to former liberal democrat m.p. alleged opec member who's going to when little about on all day david. it's a day and 8 but i can give you more than just a casual cautiously waited response if they had dave uns or to be more of the same coming he looks like one a bit because he's had a lot more coverage because he's been young team leader but in actual fact it's laid out more and she should win because she's really the only person i have to say he's got a chance of becoming the party if you really pen me down my money's on lay them around except think of the students a way so you're backing the site of according to the betting what is the special factor you think off of the liberal democrats change let's remember that davey carries a huge amount of baggage i used to share an office with mint fact and he was right down the line with the nick clegg cabal we know the name thanks about the law and nick like particularly destroyed the party wrote a book about this and sadly for the lib dems as truth right and just about

welcome back alex talks to form a liberal democrat party leader servants cable. phones cable is the strategic difficult to the liberal die. of the keir starmer as i did paddling the labor party without the feeling of not this but use of the center ground the politics which decreases the the openings that the liberal democrats would have if the labor party were positioned much further to the left is that a key strategic difficulty in the house should either of the leadership candidates seek to tackle that now i see it as an opportunity rather than as a defeat as i as i explained earlier i think one of the reasons a lot of our putative supporters backed off was because of fear of a hard left labor government and i think if you have a labor leadership which is your let's have a look around you know care sit down there i think 70 comes internet cafe agree that there are parts of the of the country park service of england and of states in scotland where. you know people will go to the lib dems and want to go and where labor are not serious competitors around thinking m

two members of the liberal democrats, thank you for putting your faith in liberal democrats, thank younteered to campaign with me, who have donated to my campaign, who have donated to my campaign, who have championed our vision of a greener, fairer, more caring country. and i would particularly like to thank player, my campaign manager. claire, you have been fantastic. and of course, emily, my wife and our two beautiful children. thank you, emily, for your amazing support, patience and love. and i sure i am speaking for many people when i say that for all of the stress and uncertainty of the past few months, one positive has been at the chance to spend more time with ourfamilies. and the chance to spend more time with our families. and so the chance to spend more time with ourfamilies. and so i would like to thank ellie in particularfor appearing in so many of my zoom calls and hustings. ijoined this party 30 years ago. i met emily here. i'm made so many good friends here, and with those friends, i campaigned across the country, knocking on tens of thousands of doors and delivering hun

you mentioned kirsty williams who is the education ministry in wales, a liberal democrat.tion and she too had to apologise to students for the mess 7 apologise to students for the mess he apologise to students for the mess up? the difference between england and wales as they have a different system, she put flaws in place, they we re system, she put flaws in place, they were using this algorithm but she said no one would get less than they would have got with their as—level, we change that in england, we didn't have the same checks and balances in the system. —— she put floors in place. sheep follow joyce to appear sleep for the mess. she should stay in post? even though there is a mess and wes? what she has done differently, it's not the same, the same level of risk, is not true, i have to say this. all i ever wanted from this government was openness and transparency about their thinking. kirsty set out her thinking, she drove a consensus, work with head teachers, that is not what gavin williamson did and the reason why i am calling for him to go is notjust on the exam fi

the liberal democrats will have a new leader this thursday.y‘ll be here in the studio live between 9.30 and 10:00. do send in your questions for them by texting 61124, emailing victoria@bbc.co. uk or you can tweet @ vic derbyshire. first, our reporterjohn owen looks at the challenges they‘ll face to revive the party‘s fortunes. the lib dems find themselves in a bind, struggling to stay relevant with their tiny crop of mps after a crushing election result last year. you lost your seat, miss swinson? but this week, they will pick one of two people who they hope can start to turn the tide. essentially, the party has two different paths it can travel. the first with ed davey, safe pair of hands, establishment candidate, seen as competent, pretty good in parliament and clearly has governing experience. the second is a rather more radical, rather more progressive pro—european and perhaps for some people, risky option in layla moran. layla moran‘s advantage being that she wasn‘t involved in the coalition, which is something many voters don‘t remember

on the first day as being leader of the liberal democrats.are things that people want to know. first of all, i want them to know. first of all, i want them to know what the liberal democrats stand for and what the general election showed in a very clear way is that too many people do not know what we stand for at the moment. so both the listening exercise and making democrats a stronger voice, we can build a party up and that is the first step i want to focus on. i am not thinking about the next general election, i am thinking about making sure people understand who we are and what we are about. the way to do that is first of all to re—engage with the voters and thatis to re—engage with the voters and that is what i will focus on and i will not be distracted. with an 80 seat majority for the conservatives, is that something in the future? what you have done thatjob of listening to the people and building up listening to the people and building up the listening to the people and building he party, listening to the people and building up the pa

the liberal democratic party counterpart says that all of those issues will result in 165 so what we say a major. goal that has emerged in one in the 2 opinions of the 2 leaders president moon argues that that treaty they signed in 1965 did not not look a the rights of victims because it didn't have include of the victims and he also argues that the separation of powers seen in south korea obliges game to abide by the ruling so i think you have a 2 latest positions on the postcolonial sentiment settlement of diametrically of quest david laney how do you say based legacy he was instrumental in bringing the olympics to japan how much of a blow to him personally would it be not to be the man in charge when and they have to postpone games actually take place. i think it will be heartbreaking for him personally although i think it's probably secondary among his concerns at the moment and obviously like most people i wish him good health i do think that probably when we think back upon his legacy it's probably going to be about the way in which he likely reshaped the decision making struct

as a liberal democrat. very. good have to leave it up because i'm the cat of a political party that belongs in the european liberal democrat family i couldn't be more in favor of fighting corruption and supporting a democracy and. can any measure that can be taken on a new i'd lever to strengthen the fight of the heart of the european union against the money laundering against corruption. could not but be welcomed by the liberal democrats. however we should not be singling out and new white policies could certainly saw many problems in the european union i have one more comment another small actually story you know i happened to be in the during the bluejay and 8017 and i was living a company there and we felt very much for a friend that we you know what we identified with the dive people and we felt very much a sentence that is small country like a long terms of geography of course i was being targeted by a group of countries which wanted to impose perhaps their own foreign policy or their own domestic policy on

the conservative politician rose through the ranks of his liberal democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was small biased political experience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. i've been amazed at what became known as our economics was a series of a business reforms aimed at boosting japan's struggling economy his vision of a well the stronger japan came with a lifelong ambition to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self-defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now and it is a year that japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia

though liberal democrats have an odd view of it.hey see "community" as a limited cluster of interest groups, locked in odd conformity. in this view, the country waits passive while washington sets the rules. but that's not what community means - not to me. for we are a nation of communities, of thousands and tens of thousands of ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, neighborhood, regional and other organizations, all of them varied, voluntary and unique. this is america: the knights of columbus, the grange, hadassah, the disabled american veterans, the order of ahepa, the business and professional women of america, the union hall, the bible study group, lulac, "holy name" - a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. does government have a place. yes. government is part of the nation of communities - not the whole, just a part. i do not hate government. a government that remembers that the people are its master is a good and needed thing. i respect old fashioned c

in the united kingdom, the liberal democrats have elected one.n last december's election, they failed to win other voters who gave a majority to boris johnson. have a new leader, who joins me now. welcome to bloomberg television. arguably the most important job as new leader, how do you make the party relevant again? i have is exactly what been saying to the party, we need to be more relevant. we have had three poor general election results. we have not been able to communicate our values to people . they do not think we are on their side or that we represent them and their concerns. i have to turn that around, that is the problem i have to fit's. i'm talking about a national listening program where i talk to members of people across the country and the party engaging in a listening exercise. our values are timeless, but we engage with voters concerns, what is on their mind, their problems, hopes and dreams. in a covid world where people are worried about health and livelihood, this is the right time to engage people about the future. pollrie: th

jo swinson, scottish liberal democrats, 19,523.inson lost her seat. the central campaign message then, stop brexit. both candidates today acknowledged that message had cost the party dear, but both had a similar approach about what to do next. at the moment, rejoin clearly isn't where the british people are at. we have got to make the case for european cooperation, and i think if people see us over the next few years cooperating to our mutual benefit, people's views may change. i would love to see in ten years' time people, if the argument is made, if we can show them by how being closer to the european union is the right thing to do, if that public opinion shifts, that the liberal democrats will be first in line to a rejoin position, and i would love to see that, but i don't think that's the right thing to do just yet. we have to fight the battles in front of us now. ok, so, the lib dems leadership contest may not be the most important thing happening in politics this summer, but it will be watched with interest here in westminste

democrats for up to a century. this is the quintessential example of liberal privilege. it should not be happening. it cannot be going on in america. guess what? it is not just happening in these big cities. it's only a matter of time until the democrats who are literally siding with criminals until this comes into your backyard, sean. it's inevitable. they are incapable of pushing back against the bad guys. >> sean: i cannot believe he is allowed to stay silent. the media, they have smeared, slandered. they are involved in conspiracy theories and hoaxes. after not only that, but as much collateral damage as they can take. they ruined carter page's life for four years. also general flynn's life. >> brett kavanaugh. >> sean: yeah. and i'm wondering. >> there is no one they won't destroy to get their way, sean. there is no one they won't destroy to get their way. look at what they did to make sand men, who was a 15-year-old kid. his crime, being a male conservative from the south who supports trump and happens to be a christian. thoughts an offense today in the eyes of the democrats. it's no longer ok

by liberal democrats for decades.> it's true. go to florida, go to the carolinas, incredibly safe. go to texas, incredibly safe. you go to democratic strongholds, go to portland, seattle, minneapolis, chicago and new york city and look at the difference between these states. there is one common denominator in all those states, they are run by radical, radical leftists. both mayors and governors. their policies don't work. we've seen the case studies, they don't work. we don't know how this movie ends. we saw it over the last three months in new york, strip out 1,000 undercover nypd officers in crime goes up by 300%. this isn't a difficult thing to figure out and i don't know why they continue to double down on it, this is not winning issue for them. stripping private health care is not a winning issue, getting rid of the second amendment are not a winning issue. coming after people's religion, not a winning issue. i don't get it, i don't get why this is the policy but you see the speakers lined up including elizabeth

the liberal democratic party's policy sheet told reporters hehe'll confirm the facts later. the leader of the coalition party said to nhk abe told him hehe would step down. yamaguchchi added he was very surprised because it was so sudden. constitutional democratic party also told reporters he was very surprised. he went on to say abe may have been in a worse condition than previously thought. he also said the impact of the resignation is i'm measurable and it would change the political situation in japan completely. >>> moving to reactions to reactions from neighboring countries to abe's resignation. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the government is closely watching the situation surrounding abe's resignation. >> translator: even though we're monitoring media reports, i will refrain from commenting on japan's internal affairs. japan is a neighboring country, so we will stay focused on imprproving andevelopingg the bilateral relationship. >>> china has been placing more importance on tie's with japan as tensions between beijijing a washington ratchet up. a state

they've all been run by liberal democrats for decades.f you cannot provide the most fundamental role the government should provide which is law and order and safety and security, how are you capable of doing anything else, now let's go to the next part of the equation, you look at the liberal cities in the blue states run by democrats for decades, how is her educational system doing compared to other cities in other states that have not been run by liberal democrats and almost all the cases you are looking at an educational system, you love ronald reagan, the chief of staff, landmark study, nation at risk and what they said, if this were done to her educational system by an outside entity or force it would be to an act of war. look at baltimore, i'll pick one city, baltimore their highest per capita. mark: this is all in your book. sean: third highest per capita spending in the entire country for education, their children. 13 public schools, high schools, what percent -- it's not a question, what percentage of the students in the 13 publi

they've all been run by liberal democrats now for decades, and if you can't provide the most fundamental that government should provide which is law and order and safety and security, how are you capable of doing anything else? now, let's two to the next part of that equation, you look at all of the liberal cities and the blue states run by democrats for decades, how is their educational system doing compared to other cities and other states that have not been run by liberal democrats? in almost all of the cases you're looking at an educational system in ruins. you loved ronald reagan, there was a landmark study and issued a risk and what they said in the study was, if this were done to our educational system by an outside entity or force, it would be ten amount to an act of war. okay. look at baltimore, i will pick one city. baltimore, third highest per capita. mark: by the way, i want people -- this is all in your book. sean: oh, yeah, third highest per capita spending in the entire country for education for their children. mark, 13 public schools, high schools, what percent, it's not

party, mostly from the liberal democratic party, m ostly fro m from the liberal democratic party, mostlys not only a place where the souls of class a war criminals are enshrined, but also has an extraordinarily nationalist museum has an extraordinarily nationalist mu5eum attached to it which gives a distorted account of the pacific war, but it's important to listen to the words of the emperor this morning. he has expressed not only a desire to avoid all war, but a sense of deep remorse forjapan's activities and behaviour during that period. i think it's important to listen closely to his words. i think you reflect5 widespread 5entiment5 injapan. you reflect5 widespread 5entiment5 in japan. sir david, thank you so much forjoining u5. let's join proceedings now at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshie and my colleague sophie raworth. now we await the arrival of the royal highne55e5, the prince of wale5 royal highne55e5, the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall. prince charle5'5 great uncle lord loui5 mountbatten wa5 5upreme allied commander in southeast asia, and he played

l.a., san francisco, new york, they have one thing in common, run by liberal democrats for decades. dical, democrat socialist party i look those cities preview of coming attractions. why i say on the brink because these are now the stated policies. look, charles, i, i will never hold a candle to you when it comes to your knowledge of investing and the stock market, et cetera. you're great at all of this but i'll tell you this, what has government done right? is government doing a good job in their number one responsiblity, safety, security? i would give them an f. how are they doing in education of our kids? i would give them a bigger f. same thing, liberal cities run by liberal democrats for decades. blue states, run by liberal democrats for decades. how did the obama promises work out, charles? they didn't work out well. we'll defund the police. we'll get rid of oil and gas, the lifeblood of the world economy as you often report. then we'll offer everything for free to every americaning cradle to grave to the tomb. you don't need a harvard or m.i.t. degree, charles payne, those num

record low abbie's resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability priyanka gupta al-jazeera or a country is in shock after obvious sudden resignation as all just as a father salami reports from tokyo. well i have spoke with several people here on the street after the announcement of 5 days that is going asian you get mixed reactions some people showed gratitude on the procession to his insurance during all this years and especially after the pandemic during the last few months it was very stressful for everyone especially for him after all the criticism he went under for several reasons one of them is his handling of the procedures against the pandemic and also about issues other people express their relief and if you can hear the music in the background this is some people are. using the drums to. announce their happiness if i may say too for the resignation of he has been ruling . he has been in his position now for 8 years he's the longest serving prime mini

done with leaving the country in a shock but in other the way he's also trying to help his liberal democratic party his body to stay in power thank you so much for that. live for us in tokyo. still to come here on al-jazeera. anger in argentina over a government plan to reform the judicial system. in the u.s. states of the reason that texas assess the damage to hurricane or a pulse is. still some pretty good weather across southern areas of europe warm and also some nice sunshine but all the mix we had across to the north and also the southeast are seeing some pretty strong storms in the last few hours but a very nice sense that the across the lake in hungary not quite as nice across the southeast of poland and this is where we're seeing some fairly fresh storms in the last 24 hours now where the conditions there are generally not too bad you can see as a cad rain working away across the towards poland it will also should be fine and friday the rain is have you across into the south so very heavy rain in the southeast of france right there cross the northern areas of italy but meanwhile we're

record low abbie's resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability. al-jazeera a suspect has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of $39.00 vietnamese immigrants were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near london last year over an irish run and hughes also admitted to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration 10 of the victims were teenagers they were all from a poor region of central vietnam tops the results showed they died from a lack of oxygen and overheating. the wearing of masks in paris is now mandatory after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the french capital the estimated rate of infection in france has quadrupled in the past month face coverings were already compulsory outdoors everywhere in some of the cities places like must say toulouse and nice francaise told recorded nearly 300000 cases of the virus and at least 30000. scuse me opposition groups in india have staged protests against the government's refusal to delay university en

resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability. dizzier now california texas new york and several other states won't be following new advice from the u.s. centers for disease control to reduce coronavirus testing for those exposed to it as states will continue testing asymptomatic people have come into contact with covert 19 as part of their plan to stop the virus spreading the c.d.c. has this week changed its coronavirus testing guidance shocking health officials and many politicians york's governor andrew cuomo challenge the assertion that politics played no role in the change but officials from the department of health and human services deny any pressure from president trump of the testing policies or one virus expert whose voiced concern over these guidelines is dr anthony felt she director of the u.s. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases is also a leading member of the white house coronavirus task force he told our jazeera he is

the liberal democrats will have a new leader this thursday.nd sir edward davey joined my colleague victoria derbyshire in the studio to lay out their visions for the party. sir ed davey, acting leader, said that he is pushing for a greener economy, a fairer society and more caring country. i think the economy is number one now, with probably the biggest and deepest recession we've had for 300 years. i'm an economist by training, i put myself through night school for my postgrad in economics, and i've been thinking very hard about how we recover, so, people like emily, who've lost theirjobs, can look forward to a brighter future. i'm particular concerned about young people, as well as the climate emergency, so i've been tailoring my economic plans so it meets their aspirations and their hopes. since you've been acting leader in the past seven months, you've gone from 12% vote share in the december general election to 6% now. in fact, some lib dems insiders are said to call you, sir 6%. that is not good. first of all, i've been the acting co—lea

the conservative politician rose through the ranks of us liberal democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. up in the midst of what became known as abby don't mix was a series of a vicious reforms aimed at boosting japan struggling economy his vision of a well here stronger japan came with a lifelong mission to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self-defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now it is a year that japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia and g

newly appointed leader of the liberal democrats. the headlines are coming up democrats.ur headlines today. in fear of his life — manchester united captain harry maguire gives his first interview about his arrest in greece. i don't feel like i owe an apology to anybody. an apology is something when you have done something wrong. do i regret? i regret being in the situation. the manchester united defender describes the moment he thought he was being kidnapped and tried to run away. president trump formally makes his bid for a second term, saying his opponentjoe biden will be the destroyer of american greatness. your vote will decide whether we protect law—abiding americans or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists, agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens. more sporting events in the united states are called off, this election will decide whether we defend the american way of life or whether we will allow a radical movement to completely dismantle and destroy it. that won't happen. good morning from which one of the many places expected to be busy this we

the liberal democrats will have a new leader this thursday.ward daveyjoined us in the studio to lay out their visions for the party. sir ed davey, acting leader, said that he is pushing for a greener economy, a fairer society and more caring country. i think the economy is number one now with probably the biggest and deepest recession we have had the 300 years and i am an economist by training, i put myself through night school, and i have been thinking about how people will recover. people like emily, can look forward toa people like emily, can look forward to a brighter future. people like emily, can look forward to a brighterfuture. i have been tailoring my economic plan so it meets climate future aspirations and hopes. leila moran said while she may have little expierence in parliament voters should look at her track record of what she has acheived in the three years she's been an mp. first of all in 2017i overturned a massive conservative majority to win the seat in the first place, when others didn't. i did that by amassing a group of pe

because it wasn't just anyone who left many of the exiles came from the intellectual classes the liberal democratic classes the sciences and the arts. you could say they were the elite of the 5 my record like. republic here is where the contributions from this cultural elite will be remembered the museum of exile will be built on the ruins of the un height of once berlin's main train station a symbolic spot. on. here here is where the exiles often began their journey filled with fear and then here is where their memories return because this was the last piece of berlin they remember. the focus of the museum will be on exile in displacement from germany between 19331900. but the issue could not be more topical there are more than 65000000 displaced persons worldwide people living with the same sense of exile. and these to give to this so this old story of exile is very current of course the fates of people back then and those now mirror one another the same existential stories are playing out today one from the heart. and my colleague scott writes it's a small so scott they announce the winning desi

and liberal democrat or not and we developed a technology called location underlay 6 if we can use the wife i signal to see how many people are in an area whether there are too many whether they're only there for a short time or for a longer period a while but what the employer if it out the seville company's technology is already being used not only in hotels but also at pools and even on beaches. and there's a whole democratization mass 4 to 6 weeks thing that really got going suddenly a lot of companies were coming to us because they realized that they have to adjust to the new situation. for some it gives a sense of security but many european tourists still don't want to come on the beach it's mostly just locals and spaniards to be found. salvador lay on sees the same on the costa del sol he's run a beach restaurant in tar molina's for 47 years and never before have there been so few german or british tourists for the game a short time here to believe the end a lot of foreigners own apartments here from many countries eat i.e. but at the moment maybe only 5 percent here are foreign

great political power with the rule, so this was always more about symbolism, but the opposition liberal democratsplaints now but all three councillors at this gathering and the council say they are engaged in the normal process. many thanks. that is sam read reporting there. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. for those that have had a lot of rain recently, there are some drier days ahead. but for those who need the rain, very little, i'm afraid, in this forecast. bit of rain to clear way through this evening and overnight, left over from this afternoon, across parts of northern england and scotland. but as that clears away into the north sea, most places become mainly dry overnight. a lot of cloud, though, some patchy mist and fog — another mild, muggy night across much of england and wales. much fresher than it was last night across scotland. for thursday, most of us are going to start the day with a fair amount of cloud, thick enough perhaps for some patchy, light rain and drizzle for a time across southern counties of england. but for most, it's a dry

and there are not 60 votes in the senate for the democrat liberal fantasies. in fact mr. president, it would be lovely if democrats seem to think the f government funding with a pot of gold never runs out, but it does not. in the coronavirus relief as always involve money which continues to drive up our national debt. now arguably, it was money that needed to be borrow, but mr. president, there has to be a limit. the higher we drive our national debt, the greaterth the danger o the health of our economy, democrats may be fine with jeopardizing our help to pay for the diversity studies of marijuana industry but i tell you republicans are not. republicans know that were going additionalborrow money for the meat of the demands of the coronavirus and we have offered legislation to do just that. but we are not going to further endanger our already battered economy by signing off on every necessary spending item on the democrat liberal fantasy list. republicans going to have to agree to some of the things that were not crazy about? of course we are. the democrats are going to ha