each week the house of commons is in session, boris johnson taking members of the house of commons. live wednesday mornings on c-span2. prior to question time. now live to the british house of commons. >> the points he raised, to ensure they are educated without support but also that education does not encourage violence or prejudice against jewish peoples. >> we now come to the part with questions for the prime minister. i start by calling the prime minister, don't need any comments, to answer the engagement, participating virtually. >> i have meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and furthers later today. >> last week saw the eightieth anniversary of the beginning of the battle of britain. employs 10,000 people across lancashire, taking on 250 apprentices. will the prime minister come to meet these apprentices and commit to doing all he can to secure key jobs for defense exports and the program. >> already, there are 1800 skilled engineers in program, 2500 next year, 800 of those in his constituency and i look forward to his constituencies at the epicenter of the developm

from the house of commons live wednesday morning on c-span2. we invite your participation using hashtag pmqs was prior to present i members are finishing other business. now live to the for the british house of commons. >> does my right honorable friend agree they have to emerge from this pandemic, between all of the home nations is going to be critical not only to scotland but the rest of the uk? >> my honorable friend is right to highlight these figures. we did not meet barriers and divisions nor do we need the reckless talk of closing the border when scotland needs all the help it can get. >> i welcome the scottish government's decision to put up its preparations for a second scottish referendum when dealing with coronavirus. does the minister agree once this pandemic is over, they are unwanted by the people of scotland. >> my honorable friend is right the last thing scotland needs is the uncertainty and division about the referendum. >> that's the end of scottish questions. we know the come to questions to the prime minister. prime minister.

boris johnson taking questions from the house of commons. we invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. now live to the floor of the british house of commons. >> can i started by congratulating the prime minister on his one year anniversary? as we look at long-term economic recovery can he assure me they required the funding to boost digital connectivity for all the people. >> the capable broadband to a cross the country regarding hardest to reach areas regarding 34 million pound package for superfast broadband helping 135,000 households. >> the right honorable -- >> can i start by welcoming reports of significant progress in vaccine trials in oxford. i want to thank everyone involved in this effort. national security is a top priority for labor. a serious report by the intelligence security committee. it concludes russia poses an immediate urgent threat to national security in a range of activities that include espionage, interfering in democratic processes and serious crime. the primus to receive the report 10 months ago give

he is still taking questions in the house of commons, let us return. cision in the interest of national security. building on earlier question for my honourable friend, was for many of my constituents in rural buckinghamshire, 56 will be game changing. any mobile signal that is reliable will be life changing. what my right honourable friend give me of the incredible shared willow network being pushed up the agenda and delivered faster than it is currently scheduled to be? as my honourable friend knows, we have signed a deal for the shared honourable friend knows, we have signed a dealfor the shared remote network just a few signed a dealfor the shared remote networkjust a few months ago, and we will continue to charge them to go further and faster. in addition to that, i am very mindful that when we talk about full fibre to the premises, there are many people who are struggling with getting superfast, so we also need to make sure we get the superfast to the remaining 10% of households in the uk. security of our telkom network is the vital issue —— telec

[jeers] last week, the shadow chancellor said that here in the house of commons said he supported the program and this week he says he opposes it. which is it? >> that is just rhetorical nonsense. [here, here] >> it is perfectly proper and right to set up a part of the package and the support of the government and highlight where there are problems. my problem with the prime ministers dismissal of this is that since the chancellor sat down, 10,000 people have lost their jobs. the prime minister should focus on them and not the rhetoric. productive --rday projected 3.5 million unemployed next year. i want to press the prime minister further. a huge employer alongside the 12,000 redundancies announced, ba is trying to force through the rehiring of the remaining 30,000 workers on worse terms and conditions. it is unacceptable. the prime minister sent in email to ba staff. they should not be in a change the terms of conditions. using furloughs to do that. that was the second of june. will the prime minister make clear that they cannot be allowed to stand without consequences for landing s

earlier today in the house of commons, british prime minister boris johnson addressed his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. he also talked about the process of reopening amid the pandemic and the u.k. economy. rate, we know that is the end of the questions. we are now going over to the questions of the prime minister. question one.ith >>

in september, i could notify the house about extending the order until friday the thirteenth of october. to allow the house of commonss now on summer break with the next question time scheduled for early september. we'll have the return live on c-span two with three plays on c-span. and you can also go to c-span.org and find video of past prime ministers questions and other british public affairs programs. here's a look at our live coverage for monday. the house gavels in for legislative business at 10:00 a.m. eastern with a few votes expected by the afternoon. on their agenda, a seven bill spending package. at 1:00, there a ceremony at the capital as the casket of john lewis arrives, where he will lie in state for two days. that's live on c-span. the senate returns of 4:00 to work on a judicial nomination for the western district of pennsylvania with a vote plan for 5:30. c-span3, a conference with women members of congress, including speaker nancy pelosi, and some of the freshmen who won office in 2016, when democrats took control of the house. next, a democratic senate primary debate from massachusetts, where incu

concerns about the broadcaster he has featured before has an agenda based in discussions in the house of commons probably nothing of such a high level of the so directly. in this case how is all he responded while this has not been verified of course undoubtedly for the child the main concern is the side to that a politician is actively interfering in the business of an independent organization that should be immune to such pressure it is wholly inappropriate for the leader of the labor party to make such request of the government and indeed a minister is like jay stevens to directly place political pressure on of com it isn't for the government to interfere in the role of an independent regulator nor is it appropriate for the labor party to seek to play on due pressure on an independent regulator we are concerned about the politicians not about of calm and of course this is not just about all we need to look at the white a picture what else will suddenly be deemed worthy of being shot down and it is incredibly of course worrying that politics and independent media bodies are being dangerously u

announcer: this week in the house of commons, british prime minister boris johnson addressed his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. the processed about of reopening amid the pandemic and the u.k. economy. is thet of all it conservative government that has laws against modern slavery. it is the conservative government that massively increased the living wage. we would hope that it would be the labor mayor of leicester who would stand up for the workforce in his community. we are heading to the shadows of the cathedral. >> thank you. it is not just the 800 euro cathedral that we have. beautiful,e the leafy lanes, wonderful restaurants and bars. i will tell you what we always have. a major theater in the area. , it i would like to know is welcome the 1.7 billion pounds grant that is being given to support our theaters and performing artists. are we going to see any of it at all outside of the west end and here in the field -- litchfield? been the center of our cultural life since dr. johnson made his famous walk and ride. we are working closely with counsel. >> mister speaker, on

we will have coverage in the house of commons just after 3:30pm when dominic raab will give details ofkong. do stay with us for that. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. plenty of sunshine today across england and wales. third time, really dramatic skies in the south—west by one of our weather watchers but this clouds spread for a time. across northern england and northern ireland and scotland, it has been a cloudy day and also we have seen plenty of showers. particularly in northern and western areas of scotland with a view getting into northern ireland and the north west of england too. with those shower clouds, looking like this. through the rest of today, we will continue to see the showers coming in particularly in scotland. and just a few isolated showers for northern ireland and north—west england but otherwise, a lot of dry weather around as we head into the early part of the evening. quite warm in the south. 23. london. quite a cool day further north. showers around, as well. overnight, more showers to come in scotland. otherwise, most of us will

the shadow chancellor said that here in the house of commons said he supported the program and this week he says he supports -- opposes it. which is it? >> that is just rhetorical nonsense. it is perfectly proper and right to set up a part of the package and the support of the government and highlight where there are problems. my problem with the prime ministers dismissal of this is that since the chancellor sat down, 10,000 people have lost their jobs. the prime minister should focus on them and not the rhetoric. i want to press the prime minister further. alongside ther 12,000 redundancies announced, they are trying to force through the rehiring of the remaining terms andkers on conditions. it is unacceptable. emailime minister sent in -- an email. in a changenot be the terms of conditions. that was the second of june. will the six -- will the prime minister make clear that they cannot be allowed to stand without consequences for landing slots? we are absolutely clear that we want our great companies across this country to support their workers and to keep unemployment where they possi

and also on the geographical point, matt hancock in the house of commons today was saying, the geographical lockdown has been put forward by the local authority, which is run by labour councillors, isn't it? on that point, there was no map of the lockdown until we had to draw it, and that is exactly what i mean. if you had involved the council earlier on, to get that sorted, we would not have faced the problem. and, actually, the issue here is not the mayor of leicester, the issue is that the government did not share that really essential, pillar two, which is community testing data, until very late on, even when they did, it took them another 11 days to give us the postcode data. i think the government has been too slow, they're being too centralised, and they have failed to recognise that when you are put into an extra lockdown and businesses and employees and our public services are doing the right thing, they do actually need some extra support in doing that, which has so far failed to materialise. just briefly and lastly, probably, do you think, though, the local lockdown being extende

shortly, we will be taking you to the house of commons where the health secretary will be updating these on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. but first, britain, america and canada are claiming hackers, almost certainly working for the russian state, are trying to steal research into a coronavirus vaccine. the uk's national cyber security centre, says the hackers "almost certainly operated as part of russian intelligence services" that they exploited software flaws to get access to vulnerable computer systems, and used malware to upload and download files from infected machines. meanwhile, the government has announced it's "almost certain" what it called russian actors sought to interfere in last year's general election. a statement released by the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says sensitive government documents relating to the uk—us free trade agreement, were illicitly acquired before the 2019 general election and spread online, via the social media platform reddit. in the last few minutes the foreign secretary has made a statement., let's have a listen to wha

the uk government will face questions in the house of commons today about the threat posed by russia e report by mps yesterday said it had been badly underestimated. the report claimed the government made no effort to investigate claims of russian interference in the brexit referendum and criticised intelligence agencies for not giving the issue more attention. in response, security services look as though they're going to be given extra powers to try and prevent foreign interference in british democracy. ministers are considering a new law requiring people in the uk working for a foreign state to formally register their activities. the labour opposition has criticised "systemic failings" in how the uk has dealt with hostile states. the labour leader will face the pm at their final prime minister's questions before their summer holidays. let's talk to norman smith at westminster. so, what is next? next, from the government was my point of view, is a new legislation to try and increase the powers of the security services to update the old official secrets act which everyone thinks is w

so there is a complete lack of transparency in contrast to the position in the house of commons. is quite possible we will see the beginning of moves to try and bring the rules in the house of lords into line with those in the house of commons. thank you very much, norman, for the moment. the government will publish guidelines for care homes in england later this week on how they can reopen their doors to visitors. care providers have been urging ministers to outline steps on how to keep homes safe for staff and residents. in wales, care homes were given guidance at the beginning ofjune. care homes in scotland have allowed residents to meet people outside since 3rd july as long as the home has been virus free for at least 28 days. and in northern ireland care homes are open, but visits are restricted to one at a time. let's get this report from andy moore. hello! hi, mum! some care homes have gone to enormous lengths to make sure their residents can see theirfamilies. at this home in cheshire, they've created a special pod where loved ones are separated by a glass panel, but conn

imposition of a new national security law on hong kong, so we will watch what is happening with the house of commonswe will see whether dominic raab says anything on extradition. coming up, the vaccine being by astrazeneca showing promising results. we will speak with the editor of the lancet, coming up shortly this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ alix: this is "bloomberg markets." here in the u.s., covid cases are rising, but we also have finalization of the u.k. and the hong kong relationship right now. francine: we have dominic rob talking to the house of commons saying they were extending the arms embargo to hong kong, and the u.k. has no suspended the extradition packed, so basically authorities in hong kong were looking after someone, the u.k. would have to send them back for trial in their home country and that has now been suspended. that means there is escalation in the tensions between china and the u.k., the foreign secretary is setting up for the measures in response to the imposition of a new national security law on hong kong and we see whether china takes any retaliatory measures against

let's hear now from the health secretary matt hancock announcing the decision in the house of commonss, we have reopened retail and want to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protection for those who worked in shops. both of these can be done by the use of face coverings. sadly, cells and systems, cashiers and security guards have suffered disproportionately in this crisis. the death rate of sales in retail assistance the 75% higher among men and 65% higher among women than in the general population. as restore shopping, we must keep our shopkeepers safe. there's also evidence that it increases confidence in people to shop. they said that with other social distancing measures, face coverings can make shoppers view even more confident about returning to the high street and that the chair of the federation of small businesses and separate small firms know that managerface and separate small firms know that manager face coverings have a part to play in the nations recovery both physically and financially and that he is sure that this will be welcomed. we come to the d

you saw that in the house of commons, where there is a theory and action. am unsure if you will see something as cohesive out of washington. jonathan: something i said earlier and i will repeat, this is an observation about the present, not a judgment about the future. the bond market is still wide open for fiscal authorities to do more. at some point you test the ability of a bond market to absorb that. when it comes to the debt, you have to draw a distinction between the debt built up on the central bank balance sheet, and the debt built up in the private sector. companies are taking on a lot of debt next -- a lot of debt to get through the next several months and they'll have to pay that down. that will be a focal point for the years to come. the debt built up in their ability to pare it down. companies on about projects to do that. dominion resources, that is what they will do with a large part of the proceeds from warren buffett and berkshire hathaway. jonathan: looking at the equity market, futures turning a little bit lower. basically unchanged on the

as he addresses the house of commons on what's next. s bloomberg. ♪ >> it is part of our fight to rebuild after coronavirus. mr. speaker, let me now turn to the detail. ♪ >> we are seeing demand for refined product come back in a very aggressive way, and that continues to increase as people get out and about and he can tie -- and the economies continue to open. jonathan: the energy secretary on the situation as we continue to reopen and normalize not just in the united states, but worldwide. good morning to you all. alongside tom keene, together with lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. in your equity market, up around eight points on the s&p 500, up about 0.25%. following some comments from the chancellor of the exchequer on is all. next steps, it about policy as you go from shut down to reopen come you go from insulating the economy to stimulating the economy, and you have to try to incentivize the return to work. the administration very much in the center of that effort. this is what we are hearing from the u.k. at the moment. they ar

still to come this hour it's across a pastry development plans are said to be challenge in the house of commons we hear from the campaign. you know french philosopher of altair said a lot of smart stuff like the value of our paper might eventually get to its intrinsic value 0 smart guy right yet a lot of other smart things to say. plans to expand the u.s. air base. in northampton should have been revealed initial reports claimed that u.s. spy chiefs were aiming to expand the secretive base with some 1500 extra agents the full details of who works there are kept secret but cia agents are among those stationed at the base where the move was challenging the house of commons in a debate prompted by the local m.p. form a cabinet minister and her lead some have a fear is that it could lead to more accidents like the incident that killed a british teenager last year the fatal crash involved 19 year old perry dunn and a former intelligence agent and seclude us who drove into harry's motorcycle while driving on the wrong side of the road outside the airbase in august 2960 s. later claimed diplomatic imm

the conservativema party would it difficult for boriset johnson tony legislation through the house of commonswhich is back bench has disapproved up. whave seen the huawei episodend we would wat closely to see whether they have moved against the proposition that china should operate a nuclear power pltrt in this cobecause there is some murmuring about that and it may be the next casualty. where that to happen, we would see a strong reaction from china and there would be not a great deal to hope for in terms of the things britain would want, which is greater progress on s investment, greater acc the chinese market. those are going to be pretty chilly for the time being at least. >>at the newnal security law number of key pro-democracy and activists leave over fear of being arrested. one of them as the members of the mena crpro-dey party. he was elected to the legislative council and this is nathan leaving prison back in 2017 after being jailed for his ro movement protests.la after leaving hong kongpon fear of being imprisoned, they are now in london a joins us live. we heard this announcement t

after that, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. and from today's washington journal, abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan carl talks about his new book, "front row at the trump show." ♪ susan: john burtka, executive director and acting editor of the american conservative. the summer, you have got a special issue of the organization's magazine asking the question, what is american conservatism. tell me about this project? mr. burtka: thank you so much for having me on, susan. i conceived of the project because there is a lot going on in our country right now and it is unsettling times for a number of americans. everything having to do with the covid crisis, to the lockdowns, to the killing of george floyd and subsequent protests and riots, and the presidential election. so a lot of people are taking the opportunity to really re-examine first principles, and trying to figure out where we stand as a nation. and people on the right at the end of the president's term comes into focus are asking themselves what is conservatis

this afternoon the foreign secretary dominic raab gave details to the house of commons of the first indivudualseding directly to make the first designations under those regulations, and we are imposing sanctions on individuals involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations in recent years. the first designations will cover those individuals involved in the torture and murder of sergei magnitsky, the lawyer who disclosed the biggest known tax fraud in russian history. the designations will also include those responsible for the brutal murder of the writer and journalist jamal kashoggi. they will include those who perpetrated the systematic and brutal violence against the rohingya population in myanmar and they also include two organisations bearing responsibility for the enslavement, torture and murder that takes place in north korea's wretched gulags, in which it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of prisoners have perished over the last 50 years. and so with these first designations, mr speaker, this government and i hope this house and this country makes it crystal clear

measures are being taken to protect detainees and employees at base facilities. >> this week in the house of commonsish prime minister boris johnson addressed his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. he also talked about the prospect of reopening the u.k. economy. going on this that you have heard from relevant bodies in the future. >> we have to go

cia agents are among those stationed at the base however the mover said the challenge in the house of commons in a debate prompted by the local m.p. form a cabinet minister andrea led some of the fears that it could lead to more accidents like the incident that killed 8 british teenager last year the fatal crash involved 19 year old harry dunn and a former intelligence agent and securitas who drove into harry's motorcycle while driving on the wrong side of the road outside the airbase in august 2960 s. lazar claimed diplomatic immunity and fled to the us in an open letter the teenager's family claimed the read about in the news has upset them and shows how little the u.s. government thinks of harry's life however the british government says the development plans will not lead to any increase in agents. this is not an expansion of our f. crouton and will not increase the number of personnel based at the unit. i'm now joined by a campaign against u.s. surveillance activity at the air base none with hill that's in yorkshire martin schweigen martin good of you to be with us now of course we do ne

questions from the british house of commons, final one for this season. between senator ed markey and his primary challenger, congressman joe kennedy. lewis, an icon of the onil rights movement died july 17 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. widely respected across the political spectrum he was , awarded the medal of freedom by president barack obama in 2011. he is being widely eulogized and we thought it would be appropriate to re-air the 2012 interview he gave about his memoir, "across that bridge," so you can hear john lewis in his own voice. brian: congressman john lewis, why did you name your book "across that bridge?" rep. lewis: well, during the past few years, i've been crossing bridges, rivers, many bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. brian: where does the edmond pettus bridge come into that picture? rep. lewis: well, the edmund pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an organization cal

things redevelopment plans are said to be channelised in the house of commons we hear from a campaign. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being lead somewhere. direct. what is true what is faith. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. for a mate in the shallowness. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. plans to expand the u.s. air base are in northamptonshire have been revealed u.s. spy chiefs are aiming to expand the secretive base with some 1500 extra agents the full details of who works there are kept secret but cia agents are among those stationed at the base over the movie set to be challenged in the house of commons the debate prompted by the local m.p. former cabinet minister andrea led some over fears that it could lead to more accidents like the incident that killed a british teenager last year the fatal crash

earlier today in the house of commons, british prime minister boris johnson addressed his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. he also talked about the process of reopening amid the pandemic and the u.k. economy. rate, we know that is the end of the questions. we are now going over to the questions of the prime minister. question one.ith >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, this morning i had a minute -- i had meetings with colleagues, and others in addition to my duties. i will have further meetings later today. >> thank you mr. speaker. i'm shocked and angered at workers in clothing factors that are being made -- paid three dollars 50 cents an hour and being forced to work in totally unacceptable conditions. in the 21st century, there must be no room for exploitation and modern slavery. we must do this for the sake of the people and our planet. my question is simple, mr. speaker, what will the prime minister do about it? or speaker,: this it is this conservative government that is set up laws against modern slavery. it is this conservative government tha

base redevelopment plan is a set to be discussed in the house of commons due to fears of more incidents like the death of her who died in a collision near the base. the world is driven by shaped by one person if there is. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the. forum a bit in the shallows. the family of hurry done who was killed in a collision with a former intelligence officer in it are crouton in northamptonshire is campaigning to stop redevelopment of the us air base over fears of more fatal crashes it's been revealed that u.s. spy chiefs of planning to expand the secretive base with $1500.00 extra agents however the move is said to be challenging the house of commons in a debate prompted by the local m.p. for my cabinet minister andrea led some of the fears that it could lead to more accidents the fatal crash involved 19 year old har

on the 1st of may 29000 the house of commons makes history becoming the 1st national parliament in the world to declare a climate ecological emergency. climate change activism stretches back 50 years april 22nd 1970 so the launch of a day. 20. a 1000000 americans took to the streets on the modern environmental movement was born in the eighty's greenpeace took matters into their own hands heading to the seas to battle the commercial dumping of toxic waste nuclear testing and whale hunting today the movement has a new figureheads gretta to the owner generations have tackled the biggest crisis at. school strike she inspired 1400000 students and 112 countries to join her in a global. the message has been clear for 50 years but today the force is a louder and more insistent and. i cry change must happen now. every war makes a devastating impact. earthrise explores some of the efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important southpaws that we have to make sure they are surviving to the refugees striving to co-exis

of the wells dragon. >> with honorable members, in the next and suspend the house for 3 minutes. >> we believe the british house of commons as members moved to other business. you've been watching prime minister's question time aired live at 7 am eastern when parliament is in session was a reminder you can see this we session sunday night at 9 eastern and pacific on c-span. for more information, and since october of 1980. >> is a look at live coverage wednesday. on c-span at 11 am eastern, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that would set 2021 spending levels for the departments of housing and transportation followed by hearing on the coronavirus response for the governor of illinois and mississippi testify. on c-span2, other house appropriations subcommittee meeting at 9 eastern to consider 2021 spending for nasa and the department of justice and congress. the house energy and commerce committee holds a hearing on federal resources.

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticiseovernment for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was visiting london, meeting prime minister borisjohnson and foreign secretary dominic raab. now on bbc news — click. this week: cleaning up the social network. getting your mask on. and... breaking bad with giancarlo esposito. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. that's the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. that's the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. in fact in some part of the world it is just the norm anyway. so do it. hey, lara. hello. i hope you have been bending the metal bit over your nose, now i know about it seems really obvious. absolutely right and i didn't know that, until recently, and it does help it to sit in place so it is very useful information. it doe

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticisehe government for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was visiting london, meeting prime minister borisjohnson and foreign secretary dominic raab. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. if covid—19 were to spread right across africa, it could be a human catastrophe. many feared that the continent is simply not ready to cope with the crisis. its health systems are already under strain and could buckle underfurther pressure. my guest is ngozi okonjo—iweala. she is a special covid—19 envoy for the african union as well as being chair of gavi — the global alliance on vaccines and immunisations. as the world races to find a vaccine, what is she doing to ensure that lower income countries are not forgotten? dr ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, ze

china's treatment of the ethnic uighurs have led to a revolt of conservative backbenchers in the house of commons's one of them. we have wanted china to mature into this responsible global stakeholder but it's become a superpower without the responsibilities that a superpower should be showing. we are going through an enduring international emergency but there is no international leadership. and what we are seeing with china, it is discreetly pressing, it is taking advantage of our rickety world order to pursue its own agenda. let's bring in rob watson, oxford. would you categorise this as a victory for backbenchers? yes, it is. it's undoubtedly a victory for backbenchers. in many ways, one of the aspects as a fairly humiliating u—turn for the british government is that they hadn't really seen it coming. in terms of domestic british politics, of party management, yes, mrjohnson and his government have a very large majority of 80, but critics of the government will say they should have seen this, they should have seen the unhappiness on their backbenchers. is this really about backbench unhappines

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticisedovernment for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was speaking on a visit to london, where he met prime minister boris johnson and his british counterpart dominic raab. it is about1:30am. it is about 1:30am. you are up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news — panorama. tonight, panorama investigates the uk's plans to fight coronavirus. it was just this fatalism that we're all going to get it and we might as welljust get it over with. we speak to scientists at the heart of the government's response. we mustn't be catastrophists. we could do a lot of damage by raising false alarms. the world health organization was calling for urgent action. we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear. the only way you really deal with this virus is by actually stopping transmission. we reveal the early warning that

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticiseke pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was visiting london, meeting prime minister borisjohnson and foreign secretary dominic raab. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk.

earlier today in the house of commons, british prime minister boris johnson addressed his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. he also talked about the process of reopening amid the pandemic and the u.k. economy. discussions are ongoing on this that you have heard from relevant bodies in the future. >> we have to go to questions of the prime minister and we start with question one. >> question number one. >> i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house and will have further meetings later today. >> thank you, mister speaker. i'm shocked in vegas the workers in clothing factories, 3 pounds 50 an hour and forced to work in totally unacceptable conditions, must be no room for exploitation and modern slavery. so my question is simple, what will the prime minister do about it? >> the conservative government, massively increased the living wage and the labor mayor stand up for the interests of the workforce that we will do. >> vital republicans. >> what we have, the beautiful leafy lanes but also, a major theater in the area, what

conservative party would make it very difficult for borisjohnson to get any legislation through the house of commonsapproved of, so we have seen the quark way episode and i would watch closely to see if there are moves against the proposition that china should build a power plant in this country because there is some murmuring about that and that may well be the next casualty. were that to happen, we would certainly can see a strong reaction from china and they would not be a great deal to hope for in terms of the things that britain would want, which is greater progress on investment, greater access to the chinese market. i think it will be chilly for the time being at least. the new national security law has already seen a number of key pro—democracy activists leave hong kong overfear of being arrested. one of them is nathan law, a founding member of the territory's now disbanded, main pro—democracy party, demosisto. he was elected to hong kong's legislative council. and here's nathan law leaving prison on bail in 2017 after being jailed for his role in the 2014 umbrella movement protests. after l

really came to get our teeth into we're glad that the committee on arms export controls of the house of commons which scrutinises government policy was reformed on monday and we think it's really very urgent that they launch an inquiry and get to the bottom of this just picking up on that description of isolated incidents that seems to be an admission that war crimes have happened and it begs the question well how many isolated incidents have to happen before you change your policy well exactly and i think that's the crux of the matter in the government refers to these as isolated incidents but when you've had 5 or 6. medicines from frontenac clinics being bombed 2 or 3 oxfam water projects and and warehouses being bombed as well as hospitals and schools markets it's really hard to see how this can be described as just isolated incidents and all this to comes isn't it when britain announces this week it is sanctioning individuals in saudi arabia among others for human rights abuses many people say well look this is just hypocritical isn't it. yes and clearly this is part of a disturbing pattern

difference i mean a common situation in england is truly all for treasury produced or polls on the 8th of july claiming that the poll is bought many many out to b.b.c. news stories too and house of commons select committees of treasury committee and public rez committee dominated both by conservatives boast than me about government but for the lack of say security and the fact that now if you look at the standard life data we're looking at 10000000 households possibly 20. 5000000 people in serious financial difficulty and it by sea fin and have been storing p.p.a. protective equipment in case a pandemic it is extremely hard to end up on the streets in finland and even are that the site that in the by this lake has the lowest times that's right in the whole of europe. finance spends the most educationally and this is where it beats i was going to lady countries of the nordic countries spent the most on the bottom quarter of children the quarter who had the balls or you might have done worst at school they have the most spent on the contras the haps the guy you can guess who we spent it eventually the most money on well what is it actually not arms is. no no no we spend 33 perc

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house of commons. a lot of topics to cover. to form a coalition that takes on china. the u.s. and u.k. are part of this, do you think there will be others to join the mission. ? tobias: i think we have to. for so long world has helped china would mature into a global responsible citizen, it was communist in name only. herehas not been the case in they have taken advantage of the limitations of our world order to further their own power base. we turn a blind eye to their human rights abuses and democratic deficit. what we are seeing in hong kong with the suppression of news of the pandemic, people are looking at china differently and saying, is it time to stand up to this country that is in getting so many countries around the world ting so many countries around the world, technological deals as well. this challenges the west and what we stand for. we have done nothing about it. to be more moment robust in what we stand up for. matt: are there privacy concerns when it comes to issues beyond huawei? tiktok is a digital service us

with the home secretary and the rest of government, concluded that review, and will update the house of commonsn what further measures we are taking tomorrow. five years ago, david cameron spoke of a golden era with china, but the relationship has deteriorated badly in recent months, and is now beset by problems on several fronts. take huawei. last week, the government banned the compa ny‘s technology in britain's 56 network because of security concerns, a u—turn prompted by pressure from the americans. there are fears now of the potential economic fallout for british business. other countries, including the us, japan and australia, have paid a price forfalling out with china. china has sanctioned commerce, trade, the companies of those countries operating in china, so, to be honest, i mean, it's difficult to predict what china might do, with regard to the united kingdom, but we might have to expect that british companies would be in the cross hairs. what china is doing to its uighur minority has caused international outrage. men have been forced into mass re—education camps, women forcibly ste

it of hitler he would have found it in his heart for a kind word to say on the floor of the house of commons you don't you don't always get to pick who your allies are. difficult unstable part of the world nobody in the administration condoned what happened you can show great there's no question about it but we live in a harsh world. 1 you live in a world where i wonder how many of the untold masses jailed for having opinions in saudi arabia and other despotic states that the us but friends would go along with your statement that the greatest hope for freedom of mankind is the us if a country that can finesse missed the casualties murder is the best hope for mankind's freedom then god help me. well look you're entitled to your opinions and i'm glad and proud to be an american citizen there isn't any country in the world that has done more to protect human freedom in the united states period close quote. let's talk about iran if we may so many bad deals to kill you once wrote so little time the one that you really had in your sights over many years was the iran nuclear deal wasn't it and in f