himself negotiated this agreement brought it to an election won that election voted through the house of parliament prevented the house of fallen for actually even scrutinizing this bill and now he says that is a bad deal and it needs to be amended by introducing this new internal model all right but why exactly is this happening now it seems like briggs it never ends doesn't it so 1st we had the referendum several elections on the same theme in the never ending negotiations between the e.u. and the u.k. and that's where we are now they have reached a temporary agreement about their post breaks the trading relationship now that agreement runs out at the end of this year and time is running out for those negotiations to be completed and a new 2nd and final agreement trading agreement to come into place so this bill is basically an escalation in those negotiations the u.k. is trying to give itself the upper hand over the e.u. by threatening to walk away from this this trading this agreement it's already signed all right what exactly is the prime minister's role in all of this in all of this political

we've seen over the past 2 days are proposals put before parliament both the upper and lower houses of parliament you want to change the constitution 6 different proposals put forward by political parties and so what will see later on thursday is both the upper and lower house of parliament voting on whether they think those proposals should go to the next stage now there is the possibility that none of the proposals will see and not support in parliament to go to the next stage but just to give you some background this is a constitution that was written by the military after the coup in 2014 yes it did pass through a public referendum after that in 2017 but that was a referendum that was held under some pretty questionable conditions which is why so many people see it as a document that needs to be changed if thailand is to become a more democratic country in the future and what about the protesters way and will this help satisfy their demands. it was i think the short answer is no again we may not see any of these proposals passed through parliament with enough anough votes from the members of

saying look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today britain's lower house of parliamenthas approved legislation to regulate the ukase internal market after brags that the bill gives ministers the power to override the country's withdrawal agreement with the european union despite the threat of legal action from brussels. french president emanuel mccall said in a visit to lithuania that he would help mediate in the political crisis in belarus . with the recent opposition leaders plan a take off sky meeting was seen as a major show of support for the activists. the united nations says around 700000 people face quote catastrophic levels of hunger in south sudan torrential rains in recent weeks triggered what the organization is calling the worst flooding in 60 years in south sudan the water left villages and farmland submerged and drowned livestock. the international space station is leaking above normal volumes of air. has said the russian american crew is not in danger the crew which are made up of what a u.s. astronaut and 2 russian cosmonauts are planned to resolve the

look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today britain's lower house of parliament has approved legislation to regulate the u.k.'s internal market after brags that the bill gives ministers the power to override the country's withdrawal agreement with the european union despite the threat of legal action from brussels. french president manuel mccollum has said on a trip to lithuania that he would be willing to help mediate in the political crisis in belarus micron but with the recent opposition leader svetlana taken off sky of their meeting was seen as a major show of support for the at just the international space station is leaking above normal volumes of air. said the russian american crew is not in danger the crew which is made up of want to u.s. astronaut and 2 russian cosmonauts plan to resolve the problem in the coming day that's. 10 firefighters have been battling to contain wildfires tearing through northern california's wine country since the weekend extremely dry conditions have led to the rapid spread of the blaze in napa valley and near the city of santa

over last weekend they were threatening a cyber attack on the house of parliament this week that they're attacking the free press and now let's look at the engine objectively of this organization they want to have a net 0 carbon emissions which effectively will make it difficult to produce electricity we've lifted a 1000000000 people out of poverty in the past 20 years and a further 1000000000 would be lifted out in the next 20 years or less extinction rebellion get their way they will press to immediately report their views and only that used abolishing the free press and then they want what they call the 6 assembly which is to abolish democracy and instead appoint themselves as some sort of well to coin a phrase commissars of i cannot economic and political system that ignores the wills of the people will the people plungers those interest over the age style culverts say i did not use the right of free speech to everyone in the great. a university in the us has launched a probe after one of its i could to make publicly admitted to spending her entire career pretending to be black she's

farmers has now proved to be hollow it was about time was drugged sunday's vote in india's upper house of parliament spot chaotic scenes 5 was m.p.'s shouted slogans against the bills forcing several adjournment was others tore up copies of the legislation. lawmakers were suspended from parliament for unruly behavior but in the end the government prevailed already if the reserves charge over the border crosser britain frogger part of the mission that the plight of farmers is a heated issue in india where half of the country's 1300000000 people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods the government says the new laws will benefit farmers by allowing them to sell directly to big bias instead of being forced to sell 3 middlemen. but critics say the changes will strip small farmers of bargaining power and lead to exploitation by corporations. and more uncertainty for india's rural communities already battling economic hardship. did i mention gys long joins us for more enemy show why are farmers so angry. well it's not the only knocking example of this angle at that bar speed leg be able not well buil

japan's lower house of parliament has elected yoshida as prime minister so guy is a longtime ally of former prime minister shinzo abi who resigned hew to ill health a vote counting is now underway in the parliament's opera house so his appointment will need to be confirmed by the emperor let's bring in rob mcbride in seoul for us is following the story rob this seems like a formality now we're going to have a new prime minister in japan what sort of direction do we expect him to take the country. that's right in fact just within the past few minutes we have now had confirmation from the diet of the japanese parliament that after votes in both the upper and lower house that we have confirmed as the new prime minister of course he becomes the prime minister designate after this special session he takes the very short trip across central tokyo to the imperial palace for an audience with them for a narrow hito where of course he then officially becomes the next prime minister and his term begins the name on the door changes is no longer shinzo are they but of course we're not expecting ve

from a number of quarters but just within the last hour or so the building you see behind me over my shoulder the parliament of sri lanka has had scenes ascension lee of chaos within the house of parliament you have opposition m.p.'s coming down to the well of the house holding placards some of them displaying black armbands or black shawl is a play on the shoals adopt. good by the rajapaksa family all protesting the changes being proposed in the 20th amendment now they're all trying to drown each other out even the justice minister who tabled officially informally that draft 20th amendment a short while ago literally had to do it amidst the kind of coals and protests of the opposition even the parliamentary feed that were showing the proceedings in parliament didn't as much have him on camera making his presentation other than a few seconds and even the scenes of the opposition m.p.'s essentially the cameras caught very quickly to the speaker who is trying to maintain some sense of decorum so overall there is disquiet there is concern i spoke to one constitutional expert who said the 20th amendment removes all constitutional checks and balances against a very powerful exec

our political correspondent helen catt is at the houses of parliament for us. let'sjust clear something up first of all. the suggestion the amendment, suggesting there may be an extra layer of protection from the uk going into breaking international law, with this internal market bill, has that been agreed with number ten? how the government agreed that to try and get this part of the legislation? that is what we understand. it is not confirmed yet, but we understand there been discussions between some of those conservative mps who are going to try and change the legislation next week, as it goes to parliament, they have not reached agreement with number ten which would give a degree of more parliamentary, an extra layer of parliamentary, an extra layer of parliamentary oversight of ministers hope that will be enough to stave offa hope that will be enough to stave off a rebellion next week because what bob neal was going to do with his amendment was to try and give parliament a say over whether these powers that are included within the bill will ever actually be

of farmers has now proved to be hollow it was resurrected at sunday's vote in india's upper house of parliament spot chaotic scenes 5 was m.p.'s shouted slogans against the bills forcing several adjournment was others tore up copies of the legislation. lawmakers were suspended from parliament for unruly behavior but in the end the government provides for a survey of the reserves tried to everybody across britain project funded the mission the plight of farmers is a heated issue in india where half of the country's 1300000000 people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods the government says the new laws will benefit farmers by allowing them to sell directly to big bias instead of being forced to sell 3 middlemen. but critics say the changes will strip small farmers of bargaining power and lead to exploitation by corporations. more uncertainty for india's rule communities already battling economic hardship. me should gys laws joins us for more enemy show why are farmers so angry. well it's not the only knocking example of this anger at that bar be able not well built that back then so massiv

s in the lower house but i think we cannot judge whether a country is democratic based on what the current situation is like and what a number of m.p.'s. in the 2 houses of parliament are like but we don't need to judge it based on the system and if you look at the rules of the system we have 250 we have 750 people who have the power to choose a prime minister 500 m.p.'s elected from 38000000 people that gives each person individual person like me and professor chait a power of not quite not not not not one to 7 percent in terms of deciding who becomes prime minister but on the other hand you have 250 military appointed senators who are appointed by a committee of 10 people which means that one of those 10 people actually has the power of 3.3 percent to elect who becomes prime minister if you take 3.3 percent and divide it by not point not not not not not 17 percent what you get is an answer of 2000000 which means that at the moment a general member of the population has 2000000 fewer power to miller less power than a member of the senate election coming. which by the way includes members of the current government so i think if you ask me whether this country is de

britain's lower house of parliament has approved a new nor giving ministers the power to break its divorce deal with the european union internal market bill passed the house of commons with a majority of $84.00 vote it will now be debated debated in the upper house which traditionally rubber stamps decisions u.k. government has acknowledged the bill allows international law to be broken the e.u. is threatening legal action if britain doesn't withdraw specific measures from the proposed legislation. britain and canada have imposed travel bans and asset freezes on better russian president alexander lukashenko his son and other officials they accuse the government of rigging the august election and committing violence against protesters it came hours after opposition leaders for atlanta taken a skier met the french president during his visit to lithuania she says emanuel might call on us to help negotiate the release of political prisoners detained during weeks of demonstrations because shanker was sworn in for a 6th term last week despite widespread international condemnation. a woman in ind

house of lords, a wall of very angry resista nce house of lords, a wall of very angry resistance is likely to meet the government then. laura, many thanks again. laura kuenssberg in the houses of parliament have the latest on coronavirus now. new laws banning people from meeting in groups of more than six have come into force in england, scotland and wales. in england, the home office minister kit malthouse urged people to report their neighbours to police if they're seen breaking the new laws. but guidance has yet to be issued to police forces on how to enforce the rules which differ across the uk. in england it applies to any six people including family indoors or outdoors. in scotland the rule of six also applies indoors and outdoors but only two households can meet, and children under the age of 12 are not included in the tally. it's different in northern ireland and wales, where the rule of six only applies if people are meeting indoors. in wales it doesn't include children under the age of ii. if people break the rules in england they could face fines of up to £3,200. our correspondentjon kay has spent the day with police officers in bristol as the new rules came into force. becaus

government which has historically been tough on illegal immigration with a huge majority in the house of. parliament and eve got people who perhaps voted for them on this issue seeing record numbers of people crossing to their country who they don't know who they are they've got no registration hence that frustration is that not a major issue you know. the frustration is there but we have to understand the microphone still needs as well and that it is quite disappointing to see that the government and the media and launched mean enough and. awareness about mike and we are saving the lights and it is the. for all the growing more and climate change related issues in areas. so for instance the. same goes for syria so we can just. dissolve. in the. scenes that we're seeing you expect anti american sentiment to rise further than a country of about 30 seconds if you want to just touch and. just because the reason the country or the. sentiment is increasing that's not only because there's migration but also because the political leadership in this country every sort. so you are right. we don't know whose

of the ldp will almost certainly become prime minister because of its majority in the lower house of parliament on friday said he was stepping down for health reasons. steve bannon, a former advisor to donald trump who's charged with defrauding a crowdfunding campaign to build parts of a wall along the us border with mexico, has been told his trial will begin next may. mr bannon is one of four people accused of using hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover personal expenses. all deny the charges. a couple who aimed guns at black lives matter ‘s protesters have appeared in court. mark and patricia mccloskey are accused of unlawful use of a weapons, an offence which has a maximum penalty of four years in prison. in the wake of the incident, they were given a prominent speaking slot at the republican national convention. australia's foreign ministry says it has been in contact with an australian citizen working as a high profile news anchor in china, after she was detained. it's understood cheng lei, who works for the chinese state broadcaster cgtn, was arrested two weeks ago. relations between

a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today britain's lower house of parliamenthas approved legislation to regulate the u.k.'s internal market after brags that the bill gives ministers the power to override the country's withdrawal agreement with the european union despite the threat of legal action from brussels. french president emanuel michael has said on a visit to lithuania that he would help mediate in the political crisis in belarus i call met with both of us in opposition leaders for the taken off their meeting was seen as a major show of support for the activists. the international space station is leaking air above normal volumes but nasa has said the russian american crew is not in danger the crew which is made up of one u.s. astronaut and 2 russian cosmonauts one plan to resolve the problem in the coming days sir currently installing mechanical attachment tensions are flaring over the speed of regions of the garneau car bomb with both armenia and azerbaijan the forces accusing each other of attacks on their territory armenia claims turkey has shot dow

want fewer politicians, exit polls indicate voters have decided on a referendum to reduce houses of parliament the new law will come into force at the next elections and backed by the readers of the populist five star movement of said paying 1000 politicians is a waste of money. president trump says he expects to announce his nominee for the supreme court on saturday. he said he wants the senate to confirm his nominee before november's presidential election. ijust think it would be better. they asked if i'd rather have it. i'd rather have it before the election. i think it'd be better for our country. and we'll pick somebody that's outstanding, very qualified. they're all qualified, but somebody that is outstanding. and i'd rather see it all take place before the election. over the weekend, mr trump pledged to nominate a woman. here are some of the frontrunners. amy coney barrett is a judge on the circuit court of appeals. she's 48 and previously served as a clerk for the conservative barbara lagoa also serves on the circuit court of appeals. she's a 52—year—old cuban—american. and while she's

if you go into central london at the moment, the houses of parliament, whitehall, it's deserted.ally is and i think there's a feeling in government that they need to lead by example so by urging civil servants back into the office on a rota system, not getting everybody back at the same time but getting people in maybe two days a week, another group of people another two days, they can lead by example and encourage others to do the same. this is a really divisive subject because whilst there are some people who think it's a great idea, there are others who feel quite different and the unions already this morning say that they think this is the government trying to encourage people to do something that they have left behind. working from home is now a thing and it's going to continue to be one. earlier i spoke to dave penman, the general secretary of civil servants union, the first division association. he said that companies and organisations have shown over recent months that they can operate effectively when employees work from home. i think they are pretending if we think this

if you're go into central london at the moment, when i work, the houses of parliament, whitehall, it a lot quieter than it normally is and i think there is a feeling in government that they need to lead by example. so by urging civil servants back into the office, on a rota system, not getting everybody back at the same time, but getting people in it may two days a week, another group in two days a week, another group in two days, they can lead by example and encourage others to do the same. this is a hillbilly divisive subject because whilst there are some people who think it is a great idea —— this isa who think it is a great idea —— this is a really divisive subject. others feel quite different and the unions are this morning saying they think this is the government trying to encourage people to do something that they have left behind. they are working from home is never a thing and it is to do be one. it raises all sorts of questions about not just the economic and cat, but the health risk because we have large numbers of people —— economic impact. school teachers, school pupils

op-ed, for example, tony blair, don -- john major, and a number of other luminaries from the houses of parliamentasting boris johnson's plan to breach international law, we write the brexit deal, this is a very emotive issue, especially the north of ireland. i'm seeing lots of various rhetoric. breakupays chaotic could be. the funds came in and bought the pound last week. annmarie: and it is a monday risk on mood. you can see global equities ticking higher around the world. british pound, 1.28. we will leave you with the city of westminster. ♪ anna: welcome to "bloomberg market: the european open." i am anna edwards live in london. matt: today, the markets say reasons to be cheerful. asian stocks rise as u.s. equity futures amid a flurry of deal activity and signs of progress toward a vaccine. the cash trade is just an hour away. here are your top headlines from

japan's prime minister becoming the country's 1st new leader in nearly 8 years japan's lower house of parliament just made the election official in a vote who has served as chief cabinet secretary to outgoing premier. we'll go live to tokyo at the top of the hour with more on that story. here's a science experiment that seems to have been bored from a hollywood film the european space agency has signed a deal with a german company to build a set of spacecraft their mission to find a way to reach a wrecked killer asteroids. science sometimes takes a while to catch up with fiction more than 2 decades ago this film probably get in proposed to bombing asteroids to save planet earth from a collision is a. very you know a similar plot is being hatched by the european space agency and nasa. the until now humanity has been powerless against the impact of asteroids and other objects circling close to us in the meantime we have the technology and the capital to defend ourselves. a series of spacecraft will be launched from june next year 1 will crash into an asteroid to see if it can change its trajectory

and our political correspondent jess parkerjoins us now live from the houses of parliament.he house speaker there. yes. the real action today before prime minister's questions even began. as you say, an explosive intervention from the speaker, lindsay hoyle, usually somebody who is regarded as a pretty mild mannered figure but really giving it both barrels today, accusing the government of treating parliament with content, saying ministers have been using emergency powers in a totally unsatisfactory way. in saying ministers must remedy the situation. crucially, though, he did reveal, as expected, he would not be selecting an amendment designed to give mps a greater say over national restrictions, saying it would create legal uncertainty. talks have been going on between conservative mps and the government to try and reach some kind of compromise. one tory mp spoke to earlier, though, very insistent that he will need to see the small print first. importa ntly as he will need to see the small print first. importantly as well today, the speaker making it very clear will not hes

and that there is no there is ways to do that gradually with steps such as establishing a 2nd house of parliament a number of steps that can be can be made but there isn't an obvious alternative given that the country remains as somewhat dangerously divided right you do have hezbollah there's a lot of arms around so it's not a very clear path to how you completely change this is the mobile that is a major demand as my call himself said it is making a very brisky bad here why why is fun so keen do you think to take on this major role of the main power broker in lebanon right now when until now you know regional powers like iran supporting hezbollah our even the u.s. have been more active what's in it for funds and can it be the one to succeed do you think in bringing somebody to have an ott. well i know that he said it's a risky bet i would kind of disagree with his statement in the sense that what is risky for france and for lebanon and for many countries is not to try to do something and to see lebanon completely disintegrate and to see this state really collapse or fail and have a failed state

johnson's government has been strongly criticised by the house of commons speaker for what he called its "totally unsatisfactory" treatment of parliamentinging in new covid restrictions. sir lindsay hoyle said giving mps little or no notice about them was "a total disregard for the house". later this afternoon, the prime minister will host the latest news briefing — alongside his chief scientific and medical advisers. our political correspondent helen catt reports. as of today, nearly 2 million people in towns like newcastle are adjusting to life under new tighter rules. but how well do they know what they are? yesterday, the prime minister apologised after himself getting the rules wrong. if the prime minister does not understand the rules and his own council leaders are complaining about mixed messages, how does the prime minister expect the rest of the country to understand and follow the rules? he mentions the restrictions in the north—east and i cleared that matter up as fast as i could. it is very clear that you should not mix indoor — either at home or in a hospitality setting. you should avoid socialising outdoors. we need to a

let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world britain's lower house of parliament has approved legislation to regulate the u.k.'s internal market after the bill gives ministers the power to override the country's withdrawal agreement with the european union despite the threat of legal action from brussels. french president emmanuel markov has said on a visit to lithuania that he would help mediate in the political crisis in better routes back home met with belarus in opposition latest taken off ska their meeting was saying as a major show of support for the activist. the international space station is leaking above normal volumes of nasa has said the russian american crew is not in danger the crew which is made up of a u.s. astronaut and 2 russian cosmonauts plans to resolve the problem in the coming days they're currently. firefighters have been battling to contain wildfires tearing through northern california's wine country since the weekend extremely dry conditions have led to the rapid spread of the blaze in the napa valley and near the city of santa rosa nearl

self isolation rules let's go live now to work london al-jazeera sunny eggo is outside the houses of parliament in westminster sunnier i can imagine the thrust of those fines up to $13000.00 thrown down well not very well with the british public because the government think that they're absolutely necessary. well at this point it does think that it is standing on the edge of what could potentially be a new disastrous outbreak for the country therefore they have to enact something pretty quickly and it's not just coming from the government's own desire to see a 2nd lockdown at all it is of course coming off the advice of other scientists who say that the government has to act swiftly in order to deter another 2nd wave and without a 2nd lockdown to try and stomp out or certainly calm down that 2nd wave but this has been this is been talked told by the prime minister boris johnson themselves who has talked of a 2nd wave coming to this country given the results of the increasing hospitalizations the cases of course so far not seen an increase in deaths due to coronavirus but the government is looki

united kingdom they all speaking with one voice right now does the government there in the houses of parliament in london speak for the a lot of them. technically yes and no. bit of a bizarro way of dealing with things and they're all devolved governments in northern ireland wells and scotland the 1st ministers of those respective countries were part of the united kingdom. attending this all important cobra meeting this emergency meeting chaired by the prime minister but it's down to those respective individual administrations to decide what they want to do on the ground so we know for instance in northern autumn from 6 pm this evening. you will be allowed to go around to other people's houses the exclusion being childcare we know also in wales for particular regions in the south of wales have been added to a list of very tight restrictions there so you can only enter and leave those areas if you have good reason for instance if you need to to go to work and already here in england we've seen different parts of the country subject to the circuit breaker approach where restrictions a snap to it

our political correspondent jessica parker is in the houses of parliament. balance right as chris mason was saying. does this package of measure seem like a compromise the prime minister has come up with? because he was fighting different wings of ministers and mps wanted more or less action. i think you are right, he had significant pressure in some cases not to go too far with the restrictions and others making sure he did go far enough in order to curb rates of transmission of the virus. we heard stark warnings yesterday from the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser as well but i think of the watch that he announced today in terms of the measures is how long the warning, that we are in it from the long haul that they could last for six months if the r rate isn't brought down below one. in terms of whether boris johnson brought down below one. in terms of whether borisjohnson is gone far enough, it is important to note the nicola sturgeon in scotland has announced an extension of a ban on household visits in scotland something borisjohnson hou

climate change act in that piece of legislation had the full support of all parties in the house of parliamentte change should not be a political issue in that way. there is room for political debate about how we tackle climate change of course but there is no room for debate about the need to tackle climate change to cut emissions and we should start addressing this problem properly. really fascinating. we will have to leave it there. thank you both very much for your time. here is some more on our breaking news. the eu has threatened the uk with legal action if it goes ahead with plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. the european commission says the proposals have "seriously damaged trust" between the two sides, and has given the british government until the end of the month to scrap them. the government has said parliament is sovereign and can pass laws which breach the uk's treaty obligations. we can speak now to kenneth armstrong, who's professor of european law at the university of cambridge. that afternoon to you. what do you make of this outbreak of hostilities th

caught breaking self isolation rules let's go live to london now serious on a day go outside the house of parliament in westminster $13000.00 for breaking quarantine is it is the situation that serious there in the u.k. . well i think the government wants to highlight exactly how important it is for the public to follow the rules and don't forget of course that 13000 number is the maximum penalty that those flashing the rules could get it starts off really at about sort of 1300 for people who break the rules and 13000 for those who insist on breaking them at all during this time but really is a source of concern for the government for the health secretary matt hancock in particular who's trying to relay the government's message will be it of course the government's message has been perceived as being mixed. perhaps going at cross purposes at times when it has been actively encouraging people to go out using incentives such as the eat out to help out scheme. trying to take advantage of that as ways of trying to dig up the economy i mean which of course devastated reeling from earlier not done as well

house of commons. i would say for members of parliament across the house, we have to recognize our responsibility to defeat bad bill. that it will go to the house of lords. each individual member of parliament, keep in mind that even for the governing party, none of this was -- they said they would put through the withdrawal agreement bill as it was. so this is a breach of the arrangement that the u.k. government governing party went to the electorate and said it is perfect rewrite for conservative members of parliament on the basis of the manifesto given, stand up for what is right to vote down this bill and stop this nonsense. francine: ian blackford, even if the bill does go ahead and it breaches international law, who can do something about it? ian: well, i think it is safe to say that the european union are pretty angry about the whole thing, and it is going to make it extremely difficult if not impossible to achieve a good result for the trade negotiations over the course of the next few weeks. it makes and no deal brexit more likely and therefore has real risks for northern ireland. i guess there ar

to announce in the house of commons, is that a sign that perhaps the government is listening to some degree to the concerns that some mp's have expressed about the role of parliamenthe convention is that you should announce major policy decisions in the house of commons. erat is you should be making their first there has been irritation expressed by the speaker of the house that a lot of these big poly changes have been a ates press conferend things first and not in the comments. but there is an issue around growing feeling on the conservative edges that too much restriction would be a bad thing. so there certainlymu seems to be more of a sense of it there are going to be more restrictions, a lot of the conservative backed benches would like to see them really ju tified as being only way forward because of the potential impact on the economy aac the health i that come from that. ros: the situation is developing quickly in the and also moving quickly and spain. a new lockdown in madrid. only leave their homes to go to work, school, or to seek medical care. this is why. spain's rate of infection has been rising steeply for the last tw months. over the last two weeks

of parliament? the convention is that you should be announcing major parliament decisions in the house of commons. of a irritation expressed by the speaker of the house in recent weeks that actually a lot of these big policy changes has been announced and press conferences and not parliament where they should be. certainly there is an issue around a growing feeling on the conservative backbenchers that too much restriction would be a bad thing. there is certainly seems to be much more of a sense of if there are can be more restrictions a lot of conservative backbenchers would like to see them really, reallyjustified as being the only way forward. because of the potential impact on the economy and the health impacts that come from that. so the situation is developing quickly. so the situation is developing quickly. things are also moving very fast in spain. a new lockdown has begun in madrid. as of today, more than 800,000 people can only leave their homes to go to work, school or to seek medical care. this is why. spain's rate of infection has been rising steeply of the last two months. in the las

ina and misled the house of parliament in a statement in october when he said that she did have diplomatic health is at stake and we need to move this on very quickly now. charlotte, what do you want to happen next? we just now. charlotte, what do you want to happen next? wejust want now. charlotte, what do you want to happen next? we just want things to move forward. we need either her to come back. she has got a choice to come back. she has got a choice to come back, she's not being held there by the us government. there is still a tiny hope that she will find some sort of moral ground, some moral... i don't know, show some sort of affection to us and come back, or the us government play ball or the back, or the us government play ball orthe uk back, or the us government play ball or the uk government actually stand up or the uk government actually stand up and do something about it instead of just saying that they are trying to do something about it. you know, we need a trial to take place. it is the most important thing. without our trial we cannot even have our inquest so we still do

about the interaction of members of parliament and our connection to each other in this important challenge that we face. it's now an honor to introduce the speaker of the house of commons. throughout his decades in parliament, he has been a clear leader in the uk's proud history of addressing environmental injustice which has been part of the uk's sustainable development metric since 1992. under his speakership, u.k. advanced its effort to reach zero by 2050 and ensure a greener, more sustainable future. nice to see you. >> friends, fellow speakers, first, i would like to thank you, speaker pelosi for holding this event and showing such great leadership on these issues. as it takes on the presidency of cop 26 next year. it is an honor for me to join you for my first ever g7 speakers meeting, ace -- as speaker as a house of commons. by way of introduction, i have myn a member of parliament whole term in lancashire, and the northwest of england. i have been elected since 1997. i was deputy speaker for nine years. it has been a long apprenticeship to take over the top job within the commons. departure,it was a the previous incumbent. elected on the fourth of no

i think it's 19 members of the afghan parliament, i'm going to ask unanimous consent to enter it into the record. this letter from the islamic republic of afghanistan, lower house of the parliament, national interest preservation group. to this committee. without objection, so ordered. it says -- it's rather pointed and -- in its message. and one of the most important excerpts of this two-page letter, i'll read as follows. t calls upon the united states to rise to the occasion, and i'm quoting now, rise to the occasion by standing up for the great cause of women's rights, which is indisputably human rights. and let this deal, this agreement, be known as one that preserve the rights of every afghan man and woman. not a deal that prevents little girls from going to school. not a deal that leads to the destruction of our institutions. and not a deal that back tracks on the great achievements of freedom and democracy. those achievements purchased at a high price among u.s. service members, as well as coalition and afghan forces as well. how is it that -- and i understand you don't set the parameters for negotiations. you conduct them. so this was not your decision.

head of the upper house of the russian parliament committee for international affairs says that it is too early to involve the organization for prohibiting of chemical weapons since he said 1st experts have to establish that the chemical weapon was used on the violin the this goes in the line of what we heard before from a much higher up in in moscow and that is that most call the did not receive any evidence that the charcoal was the thing that poisoned the and they themselves are sold here the russian doctors didn't find any proxies in his body another one said that it is not a place of young stoltenberg or nato to be asking these questions to russia and that they should take care of their internal affairs and this doesn't even deserve an answer from from moscow but one thing is sure that though there is no love lost between nato and russia this statement alone will further strain the relations between these 2. and they also says greece and turkey have started talks to avoid a conflict over energy resources in the eastern mediterranean that is despite a denial from greece which says

of parliament. listen to the house of lords today, can you imagine the plan getting through?not pick and mix. this stinking hypocrisy chokes our country's reputation and destroys our government's ability to lead at home and make agreements abroad. even a former tory leader, a brexiteer, has serious fears. how can we reproach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? some tory mps share some of the eu's concerns, but the chance of the government backing down right now seems zero. trust and confidence are and will be key. and confidence he calls for? that's in short supply. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so where does this leave things? 0ur europe editor katya adler has the latest from brussels. you really cannot separate this war of words and will that's raging between the uk and the eu over this legislation, the market bill on the one hand and the trade negotiation one hand and the trade negotiation on the other. the mood in one very much affects the oth

that obviously this has to be confirmed with a special session of the diet's the lower house of the japanese parliament on wednesday when it's expected to go will then be confirmed as the next prime minister and what sort of japan does he inherits rob economically socially postcode . it comes at a pretty fraught time as a lot of people who wouldn't really envy him taking on this job because of course you have the worst cratering of the japanese economy in decades as a result of that still remains and major public health crisis on the diplomatic front you have the worst relations with neighboring south korea that they've had for decades also japan continues to be caught in the wrangling between china and the united states so he's taking on all of these problems at this time of course he's only meant to be in power for one year almost like an interim prime minister this is the year that they should have served out to the rest of his premiership before the party has to call a general election about the same time next year but there is a lot of speculation that looking at all the problems going forward tha

of parliament. listen to the house of lords today — can you imagine the plan getting through?g hypocrisy chokes our country's reputation and destroys our government's ability to lead at home and make agreements abroad. even a former tory leader, a brexiteer, has serious fears. how can we reproach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? some tory mps share some of the eu's concerns, but the chance of the government backing down right now seems zero. trust and confidence are and will be key. and confidence he calls for? that's in short supply. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. from bond to the game of thrones in a career spanning more than 60 years — tributes to dame diana rigg who has died at the age of 82. freedom itself was attacked this morning and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whi

of parliament. listen to the house of lords today — can you imagine the plan getting through?ry's reputation and destroys our government's ability to lead at home and make agreements abroad. even a former tory leader, a brexiteer, has serious fears. how can we reproach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? some tory mps share some of the eu's concerns, but the chance of the government backing down right now seems zero. trust and confidence are and will be key. and confidence he calls for? that's in short supply. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: ten dead and hundreds injured in anti—police riots in the colombian capital, bogota. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich su