of message and chief threat so the head of the international affairs committee in the upper house of parliament the federation council had said it didn't cause the jump it said it says actually just blackmail ahead of john bolton's visit to moscow out this week and actually the procedure for leaving the agreement hasn't even been initiated and the head of the international affairs committee in the lower house of parliament has it somewhat i think he said it's just a trading strategy and actually there is no proof for any violations on the russian side now russia has been rather disappointed at that where they have a lot of hopes when trump came into office that this could prove russian u.s. relations but it seems those hopes with this step may have been dashed completely. how important is this tracy i mean what about the repercussions if it is counseled . well this is hugely in forums this deal has kept has kept nuclear weapons out of europe for three decades it was signed in eighty seven by or so and ronald reagan and it was one of the steps to kind of and the cold war arms race to end those t

of message and chief threat so the head of the international affairs committee in the upper house of parliament the federation council i didn't cause the trumpets that it's actually just blackmail ahead of john bolton's visit to moscow this week and actually the procedure for leaving the agreement hasn't even been initiated and the head of the international affairs committee in the lower house of parliament has similar things he said it's just a trading strategy and actually there is no proof for any violations on the russian side now russia has been rather disappointed if there where they had a lot of hopes when from came into office that they couldn't prove russian u.s. relations but it seems those hopes with this step may have been dashed completely. authorities in afghanistan say of roadside bomb has killed at least eleven people including several children in the eastern province of non-grata the attack raises the number of people killed and wounded to nearly two hundred during the country's parliamentary elections now entering a second day almost nine million people were eligible to cost b

officials today including two heads of international affairs committees of the of the two houses of parliament have also portrayed this decision as kind of a strategic ploy of trump's they've called this blackmail ahead of us national security advisers visit john bolton's visit to moscow this week and seen as a sort of trade strategy putting pressure on russia but the foreign ministry today also appealed for calm they also kind of are portraying the u.s. side as being almost sort of a bull in a in an international china shop as it were kind of breaking up of international agreements left and right and that's a kind of a strategy in a rhetoric that we've seen increasingly in the trumpet ministration from the russian side now present. repeatedly violating the agreement saying the vote is the reason why the u.s. wants to pull out of it easy right. well that's right the u.s. has repeatedly accused russia also under the obama administration they leveled accu such accusations at russia and also today we saw official representatives of nato come out and also voiced concern over russia's violations no

houses of parliamentjust after running down pedestrians on westerners to bridge. his official car was then just about to leave the grounds of the houses of parliament when he saw callardge carving knife and stab in one of his pcs, keith palmer, right in front of him. sircraig pcs, keith palmer, right in front of him. sir craig described seeing pc palmerfalling down, him. sir craig described seeing pc palmer falling down, and him. sir craig described seeing pc palmerfalling down, and getting up, walking past his official car. by that time, the car doors had been rocked by an assistant, there was no protective equipment, no radio, sir craig was in there with two civilians. then the attacker walked directly past his official car, and sir craig described hearing the protection officer shooting khalid masood dad. at that point, sir craig thought about getting out of the car, but a constable told him to shut the door and leave. sir craig was then driven out of the houses of parliament and went on to coordinate the response to the attack, the bloody end of which he had just witnessed. officials in beijing have confirmed that the missing chinese head of interpol is being held

labor's position on breaks it and what that means for the upcoming and vital ports in both houses of parliament can labor succeed in forcing a general election drama out of the brics a crisis or come to the summit chief the impossible and secure the passage of a checkers agreement which virtually nobody supports with any enthusiasm whatsoever but first your tweets your messages and your e-mails and first up from arthur he says bravo alex and todd's one of the best amongst the great c.d.'s of shoes so many voices representative of our mortar nation of scotland's leading party and yes we've got best coverage on his own media the nation would have the claims it's historic into penzance already thank you at the very enthusiastic message people are says a lovely people are excellent alex i'm unsure about democracy and referendums i always enjoy listening to it and so do i have lots of praise for trisha in fact for last week valerie also says it's especially good to hear from to share mark so knowledgeable on catalonia just a car before could tell and that's of course just counterpart and the catalan

pointless thing to do in the absolute pyrrhic victory if they were to secure one through the house of parliament if we ended up losing the second referendum and then what would they be saying we want a third referendum but a lot of polling evidence in the same polls which indicate that at least among labor members those pretty overwhelming support for a people's vote now you know a great labor member passed and that's what you're good for all your political life do you think you should listen to the membership on this basis the biggest cohort if you will no leaks in any election over nonvoters and for me i think our route back to power is to immobilize those votes is give them a reason to vote hopefully inspire them to support the labor party and my worry is that if we start talking about second referendum many of those people in that cohort would be deterred a thing and i think it would be perceived as a betrayal of the of the decision that was taken in twenty sixteen and that referendum will be as close as it was though what you might have done the whole conference and they did the labor party

so, king george v will be here addressing both houses of parliament. nston churchill, who having served on the western front, is back in government as minister of munitions. they will meet to nancy astor, who although not running for mp herself, is supporting her husband, who is a candidate for the plymouth constituency. and lastly and most importantly, they'll meet a soldier who would've just returned after four long years of war, and he'll be in central lobby, lobbying his mp. and if you fancy going along, tickets need to be booked in advance via the parliament.uk website. now, what's been happening in the wider world of politics this week? simon vaughan has our countdown. at five, high times for some in canada, after cannabis is legalised, but medics warn of the possible impact on public health. at four, brexit backing cabinet ministers stage a pizza summit, but defence minister tobias ellwood has an alternative. at three, congratulations to the dad of man city star vincent kompany. pierre's been elected the first black mayor in belgium. at two, mrs

westminster bridge in march last year, before fatally stabbing pc keith palmer outside the houses of parliamentel sandford is at the old bailey. daniel. yes, these inquests are coming to an end with the coroner giving his conclusions tomorrow, but there was time for one last bit of dramatic evidence, with pc nick carlyle describing the moment when khalid masood attacked at the gates of parliament. he said it was obvious what his intention was. he wasn't interested in members of the public. he said he was coming to kill police officers. he described how he saw khalid masood attacking his colleague, pc keith palmer, commie ran towards him to distract him, which did allow pc keith palmer to escape but he died at the scene from his injuries. khalid masood was shot dead at the scene by a bodyguard but the officers who were supposed to be at the gate 50 metres away —— were 15 metres away and pc keith palmer's lawyers are urging the coroner to criticise the metropolitan police. the lawyerfor pc palmer's widow michel said the system for protecting an armed officers at the gates to the houses officers a

over every polling station almost nine million people are registered in the poll for the lower house of parliament ordinary afghans have expressed cautious hope. but i guess their right to vote today i came out here and voted for my favorite candidate and did my part for the future of afghanistan. i had. a chance to have something more income flanks and now i've come here to invite for peasant he should want to bring security to the country i asked people to come and fight for prosperity in afghanistan i'm not. it's a major step that these elections are happening at all they were originally scheduled to be held three years ago but ongoing instability has forced many delays a string of ten candidates have been assassinated then just this past week an attack in kandahar province killed the chief of police and wounded the provincial governor leading to further delays in the province. a senior american general avoided injury in the attack he encouraged afghans not to be discouraged. message to the people of afghanistan as very consistent you have every right to be proud of your security forces and the

vote on most nine million are registered to cast their ballots in the election for the lower house of parliament. afghans have expressed cautious hope. the right to vote today i came out here and voted for my favorite candidate and did my part for the future of afghanistan. which happened more income planck's and though i've come here to vote for person who should work to bring security to the country i asked people to come and vote for prosperity in afghanistan i know it's a major step that these elections are happening at all they were originally scheduled to be held three years ago but ongoing instability has forced many delays ten candidates have been assassinated and just this past week an attack in kandahar province killed the chief of police and wounded the provincial governor leading to further delays elections there are planned for next week. voters are choosing representatives for the two hundred forty nine seat lower house a strong turnout could indicate that institutions are functioning both during the government's legitimacy in the eyes of the people the final results won't be known

vote almost nine million are registered to cast their ballots in the election for the lower house of parliament ordinary afghans have expressed cautious hope. oh it's their right to vote today i came out here and voted for my favorite come to that and did my part for the future of afghanistan. on the phone footage of a time when stuff in war income flanks and now i've come here to vote for person who should wait to bring security to the country i ask people to come and fight for prosperity in afghanistan not. it's a major step that these elections are happening at all they were originally scheduled to be held three years ago but ongoing instability has forced many delays ten candidates have been assassinated then just this past week an attack in kandahar province killed the chief of police and wounded the provincial governor leading to further delays in the province elections there are planned for next week the main target in that attack could well have been the us commander in afghanistan general scott miller although he denies it he escaped injury and encouraged afghans not to be intimidated

women against state pension inequality campaign — known as waspi —blocked roads outside of the houses of parliamentin in large numbers when the bbc failed to report the demonstration. joy e—mailed: well, to discuss how bbc news assesses the news value of protest and demonstrations, i'm joined byjohn zilkha, controller of bbc news channel. thank you for coming on newswatch. let's start with the peoples vote last weekend. the vote march. what made that one deserving of coverage? i think in the first instance, it's sheer scale. 700,000 people, probably the largest march since the protest against the iraq war 16 years ago. something that is clearly noteworthy. the second is that this is clearly the greatest issue facing the country at the moment, the future of the brexit negotiations and what kind of future relationship we're going to have with the european union. on both of those criteria, this was clearly going to be a major news story and one that would have a considerable amount of coverage that day. so numbers — the turnout is significant in the bbc‘s assessment? numbers will clearly be one of the

and the truth must come out to have a democratic and open discussion and i've said in the houses of parliament in the house of lords that i think russia's been doing the right thing in syria russia's been helping the syrian army to get rid of the jihadists that must be the priority and i really respect russia for doing that and i just hope very much that other interests that influence british and us foreign policy prevent a constructive move forward one of the very positive developments again that doesn't get at the publicized. very widespread reconciliation program places that reconciliation programs but it's. well into the hundreds and there is a. rebuilding community. in syria takes courage minister of reconciliation. risked their lives going into some of these places to initiate reconciliation but that is a myth. and again that doesn't get covered in the media. tensions are up to that as jews are arabs protested a local election in the golan heights a disputed territory between syria and israel dozens of locals denounced the vote is illegal and pro israeli. i.d.f. soldiers used tear gas to

new bid to talk with the prime minister life in the who's joining us from just outside the houses of parliament in central london so what did she have to offer to parliament following that e.u. summit last week. well she had lots of positive words and she did actually get a lot of positive noises coming from her counterparts at that summit and just a couple of hours ago in the house of commons here westminster she told parliament that the withdrawal agreement was ninety five percent done this is of course the deal that the the u.k. must strike with the european union if it is to avoid crashing out of the e.u. in march of next year she highlighted that the issue of the money had been settled that britain will pay to the block the issue of e.u. citizens rights here in the u.k. and vice versa but she did refer to what she called a contentious issue of the border between northern ireland arts of the u.k. and the republic of ireland now she did go into some detail saying that. the original backstop as it's called the idea to avoid the hard border which would threaten not peace agreements the backsto

has joined us in a few minutes for a closer look at the lineup for vital votes in both houses of parliament this autumn can the prime minister pull off an unlikely breaks a triumph over the front that there's no enthusiasm for czechs proposal finally proof hard on doing. the ability to keep inflation jamie in the bottle is about bringing so we see prices going up across the board while it's just one of them we see interest rates rising at some slicing we see the dollar eventually cracking and have a catastrophic collapse that's usually inflationary so prices across the board go up that makes that russia saudi arabia venezuela. their oil based economies they all benefit wildly from this emerging market takes a benefit of this then oil and gold gold started to perk up again but going of course would skyrocket two hundred thousand. this is crude oil. soon they need to actually physically hold it out of the ground you know well well well well well well well well well. there's a lot of money with your oil and with that comes. a lot of a lot of people from all over the country. you don't make a h

to head to the house of commons and hear the start of that urgent question, there is a statement following on from the report about bullying and behaviour within the houses of parliamentossible way to resolve this matter is the establishment of a body which is both entirely independent of and external to parliament to hear and adjudicate upon all allegations of bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct, including deciding how far to investigate past misconduct. whether the allegations involve mp5, or staff, the same entirely independent body should be in complete control of the process from start to finish. asi of the process from start to finish. as i have said before, in this chamber, and to the leaders cross— party chamber, and to the leaders cross—party inquiry in my oral evidence last december, independence and transparency are the best guarantors of a process that will both be fair and command general confidence. order. urgent question, john mann. to ask the leader of the house to make a statement on the bully and harassment of staff independent inquiry report. the leader of the house. thank you mr speaker, can i thank the honourable gentleman for his urgent qu

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