has nothing to do with the reality we're waiting to statements from the white helmets and the foreign office but. why on earth would the british government want to fund a proxy guerrilla force and i know there have been allegations that they are cooperating with al nusra lied to are going to what would be in the british interest to do that and then forge information that the russian military were engaged in atrocities it's a question to the british government you know the only thing that i want to say is that there were quite interesting discussion you know debates in the in the parliament and the british government was ask you know how was two hundred million spent for so-called moderate opposition and so on they could justify only forty eight million all the rest they couldn't even find the answer how this money was spent and i'll tell you that a lot of m.p.'s were surprise and we were surprised but of that money went to the what hellman's where the other one. so that's the question to the government and that's the question was posed by the m.p. you know by the russians so make your own co

a senior conservative has criticised the sale of the british embassy in thailand, the foreign officeon. the money will be used to modernise other embassies around the world. the chairman of the committee made the announcement while answering questions on his latest report. we must redouble our efforts with our european partners but surely this cannot come at the expense of manpower or money being siphoned away from other parts of the world. does the chair of the select committee share my concern is that the foreign office does not have enough resources to put the investment we going to need europe? i share absolutely my honourable friend's concerns, and he will be aware that the recent concern about the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand which raised an awful lot of money to address some of the holes in the capital spending of the foreign office will inherently have diminished in some way our presence because these symbolic rulings, these iconic places, they are essential to getting people throu

general patreas recounting the effect of that approach strategy by working together with the foreign area officers trained in diplomacy, and the soldiers on the ground rebuilding schools, running health care programs, so on. so the question is, with that precedent, the foreign area officer school, and others that the state department may have, if those successful models are expended, wouldn't most, if not all of the challenges that congressman smith presented be met, new authorities, yes, but building on the strengths of the institution that already exist, adding new authorities, and not reinventing the wheel. >> great. lightning round, whoever would like to go first. >> all right. on the joint planning from my colleague from the ap, i think there's a lot of interest in that. i think what we're trying to do is find better process ways to be able to take advantage of what's going on. i think one of the things that all of us, and you'll see in all of these, is a better management of data. there is a lot going on out there. we have not always -- and a lot of very good things have been going on in the

the discovery of mr corbyn's discreet allowance —— alliance with the foreign office at the height ofhe height of the cold war indicates that the authorities trusted him and it raises the prospect that mr corbyn, stay with me, who has met representatives from violent revolutionary groups, might have continued to be helpful to the british state as an intermediary for stop so rather being a revolutionary... 007 colvin. undercover for the home office, maybe. the possibilities are endless! —— 007 corbyn. oxfam, and their continuing trials and tribulations over all the sex abuse allegations in 80. this time the chief of oxfam in the dock potentially. the fact that oxfam's handling of this story, which the times broke two weeks ago now, the extent to which they have really aside from the horrific allegations, they have also been terrible, in terms of how they handle this. rather thanjust come terms of how they handle this. rather than just come out, terms of how they handle this. rather thanjust come out, say what they knew, get everything out in the open and clear it out, the fact there ha

has nothing to do with the reality we're waiting the statements from the white helmets and the foreign office but. why on earth would the british government want to fund a proxy guerilla force and i know there have been allegations that they are cooperating with al nusra lied to are going to what would be in the british interest to do that and then forge information that the russian military were engaged in atrocities it's a question to the british government you know the only thing that i want to say is that there were quite an interesting discussion you know debates in the in the parliament and the british government was ask you know how was two hundred million spent for so-called moderate opposition and so on they could justify only forty eight million all the rest they couldn't even find the answer how this money was spent and i'll tell you that a lot of m.p.'s were surprise and we were surprised but of that money went to the what hellman's where the other one. so that's the question to the government and this the question was posed by the by the russians so make your own conclusions i kn

you mentioned the foreign office warning about another terrorist attack. how safe is tunisia?sia has a long, leaky frontier with libya which is a failed state with libya which is a failed state with lots of guns and extremism so thatis with lots of guns and extremism so that is a huge problem for authorities to manage but they persuaded the foreign office that actually, they are up to the task of looking after british holidaymakers. personally, i'd be more red about crossing the road because the road accident rates are terrible in tunisia. we are naturally very concerned that travellers about terrorism but as a risk, tiny compared to things such as accidents in water and road accidents. talking about the numbers of british tourists who used to go and what it was last year, it is a huge difference. it's all about free building a reputation, that tourists can see it as a country that is safe and if those numbers return, that is and if those numbers return, that is a huge amount of money into the tunisian economy. it's been absolutely devastating since the british pulled out. ten

foreign office minister says london is almost sure it was moscow. it's like the old control the scene the u.k. about the carlsberg beer that was forced to say it's the best because they couldn't legally say it was the best so it's absurd at that level because again it's a total fabrication as things are when they're not backed up by evidence but there are two reasons why accusations that have no bearing on reality from governments like britain germany america canada france etc come out reason number one they want to distract from a negative news cycle domestically whether it's a government report that shows the economy is going to tank whether it's a politician with his hand up the wrong skirt whether it's some other sort of fraud and corruption at high levels in government and then there's a second reason it's because they want to cover up positive things that governments like russia and businessmen in russia are doing that could be a threat to the hacker monic ak anomic and political domination of the world by the u.s. and its allies just today it

responsible for the attack while the british government has also made the same accusation but the foreign office minister lord outmanned who made the statement couldn't actually confirm if it was done to moscow. the u.k.'s national cybersecurity center assesses that the russian military was almost certainly responsible for the destructive not patch of cyber attack of june twenty seventh. when the mao where behind the attack is called not petyr the first reports of the cyber attack came from ukraine but quickly spread around the world it's believed not pecera hacked at least two thousand organizations including transport systems banks and hospitals russia the u.k. the us germany and france were all affected political commentator adam gary thinks making russia the scapegoat is all the rage. it's just a trend it's a it was communists were everywhere in the fifty's then it was everyone who's a muslim is somehow a danger now it's russians maybe next month it will be the chinese but since russia and china are our allies maybe they can both be the scapegoats of the failures of western governments to ac

responsible for the attack while the british government has also made the same accusation but foreign office minister lord our man who made the statements couldn't actually confirm it was done to moscow the u.k.'s national cybersecurity center assesses that the russian military was almost certainly responsible for the destructive not patch of cyber attack of june twenty seventh. well as we heard there the malware behind the attack is called not pressure the first reports of the cyber attack came from ukraine but quickly spread around the world it's believed not pet your hacked at least two thousand organizations including transport systems banks and hospitals russia the u.k. the us germany and france were all affected political commentator adam gary says making russia the scapegoat is all the rage. it's just a trend it's a it was communists were everywhere in the fifty's then it was everyone who's a muslim is somehow a danger now it's russians maybe next month it will be the chinese but since russia and china are our allies maybe they can both be the scapegoats of the failures of western gov

foreign office minister man who made the statement couldn't actually confirm that it was the doing of moscow the u.k.'s national cybersecurity sends a sense is that the russian military was almost certainly responsible for the destructive not patch of cyber attack of june twenty seventh. yet the mower behind the attack is called not petyr the first reports on the cyber attack came from ukraine but quickly spread around the world it's believed not petty one hundred at least two thousand organizations including transport systems bikes and hospital grids russia the u.k. the us germany and france were all hit by malware we talked to adam garri director eurasia future news media who say you scapegoating russia well it's all the rage these these. it's just a trend it's a it was communists were everywhere in the fifty's then it was everyone who's a muslim is somehow a danger now it's russians maybe next month it will be the chinese but since russia and china are our allies maybe they can both be the scapegoats of the failures of western governments to actually do their job for their own citi

other words the defeat to depart the international development should in fact be a part of the foreign office if you don't see the danger there of politicising aid then around the world of its aid is closely allied to a particular party in government arm so you need to be identified with foreign policy clearly it has been for a long time hasn't it i mean britain doesn't give aid to agencies that are supporting what is perceived as the enemy what i'm saying is it's not just the fault of the agencies it clearly is their fault but they only got away with it because of lax political control and one ministry in london bridge. changing is not an effective method of control there has to be people on the ground probably either from the national audit office or the treasury who are independent and charged with ensuring the spent properly and a proper ethical code of conduct is followed if i was a c.e.o. of a charity had replied to you by saying there is a regulator a statutory regulator the charity commission what's the problem they have obviously and manifestly failed every day in the last ten days w

responsible for the attack while the british government has also made the same accusation but foreign office minister loued akhmed who made the statement could actually confirm if it was done to moscow the u.k.'s national cybersecurity censor assesses that the russian military was almost certainly responsible for the destructive not purchase cyber attack of june twenty seventh. well the malware behind the attack is called not pecera the first reports of the cyber attack came from ukraine but quickly spread around the world it's believed not pacha hacked at least two sounds nor can i as ations including transport systems banks and hospitals russia the u.k. as the us germany and france were all affected the sickle commentator adam gary says making russia the scapegoat is all the rage. it's just a trend it's a it was communists were everywhere in the fifty's then it was everyone who's a muslim is somehow a danger now it's russians maybe next month it will be the chinese but since russia and china are our allies maybe they can both be the scapegoats of the failures of western governments to actu

the statement of foreign office minister lord ahmad is like many other similar accusations not backed by any evidence it is another example of irresponsible and hostile rhetoric of british officials towards russia. when used at the top one. per. hour or her. when lawmakers manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final larry go around listen to the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. and is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos remember wolf it was dismissive to do it like it is this is my cousin he is going to have to study i'll be able to. hold john when i tell him the only palestinians it gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's a lot of those willing to work under the vision to look at the this. and know it is unfair advantage to have to this lady of the muscle that you had i not going to compete in the doesn't seem to do more. there don't piss off. welcome to the alex salmond to i'm the first of three special programs on the future of isla

defeat to depart the international development should in fact be a part of the foreign office if you don't see the danger there of politicising aid then around the world of its aid is closely allied to a particular party in government i'm so you know each would be identified with foreign policy clearly it has been for a long time hasn't it i mean britain doesn't give aid to agencies that are supporting what is perceived as the enemy what i'm saying is it's not just the fault of the agencies it clearly is their fault but they only got away with it because of lax political control and one ministry in london bridge. changing is not an effective method of control there has to be people on the ground probably either from the national audit office or the treasury who are independent and charged with ensuring the spent properly and a proper ethical code of conduct is followed if i was a c.e.o. of a charity i'd replied to you by saying there is a regulator a statutory regulator the charity commission what's the problem but they have obviously and manifestly failed every day in the last ten d

we have to be guided by the foreign office advice. they were guided by the foreign office advice. until lastjuly, they were unhappy with the state of security. personally i would head back to tunisia tomorrow and i would take my family. there are risks, more pervasive in tunisia than some other countries, but overall the risks of being harmed are extremely low. we saw in the report the extreme security measures that are being taken in this very important and delicate matter of getting british tourists back to tunisia, somewhere they have not been able to go to for nearly three years. the more the tourists go back there, the more it is an attractive target for terrorists. there is a lot to be said for that argument. however, there is a counterargument that says there is a counterargument that says the conditions for fostering terrorism are pretty much exactly as tunisia has been for the last 2.5 yea rs, tunisia has been for the last 2.5 years, which is you lose a vast numbers of jobs, many years, which is you lose a vast numbers ofjobs

peace corps and do away with private charities and have a have a preschool run by different the foreign office because you would already you would also have charities i mean the peace corps ran alongside the us charitable status when it ran the only way of stamping out the abuse is firstly to integrate into the foreign policy mechanism and secondly jobson independent government surveillance as well as the charity surveillance on a big mat grew level why do you think the voluntary sector is so powerful when it comes to aid as opposed to if it was a peace corps for instance they're all good middle class children or they are the inheritors you know in the victorian years we used to send the youngest sons out to run the empire most of the aid workers i've met on. in forty years in politics they generally middle class they generally from the liberal lead intelligentsia they generally mean to do wail they clearly have standards of slip to them why you say middle class they don't middle class enough to read oscar wilde who said charity charity creates a multitude of sins you don't think. they have re

the foreign office advised against all but essential travel to tunisia after 38 people, 30 of them britishslamist gunman on a beach. but that advice has now been eased, and this morning a flight took off from birmingham airport. john maguire reports from there. with its idyllic white beaches and pristine mediterranean coastline, tunisia was a hugely popular draw for british tourists, attracting around 430,000 a year. but then came the attack in june around 430,000 a year. but then came the attack injune 2015, when a gunman killed 30 britons and another eight holiday—makers on a beach. so—called islamic state said it was behind the shootings by a tunisian student in sousse which came just three months after 22 people were killed in the capital tunis. tunisia says it has made huge steps in counterterrorism since the attacks. almost three years on, tour operator thomas cook has for the first time resumed its package holidays, travelling to the resort hamamet, one hour north of sousse. this morning 20 passengers were the first to return on an early—morning from birmingham. we were staying in t

the foreign office says it's providing consular assistance to the families.the northern marriage made parties. there are claims the dup and sinn fein may be close to a deal to restore devolved government of the way dup source says agreement is unlikely to date. the last administration led by the parties collapsed more than a year ago. south africa's governing party the anc says the fate of president zuma will be decided within 24—hour us. zuma will be decided within 24—hour us. there is mounting pressure for him to stand down following allegations of corruption. speaking ata allegations of corruption. speaking at a rally in cape town the leader of the anc, cyrano poser said the key aim of any transition of power was to unite south africans. tenzing tim pallas has announced more details of the wedding of rins harry and meghan markle at windsor castle on the 19th of may. the service in st george's chapel starts at midday, and means it's unlikely to clash with the fa cup final. it's been confirmed the archbishop of canterbury were married couple and the dean of

the foreign office says that three britons have been killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyonn the united states. theresa may and some of her senior ministers are to give speeches over the coming weeks setting out the future relationship the uk wants with the eu after brexit. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist, tony grew, and the writer and journalist, caroline frost. most of tomorrow's front pages are in now. we promised everyone lively conversation. well, i did. don't let us conversation. well, i did. don't let us down. the metro leads with former development secretary priti patel‘s response to the oxfam scandal, and her claims that exploitation in the aid sector is rife. the express warns that icy weather is on its way, with forecasters saying blizzards could lead to power cuts and even affect mobile phone signals. the guardian reports that £34 million of government funds could be at risk for oxfam following the allegations of sexual misconduct. the

the foreign office says it is providing support to the families of six british visitors involved in aelicopter action and in the grand ca nyon helicopter action and in the grand canyon which killed three people. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist caroline frost. so pleased to have you here. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads with former development secretary priti patel‘s response to the oxfam scandal, and her claims that exploitation in the aid sector is rife. the express warns that icy weather is on its way, with forecasters saying blizzards could lead to power cuts and even affect mobile phone signal. i would be quite glad if that happened! the guardian reports that £34 million of government funds could be at risk for oxfam following the allegations of sexual misconduct. the telegraph also leads on the former development secretary's comments that warnings about sexual exploitation in the aid sector had previously been dismi

until last summer, the foreign office advised against travel there due to the high risk of terrorism.e, certainly more should have been done to protect the holiday—makers at that time. they were aware of previous incidents. michelle, did you have any reservations about booking a holiday to tunisia —— holiday to tunisia? -- holiday to tunisia? not at all. the tunisian people are fantastic people and i cannot wait. you had a friend there at the time of the shooting. yes. why hasn't that are not influenced you in terms of staying away? -- why has that not influenced you. there haven't been any other incidents since. that is why i want to go back. the tunisian people are so friendly, so nice, they do not deserve this. thank you for talking to us, raouf, why should people visit? the british tourist has been, for a very long time, visiting tunisia. more than 50 years. we like, as professionals, the british clientele, because they are nice, because they come almost all year round. so we are really happy. how important is british tourism for your country‘s economy? it is very important. the b

the foreign office says it is now providing support to the british families of this weekend's victimss. weeks of negotiations have failed. patience has run out. now the leader of south africa's ruling party — the anc — has made it clear that if presidentjacob zuma doesn't quit before a meeting this afternoon, then he'll be asked to step down. president zuma is facing multiple allegations of corruption. sarah corker has more. at an event marking 100 years since the birth of nelson mandela, there was the clearest signal yet that the end of the troubled presidency ofjacob zuma is near. addressing crowds at cape town, anc leader and south african president in waiting, cyril ramaphosa, promised a resolution and decision of the future of jacob zuma. we are currently engaged in discussions around the decisions to a new administration and specifically to resolve the issues of the position of the president of the republic of south africa. for the last week mr ramaphosa and jacob zuma have been negotiating the president's exit strategy but with the country in limbo, the anc national executive c

last july, when the foreign office decided, 0k, we can ta ke foreign office decided, 0k, we can take£276. not that far away, exactly the same holiday will cost you £200 more, so same holiday will cost you £200 more, so some same holiday will cost you £200 more, so some bargains to be had and what the tour operators hope in the long—term is they can rebuild their business, and to the same sort of scale as before which means they can offer more choice, they are getting higher margins than crucially have been getting recently in spain, and they have a lot more happy customers. let's hear what thomas cook has to say about this. we have a clip. obviously we have operated in tunisia for the last two years but it is a destination our customers have frequently asked for in the two years we have not operated there. a number of customers contact us a lot. it is a quality destination and it is also an all year—round destination as well, something that has been missing from the market. that was carolyn mackenzie. what are your thoughts about the situation with the whole of north africa? is it sl

the foreign office advised against all but essential travel to tunisia after 38 people, 30 of them britishsed, and this morning a flight took off from birmingham airport — john maguire reports from there. with its idyllic white beaches and pristine mediterranean coastline, tunisia was a hugely popular draw for british tourists, attracting around 430,000 a year. but then came the attack injune 2015, when a gunman killed 30 britons and another eight holiday—makers on a beach. so—called islamic state said it was behind the shootings by a tunisian student in sousse which came just three months after 22 people were killed in the capital tunis. tunisia says it has made huge steps in counterterrorism since the attacks. almost three years on, tour operator thomas cook has for the first time resumed its package holidays, travelling to the resort hamamet, one hour north of sousse. this morning 20 passengers were the first to return on an early—morning from birmingham. -- 220. we were staying in the hotel down the road when the last attack happened, but we love the country, so as soon as we knew ther

with what came out from the foreign office earlier on thanks so much. in came in the united states another school massacre this time at a high school in florida seventeen killed at least a dozen others reported injured video emerged online very quickly which seems to be from one of the classrooms while that attack was underway please be warned therefore it does contain upsetting seeds. back on by. shots rang out inside the school in the city of parkland panicked students was seen running for safety check this video was taken while the gunman was still on the attack it's understood the killer set up a fire alarm to try to draw people out into the open to cause as many injuries as possible armed officers rapidly swarmed that campus before leading pupils and staff eventually to some safety. thank you very. bad thing for young people to go through pictures from the scene show the distress of those touched by the tragedy here's how it all unfolded. he saw my dead body there on the floor and blood over on the floors how many people like five on the third floo

the british foreign office invited the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander to discuss the humanitarian situation in eastern guta he told us that finding a solution to the crisis is a joint responsibility. now did nations is waiting to send the human uteri to. but how to get it there because for example the route of mines you can to go there the terrorists holding the life of the people there not letting them out so we discuss what the british you know what the british could do in a practical terms and what kind of signals they would send to be whether it's a neutral position or whatever to the people in order to see why we need the british on board but we don't accept the statements like the russians guilty for the humanitarian situation we're on the scene both we're trying to do our best in order to relieve syria from the terrorists well there's been plenty of support for the syrian citizens living in eastern guta social media with journalists and commentators sharing photos from the conflict zone however not all of them appear to actually show th

explain now why because the british foreign office is invited to russia's ambassador to discuss the humanitarian situation in the syrian enclave of eastern ghouta occupied as was said by rebel and terrorist groups just outside the capital damascus leads to say we can now speak to the russian ambassador himself alexander joins me on the line good evening to you mr ambassador i would like to know first of all what were you asked to discuss with your british counterparts today. well basically the key question was the fulfillment of the real solution of the u.n. security council twenty four one we. of course you know will be disappointed with the statements of the secretary johnson when he spoke yesterday at the parliament and he blamed russia for humanitarian situation and we said this is directly straight straightforward to minister duncan but. the key question was of course the the situation on the ground because it's the whole of course there was allusion is adopted and we subscribed on that but the key question is how to fulfill it because last two days if you take for example eastern ghouta we

the british foreign office invited the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander yak of anchor to discuss the humanitarian situation in eastern go to and afterwards he spoke exclusively with r.t. . of course you know we will be disappointed with the statements of the secretary johnson when he spoke yesterday at the parliament and he blamed russia for humanitarian situation and we said this is directly straight straight forward so we discussed with the british you know what the british could do in a practical terms but to support this resolution you know whom they could talk and the what kind of signals they could send to the. you whether it's a neutral position or whatever to be on to people in order to save lives and i'll tell you that so that was a very pragmatic conversation and i think that the minister duncan. here received my message and he promised to send the right signals to the people with whom they're connecting on the ground you know to to to have this cease fire and to feel the resume loosened from my point of view it was a very useful conve

a big part of their time in office is traveling and meeting with therefore in counterparts -- their foreignounterparts. a big part of those meetings involves an exchange of gifts, and our secretary works closely with the office of protocol to arrange the giving and receiving. >> they cannot keep them. >> not all the time, they can't keep them all the time. the diplomacy center has a number of examples of gifts to secretaries of state in the collection, and they are wonderful pieces that have great stories behind them, including this pearl inlaid box which was a gift to secretary baker in 1991. a gift from the mayor of bethlehem. palestinian is in territory, considered to be a very important, ancient city. it will medically with the arab world have been extremely strained after the creation of -- diplomatic relations with the arab world have been extremely strained after the creation of israel. so secretaries were very preoccupied with negotiations between agents and israel, which was essentially -- in egypt and israel, which was solved during the carter administration. ronald reagan became

well the british foreign office did invite the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander having care to discuss the humanitarian situation in eastern gator he did tell us that finding a solution to the crisis should be a joint responsibility. united nations is waiting to send the humanitarian aid to eastern good but how to get it there because for example the route full of mines you can to go there the terrorists holding the life shield the people there not letting them out so we discuss what the british you know what the british could do in a practical terms and what kind of signals they could send to the whether it's a neutral position or whatever to the current people in order to save lives we need the british and board but we don't accept the statements like the russians are guilty for the humanitarian situation we're in the same boat we're trying to do our best in order to release syria from the terrorists well there has been plenty of talk about instant gains you might expect from me but journalists and commentators those i sharing photos from the conflict

the foreign office says its providing support to the families of all six.sh isn't yet known. the uncle of an 11—year—old girl who was stabbed to death in wolverhampton has been charged with murder. jasmine forrester was found seriously injured in a house, in the early hours of friday morning and died later in hospital. delroy forrester is due to appear at walsall magistrates court tomorrow. a five—year—old boy who died after falling into a river has been named as kaden fleck. his body was recovered 1.5 hours later downstream five miles. theresa may and some of her cabinet senior ministers are due to give a series of speeches over the next few weeks, which they say will give more details about their plan for brexit. it follows criticism the government has been too vague about the relationship it wants with the european union after leaving next year. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent iain watson, and began by asking him about the source of the criticism. we had the chief negotiator, michel barnier, saying he expects to get an update from britain

and i was happy that at the meeting there was also the special representative on syria of the foreign offices so we decided it would continue the conversation practical conversation but the heard the message that what is really very important is to do something on the ground because without the solutions on the ground you know it will be very difficult to reach. the proper the proper cease fire i informed the minister that. russia. announced the so-called silence zones from nine to two pm there will be no strikes no nothing that will be a great opportunity to. i mean to have write access by the united nations. the human uteri in aid. to access the right places not about the eastern good it's also some other places where it would be see i told that we were at with the situation the roc-a we don't have access to rocca and by the way the united nations should send the the team in order to assess what could be done from the point of the humanitarian aid today and minister lavrov in moscow when he was meeting his counterpart. french counterpart said that we have to send the. humanitarian let's say

and iraq's ministry of foreign office will sign a three billion dollars memorandum of understanding but don't listen to the announcement by the us government representative in the kuwait conference was clear they will not provide anything except perhaps some investment in iraq a lot we believe that the iraqi government with all this political factions should have joined forces and demanded to put me in mind and. activists demanding justice for those killed in the massive grunfeld fire in london last year have chosen an unusual way to stage a protest they borrowed an idea from an oscar nominated film to put up with my daughter angela was murdered seven months ago like in the award winning movie three billboards outside the activist tired free billboards to send the message trucks carrying the world seventy one still no arrests and how they were driven through london critics say questions over the safety of cheap housing have yet to be answered in the wake of june screen felt disaster. activists warn many housing projects across the country suffer from the same construction problems as th

he used to be permanent secretary at both the uk foreign office & department for business as well ashief of staff to the eu's trade commissioner. soa man so a man well placed to give us an insight into what's going on! i'd like to get your reaction to the british foreign secretary's boris johnson's comment a few days ago that this border issue is being caused to frustrate brexit, what's your assessment? i don't think that was the case, we have boys known this was a key issue and liam fox, as we have heard, hasn't said avoiding a hard border is essential. 0ne avoiding a hard border is essential. one of the things is that the government has got to come up with a proposal outlining what it wants. we have had significant days in the past year of the negotiations but it becomes significant today, the lawyers have to get in a room and the first things out and there does not seem to be a significant position from the british government. yes, it's important, we are moving from political negotiations to a legal negotiation. 0nce negotiations to a legal negotiation. once the lawyers in the roo

the former top civil servant at the foreign office has been an outspoken attack on the government's the the european union. the idea of global britain is to show that the uk will remain fully engaged with the world. doctor simon fraser seemed less than impressed. to be frank, i think many countries that for the time being we've lost the plot in terms of understanding or we intend to go and it has to be said that in terms of big geopolitical strategy, whilst brexit is consuming us and this country, it is not the central deal in global geopolitics. i think that global britain at the moment is really a slow oven, and we need more clarity of thought. as a set in the streets that mr murray referred to, it seemed to me that we need to think through, where that leaves us on the international stage, what are the objectives that this country outside the european union will be seeking to achieve in its international policies, what are the priorities for us, what is the message we want to give to the world? what are the relationships and institutions and other methods of leverage that we're going

the foreign office minister has called on the assad regime in syria to end what he called the "hell onyria. in recent days, renewed government airstrikes have killed and injured hundreds of people in the rebel enclave. the syrian military says it is trying to liberate the area from terrorists, but it has also been accused of targeting civilians. lord ahmad said the government was appalled at the siege and bombardment. people are dying from starvation or lack of medical treatment. the united kingdom government has continued to press the regime and its enablers to all international forums to and this unbreakable situation and we call on russia to agree a un security council resolution for humanitarian access later today. we are witnessing a crisis unfold in front of us with more than 300 people already killed in the last few hours. a much larger numbers of innocent civilians who have been injured and the mentor. hospitals taken deliberately bide targets. if the cease—fire is agreed and implemented, what plans does the government have to help with the evacuation of those who have been inj

always be violence illiterate damage and civilian casualties britain's minister of state of the foreign office beg to differ and as i put to the minister just now i said what is the first duty of any responsible government it is the security of all your citizens and from my mind my perspective that means irrespective of who they are what community they belong to and yes that protecting means. acting the rights and the civil rights at the human rights of the written or muslim community many political observers might also have taken issue with both the tone and content of the speech by egypt's foreign minister to the human rights council some a shockley boasted egypt created in record time a modern constitution in line with international standards to preserve human rights and fundamental freedoms but when it gyptian as go to vote in presidential elections in march they won't have much of a choice on the ballot any real challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi has either been arrested or forced to drop out human rights watch says the crackdown is a violation of the same constitution their for

the foreign office said it was providing support to the family of the skier who had died. gs crime is being launched by the home office. ministers want social workers, police and nurses to help protect children, and young people at risk from sex gangs and drug dealers. society's most vulnerable, those at risk of grooming, exploitation and being drawn into a life of crime are among those supported by children's homes like this one, visited by home office minister victoria atkins. £13 million of government funding has been made available for projects aimed towards at—risk young people in england. we want to encourage local authorities to work with charities and other organisations to try and reach these children before harm is done. we are calling out to local authorities and charities for society's most vulnerable, those at risk of grooming, exploitation and if they have a scheme that is already working, come and talk to us to see if it fits in with the fund. if somebody has a bright idea out there about what may work in their particular market town or locality, do come and