sarah champion: good afternoon, prime minister. the prime minister: hi, sarah. if i may, sir bernard, just before we move on, the other thing is that it is not just about next year. this is an important point, because in february at the munich security conference we called for longer-term multilateral security assurances for ukraine. that is an important part of building that deterrence. many countries have signed a similar declaration, and we are also having conversations with ukraine about how to broaden the support that we give them, not just militarily but to bring them into the euro-atlantic family with other economic assistance. so i think it is broader than just the military support, and we need to start thinking about the longer term, not just about one year at a time, in terms of a journey and a direction of travel. i think that was an important point to make. sorry, sarah. sarah champion: i am interested. do you consider yourself a leader on the global stage? the prime minister: well, others will make that determination. i am very proud of the uk's lea

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prime minister? >> it's simply not right to say there isn't support for families this winter. there have been considerable support for any bills and this winter, pension households, for example, will receive up to 300 pounds alongside their winter fuel payment because it's some of the most vulnerable households and it's right they get that support at such a difficult time. >> mr. speaker, i appreciate it's difficult for the prime minister temple 5 thighs when he quite clearly can't understand. but to be clear, indeed the whole house. this isn't a problem of energy production, scotland produces six times more gas than we consume. and some comes from renewable resources. it's a consequence of decades of failed energy policy here in westminister. for those of us on these benches, we believe scotland's energy wealth and energy resource should benefit the people of scotland, why doesn't he? >> hear, hear. >> mr. speaker, the entire energy grid in this country is integrated to benefit people in every part

will the prime minister meet me to discuss the merits of a minister for men and boys?x loses, “both sexes lose.” >> my honorable friend should be commended for his tireless campaigning on this issue. he is particularly right to focus on suicide, and i am grateful for his engagement with the suicide prevention strategy, which sets out the actions that we will take to reduce suicides in the coming years. it was thanks in part to his campaigning that on international men's day we announced that we are appointing the first men's health ambassador and launching a men's health taskforce. i look forward to continued collaboration with him so that we can represent his concerns adequately. >> convicted criminals are being held in police station cells across west yorkshire because the government have completely failed to deliver more prison places. two thirds of prisons are overcrowded, criminals are let out early, if sentenced at all, only 2% of rapists reach court, serious violence is up by 60%, knife crime is up by 70%, and nearly 65,000 cases are waiting to be heard. how can

at _ the prime minister? i think you have to say plough on. at this _ the prime minister?i think you have to say plough on. at this point it - to say plough on. at this point it is difficult to see the government turning away. it has presented this sort of, the fact of this legislation to parliament, it will bring it tomorrow and rishi sunak and his home secretary, who is in charge, overall in charge of immigration matters will say this is a key part of their policy, which is to try to revive the deal with rwanda, to take asylum seekers who arrive here through regular means, via boats and things and ship them off to rwanda so rwanda deals with their claims. that policy has been declared unlawful already by the supreme court. it is about trying to press ahead with that policy regardless and find ways around it and the prime minister, he will now be criticised from the right for not going far enough, from i think centrist mps saying it goes too far, the provisions in it that block certain aspects of human rights law in the uk and the refugee convention block asylum seekers f

. find would no doubt have explained to the prime minister.— prime minister.you understand to have _ prime minister. and what did you understand to have been - prime minister. and what did you understand to have been the i prime minister. and what did you i understand to have been the impact of you telling the prime minister about your concerns? so in the context of the debate which was running on of course during those days as to the extent to which further measures would need to be imposed and of course ultimately, whether there should be a lockdown decision, what impact did your concerns about the gilt and the bond market and the government's ability to fund itself have on that decision—making process? and so you are clear, there is some suggestion there was on that thursday mooted there was on that thursday mooted the possibility of locking down london in advance of the rest of the country. and we want to know to what extent that decision was influenced by the concerns about government borrowing? by the concerns about government borrowin: ? ., , , ., by th

and the _ tension between the prime minister and the first minister.y much. i would like to ask, is this a fair characterisation of the relationship between you and the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon? | first minister of scotland, nicola sturaeon? . , ., . first minister of scotland, nicola sturteon? ., , ., ., ., sturgeon? i am sorry to hear that he said that. actually, _ sturgeon? i am sorry to hear that he said that. actually, i _ sturgeon? i am sorry to hear that he said that. actually, i had _ sturgeon? i am sorry to hear that he said that. actually, i had no - sturgeon? i am sorry to hear that he said that. actually, i had no ill- said that. actually, i had no ill will whatsoever towards the first minister of scotland when i have talked to her, we have got on very well and had a friendly relationship and as i think you just said, we did indeed have a meeting. it is and as i think you just said, we did indeed have a meeting.— indeed have a meeting. it is odd that such a _ indeed have a meeting. it is odd that such a close _ indeed hav

he is our prime minister. . .,, prime minister. he is our prime minister. ..,, ., minister.ter. the cost of the reminder scheme has doubled, up to - minister. the cost of the reminder scheme has doubled, up to £219 l scheme has doubled, up to £219 million, the home office has confirmed those figures. a total waste of money, we have not sent one person to reminder? the waste of money, we have not sent one person to reminder?— person to reminder? the point is we will be sending _ person to reminder? the point is we will be sending people _ person to reminder? the point is we will be sending people to _ person to reminder? the point is we will be sending people to reminder, | will be sending people to reminder, and when _ will be sending people to reminder, and when this programme starts working. — and when this programme starts working, that will be a very important, visible deterrent. but another important, visible deterrent. mt another £150 million? important, visible deterrent. but l another £150 million? people have seen the potential— another £150 million? people have see

minister. turn to sky? thank you, prime minister- can _ we turn to sky? thank you, prime minister. can you _ we turn to sky? thank you, prime minister. can you honestly - we turn to sky? thank you, prime minister. can you honestly say - we turn to sky? thank you, prime l minister. can you honestly say hand on heart that none of the people you have spoken to today have raised any concern about the recent changes you made in green policy in the uk? hand on heart, made in green policy in the uk? hand on heart. 10096. _ made in green policy in the uk? hand on heart, 100%, no. _ made in green policy in the uk? hand on heart, 100%, no. not— made in green policy in the uk? hand on heart, 10096, no. not a _ made in green policy in the uk? ham. on heart, 100%, no. not a single leader i have spoken to today has spoken about that. do you know why? most of their targets are less ambitious than the uk's. just take one example, the phase—out of petrol cars, where we previously had a date that was 2030. what

will the prime minister join me? >> i think, mister speaker he missed that i paid tribute to emergency workers in the beginning of the session. he talks about working families. of course, mister speaker, i want to make sure we support working families and that's what we are delivering. all he has to offer them is borrowing 28 billion pounds a year, all it will do is push up their mortgage rates. meanwhile, what have we done? delivered tax cuts for millions of working families, boosted the national living wage, recruited 50,000 more nurses, 20,000 more police officers, improved our schools, cut the cost of net 0 for those working families. and we've halved inflation and that is the difference which we are getting on with delivering. >> thank you, mister speaker. as the world struggles with the 1.5 commitment, to help my campaign to make ev charging access more widespread i asked my right honorable friend for an early christmas present. will he speak to the chancellor to ask him to look again at the unfair differential

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i must press the minister because i don't feel he has l minister because i don't feel he has answeredstrategy— answered on what the government's strategy is, — answered on what the government's strategy is, particularly the political— strategy is, particularly the political one. we all feel it so strongly~ _ political one. we all feel it so strongly. no child should ever be the target of a terrorist or in any conflict, — the target of a terrorist or in any conflict, so _ the target of a terrorist or in any conflict, so what is the government's political strategy to protect _ government's political strategy to protect the lives of children? our strate: protect the lives of children? our strategy is _ protect the lives of children? our strategy is to _ protect the lives of children? or" strategy is to exert all efforts to bring about peace.— strategy is to exert all efforts to bring about peace. growing success in caettin bring about peace. growing success in getting eighttwo _ bring about peace. growing success in getting eighttwo gaza _ bring about peace. growing success in getting ei

i spoke to the prime minister about the tragedy. minister, coast guard's have not been portrayed in a positive light recently because of the micro both that sank. were you taking action to make sure that does not happen? prime minister mitsotakis: we have been implementing a strategy, our number one priority is for people not to drown at put also to protect the borders. the less likelihood -- in international waters. we have been able to make this strategy work. we have broken smugglers. it is very unfair. they do not talk about the smugglers that put these people on the boat that was not seaworthy. every time, there was always an investigation. i cannot comment on it. the coast guard has saved tens of thousands of people. at the end of the day, or we do not want is an old strategy. we have to be vigilant protect our voices but we have to have new pathways. for humanitarian reasons, refugees or migrants. one of our goals increase is to expand labor market participation, and when i look at certain jobs, there are difficult ease. -- t

in chaired by mr hancock and not the prime minister.— prime minister.nuary, really, untilthe - prime minister. in that period, january, really, untilthe end l prime minister. in that period, | january, really, untilthe end of january, really, until the end of february, towards the end of february, towards the end of february, covid was pretty much like a cloud on the horizon no bigger than a man's hand and you didn't know whether it was going to turn into a typhoon. i look at all this stuff in which we seem to so oblivious with horror. i mean, we should have, we should have tweaked. the government was still trying to isolate anyone infected and trace their contracts. by march, the government had switched to a mitigation strategy.— government had switched to a mitigation strategy. government had switched to a mitiaation stratea . ~ . , mitigation strategy. wash your hands to the national— mitigation strategy. wash your hands to the national anthem. _ mitigation strategy. wash your hands to the national anthem. the - mitigation strategy. wash your hands t

country, of being prime minister, which is a - the country, of being prime minister, which is a joby, of being prime - minister, which is a job that comes with enormous _ minister, which is a job that comes with enormous responsibilities. - minister, which is a job that comesl with enormous responsibilities. but privately with enormous responsibilities. privately some of her colleagues wonder whether it was responsible to remind people of her time in number ten. british 0scar—nominated actor tom wilkinson, best known for his role in the full monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. he played the former steel mill foreman, gerald cooper, receiving a bafta for the role. the british actor was also nominated for two oscars for "in the bedroom" and "michael clayton". entertainment correspondent colin patterson told us about some of tom wilkinson's biggest roles. one of the standout scenes in that film for people who have not seen it is when he goes to the dole office, where you sign on for unemployment benefits, and all the male strippers are standing in a queue and the song t

also, with the presence of ministers , several construction projects were put into operation. ministers the vice presidents, while visiting different cities of golestan, inaugurated several projects or started the construction of new projects on the first day of the trip. the minister of the interior is in kalala khabar about the preparation for passionate elections in the country. different friends from different parts of social groups and social activists are doing, god willing , a better platform will be provided for the large participation of our dear people in the elections. with the presence of the deputy minister, the second phase of the construction of the house of gonbad kavos industrial town began. we have 7 sets of approvals in the industry sector. the ceo of the social security organization visited the hospital projects in the country nightmare dome announced the implementation of more than 135 treatment plans in the country. with the presence of the minister of roads and urban development , turkmen port wharf was put into operation. 18 sports projects were opened with the p

you call ministers morons. i'm sorry, if you don't sit down i will ask the ushers to get you to leave. there was powerful testimony from the most senior politicians in charge, along with officials and scientists advising them. the lockdowns and restrictions might be over, but for many, life will never be the same. how'd you get the big calls right when we had one of the highest rates of death within western europe or in any of the big economies? i am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering of those victims. the whole inquiry is set to last for years and is broken down into different parts. coming up are the key moments from part two, the life and death decisions of those in charge. could you commence your evidence, please, by giving us your full name? alexander boris de pfeffeljohnson. inevitably we got some things wrong. i think we were doing our best at the time. given what we knew, given the information i had available to me at the time, i think we did our level best. before it even got goin

will the prime minister join me? >> he missed my tribute for our emergency workers at the beginning. he talks about working families, of course, mr. speaker, i want to support working families and we are delivering. because all he has to offer is 28 billion pounds a year and push up their mortgage rate and push up taxes. we delivered tax cuts for millions of working families increased the national wage, recruited 50,000 more nurses, 20,000 more police officers, improved our schools. we cut the cost net zero. and that is the difference, mr. speaker. we are getting on delivering for working families. >> as the world struggles and and help my campaign to e.v. access more widespread, could i ask for two early christmas presents and ask the chancellor to look at the differential rates between public and private charging points and ask our right honorable friend the by-laws to stop local councils onstreet parking and charging more accessible? >> the chancellor has two billion pounds of investment to zero emission vehicles

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minister in 2018. new, first minister in 2018. now, nominations for my successor as welsh labour leader will open shortly and i'm confident that the process can be concluded by the end of the spring term, and that will enable the name of the winner of that contest to be put sent to the senedd before the easter recess. speaks welsh in the meantime, i will remain as first minister in the full sense of thatjob. and that's because we have a very busy few months ahead of us in the welsh government and in the senedd. full of major events and challenges. and i will be fully focused until the day i ceased being the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel—making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of t

it is your policy, by| minister. all i will say is, the oint minister.i will say is, the point was to do _ minister. all i will say is, the point was to do retail- minister. all i will say is, the point was to do retail and - minister. all i will say is, the - point was to do retail and schools a couple of weeks apart in may and june, hospitality was always summer because it was the last thing. retail because, as you see from the letter that you had up in may, the jobs and the people particularly employed in those jobs, jobs and the people particularly employed in thosejobs, again, people who were more vulnerable work in retail, on lower incomes. those jobs therefore have a broader social purpose or benefit as well as the job itself. and in schools as far as i remember it, again, not my particular responsibility, there was actually a real concern that it would be very difficult to get schools to come back and i would imagine you have taken evidence on that point. my recollection was there was quite a lot of resistance from the sector about schools coming

for quite some time and rebecca evans, the finance minister said this was the finance minister saidget in wales is about £23 billion in about top of that goes towards health and social services. —— since their pollution began. that would increase byjust 2.6% and councils will get a bit more of about 1.5 increase but as you mention is that doesn't go anywhere near far enough to help the services that are already struggling and under pressure in wales. ——'s. some councils have really said that unless they increase far more, they may be at risk of bankruptcy and we already know how struggling the welsh nhs services are at the moment. —— devolution. in the nhs in wales they have also restricted some of the money they have been allocated with around £50 million going into mental health, with an increase now and about £6 million. the other big headlines is the business rates for pubs, restaurants and shops. they have been slashed from 75% to 40% and has already been some reaction to that. we have some local businesses saying that'll put them at a huge disadvantage compared to competitors

i saw the prime minister _ over the prime minister? minister probably _ over the prime minister? i saw the prime minister probably more - over the prime minister? i saw thei prime minister probably more than over the prime minister? i saw the | prime minister probably more than i saw my own wife at this time. we are working closely together as a general rule i was able to participate in everything ifelt general rule i was able to participate in everything i felt i needed to. participate in everything i felt i needed te— participate in everything i felt i needed to. �* , needed to. and he defended his former boss _ needed to. and he defended his former boss against _ needed to. and he defended his former boss against the - needed to. and he defended his i former boss against the accusation that he presided over a chaotic workplace. it’s that he presided over a chaotic workplace-— workplace. it's right there was viaorous workplace. it's right there was vigorous debate _ workplace. it's right there was vigorous debate because - workplace.

the meeting with the foreign minister of jordan, the foreign minister of kuwait and the foreign minister of indonesia was one of the other plans of the foreign minister in geneva. the ministers all agree that the attacks of the criminal israeli regime must be genocide. israel should stop immediately, the rafah border should be reopened, and humanitarian aid should quickly reach all of gaza, and the forced migration of gaza residents should be stopped. the european clothing company zara in p the spread of global protests against offensive ads against the people of gaza forced them to remove their ads. in the ads a few days ago. the company featured dilapidated booths and mannequins draped in white cloth. supporters of palestine described the ad as a mockery of the people of gaza . look at these pictures look at the context of the picture they are making fun of us really they are making fun of us they are making fun of our children who are being killed in gaza shame on our houses that were destroyed in gaza you wind me about the humanity of you i don't ask because if you knew what humanity

spokesman of the minister. foreign affairs with reference to the sending of the 200th consignment of arms and military aid faye added to the zionist regime that the us government is an accomplice in the killing of 8,000 palestinian children and that the consequences of any expansion of the scope of the war in the region will definitely be directed at the us. specialists of a scientific company for the first time in the country of medicine. they produced injectable anticancer drugs. until now , 100% of the country's need for this drug was met by imports, and with domestic production, in addition to preventing the country from leaving the country, it is possible for patients to have stable access to this anti-cancer drug. all these drugs are under the cruel sanctions of the enemy, even though they are directly harming people's health and their production sometimes, even though it is not economical from an economic point of view, considering the conditions of the economic embargo , it is now being done. this is an

. . better with a different prime minister? ., , , ., minister?? that is the question, the million-dollar question as - minister? that is the question, the million-dollar question as is i minister? that is the question, the million-dollar question as is -- i million—dollar question as is —— impossible to answer. borisjohnson is not a details person, that is one of his appeals, he is different to the average politician so if there was a politician more detail orientated and technocratic, would they have done better? we know the stats are disputed but there uk was further time in the list other countries in europe so perhaps with more detail orientated prime minister, it may have been a slightly different story. thank you ve much slightly different story. thank you very much for— slightly different story. thank you very much for that. _ slightly different story. thank you very much for that. we _ slightly different story. thank you very much for that. we will- slightly different story. thank you very much for that. we will talk. very much for that.

welcome, prime minister.t is appropriate for you to appoint you wish to the cabinet and for the members of the house of lords, but understand the concern about how elected members of the house of commons and a state based on the house of lords, and of course to talk about global issues, and in particular come the foreign secretary. wonder how you think it might be most appropriate fo work? >> thank you. it is common practice to appoint secretaries in the house of laws , and that whole situation in 2008 and 2009, there was an established process to scrutiny, which has been in operation a long time. they do to appear before the house of commons yesterday and we have to increase the amount of time [indiscernible] but the last thing i would say is the foreign office also has another cabinet level minister, which is in the commons, obviously, -- >> it will not have the normal scrutiny we have had senior labour peers you're in cabinet from the house of lords last year and a half of last elected government. there is

and all this after robertjenrick packed it in as immigration minister, suggesting the prime ministerd to be more brave and more willing to contest international law. replacing robertjenrick at the home office, two men, michael tomlinson is the minister for illegal migration, and tom pursglove is minister for legal migration. emergency legislation, and now emergency reshuffle, and, as we speak, an emergency press conference. it's total chaos. they are now in freefall. unable to govern. all the while, families worried about paying their bills and affording christmas. mps will debate the latest rwanda plan on tuesday. its future, and prime minister's authority, up in lights. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. our home editor mark eastonjoins me now. at the heart of this, this new law, the rwanda plan, explain how it would work? the the rwanda plan, explain how it would work?— the rwanda plan, explain how it would work? ., ., ., , ., would work? the aim of the law is to avoid the courts _ would work? the aim of the law is to avoid the courts being _ would work? the aim of the law is

you 1st, he became her interior minister, then finance minister in 2009 the year a zone crisis would become his biggest challenge. and i enjoyed politics. so a big challenge is something that people like me enjoy facing yourself on this day that his tenure as finance minister was crucial for germany. he managed to restructure the german budget despite the euro crisis and accumulated no new debt. the so called black 0 became a trademark of german fiscal policy and the shy black and his last political office as president of the german bonus tag. he was the voice of motor ration, was constructively headed, lasting influence on german and international politics. despite the blows to his personal and political life, he always remained fully committed to his duties. the doctors chief political correspondent, nina has told me more about those countries i've left legacy or yeah, i think it's safe to say that this truly is the end of an era in german politics and reactions have come pouring in from a lot of the major german voices who took about surplus, lasting impacts on german and internat

shadow minister. thank you, madam deputy minister. — thank you, madam deputy speaker. customary to thank the government for advance sight of the statement, but i have to say that given the gravity of this matter, the fact that the report that is being responded to has been with the government that was the justice secretary and an lord chancellor. much later than is customary. to describe the events of the 15th of april 1989 as far—reaching is wholly inadequate. to say they were tragic misses the point. the name hillsborough stands to this day is an indictment of institutions, individuals and an entire culture in which transparency, accountability and even simple human compassion were absent. i was a child in 1989, when 95 people died at hillsborough stadium in the worst sporting disaster in this nation's history. ten years later, alongside thousands of other law students, i learned about the shock waves that that they were sending throughout courts to the continuing pain of the families. this included the death in 1993 of the 96 victim, 22—year—old anthony bland who sp

vladyslav kosinyak kamysh is the minister of defense and currently the first vice prime minister in tusk's government. this is a purely political appointment, this is the head of the polish peasant association party, he is a doctor by education, he is well acquainted with donald tusk, he was part of the previous government, he was the minister of labor and social policy there, now he has received the portfolio of the ministry of defense, according to tusk, in order to ensure an effective civilian control of one of the largest, most numerous armed forces on the european continent. moreover , polish observers assume that in the conditions of the conflict they predict between the tusk government and the supreme commander-in-chief, president andrzej duda, it is kosiniak kamysh, as such a moderate politician. who has never been distinguished by any radical statements, will be such a communicator, a mediator between these two centers of power, instead, the minister of foreign affairs, radoslav sikorski, is the most experienced member of tusk's government, he was also part of tusk's previo

viktor orbán, from minister of foreign affairs peter szijjártó, now from the deputy minister, and bybout hungary, this gentleman said about the possibility of a meeting between the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi and the prime minister of hungary . viktor orban, and i will quote him further: during the preparation for the meeting between volodymyr zelenskyi and viktor orban, we set the condition that first it is necessary to agree on how to settle disputes at the negotiating table. we are not there yet at the moment, so a meeting now would be out of time, but we are working on it. ukrainians have taken some steps to satisfy our claims. our claims, that is. then they demand things to which we try to somehow react and even respond, but the claims are increasing, intensifying, that is, i personally have a suspicion that no one is going to resolve these disputes, there is simply some order, and this order is being carried out, well, enough about hungary, let's move on, one step closer to nato, the day before, the day before committee on foreign affairs. mentu of turkey approved

viktor orbán from the minister of foreign affairs peter sijarto, now from the deputy minister, and byway, also about hungary, this gentleman said about the possibility of a meeting between the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi and prime minister of hungary viktor orbán, and i will quote him further: during the preparation for the meeting between volodymyr zelenskyi and viktor orbán, we set the condition that first it is necessary to agree on how to settle disputes at the negotiating table. we haven't reached that point yet, so a meeting now would be ill-timed, but we're working on it. ukrainians have taken some steps to satisfy our claims. our claims, that is, they require things to which we try to somehow react and even to answer, but the claims are increasing, intensifying, which is why i personally suspect that no one is going to resolve these disputes. it's just that there is probably some kind of order, and this order is being fulfilled. ok, enough about hungary, let's move on, one step closer to nato. the day before, the day before, the foreign affairs committee of the tu

prime minister orban insists that kyiv is not ready for accession.membership in the eu and the start of accession negotiations do not coincide with hungary's national interests. ukraine must complete the implementation of the recommendations. progress of the commission will be assessed at the summit in march 2024. in november, the european commission considered four of the seven important steps that kyiv had to take in order to start the negotiations to be fully implemented. the decision also discussed specific additional requirements: an increase in staffing the number of the national anti-corruption bureau, the abolition of restrictions on the powers of the national agency for the prevention of corruption, the adoption of laws to implement the recommendations of the venice commission on laws on national minorities, as well as the adoption of a law that regulates lobbying according to european standards. on december 8, the parliament supported three european integration laws at once - announced prime minister shmyhal. it is about nabu on the zk, as

the immigration minister and the immigration minister and the immigration minister robert jenrick resigned> were you never tempted to resign again? >> because as i put loyalty >> no, because as i put loyalty first, i was basically very happyin first, i was basically very happy in the home office. i still am. i enjoy the work. i want to see it through great ministers, great people and a great team of people working behind the scenes at the home office as well. good spads, of course , is brand new team of course, is a brand new team of spads with spads have come in with james. james his team in james has brought his team in from the foreign office. good people. and what i would say to you is that the quality of output amongst professional people in westminster is very good. work under real good. they work under real pressure. i think politicians work under extreme duress. most of the time they're under scrutiny. whole time they're scrutiny. the whole time they're attacked. whole attacked. the whole time we discussed earlier, the discussed this earlier, the vitriol, the abuse social discussed

and all this after robertjenrick packed it in as immigration minister, suggesting the prime ministerto be more brave and more willing to contest international law. replacing robertjenrick at the home office, two men, michael tomlinson is the minister for illegal migration, and tom pursglove is minister for legal migration. emergency legislation, and now emergency reshuffle, and, as we speak, an emergency press conference. it's total chaos. they are now in freefall. unable to govern. all the while, families worried about paying their bills and affording christmas. mps will debate the latest rwanda plan on tuesday. its future, and prime minister's authority, up in lights. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. live now to westminster and our political correspondent, iain watson. good evening. plans changing it, ministers resigning but rishi sunak standing firm?— ministers resigning but rishi sunak standing firm? apparently standing firm but we shall _ standing firm? apparently standing firm but we shall wait _ standing firm? apparently standing firm but we shall wait and - standing fir

, have you lost your immigration minister, has he resigned?rlier at the beginning of the debate, everyone was watching to see if the home secretary would sit down to make a speech if robertjenrick would be next to him as a show that they were together on this issue— he did not turn up, rumours were then flying, the home secretary came under sustained attack from the opposition who were saying, has he resigned? "there's been rumours, where is he? he's not there." and then the opening attack on the government, "the government doesn't deserve to run the country if they can't sort out their internal division." a difficult moment for the government. mrjenrick, as you werejust hearing from the government. mrjenrick, as you were just hearing from rob, interestingly he was very close to suella braverman, who used to be the home secretary pushing the rwanda policy. she was sacked not long ago. robertjenrick also in a similar position to her, wanted the government to go further, wanted this legislation that's been presented to explicitly subdue more to

amir abdullahian had a very intensive trip, eight meetings with foreign ministers , foreign ministerssaudi arabia, jordan, kuwait, indonesia , japan, saudi arabia and other countries. having with the prime minister of the vatican also had a bilateral meeting and these meetings are still going on. they are going to have a meeting with the commissioners of the united nations high commissioner for refugees tomorrow and other meetings that are on the agenda tomorrow . this world refugee forum is the second round of this meeting. the first round was held in 2019, and from 2018, this assembly was approved by the organization. at the same time as the meeting of the world refugee assembly, a meeting was held about palestine. in this meeting, the palestinian countries and the foreign ministers of different countries attended the meeting and called for the cessation of war and the cessation of hostilities. zionist crimes in gaza, mr. amir abdullahian emphasized in bilateral meetings and also in the speech i gave today at the world refugee forum, he pointed out that the continuation of zionist c

i have watched prime ministers close—ups, i worked for three prime ministers and these are tough decisionsister, you have several choices. one is to sit it out and hope that the us succeed in calling for restraint. the other is to try to back your own powers of private persuasion with benjamin netanyahu but i don't see that working the moment. oryou but i don't see that working the moment. or you go for bold, creative diplomacy that is aligned with your values and interests. for me, that points towards calling for a ceasefire. t points towards calling for a ceasefire.— points towards calling for a ceasefire. :, :, ., , :, , ceasefire. i want to ask you this before we _ ceasefire. i want to ask you this before we let _ ceasefire. i want to ask you this before we let you _ ceasefire. i want to ask you this before we let you go, _ ceasefire. i want to ask you this before we let you go, we - ceasefire. i want to ask you this before we let you go, we have i before we let you go, we have reported on various un boats. the one we are expecting later is a non—binding resolution. some people are won