the reality is in the end if you wa nt to but the reality is in the end if you want to be a member of parliamentnce your citizenship of another country and your sole interest to be australia. the real problem is where you do not know you have dual citizenship and that's the problem the high court is facing in the judgment today. briefly if you would, that is exactly what people like the deputy prime minister are saying. quite right, i discovered in the course of doing this that like the course of doing this that like the deputy prime minister my also have joule citizenship but i do the deputy prime minister my also havejoule citizenship but i do not wa nt to havejoule citizenship but i do not want to be a member of parliament so it's not a trouble for me but for barnaby joyce and others it's not a trouble for me but for barnabyjoyce and others they have to be at the moment more diligent before they become a member of parliament to check there and is history, to check they do not have dual citizenship lurking there otherwise they are in trouble with the constitution. tensions among republicans ab

parliament competent and officials. and wishes to veto the powers of those parliament. the people in that parliament. where elected on to ten but twenty seven the members of the covenant parliament have the right to defend their viewers these are one hundred times thirty five members of parliament this polish government is aiming at depriving those men and peace of exercising those white representatives of catalan pitfalls. and prime ministers not aware of the fact that by attacking the institutions and members of parliament he's attacking people as well in got along the on. the main victim of this unprecedented action is catalan society. right and fundamental freedoms are being violated prime minister rudd. expressed a message for all catalan society. in the message is. not concerned about what they think or feel and it doesn't matter to him what people voted for seven years. we've heard of started of autonomy that the wanted catalan people voted for now. they wish to take the parliament of was voted vice. president and they want to do this. outside the law article one five five does not allow them to do that and they know that. advocate for spanish c

that they don't have any more parliamentary privilege i mean there's also charges against the members of parliament. but those members of. the facilitated. of independent those charters are have been submitted to the supreme court given that they still have the parliamentary privilege but. in both cases. all the people all the members of ours time and questioning and we have requested precautionary measures given the seriousness of the crimes. for no one was intended and persecution will continue conducting it. completely. at least. to make sure that we. respond consideration and all the laws that have in this case been violated by the members of the catalan government thank you for. several charges of rebellion sedition and embezzler that have been filed against the leaders of catalonia the words there of the director of public prosecutions speaking in madrid the spanish capital he said those charges were being lodged with the national courts i also pointed out more charges were being brought against members of parliament of the regional parliament of catalonia for their role in the independence b

honorable president of parliament hundred of our deputy president members of parliament mayors people who today we are here supporting us and those who are following us here far from any corner of the world through the media. like to say a few words. that come from the bottom of my heart filled with emotion. and also with common tenting legitimacy this words wish to contribute to the important of this moment in time today the parliament of our country a legitimate parliament that has risen the elections of september twenty seventh and has taken a step that was very much awaited. the political representatives that were legitimately elected have adopted the mandate that was validated through the polls catalan citizens. in the next hours. we will have two people come. we have to remain acting peacefully in a civil manner and democratic manner as it has been the case in the past and will continue happening. the institutions and people are those who jointly build a people build a society a people cannot be built if we separate these two elements today mayors and members of parliament you h

wa nted around 30 members of parliament wanted a change in leadership. ify those claims. within the rules of the conservative party, you need 15% of the members of parliament, 48 of them to have no confidence in the prime minister in order to trigger a leadership contest. levels of dissent are below the levels required to oust her. the bigger problem is as soon as her leadership becomes centre stage after a difficult week at her annual conference, as soon as difficult week at her annual conference, as soon as these questions are raised, what has been said can't be answered, the doubts may linger and we can her position. i was certainly struck by a session in the european parliament this week, some of the politicians said, who do we talk to about brexit, is it the chancellor philip hammond, is it the chancellor philip hammond, is it theresa may, borisjohnson the foreign secretary? anything seem to undermine her 30 might make brexit negotiations, crucial negotiations, more difficult for her. in the short term it doesn't look like grant shapps, former chairm

parliament takes a zero tolerance approach. it is absolutely right that the house must address the urgent issue of alleged mistreatment of staff by membersthese allegations make clear that there is a vital need to provide better support and protection for the thousands of staff members working in westminster and in constituency offices across the country. she is right, there is obviously a problem. it's a good thing it has been exposed and it has to be dealt with. no woman or man coming to work in this house should be subjected to an unwanted sexual advances from those who are in a position of power over them. no one should have to work in the toxic atmosphere of sleazy sexist or homophobic banter. no mp, let alone a minister, should think it is something to make jokes about. this is not hysteria. this is something which is long overdue for all the parties in this house to deal with. no one voted for me to come to this house to engage in highjinks, no one elected any of us to engage in sleazy, oppressive behaviour. it has to be stopped now is the time to do it. welcoming the new procedures, one mp recalled comments made about her by the

against all they're seeking to bring against a number of catalonian leaders and indeed even members of parliament so a lot of issues for him to address there as well as of course the big question of the speculation about whether he will apply for political asylum in belgium. yes. you. can clearly hear and see indeed the press scrum that's going on and the excitement you know to hear from him a lot may depend now in terms of how this crisis develops on what carlos proved a moment is going to say perhaps what he won't say and announce the word expect haitians following his call for a public peaceful democratic resistance of madrid's well that we would see a lot more action in barcelona in public buildings than we have seen in the last twenty four hours so a lot of people now scratching their heads and wondering what is the plan after he disappeared from there and has now reappeared here in brussels. and you're. going to hear from you know that maybe there's. not enough of that. because. who still has not formally been charged with anything yet he is not technically a fugitive while the public prose

after four years as a member of parliament she has to clear out her desk like many of her female colleagues partly because her cvo party did so badly and partly because women lost out in their own party rankings. we have a core and that says everyone should be fire woman as well every said as you know the others seem to be the thing is that in most people's heads the lists together chris percentages becomes the maximum number they say one two three four five six that's the next women seat seven eight nine that has to be a woman where does this leave us. women's participation in the german parliament is truly not a success story for three decades they struggled along with less than ten percent it was the appearance of the green party in the early eighty's and later the left parties entry into the bundestag that changed the dynamics partly thanks to that quota recently some thirty seven percent of german m.p.'s were women. unfortunately i think that in society and in the media there was this idea that everything is ok now one third of the members of parliament are female and we have ministers

in society and in the media there was this idea that everything is ok now one third of the members of parliament are female and we have ministers we have a female chancellor but this is misleading because the percentage of women in parliament does not reflect women's share of society which is over half of the population. and after september's national elections in the c.d.u. only forty nine seats are going to women and one hundred ninety seven will be held by men the f.d.p. and f.d.r. also male dominated but forty percent of the s.p.d. seats are held by women and in the green and left parties women are the majority these three parties all have quotas to include a minimum number of female lawmakers. helga lucas she wants germany to have a lot like what many other european countries already have in place she's optimistic that there will be parity regulations one day. but that's too late for cloudy looking me his who can only hope that future generations of female politicians will find a more level playing field. football now and high drama last night as shit got hosted when less cologne in a buddh

of members? no, the vast majority of members of parliament wants both parliament to have a good reputation and themselvesacross parties whose reputations matter more to them than anything else. good to talk to you. thank you. jess phillips responding to the statement in the house by andrea leadsom and her colleague harriet harman. the actor kevin spacey has apologised after being accused of making sexual advances towards a teenage boy in the 1980s. the allegation has been made by the actor anthony rapp, who said the incident happened when he was 1a. kevin spacey said he didn't remember the encounter but, if it had happened, it would have been our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. anthony rapp was 1a and performing in a broadway show when he says the oscar—winning actor made a sexual advance towards him after a party at spacey‘s new york apartment. he described what happened to buzzfeed news, saying, "kevin spacey picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold, and then he lays down on top of me. he was trying to seduce me." later on twitter he added, "i came forward with m

life it helps because the heart of our democracy be secured in this parliament and i look forward to working with you. with all of my colleagues here and with all of the members of staff who keep our parliament running almost like i am a passionate parliamentarian right and my activities as parliamentarian were something i always saw as a real responsibility and my mandate as a. democratically controlled one and i've experienced many different things i've experienced what it's like to be an m.p. in the opposition and. governing opposite groups for ten years i was in the opposition. seventy two it was that i was first elected as an m.p. do you think you're a man really just as tag and there was a great deal about this beaut about the treaty was. around the east and there was a very tense mood and at the time miss fear was tense not just in parliament but across the country. west germany society had been politicized in a way we hadn't seen for a very long time it was mobilized it was galvanized into action and it was no bad thing that this be ok this is i'm going to go and in the eighty's again there was a great deal of intensity there i was in the governing co

any members of parliament who have engaged in this sort of behaviour must be held to account. compulsory drug testing on board royal navy submarines is ordered — as nine crew members are dismissed for reportedly using cocaine. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus — is described as an outrage, by the united nations. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the spanish government has stripped catalonia of its autonomy and taken charge of its government. the measures came early this morning after the catalan parliament voted to declare independence yesterday. the government in barcelona says it doesn't recognise the decisions. meanwhile, the deposed separatist leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has called for peaceful opposition to direct rule by the spanish government. he says he will work to build a free country. earlier our correspondent sarah rainsford explained that there was uncertainty over whether the sacked catalan leader, carles puigdemont, would be arrested or not. the thinking generally so far and the language so f

sir teddy taylor the country has lost an outstanding parliamentarian, a great constituency member of parliamenta true patriot? would my right honorable friend further agree with me that if sir teddy were alive today, he would be delighted to learn that the outgoing labor mayor of southend, plus three unaligned councillors, have all joined the conservative party? speaker bercow: prime minister. iime minister may: can i, can , can i first of all joined my honorable friend in recognizing the great contribution sir teddy taylor made in his time in this house, standing as a member of parliament for different seats, but of course including the southend seat, although i have to say to my honorable friend that one of my abiding memories of sir teddy is the number of times we had to evacuate portcullis house because he had set the fire alarm off by smoking where he was not supposed to in his office. but i am very pleased to welcome the former labor mayor and the unaligned councillors who have now joined the conservative party. we welcome them to the conservative party and look forward to working with th

meanwhile a support for calderon has independence declaration from finland a member of parliament mico occur in a tweeting congratulations to the independent republic of catalonia next week i will submit a motion to the finnish parliament for your recognition. just a few reactions there to this breaking news story and we want to get market reactions now in from spain and the rest of europe and for that i want to go to the trading floor where daniel koch is standing by danny aiello have there been any ramifications so far. yeah there lately i can tell you from the frankfurt perspective that we don't see yet an impact here on the trading day at the blue chip index ducks but of course investors here and frankfurt are also keeping a very close eye on the thirty five that's the index and spain similar here to the blue chip index stocks and when this news was breaking they was actually dropping with more than two percent right now it's a little bit recovered still about one point three percent down this came this came in after prime minister announced that he's going to make sure that legali

majority but it certainly doesn't look like that i was listening to what some of the other members of parliament were saying before session about this issue and they were saying that obviously the a.f.d. as a party that has been elected to parliament obviously has the right to nominate a candidate but that the other parties do not necessarily believe that this person is the ideal candidate for that and that's probably the reason why they're going to be rejected but it's still unclear whether the f.t. would stick to albert even if he were rejected or whether they would decide to nominate someone else dr thomas for the voting is still going on for the post of vice president as you saying is expected to be controversial we come back to you later of course once the result is there frank you very much for now and jefferson she's in the studio thank you very much for your assessment in talking about the new understand president let me now bring you some other stories which are making news around the world now austria's newly elected conservative read this about and course has announced that he will tr

from the great and good who have gathered in this hall here and they include some fifty or so members of parliament of members of the house of lords from across the political spectrum their argument is that britain should join the one hundred twenty or so countries around the world who have recognised the state of palestine and that in some small way might be an atonement they would say for some of the mistakes britain made in what it called the holy land in the first part of the twentieth century and got to be how comfortable do you think the british government is with they said being marks. i think there is some awkwardness marked is the word commemorated careful not to use the word celebrated. and although binyamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister will be here in london on thursday attending a dinner with juries are made to mark the centenary of the labor leader jeremy corbyn who's been an outspoken advocate of the palestinian cause is staying away it was interesting to hear boris johnson the foreign secretary speaking in the house of commons yesterday he said that the balfour declaration wa

the members of parliament, for instance. ings for any gender balance in the political life from being behind sudan to being about the first country in terms of women in parliament. we have a much younger parliament. we have a much younger parliament than we had before. there isa parliament than we had before. there is a huge change. when you mentioned that you have people coming from the private sector, this is brand—new in french politics. we had very few of them before. the reform programme's priorities. labour reforms supposedly offering more flexibility to employers and the radically to employees, although a lot of people see it as a means of making it easierfor companies see it as a means of making it easier for companies to fire people. we also have corporation tax, some property tax is going to be cut, increased tax on pensioners, cuts to housing allowances that many french people have relied upon. too many in this country, this looks like a policy programme of reform that favours the well to do. there are many measure

that day as of wednesday onward so what parliament is debating now is how to distribute his powers how to deal with this interim period and just interesting me one of the good the k d p members that runs on his parliament just recently came out of the session and started talking to journalists quite angrily and shaking saying that he refused to vote against a man that he believed represented the voice of three million people referring to that referendum which of course peter can you offer any kurd whatever side of the internal political divide they're on that an independent kurdistan is their dream so we've just seen him walk out so there is a back and forth within parliament but we are expecting at some point this evening for them to come out and to actually spell out how powers are going to be sort of administered whether it's through parliament the judiciary perhaps in the in the hands of the prime minister who's resigned his nephew so we're waiting to hear how exactly they're going to sort out all the details does this leave the whole move towards secession or independence in disarray or is it just on the back burner. well i think it's fair to say that many kurds will te

vote and what the percentage is for us to make that declaration but i think for example i'm a member of parliament of one of the constituencies we had an eighty one percent voter turnout on twenty sixth of august we had the same voter turnout. so you're going to see the october where december to come out of august so some parts of the what some parts of the country do not come more toward strongly some parts of the country came out towards strongly but again it is that it's not an obligation this is actually no condition that if we can and must come out and vote ok and the constitution is very clear it determines that we know based on the people who actually turned out to water the water that's all you can do is how you can do is count the votes absolutely that's true but having said that religion is positioned to get the supporters to boycott the vote what would you consider that effective was it was it self destructive was sick i don't know how would you characterize that. the called by. god and his supporters and those not just his supporters those who insist on fair elections to boycott these

well, the role of parliament, let's not forget, is to represent public opinion. i mean, myjob as a memberresent the community that i love very much in tunbridge and malling. 75, 000 electors, about 100,000 souls all in. and to reflect the views and the interests of the people of my community and the views and interests of my country, the united kingdom. but if the government won't timetable time for debates on contentious issues, that doesn't matter? well, as you know very well, there are various ways in which time can be allocated. there is urgent questions and statements, there is emergency debates, as they are called, so 2a debates, as this is the week in parliament, i'm going to assume people are more interested in parliamentary process than at other times. and of course there is the committees. and so one of the things that we are certainly going to be looking at is things that are very topical, so impact that is why we started, as you know, were first round of enquiries with an enquiry into the rohingya the crisis in northern burma. from which we've had plenty of warm words from the

hello, i'm jacob rees—mogg, the member of parliament for north east somerset. dropped the definite article. that's one of the things socialists do. i think the people who are talking about me as prime minister are trying to compete with ken dodd in the comedian stakes, that i'm not a serious contender. i will not, there is no vacancy, and i'm fully supporting mrs may. it's very flattering, of course, and it's all good fun. but i'm not a serious contender. i haven't held any office. i'm a backbench member of parliament. no, i don't see it as being a serious possibility. i love being a member of parliament for north east somerset. do you know who it is, margaret? of course not. but can you tell me where the hall is? 0h, great man, how are you doing?! applause. cheering to engage and discuss. if your ideas are good, put them forward. if they're bad, retreat. applause what you've done to disabled people is absolutely disgusting. ok, but wouldn't you like a debate and discussion about that? you're a despicable person. let's leave my despicability to one side. becaus

you about this and i realize this this is fluid on this is procedural but if there's so many members of parliament that are walking out that want no parts of this will it actually be considered a legitimate vote if there aren't enough members of parliament who actually participate in this. well that's the key issue this is a parliament it was democratically elected it has a majority in favor of secession that's a fact it is a government it's a regional government it may be devolved it may have powers outside of the central government's piles but the bottom line is that it is going to go ahead with this is something that kahless. house really pushed forward because he was expected to make a declaration or otherwise himself by addressing the nation that didn't take place and he said that he would leave it to parliament to decide so he isn't so much past the book as press that was quite explosive and it looks now as if it's going to detonate and deed in and a moment ago when we were listening and and to the proceedings andrew there was someone who actually used the word catastrophe when talking about

any members of parliament who have engaged in this sort of behaviour must be held to account.y complaints to come forward to their party organisations or for those working in parliament, the commons authorities or to the police were appropriate. as leader of the labour party, i want to make it absolutely clear that our party will not tolerate any form of discrimination 01’ tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment, any harassment discriminatory language or behaviour that has no place in the labour party or any other party or the workplace or across society. that is why. .. applause that is why our national executive committee adopted new, robust procedures to deal with sexual harassment injuly of this year. this protects the confidentiality of those making complaints and is established —— has established a sexual harassment hotline for any party members. more must be done to ensure that women are able to come forward about abuse without fear of retribution, consequences for their jobs or careers or legal fees. for women who experienced abuse in their workplace, any wor

of this parliament. and i repeat myself eighty eight percent of the members of this parliament. preceded the perceived. in the spanish going to. last me a proposal for a new bridge the statute of autonomy and that was sent to the spanish parliament. that gave rise to you campaigns of. giving the idea that. they wanted to practice the strain. approved in two thousand and six what was quite different from that in two thousand and five but having said that she. was. forty seven percent of the people that participated in the consultation and one million eight hundred ninety thousand people who supported it. these are the new york one hundred fifty thousand vote it's less than those who voted for independence only and faster for the longest but he's not got them in twenty. four years after passing this new start to it. court. made mostly of judges represented the two main parties in the spanish government that have a lot going to curtail the counter tell you says of the started. that it started i must say had been halted during our referendum. and in spite of our last polling all the for seediness and all th

in barcelona regional ministers and members of parliament but their guests are fighting for custom only as independence. but there's ambitions are not shared across the region many want to remain in spain. concerning his bid for independence has left the region and spain deeply divided. in the eye of a political storm all appears quiet. inside the catalan parliament in barcelona m.p.'s like alba very gays should be debating but their session has been suspended . so this is a cuddle and parliament and it's empty today because we should have now a plenary say sure that it was suspended by the constitutional court this banished constitutional court so they say they are trying to spare our activities they are trying to tell us what we can talk about and why do we are not table to talk about and that's not fair and that's not democratic and i sing we have the right to decide what we want to talk about in particular talking about the referendum in which the catalans voted on potential independence. alba also witnessed madrid's other response to the referendum the deployment of armed police to

the democratic election of september twenty seventh of twenty fifteen ignoring the rights of members of parliament who have approved our agenda as party government illegitimate manna has decided to be the representative of the catalog people without a lecture and with very little support and against the majority. government once to nominate. somebody or some officials to rule life in catalonia is not the first time that this happened and also with the endorsement of the king . and by doing so that other institutions are being hit by it. each time the cut and then people half overcome this with greater resolution and knowing last vis this issue and show the inability of the spanish government to exercise politics. that. we have always had. to have self-determination and. a constitution. you know is that when you are done that catalan institutions. cutter and into dish and have continued providing stability also president's going to find center then yes from exiles. therefore will no government nor spanish can government can erase the cuttle and will and that will that has enabled us to restore our

represented for the first time one of the parliament buddhist tog's first task today was to elect a new parliamentary president. it now falls to parliament's longest serving member to keep things under control with elected president of the bundestag the politician from chancellor merkel's party called for calm proceedings amid debate and to play by the rules the obvious way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. we are not here to beat each other up the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers the business friendly f.t.p. is back and the far right a.f.d. is in for the first time under old rules a member of the a.f.p. would have opened the first session as the oldest m.p. but this time that role went to a veteran f.t.p. lawmaker the rules on the matter were recently changed which the a.f.d.c. as an affront. this rule student changed in one hundred fifty years of parliamentary history there's only one exception in one thousand nine hundred eighty three it was broken by him and gurgling because as a nazi he wanted to ostracize his political enemies. the first exchanges already proved fie

morning herald is following the high court of australia's ruling that the election of five members of parliament was invalid because they held dual citizenships at the time of their election, which is against the constitution. deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce was among the ousted. saudi arabia's bid for a future beyond oil reached fever pitch this week at a major investment conference, but the new york times asks if much meaningful progress has been made to diversify the kingdom's economy. in the independent, twitter announces it is banning two of russia's biggest media outlets from buying advertising, amid fears they attempted to intervene in the 2016 us election. and finally, on the bbc‘s website, a story with a lot of heart. new research finds open—heart surgery is safer in the afternoons, because the heart is stronger later in the day. so let's begin. i think that is an important story for us all to read. let's chat through all of these. with me is amrita sen, chief oil analyst at energy aspects. wonderful to see you, many thanks for coming in. let's start with el pais. deadline day coming

this act members of the government will -- in the sacked members of the government will go to the spanish high court. the speaker of the catalan parliamenttill has a certain degree of legal section as a member of parliament, although, as we know, the spanish government has actually dissolved that parliament and called elections for december 21. >> at this point, do we have any idea of carlos puigdemont's whereabouts? has been asking that question. i am actually outside the government parliament here. that would be where carlos puigdemont's office was to we have not seen him go into the building. there are side entrances. but no one has seen him go into the building. sources closest to the ex-president have been quoted in spanish media saying he has not actually turned up for the office. we had down earlier this morning, because he sent out a photograph of the government palace on instagram, and the implication, of course, was he had defied the order of my trade gone in for a normal day of work -- the order of madrid and gone in for a normal day of work. >> just how successful is madr id? handover hashe been successful at the moment. the

we have live pictures of the senate session meeting where the parliament or the members of parliament are debating and voting on proposals to implement article 155. mariano rajoy has been speaking for the last half hour or so i just want to bring you a few more lines he says the catalan referendum was a joke to democracy. he also said i want the elections to be held in the shortest possible time, adding that liquidating the law breaks the public good, fractures society, divides families and stops long-time friendships. we can make an example of this situation. also adding that they're all anti-democratic decisions contrary to the law, to the normal comfo comportment, crushe minority with respect to the legal state. a quick look at the ibex and how it is faring today off by half of a percent after bouncing back rapidly yesterday to the tune of 1.5% as there were hopes out there that there was going to be a break through between barcelona and madrid that did not happen. let's talk more about the story with willem marx who has been our expert on this story you spent a lot of time in barc

death of teddy taylor the country has lost an outstanding parliamentarian, great constituency member of parliamentnd true patriots and what my right honorable friend agree with me that if he was alive today he would be delighted to learn the outgoing labor mayor of south end plus three counselors of all joined the conservative party? >> prime minister. >> can i join my honorable friend in recognizing the great contribution teddy taylor made in his time in the house standing for differences including that but i say to my honorable friend one of my abiding memories, we had to evacuate because he said the fire alarm off by smoking when he wasn't supposed to in his office but i welcome the former labor mayor and counselor who joined the conservative party, we welcome them to the conservative party and look forward to working with him. >> thank you, mister speaker. the failure to fund schools adequately is hurting children in my constituency. in lancashire, for teen million pounds, 828, can the prime minister explained to me how this is going to help with aspiration? >> i will tell the honorable lady w

we are not here to beat each other up the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers the business friendly f.t.p. is back and the far right a.f.d. is in for the first time under old rules a member of the a.f.p. would have opened the first session as the oldest m.p. but this time that role went to a veteran f.t.p. lawmaker the rules on the matter were recently changed which the a.f.d.c. as an affront. this rule student changed in one hundred fifty years of parliamentary history there's only one exception in one thousand nine hundred eighty three it was broken by him and gurgling because as a nazi he wanted to ostracize his political enemies. the first exchanges already proved fiery. if you are seriously comparing yourselves to victims of hermann goering and you've already done your own crudity. both the s.p.d. and the left party are rallying for more open confrontation with the chancellor of the parliament must resume its role as the main stage of political exchange and not t.v. talk shows or one on one interviews from reporters madam chancellor. i t

of the parliament and five other members of the now dissolved regional parliament we could also hear his position on the upcoming elections twenty first we heard from senior members of his party saying that they will actually take part in those elections and probably i think many of his supporters would like to know how come he was not here. to. announce some did not happen. there's been a lot for the catalan street to take in in the last twenty four hours how of squares like the one behind you've been digesting all of these developments. when i've been asking that question ever i come across many people i simply speechless don't know what to make of it yesterday monday morning this square behind me was the focal point really everybody was anticipating what will happen they were expecting to mourn and the rest of his cabinet. rebuilding go to their offices there was police outside and people were speculating that they would be some sort of confrontation going on they were even speculating that the police will go in and bring them out none of that happened not only here but also in oth

any members of parliament who engage in this sort of behaviour must be held to account.secretary, michael gove, apologised unreservedly for an on—air joke about disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein. compulsory drug testing on board royal navy submarines is ordered after nine crew members are dismissed for reportedly using cocaine.

morning herald is following the high court of australia's ruling that the election of five members of parliament time of their election, which is against the constitution. deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce was among the ousted. saudi arabia's bid for a future beyond oil reached fever pitch this week at a major investment conference, but the new york times asks if much meaningful progress has been made to diversify the kingdom's economy. in the independent, twitter announces it is banning two of russia's biggest media outlets from buying advertising,