we do not know if jack straw will have to a nswer not know if jack straw will have to answer questionsfrom them and we have yet to hear from tony blair, prime minister at the time. in the letter theresa may sent saying sorry for britain's role in this, there is no legal admission of liability by jack straw. and the m16 chief of the time, so what happens next in terms of that will be interesting, about whether people can pin down who took the decision when. michael you say it shows the changes in foreign policy but i suppose nobody would wa nt policy but i suppose nobody would want a foreign policy that meant people were delivered to be tortured? there are question marks. the british public will think who is this guy, what was the group he was linked to? what was going on? i suspect the money is stopping a lot of the details coming out about what we nt of the details coming out about what went on and who else is involved. i think there are legitimate questions from the public as to why they are giving this person £500,000 when they are only asking for £1. but it is wife. but it seems od

but we don't know, jack straw says he would not have signed it off knowing what the consequences were didn't say it, he didn't have too saved, but if he had thought that, that would have been kind of illegal. we don't think of our politicians as going that far. if he had condoned or encouraged or was actually responsible for torture happening, and i don't think that is what people are... he didn't ship anybody either. but the british government did provide the intelligence that enabled others to do that. and it is significant that in the prime minister's statement today she said that the government, the blair government, should have realised earlier what our partners were up to. thank you very much indeed. scott mitchell, husband to barbara windsor, has revealed that she is suffering from alzheimer's — she was diagnosed back in 201a but since last summer, "a definite continual confusion" has set in, so it's becoming a lot more difficult for us to hide, he said. he wanted the world to know, so the two of them could go out and people would accept her condition for what it is. he's been

today, jack straw acknowledged he had given verbal approval for some intelligence to be shared, but sayscted lawfully. whether he was fully briefed by mi6 remains unclear. outside parliament, lawyers who had worked with the family described the day as a victory for everyone who opposes injustice, secret detention and torture. the uk lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and an anti—gaddafi dissident, but today, i think it stood on the right side of history by recognising its mistakes and by apologising. while his wife received compensation of £500,000, mr belhaj said he did not want money, just an apology. and today, he got it. it has taken years to get to this point. parliamentary enquiries failed to unearth the story and it was only the fall of gaddafi's regime that brought it to light, and still the government sought to keep it quiet. today's settlement, though, may leave some questions unanswered, including how far politicians authorised the operation oi’ politicians authorised the operation or if the spies were acting on their own. today, t

today, jack straw acknowledged he had given verbal approval for some intelligence to be shared, but saysnclear. 0utside parliament, lawyers who had worked with the family described the day as a victory for everyone who opposes injustice, secret detention and torture. the uk lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and an anti—gaddafi dissident, but today, i think it stood on the right side of history by recognising its mistakes and by apologising. while his wife received compensation o 0.5 million pounds, mr belhaj said he did not want money, just an apology. and today, he got it. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... why mountains of abandoned hire bikes are springing up across china. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that is the essence of the appalling news this afternoon that has italian television commenting. they man they call the butcher of leon went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a womanjust winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sen

jack straw, who was foreign secretary at the time of their abduction, issued this statement.his afternoon, to the settlement of their case. you have heard the words of the apology delivered by the attorney general today. the uk government believes our clients' accounts of their brutal treatment and accepts they should never have been treated in this way. their torture was not and could never bejustified. i have represented many survivors of torture and abuse over the years and the resilience and determination of this couple in their quest for justice is admirable. it isn't easy to persist for years and insist on fair treatment, yet they did exactly that. we can speak now to kartik raj from human rights watch, who've been following this case throughout. what is your reaction to the apology from the government?” what is your reaction to the apology from the government? i think it is worth noting that an open and full apology of this nature is fairly unusual in the context of renditions that took place in the us led secret detention programme while at the same time acknowledging

today jack straw acknowledged he had given verbal approval for some intelligence to be shared, but saysact lawfully. after years of damaging revelations, the british government has finally decided to apologise in return for the legal case being dropped. their hope is this will draw a line under the past, a past in which deals with dubious regimes took britain and its spies into difficult places. in london, mr belhadj's wife and son went to parliament to hear the attorney general‘s apology in person. she received compensation of £500,000. but her husband had not asked for money. all he said he wanted was an apology, and today he got it. gordon corera, bbc news istanbul. the bank of england says the uk economy has hit a temporary soft patch which means interest rates will remain unchanged at 0.5%. economists had been widely expecting rates to rise this month. an increase is still expected later this year. the bank blamed the bad weather — the beast from the east — for the slowdown which disrupted construction and kept shoppers at home. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. tim

today, jack straw acknowledged he had given verbal approval for some intelligence to be shared, but saysys acted lawfully. whether he was fully briefed by mi6 remains unclear. outside parliament, lawyers who had worked with the family described the day as a victory for everyone who opposes injustice, secret detention and torture. the uk lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and an anti—gaddafi dissident, but today, i think it stood on the right side of history by recognising its mistakes and by apologising. while his wife received compensation of half a million pounds, mr belhaj said he did not want money, just an apology. and today, he got it. it has taken years to get to this point. parliamentary enquiry is failed to unearth the story and it was only the fall of gaddafi's regime that brought it to light and still the government sought to keep it quiet. today's settlement may leave some questions unanswered, including how far politicians authorised the operation, or if the spies were acting on their own. today though, the government will be hop

jack straw is quoted as saying this is outrageous, an appalling allegation, which illustrates a highmp and benyamin netanyahu, desperation by trump and benyamin neta nyahu, not so desperation by trump and benyamin netanyahu, not so much to discredit the deal, but undermine those around it. it is extraordinary if that is what they did. we don't know for sure. it is sources. it is an extraordinary allegation. but the dangerous thing is that both the israeli government, the present israeli government, the present israeli government, the present israeli government, and trump seem almost to want this war with iran. do you believe that? yes, i do. both of them are so misguided. this is how the first world war happened, bit by bit by bit. actually, it's not a bit by bit by bit. actually, it's nota game. bit by bit by bit. actually, it's not a game. some of the evidence netanyahu provided was discredited almost immediately. you don't want to go there. trump has until may 12 to go there. trump has until may 12 to make up his mind about the deal. let's go to the first —— front page of the sund

that was at the time when jack straw the then foreign secretary was confronted with the idea it might wife of abdel hakim belhaj, she has a half million pounds settlement. she apologise. he said he had only wa nted apologise. he said he had only wanted an apology. and he said compensation could be limited to £1 as far as he was concerned. there is more to come out? we will have to see what happens with this deal. it shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. at the time britain was an ally of gaddafi and has a role of handing them over. it is one of those stories that shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. more questions about what was involved about how many others this might have happened to.

not just has launched a long—running legal campaign selling notjust the british government but jack strawime and sirmark allan, was foreign secretary at the time and sir mark allan, with a senior mi6 officer. he said he didn't want a financial settlement but an apology an admission of liability. tomorrow we will find out if he gets one. thank you. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories... two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a seven—year—old girl died on a bouncy castle at a fair in essex in 2016. summer grant suffered multiple injuries after the inflatable was caught by wind and blew away while she was inside it. william thurston and his wife shelby will be sentenced next month. the university of warwick has suspended 11 male students, after racial insults and jokes about rape were used in a group conversation online. copies of the messages have been submitted to officials as evidence, after three formal complaints were made. the university said it would not comment until its investigation was complete. the high court

on the 3rd of may, the claims against jack straw and march 2010.the constructive ways in which abdul hakim belhaj and his wife have approached the mediation. this has been a long way and hugely complex piece of litigation which has been difficult for all the individuals involved as parties. as we have seen in recent years, there remains a considerable international threat to the uk and our allies and it is important that government and the security and intelligence agencies are able to respond properly to keep our country safe. but it is also important that we should act in line with our values and in accordance with our values and in accordance with the rule of law. that means that when we get things wrong, it is right and just that we should acknowledge it, compensate those affected, and learn lessons. i believe this is such a case. the settle m e nt believe this is such a case. the settlement of this claim has been agreed out of court. the main elements of the agreement i can report to the house are as follows. first, no missions of liability ha