s who cozy up to russia should be ashamed to focus on the labor m.p.'s obviously. perceived to be quite politically motivated comment piece i mean i think the real issue here is the attacks and i say you know i don't come on the show clearly because i view r.t. as a kind of media outlet similar to evolve in a sense that. to marginalize issues there are a message from the mainstream press and that is no bad thing you know and i mean what do you think of the two when they say away from the labor m.p.'s through an r.t. is allowed to operate here says rupert murdoch's times i think that is particularly important and i think the attacks on r.t. are more out of kind of punishes and he russian point scoring than they are of any real concern of. political or journalistic integrity and i think that's made for with that argument of mine i should say the russian embassy has denied that two men claiming to be in the brewing industry approached labor and be at a community pub but they also have to say bars drugs enough threatening military action in syria strikes russian embass

going up in the show as competition has collapsed after profit warnings this week we speak to a labor m.p. and member of the karelian inquiry roots george about whether tory welfare reform is driving people to suicide and to claimants in different stages of the disability testing system tell us whether reassessing one point six million britons following arguably another failed neoliberal privatization experiment is a good thing told us and more coming up in today's going underground but first since you can't be empty. resume was hold not being with communists in beijing it was left to a man called david living didn't to answer questions at this week's pm queues in london and i'm a celebrity please get me out i livings in replace tourism a is deputy pm damian green who left because of covering up porn in his office computer living to new used to work at controversial mining company rio tinto was called mr clean by the tory daily telegraph will emerge that he wanted u.k. taxpayers to pay for his toiletries anyway as the share price and u.k. government private contract to capita all but coll

labor m.p. emma dead code about why she thinks blair right and tory neo liberals about the fire that claimed the lives of maybe one hundred constituents and communist china cafeterias amaze refusal to endorse the people's republic spelt and road plan goal is a more coming up in today's going underground but first tomorrow if and only if he is granted safe passage as well as a british court agrees that there's no point the u.k. taxpayer funding his own arbitrary detention is determined by the un judy innocents will walk out of the ecuadorian embassy in london but safe passage after this from the current boss of the cia individuals will such as julian assange and edward snowden seek to use that information to make a name for themselves as long as they make a splash they care nothing about the lives they put at risk or the damage they cause to national security. what makes walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service it's something that the echo chamber of

i think it greatly increases that prospect it does give her those labor m.p.'s who who are strongly pro remain to keep pushing for closer ties it also adds to the momentum there is a growing number of conservative m.p.'s who are willing to back an amendment to the a forthcoming trade bill part of britain leaving the e.u. to insist on staying in the customs union beyond that though it could in the words of one of the local m.p.'s if it could down the line lead to a vote of confidence in the government many political analysts see this just as much or as an outlining of. economic strategy as a push for a general election labor did come close in twenty seventeen of course many of the votes that they won were from pro remain voters so it's very tricky as a topic and in places like coventry where most people voted for leave labor says that it still has to keep those voters in mind but i think nationally this will have gone down fairly well now deemed thank you are just bring you more now on the range of muslims forced from their homes in me and mob because of violenc

affordable hons i guarantee in twenty percent of affordable housing and i think southern creasy the labor m.p. is claimed two hundred million pounds of private investment will be going into your area you don't like that private investment when not guaranteed anything there is no guarantee do you think we shouldn't use the word affordable i think there's a big question mark over i'm a big proponent of council housing. this term affordable muddies the water and complicates the sort of development that eating up london at the moment and leading to mass displacement of working class people who can't afford to live in the areas that they were born in and lived in all their lives it's already happening all around the country and all around the world this idea of private public partnership in regeneration i mean i know you're in the socialist party i am in what i said what do you think of labor's record before germ. we had a meeting with a star couple weeks ago when john mcdonnell kind of very good meeting had a chance with exactly a year and basically the how meeting with a discussion about the leg

our next guest attended this week's debate on personal and about the payments george labor m.p. and member of the u.k. work and pensions committee joins me now ruth welcome back to going underground so we heard a little earlier from some of those affected by these disability tests conducted by private contractors who are paid cogs on the show apparently created a debate in parliament about this what are you hearing from your constituents about disability testing absolutely i think all them pays a hearing from their constituents about disability testing we get in cases through often every week. particularly after i was first elected i agreed to meet with a group of women who were survivors of sexual violence and abuse who wanted to tell me about how the benefit system had affected them i'm a member of the work i'm pension select committee so they wanted me to be able to take that very harrowing evidence and try and use it change the systems that they're finding because so many assessments and not allowed to be done as a home assessment then people have to travel often considerabl

affordable homes and guarantee in twenty percent of affordable housing and i think southern creasy the labor m.p. is claimed two hundred million pounds of private investment will be coming into your area you don't like that private investment where not guaranteed anything there is no guarantee you think we shouldn't use the word affordable i think that's a big question mark over i'm a big proponent of council housing. this term affordable muddies the water and complicates the sort of development that eating up london at the moment and leading to mass displacement of working class people who can't afford to live in the areas that they were born in and lived in all their lives it's already happening all around the country and all around the world this idea of private public partnership in regeneration i mean i know you're in the socialist party i am in the notion what do you think of labor's record before germ. we had a meeting with a star couple weeks ago where john mcdonnell kind of very good meeting had a chance with exactly yeah and basically the how meeting with a discussion about the legacy

the murder of terry cox the labor m.p. of course which is very much in people's memories. but also we forget you know since nine eleven we've talked endlessly about religious extremism we forget it early in the sixty's in the seventy's in the early eighty's and we forget things like timothy mcveigh knew us right wing terrorism has always bubbled under the surface and open was what is the what is the negatives really nice rates it has a specific issue and if you compare the number of jihad the type islam they stop attacks versus right wing extremist or white supremacist attacks you know it is a far more mixed picture than what you might believe for you to read the latest headlines so i think this is a very real story and. my take on this at least is the government is not investing in countering all forms of extremism it's had ten fifteen years to really invest in this i was i was a member of the government and muslim as a trade was a reason to you while i was zine because i felt that they were not taking extremism in all of its forms seriously enough and they were not embra

al-qaeda linked militants set church on fire but while there is money for is the missed weaponry one labor m.p. presented her with a solomon type dilemma on future local council cuts created by her collective economic punishment here at home which are the following things with the prime minister recommend they cut the next cancer i know the person with dementia and saying that means providing for school meals unfundable children libraries leisure centers for me in. supporting the twenty four percent of children living in poverty your choice prime minister may batter her away i notice that the honorable lady should be welcoming the improvements that have taken place in her constituency and when it comes to law and order in an age of austerity the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn gave her the latest figures. this is speaker recorded crime is up by one fifth since two thousand and ten violent crime up by twenty percent during the period the prime minister was home secretary two point three billion was cut from police budgets her majesty's inspectorate of can starve everyone's neighborhood p

linked militants set the church on fire but while there is money for is the missed weaponry one labor m.p. presented her with a solomon type dilemma on future local council cuts created by her collective economic punishment here at home which are the following things with the prime minister recommend they cut the next cancer i know the person with dementia and saying that means providing school meals unfundable children libraries leisure centers for me and. supporting the twenty four percent of children living in poverty your choice prime minister may batter her away hydrogen but the honorable lady should be welcoming the improvements that have taken place in her constituency and when it comes to law and order in an age of austerity the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn gave her the latest figures. this is speaker recorded crime is up by one fifth since two thousand and ten violent crime up by twenty percent during the period the prime minister was home secretary two point three billion was cut from police budgets her majesty's inspectorate of can starve everyone's neighborhood polic

london coming up in the show as capital shares collapse after profit warnings this week we speak to a labor m.p. and member of the karelian inquiry george about whether tory welfare reform is driving people to suicide and to claimants in different stages of the disability testing system tell us whether reassessing one point six million britons following arguably another failed neoliberal privatisation experiment is a good thing all the more coming up in today's going underground but first since u.k. pm theresa may was hold not being with communists in beijing it was left to a man called david living didn't want to questions that this week's pm queues in london and i'm a celebrity please get me out i living generally plaister is a maze deputy pm damian green who left because of covering up porn in his office computer living to new used to work at controversial mining company rio tinto was called mr clean by the tory daily telegraph will emerge that he wanted u.k. taxpayers to pay for his toiletries anyway as the share price and u.k. government private contractor capita all but collapsed while he

our next guest attended this week's debate on personal and about abatements ruth george labor m.p. and member of the u.k. work and pensions committee joins me now ruth welcome back to you are going underground so we heard a little earlier from some of those affected by these disability tests conducted by private contractors or appeared on the show apparently created a debate in parliament about this what are you hearing from your constituents about disability testing absolutely i think all them pays a hearing from their constituents about disability testing we're getting cases through often every week. particularly after i was first elected i agreed to meet with a group of women who were survivors of sexual violence and abuse who wanted to tell me about how the benefits system had affected their i'm a member of the work and pensions select committee so they wanted me to be able to take that very harrowing evidence and try and use it change the systems but they're finding that because so many assessments are not allowed to be done as a home assessment then people have to travel ofte

al-qaeda linked militants set church on fire but while there is money for is the missed weaponry one labor m.p. presented her with a solomon type dilemma on future local council cuts created by her collective economic punishment here at home which are the following things with the prime minister recommend they cut the next cancer i know the person with dementia and saying that means providing school meals unfundable children libraries leisure centers or me in. supporting the twenty four percent of children living in poverty your choice prime minister may battered her away i notice that the honorable lady should have been welcoming the improvements that have taken place in her constituency and when it comes to law and order in an age of austerity the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn gave her the latest figures. mr speaker recorded crime is up by one fifth two thousand and ten violent crime up by twenty percent during the period the prime minister was home secretary two point three billion was cut from police budgets her majesty's inspectorate of can starve everyone's neighborhood policing

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her chief moments is germany's minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions just by this she's not very popular with the german public martin short is short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is now it could be up to under the analysis to lead the party to its former strength. now for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the suspect in last year's stock truck attack has pleaded guilty to terrorism on the opening day of his trial raclette said he wanted to punish sweden for fighting against so-called islamic state it killed five people and injured fifteen others the prosecutor. is calling for a life sentence. the trial of a palestinian teenager led to mimi has begun behind closed doors in an israeli military court to maybe faces twelve charges including assault and incitement for slapping and pushing two israeli soldiers last year for palestinians a seventeen year old symbolizes their struggle against israeli occupation as radio forces say she is an agitator. investigators say pilot error m

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her achievements was germany's new minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she's not very popular with the german public. martine shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if under they are nonis can meet the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor candidate. rescuers in taiwan are combing through the rubble following tuesday strong earthquake around fifty people are still unaccounted for at least nine were killed and hundreds more injured in the quake aftershocks combined with rain and low temperatures are hampering rescue efforts. hard to believe that this was once a three star guesthouse in a taiwanese beach town today while ian's marshall hotel is just a pile of mangled wreckage. how low can you hear me the rescue is you know they're hoping that somewhere in the rubble someone is left alive but this search is proving very difficult and dangerous. afters

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her cheap minces germany's minimum wage law she also has fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public martin schultz a short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's up to andrea noticed and lead the party back to its former strength. if she gets the vote let's talk to dublin political correspondent who is in front of a party headquarters welcome. so the handover from. is this a done deal. well there is certainly skepticism phil among many in the party about not necessarily under the analysis such but about the way things are being handled by the party leadership by the fact that this was not something that was elected by the party members but rather appointed or decided by martin shows and knowledge so it is certainly not just yet a done deal it is very probable that under there not as will be the next party leader but she also will have to deal with a lot of members within the social democrats who are not necessarily in favor of the way things are being handled there are

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her chief minister is germany's minimum wage law she also for successfully for better pensions just by this she's not very popular with the german public martin short a short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. it's over now it could be up to under the analysis to lead the party back to its former strength. as the political correspondent. who is in front of fast pity party headquarters welcome there's been lots of criticism from within the s.p.d. of this quick handover. to knowledge. that's correct phil and the reason behind that is that many people within the s.p.d. believe that they should've been included in the process of who should lead the party know their words that the new leader of the party does not necessarily have to be appointed but should instead be elected and that is why some of the regional groups of the s.p.d. have been against this probable announcement that andrea nonis will be caretaker leader of the social democrats they're not necessarily against and they're not as herself they're against the process and if you also

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her in chief minces germany's new minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she's not very popular with the german public. martin shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if until they are not as can lead the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor candidate. you're watching t w news still to come the olympic torch is edging ever closer to young chang making its way to the winter games in spectacular fashion week we'll have our own take a round up a little bit later in the show. but first take your heart with some a good news on the world economy indeed to have good news on the world economy and here it is well the company is doing just fine and here's some proof if you need it to fresh sets of figures out today number one comes from germany's national statistics office german exports hit an all time high in twenty seventeen home country of diamonds are the

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her chief minces germany's minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public. marchin schultz is short term you're at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's up to under in august to beat the party plan to its former strength. well that as the s.p.d. hits yet another historic low in the polls with me in the studio right now political correspondent keith brady and use of yawning he's the head of the berlin office of the european council on foreign relations good morning to both of you thanks for being with us if i could start out with you kate you know is on the best choice to turn things around at the s.p.d. as its ratings with the public crater well certainly set us off one of a main aims is to reinvent they espied a of course they came away from september's elections with that. result in post-war history and one of the parties right now every define that profile and says a really huge expectation on her that she could modernize the party and bring more women i

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her chief minces germany's minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public. marchin shoots a short term head of the s.p.d. is over now it's up to andrea notice to beat the pop you plan to its former strength. and that is the s.b. the hits another historic low in the polls between the studio political correspondent kate brady welcome kate did not miss is been very much in the spotlight in recent weeks but can she invigorate the party and return it to its core values as many of the party members are demanding i think one of the main expectations from montreal this is that she'll certainly be able to bring about a modernization of the s.p.d. and this is a real integra part of the s.p.d. aim to redefine that profile especially since that historically low election result back in september and as we saw just a few moments ago she's very known for this passionate personality and really came through at the last party conference of the s.p.d. back in january but of cou

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her achievements is germany's new minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she's not very popular with the german public. martin shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if they are not as can lead the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor can't. well the announcement of a new grand coalition is sparked a heated debate online especially among party members and we have federico bozzio our social media editor with us here in the studio frederick you've been looking into some of those responses what if you found well sumi it's sparked a pretty clear and loud no at least online among many party members and to give you an idea of how fierce the opposition is among some of them take a look at this it's the moment when the announcement was made and there's been an immediate backlash we can take a look at some of those comments that have been among the thousands

m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her chief minces germany's minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public martin schultz a short term you're at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's up to andrea not just to lead the party back to its former strength. there's no doubt growing up political correspondent thomas sparrow welcome to honestly you were at the meeting where the former s.p.d. leader martin shows is said to hand over the leadership and not just doesn't look like it's going to go as he planned. well certainly not everyone in the party is happy about the prospect of on their not as becoming the next leader of the social democrats in fact there are several regional branches of the s.p.d. that are essentially saying that the party membership should also have a say in who leads the party that it shouldn't be a decision about someone being appointed it should be someone being elected and that is why among other things there is also skepticism on one s.p.d. may in the northern german town

m.p.'s in the ruling conservative party to investigate the event one says the labor party are not about equality anymore the deputy chairman of the conservative party is calling on labor to ensure that the discrimination comes to an end. well ed smith he's from activate britain that's a center right youth organization thinks that an equality conference should be open to all thing is that a lot of what has your mails not only. you know what he says from hours of got the lowest the most underperforming in compulsory education under the least represented in higher education but not only that it's more that they need for hear what these people are facing and hear what the solutions to the problems are going to be so that they can help contribute themselves the representative for your group should be voted for by your group white males should not be included in the. representative voting present it's about the discussions and the other things are going to go on around the conference i think it's really important everybody to be included in and for everybody to be able to talk. to rare case that a lea

labor leader jeremy corbyn says he now backs the u.k. staying in a permanent customs union with the e.u. saying it's necessary to protect trade and avoid a hard border with ireland pro europe m.p.'s have welcomed the move but the government says it's a cynical attempt to frustrate the u.k.'s withdrawal from the e.u. is not in barbara. in a sense a dedicated to cutting edge design in this speech meant to give labor's grex his strategy a sharper outline germy corgan supporters say there's now a clear difference between the government and opposition on this crucial issue so labor would seek to negotiate a due comprehensive u.k.e. customs union to ensure there are no tariffs with europe and to help avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border in northern ireland. but we're also clear that the option of a new u.k. customs union with the you would need to ensure that the u.k. has a say in future trade deals a new customs arrangement would depend on britain being able to negotiate agreement for new trade deals in our national interests the existing customs union means britain enjoys tariff free trade with the twenty seven other european union members up to now jeremy corbyn has simply

the labor party in the conservative party have realised that they can't conduct their own organizations because whenever there's material the whips will keep it to themselves or news it over the m.p.'s so now they've set up a parliamentary standards commission and that's exactly what we need we need a public body that's independent that's external that can be ordered. these organizations so it's really a total destruction to be scapegoats in your spam it's global and we need a public body you know we've seen it in effect really every industry from broadcasting business politics and sport and also we have to remember the very important work that many of these organizations including oxfam in doing some of the most difficult parts of the world but i suppose for some people it does make it just all the more troubling that because these are organizations that a deal with the world's most vulnerable they just can't afford to get it wrong in this way it is really troubling him it's so disappointing i mean personally i'm disheartened when i see it in any organization where we sit in the catholic church when we see it in the labor party because no organization should condone tolerate etc

customs union labor party leader jimmy corbin set out his priorities but set policy in a speech in the car manufacturing city of coventry it brings his party into line with many red bull m.p.'s from david ruling conservative party every country whether it's turkey switch a little norway that is geographically close the without being in the member state or some sort of close relationship with the. some more advantageous than others and britain will need a perspire negotiated relationship of its. budget areas of europe are being hit by freezing wintry weather strong winds of bringing cold air west from siberia the first major capital city in its path as moscow which is suffering its lowest temperatures of the year and that's with the start of spring literally weeks away it's not a drop to minus twenty degrees celsius the russian capital will skin to c.s. in kosovo have been taking advantage of the freezing weather to have fun rates on their doorsteps the snow man ski club has been testing at the steep narrow streets of the capital pushed ina. and the italian capital will missing its first snowfall in six years they did to some rare and picturesque sites like the color c.m.

labor leader jeremy corbyn says he now backs the u.k. staying in a permanent customs union with the e.u. saying that it's necessary to protect trade avoid a hard border with ireland pro european m.p.'s have welcomed the move but the government says that it's a cynical attempt to frustrate the u.k.'s withdraw from the e.u. that he and barbara reports. in a sense are dedicated to cutting edge design a speech meant to give labor's breakfast strategy a sharper outline germy corgan supporters say there's now a clear difference between the government and opposition on this crucial issue so labor would seek to negotiate a do comprehensive u.k.e. customs union to ensure there are no tariffs with europe and to help avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border in northern ireland. but we're also clear that the option of a new u.k. customs union with the you would need to ensure that the u.k. has a say in future trade deals a new customs arrangement would depend on britain being able to negotiate agreement for new trade deals in our national interests the existing customs union means britain enjoys tariff free trade with the twenty seven other european union members up to now jeremy corbyn h

the murder of gerry cox the labor m.p. of course which is very much in people's memories but also we forget you know since nine eleven we've talked endlessly about religious extremism we forget it early in the sixty's in the seventy's in the early eighty's and we forget things like timothy mcveigh knew us right wing terrorism has always bob would under the surface and open was one of the day when the negatives were united raising has a specific issue and if you compare the number of jihad the type islam is top attacks verses right wing extremist or white supremacist attacks you know it is a far more mixed picture than what you might believe for you to read the latest headlines so i think this is a very real story and worryingly my take on this at least is the government is not investing in countering all forms of extremism it's had ten fifteen years to really invest in this i was i was a member of the government and muslim as a trade was a reason to well i was because i felt that they were not taking extremism in all of it

labor m.p. emma dead code about why she thinks blairite and tory neo liberals about the fire that claimed the lives of nearly one hundred constituents and communist china care for teresa mayes refusal to endorse the people's republic spelt and road plan goal is the more coming up in today's going underground but first tomorrow if and only if he is granted safe passage as well as a british court agrees that there's no point the u.k. taxpayer funding is arbitrary detention is determined by the un julie innocents will walk out of the ecuadorian embassy in london but safe passage after this from the current boss of the cia individuals will such as julian assange and edward snowden seek to use that information to make a name for themselves as long as they make a splash they care nothing about the lives they put at risk or the damage they cause to national security. leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service it's something that the echo chamber of eli