doctor julian lewis mp. it is a career destroying moment. doctorjulian lewis mp.royal united service institute. thank you so much for coming in, it's been a whirlwind evening. what you make of the developments? it's extraordinary, this is a brutal sacking. but even more extraordinary is that a senior minister should deny it. he's essentially saying in his letter to the promised her that a formal and thorough investigation would clear him, implying that the investigation was neither formal nor thorough, which is a direct criticism of the cabinet secretary who conducted the investigation will stop mr williamson is going down fighting, and maintaining in effect that they have the wrong man. that's a co ro nary have the wrong man. that's a coronary for a senior minister to be in that position, and the prior minister — they say there is an error ofjudgement and minister — they say there is an error of judgement and incompatible. but this was basically saying that eve ryo ne but this was basically saying that everyone else cooperated, you were shifty, i present you with

julian lewis questioning theresa may at the liaison committee over the huawei decison.n focus of that meeting between the prime minister and senior mps was brexit. mrs may was pressed over whether or not she'd agree some kind of customs union or trade tax arrangement with labour in an attempt to make progress on brexit. the uk had been due to leave the eu at the end of march, but unable to get a deal through parliament the prime minister was forced to ask for an extension to that timetable with the european union settng a new exit date of october the 31st. the session began with questions about the department for transport‘s decision to cancel contracts to provide extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. ending the contracts with two companies has cost the taxpayer nearly £41; million. a labour mp wondered what the decision meant. does that mean that the government has now accepted that there won't be a no—deal brexit? in other words, if you have accepted that, i can see why you cancelled the contracts and you won't need them any more, or might you have to

as indeed we understand the conservative party chairman, brand new done lewis julian smith, one of the few senior figures of the conservative party the chief whip, the man responsible for cajoling mps to do the will of mrs. may and the government in the house of commons. that would be sir graham brady we don't actually know whether as willem was explaining earlier on that there will be a need for change in the rules so that back bench mps can challenge the prime minister the last leadership election being back in december, and that means that the prime minister cannot be challenged again until december of this year. we understand that might not be necessary, and that the prime minister will make a statement that is expected to be this morning whether we see the famous podium of number 10 coming out and the prime minister making a statement or indeed wherever she makes it within the headquarters of prime minister remains sob seen. we've heard up to ten key figures that may put themselves forward as potential leader. well, then it could be i along and convoluntarily outed process. in pre

my name is julian kyle lewis from the howard university in washington. thate heard it argued possibly leaving saddam hussein aspower in iraq would serve a check on the activities of iran to create a more of a balance in the region diplomatically. know isould like to since everyone in the region knows that saddam hussein did not trust russia at all, and consequently everyone in the region watched him lose his so now thetry, government in iraq right now is looking at that historically and saying may be working with the russians may not be much of a bad idea. what i would like to know is juxtaposing those two points, how can u.s. policy -- would u.s. policy benefit from having saddam hussein still in power or having this type of problem we have today looking at the s having such a leverage at this point in time? thank you. abbas: i don't know if i am the best personabbas: i don't know e best person to talk about it since i put my life in that line in 1990 want to talk to saddam hussein. i am pretty much for removing saddam hussein. i'm thankful for those wh

i'm afraid i don't think that's good enough but i will move on now to doctor julian lewis. enough but deepest relationship across both security and defence issues and we continue that relationship and maintain it. ok, i will draw the appropriate inference from that. do you agree that china is an oppressive one—party you agree that china is an oppressive one— party state you agree that china is an oppressive one—party state and are you aware of article 14 of china's national intelligence law, passed in june 2017, which empowered the agencies of the chinese state to, request relevant organs organisations and civilians to provide necessary support assistance and cooperation to those agencies? yes, iam and cooperation to those agencies? yes, i am aware of that, and i‘m also aware, to complete the first question that you asked me, that there are obviously commercial opportunities in relation to china. we have developed that relationship with china. i took a trip that business people to china which was successful in opening opportunities for british companies in exporting and british farmer

it was lisa lewis reporting in paris lawyers for the wiki leaks founder julian assange say they'll now focus on stopping him from being extradited to the united states it comes after a london court jailed him for fifty weeks for skipping bill songe breached his bail terms when he sought refuge in the ecuadorian embassy back in two thousand and twelve he did then to avoid extradition to sweden over reap allegations he was arrested last month after ecuador withdrew his asylum. judy in a soldier was whisked from the courthouse back to prison to begin his sentence. the wiki leaks find that had cleaned himself up since british police tracked him from the ecuadorian embassy last month and caught his lawyer at ita letter in which is songs apologized quote unreservedly but the judge appeared on moved she said the sound had used his privilege to evade justice and that his seven years in the embassy cost british taxpayers sixteen million times. outside the court supporters were vocal in their anger at the sentence many see a'sssos as a hero for exposing abuses of power and championing free speec