the foreign secretary james cleverly - what is the latest?elfast where they helped focus would be the progress made this week on negotiations on the brexit arrangements for northern ireland at the heart of the current political crisis. but things not turned out to be quite so straightforward. sinn fein said that their president mary lou mcdonald had been excluded from the talks and therefore sinn fein decided they would not turn up to the meeting with james cleverly at all and the other nationals part of the sdlp followed suit. so in the end james cleverly sat down with unionist politicians and members of the cross community alliance party only and after the meeting unionists said they understood the issue around sinn fein was to do with diplomatic procedure. mary lou mcdonald is the leader of sinn fein across the island of ireland and sits on the irish parliament in dublin where she is leader of the opposition. and that meant apparently thatjames opposition. and that meant apparently that james cleverly could not meet her before he had met a

foreign secretary james cleverly, thank you so much for joining me this morning.ed, i'm joined by pat mcfadden in the studio, shadow chief secretary to the treasury. now i'm confused by labour's economic policy because we've got keir starmer making some pretty big spending pledges . we've got wes streeting talking about giving nurses perhaps a 10% pay rise and yet at the same time there's lots of rhetoric around we can't throw too much money at it. we've got too much money at it. we've got to be mindful of the purse strings. labour strings. so what are labour going to do then? raise taxes to afford the spending or cut the spending ? the principle will be spending? the principle will be if we come forward with new spending , we'll see how we pay spending, we'll see how we pay for it. so let me give you an example. you mentioned wes streeting there . we've streeting there. we've identified staffing shortages as being part of a big long term problem in the nhs. there's no secret about that. so we've got a plan to train more doctors , a plan to train more doctors, tra

the right honorable james cleverly is here to talk with our government. and he's here to tell us how important ukraine is. i know i've seen from some of the advanced press articles about that, but i'm sure we'll have a larger conversation than that as well. he's a distinguished public servant. he's a politician and he's a military man. and i think both of them should be honored in equal proportion. he served in many different positions, of course now being the secretary of state for foreign affairs for commonwealth and development affairs. but he previously was the minister for education in the u.k. and has served numerous very senior roles in political life in the conservative party. but i'd also like to highlight that he dedicated his life as well as a military officer. and he joined the territorial army as a young man, and he's remained active. and that's also important, because i think it brings a perspective that a lot of foreign ministers don't have, and that's the tangible reality on the ground. so he speaks with an authority that will be very valu

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the british foreign secretary, james cleverly, urged tehran to "end the violence against its own peoplessadi joins me now. what's been the international reaction to these executions? as you said, the british foreign secretary called it abhorrent and this is not the only way to describe what happened in iran about these two executions. many foreign ministers have called it, used the same kind of vocabulary, apparent, appalling, horrifying, revolting, such as james cleverly, the french secretary, the us special envoy to iran and lots of eu mps and mps of different european countries like the netherlands, france, germany, some of these countries have a sponsored political prisoners in iran and they were trying to save them by writing letters to their ambassadors, iranian ambassadors to their countries, and asking it to save their lives and now it is very disappointing for them and i think the international community has united in condemning this act of execution. united in condemning this act of execution-— united in condemning this act of execution. ~ ., ., ., ~ ., execution. what more do

james cleverly said mr sharp was an "incredibly successful" individual and deserved the role.rliamentary inquiry. our political correspondent jonathan blake has more. richard sharp was appointed as chairman of the bbc injanuary 2021. it is a role chosen jointly between the prime minister of the day and the culture secretary in government, and the sunday times is reporting today that, weeks before that appointment, richard sharp, long a friend of the former prime minister borisjohnson, helped him get access to a loan of up to £800,000, and he did that through meeting with a distant cousin of mrjohnson, a wealthy canadian businessman, called sam blyth, who was proposing to act as a guarantor for that loan. he was later put in touch by richard sharp with the cabinet secretary, the most senior official in government, simon case. that, as far as richard sharp is saying in a short statement he's issued, was the end of it. he simply connected individuals. the sunday times says he didn't declare any of that when he was applying for the job and indeed appointed for the role of bbc chai

uk foreign secretary james cleverly temporarily withdrew _ secretary james cleverly temporarily withdrew so these are all the combinations, but the reason behind this execution, some might say, is that an audio— execution, some might say, is that an audio file — execution, some might say, is that an audio file be obtained from him recorded _ an audio file be obtained from him recorded by his wife, he said that iran recorded by his wife, he said that iran is— recorded by his wife, he said that iran is executing him to settle scores — iran is executing him to settle scores with the united kingdom. what that means _ scores with the united kingdom. what that means is that one reason some might— that means is that one reason some might think— that means is that one reason some might think is that the uk has been planning _ might think is that the uk has been planning for some time to add iran's revolutionary guard to its terror list, something that has infuriated the iranian— list, something that has infuriated the iranian regime. the other thing is that— the iranian regime. the other thing i

james cleverly, secretary.ays labour has worked against finding solutions but have opposed our desire to bnngin but have opposed our desire to bring in limitations the abuse of unions which causing strikes that are ordinary working families stood against our attempts to illegal migration and get a grip. attempts to illegal migration and get a grip . those people and get a grip. those people smuggling gangs , all the things smuggling gangs, all the things that we've tried to do to bring real change positive change this country the labour have opposed time and time again and all we saw in that speech was the same old, same old from labour. prince harry reportedly claims in his autobiography, spare that he was physically attacked by his brother over his marriage to meghan markle. a leaked extract published in the guardian alleges prince william grabbed and knocked harry to the floor in 2019. buckingham palace has declined to comment . and aslef declined to comment. and aslef says further strikes are inevitable unl

james cleverly was tricky. james cleverly was responding to . a question in the responding to.come a day after the prime minister said britain was making huge strides since leaving the eu . that's despite leaving the eu. that's despite a recent poll . britons are divided recent poll. britons are divided in their on how brexit has progress passed, with 45% saying it's getting worse and expected and 55% thinking it's about the same as they expected or . same as they expected or. speaking to gb news, former business secretary jacob rees—mogg , however, said it was rees—mogg, however, said it was the right decision to leave the eu in mind though we left three years ago, we remain tied to european rules and regulations for further 11 months, so it's a little over two years. but that two years we have avoided joining 8000 new eu regulations and we've saved taxpayer s £191 and we've saved taxpayers £191 billion purely and simply by not being signed to the eu's postcode rescue programme. even officially doing better, though. so there was a 63% increase in our catch of last year. so it'

james cleverly will join us.es and harris at a roundtable meeting with party leaders to discuss impact of the northern ireland protocol . so let's cross ireland protocol. so let's cross over to central belfast and speak to gb news. is northern ireland reporter beattie ireland reporter dougie beattie . good morning, dougie. good to see you . what's situation in see you. what's the situation in northern ireland currently? what a stalemate . well, it's got a stalemate. well, it's got worse than the last few moments actually, because it wouldn't be round table talks without drama. northern ireland, sinn fans. mary lou mcdonald is the president of sinn fein, but she's elected inside britain . she's elected inside britain. she is a t she doyle or a td and the republic of ireland's government and therefore has not been invited to these talks. sinn fein then are saying that we are going into the we are not going into the talks if cannot our president if we cannot bring our president and with us. so james cleverly arrivin

what we can expect from secretary bliken and the foreign secretary of the uk james cleverly later todays an emphasis on that military support for ukraine and that there is a commitment to ukraine for the long haul. that this is not something that the western allies are just committed to for the past year of this war, that this will continue and that, you know, vladimir putin cannot wait them out. because there is a growing sense among many experts that time is on vladimir putin's side, that despite massive setbacks that he still has a huge number of troops and a large amount of equipment that he can carry this war for quite some time, for years to come. the brits have just made a major announcement just yesterday that they are going to be sending main battlefield tanks called challenger 2s to ukraine. that is a big escalation in the type of weaponry we're seeing going towards ukraine and the uk is hoping other allies will follow suit. we will hear the foreign secretary james cleverly saying that allies need to go parts and faster in this moment in terms of the military aid that they giv

an _ discrete. james cleverly sucking in washington.w envoy here who is a friend _ blinken we have a new envoy here who is a friend a— blinken we have a new envoy here who is a friend. a former congressman qoinq _ is a friend. a former congressman going over— is a friend. a former congressman going over for that role. i can tell you what— going over for that role. i can tell you what he — going over for that role. i can tell you what he said on ukraine and also northern— you what he said on ukraine and also northern ireland this morning is consistent with what you said just now _ consistent with what you said just now. do — consistent with what you said 'ust now. y ., ~ consistent with what you said 'ust now. i. ~ , , , now. do you think the presidents visit to the _ now. do you think the presidents visit to the uk _ now. do you think the presidents visit to the uk in _ now. do you think the presidents visit to the uk in april, _ now. do you think the presidents visit to the uk in april, on - now. do you think the presidents visit to th

to answer that, james cleverly, the foreign secretary. woman who'd be your chancellor if labour win the next election — rachel reeves is here. and the latest of our leaders' interviews for 2023 — we'll hearfrom nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister. with me at the desk to help make sense of what that lot of have to say, the chair of tesco and imperial college, john allan, the lbc presenter and journalist, racheljohnson, and iain duncan smith — tory mp who used to lead his party. good morning, thanks for being with us. it's not been a great week for the government, with a feeling that rishi sunak can't quite catch a break. let's look at the front pages. you can see the broadsheets, a photograph of cabinet minister nadhim zahawi on the front, who is in a bit of a pickle over his tax affairs. that story also on the front page of the sunday telegraph and at the bottom of the sunday times, an interesting story about bbc chairman richard sharp, the paper claiming he was involved in setting up a finance deal for boris johnson during the pro

foreign secretary, though james cleverly says he mr. zahawi has paid his taxes.i says he mr.re details than what he has already put in the public domain. i don't think it would be right or proper for me to know, to speculate or about any further details about his tax affairs. but he been a successful entrepreneur building a company which has paid tax, employing people who have taxes, and he has himself paid tax and a considerable amount because he's been successful . and andrew been successful. and andrew s investigators are far more classified document . it's during classified document. it's during a 12 hour search of president biden's home in delaware . some biden's home in delaware. some of them were from biden was a senator. from when he served as vice under barack obama . special vice under barack obama. special counsel has been appointed to . counsel has been appointed to. investigate how the president has handled sensitive documents . tv and dab+ radio. this is gb news now it's back to early . news now it's back to early. thanks so much, aaron, for news update. well, i

such as james cleverly, the french secretary, the us special envoy to iran, robert madley.s of different european countries such as the netherlands, france, germany. some of these people have sponsored these political prisoners in iran and they were trying to save them by writing to the iranian ambassador to the countries and asking to save their lives. now it's very disappointing for them. lives. now it's very disappointing forthem. i lives. now it's very disappointing for them. i think the international community has united in condemning this act of execution. what community has united in condemning this act of execution.— this act of execution. what more do we know about _ this act of execution. what more do we know about the _ this act of execution. what more do we know about the men _ this act of execution. what more do we know about the men and - this act of execution. what more do we know about the men and the - we know about the men and the charges against them?- we know about the men and the charges against them? these two men were amon: charges against them? these

james cleverly has been holding talks with antony blinken on a visit to washington.sage for president putin. whilst three quarters of the entire membership of the united nations voted to condemn this invasion, we should remember that never in living memory has russia been more isolated and the atlantic alliance more united. if putin believed the world would succumb to ukraine fatigue and lose the will to resist his ambitions, then that was, once again, another colossal misjudgment on his part. us secretary of state antony blinken welcomed the uk's defence support for ukraine and said the us would also increase humanitarian help. we applaud the prime minister's commitment over the weekend to send challenger ii tanks and additional artillery systems to ukraine. elements that will continue to reinforce and add to what the united states has provided, including in our most recent drawdown. we remain united in strengthening our humanitarian assistance to the ukrainian people, especially as president putin continues to weaponize winter by attacking ukraine's electricity gri

conversation with today's interview given by the minister of foreign affairs great britain's james cleverlyws and in this interview, the minister explained that great britain's announcement regarding the supply of tanks to ukraine is related to the need for the ukrainians to receive more weapons as soon as possible, because this is the best way to save as many lives as possible. the position of the british minister in general is that of the british people, why does it not find support in countries like germany, let's say and what can we do to infect our efforts together with great britain vitaly i think we are just at the beginning of the process when all other countries will be forced to move in the same direction, in contrast to germany, britain can mark its owned tanks as challengers and from whom they go without asking, of course, this position annoys our european partners - in europe, even sometimes across the ocean, because britain traditionally advances you know the file further and further delivers the helicopter no one has started training soldiers in their own territory when no on

britain's james cleverly said that the suspension of russian attacks will not lead to peace and stressed that russia must finally withdraw its troops and put an end to the attack on civilians , and president volodymyr zelenskyi in addressed to the russians with the statement that putin wants to use christmas as a cover or to stop the advance of the armed forces of ukraine in the east . an increase in the loss count, everyone in the world knows how the creams use respite from the war to continue the war with new strength, the armed forces of ukraine took 15th place in the ranking of the most powerful armies in the world among 145 countries such data is provided by the global fire power international organization. last year, in january, ukraine ranked 22nd . it is noteworthy that despite the numerous losses and the debunking of myths about the high-tech army, the russian federation is still in second place in this rating. the united states of america remains the most volatile leader. of the moscow patriarchate in kherson, kirovohrad, dnipropetrovsk and rivne regions in churches and monaste

as soon as james cleverly and anthony lee can come out, we will listen.ne northern ireland may come up as well. �* ., , �* ~' �* northern ireland may come up as well. �* ., ,�* ~ �* ., , well. -- antony blinken. but does come u- well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every _ well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every time _ well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every time britain - well. -- antony blinken. but does come up every time britain meets| come up every time britain meets with the us counterparts. the biden administration made its position very clear, any solution to the northern ireland protocol must not interfere with the good friday peace agreement. it never misses a chance to repeat that, and there has been speculation that president biden may visit ireland this year. that hasn't been confirmed in any way and that is certainly something that's been rumoured in washington, so maybe even more of an interest. the americans have also just filled the position of northern ireland's representative. you'll remember that was a political po

this was stated by the head of the british foreign ministry, james cleverly , at a press conference afterting with german foreign minister alena berbok, but the allies will need to coordinate efforts to decide which countries will provide them. another batch has arrived in belarus. of new russian btr-82a. and this is already the third shipment in recent times. as reported by the monitoring group, the belarusian forest echelon with 30 mats, four pots of equipment corresponding to the battalion set is heading to the brest facility , this will allow us to assume that the new btr-82a will enter the service of the 38th airborne assault brigade. earlier, the ministry of defense of belarus announced joint tactical aviation exercises with the russians. the so-called christmas truce on the part of the russians is an information operation the institute for the study of war is convinced of this. in this way, putin wants to damage the reputation of ukraine, american analysts say. the kremlin could have sought to provide a 36-hour pause for its troops to give them the opportunity to regain strength fo

james cleverly says secretary. james cleverly says the sanctions our disgust at the killing which rishi sunak describes as callous and cowardly . meanwhile iran's state cowardly. meanwhile iran's state media reporting that the british ambassador been summoned to iran's ministry over what it describes as london's meddling in national security . a union in national security. a union representing ambulance has written to the prime minister they feel betrayed by attempts to paint them as uncaring . gmb, to paint them as uncaring. gmb, which represents more than 10,000 ambulance staff, told rishi he was demonising them over strike action. it after mr. sunak told the commons that industrial action was terrifying the public. tory mp told gb news the public. tory mp told gb news the may not reflect the views of workers distinction. their felony is between ambulance drivers anomalies, unions and i've spent times on a ship with ambulance drivers and they, you know, sometimes they tell me little a different story to what the

and of course, apart from sir keir starmer, james from sir keir starmer, i'm james cleverly, foreign from sir keir starmer, i'm james cleverlyin foreign minister. from sir keir starmer, i'm james cleverlyin belfastgn minister. from sir keir starmer, i'm james cleverlyin belfast as minister. from sir keir starmer, i'm james cleverlyin belfast as well. :er. from sir keir starmer, i'm james cleverlyin belfast as well. this he was in belfast as well. this leo the teacher, leo varadkar, the new teacher, was as well and he made was in town as well and he made some interesting as well. he's already the mistake were already said the mistake were made relation to the made in relation to the protocol. he mistakes that protocol. he said mistakes that were on sides and he said were on all sides and he said perhaps of perhaps the implementation of the was in his too strict and too rigid . i the was in his too strict and too rigid. i mean, is that significant, do you think country i mean, it's significant if and only if it leads to a change in the negotiating position because ultimately where we cu

great britain at this stage went for such a comprehensive and important package of military aid james cleverly emphasized that now is a very important moment in the war, he says that now is the time to increase aid in order to hasten the end of this war and he said that the end of this the war is a victory for ukraine , and the allies can help it in this. let's listen to his comment at today's conference in the center of strategic and international studies . he clearly demonstrates that he wants to drag out this conflict, make it a slow conflict of exhaustion, he wants to continue throwing his young men and women the jackass his lack of respect for human life is shocking but that's exactly what he plans to do and he's talking about it and if that's what he wants we should do the opposite we can see from his actions until recently he was carrying out attacks on civilian infrastructure with cruise missiles now he has switched to ballistic missiles much much more expensive and he is doing this clearly because he is running out of other munitions so the time has come if we want to bring this to a

it's worth reading up what the uk foreign secretary has said, james cleverly.ed act by a politically motivated act by a barbaric regime that has total disregard for human life. the foreign office has urged iran to release him and they've also tried to gain consular access. but the problem is each time that the judiciary arrests a dual national, they say they don't recognise dual nationalities in iran, and of course this is happening during an historic uprising when the government is trying to instill fear not only at home but also abroad. in that report there, our colleagues at bbc persian obtain that material so what are some of the challenges they face when it comes to reporting that story and all things iran. it is challenging. they face abuse as they try to report accurately on a story where a lot of information is coming at them accurately and is difficult to verify but it also takes a serious emotional toll on them as well because, remember, this is their country which is witnessing daily horrors. they have family members, many of them in iran that they c

we also heard from the foreign secretary, james cleverly, who also took to twitter. has executed a british national. he said it was barbaric and deserved condemnation. in a separate statement that mr cleverly, the foreign secretary, put out he said that the foreign office would be summoning iranian diplomats to make clear their disgust. labour, as well, saying that iran must be held accountable for this act. so diplomatic channels appearing to be established, but it's important to remember the uk government had made diplomatic efforts to ensure this execution did not take place. we now know that those appear to have failed. it's unclear at this point exactly if any sort of diplomatic channels could be opened up for discussions between the uk government and iran. relationships obviously not in a good place and hard to see how this execution can do anything but put them into a much, much worse place. david wallace lockhart there. the ukrainian capital, kyiv, has been hit by a missile attack, with critical infrastructure apparently the target. journalists reported a ser

until this morning we had had no government response, but the foreign secretary james cleverly, has beenura kuenssberg this morning here on bbc news and he was asked if this looked like borisjohnson was doing a favour for his friend. he acknowledged that perception was important but defended the appointment of richard sharp. i've only seen the details that you've seen in the papers overnight — i've not had the chance to discuss this with any of the people that have been involved. i have met richard, and i spoke with him with relation to the bbc world service, which is of course an incredibly important voice internationally, and one, of course, where the foreign, commonwealth & development office has a direct interest. but i know that he is an incredibly accomplished, incredibly successful individual who brings a wealth of experience with him. that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. labour have called for an investigation. they have written to the parliamentary commissioner for standards suggesting borisjohnson may have broken the rules here. they are also keeping pressur

the coming days. antony blanket who was speaking after talked with you, k foreign secretary, james, cleverly jabber tante has more from washington. the british foreign secretary message here in washington has been as far as london is concerned, russia is on the back foot and now is the time to give the ukrainians everything they need so that they can go on the offensive in the east and south about explains london's decision to supply ukraine with tanks, the 1st western nation to do so just by western tanks to ukraine. so the question was asked of the when will the, does that suggest a difference in approach? because the you are so far has refused to supply tanks or long range weaponry asked for by ukraine. because washin of yours as to escalator could lead to a much larger conflict. the could involve the rest of the world, but both men brushed aside those suggestions. all of that total's for the port on the, on the part of the united states, some $25000000000.00 in security assistance to ukraine over less than a less than a year. and, and i would anticipate that you'll hear more announcement

schedule to meet in germany on friday to pledge more support for ukraine . britton's fine secretary, james cleverly says he has no doubt that you crank and when it's battle for freedom cleverly is currently in the u. s. meeting with secretary of state entity blanket and other top officials to discuss bolstering support ukraine that serve very much on the gender at the moment. he says that he has a long standing commitment to protecting freedom and opposing tyranny. cleverly strip follows, burns announced that it will supply ukraine with 14 challenges to battle tanks and other heavy weaponry. we should remember that never in living memory has russia been more isolated. the atlantic alliance more united fruit and believed that the world would succumb to crane fatigue and lose the will to resist his ambitions. but that was once again, my number of colossal misjudgment on his part is get more in this now from shall return his life 1st in washington. and i guess the message. so trying to convey is one of western unity in the face of russian aggression and isolation. yeah, but the by the issue of tags th

the british foreign secretary, james cleverly, urged tehran to "end the violence against its own peoplel envoy to iran, robert malley, said the executions of 20—year—old seyed mohammad hosseini and mohammad mahdi karami followed "sham trials." human rights groups have also condemned the killings saying the men were unable to choose their lawyers. here's more from our bbc monitoring colleague, the iran analyst khosro kalbasi isfahani. these two young men, mahdi karami and mohammad hosseini, were executed this morning. this brought the number of people executed in relation to protests to four. these two men went through a court proceeding that took only one week. according to amnesty international, it was a sham trial that had no resemblance to meaningful judicial proceedings. and what the state has broadcast in relation to these cases is a bunch of videos that shows this militia man allegedly being beaten up, and some confessions from these two men that are described by rights groups as forced confessions. this is the case and what we know about it. and as you mentioned, khosro, the comm

ireland, sinn fein and the sdlp, have refused to attend a meeting with the foreign secretary, james cleverlyted. mr cleverly travelled to belfast for talks to try to end the current political stalemate there. disagreements over post—brexit trade arrangements have stopped the northern ireland assembly functioning. the northern ireland protocol means goods going from mainland britain to northern ireland have to be checked because they are still subject to some eu rules. after brexit, special trading arrangements were needed because northern ireland has a land border with the republic of ireland, which is part of the eu. stormont�*s power—sharing government collapsed almost a year ago when the democratic unionist party pulled its first minister out of office in protest over the protocol. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. the wait goes on in the corridors of power—sharing, but the moment a government is restored still feels some way off. today, the uk's foreign secretary became acquainted with the thorny nature of doing politics in northern ireland. as the leaders arrived for talks

ireland, sinn fein and the sdlp, have refused to attend a meeting with the foreign secretary james cleverlyonald wasn't invited. mr cleverly travelled to belfast for talks to try to end the current political stalemate. the post—brexit trade arrangements are supported by a majority of northern irelands�*s politicians but opposition from unionists has prevented the northern ireland assembly from functioning. the northern ireland protocol means that goods going from britain to northern ireland have to be checked because they are still subject to some eu rules. after brexit, special trading arrangements were agreed because northern ireland has a land border with the republic of ireland, which is part of the eu. there hasn't been a fully functioning government at stormont for almost a year since the dup pulled its first minister out of office in protest over the protocol. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. the wait goes on in the corridors of power—sharing, but the moment a government is restored still feels some way off. today, the uk's foreign secretary became acquainted with the th

his page in the twitter microblogging network, the minister of foreign affairs of great britain james cleverlynted on the information that the kremlin included him in the new sanctions list, in addition to the head of the british foreign policy department , a total of 36 britons representing the power bloc were included in the moscow list and journalists are all now under the sanctions of the citizens of great britain accused of continuing the anti-russian course of the current government of the country. it is nice to read such statements by the minister of foreign affairs of great britain, james cleverley, that he is even glad that he is on this list, but it is still a pity that he did not travel on the golden ring of russia. it is a pity that someone should already talk like this, the continuation of the dialogue with moscow commented today the minister of defense of turkey, holusi akar, in an interview with the financial times, according to him, the leadership of the western countries should have thanked the president of turkey for this, because according to tayyip erdoğan, as the minister

earlier, james cleverly said that it is...was appointed on merit, arguably the best person for thejob. best person for the job. well, that best person for thejob. well, that might be so. i'm not in a position to make a judgment about it. but i am querying his behaviour in contacting the most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, about a matter relating to the finances of the prime minister at a time when he knows he is a candidate for a topjob. and public service appointments are a very sensitive matter. he should not be contacting the cabinet secretary. the suggestion, though, is that no financial advice was given. does that make you feel happier about what potentially the sunday times is reporting what happened? weill. what potentially the sunday times is reporting what happened?— reporting what happened? well, as alwa s, reporting what happened? well, as always. when _ reporting what happened? well, as always, when claims _ reporting what happened? well, as always, when claims are _ reporting what happened? well, as

rest of europe leaving today for great britain and during a meeting with her british colleague james cleverly in london she said that she also intends to talk about additional support for ukraine and the following is a quote by ms. anna elena bervok, the sooner putin realizes that his brutal war of aggression is doomed to failure, the sooner there will be hope for an end to the war. well, oslo, in which i spoke about which i spoke about and to which mr. stoltenberg went hmmm mr. stoltenberg yes he promised today further deliveries of german weapons to ukraine despite all the refusals of the chancellor of germany olaf schultz, what exactly can germany give? he didn't say. well, next is a quote from mr. robert habyk. we will not stop supplying ukraine with weapons and will adapt our victory to the situation on the battlefield. a unilateral ceasefire and a vision of a fair solution to the situation , turkish president rajab and its pardogan told putin about this during another telephone conversation with him, according to the turkish leader, ankara and moscow already have a history of receiving

james cleverly, the rising. james cleverly, the foreign secretary. meanwhile says labour has worked against finding solutions. says labour has worked against finding solutions . they've finding solutions. they've opposed our desire to bring in limitations on. the abuse of unions which causing strikes that are hurting working families. he stood against our a to control illegal and get a grip of those people's battering gangs. all the things we've tried to do bring real change, positive . this country, the positive. this country, the labour party, have opposed time and time again and all we saw in that speech was the same old, same old from labour. that speech was the same old, same old from labour . prince same old from labour. prince harry reportedly he was attacked by his brother. his marriage to meghan markle in his autobiography spare a leaked extract published in the guardian alleges prince william grabbed harry by the collar and, knocked him to the floor in 2019, leaving him with a visible injury to his back. harry 2019, leaving him with a visib

the foreign secretary , james cleverly, has secretary, james cleverly, has summoned the iranian chargest. a union representing ambulance workers has written to the prime minister saying they feel betrayed by attempts to paint them as uncaring. gmb, which represents more than 10,000 ambulance staff, told rishi sunak he was demonising them over strike action. it comes after mr. sunak told the commons that industrial action was terrifying. the public. tory mp lee anderson told esther and phil the letter may not reflect the views of the workers listening to their felony nos between animals, drivers anomalies, unions. i've spent times on a ship with ambulance drivers and they, you know, sometimes they tell me a little a different story to what the unions are telling them. it's about time it starts to listen to the average drivers and the paramedics than the paramedics rather than the unions. never one single unions. so we never one single agenda and that's to get vegetables staying health vegetables staying with health and strikes have and nursing strikes have been paused scotland after tal

the foreign secretary, james cleverly, is visiting belfast today to meet northern ireland's politicalys it won't return to power—sharing in devolved government because of its opposition to the northern ireland protocol — the post—brexit trade border with the rest of the uk. there's been progress this week in negotiations on the issue between london and brussels but the dup has said its main concerns haven't been addressed yet. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page gave us this assessment of today's talks. james cleverly is leading negotiations between the uk and eu on what is known as the northern ireland protocol. that is the arrangements for brexit here in northern ireland, basically in order to avoid the need for any checkpoints on the land border between northern ireland and the irish republic. there are now checks on goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk, a trade border in effect. to unionists, the democratic unionist party in particular, that is an economic barrier that separates northern ireland from great britain and therefore threatens northern ireland's p

until this morning we have no government response, but the foreign secretary james cleverly, has beennews and he was asked if this looked like borisjohnson was doing a favour for his friend. he acknowledged perception was important but defended the appointment of richard sharp. i've only seen the details that you've seen in either he is in the details you have seen _ either he is in the details you have seen in _ either he is in the details you have seen in the — either he is in the details you have seen in the papers of the night, i have _ seen in the papers of the night, i have not— seen in the papers of the night, i have not had the chance to discuss this with _ have not had the chance to discuss this with people involved. i have met richard and i spoke to him in relation _ met richard and i spoke to him in relation to— met richard and i spoke to him in relation to the bbc world service, which _ relation to the bbc world service, which is _ relation to the bbc world service, which is of— relation to the bbc world service, which is of course an incredibly important _ which is of cou

>> you will see the foreign secretary james cleverly meeting with the european commission today, and second meeting of the year. what they are trying to establish is whether there is enough common ground to enter another tunnel, a furries we have heard a lot -- phrase we have heard a lot with the brexit saga. but the talks could potentially lead to a bigger agreement. the reason we are on the brink of potentially entering the tunnel's they had this technical breakthrough last week in terms of using this real-time database to track the flow of goods between gb and northern ireland which could lead to broader agreement on customs. but there is still lots of areas they need to find agreement on, for example, the european court of justice is a redline for brussels, state aid, vat. and even if rishi sunak could get brussels on side, even if the labour leader helped a bill through parliament, sunak would have to get skeptics on his own party on side, he would have to get the unionists in ireland on his side and they could prove the most unpredictable. tom: so maybe we have to check our opt

james cleverly, the foreign secretary has said that this won't go unchallenged. the british ambassador and said that the uk has to stop intervention into iranian affairs. the question is, that we know there are at least two other british radiant dual nationals held. 0ne british radiant dual nationals held. one of them also holds an us passport, but we don't know if there are more than that. is this because we know that the british government is considering to put iranians revolutionary guard on its list of terrorism. if this i'm trying to stop that from happening? rishi sunak has confirmed in a call with president zelensky this morning that the uk will send tanks to ukraine. the bbc understands the initail commitment is for around a dozen challenger 2 tanks. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. i asked him how significant this is. number ten had been making it clear that they wanted to step up support to ukraine and that practically could play a pivotal role in all this. this morning, a call between rishi sunak and volodymyr zel

we also heard from foreign secretary james cleverly, he put it in stark terms on twitter that iran hasbritish and irish national. he said it was barbaric and deserve condemnation. in a separate statement, he said that foreign office would be summoning iranian diplomats to make clear their disgust. labour is well saying that iran must be held accountable for this act. so diplomatic channels appearing to be established. it is important to remember the uk government had made diplomatic efforts to ensure this execution did not take place. we now know those appear to have failed. it is unclear at this point exactly if any sort of diplomatic channels could be opened up for discussions between the uk government and iran. relationships obviously not in a good place and it is hard to see how this execution can do anything but put them into a much, much worse place. put them into a much, much worse lace. . , put them into a much, much worse lace. ., , ., put them into a much, much worse lace. ., , put them into a much, much worse lace. .,, ., , ., put them into a much, much worse nlace. .,, ., ,

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the foreign james cleverly has summoned the iranian charge d'affairs to make clear the government's disgust a union government's disgust. a union representing ambulance has written to the prime minister. they feel betrayed , attempts to they feel betrayed, attempts to paint them as uncaring . gmb, paint them as uncaring. gmb, which represents more than 10,000 ambulance staff, told rishi sunak he was demonising them over action. it comes after mr. sunak told the commons that action was terrifying the public. tory mp lee anderson had told esther and phil earlier the letter may not reflect the views of the workers, but listening to their fellaini knows between opinions, drivers, anomalies, unions and i've time times a chef with ambulance drivers and they know sometimes they tell me a little a difference tory to what the unions are telling them. it's about we started to listen to the average drivers and the paramedics rather than the we never got one the union so we never got one single agenda that's to get single agenda and that's to get rid those nursing strikes rid of those nursing strikes h

the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says secretary, james cleverly, says the government is treatingn's actions very seriously . iran's actions very seriously. what i found out earlier this morning from the officials in tehran that this had taken place . of course, i was filled with the with the revulsion that i think any reasonable person would have that is why we have taken this decisive action . that taken this decisive action. that is why we've made it clear that our response will not necessarily be limited to the measures that we have announced today. we take this incredibly seriously . the us president joe seriously. the us president joe biden's legal team say they've found an additional five pages of documents marked as classified at his home in delaware earlier this week. his team admitted they found other classified documents at his home and this and in his garage from his time as vice president dunng his time as vice president during the obama administration. the us attorney general has appointed a special counsel to investigate the matter . at least investigate the matter.

but the foreign secretary james cleverly says he believes mr. has paid his taxes.don't know any more than what he has already put in the public domain. i don't think it would be right or proper for me to just to speculate or guess about any further about his tax affairs. but he has been a successful entrepreneur building a company has paid tax, employing people , have paid employing people, have paid taxes, and he has himself paid taxes, and he has himself paid tax and a considerable amount because he's been successful the business secretary's , he'll name business secretary's, he'll name and shame the energy firms households to switch to metres. grant shops has asked companies to stop households onto more expensive pre—paid tariffs . he expensive pre—paid tariffs. he says they should instead focus on helping those struggling pay their bills. the energy companies also been asked by mr. shapps to , reveal the number of shapps to, reveal the number of warrant applications they've made to enter properties . made to enter properties. countries are putting renewed press

the foreign secretary, james cleverly, is visiting belfast today to meet northern ireland's politicalder with the rest of the uk. there's been progress this week in negotiations on the issue between london and brussels but the dup has said its main concerns haven't been addressed yet. let's get all the latest from our ireland correspondent, chris page. remind us what the dup�*s main concerns are and what are the prospects of james cleverly�*s visit and can he change the dynamic and bring progress to this?— bring progress to this? there is the sense that this _ bring progress to this? there is the sense that this is _ bring progress to this? there is the sense that this is the _ bring progress to this? there is the sense that this is the political i sense that this is the political season in northern ireland kicking off again after the midwinter break, but a successful endgame if it ever comes is still some way off. james cleverly is leading negotiations between the uk and eu on what is known as the northern ireland protocol. that is the arrangements for brexit here in northern ireland

foreign secretary james cleverly says the sanctions underline our disgust .anwhile, iran's state media is reporting that the british ambassador has been summoned to iran's ministry over what it describes as london's meddling in national security . meddling in national security. a union representing ambulance workers has written to the pm saying they feel betrayed by attempts, paint them as uncaring . gmb, which represents more than thousand ambulance staff, told rishi sunak he was demonise them over strike action . it them over strike action. it comes after mr. sunak told the commons that industrial action was terrifying the public he rishi sunak has spoken of his ambition to send a squadron of british to help ukraine take territory lost to russian . territory lost to russian. speaking with president zelenskyy this morning, he pledged supply challenger to battle alongside additional artillery systems. the decision makes the uk, the first western power to supply main battle tanks to the country . plans to tanks to the country. plans to house 400 asylum seekers