to cambodia now where the no house of parliament has passed a new law that makes it a crime to insult the king from now on anyone found guilty of a royal insult faces up to five years in prison. that law could be misused by prime minister hun sen to further stifle dissent neighboring thailand has a was toughest penalties for insulting the monarch with sentences of up to fifteen years in prison they speak to al-jazeera as wayne hale who is live from thailand's capital bangkok wait wait what are the implications of this. well first of all no surprise that this law sailed through the national assembly in the last hour or so in phnom penh given that the ruling cambodian people's party which came up with this law led by prime minister hussein who's been in power for more than thirty years dominates the national assembly in phnom penh and so this goes to the senate which will really be a formality and will then go to the king himself for signing off and then as you mentioned people can be jailed for up to five years of found guilty of insulting the monarchy and the concern is that scuse me

we're doing lots throughout the morning to mark it carol's in the houses of parliament. ies' gallery was, that even higher up than you can see today. in the ladies' gallery it was cramped and smelly, rfid poor views, they could not hear properly and it had grills on the window and they even chained themselves to those grills, which prompted the purchase of these huge bowls clippers we saw earlier. how times have changed! it is nice and toasty in here but a cold day ahead of us outside. there is a hard frost and some snow in the forecast today. starting at 9am across the south—east of england, bright skies, bits and pieces of cloud, the cloud is producing some wintry showers across parts of east anglia and into the midlands, for example. as we move into northern england and southern parts of central scotland, we have a band of snow, a weather front. clear skies north of that and some snow showers in the north and west. the risk of eyes almost anywhere across the uk this morning. northern ireland has some snow showers on and off through the day. back into north wales, once

mps in the uk will be leaving the famous houses of parliament for at least six years. we will explain why. as promised, stefa ny is back. we will explain why. as promised, stefany is back. political risk a nalyst. stefany is back. political risk analyst. lovely to see you. women are dominating the papers. we have theresa may to begin with. the front page of china daily. in the uk it is all about brexit and it is all about citizens rights. in the uk, when we do leave in march 2019. china daily is more focused on trade and the relationship between the uk and china. exactly. they are looking to have partnership for china's belt and road initiative which is all about infrastructure. they want to see if london is going to keep its position as a top global financial centre. there is a lot of discussion about this. it is pretty normal that the prime minister takes the trade delegation to countries like china oi’ delegation to countries like china or india where they have big business. the processor the same thing. it is true that the united kingdom has acted this up. the uk c

s here in the house of parliament to actively campaign for a second referendum. it would be up to members of parliament to pass legislation for another referendum vera hobhouse is a liberal democrat m.p. her party is one of the smaller ones and they are campaigning to overturn bracks it the leadership of both big political parties are committed to what appears to be more and more hard and the people need to understand whether that is really what they want do they want to have the travel restrictions to work restrictions are there actually happy that our economy might go down the too many pro european campaigns lobby online rather than in front of parliament they're often run by young people posting with hashtags like e.u. flag maffia. and there are petitions to parliament too. but outside one of london's big universities feelings amongst the mostly empty bricks of students are mixed as to whether they would like to have another say. we've already made a decision i think we might as well stick with something like well and sort of changing our minds off what for i t

mps in the uk will be leaving the famous houses of parliament for at least six years.s promised, stefany is back. political risk a nalyst. stefany is back. political risk analyst. lovely to see you. women are dominating the papers. we have theresa may to begin with. the front page of china daily. in the uk it is all about brexit and it is all about citizens rights. in the uk, when we do leave in march 2019. china daily is more focused on trade and the relationship between the uk and china. exactly. they are looking to have partnership for china's belt and road

welcome back to westminster in the shadow of the houses of parliament. % female mps, up from what it was, but somewhere behind a lot of other developed countries. that said, we are not only talking about women in public life, we are trying to address issues that concern all women across the board, wherever they live in the country, whatever role they have in life, public life or otherwise. let us talk to a very significant person today. doctor helen pankhurst, who joins us from our studios in sa lfo rd. joins us from our studios in salford. good afternoon to you. as oui’ salford. good afternoon to you. as our viewers might imagine, you are the great granddaughter of emmeline pankhurst. i have to begin today by asking what today really means for you and your family? good afternoon. it is really important as a symbol asa it is really important as a symbol as a single moment to reflect on the past and i think that's what we are doing. we are coming together as a country, all media outlets, many organisations are celebrating the centenary. it was a symbolic i

that will happen, but during the debate, andrea leadsom said mps and peers would not leave the house of parliamentednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. now to the second day of debate in the house of lords on the eu withdrawal bill, which transferee to uk domestic law on the day after brexit. —— which will transfer eu law to uk. ministers could have been left in no doubt a ball as the day wore on, but they had a fight on their hands. there were peers for and against calls for a second referendum but speakers from both sides of the debate argued for big changes to the bill, especially over the powers ministers are seeking to give themselves. a former speaker of the commons set the tone. the duty of your lordship's is very clear. and that duty i submit is to assert our right to scrutinise, to amend, and if needs be, to reject unacceptable parts of this bill and to use the arsenal of our powers and prerogatives, to limit the damage that threatens the sovereignty of parliament and the national interest. yes, i will work for amendments to this bill that's soften the impact of brexit safeguar

da amendment bill through both houses of parliament is that an advanced stage with an indication by parliament that the bill were reasonably be finalized during the first quarter of twenty eighteen the bill once an act it into law will end tranqs existing regulated research n.t. provide for security of tenure and advance of such economic interest of all south africans we are extremely concerned about the rising. fatalities in mining particularly this year we call on mining companies to work together with all stakeholders to ensure that mine accidents are dramatically reduced this year one mining fatality fatality is far too many ultimately the growth of our economy will be sustained by small businesses as is the case in a number of countries around the world it is our shared responsibility to grow this by tell a sector of the economy we will work with our social partner us to build a small business support ecosystem that assists but also naresh is and promotes and trepanier this government will honor its undertaking to set aside at least thirty percent of public procurement to small and medium

these different cigar house death was sure if it would just to be adopted but for a fifth of parliament both houses of parliament referendum could include a challenge saying that there's a right for regions to be different or to have a slightly different status to give more or to not be so within that they could be a possibility within a framework of national or is a sure reform but i don't think that it would be in a position to accept to write as a course to go to the missed won't mention in the constitution of the existence of corsica people that would go against the french for support of indivisibility michael and michael keaton in edinburgh we've talked about how some of the central government have been dealing with these national set and you know the issue of more autonomy but what about the european union you know brussels how have they handled this so far. they're not handled that well atoll well when the european union expanded their central and eastern europe they had provisions about minority rights and about concern about the structure of government and so on as soon as the

reason this is dangerous for the government is that there is highly likely to be a vote in the house of parliamentonths that would allow tory mps who are critical of their own government's policy tojoin critical of their own government's policy to join forces with the labour party and potentially inflict a defeat on the government and potentially change the government's preferred option on the customs union, which changes the course of brexit. that is why these policy choices that labour is making are significant. thank you. a polish expedition attempting to become the first to conquer the world's second—highest peak, k2, in winter has confirmed that one of its climbers appears to have launched an unauthorised solo attempt to reach the summit. denis urubko struck out alone, reportedly refusing to discuss his plans with base camp on the radio. we can now speak to the expedition spokesperson, michal leksinski. he's in warsaw. just explain to me, why is it so bad for somebody to strike out on their own? you are all competitive climbers, aren't you? well, i must say... problems with sound. without any

jacob zuma doesn't quits he could face a vote of no confidence in part of it and the lower house of parliamenthas passed and you know all that makes it a crime to insult the king with penalties of up to five years in prison the measure still needs to be approved by the upper house fear the measure could be misused by prime minister hun sen to further stifle dissent those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next here is so listening to stay with us sensible well if we cannot have palestinian my government was certainly not allowed britain to control french polish time would be an actress but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows more than a century ago britain and france made a secret deal that would influence the shape of the middle east for more than a century to come and so. now we can dream. psych speak lines in the sand at this time on al-jazeera. i. want to be that. steve and i have no option but to stare at stark's receive just for the freedom of the media i do the political situation.

s here in the house of parliament to actively campaign for a second referendum it would be up to members of parliament to pass legislation for another referendum there are harper house is a liberal democrat m.p. her party is one of the smaller ones and they are campaigning to overturn bracks it the leadership of both big political parties are committed to what appears to be more and more hard and the people need to understand whether that is really what they want do they want to have the travel restrictions the work restrictions are there are actually happy that our economy might go down the tube. many pro european campaigns lobby online rather than in front of parliament they're overrun by young people posting with hashtags like e.u. flag maffia and there are petitions to parliament too. but outside one of london's big universities feelings amongst the mostly empty breck's of students are mixed as to whether they would like to have another say. we've already made a decision and i think we might as well stick to something like that instead of changing our minds what free i think a second

within the eu however the shift has not been dramatic enough to persuade the mp's here in the house of parliamento actively campaign for a second referendum. it would be up to members of parliament to pass legislation for another referendum. she is a liberal mp. they are campaigning to overturn brexit. >> the leadership of both big political parties are committed to what appears to be more and more a hard right fit, and the people need to understand, is that what they want? are they actually happy that our economy might go down the tube? terry: -- reporter: many campaign online rather than in front of parliament. they are often run by young people. and their petitions to parliament, too. but outside of one of london's big universities, feelings among the mostly anti-brexit students are mixed as to whether they would like a say. >> we have made a decision. we might as well stick with something like that instead of changing her mind halfway through. >> i think a second chance is what we need. i think it would be beneficial. >> i was on the remains side. i think we already had one debate. a second d

house of lords later this month. now, mps have backed a call for parliament to move out of the palace of westminster while billions ofre carried out. the building is part of a world heritage site but there are problems with asbestos, wiring, pipes, and plumbing. the thorny problem of how to carry out the repairs has been looked at over the years, with three options being put forward — moving out altogether, moving one chamber out at a time, and staying put for the work to be carried out around mps and peers. the three options carry correspondingly increasing price tags. opening a debate in the commons, the leader of the house presented mps with two two motions — one of which suggested a further review delaying any decision for a further four years and a second suggesting the setting up of a delivery authority as soon as possible to look at the options again, and fully cost them. andrea leadsom said she'd approach the question of restoration with a healthy degree of scepticism. i, like many, felt that the case for a major restoration programme had probably been overstated and that the palace looked fine to me, and we'

that were delivered one was delivered to the trump family one was delivered to the british house of parliament another was delivered to julia songe but all three of those that the substance the white powder in the package was not dangerous it wasn't dangerous substance however this one that was delivered to this military base does appear to actually be a dangerous substance people are actually ill and actually harmed this is definitely a security concern people are thinking of the anthrax attacks that that swept the united states almost over a decade ago a lot of fear is on people's minds as they're trying to figure out what exactly is going on here why is this envelope containing a suspicious substance that is now making people ill why was this delivered and what's going on here. israeli soldiers have arrested ten people in a raid on a palestinian village and among them was a teenage boy still recovering from a shocking head injury sustained at a west bank protest two months ago the raid was caught on video by a member of his family and. reports. well ten palestinians were arrested by the i.d

these are percentages in the lower houses of parliament around the world. i will explain this. 61.3% in the middle of africa. the one to the left of that in latin america, that is bolivia and we will talk about that ina bolivia and we will talk about that in a second. the interesting statistic for me, you can see the nordic countries and the scandinavian countries do particularly well but the interesting one, saudi arabia, 19.9% women in the lower house and look at america, 19.4%. china and saudi arabia have more women in the lower house than the united states. what is interesting about those countries, rwanda, bolivia and saudi arabia is changes in legislation. that is what has produced higher numbers of women in representation, rwanda has always been an anomaly, after the genocide, men were targeted more and they decided they wa nted targeted more and they decided they wanted more women in politics. bolivia is really interesting. in 2000 there were as 12% of women in parliament and they changed the law in 2010 and now we are above 50%. that is a remarkable change, the kind of

of fact. us media suggest the memo is likely to be released by the white house on thursday. the bbc‘s former china editor, carrie gracie, has told british members of parliament giving evidence to a parliamentary committee. the director general — tony hall — admitted to the hearing the bbc had got some things wrong. now on bbc news, click.

just hours after a similar package with a similar suspicious white powder was delivered to the house of parliament in the united kingdom so questions are being raised about that individuals are trying to get to the surface of that situation in the u.k. it's being investigated and this comes just one day after on the previous day we have the delivery of a suspicious and lope to the residence of donald trump jr the son of the u.s. president now when the package was delivered we then heard that his wife vanessa trump the wife of the president's son that she was taken to the hospital preemptively in the concern that this is specious white powder may have actually contained a dangerous substance like anthrax or something like that it was tweeted out that this could have come from the opponents of president trump however it has now been determined that in the envelope that was sent to the residence of donald trump jr all that was contained was simply cornstarch now keep in mind a week ago a suspicious package containing white powder was sent to the residence of julian a sign she was hauled up in the ecu

police are currently investigating what they describe as an incident at the houses of parliament in london there's a heavy police presence there visible outside the building apparently the parliament current of course in recess this time we're so father thought he's in london unable to immediately give any extra information but they said they would provide it up thanks shortly if we get hold of that in the next half hour we'll update you as well to dot com of course for all our stories twenty four seventh's flows kevin always saying thanks for watching out international we always appreciate it having a good afternoon. tell us stein is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos. to listen to you like you know. this is my cousin he is going to study hall meeting. john tells. me the only palestinians who gets the most help from his jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's some of those who were under the vision. only could get it. and the result of this lady is. i don't know if you can compete in the doesn't she look the more. don't piss off. e

think to see last week the report that a homeless person had died just in the proximity of the houses of parliament from cold sleeping rough in the street there's no there's no rational explanation i think for all decent people who are. the overwhelming majority of people here and elsewhere it's just inconceivable that people would choose people in power would choose to spend our heart of taxpayers' money on weapons of mass destruction that can kill millions of people rather than spending it on ensuring people's needs are met with a pit that people in the twenty first century should dari on the streets of london close to parliament it's it's just unbelievable we need media reorientation of our national priorities and i believe the people as a whole the majority of the people share those common values with us this is a normal human concern value it's the government that's out of step it's the political elite that's out of step the government didn't actually want anyone to see the realities of it they didn't want nuclear weapons to be connected to the horrors of hiroshima rich. iran knew about where

to see last week the report that a homeless person who'd died just in the proximity of the houses of parliament from cold sleeping rough in the street there's no there's no rational explanation i think for all wouldn't really decent people which is the overwhelming majority of people here and elsewhere it's just inconceivable that people would choose people in power would choose to spend our heart of taxpayers' money on weapons of mass destruction that can kill millions of people rather than spending it on ensuring people's needs are met if they put people in the twenty first century dari on the streets of london close to parliament it's it's just unbelievable we need media reorientation of our national priorities and i believe the people as a whole the majority of the people share those common values with us this is a normal human concern value it's the government that's out of step it's the political elite that's out of step the government didn't actually want anyone to see the realities of it they didn't want nuclear weapons to be connected to the horrors of hiroshima which. iran knew about

who one hundred years ago this year was elected to the house of parliament.but who was in jail at the time and who in any event was an abstention as a politician and just like shin fein m.p.'s now we don't take our seats we continue in that tradition because for us irish political decisions are to be made rightfully in our union for irish people and then so many other women down through through through the years and it would be fair to say that although the perception of sion fame correctly has been of a very male partially because irish politics sadly has been very male there has always been a strong hold horse of of women in leadership positions engine fan i think what's changed now is that more of us are in public representatives of roles and public leadership roles and i'm very proud to serve in that same tradition as marquis of h. and more a drum and margaret buckley and so many others and i'm very humbled to be the woman who in modern arlen now leads from the front and is is the their own shin fein you know last month when you accept a nomination presid

is very important and the location is great the location is a statement right next to the houses of parliament what it means is that the british nation cares about what happened during the second world war and he semitism is not only a jewish problem and he semitism is a threat to our entire society so the fact that the british nation are investing in this initiative is of enormous significance and most of all to holocaust survivors because they are really deeply worried what's going to happen beyond their own lifetime we need to let them know that we're going to carry their torch for them we will guarantee that we will remember the holocaust and more importantly we remember the lessons of the holocaust and speaking of lessons important is the educational aspect of the memorial unlearning sent i think that's the essence of the entire initiative because we are remembering the past for the sake of the present and the future isn't a tragic alex that so many years after the second world war have been genocides in bosnia in cambodia in darfur in rwanda the world hasn't yet learnt to those lessons s

all of these newspapers have been read here in the houses of parliament. to. i put all the right—wing newspapers on the right side, and all the left—wings on the left, and the drone disrupts all the papers and blows them all over the house, creating this terrible mess. left and right newspapers all get mingled together and they form this kind of, bombardment, visual bombardment of news headlines, some trivial, some meaningful. a lot of your finished pieces concern the printed media, the press. but there's a view that they're rather on the way out now. yeah, but the fourth estate's not going away, people read the newspapers online, that's all. the physical object, i like the cliche of the newspaper. is that what it's become now? i think it has. and i think it's... i love all of those things in films where you see the newspapers spinning round, and, you know, on the news you always have the factory where they are printing them. so i quite like the cliche value of that. perhaps if newspapers have gone in ten years it'll be a snapshot of a time, but they haven

who one hundred years ago this year was elected to the house of parliament.but who was in jail at the time and who in any event was an abstention as a politician and just like shane fein m.p.'s now we don't take our seats we continue in that tradition because for us irish political decisions are to be made rightfully in our union for irish people and then so many other women down through through the years and it would be fair to say that although the perception of sion fame correctly has been of a very male partially because irish politics sadly has been very male there has always been a strong hold horse of of women in leadership positions in sion fan i think what's changed now is that more of us are in public representatives of roles and public leadership roles and i'm very proud to serve in that same tradition as marquis of h. and more a drum and margaret buckley and so many others and i'm very humbled to be the woman who in modern arlen now leads from the front and is is the their own shouldn't feign you know last month when you accept a nomination presid

will happen, but during the debate, andrea leadsom said mps and peers would not leave the houses of parliamenthe earliest. peers will have their say in the next few days. it was all change at prime ministers questions. theresa may in china was on a trip to china, attempting to boost trade and relations. as well as formal talks, there was time for mrs may and her husband to pay a visit to a peking opera performance, for a little music and drama. well, back in westminster, the lead role at prime minster‘s questions had been delegated to the cabinet office minister, david lidington, who faced the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry. the exchanges began with a little bit of banter about the last time the two had faced each other across the despatch box. let me start by welcoming the minister back to his role, deputising for the prime minister. last time he did so was in december, 2016, when his party with 17 points ahead in the polls, and he told the house that the labour party was quarelling like the film mutiny on the bounty, re—shot by the team who made carry on. well, what a difference

is very important and the location is great the location is a statement right next to the houses of parliament what it means is that the british nation cares about what happened during the second world war anti semitism is not only a jewish problem and he semitism is a threat to our entire society so the fact that the british nation are investing in this initiative is of enormous significance and most of all to holocaust survivors because they are really deeply worried what's going to happen beyond their own lifetime we need to let them know that we're going to carry their torch for them we will guarantee that we will remember the holocaust and more importantly will remember the lessons of the holocaust and speaking of lessons important is the educational aspect of the memorial unlearning sent i think that's the essence of the end initiative because we are remembering the past for the sake of the present and the future is a tragic alex that so many years after the second world war have been genocides in bosnia in cambodia in darfur in rwanda the world hasn't yet learnt to those lessons so we d

in the houses of parliament here who's been leading the charge to try to find any information about alleged russian interference and in that letter mr milner said that there was basically minimal interference if any by the russians so mr collins also to investigate again he's done so and said and concluded in that letter today that there has been no russian interference as far as the briggs's referendum is concerned now earlier this month damian collins he travelled to the us to meet with officials from the big tech companies such as you tube and some of the answers he received from them perhaps didn't satisfy him. they looked at all advertisements any connection to russia and we found no evidence of our services being used to interfere in that that's a referendum a very small number of suspects it's not research agency linked accounts forty nine such accounts were active during the campaign which represents less than not point not five percent of the total number of accounts these are very low level things. so very minimal if any russian accounts or accounts simply just based in russia inv

is very important and the location is great the location is a statement right next to the houses of parliament what it means is that the british nation cares about what happened during the second world war and he semitism is not only a jewish problem and he semitism is a threat to our entire society so the fact that the british nation are investing in this initiative is of enormous significance and most of all to holocaust survivors because they are really deeply worried what's going to happen beyond their own lifetime we need to let them know that we're going to carry their torch for them we will guarantee that we will remember the holocaust and more importantly we remember the lessons of the holocaust and speaking of lessons important is the educational aspect of the memorial unlearning sent i think that's the essence of the entire initiative because we are remembering the past for the sake of the present and the future. isn't the tragic alec's that so many years after the second world war have been genocides in tanzania in cambodia in darfur in rwanda the world hasn't yet learnt those lesso