david cameron didn't. that's right. david cameron didn't. that's right.right. david cameron thought he had the support of ed miliband who would bring his party along, but he didn't and he lost the vote. there was speculation that there could be a vote tomorrow if theresa may thinks she will win it. she does have the backing of the cabinet. boris johnson wrote in the telegraph that he agreed with what happened and he was careful to say that it was not an attack on russia, but it's difficult to see whether or not theresa may will have a free ride on this in the future if parliament was sitting and she would want to take action to prepare the ground for that in the future. thank you very much indeed. one person is in a critical condition in hospital, and another has potentially life—changing injuries, after a car ploughed into six pedestrians in essex. two of the group had to be air—lifted to hospital after the incident in canvey island. ben ando has more. crash investigators at the scene, marking down the track of a car that veered off the road and struck s

in 2011, after a itself in the position david cameron did.11, aftera missile itself in the position david cameron did. in 2011, after a missile strike against colonel gaddafi in libya and his forces, david cameron asked for explicit retrospective approval from parliament for that strike. theresa may does not want that. she does not wa nt may does not want that. she does not want a defeat on something substantial, you know, a motion either approving or disapproving the government's action. what i think may be possible if the opposition decides to go down this road is to have a vote on a motion acknowledge in the house of commons has had a sad of some kind. —— the criticism of that is that it would be pretty meaningless. it will be a dramatic day in the commons tomorrow. it will look like it has been discussed and argued about. the legality of this. where might the action go if bashar al—assad uses chemical weapons and the future. the question is what they will get at the end of it. the father of stephen lawrence, murdered 25 years ago this mon

they have educated 19 prime minister ‘s, at eaton, most recently david cameron, butjustine greening went to a comprehensive school in yorkshire. the idea that there is an old boys club in parliament and in various industries and sectors is still very real. i have my doubts about how this contextual recruitment is possible. justine greening saying there is software to enable you to look at people's grades and where they went to school but i'm not sure with the data protection stuff coming in, that we will be able to get round that. i don't dig employers will be able to step around in the way that she is digesting but this is an interesting idea ——i digesting but this is an interesting idea —— i don't think. digesting but this is an interesting idea -- i don't think. there was a big defeat for the prime minister in the house of lords which the daily express has picked up on. brexit sabotage, they call it. the lords have been leading the way in many senses in challenging the government's approach to brexit and there was a big vote in the commons today. the house of lords, a group of peers f

we discussed at how surprised you were at david cameron's mindset.nister at a conference. he was describing his mindset when he was prime minister. that is not what i detected it was. i have not detected any lack of support or certainly any opposition to what we were doing. there may be perfectly principled views as to whether the sfo should continue in its present form. i happen to think we should, for the reasons i gave. let's get to the nitty—gritty of the cases you've gone after during your six year tenure. it is interesting. you have been the investigator and prosecutor in the number of cases you take to choose in any given year. how do you choose which cases to take on? when i came into thejob, there were various, sort of criteria, including financial amounts, if a case was worth... it had to be sufficiently big. that seemed to me to be completely wrong and unhelpful because these days all fraud are huge and there can be a potential loss that wouldn't be crystallised, but would nevertheless be an extremely serious case. i have said that the cas

my conversation with the former british prime minister david cameron on the state of our world today. ♪ >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. few americans have ever set foot in north korea let alone met its leader. know we know cia director mike pompeo has done just that, making him the highest u.s. official to ever sit face-to-face with kim jong-un. pompeo traveled there over easter almost three weeks ago to lay the groundwork for a possible upcoming summit between kim jong-un and donald trump. trump this morning said the meeting went smoothly and a good relationship was formed, but in mar-a-lago yesterday, alongside japan's prime minister shinzo abe, president trump added caveats. >> we have not picked a site yet, but we picked five sites where it's potentially going to be. we'll let you know fairly soon. and let's see what happens. we'll either have a very good meeting or we won't have a good meeting, and maybe we won't even have a meeting at all, depending on what's going in. but i think there's a great chance to solve a world prob

it was quite politically damaging. —— what happened to david cameron four and a half years ago.and meant that the uk did have the authority to do with an obama took flight and that the uk was in with them and the more we are i'iow. was in with them and the more we are now. aside, ithink was in with them and the more we are now. aside, i think the gas and animal has him. —— president assad i think. he is unchained, cannot stop. it feels like not a lot has changed in that time. which raises the question at the year's missile attack which was a really short and sharp change from president trump early on in his presidency. let's look at your paper. as ever, it is too met that would link will want to summarise the news. absolutely. a wonderful cartoon which shows a us missile and the cartoon reads this missile and the cartoon reads this missile is so smart, it finds president trump's street painfully embarrassing. it sounded absolutely brilliant. matt, one of our great cartoonist. it is a wonderful cartoon. the thing about john's tweets, very interesting. truck tweets, very interesti

notably in 2011 when david cameron joined twice after action.i's regime in libya. he agreed it could happen, and then went to the house of commons a couple of days later to get approval. but there is no sign in this instance that the government has any intention of getting parliamentary approval retrospectively. there will be a debate in the house of commons on monday. theresa may will make a statement and mps will be able to chip in to have their say, but there is no sign the government will ask for their approval even after the event. it could be the convention around parliamentary approval for military action is changing again. in the prime minister's view, there was a time imperative to take this action, to stop chemical weapons being used again, and send a clear message to president assad that this is completely unacceptable. but the political row is raging and i think it will rumble on into next week, primarily because the question remains, what happens if the government finds itself in this position again and chemical weapons are used in

in 2016, the united kingdom dealt with its own steel crisis which sent david cameron government into emergency mode. that sumner 2015, a company cut nearly 3,000 jobs when it was forced to sell uk operation due to lower prices caused by cheap chinese imports, but cameron did the opposite of what president trump is doing. we bring in the man who was in the what do we do now meetings with prime minister cameron. steve hilton, david cameron's former strategy director and host of fox news' "the next revolution." good to see you, sir. thank you for joining us. >> hi, liz. great to be with you. liz: great to have you. similar situation, steel jobs lost, same villain, china, emmanuel macron doesn't like the tariff situation because the eu doesn't have the promise they'll be exempt yet. should president trump permanently exempt the eu from the tariffs? >> no. not unless the eu exempts the u.s. from its tariffs. that's the important point here. it was funny watching the president of france say what he did. of course you'd expect him to fight for his country's interest, as you expect every comp

he tried to introduce a screening programme under david cameron.s from andrew lansley. health secretary under david cameron, it is thought was to introduce this i—off bowel cancer test at the age of 55 for men. he said if that happened that he would of had that screening and it would have caught his bowel cancer early. it's striking how that come about. what is interesting is that not only this is a deeply personal and specific case. andrew lansley is talking about the scheme in which he tried to introduce. it speaks to a nightmare going on within the conservative party at the moment about whether it is now time, after grinding years of austerity, to turn it off. andrew lansley seems to be talking about, despite being a harbinger of the early cuts in the coalition government, he is saying the government seems choose need to start spending more —— needs to start spending more —— needs to start spending more —— needs to start spending more. it looks like a relaxation of austerity which is exactly what philip hammond, the chancellor, is saying the gov

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in 2011 david cameron went and got approval after agreeing to air strikes against colonel gaddafi intheresa may is breaking the convention we have become used to over the last ten yea rs 01’ become used to over the last ten years 01’ so. become used to over the last ten years or so. becky. let's get the latest now from our correspondent barbara plett usher in washington. what has the reaction been in washington? thinking the foreign policy community and amongst lawmakers generally there was sporting the idea of striking a strike against chemical weapons facilities in order to deter the use of these agents again ulster but there has been criticism from some lawmakers saying that the president should have consulted congress burst. more broadly than that there has been quite a lot of criticism about what next? using this strike to say a strike is not a strategy. the president should have taken this opportunity to lay out the more long—term vision of what he wants. 0n the one hand although he said this has been a sustained campaign to prevent president aside from using chemical weapons a

then the official opposition under david miliband, the then labour leader, and david cameron, the prime this time, mps are not here, you would expect them to cross the floor. i think you would see labour mps also willing to back, i would guess, the direct military action, he would see some conservatives on the other side, too, though reluctant to do that. it maybe that's theresa may at the end the day would carry the day, but it looks now as we can expect to see action soon and then later on, the autopsy, the political orthodoxy taking place in parliament at the beginning of next week. that would beginning of next week. that would be my strong guess now. thank you for bringing that important news to us $0 for bringing that important news to us so quickly on the bbc news channel. president trump has warned russia to "get ready" for missile strikes against syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack near damascus at the weekend. russia has been urging washington not to take military action, with senior figures threatening to meet any us strikes with a response. for more on this, i'm

in terms of parliament, david cameron went to parliament, david cameron went to parliament five years have said no gain if theresa may had gone to mps to ask for that opinion? like so many things, especially with syria, it is complicated. she does not have to go to parliament. so she chose not to. people who want to have a vote wants to stop the action. it is the labour front bench, the snp. they are not interested in having debate and talking about it and listening to other points of view and coming to a decision, they want to get back on parliament to attack may and say, don't do this. i strongly suspect that when it does get parliament tomorrow, we don't know if there will be a vote, but a statement, i strongly suspect it will be quite a damp squib because it seems to be limited action, the usual suspects will want to talk, it used to be jeremy corbyn from the backbenches and now from the front benches, but i'iow and now from the front benches, but now most people will be willing to fall into line and i don't think there will be a row. what is your view? had she had the vote before

the british parliament voted and david cameron was defeated.ink that president waits on mrs may's mind? when david cameron sought approval after another chemical attack, that memory burns for many conservatives. they would not wish to repeat that. it doesn't look like if she is going to run that risk on the plans that are being drawn up. the urgency of the situation, the fact that there is no constitutional or legal strict requirements on the government to seek parliamentary approval before taking military action. yes, it was a precedent that was set by david cameron but a convention is not the same as a constitutional obligation. president tim as you know, in politics is really about what last happened. theresa may is going to write her own loss on this one and stick to the letter of the law of the constitution and the law. president emmanuel macron has made it clear he is going to go along with whatever president trump does. is there a sense that number ten fears it make it almost squeezed out of the international coalition if it is not prepa

rejected david cameron's proposal for action under circumstances where it might have been a good dealas not involved and iran was not so heavily involved and it could have had a real deterrent effect on president assad. today the situation is more convex, the air defence of syria is more complete due to russian assistance. if the uk wish to support the us, theresa may would have to think hard about the convention by which parliament is consulted about military action by the united kingdom and that was exactly what david cameron worked on in 2013. it was used again in 2015. a lot of her own mps are pushing her to ta ke a lot of her own mps are pushing her to take tough action. she will have to take tough action. she will have to count the numbers very carefully, i suspect, because in 2013, i think the government thought it had the vote and then it turned out it had not. the sort of questions which members of parliament are likely to ask theresa may are, if we were to ta ke ask theresa may are, if we were to take military action under these circumstances, what happens next? what results

mark lyall grant, who was the national security adviser to theresa may until last year, and to david cameronat. and from washington david frum, the senior editor at the atlantic and former speech writer for george w bush. good evening to you both. what would you have been advising theresa may if you have been on his shoulder today? i would advise that if the military, with a credible military plan... which military? well, obviously it will be the american military primarily, in consultation with us, the french and maybe some others, if they come up with a credible plan and the americans ask us to participate, we should agree to do so. the reason for that is that is very important redline has been crossed by the use of chemical weapons by assad regime. the united kingdom have a very strong national interest in defending the rules—based international order. we shouldn'tjust rely on the americans to do that. we have a strong interest, as they do. the reality is, although theresa may was coming out of the cabinet today, the discussion was all about a joint enterprise, the truth of the matter is,

david cameron testifies about global security. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and the country. c-span they will be interviewed by democratic representative joaquin castro of texas. double 2013, miss universe pageant in moscow. how did you pick that as the starting point? >> if you were looking for the moment that the russia-trump story comes together, it was there. you had donald trump in moscow come up there to preside over the miss universe pageant. but what was his real agenda? it was a business deal, to build a trump tower in moscow. secondarily, part of that was to meet vladimir putin. we talked about how to build the tower, you needed his permission. but to do anything in moscow, really. trump had to hook up with an oligarchs, in this case, and oligarchs who was friendly to putin. he is already in debt with his corrupt reg

she might have been lucky that david cameron didn't get close on a vote in military action in syria.n. if she was to lose that vote, she would resign. it means that she won't lose the vote because the stakes are so high. if there is a vote held, she will presumably win it. we don't know whether a vote will be held on a government motion. the observer is convinced they will be problems for theresa may on monday. pm reveals legal advice on allied attack. trump hails his mission accomplished. we have been hearing on so many of them is the president trump about the decisions he has made that they wish more could have been done in america. there are, it has been looking like a repudiation of 0bama's drawing of a red line. specifically, trumpet‘s spokesperson has gone online and said that you can't cross the redline. 0bama ignored the redline. they are answering a different issue from the past. even from the observer, it seems like a mealymouthed quote. they should be criticised for her willingness to sanction action without parliament. priddis is is quite unique, really. —— criticism. --

david cameron in 2006 did apologise to nelson mandela but emily thornberry is saying, you know what,se to the commonwealth for that as well? which i think is sensible. what do you think? i think this also politics behind it. ithink think? i think this also politics behind it. i think the government commits a big deal for the next week, the meeting of the commonwealth leaders summit in london. they wanted to be about things like the environment, i got plastics, about brexit. plastics and brexit! that it! look into the future, not the past stop look exactly, and the soap emily thornberry is throwing a bit of a grenade into that... that's a key question she is asking. you can take the moral high ground that there is some party politics involved as well. talking of which, in case anybody did not know, we are in the middle of local council elections. rachel, its social care again on the front of the ft. this is a really shocking story and it's one we keep seeing rumble on. this is what happens post financial crisis, austerity cuts imposed by the coalition and conservative government. in p

coordinated and cohesive strategy and that was the criticism in twenty thirteen when parliament refused david cameron his request to make similar strikes in syria . as so over the weekend and in the can the coming days they do what they wait to see what america does and try to use and sort of gauge the temperature in parliament and across the country because of course the big shadow looming over this was the whole business and iraq where these weapons of mass destruction that did not materialize if he hama i don't think we could reach too much from the statement i mean it's possible for example if the united states wants to go ahead with military action tonight i'm sure the british we're joined in there is an advantage to juries and then a moment in the parliament isn't sittings in some respects the longer this goes on the longer the will be for critics august and to make their points already of the labor party leader jeremy corbyn has been very critical and has asked for a parliamentary approval and so invited some conservative m.p.'s the real difficulty of trees lay is that actually she has almost

that in the past and david cameron supported a similar proposal. supported a similar proposal. elected dictatorship, in the words of lord hailsham. of lord hailsham. support the prime minister in those air strikes? air strikes? the action that the prime minister ordered. ordered. is that there isn't support for this action in these circumstances. action in these circumstances. course, in every party there is a variance of position. variance of position. helping isis related forces, because no one wants to see that. no one wants to see that. be given access to the site in douma. douma. access that it was justified to carry out air strikes? carry out air strikes? prohibit nation of chemical weapons to do their work. to do their work. took place, and that's just not right. right. law of unintended consequences, that this escalates. this escalates. hampered from criticising them and having that moral authority? having that moral authority? can't have anarchy, we can't have a free for all. free for all. framework isn't perfect but it is therefore a purpose. therefore a purpose. i2 powers th

made a minister then promoted to the cabinet by david cameron.secretary, he faced calls to quit when the indian—owned tata steel company was up for sale. and, while in charge of housing, he has been under pressure over the promises made after the grenfell fire. labour warns the appointment will be meaningless unless there is a change in how the office works. i look forward to the new home secretary showing some interest and some determination to ensure the home office works efficiently and effectively, because at the moment it doesn't. james brokenshire returns from illness to replace sajid javid at the housing department. i'm delighted to have got this new responsibility. for him and mrjavid, with near—impossible tasks ahead, a brief moment to enjoy day one. but i haven't called my mum yet, and i will do that later, when you give me a moment. he is inheriting big problems, and no home secretary can be sure of avoiding accidents that may come. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. in one of the worst days of violence in afghanistan this year,

really scarred british politics the iraq invasion of two thousand and three and consequently when david cameron i asked parliament for approval to bomb syria in two thousand and thirteen parliament refused so we we've got a very difficult situation patrice and i although one hand she will very very definitely want to join in and support the united states very important for her internationally to solidify the transatlantic relationship particularly in france is getting involved it will be embarrassing for her if she can't join in on the other hand if this is something very risky very ambitious then she has runs her own risks home with parliament if she tries to join such an operation so even castle of the new york times in london thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world funerals have been held in algeria for many of the two hundred fifty seven people killed when a plane crashed shortly after takeoff and wednesday most of the victims were soldiers and family members the accident is the worst aviation disaster in algeria's history of forces have declared three days

the difficulty here is that the set under david cameron this net migration target.e timing was ambitious and it has continued not to be met. targets might end up with the tail wags the dog. the tailor the policy to fit the target. presumably that is where the two stories have blown up. officials felt we have got to meet these numbers, so anyone who may be potentially illegal here, let's get rid of them. i thought the target set by the last government was wrong. we were setting a target while we had a large number that we could not control. we squeeze the migration from outside the eu which we could. migration in the eu is based on the race. why should we prefer a polish labourer to an indian doctor? we should not. but thatis indian doctor? we should not. but that is what our membership of the eu we had to do. when we leave the eu, we will get it right. the government, presumably that is the difficult parts of this. ultimately it is down to the prime minister when she was home secretary and her successor? to be clear, not only should we be robust on migration, but ou

percent increase on five years ago as austerity policies the didn't save directly from tourism is david cameron's policies there's been a ten fold increase in zero hours contracts by forty thousand people your party liberal democrat coalition in those early years can't blame me for that i wasn't there for that period of government with coalition but you're right from twenty ten on words has been a big problem it actually goes back to the labor administration as well tony blair's administration gordon brown's of ministration also made changes to the benefit system let's take a step back from this these figures we can once again sound a little bit sterile we're talking about tens of thousands of people living in the united kingdom which is the sixth wealthiest economy in the world who are homeless and they're trying to bring up children and i think that squares two comfortably with those who claim that we are the bastion of the welfare state that over thank you. well in the past twenty four hours the u.k.'s largest food bank provider the trussell trust has claimed failures in the tory welfare syste

i forgot she was very briefly energy secretary under david cameron. only been in the cabinet for a short time. and has risen very, very fast. and obviously her lack of experience showed tonight. that issue over lack of experience in such an enormously important, stressful, difficult job, imean, important, stressful, difficult job, i mean, what are theresa may's options? what is your view on what your options are tonight in terms of a replacement? because you do not wa nt to a replacement? because you do not want to lose two home secretaries in short succession. the new labour macro government got through home secretary is quite fast, charles clarke, john reid, they seemed to go every two years. it is a very difficult department to run. i think theresa may will be looking for someone who can actually handle that department. i think david lidington isa department. i think david lidington is a possibility. james brokenshire has experience of immigration. i think sajid javid would be an interesting symbolic appointment... is the prime minister brave enoug

and that has vanished, it vanished with tony blair, really, and certainly then with david cameron. and we now have politics which is driven by extremists on either side. they make all the-- >> do you think the snp is a voice of moderation? >> well, i was slightly making a joke. >> oh. >> and in the common language. [laughter] >> conveyed. yeah, i mean, i'm -- you know, i'm 60 so i'm old enough to-- i know i don't look it. i'm old enough to know what britain was like before we went into the european union. the idea that there's a glorious moment we can wind the clock back to and everything will be much wet-- better is nonsense. it won't be that britain will fall off the edge of a cliff, but it will be just that little grimier, that little slower in growth than other countries and will feel a little more out of things. like britain did in the '70s. and we're winding back to 1938, one of the reasons chamberlin wanted to avoid fighting hitler in 1938 it was made perfectly clear that a world war would destroy british power, global power and it did, even though we won it it destroyed the

libya bombings and again he thought parliamentary approval for intervention in syria and lost, david camerontes is still an executive power which lies with the president. you have to get some approval from congress for military action. that may be the path we will go down. there are other pressures at the moment but this is the situation for seven yea rs. this is the situation for seven years. precisely. this is the 34th chemical weapons attack. so there needs to be a very considerate response because there has to be what happens next. yes, and in some instances... and we have not, it has not been clear what that plan is and what that strategy is. i think that is the context within which this debate needs to happen. jason, staying with the telegraph. and staying with the telegraph. and staying with the telegraph. and staying with certainly

libya bombings and again he thought parliamentary approval for intervention in syria and lost, david cameron. it is a difficult one. other countries have a slightly different system. the united states is still an executive power which lies with the president. you have to get some approval from congress for military action. that may be the path we will go down. there are other pressures at the moment but this is the situation for seven yea rs. this is the situation for seven years. precisely. this is the 34th chemical weapons attack. so there needs to be a very considerate response because there has to be what happens next. yes, and in some instances... and we have not, it has not been clear what that plan is and what that strategy is. i think that is the context within which this debate needs to happen. jason, staying with the telegraph. and staying with the telegraph. and staying with the telegraph. and staying with certainly russia, but going to the skripal case. russia was hacking skripal‘s colter. this isa was hacking skripal‘s colter. this is a reference to the contents of a letter that

that plan coming five years after david cameron lost a landmark vote in the house of commons on similar military action. france has maintained a little support -- the palace has been mum on the issue since monday. preparing toron strike syria -- the un's secretary-general warning that their plan could spiral out of control. >> the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, paul ryan, has announced he wouldn't be running for reelection this year. is a big blow for republicans ahead of midterm elections scheduled in november. with a record number of resignations and retirements, the party is set to face an uphill battle at the polls. >> to be clear, i'm not resigning. i plan to serve my full term as i was elected to do. i will be retiring in january, leaving this majority in good hands with a bright future. race't think a person's for congress will hinge on whether paul ryan is bigger or not. if we do our jobs, we will be fine as a majority. >> three days of national mourning following the north worst airtion's disaster. it killed 257 people. the cause of the crash is still unknown. au

big public relations man at the heart of the political establishment, close to gordon brown and david cameronlso matters because it shows that now accountability for this kind of behaviour goes all the way to the top. james langdale with the latest. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. a woman has gone on trial for murder, after being accused of throwing acid over her former partner, in an attack that left him with such serious injuries he was granted the right to end his life. berlinah wallace is accused of attacking the dutch engineer mark van dongen in bristol in 2015. she denies all the charges. the pilot of a jet which crashed during the shoreham airshow has appeared in court charged with manslaughter. 54—year—old andrew hill was flying a hawker hunterjet fighter as part of an aerobatic display when it came down on the a27 shoreham by—pass nearly three years ago, leading to the deaths of 11 people. documents circulated internally at the home office over two years ago warned that theresa may's attempt as home secretary to create a "hostile environment" for illegal i

in one instance in 2011, when there were air strikes against colonel gaddafi's forces in libya, david cameron days later but still sought to get retrospective approval. there is no sign today that the government want to do that either. so there will not bea to do that either. so there will not be a vote and it does not look like the government will put down a promotion for mps to vote on but there would be a debate. the prime minister will make a statement and i think she will be under some pressure to explain why she did not true that parliament should be consulted and she will be under pressure to explain what happens next. where might the school, what if there is another use of chemical weapons by the assad regime in a few weeks' time? will there be a repeat of this military action? i think thatis of this military action? i think that is where the questioning will go. we will want to know, mps, where this fits into a broader strategy for the country and that civil war that theresa may has made clear today that the uk has no interest in getting further involved in. then, we will have to lea

described themselves as their hostile environment policies or that was the aim the you know david cameron made in a speech to create a hostile environment in the u.k. and as part of that landlords doctors nurses banks all now ask people for proof of their immigration status and it's been known from the beginning that this is exactly the sort of thing that you would expect to happen if you introduce those kinds of policies because those policies were introduced quite recently whereas obviously a lot of people that we're talking about have literally been here their whole lives and and decades and i guess they were granted indefinite leave to remain but the ones that chose for whatever reason not to actually become british citizens now have a difficult time in proving it yeah i mean all of these people have a legal right to be here because the u.k. is not a country that historically had national identity cards and in fact tourism a was the home secretary who basically removed labor's proposals for having a national identity card system it's very difficult for people who have been here for a

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if there was a repeat of what happened in 2013, when david cameron referred it to parliament, that wouldunpular. you ar left with the question, what military action? to you do another pinprick operation like you did a year ago, wch as we see a year a had noseems to have effect? or do you do something with the risk of destabilizing the situation further and bringing russia io the conflict? the u.s.more reaction, i was joined a short time ago by a former state department spokesman, the author of a new book. we are hearing a lot about, the president will make a decision on how to but what realistic options does he have? >> limited options. what is interesting here is, in the last week, we have seen almost every dimension of the syrian conflict resurface in some way, from the president saying correctly that the battle against the islamic state is all but won, but you have had the continuing conflict between the assad government, the israeli attack o iran, hezbollah, and the tension between the united states and russia. these conflicts are a reminder of why this has defied political resolutio

justification for it well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirteen we saw then prime minister david cameron set up a vote in parliament on similar kinds of strikes in syria and that was voted down this was of course because largely people were not convinced that it was a necessary step to take especially following all of the if you can put it that way running the iraq war that kick started in two thousand and three under false pretenses so it is widely understood here in westminster that that car. and of repeat vote against the strikes could have taken place as well and possibly that's why a vote on this was avoided by the british prime minister and it has to be made clear that she's not under legal obligation to have to put this kind of vote against parliament however this has been common practice exactly following the iraq war and this was understood to be sort of traditional after the years that followed however this did not happen this time around so we're certainly expecting lots of questions raised here in westminster later on today will be across there when it happens meanwhile briti

david cameron, he is the one that arranged the referendum and then he ran off.im was theresa may wanting to stay also and how can you have someone that was so for europe leading us out of europe? she is not... like i said at the beginning, you need an impartial prime minister, someone that is in it for the people, not themselves. some of it doesn't sit right with me. what would need to change for the negotiations to go well? what would make you feel they were going well? things being done. the european trade agreement. get things actually ticked off, say that is sorted, that is sorted, a list of things to get done, go down the list. what would make you feel it was going well? to see facts and figures and understand a bit more about the future in terms of immigration, like we talked about the points system. what is the system going for? is anybody know, has anybody heard anything about what they are going to do about that going forward? is itjust close the borders or a points system? are jobs going to be affected? most of us have got children and our main concern

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consequently when david cameron asked parliament for approval to bomb syria, parliament refused.have got a very difficult situation for theresa may. on one hand she will definitely want to join in and support the united states. very important for her internationally to solidify the transatlantic relationship, particularly if france is going to get involved. it will be embarrassing if she can't join in. on the other hand if this is something, risky and ambitious, then she has run her own risks at home if she tries to join such an operation. phil: a reporter of the new york times, thank you. the international chemical weapons of the opcw has confirmed a russian agent and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent. this has sparked many reactions from other countries. they say russia is behind the attack. reporter: the highest levels of nerve agent measured on the door of sergei skripal's house in salisbury. the independent experts called in by the british government took their own samples. the former russian double agent and his daughter yulia were found slumped on this park ben

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in 2013 david cameron asa zimmer controversial.n 2013 david cameron as a zimmer question and got a note from parliament. there has been the convention since the iraq war that mps were consulted' take place. although that is not a rule just a convention. billy geller to your what she has done was questioned by labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he didn't think there was an immediate threat. he didn't think it had necessarily saved lives. theresa may should have brought the un in, he said. the government's legal advisers had said it was legal on he met terry and grounds. we only know that the cabinet is behind her so far. dorisjohnson writing in the sunday telegraph that it was the right thing to do to deter other people from doing the same thing. sending a clear message that this was not an attack against russia and not wanting to escalate things. good to talk to you. thanks very much. sir martin sorrell, the highest paid boss of a british public company, has resigned after being investigated for personal misconduct. sir martin announced h

well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirty in the prime minister at the time david cameron tried to put a similar vote to parliament on striking syria and that did not go in his favor whatsoever so there's been lots of questions here about whether or not a similar situation could have unraveled were the decision to strike have been put in front of parliament if you remember back at the time people were not convinced that another military action by britain would make sense especially following some of the. outcomes of the iraq war that was launched back in two thousand and three so certainly lots of questions there so we are expecting to resubmit to keep our tarried retaliating that striking was an important thing to carry out but it is going to be a busy day of discussion inside the house of commons house of commons for sure and we also know that today e.u. foreign ministers are meeting and we've heard from the belgian foreign minister talk about how a military solution to the syria situation is not going to work we've heard from the foreign policy chief frederica ma greeny say t

that changed after david cameron and the tories came in but really it was the queen who said to charles but the problem is this, the commonwealth is a diverse club and it requires a lot of great personal relationships and the only way to establish that is by travelling and taking huge interest in each country which the queen magnificently did. charles is interested in other things, the environment and farming and architecture, but he hasn't been that interested in foreign affairs. especially the commonwealth. he has been very interested in his charitable work, though, the princes trust is greatly respected and there is interest there now that he will be named as the successor as the head of the commonwealth, surely that interest might possibly be reignited? i agree, not reignited, but started, and i agree with you, his charities have got a lot of praise in britain but the problem is he is now on probation. he has a period to show that he is the right person to lead the commonwealth, he has learned his lesson, diplomacy has learned his lesson, diplomacy has done the trick and he should s

. >> that would be very damaging for her just as when david cameron took the question of whether to strikeyria on a previous occasion chemical weapons were used. he lost the vote. it was damaging to him. i think he was in a stronger position than that she is now -- then than she is now. mark: the she seemed to have the majority of the house behind her? >> there was a lot of speculation before hand. the labour party has been suggesting she did not ask for a vote because she did not have the support. she was not confident in winning. i am not sure whether she would not.succeeded or i expect in this retrospective debate she will kind of carry the day. vonnie: what about this new coalition if we can call it that. we have the u.s., france, and britain. will they collaborate on more foreign-policy issues? >> perhaps on syria, there might be a way forward. they had this ad hoc coalition because it is very hard to get any endorsed measures through the un security council because of the russian veto and the u.s. veto. we are getting very mixed messages about what might be coming forward in syria. a

when i was the chief mi 6 david cameron was prime minister and we did actually convince him but he made the mistake of taking this to parliament. now -- >> he made the mistake. that's really interesting? >> parliament's role is to debate and decide on legislation and to hold the government to account. parliament's not there to take executive decisions on behalf of the government and this is an executive decision to uphold an international norm. i don't think this is an issue for parliament. they should debate it after the fact and they can hold the government to account for the execution. >> prime minister doesn't need permission? >> no. >> and what about in the u.s. congress, because obviously there's some words from some people in congress that the president should not rely on what they're now calling outdated and expired resolutions and authorizations that he too should go to congress? >> we're not trying -- we're not going to war in syria. we're not trying to alter the outcome of the syrian civil war. we had a chance to do that back in 2012, actually, when we could've established sa