in tokyo, lg bt with the british council in tokyo, lgbt cute with the british council in tokyo, lg bt is a new category we are introducing this year and we are doing our best to try and incorporate as many people as possible. daniel, so good to have you on the programme. thank you. —— lgbtq. the sheer amount of plastic being used by consumers is famously choking the oceans and destroying the environment. one company is launching a new program today that sells products in reusable containers. samira hussain got an inside look at how it works. the recyclables come by barge and by truck, anywhere from 75—90 metric tonnes daily. our obsession with single—use plastic has created a mountain of a problem that is destroying the climate. but a trial programme called loop wants to be the solution. melissa spurr can get everything from her kitchen cleaner to ice—cream in reusable containers. it changes the way you think about the waste you are creating and the stuff you are putting in your trash. now you are saving all these bulky packages, things that are not recyclable, even. once melissa is d

judicial spokesman said the unnamed individual was responsible for managing a project for the british councilfluence. earlier my colleague carrie gracie spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about the british council's response. they have not been able to determine whether the individual referred to by the iranian authorities this morning is their colleague. they are saying the colleague detained last year and who they are not naming is not, as the iranians described this person, head of the iran desk, this person, he says, worked in the uk in a junior role to support and showcase the iranian contemporary arts scene to uk audiences. the foreign office also has put out a short statement to say they have also not been able to confirm the identity of the person in question, it is widely assumed we are talking about aras amiri, an iranian national living in this country for ten years, it was reported last year she had gone back to visit her ailing grandmother and was detained by the iranian authorities in march last year and subsequently accused of spying. the charge listed this mornin

she had been studying for the british council.and she was there privately when she was arrested. she was there to see her ailing grandmother. the iranians say she was infiltrating and encouraging cultural and theatre groups to influence and infiltrate, whatever that means, but it amounts to spying. richard radcliffe told me this is bad news, this ten year sentence and he regards this as a similar case where they have been used as a chess piece in a political board game. joining me now is rana rahimpour from the bbc persian service. what would you say about this case? james roberts was suggesting this is a part of a chess game between iran and britain. it seems quite likely because it is important to look at the wider picture. i ran feels threatened and isolated. it was any iranian who might be working with european countries or organisations, but is not just european countries or organisations, but is notjust that, there has been a crackdown on any activist. when you see that iran comes under pressure, we can see an increase crack

an iranian spokesman said the woman had been "in charge of the iran desk" at the british council, a culturalsh intelligence. the british council says "it does not have offices or representatives in iran, and does not do any work in iran." the family of aras amiri, a london—based british council employee and art student, who was detained in iran in march 2018, have confirmed the case involves her. they have also added this picture. they have also added this picture. the uk is trying to release another british woman. she is serving a five—year sentence in tehran for spying, a charge she has denied. here is our diplomatic correspondent. this is an a reunion international. aras amiri had been working for the british council, official cultural and training wing. the council hasn't made her officially but they say they never send anyone to iran, she was there privately when she was arrested. she was there to see her ailing grandmother. the iranians say she was infiltrating and encouraging cultural and theatre groups to influence and infiltrate, whatever that means, but it's in their to spying. ric

very close ally of the british council arguably saying iran jails british council workers in inverted commas i presume they don't need the inverted commas but wouldn't move what about the cold war as it were because all we hear about is iran jailing people british citizens wrongly well i mean i want to comment on this particular incident i don't know much about it i'll just plead ignorance all i know is what i've seen on the media which is all because we have is a story of murder on the iranian people involved well i mean i can tell you what the iranians think the iranians think that western countries and israel are trying to get spies into the country and they're often doing that through dual nationals we have the famous case of now the needs are going to ratcliffe you know she's called nazneen in the in the british press because they want to humanize iran they give her full full title now the iranians feel that she's a spy they're proof that she's a spy she's put on trial and just put in jail the british made a big deal of her case and that was a big mistake in my view because as so

the british council has strongly rejected the allegations.obinson — should face full contempt of court proceedings. it's alleged the english defence league founder could have prejudiced a jury after posts he published on social media last year. the allegations concern a facebook broadcast by mr yaxley—lennon — which was watched by thousands of people. mr yaxley—lennon was jailed after the broadcast — but that was quashed by the court of appeal after it ruled that his case had been unfairly handled. after more than 6 months of legal delays — ladyjustice sharp said today that the trial should go ahead. the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled — to deal with what she describes as the ‘staggering' threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne owens says that law enforcement is at breaking point — and warned the public will ‘feel the consequences‘ — if the government doesn‘t find the nearly 3 billion pounds in extra funding. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. police! shouting. the tip of the spe

the individual is not named, no further identification given. of course, the british council is the culturalwill be looking for reaction from them and for further detail on that story, but according to the iranian news agency, an iranian national sentenced to ten years in prison for spying for the uk. let's look at our headlines again this morning. as cross—party brexit talks resume, the shadow brexit secretary says he's not afraid to pull the plug if the pm refuses to budge on her red lines. a promise to end the postcode lottery of support for victims of domestic abuse. using their phones, making card payments and driving with no hands — police catch thousands of drivers in unmarked lorry cab patrols. two trophy lifts in one day for the team who have won two premier leagues in a row. manchester city's party went the length of the country after their win over brighton sealed the title. lewis hamilton is back on top of the standings in formula 0ne's world drivers championship. he won the spanish grand prix for a third year in a row. and the british masters brings a first european tour title f

spy at the british council in teheran sadly the arrest of this individual shows that iran's attitude towards entirely legitimate organizations which are trying to foster better relations and cultural understanding between countries but this is an issue that the government as far as she is needed funds actually will take up what does she mean and why does she arguably seem nervous could it be that she is privy as to why the u.s. began evacuating diplomats that day ahead of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and then for abuse warship u.s.s. arlington reaching iran's shores suddenly your vision was not mentioned at pm cues perhaps as the b.b.c. told this program and contradicting our israeli guests and one eurovision taking place in israel is not a political event joining me now is him or biologist and activist loci thank you so much for coming back on so we heard from the former mayor of unoccupied. west bank town northwest friends of israel both appear to say the likes of you roger waters will velez who knows lourdes lana del rey elvis costello all of them are all n.z. mates or the question

judicial spokesman said the unnamed individual was responsible for managing a project for the british counciluncil said it couldn't confirm that one of its colleagues was involved. the foreign office said it was "very concerned" by the reports and was urgently seeking more information. new research suggests a generation of young people who entered the workplace a decade ago have been left financially scarred by the impact of the economic crisis. those leaving education to get a job between 2008 and 2011 have endured ten years of reduced earning power, with many graduates having to accept lower paid jobs, affecting future earnings and pensions. here's our business correspondent katy austin. i was mainly applying for, like, retail or hospitalityjobs. and in one interview i was interviewed against people who at the time had a business degree. and i was like, "wow". looking for her firstjob in 2008, during the recession, carol found herself up against stiff competition for fewer jobs. since then, she's done a string of different roles, not earning as much as she'd hoped. i didn't expect it to be

you know putting a lot of pressure on the council british council to hand over to civilians so there is some pressure on them you know to resume talks and they want to be you know flexible and they want to be appear that actually that responding to the. major sticking points isn't there and that is the make up of the new sovereign council that's been the toughest part of the negotiations between both groups do you do you see them coming closer. to one of these things but both of them this year you know the forces for freedom and even the council they said that. you know agreement you know are you know the transitional government but this is going to be a big problem because some of that with the counts and recounts that they don't actually the council to be. they want actually the council to be. authorized to be headed by one of the military maybe and the other so there is a good about that that is not something that the protesters will agree no not the protests that they want you know council to be controlled by civilians and to be hit or survey civilians and to be just like ceremon

they say they're not somebody you know the pillars are in boarding and actually supporting the british council. to stay actually in power while the people are on the ground the margin of the there is enormous costs right now across the country that they want to be in power so people are up to ten minutes you have to stay on that you know on the restriction and can be you know the ability to hand over paul for them and that actually could lead to much some sort of confrontation is very is very worrying indeed but we need you know the international community and the regular community actually to do it with you know unified you so that you know they can put more pressure on the and the military council for the civilian population people there especially if you would that not want to go away at all because they really want the ability to actually have to go you know out of power that actually because forty or fifty years they have been in power. i'm not sure if they people they want to claim back their country or not and thank you very much for thank you. the u.s. is fighting an opioid epidemic th

invited to participate to think about with that awareness in the us and from there working with the british council and italian council and the german council and then to build a robust understanding because they do not have all the answers and by somebody who would be focused on domestic policy to understand the international approach. and with that intersection now that he and vice versa. it is very intentional working with the council so working a lot with central america doing a lot of work with israel. with the current ambassadors. and on the council of foreign relations and i read a lot of stuff. . >> a no longer believe there is a line between domestic and foreign policy what we have seen play out to show how thin that line is and you cannot be an effective leader of domestic policy if you do not understand how foreign-policy performs for sometimes challenges to release the tensions that exist. so yes i do care about foreign-policy. [applause] [laughter] . >> and with that american foreign policy and over the last couple of years it has taken a turn. now the us is behaving like it hasn't in

from that, i worked with the british council, the italian counsel, the german marshall fund -- i was a fellow at all of those places. i traveled. was in australia for a few weeks. tried tot that, i have build a robust understanding because the u.s., while i think we are a leader in so many ways, we do not have all of the answers. part of my responsibility included a need to understand an international approach to these questions as well as an intersectionality of our policies and their impact on the world. i have visited 11 countries. worked with the council court in atlanta. i have worked a lot with our central american and south american council court. i have done a lot of work with israel. both the previous and current ambassadors that are stationed there. and writ large, i have tried to a lifetime-- i am member of the council of foreign relations and i read a lot of stuff. all of which to say that i no longer believe there is a bright line between domestic and foreign-policy. what we have seen play out in the last few years has shown how existsat line is if it at all. and you can

from that, i've worked with the british council, the italian cuncil, i've worked with the german marshall fund, i was a fellow for all those places, went and traveled. i was an american young leaders person, so i went to australia for a few weeks. but throughout that i've tried to build a row bust understanding because -- robust understanding because the u.s., while we are, i think, a leader in so many ways, we do not have all the answers. and part of my responsibility as someone who was going to be focused on domestic policy, i needed to understand the international approach to these questions, but also the intersectionality of our policies and the effect we were having on the world and vice versa. and so i've been very intentional. i've visited, i think, 11 countries, i've worked with council corps in atlanta. we have a fairly large one. and so i've worked a lot especially with our central american and south american council corps. i've done a lot of work with israel. i've worked with both the previous and the current ambassadors who are stationed there. and writ large, i've tried to be

our top story: the british defence secretary, gavin williamson, has been sacked over information leaked from a national security council meeting. the british prime minister, theresa may, said there was compelling evidence that he was responsible for the disclosures. mr williamson has strenuously denied any involvement. there has been a second day of protests on the streets of venezuela, after president nicholas maduro claimed to have defeated an attempted coup. and this video is trending on bbc.com. these two seagulls have become an unlikely internet sensation after photo—bombing one of the cameras used to monitor traffic in central london. nicknamed graham and steve, they have taken up residence on one of the key routes into the central financial district. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: fiona onasanya has become the first mp to lose her seat as a result of a public petition, after voters in her peterborough constituency called for her to be removed. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. turning off the taps. us waivers for iranian oil buyers, and today, if cou

the british council has strongly rejected the allegations.th a michelin star, but he can't attract or keep the chefs he needs. the number of vacancies in restaurants is high. just to hang onto people, dan's been offering four day weeks, equivalent to a big pay rise. it gets to the stage where, you know, you get a little bit desperate and then you have to offer that more money to be able to do it, for the business to be able to survive, otherwise it would get to the stage where we would have to look at closing an extra dayjust because we didn't have enough staff to do it. it's not the restaurant owners being greedy and trying to profiteer off their customers, it's a case ofjust trying to cover the increasing costs that we are facing. in the past year, the number of people working in the uk grew by more than a third of a million. most of them were uk nationals joining the workforce, up 190,000. the number of eu workers grew by 98,000, and the number from outside the eu grew by 80,000. most of the new uk workers were women in full—time jobs, man

the people of my constituent are distraught at the british council worker who has been taken and putntencing of an individual on the basis of their employment with a legitimate institution. it is shocking and i'm concerned by the turn of events and my thoughts are with the individual and herfamily. as the honourable lady has seen, the foreign secretary is taking this issue up, the government will press the case and the concern that have been raised. but sadly the arrest of this individual shows that iran's attitude to entirely he jit may organisation —— legitimate organisations, but this is an issue that the foreign secretary will take up. the prime minister is rightly regarded by scottish conservatives asa regarded by scottish conservatives as a trenchant champion of the union and thank goodness for that. will she agree that the uk shared prosperity fund is an opportunity to strengthen the union and will she confirm that that fund will be led by the needs of communities and will not be barnetised. can i say sit is right that we have an opportunity with the shared prosperity fund to

our top story: the british defence secretary, gavin williamson, has been sacked over information leaked from a national security councile was compelling evidence that he was responsible for the disclosures. mr williamson has strenuously denied any involvement. there has been a second day of protests on the streets of venezuela, after president nicholas maduro claimed to have defeated an attempted coup. and this video is trending on bbc.com. these two seagulls have become an unlikely internet sensation after photo—bombing one of the cameras used to monitor traffic in central london. nicknamed graham and steve, they have taken up residence on one of the key routes into the central financial district. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

further studies are needed but the british medical research council which is responsible for research funding is still skeptical money from the state for research into class a drugs it's unthinkable. there are two kinds of harms a drug can do there's a harm the drug can do to the people who use it and the harms that drugs can do to society as a result of people using it. and when you look at societal harms way way above everything else at the top there and then. psychedelics have no societal harm we may even have benefit if the. research against the mainstream is exhausting because state support programs deliberately and quite rightly contain control mechanisms ethics committees constantly reassess the benefits of the general public and the dangers of the test subjects but david not thinks crowdfunding is also important for another reason. he's part of a bigger profile of communicating science and also communicating the obstructions to science that's actually critical because we're in this stupid position of having banned drugs for fifty years because the traditional media refuse to t

actually from my perspective a very exciting thing and others declarations from the british parliaments and not so german council are anything more than symbolic. when i know from the city of constance food example they are now going to require that all actions that are funded by the municipality will have to be proved for their climate connections whether or not they're really digs i have a lender of climate change world and i think that what we're seeing in the demands are that action really needs to be taken not just goals established here in germany the government for example passed a goal years ago to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forty percent over one nine hundred ninety levels by two thousand and twenty but that goal is being widely missed and i think one of the things we're seen from these young students is to say that's not right that this can't be the case and the fact that powerful companies and powerful politicians are starting to have to speak to the students is already changing the nature of the dialogue and the jobs is always an issue that is brought up the way we heard the c.e.o. saying tha

the advice comes days after aras amiri, an iranian national who worked for the british council in londonitain's knife crime crisis: the faces of a hundred lives lost this year, most of them male and under 30. and in sport... pep guardiola says manchester city are innocent until proven guilty after allegations that they breached financial fair play rules. city could be banned from the champions league — but guardiola says he trusts the club. england look like they'll have another mammoth run chase on their hands. pakistan are 287 for 4 after 44 overs in the fourth one day international in nottingham. england lead the series 2—0. and rory mcilroy is on course at the us pga championship and on course for a weekend off. he dropped five shots in his first three holes to slip 14 off the pace at bethpage black. i'll be back with more on those stories just after half past. more now on breakdown of talks on brexit between labour and the conservatives. in a letter to the prime minister, jeremy corbyn said the talks had ended because of "the increasing weakness and instability" of the government. t

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the official secrets act. thailand's king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne. palestinian officials say a pregnant mother and her m—month—old baby have been killed in israeli airstrikes in gaza. a 22—year—old man was also killed and 17 others wounded in the air strikes and tank fire from israeli armed forces. israel says the military action is a response to over 200 rockets fired into southern israel by palestinian militants. israel has closed a number of border crossings. the bbc‘sjon donnison explaind the scale of the current violence compared to previous hostilities. there have been lots of escalations like this over the years, usually they quieten down, but in the past they have flared into a full—blown war conflict. the last was in 2014. these escalations, they come and go, but the constants are, there is really no prospect of a broader plan for peace between israel and palestinians, we do have this plan that d

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giantwei didn't breach the official secrets act. the leak from a top—secret government meeting cost the country's defence minister hisjob. in thailand, ceremonies are being held in the three day coronation of king vajiralongkorn. the rituals are intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. he succeeded his father, who died in 2016. the former conservative leader iain duncan smith has called on the prime minster to resign following the party's worst result in english local elections since 1995. mr duncan smith said she was "in effect a caretaker prime minister." our political correspondent nick erdley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost h

i'm joined by dr chaand nagpaul a gp from north london and chair of the british medical association councilre about this issue of numbers but in essence this gives it a concrete set of figures to work. what strikes you most? first of all let's not forget that it is this government's policy to increase gp numbers by 5000. it was a repeated pledge because the government recognise that in order to provide services that met the needs of the population, we did need several thousand more gps. so it is actually quite worrying that far from an increase we have seen a reduction of maybe 2000 plus gps in this time. and that is partly because gps are retiring earlier and younger doctors aren't necessarily going for the general practise option. absolutely, so we general practise option. absolutely, so we have seen a drop in the past decade in doctors wanted to become gps and an increase in numbers retiring. but added to that, we are seeing increasing numbers of gps reducing their clinical sessions. they are finding the job extremely stressful a nd they are finding the job extremely stressful and instea

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giantuawei didn't breach the official secrets act. thailand's king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace marking his official accession to the throne. more ceremonies are set to take place. dust off your leg—warmers as the kids from ‘fame‘ reunite for the first time in more than 30 years. palestinian officials say a mother and her baby were among four people killed in the gaza strip during hours of israeli air strikes and tank fire. israel disputes it was a result of their strikes and says it's responding to palestinian militants who've fired more than 200 rockets into southern israel. three israelis were wounded by the barrage. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman reports. air raid siren sounded in southern israeli towns as a barrage of rocket was fired from gaza. israel shot down dozens of them before its tanks and warplanes targeted militant states in the strip. this evening, the palestinian health ministry said ail; the palestinian health ministry said a 14 —month—old girl was kill

the british defence secretary is accused of leaking out of the national security council and has just minister said there was compelling evidence mr williamson was responsible and she has lost confidence in him. but gavin williams denies he was the league about the uk adopting five g technology from a chinese firm. 0n the defensive, the us attorney generalfacing tough the defensive, the us attorney general facing tough questions about his handling of the mueller report. developments during the investigation was not sufficient to establish that

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the official secrets act. the leak cost the defence minister gavin williamson his job. he's condemned the investigation as a "witch hunt", and has called for an impartial assessment. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week... when you cower in the middle of the road on the biggest existential crisis for generations, you get squashed. the verdict of british labour mp ben bradshaw on his party's poor showing in local elections. this month voters across the eu get to deliver their verdict on the politicians. what's their existential question and who will they squash? and talking of existential questions — who do you want to control your internet of things and should you care about their politics? behind a sensational westminster sacking drama lie questions for mobile phone users across the planet. my guests today, political commentator alex deane, greg katz of the associated press, portuguese

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giantnd's king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne.

british prime minister theresa may has fired her defense secretary after details of the national security council meeting were leaked to the press in a letter the prime minister said an investigation found compelling evidence that gavin williamson was responsible he denies he was involved in the leak which revealed the u.k. spun to grant chinese company while way a role in building britain's five g. networks china has more from london. in a pretty blunt letter she said she had lost confidence in his ability to serve however mr williamson has responded saying he strenuously denies any involvement and you might ask why a chinese telecoms company could be such a sensitive subject so just to give you some background while we dominate the market when it comes to providing infrastructure for these new five g. networks which most countries are hoping to roll out by twenty twenty but the u.s. has been warning that the company could be building back doors into its infrastructure that could allow the chinese state to spy on those host countries and they have been pressuring countries to exclude what way au

signed by the board of deputies of british jews, the jewish by the board of deputies of british jews, thejewish councileeds to stop the inexorable slide into british racism againstjews, and they accuse the party of doing almost nothing to address anti—semitic concerns. we are getting a sense already here on bbc news about the anger these latest comments have provoked. if he cares a jot for the feelings of the jewish community, if he cares a jot for the feelings of thejewish community, he can't engage in the same old warm words about not tolerating anti—semitism, not tolerating racism. we understand that peter willsman has been a political ally of his over the decades, but we he needs to put morality and the feelings of the party and the jewish morality and the feelings of the party and thejewish community first, and expel him now and for good. very pointedly, this letter goes on to make a reference, albeit without naming him, to the expulsion of alistair campbell, former spin doctor tony blair, over the whole business of him voting liberal democrat last week. there is a letter making the point that the

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giantuawei didn't breach the official secrets act. dust off your leg—warmers as the kids from fame reunite for the first time in more than 30 years. hello and welcome to world news today. palestinian officials say a pregnant mother and her 1a month old baby have been killed in israeli air strikes in gaza. a 22—year—old man was also killed and 17 others wounded in the air strikes and tank fire from israeli armed forces. israel says the military action is a response to over 200 rockets that have been fired into southern israel by palestinian militants. israel has closed a number of border crossings and says it is attacking hamas and islamichhad targets. with me isjon donnison who is our world affairs correspondent and has been based in the middle east. compared to previous episodes of this violence, what is the scale now? the last full-scale conflict war we had between israel and hamas it was in 2014, then we had well over 1000 palestinians killed as well as dozens of israelis. this is not on

british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the 0fficial secrets act. the leak cost the defence minister gavin williamson his job. he's condemned the investigation as a "witch hunt", and has called for an impartial assessment. the former conservative leader iain duncan smith has called on the prime minster to resign following the party's worst result in english local elections since 1995. mr duncan smith said she was in effect a caretaker prime minister. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour part

security council briefing on the latest situation as fighting for control of the capital tripoli is about to enter its 8th week. the british prime minister is offering m.p.'s a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd bricks it referendum to resume a set out to nature's plan for britain's departure from the e.u. telling politicians they have one last chance to deliver breaks it. the corruption trial is underway in argentina for former president cristina fernandez de kitchen and it comes 48 hours after she announced she's running for vice president in october's election there's a bonus following the 1st day of proceedings in the capital so what's been happening today to reason. well because one of the most important events. christina kirshner's trial she is not only a former president but also one of the most politically important political figures in argentina today cristina kirchner is right now being accused of committing irregularities in public works contracts in the province. where her husband next are a former president who walked from and that's where this irregularities are supposed to have taken place work and whic

if the british defence secretary did not leak sensitive information from the national security councilnd he swears 0 n the national security council and he swears on his children's lives that he didn't, then hooded? that are growing calls today for a police investigation into her decision to grant the chinese firm huawei a role in‘s five g network found its way onto the front pages of the newspapers. williamson claims he would be absolutely exonerated that there was a police enquiry but today there was a police enquiry but today the prime minister's deputy david liddington told the commons that having established the facts, no other credible explanation, the government would not be taking it any further. unauthorised disclosure of any information from government is serious and especially so from the national security council. the prime minister has said that she now considers this matter has been closed and the cabinet secretary does not consider it necessary to refer it to the police. the prime minister believes her former defence secretary leaked information from the national securit

council paperwork. al jazeera, of the united nations. lauren: the british minister it is offering members of parliament and to vote on whether to hold a second brexit referendum. theresa may set out her latest they telling politicians have one last chance to deliver brexit. mp's have already rejected her previous withdrawal agreement three times. her latest deal will be brought to parliament in june. pm may: i have also listened carefully to those who have been arguing for a second referendum. i made my own view on this clear many times. i do not believe this is a root we should take -- reout we we shoulde -- route take. we should not ask them to vote in a second one. i recognize the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the house on this important issue. the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum. and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified. lauren: developments in london. reporter: by her own admission, this is the

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british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the official secrets act. the leak cost the defence minister gavin williamson his job. he's condemned the investigation as a "witch hunt", and has called for an impartial assessment. its 330 in the morning —— 3:30 am in the morning. now on bbc news — lost girls: dark side of the island. bbc wales investigates a couple who abused teenage girls for decades in the seaside town of barry — but did they act alone? you may find some parts of wyre davies‘ film upsetting. barry island. beyond the facade of the fun fair, this is a place which for some holds dark memories. they're like us, calm on the top. flapping underneath. sally and joanne grew up in barry during the 1980s. these swans had been here since i was a child. this was where we would hang around. yeah, this was our playground. yeah. their paths crossed as children. i remember being little girls and then i was gone, so. myself. i always thought about you. 0h, bless you. always. but, 30 years on, they discovered

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count audubon in to be in the christian democratic group you should council so the conservatives the conservative group not only the british ones but who. also very sovereigntists very much for the national identity so all these people feel national identity 1st and they won't get it in the well in the decisions that will be taken by the next parliament will tell what i thought russian what's wrong for wanting to defend your country's sovereignty and you know i really don't like how people criticize that word populist ok i mean populate it because you want to defend your own country your own sovereignty your own borders that's a dirty word i really hate how the mainstream media pollute our politics go ahead in edinburgh. well you have to be careful when you talk about national sovereignty peter or a war such as national interest that has no national interest in any accomplished country there are class interests and i personally cannot die on the whole of british so frontier given britain wrong the world going back 500 years as a corneal imperialist state but the point when it comes to the point of democracy and what's wron