the support from the bulgarian foreign office and consulate is fantastic.e have had in support, they have had discussions ona support, they have had discussions on a higher level within government, with turkish authorities, they have been absolutely fantastic, but regarding the british government and british foreign office, we haven't seen any british foreign office, we haven't seen any of that. thank you very much for talking to us, it has highlighted your case on bbc news. thank you. thank you. the scottish tory leader ruth davidson has said she never wants to be prime minister because she values her mental health too much. in an interview with the sunday times, she's revealed struggling with self—harm, suicidal thoughts and depression as a teenager. steven godden has more. in reviving the fortunes of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson's personality has been to the fore. her leadership style has convinced some in the uk party she might succeed theresa may. but today in the sunday times, she insisted she'll never be prime minister because, she says,

the foreign office says it has raised mr robinson's case with turkish authorities. asked him what support well i spoke tojoe robinson and asked him what support he had actually received. i mean, i've seen a statement saying they are now raising my case with the turkish authorities, but why has it taken 14 months for them to start doing something? me personally, i've not seen them doing anything. we kept in touch with the foreign office since my release ten months ago and we told them about the release ten months ago, and when we are pushing them to say what have you been doing and have you had discussions on a higher level in government or with diplomatic officials, when it comes down to it, they haven't done any of that. but it will be interesting to see what happens now that i've actually received the sentence and whether the foreign office will actually get more involved, which i'm hoping they do. what might the foreign office here learn from the consular support your fiance got from her authorities in bulgaria ? yeah, the support from the bulgarian foreign offic

some breaking news coming in this evening from the foreign office, concerning events in amesbury backmember of course the death of one member of the public, dawn stu rg ess, one member of the public, dawn sturgess, charlie one member of the public, dawn stu rg ess, charlie rowley one member of the public, dawn sturgess, charlie rowley also made very ill by that chemical agent found in amesbury. the foreign office said they have just had back an independent report produced by the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons which has today confirmed their assessment, the uk assessment which identified that chemical agent responsible for the death of dawn sturgess as the same kind used in the attempted assassination of sergei and julia skripal earlier this year. namely novichok. so confirmation reported by the foreign office that an independent report has said that if the same chemical agent. let's get a look at the weather prospects now. we're looking at something much more u nsettled we're looking at something much more unsettled and more autumnal for many towards the end of t

supported the sanctions against russia and what's interesting is that we'll have to wait for the foreign office to comment on this case because foreign minister actually met with the russian foreign minister on friday and now cinema for peace say that they did inform the foreign office and the chancery before they flew vessel of. so all if they swell evolve in the days to come and there is another country that is involved because vessel of also has canadian citizenship you know complicated multi-faceted story nina has outside the charity hospital thank you for that. typhoon mango is hitting a southern china battering hong kong province with gale force winds and torrential rain super storm has already caused major destruction in the philippines authorities there say dozens are feared dead in flooding landslides and collapsed buildings. nature lashes the coast of hong kong with full force and these people got to witness it firsthand. as hong kong issued a maximum alert for typhoon man good the territory's government warned people to prepare for the worst. storm surges were expected to raise water

citizens who i received a lot of help from the bulgarian foreign 0ffice help from the bulgarian foreign officeays have a representative from the bulgarian embassy coming to court hearings. u nfortu nately for embassy coming to court hearings. unfortunately for joe, there embassy coming to court hearings. unfortunately forjoe, there was very little help from the foreign 0ffice. very little help from the foreign office. they are interested in the case and they are following it, but they did not send any representatives to help nearly as much as the bulgarian magistrate. representatives to help nearly as much as the bulgarian magistratelj understand the foreign office have said we stand ready to provide consular assistance to a british national in turkey. what is your next move, what is his next move? we are appealing at the moment and we're going be appealing until we get home because the decision is not justifiable. it is not based on any legal grounds, purely based on political agenda and posts he has done on facebook, which i think it is not ok in the 21st century, and we're going to be appea

the foreign office minister, alan duncan called his remarks "disgusting". our political correspondent, helen catt gave more details about the latest storm around mr johnson. he decided to employ this metaphor of a suicide vest, saying theresa may would be wrapping a suicide vest around the british constitution and handing the detonator to the eu. as you said, that's seen some quite vocal backlash, sir alan duncan who worked with borisjohnson at the foreign office said it marked a disgusting moment in modern british politics, tom tugendhat the chair of the foreign affairs select committee who was a former serving officer in afghanistan, strong condemnation from him, he saw a suicide bomb while in helmand province, comparing the prime minister to that was not funny and he urged some people to grow up. not everyone so strong in their criticism, community secretary james brokenshaw criticised his tone and sajid javad speaking to andrew marr this morning stopped short of criticising him quite so vocally. i think there are much better ways to articulate differenc

this about as i said you have to the british government does consider them terrorist even the foreign office is a sort of the beginning honestly that's what i really get to because even though they except of the british government that ariel sharon was exerting more influence over the areas that the british taxpayer was funding a police force seem to be working with them the british government denies that so why is britain supporting these is the most was the dutch government just said they're going to withdraw funding for the white helmets accusing the white helmet of poor oversight of dutch taxpayers' money being funneled through into britain is doing that israel obviously is reacting to this whole established. british government and they find it so the problem is now you know those groups to be to be honest they have a very suspicious all especially talking about chemical weapons suddenly. in syria they were actually providing all the so-called if it does that that action or the syrian use these. chemical weapons and proved to be honestly completely unfounded at least of the russians a fa

out last year that if you saw from the department for culture media and sport jointly with the foreign office which says that they need to step up their soft power war against russia and the century what they consider to be russian propaganda and they're going to do it by all means necessary to try and counter this but they've been using these arguments against our say for ages i mean how many times you've been warned it's going to take him off the air and it is because from i mean personally from my perspective i never told what to say when i come in here on the open to give my views and you will see i was a channel that reports on issues which repressed and often cover which is a really important country that the work is done on disability rights especially it's been excellent and this is an accuracy in the existing that ten or form alleged breach is one of them i think refers to this program we've been cleared completely one last because brainiac you say in the daily mail that's impossible actually but what about the leader of the opposition let's go to this wells wheat from the editor of

unfortunately for joe, there was that i help from the foreign office.e case and they are following it, but they didn't send any representatives or help is much as the bulgarian foreign office will stop the foreign office have said they stand by to provide consular support in turkey. what is your next move? we are appealing at the moment and we will be appealing until he is home because the decision is not justifiable, it is not based on any legal grounds. it is based purely on political agendas and posts on facebook, which i think is not ok in the 21st—century. we will be appealing. what sort of posts are you talking about? he has criticised the turkish government, the way they are treating not just the turkish government, the way they are treating notjust their own citizens but foreign citizens as well, like him. there are violations of rights. just very quickly division. did he understand the risks of where he was going and what he was saying? did he not understand the political situation on the ground? we thought about it. we spoke about it before go

foreign office according to latest information has this missed their stories as lawyers claiming they are your you officers they still maintain that the full interview in english is going to be our believe very shortly people will get a chance to see that make their own conclusions we should most of the last hours worked on again in about three hours' time we'll keep our viewers post about that thank you for now all right then well let's see what the view is from the u.k. artist who's been through those two suspects says predictably generated wide reaction from officials both in russia and the u.k. that some go in london polyploidy because they were the day polly hi there what kind of response is there being so far. well not great we've got an official response from the u.k. foreign office and it's fair to say that british authorities aren't buying it the reviews aren't great take a listen. the government is clear these men are officers of the russian military intelligence service the group who use the devastatingly toxic illegal chemical weapon on the streets of our country we have r

, he said it marked a disgusting moment in british foreign politics, tom tugendhat, himself a former serving army officerthe foreign affairs select committee, strong condemnation from him, he tweeted ascribing a suicide bomb his soul in helmand province, comparing the prime minister to that was not funny and some need to grow up. not eve ryo ne funny and some need to grow up. not everyone has been quite so strong in their criticism, james broken shower community secretary has criticised his tone, sajid javid home secretary speaking to andrew marr stopped short of criticising quite so vocally. i think there are much better ways to articulate your differences. i think it's a reminder i think for all of us in public policy whichever political party we represent to use measured language because i think that's what the public want to see. in terms of measured language, it's the first time i've asked you about this, would you approve of the women who we re would you approve of the women who were added nijab or pick up as letter boxes? it's not language i would use. do you think he has a language problem. you w

foreign office come in about five ten minutes ago just on the wires they have to say about it well no surprise as they've denied any link or affiliation to russian special forces secret services intelligence agencies they said they work in the sports industry selling food supplements protein amino acids which means that they prove that they didn't want to go into much into too much detail about their business they said they travel both in russia and in europe they have clients they consult on healthy lifestyle and body building base of the didn't want to jeopardize those clients their business and more importantly really bring their family into this they said that they're afraid of even going outside of maybe they're beyond the six because they want to do it publicly they're yeah yeah sure that's certainly one version of events and they said the reason for them coming forward for this interview voluntarily contacting margarita simonyan was for protection they didn't know who to turn to this is what else that to say. what i'm . you work for the g.r.u. and you meet now and you and i don

the foreign office minister alistair burt is now in iran. h for nazanin‘s release. his boss, the foreign secretary, expressed frustration on twitter, calling iran "an incredibly difficult regime to deal with." jeremy hunt said nazanin‘s hopes had been raised and then dashed when she was returned to prison. he promised to redouble efforts to get her home. last week he raised her plight at the united nations. every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice. nazanin‘s husband, richard ratcliffe, has praised the foreign secretary for his efforts. she suffered panic attacks after being locked up again. who calls the shots in iran is often not straightforward, and nazanin‘s predicament is complicated by tehran‘s deteriorating relationship with our key ally, the united states. russian forces are beginning a week long naval exercise in the mediterranean sea. the kremlin says the operation is justified, due to a failure by the west to deal with militants in syria's idlib province. there are signs that the syrian g

ews, thendale, bbc foreign office. jane: you are watching "bbc world news america."till to come on tonight program ugandanto the popstar and politician claims mistreated by the military. has ruled that being gay is no longer a criminal offense. the decisi reverses a colonial-era law that categorized homosexuality as an offense. the reaction in new delhi. reporter: the end of two decadel of legal strug to take out a victorian law that made same-sex love criminal. the court struck off the law and heid it was a weapon for harassment of india's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and tragender -- trans community. >> in private, there is consent and it is in private, it wilt nobe an offense. >> i haven't come o to my o parents, so i willat tonight. it is a huge turn of events. i did not really expect. i just came to listen to whatever the verdict was. reporter: the colonial-era law known as section 377 categorized gay sex as an unnatural offense and was decrinalized in 2009, only to be made criminal again t, 2013 after an appeal. in a final judgmen the supreme court has now said that

backlash, sir alan duncan who work with borisjohnson at the foreign 0ffice with borisjohnson at the foreign officearked a disgusting moment in modern edition politics, tom tugendhat the chair of the foreign affairs select committee who was a former serving officer in afghanistan, strong condemnation for him -- afghanistan, strong condemnation for him —— from him, he said a suicide bomb he saw while in helmand province, comparing the prime minister to that was not funny and he urged some people to grow up. not eve ryo ne he urged some people to grow up. not everyone strong he urged some people to grow up. not everyone strong in their criticism, community secretary james broken sure criticised his tone and sajid javad speaking to andrew marr this morning stopped short of criticising him quite so vocally. i think there are much better ways to articulate differences and i think it's a reminderl differences and i think it's a reminder i think for all of us in the policy whichever political party we represent, to use measured language which i think that is what the public wants to see. in terms of measu

richard galpin, bbc news, at the foreign office. let's get some of the day's other news.an opposition leader has been released from prison. victoire ingabire was serving a is—yearjail term after being found guilty of threatening state security and belittling the 1994 genocide. she's among more than 2,000 prisoners who have been freed from jail after receiving a presidential pardon. iraqi parliament has elected a sunni lawmaker as its speaker, marking the first step towards establishing the new government four months after inconclusive elections. mohammed al—halbousi, the candidate of the sunni national axis alliance, defeated three challenges to win the position. an earlier attempt to elect the speaker of parliament 12 days ago ended in a deadlock. nigeria's finance minister has resigned over allegations of forgery. kemi adeosun stepped down over accusations that she used a forged certificate to avoid nigeria's mandatory one—year youth service scheme. ms adeosun is a dual british and nigerian citizen and lived in the uk until she was 34. tens of thousands of ethiopians ha

ken needs which is the season here where there's been a lot of violence so the embassy in the foreign officesaying look we're neutral in this election but of course brazilians themselves have had a lot to write a little bit of an inopportune moment airing this type of message all right let's talk about the followers of the embassies twitter account what i have they've been saying what that they make of yes so the videos had around eight hundred thousand views so a lot of viewpoints out there will start with them supportive reactions like this one here that we can get up in a moment. on trees that brazil should adopt the same measures for the period of military dictatorship that germany took after the holocaust they'd still be biased people from the extreme right denying the obvious but at least the majority would be well informed another comment from tweets thanking the embassy for the video for trying to wake people up the risk in ending with a dictatorship is real and others say that germany should mind their own business person writing here i want to know from the government what's the in

richard galpin, bbc news, at the foreign office.we're marking six months to go until the uk leaves the european union. we'll be answering some of your questions about brexit. today, jon kay has been to birmingham 7 one of the most polarised areas of the country 7 to find out what people there want to know. i really can't get my head round what's going on. absolutely no one knows what's happening. so what's brexit7 confusion. it's dominated the news for more than two years but we still have so many questions, wherever we live, however we voted. kimberly is exhausted by the whole thing. how confusing is the brexit process for you? it hurts my brain cells, it irritates my soul. it's like... it hurts, it really hurts. like, on the news, brexit is going this way, brexit is going that way. do you get it? do you understand where we are with brexit7 no. so, we gathered questions from people in birmingham. how's your handwriting 7 elsie's heard all the arguments about tariffs and treaties but she doesn't know what to believe. big question ma

richard galpin, bbc news, at the foreign office.sumers and police on edge, after sewing needles were found embedded in fresh strawberries. authorities are offering rewards for information on the tampering, after several people either found or swallowed the needles. the contaminated fruit has been traced back to a farm and brands have been pulled from the shelves. georgina smyth has more. it's the stuff of nightmares. sewing needles embedded in fresh strawberries, found at random across three states. i bit into it, felt it break. my knee—jerk reaction was to swallow it, and left over was half a needle. it's a shock. when you pick up strawberries from woolies you don't expect to go to hospital. some as young as nine have been affected. i went into my mouth and pulled out a needle. some of the infected strawberries have been traced back to this queensland farm. the industry believes it could be the work of a disgruntled employee but police will not confirm that. the investigation is still open, we are not going get into speculation and

james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office. let's bring you more the day's news briefly now.ng the polls in brazil's presidential race has been stabbed at a campaign rally, a month before the election. jair bolsano's son has tweeted that he's recovering in hospital from a "superficial" injury. doctors say he is out of intensive care and his condition is grave but stable. the remains of 166 mexicans have been found in a mass grave in the gulf state of veracruz. state prosecutor, jorge winckler, said the bodies were found after a tipoff. they'd been buried at least two years ago. he's called on relatives of missing people to supply dna samples to help them identify these bodies. twitter has permanently banned the conspiracy theorist alexjones and his infowars website for violating its policy on abusive behaviour. youtube and facebook deleted his content last month, citing hate speech. he was seen this week berating senators and journalists in congress, and is being sued for claiming the sandy hook school shooting was staged and the bereaved families were actors. british airways

richard galpin, bbc news, at the foreign office.nt changes to the law on divorce, removing requirements to allege fault or show evidence of separation. launching a consultation on the proposals, justice secretary david gauke said he wanted to make the process less acrimonious. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. at present, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which it's unreasonable to live with, or prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. it caused an awful lot of arguments. it caused me obviously to feel very hurt — i got angry, then there were arguments which my children were witness to. it hurt them, and i really think it was completely unnecessary. when couples divorce, they are being torn apart emotionally and financially, often trying to work out sensible living arrangements for their children,

i think the foreign office has managed, jeremy hunt has made a bit more progress, it seems.ms. maybe the minister can achieve something, let's hope so. that's it for the papers this hour. john crowley and martin bentham will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers. next on bbc news, it's click. this is the business card of our first guest on the programme this week, google's self—proclaimed security princess. parisa tabriz is one of the biggest names in cyber security. the buck stops with her if, for example, chrome, google's browser, is hacked. and if you've ever seen these while you're browsing, these little padlocks help us to know if the link between your computer or phone and a website is secure. parisa is behind google's push to get more websites to use the encrypted https protocol. now, not all hackers are bad guys, of course. parisa employs about 200 of them in a specialist unit called project zero. they hack all sorts of software before the bad guys do so any vulnerabilities can be spotted and fixed. they're like a police force but they all wear h

james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office.wood actor, burt reynolds, has died at the age of 82. he shot to fame in deliverance and starred in films like smokey and the bandit, boogie nights and the cannonball run. he died in hospital in florida after suffering a heart attack. his family described him as a generous, passionate and sensitive man. from los angeles, james cook reports. i thought they'd surely kill us! they would have... they would have for sure. burt reynolds in deliverance, taking on the wilderness and its murderous inhabitants, the embodiment of the macho american. he even did his own stunts despite nearly drowning filming this. reynolds made his name in westerns like navajo joe, which reynolds made his name in westerns like navajojoe, which played on his own reputed and disputed cherokee roots. what's your name? joe. he became a hollywood heartthrob. nowl will tell you we're going to try and get away with as much as possible... he did, although he said he regretted posing naked for cosmopolitan. smokey and the

who's been sentenced to seven. years injail in turkey on terrorism charges has called on the foreign officelp in his case. it's been announced that glasgow's world famous school of art, which was destroyed by fire injune, will be fully restored. krazy kat might reach that make asians. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the films. —— prezzo. crazy rich asians. hello and welcome to our look ahead at what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and columnist at the evening standard, tony evans and penny smith, journalist & broadcaster. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph splashes with borisjohnson‘s warning to the prime minister that her irish brexit plan is a disaster. the main image is a beaming victoria beckham celebrating her london fashion week debut. the times reports that theresa may's irish border plan will in fact raise the chances of a deal. the i leads with the challenge to mrs may's eu exit plan by brexiteers. michael gove, on the other hand, has urged tory rebels to back the chequers plan, with the metro repor

the foreign office minister alistair burt is now in iran.d push for nazanin‘s release. his boss, the foreign secretary, expressed frustration on twitter, calling iran "an incredibly difficult regime to deal with." jeremy hunt said nazanin‘s hopes had been raised and then dashed when she was returned to prison. he promised to redouble efforts to get her home. last week he raised her plight at the united nations. every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice. nazanin‘s husband, richard ratcliffe, has praised the foreign secretary for his efforts. she suffered panic attacks after being locked up again. who calls the shots in iran is often not straightforward, and nazanin‘s predicament is complicated by tehran‘s deteriorating relationship with our key ally, the united states. government documents obtained by the times newspaper have shown how prominent figures who use tax avoidance schemes are apparently being blocked from receiving honours. a document, which was drawn up between hm revenue and customs and

and organized the plane and he said he did that in coordination with the chance three and the foreign office here in germany so the authorities were informed all right so the german authorities as you say were informed so is there any kind of diplomatic aspect to this story i mean this man is known to be a quite outspoken critic of the kremlin. exactly and cinema for peace say that there suspecting this to be revenge acts by russian authorities for storming the football pitch during the world cup final in moscow they say that it was definitely poisoning bought so far the german authorities have not commented neither have the doctors so the case is still very much shrouded in mystery and we'll simply have to wait for more information what is the case of course is that if it does happen to be poisoning then they sense the potential for a very very big political route between germany and russia whose relationship has been very strained in recent months and years and you've mentioned it already he's also a canadian citizen so three countries would be involved in a very serious political row all

seven and a half years in a turkish jail forjoining a kurdish armed group has criticised the foreign office i was pushing them to say

because of germany's privacy laws but newspapers like build a saying that the chancellery and the foreign office did know in advance that visit love was going to be taken heed to berlin also in the qods canada because love is a jewel citizen of russia and canada they can say and they say and they're watching this case closely as you might imagine and we owe a lot to see how he's condition progresses in the next days and weeks here in berlin ok reed thank you for those insights typhoon it is now hitting southern china battering hong kong and guangdong province with gale force winds and torrential rain the super storm has already caused major destruction in the philippines authorities there say dozens are feared dead in flooding landslides and collapsed buildings. nature lashes the coast of hong kong with full force and these people got to witness it firsthand. as hong kong issued a maximum alert for typhoon mangubat the territory's government warned people to prepare for the worst. storm surges were expected to raise water levels by up to four meters. hundreds of residents have been evacuated to

claiming that he was told to drop an enquiry into russian money—laundering by somebody linked to the foreign officeis and suggests that the nca is apparently saying there we re reasons why the nca is apparently saying there were reasons why it did not pursue its, i think it wasn't possible to deal with it in this country and so on, so we do not know the gist of it. it could weaken san. the allegation, if it was true, is that there was perhaps not enough attention paid to dirty money coming into this country, not just from russia but from other parts of the world. let's end on this one. britain's most opulent warmun! yes, the sunday express. —— most popular woman. the suggestion at the sunday express , woman. the suggestion at the sunday express, i suggest the answer to this question is no, but the question is, could keeley hawes be the next james bond question is, could keeley hawes be the nextjames bond girl? she is the star, she is thejetstar, we think, or is she dead, or is she not dead? we will find out tomorrow. she is in the final part of bodyguard tomorrow. she plays the home secretary, mayb

there is a story of alan duncan, a deputy minister for the foreign office who really goes for borisjohnson britain's trump, he's a non——— enormous chance are, nota trump, he's a non——— enormous chance are, not a team player, not intellectually sensible and he's saying he's talking completely as complete nonsense of the brexit stuff, so again every time we think the tory party will stop worrying about europe and the cracks being papered over, it alljust collapses in and thankfully we have another whole of it. i'm really looking forward to it. we are all looking forward to it. we are all looking forward to it. the daily telegraph waiting in with a different take on the borisjohnson latest interventions, because of course he has got the borders. jacob rees—mogg backing his plan. this is not exactly shocking news. it would be news if... brexiteers want to lose the brexit. we also know who really wa nts to the brexit. we also know who really wants to get rid of chequers is jacob rees—mogg, so i'm not entirely surprised by this. the canada deal is not perfect in any way. this would be a looser t

seven and a half years in a turkish jail forjoining a kurdish armed group has criticised the foreign officehad not offered enough support in his case. it's been announced that glasgow's world famous school of art, which was destroyed by fire injune, will be fully restored. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jeanette kwa kye. it's official! simon yates is crowned king of the road as he wins the vuelta a espana. completing the clean sweep of brits to win this years grand tours. lewis hamilton comes out on top at the singapore grand prix. the brit extends his championship lead by a0 points. off the mark! west ham finally get their first win of the season in the premier league. andriy yarmolenko with two goals in his first start for the club. hello and welcome to sportsday. simon yates has completed a clean sweep of british victories in this year's grand tours, with victory in the vuelta a espana. the 26—year—old michelton—scott rider crossed the line safely in madrid at the end of today's processional stage. chris froome and geraint thomas had alread

doesn't have to get too close to this whole issue we learned that certainly the chance to be on the foreign office what in the form of him being brought to berlin but there was no direct involvement by the general government michel thanks very much for that we have some sports now and tonight two german coaches will be facing off as the most prestigious club football competition returns the champion's league you're going to clubs liverpool host to thomas twitchell's paris songs remain in a major group. one common denominator spells in charge of birds here dortmund you're going top lead them to the bundesliga title lifted the german cup and even made it into the champions league final now he's delivered poor boss thomas to hold took over from copper and won the german cup before landing his current gig. in the french capital two who has a plethora of stars in his squad most notably neymar and one of the world cup most impressive players killing him bobby you need we need the best performance that we have with the ball against the ball and in the moments when nobody has the ball like you can never f

another of mccarthy's victims was another foreign service officer. jon stewart's has been connected years earlier with the magazine case which involved the fbi's arrest. mr. service underwent a series of an -- investigations by the department all of which announced him to be a loyal government employee. accusations from mccarthy incited another hearing before the review board in 1951. that concluded that they had reasonable doubt concerning his loyalty and he was subsequently discharged in 1951. he was reinstated as a foreign service officer as a result of the us supreme court decision. the truman supreme court, also known as the fred vincent supreme court, was mostly sympathetic to efforts made by the us women to fight alleged communist invasion regardless of civil liberties concerns. the 1951 case dennis versus the us, the supreme court held up the smith act of 1940 which had made advocating revolution a crime. this decision resulted in the conviction of 11 top communists. they were convicted for advocating the violent overthrow of the united state

the foreign office minister sir alan duncan, for example, said the comparison was too much and that itked a disgusting moment in british politics. there is strong condemnation to from the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, tom tugendhat. he is an army officer who served in afghanistan, a former army officer, and he described the aftermath of a suicide bombing that he saw in hell mind province, saying that comparing the prime minister to that isn't funny and some people need to grow up. —— helmand. foreign secretary jeremy hunt defended the prime minister's plan today, saying that the position be strengthened if the party united behind her. helen, thank you. the government has been accused of failing to prepare for the potential impact which brexit could have on peace and security at the irish border. the chief constable of the police service of northern ireland, george hamilton, says if the border was to return it would be exploited by criminals and terrorists. in an interview with the sunday times he says that some politicians don't understand the dangers. the government s