latest.

given the fact that europe as well has an extremely interesting year ahead with the various general electionsave mentioned. it means these negotiations will be extremely critical, doesn't it? yes, and again i think what we are going to see in 2017 is a pretty high—level conversation about a couple of points. 0ne conversation about a couple of points. one that we have been frankly reading about in the media quite a bit over the last weeks and months, is the £60 billion brexit bill, the question of residents writes for eu citizens and vice—versa. i think the really thorny issue for the uk and the eu relationship, free trade agreements, the future of freedom of movement, these kinds of issues, they will not be discussed until 2018 because only european side the question is, you know, who is going to lead france, who is going to leave the netherlands, what about the next german government? i think these are crucial questions on the scottish question raises the question of separatism in other member states of the european union. so that will further complicated the talks ahead in 2017 and 2018 --

they will see have the chancellor's decision to break a solemn manifesto promise at the last general election increase in national insurance contributions, to have ripped up that promise and to increase national insurance on the self—employed, not by 1%, but go up to 11% of national insurance contributions, i feel they will see asa contributions, i feel they will see as a betrayal of the offer that was made and the promise that was made by the conservatives at the last general election. in the briefing after the chancellor had sat down, the treasury said that the average loss for those self—employed people will be £2110 a year. they are making much though of the distribution of this and how it works. they say that the poorest, the lowest earners are not affected by this, it is those at the highest end of the scale. more generally, they're going to have to doa generally, they're going to have to do a good selling job on the tory back benches if they are to get the policy accepted by them and the other thing to take away from the budget is really, social care. the treasury are very keen to talk

they won the general election - on pensions, the lot of it.to staying in the single market. no tory backbenchers are upset about that. we have an entirely new government setting out a new agenda. one of the key things that key things that craig oliver talked about was the foreign aid, which is deeply unpopular in some sectors. many people want that shifted to social care. i doubt that philip hammond will tamper with foreign aid. do you think he might unravel other parts of the manifesto in successive budgets? probably only about 15 words from the liberal democrat one! there are endless subclauses. it's all very well for you to say, they don't read it, but the manifesto is meant to set out what the government believes in. pe—i!!i.e-j.> heel; "gage-s: we 93-3 e§q|jf e .. . w. ”7, ., it's a promise, you say, this is what we are going to do, vote for us and then we do it whether you believe it or not, you have to go out of your way to do it, especially when these sun readers vote for you would it not dead, you can't turn round and say, no thanks.

members and things, and they are very concerned, gchq, lured the possible disruption to the next general election they have intervened and they have stopped apparently a cyber attack on the bbc election coverage. did you know that? i did not. by a gang of hackers known as the fancy bares. they sound rather fond! deliberately cuddly! because of what's happening, all the concerns about fake news and weather the russians were involved in the american election, it will fuel the thing that we don't want to go down the route of online voting. old—fashioned as it may be, the paperand old—fashioned as it may be, the paper and pencil works. that is yea rs paper and pencil works. that is years away if it ever comes at all. it isa years away if it ever comes at all. it is a ramping up, telling people to take it seriously. we were mentioning the parallel with the states and that the russians somehow had a hand in the american presidential elections. the focus very much on russia? yes, they seem to be the ones doing it. we have the same discussions going on in france with the french elections. it does seem wi

top republicans now calling for the attorney general to recuse himself from the investigation into russia's election-year hacking. >> i think attorney generals should further clarify and i do think he's going to need to recuse himself at this point. >> moments ago house speaker paul ryan not willing to say that he should step aside. >> i think he answered that question this morning, which is if he, himself, is the subject of an investigation, of course he would. but if he is not, i don't see any purpose or reason to doing this. let's take a step back for a sec here. we have seen no evidence from any of these ongoing investigations that anybody in the trump campaign or the trump team was involved in any of this. we have been presented with no evidence that an american was colluding with the russians to meddle in the election. >>> and the democrats are pouncing. with the senate and house leaders saying that attorney general sessions needs to step down for misleading congress, they say, about his contacts with the russian diplomat. >> the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the lan

then there's the general election.these members of congress have to be more worried about their general than their primary election. it seems to me that republican base voters, the kinds of people who turn out in primary elections, ieblg not seeing a lot of evidence right now that they are buying the idea that this is a scandal. trump's support among republicans is in the high 80s, i think. you've actually seen some polling that shows that vladimir putin's reputation has grown somewhat incredibly among republican voters in the past several months, and as long as trump attacks these 120ers as fake news and the work of obama hold-ooefrs and former obama officials, i think it's quite possible that your average member of congress is going to think, look,ing i jue don't have a strong political incentive to act on this. i think it's possible we'll reach that point and we may be approaching it. to your question, i think that people have to understand there's different kinds of pressure going on and i think right now that's th

next year, pakistan will hold a general election and mumtaz qadri's supporters are launching their owne prevailing notions of blasphemy. that was secunder kermani reporting. that's it for tonight. we leave you with news that disney is to feature its first gay movie character, with a love scene no less, and possibly even a happy ending. the film in question is the live action remake of beauty and the beast, disney's exploration of stockholm syndrome in feudal france. the character in question is lefou, the sidekick of the film's alpha male baddie, gaston. and as fans of the 1991 cartoon version will know, this development isn't a huge surprise. goodnight. # for there's no man in town half as manly # perfect, a pure paragon # you can ask any tom, dick or stanley # and they'll tell you whose team they'd prefer to be on # no one's been like gaston # a kingpin like gaston # no one's got a swell cleft in his chin like gaston # not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny # and every last inch of me's covered with hair # no one hits like gaston # matches wits like gaston #. the weather over the nex

that mandate expires in 2021, a general election is in 2020.o—independence, but not all of them will be convinced accept argument that because the voted —— scotla nd argument that because the voted —— scotland voted to stay in the eu, that the eu is a good thing it? if you look at some of the polling, there are people living in either direction since the 2014 referendum. some as the snp had been in favour of brexit every bit as much as anyone else across the other parts of the uk. the vast of anyone else across the other parts of the uk. the vast- of snp of the uk. the vast majority of snp members want scotland i - to members want scotland i merrily to in the eu, and don‘t want remain in the eu, and don‘t want britain to leave the european union. nicola sturgeon is targeting people who voted labour at the general election and no in 2014, knowing that it election and no in 2014, knowing thatitis election and no in 2014, knowing that it is not only about economics, it is about identity, the type of country they want. that campaign videos already

triggered, if they were to step forward as an independent one policy party, and there was a general election trigger... ? hypothetical or not, we are ina trigger... ? hypothetical or not, we are in a situation... if the government changes, if the government changes, if the government changes, if the government changes, uk government changes its mind, there is another myth that article 50 is irreversible but if the uk turned around and said, we would like to stay, i very much doubt that the eu would argue it but that is hypothetical and if i'm being honest, i don't think it will happen. nick clegg, george osborne, some amazing new single issue party... and don't... don't forget to ny issue party... and don't... don't forget tony blair! yes, indeed. major flaw forget tony blair! yes, indeed. majorflaw in airport forget tony blair! yes, indeed. major flaw in airport laptop and full. simon calvert, this is an exclusive, we often have him on the news channel. electronic devices banned on certain flights from certain places, what is the floor? for some reason, this story, he has rattled this throu

his attorney general won't resign over contact with russians during the election campaign but will sit out any investigation. i have recused myself from any investigations on any matter that deals with the president of the us. curbing popular criticism and a free press — china fights to control the narrative ahead of the national people's congress. i'm kasia madera in london. the king and i — indonesia's president video logs the visit of the saudi king. even their lunch is on camera. and jackie's life afterjfk — the lost letters which reveal a love affair with a senior british diplomat. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where the us attorney general, jeff sessions, says he won't be involved in any investigation into whether russia interfered in last year's presidential election. he's been accused of lying about contacts he had with russian officials during the campaign and senior democrats have called on him to resign, accusing him of lying on oath to congress. mr sessions has denied doing anything wrong. this is what he told reporters a little e

len mccluskey is standing for re—election as the union's general secretary. for re—election mr corbynscrutiny when they become part of uk law during the brexit process. scrutiny when they become part of uk the government wants to include the powers in its great repeal bill, which will be published in draft form this week.

understand that this antiestablishment, anti-status , this reputation has repercussions not just in general electionsut riemer elections. -- primary elections. host: chris on the democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. friday, the realization that the gop never had a replacement plan ready after seven years because they are not interested in an actual health care plan. i don't think the president is either as he is implied putting this bill aside and moving on to other things. i seem to remember that after obamacare became the law of the land, republicans were interested in repealing the law. the word replace crept in later on. i think the single-payer health care system is the only answer, not unlike france and canada. i have always been surprised that we have not turned and model program after those countries that have a successful plan in place. i don't think we need to reinvent the will. -- wheel. host: thank you. guest: it did start as repeal. then it was repeal and replace. then we started to hear repair come in. some of the terminology has shifted. you are right. republicans are

with two days to go before the dutch general election, all eyes were locked onto a live tv debate tonight. the prime minister faced off against the far right populist candidates. rutte's center-right people's party leaves the polls, but the party of freedom is in line to be the second-biggest and he may find himself in the position to dictate terms over the formation of a new government. the pair exchanged barbs over the netherlands ongoing diplomatic spat with turkey. here is what they had to say in the debate. >> we have a problem with integration. we know the turks deliver an 80% contribution and 80% feel closely related to turkey. what happened that evening on saturday is totally unacceptable. it only happened because of the protestant ministers expulsion. there were elections last year and the turks and netherlands were allowed to take part. 69% voted in support of erdogan. we want to go to our correspondent who joins us from rotterdam. he was playing -- he was paying close attention to tonight's debate. who came out as the winner tonight? >> it's hard to tell. we seem to completely