joining me today, former home secretary amber rudd, shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, the telegraph'samilla tom lee, the guardian's anoushka asta na, tom lee, the guardian's anoushka astana, and the bbc‘s laura collins boat. one viewer thought it was a heavyweight panel. others were scathing about complaints that this was a stunt, with bernadette tweeting. to discuss all that, i'm joined by rob burleigh, the bbc‘s editor of live political programmes. was it a stu nt? political programmes. was it a stunt? i started to think, who would we like our first show. amber rudd had not done much media since she home office. i started to think you would be a good labour counterpart andi would be a good labour counterpart and i thought emily thornberry, who is one of the rising stars of the labour party. the point was reached where i looked at the panel we had andi where i looked at the panel we had and i thought, that's a great panel. and we discussed the fact that it was an all woman panel. i said, am a co mforta ble was an all woman panel. i said, am a comfortable and we were. it was the best

emily thornberry says they will and of course, if labour does en masse, except a few rebels on theiruld be enough to defeat the deal. and cast us into even more chaos and confusion. the other interesting thing about this story is just how confident emily thornberry is that the situation would produce a general election. she says there was no way we would get through. i think she is being far too optimistic because even if the deal is might think it's very unlikely we will have a general election. and natalie, i'm quite intrigued by these six tests mentioned here. yeah, i know. it's kind of disconcerting, it isn't it? whatever do we have had to be the exact same benefits and that's what we are behalf. literally nobody believes any guilt that anyone can initiate —— any guilt anyone can negotiate would have the same benefits. what they are saying is, whatever you negotiate him that we will not be in favour of it. it is what gives the whole kind of... i wonder if this is why so many people are so wonder if this is why so many people are so unengaged, because it is absolutely true if you

this means internationalteam, emily thornberry... like iraq or libya, it means putting... applause and cheering it means putting negotiation before confrontation, diplomacy before tub thumping threats. and it means championing human rights and chrissy everywhere, not just championing human rights and chrissy everywhere, notjust where it's commercially convenient. —— and democracy. and working to resolve the world's injustices, not standing idly by tory worse, fuelling them in the first place. sometimes our hopes can be betrayed many of us can for the release of aung san suu kyi, imprisoned by the myanmar military forfighting democracy. imprisoned by the myanmar military for fighting democracy. today imprisoned by the myanmar military forfighting democracy. today the myanmar military government, which on samsung chief nominally leads, stands accused of grave atrocities against the rohingya people. nearly 1 million have fled to neighbouring bangladesh and women and girls in particular have faced appalling violence. we demand that the m

emily thornberry suggesting she cannot see a nyway thornberry suggesting she cannot see anyway that itly the alternative might be no deal at all? i think emily isjust all? i think emily is just echoing what virtually every commentator is saying at the moment as well. we cannot see that theresa may will bring back a dealfrom brussels which is acceptable notjust to parliament but even to her own party. and certainly not meet the criteria we have set to safeguard jobs and the economy. we will examine what comes back and we will be as constructive as we can but i just cannot see that she will be able to deliver anything that most of parliament can vote for and our view is this is getting really worrying now, so why don't the conservatives move to one side, let us conservatives move to one side, let us get on with the negotiations or failing that, let's have a general election and let the people decide? but what you might be doing by not backing what is on the table is having a low deal scenario and i have spoken to some of your labour collea g u es have spoken to some of your labour collea

emily thornberry said that we have had a referendum, we said it was serious and we would stick by theat the case? let's just get it in perspective. there is a hierarchy of what needs to go on. firstly, the government is supposed to negotiate an agreement with the eu and bring it back to parliament and, at that point, keir starmer set out clearly, at that point, if it ever happens because we have had to years of negotiating and they have not managed to secure an agreement, but if they do and they bring it to parliament, we will assess it on the six tests which reflect the six promises that they made, promises about security, is about respecting peoples rights in the workplace, about the environmental safeguards, all of these things we willjudge any deal on those six tests. you have said it has to have exactly the same... no, no... this is one of your tests. the very clear. theresa may said that it would secure the exact same benefits, she said that and so did david davis. and it's in one of your tests. indeed, but we will apply all the tests and look at how much it meets each one and t

joining me today, former home secretary amber rudd, shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, the telegraph's

meantime at the possibility of any potential chemical attack britain's shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry has pressed the government to verify any future attack with the o.p.c. w before taking any action. and that the minister of state will give us two issuances today first that if there are any reports of chemical weapons attack particularly in the areas of it lip controlled by h.t.s. that the government will not take part in any military action in response until the a.p.c. table you have visited sites under the protection of the turkish government independently verifying those reports and attributed responsibility for any chemical weapons used who are lying in so-called open source intelligence horrified to play prescribed terrorist groups is not an acceptable alternative they don't need to wait for evidence they don't need it we need to wait for an investigation they certainly don't need to wait for o.p.c. w or any other agency to apportion blame they're already blaming the syrian government they're already saying that president assad has authorized the chemical weapons strike so that

joining me today, former home secretary amber rudd, shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, the telegraph'sworth watching, but went on: others, though, were scathing about complaints that this was a stunt, with bernadette rapp tweeting: well, to discuss all that, i'm joined by rob burley, the bbc‘s editor of live political programmes. thank you for coming on newswatch. the all—women line—up on the first show — you got a bit of attention for it. was it a stunt? no, it wasn't a stunt. so we knew we had a show launching, and in the summer, i started to think, who would we like our first show. the first person who came to my mind was amber rudd, who had not done much media since she left home office. i started to think who would be a good labour counterpart that would go well with her and i thought emily thornberry, probably one of the rising stars ofjeremy corbyn's labour party. so we went and the point was reached where i looked at the panel we had and i thought, that's a great panel. and i was talking to a colleague, we discussed the fact that it was an all—women panel. when you cast a panel

have to take a view on what theresa may is able to come back from brussels with and with that emily thornberryever it is, we will vote against it. the labour party position is not at all clear going into the final stretch. council houses and theresa may, this is in front of the telegraph. be proud of council houses. it is unusual because this speech is being given tomorrow by theresa may and briefed tonight. actually, we haven't heard a lot from the government on housing. this is a curious way that this piece has landed because i don't get the sense that it's exactly what the tories would have wanted. the government suggestion that they are obviously ultimately announcing 2 billion. —— £2 billion of social housing. it's been wrapped in this narrative about how politicians and society should stop looking down on those who live in council houses. the reality here is, that these homes have to be built and funded. we have to find space to them. actually, this is an attempt to suggest a domestic agenda. there is a whole raft of policy announcements which are required to party conference season. it

but corbyn heavyweights like diane abbott and emily thornberry, they look weighed down and updated byere in the front line heavyweights are no longer heavyweights are no longer heavyweights and its interesting watching the loss of confidence. lot of people think that is all brexit related, once we are through brexit, as if that has a finite point, traditional parties will re—establish themselves along clearer lines, there has been overla p clearer lines, there has been overlap in both parties because of brexit. the political divide is no longer left and right, it remain and leave. and the observer, sadiq khan has added his voice to calls for a second referendum and it seems to be growing, i don't know if that's too lazy and assumption. it's easy to call for it when you know it wouldn't work because it sounds like you have a solution and the solution isi you have a solution and the solution is i don't know, another referendum suggests we don't know what we want. we'll sadiq khan adding his voice to make a difference ? we'll sadiq khan adding his voice to make a difference? he's only th

in a newspaper article yesterday shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry said she can't see the governmentrlier, the bbc spoke to shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, who reiterated the message. we cannot see that theresa may will bring back a dealfrom brussels which is acceptable notjust to parliament but even to her own party. and certainly not meet the criteria we have set to safeguard jobs and the economy. we will examine what comes back and we will be as constructive as we can but ijust cannot see that she will be able to deliver anything that most of parliament can vote for and our view is this is getting really worrying now, so why don't the conservatives move to one side, let us get on with the negotiations or failing that, let's have a general election and let the people decide. ariana grande has given an emotional tribute to herformer partner, mac miller, who she called her "dearest friend" and the "kindest, sweetest soul". the us rapper, aged 26, was found dead at his home in los angeles following a reported overdose. the pair performed together at a memorial concert following the 2

the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, says labour is unlikely to support any brexit deal thea "flimsy piece of paper" because the government says a no deal is the alternative. a party source however said labour's position hasn't changed, and ms thornberry was being sceptical about the negotiations with brussels. a man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiring with five others to con dozens of investors out of millions of pounds. michael nascimento ran a call centre where investors were offered shares in fraudlent companies. but instead he spent some of the proceeds of the crime on private school fees for his daughter, arsenal season tickets, and a trip to thorpe park. the luxury brand chanel has told the bbc it's to set up a global office in the uk. chanel, renowned for its handbags, tweed suits and perfume, employs more than 20,000 people. it says it wants to simplify the structure of the business. the reality tv show big brother is to end after nearly 20 years on british television. channel five announced this year's series, the 19th, w

the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, says labour is unlikely to support any brexit deal theays the party wouldn‘t vote for a ‘flimsy piece of paper‘ because the government says a no deal is the alternative. a party source however said labour‘s position hasn‘t changed, and ms thornberry was being sceptical about the negotiations with brussels. a man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiring with five others to con dozens of investors out of millions of pounds. michael nascimento ran a call centre where investors were offered shares in fraudulent companies. he spent some of the proceeds of the crime on private school fees for his daughter, arsenal season tickets, and a trip to thorpe park. vital services, from social care to bin collections, could be run differently — as part of a radical overhaul of some local authorities. the conservative leader of leicestershire county council has suggested abolishing eight existing authorities in the area, and replacing them with one large council to save money. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth

emily thornberry there.latest figures show the rate of increase has plateaued and has not increased at all. we know that in fact in some parts of the uk there has been a slight drop. in scotland and in wales, both men and women have a life expectancy that is just over a month lower than the previous set of figures. the same applies to men in northern ireland. this pattern of a slowing down of the increase in life expectancy has been seen across other developed country, across the eu and the united states, but it is clear too that the united kingdom lags behind many other comparable eu countries when it comes to this. why is it happen something that is the big question. we know there is a link between poverty and life expectancy. some researchers have drawn an association between the austerity that was introduced after the financial crash a decade ago, but that is hotly contested. the statisticians at the office of national statistics point out there was a severe flu season and an excess number of winter deat

rights for many many years but also interesting to know that the episode was followed closely by emily thornberry the shadow foreign secretary reminding conference of the labor movements proud history of fighting racism and fascists going back to the one nine hundred thirty s. and she said that that attitude had to be replicated now in the party kicking out anti semites who in her words a using support for palestinians in the party see you as a cover for their hatred of jewish people so she jury drew a connection she did get some applause on the radio this morning the shadow the deputy party leader tom watson said he thinks the party has now change and got all the structures in place to deal with all the complaints over the ongoing complaints of anti semitism within the party perhaps by the end of the year saying it's not over but we're doing everything we can clearly trying to draw a line under an issue that has rumbled on for months. and we've got a speech coming out from the labor leader jeremy coleman what can we expect them. he's expect he's expected to announce what a lot of commentators ar

now which is the way the anti semitism in the labor party on tuesday shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry said that labor must as it has acted against fascists and racists in the past now kick out anti see mites on the fringes of the party she said who are using the party support for palestine as a cover for their hatred of jewish people coping himself has been called on consistently by many jewish groups here in the u.k. to get more involved to grab hold of the issue and in today's speech he did try to underline his commitment. to the jewish people have suffered a long and terrible history of persecution and genocide. i was humbled to see that in a memorial two years ago when i visited the former nazi concentration camp the terrorism in the change republic the route over into summit ism is caused immense herds and anxiety in the jewish community and great dismay in the labor party but i hope and believe we can work together to draw a line under it i say this to all in the jewish community this party this movement will always be implacable campaigners against anti-semitism and racism in a

the reason whyjeremy, keir starmer, emily thornberry have such happier discussions with our europeane values in common. we don't want to deregulate food standards, environmental and workplace standards, and they know we will not be singapore of the coast of europe so, if we were in government tomorrow, i can pretty much guarantee it would be a much happier dialogue between us our closest neighbours. thank you. ithink dialogue between us our closest neighbours. thank you. i think the labour leadership would be pretty pleased with how the week has gone. those angry divisions we've had for the past three or four years not so obvious this time round, and i think jeremy corbyn will feel he's managed to get his message across that kind of changes he would like to make, calling for a general election, and hoping he is right, and that voters now feel they want a different kind of economy. thank you, vicki young in liverpool. let's assess some of that and the specifics. kamal ahmed is with me. they always say the devil is in the detail, and how much detail did we get in this speech? not a lot

that is the big question just labour have now made it clear they will oppose whatever, emily thornberryave the bizarre situation where you have tory sceptics saying chequers is unacceptable because it stops us making our own laws for our own industry, it ties us to a lawmaking system over which we have no sage if and yet if chequers gets agreed, mrs may says, will you vote me down? you will either get ajeremy may says, will you vote me down? you will either get a jeremy corbyn government or a second referendum. and so the bizarre thing with all of this is that politically mrs may is much stronger in the united kingdom than many people realise. much stronger in the united kingdom than many people realisem much stronger in the united kingdom than many people realise. if there we re than many people realise. if there were to be some kind of vote by some chance on the final deal, what would your view be? i am a veteran, i saw the maastricht treaty and i saw bill there is the eurosceptics back in there is the eurosceptics back in the day faced with a challenge, do you vote down your own gove

emily thornberry is singing! they‘re enjoying it! how many of these speeches have you, how many of these speeches have you heard? one! last year! i've got to be honest i got really teary at the speech last year, when he was describing a woman who became part ofa describing a woman who became part of a trade union because she had seen some of a trade union because she had seen some fish and chips rapped in a newspaper about you union organisation and i don't know if it was a three—day hangover but i got really teary! corbyn is good at that moment is where he brings it down to this very tangible, very emotionally touching level of communicating politics and i hope for some of those moments today. you do need to be able to engage with the audience ata be able to engage with the audience at a personal level. you do, is interesting, of the hall is big and you need to be a brutal projects to all of these people but you also need to try and make a connection, you need to tell stories and give some passion and lots of clap lions and a fewjok