good afternoon, prime minister. the prime minister: afternoon. mr.rly there. the parliamentary and health service ombudsman has had a degree of topicality in the last week or so, given the recommendation on the women's state pension age. may i ask you briefly whether you have a timescale for the government's response to that report? the prime minister: no, i do not. as you know, it is a detailed report that concerns issues that date back some years as well. obviously, as we have said, we will go through it thoroughly, as we have started to, and respond in due course. mr. wragg: thank you. on the same theme, the current ombudsman retires from his role at the end of this month. last night in the house a motion was put for the appointment of a temporary ombudsman. i sat on a panel that put forward a name to number 10 for the permanent position. what is the status of that name? the prime minister: i will have to get back to you, i'm afraid, will. i apologize. mr. wragg: i would be grateful, because the panel wrote to you in mid-january on this matter, an

t think we might have a new first minister? , , ., , , ., minister?n whether or not there _ minister? i suppose that depends on whether or not there are _ minister? i suppose that depends on whether or not there are multiple i whether or not there are multiple candidates for the post of snp leader, because that would affect the timetable of what's the party did to allow different candidates to go out and campaign. they would have to secure nominations first, then have a campaign and a vote. the party to my knowledge hasn't said anything of that yet. it will depend on the candidates.— anything of that yet. it will depend on the candidates. professor nicola mcewan, on the candidates. professor nicola mcewan. thank _ on the candidates. professor nicola mcewan, thank you _ on the candidates. professor nicola mcewan, thank you very _ on the candidates. professor nicola mcewan, thank you very much. i mcewan, thank you very much. if you arejustjoining us, this is the moment that scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, announced he was to resign. my minister

we are outside the first minister's _ the first minister?t minister's residence. - the first minister? we are outside the first minister's residence. it i the first minister's residence. it was quite a short speech. i have just heard from some of my colleagues who were inside that it was an incredibly emotional time. humza yousaf became emotional. at one point. and several of his colleagues and staff are also quite emotional because this has unravelled very quickly since thursday stop this time last week where we were expecting —— where we are expecting this? humza yousaf said ending the bute house agreement was the right thing to do he underestimated the level of hurt that had been caused, and we heard about that level of hurt from the co—leaders of the green party over the weekend. he said as he was about to announce that he was resigning, he had reflected on what was best for everyone. we can imagine that he spent the weekend at his family home in dundee, thinking about his options, thinking just over a year since he became first minister

i will ensure the community is considered by the relevant health minister. >> the prime minister told us on monday that he resolved to make a telephone call to benjamin netanyahu to restrict what has killed and maimed over 100,000 people, 72% of them women and children. can you tell us how the telephone call went and what you will do if an unrestrained war begins? >> i was pleased to speak with prime minister netanyahu who thanked the u.k. for their support over the weekend. we discussed how iran is isolated on the world stage. and i made the point that significant escalation is not in anyone's interests. i retraced concerns in gaza and i welcomed statements about increasing aid into gaza. we need to see those commitments delivered. >> we are faced by two huge applications. does the prime minister agree that productive farms are not the right place and it should waste peoples time to live and in fear like this? >> particularly at a time of geopolitical threats, we must protect food security. we see more solar, which is one of the cheapest forms of energy. that is why our national infr

, two of your prime ministers, two of your prime ministers, boris johnson. >> why should they believe you this time? >> well, because we've we've put a plan in place to deliver that money. boris pointed the direction . given the outrageous direction. given the outrageous invasion of ukraine, rishi sunak has continued that this is a massive boost. it's real money, it's costed and i think it reflects the deteriorating international. >> it's paid for by cutting civil service jobs, isn't it? can you, can you do that? it's very hard . we cut civil service jobs. >> well, we need to get the civil service back to the size that it was prior to covid. there's been an additional 72,000. so we need to achieve workforce optimisation . we can workforce optimisation. we can also channel some of our growing r&d budget into defence, because we need that industrial base that creates british jobs, but also gives us more sovereignty over our defence capabilities. so all of that in the round is very good news. we'll be the second largest, defence investor in nato and that's noth

and prime minister will be arriving later this afternoon -- sorry, did i say ab snerks prime minister kishida. i am sorry. the prime minister's official visit. once in a decade in fact. so i am very fortunate to be here as the ambassador when a prime minister visits the united states as official guest of the president. and the last official visit by a japanese prime minister was in 2015, prime minister abe and the international situation surrounding the two countries and therefore the nato partnership have changed significantly from that time. prime minister abe's visit focused on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and cooperation our with two -- our two countries had. they talked about, the prime minister and president obama, talked about free and open in the pacific. we are faced with a turning point in our history facing serious challenges, including russian aggression into ukraine, situation in the middle east, and complex security situation in east asia. japan has been very clear and firm in standing up against any attempts to change the status quo or any violation of the

the last visit by a japanese prime minister was is -- was in 2015, prime minister abe.he international situation surrounding the two countries and the nature of the partnership have changed significantly from that time. prime minister abe's visit focused on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in the regional cooperations the two countries have. they talked about, the prime minister and president obama talked about tpp and free and open in the pacific. we have faced a turning point in our history, facing serious challenges. including, russian aggression into ukraine, the situation in the middle east, and a complex situation in east asia. japan has been very clear and firm in standing up against any attempts to change the status quo or any violation of the fundamental principles of the international order. japan has also played an important role in coordinating the network to support the ukrainian people's efforts to defend themselves. japan had the g-7 last year. japan has been active in many other global issues, in close coordination with the united states. i thi

prime minister prime minister fumio kushida is arriving later this afternoon. as you said the japanese prime minister will visit once in a decadem in fact so i'm very fortunate to be here as ambassador and the prime minister visits the united states with all the president's. the last official visit by prime minister was in 2015 and the international situation surrounding the two countries have the politics of change significantly from that time. prime minister abbas visit focused on the 17th anniversary of the end of the war. the prime minister and the president obama talked about ppp and free and open -- but but ths time around we are faced with the turning point in our history facing serious challenges including russian aggression the situation in the middle east and severe complex issues in east asia. japan has been very clear and firm against any attempt to change the status quo or any violation of the fundamental principals of the international order. japan has also played an important role in coordinating the support of the ukrainian people defense. japan

. that yousaf is considering resigning as scotland's first minister.- scotland's first minister.ousaf does not believe he has the numbers to win a confidence vote, expected to be held later this week. and there is the live page, where you can follow more updates as they happen. please do stay with us on bbc news as we bring you those updates. hello again. as we go through this week, it is going to turn wartime —— warmer than it has been but not necessarily drier. you can see by the colours on the chart that the temperature is rising and it is going to be higher than last week. dragging in an easterly that will also bring in some low cloud, mist and merck in the middle part of the week. we have at the moment is rain pushing northwards and eastwards, clearing northern ireland, leaving showers that could be heavy and thundery. the brighter skies will be in the south—east and you could catch the large shower, but also the highest temperatures of 18 degrees. 11 in stornoway. 0vernight, the rain continuing to push northwards and eastwards. and then the next low pressure comes in from t

there will be more powerfully minister. at the end of the day it is up _ minister.minister. at the end of the day it is up to the house of commons to accept _ is up to the house of commons to accept them, but we think it is worth— accept them, but we think it is worth another shot, because of the government is really serious about this there — government is really serious about this there are two things they could do. this there are two things they could do they— this there are two things they could do. they have 100 more peers than do. they have100 more peers than deliver— do. they have 100 more peers than deliver party. bring them all in to vote for— deliver party. bring them all in to vote for their own bill. a lot of them — vote for their own bill. a lot of them stayed home and don't bother to vote. secondly, why not look at it again— vote. secondly, why not look at it again tonight? what the prime minister— again tonight? what the prime minister said, again tonight? what the prime ministersaid, it again tonight? what the prime minister said, it was an emergency

as recently as - first minister. as recently as tuesday— first minister. he was first minister. as recently as - tuesday in interviews he was saying how much _ tuesday in interviews he was saying how much he — tuesday in interviews he was saying how much he valued _ tuesday in interviews he was saying how much he valued the _ tuesday in interviews he was saying how much he valued the greens' - how much he valued the greens' partnership— how much he valued the greens' partnership in— how much he valued the greens' partnership in government - how much he valued the greens' partnership in government and i how much he valued the greens' i partnership in government and how you hoped — partnership in government and how you hoped their— partnership in government and how you hoped their members- partnership in government and how you hoped their members would i partnership in government and how. you hoped their members would vote to continue _ you hoped their members would vote to continue it — you hoped their members would vote to continue it. what— you hoped thei

biden: last night, prime minister and mrs. the driveway and across the lawn here at the white house to visit three cherry blossom trees. one that jill and mr. kushida planted a year ago. the other two part of 150 new -- 250 new trees japan is giving the united states to honor our 250th anniversary two years from now. they'll be planted at the tidal basin. like our friendship, these trees are timeless, inspiring and thriving. translator: [speaking japanese] pres. biden: may god bless the japanese and american people. may god protect our troops. mr. prime minister, welcome back to the white house. translator: [speaking japanese] [applause] pres. biden: the floor is yours. translator: [speaking japanese] >> distinguished guests, the prime minister of japan. [applause] prime minister kishida: [speaking japanese] translator: mr. president, dr. biden, distinguished guests. i thank president biden for the warm words of welcome. i am pleased to see that the cherry trees my wife planted with dr. biden last year is growing beautifully.

minister.— first minister.irst minister. if he does resign and we have a _ first minister. if he does resign and we have a new _ first minister. if he does resign and we have a new snp - first minister. if he does resign and we have a new snp leader, first minister. if he does resign - and we have a new snp leader, they are going to have to work with the other parties at holyrood because they don't have a majority of seats. yes, that's right. there had been the agreement with the scottish green party. that's agreement came to an end quite abruptly on thursday, so since then it has been a minority government. they would look for support on a case—by—case basis. the green party have said that they were very much against the first minister, they wanted the first minister, they wanted the first minister, they wanted the first minister to stand down and not necessarily be against the snp. they have lots of common but the snp including beer —— being a pro—independence party. they may work with the snp on a case—by—ca

health minister. health minister. want to be health minister.s are too long. so what's the plan to cut down on those waiting lists. and the question here is from mary. >> so who's going first. >> so who's going first. >> you're first. all right. >> you're first. all right. >> well i'm first. well, as is always the case with this government, they'll probably pinch my idea once. once i say it. but, look, we are committed to really tackling on nhs waiting lists, getting those waiting lists, getting those waiting lists, getting those waiting lists back down. and what we're saying is extra invest in, more operations, more appointments. and we do that. yes. by clamping down on tax evasion and particularly chris, in tightening up the non—dom rules, because whilst the government might have pinched our idea, it is riddled with holes and we would do it properly and get the money into fund the nhs, the nhs is always better under a labour government i >> -- >> well, -_ >> well, we only we only run the a&e departments in england and we have seen a fall in wa

prime minister. i appreciate you. >> thank you joe. >> president biden and i have met and talked countless times. concerned our shared we are at a crucial crossroads. japan partnership is important the international community stand at a historical turning point. in order for japan, the u.s., the indo pacific and for that matter the whole world to enjoy peace, stability and prosperity lasting into the future we must resolutely defend a free and open international order based on the rule of law. and again today i told the president now is the time to demonstrate the true values japan and the united states cap offers global partners. that we must together fulfill our responsibility to create the world or human dignity and japan will always stand firm with the united states. i explained that based on our national security japan is determined to strengthen our defensive force through capabilities and other initiatives. by president biden of his strong support for such effort. in such a context, we confirm

the minister of interior, the minister of justice , our minister of energy, our minister of transport the ministers who are accompanying the minister. agriculture had a meeting with their counterparts and the results were obtained that the memorandums and contracts had already been signed that we we can take a step forward. one point that mr. president has always stressed is to work with neighbors, except for those policies regarding basic goods that we do not bring from america and from far away places with high transportation costs . since 2 years ago, this work was done with neighbors like kazakhstan, russia, georgia, armenia and different countries on basic goods , the transportation of which was cheaper, the price of the goods is better with better quality and cheaper. our meat is about 3-4 months old now and we want it this channel is a channel. let's do it. well, because of this medical animal quarantine, the plant quarantine was signed because of the protection of fruits, vegetables, and goods that are being exchanged. it was already signed , that is, in the case of open trans

and ministers, the prime minister thanked them for their active work. in addition, on the eve of the report, mishustin met with representatives of parliamentary factions and state duma representative vyacheslav volodin. according to the head of government, the main task is the development of the country and the well-being of citizens. well, actually, today mikhail mishustin should tell the deputies what exactly the cabinet of ministers did for this over the past year, especially. as far as fulfilling the tasks of the president's instructions, the main topics are economic development, achieving technological and financial sovereignty, supporting families, demography, housing and communal services issues, and of course, new regions. according to state duma chairman vyacheslav volodin, deputies sent 309 questions in writing to the cabinet of ministers in preparation for the report. the basis was, among other things, the appeal of citizens, the number of which, according to volodin, exceeded 14,000. and a lot of questions. over to you, maybe you managed to

well, first of all. in this government there is not only the minister of culture, and also the minister, for example, of veterans, although we are already a country of veterans, we have a million military personnel today, and it is obvious that... politics is one of the priorities, but there is no minister for several months, there is no minister of sports, although in a few months the olympics will take place, and it seems that the summer olympics, today the minister of sports should make every effort to prevent athletes from the russian federation and belarus from entering these sports competitions, even under neutral flags, we have failures in whole sectors different politicians, and the issue here is not so much in the government as it is in the parliament, but pay attention, mr. mareshko, he is not an ordinary deputy of the servant of the people, he is the chairman of the committee, also a member of the conciliation council, and even he does not understand what is happening. i want to tell you that just at the conciliation council, i am very sorry that it is taking place in a close

the minister has now become the minister of automobiles and market regulation . if there is anything else, mr. dr. tahri, please tell me . you can't see it . you can tell me about the exploitation. in your exploitation, the majority of cartoons are my cars. i dare. let me finish my discussion and see what we are talking about. ministry of home affairs, we are not just looking for what is happening in iran now, and if there are two ministries, will those problems be solved or not? we do not want to solve the problems of islam and muslims by separating one ministry, we want to improve the conditions for business. this improvement of the business environment , why am i saying, why can it be spread to the most important and developing sector of mining and mineral industry in more problems related to people, which are usually concentrated in the ministry of industry and commerce? does not the ministry will become independent and more importantly , do we have similar conditions in the world or not, why do we want experience models. now, if i say it again, at the time w

so we have been listing that to the country, foreign minister who's also causes prime minister. shake them home. i've been up of i'm on also on a, he's been hosting the turkish foreign minister, how con, feed on. and they were both talking of calls about the war on gaza and the escalating tensions in the region. following yvonne's vitale. a treat attack on israel on saturday. that is of course, yvonne's 1st direct strike on israel, fun divani and tower tree. that's when it's sent around $300.00 drones and messiahs again from iran into is really tell tree most of which were intercepted, not just by as well, but also by its allies, including the united states version funds and also a number of middle eastern countries. saudi arabia and jordan, so the foreign ministers of kasha and turkey have been talking about keeping the focus on gaza on the suffering of people in gaza. and they and, and, and they said that the tensions that we're seeing as a result of, of yvonne's, of iran strike because of the war on gaza. the country foreign minister said that they spoke in great detail about the e

what does it tell us that a senior cabinet minister, five other ministers and two former tory prime ministers refused to support rishi sunak? borisjohnson called sunak�*s plan for the ban absolutely nuts and mad. will it prove to be a hollow victory for the prime minister, with his authority on the line yet again? we'll be joined by two conservative mps — craig whitaker who voted against and caroline johnson who backed her boss. and judging the political fallout will be rosa prince from politico and from the sunday telegraph, camilla turner. also tonight the post office inquiry reveals yet another failing by senior management. we've been speaking to the post office minister kevin holingrake. of course conversations are going on with fujitsu. when we get the final compensation bill and the extent of their culpability that is the time to denigrate what proportion of that compensation bill they should pay. and an extraordinary insight into the workings of the iranian regime. a former senior british diplomat speaks for the first time about the day he was attacked by the revolutionary guard. i was

it's an honor to stand here today with the prime minister of japan, prime minister kishida.n i became president i said the united states would rebuild the muscle of our democratic alliances and we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies again, because our alliances are america's greatest asset and our relationship with japan is powerful proof of that, that investing in our alliance, raising our collective ambitions, we yield remarkable results. over the last three years, the partnership between japan and the united states has been transformed into a truly global partnership and that is thanks in no small part to the courageous leadership of prime minister kishida, and i mean that sincerely. ing to our countries are taking significant steps to strengthen defense, security, cooperation, modernizing command and control structures and increasing interoperability and planning of our militaries so they can work together in a seamless, effective ways the most significant upgrade in our alliance since it was first established. i'm also pleased to announce that for the first time,

i know that mike kollek minister spencer -- i know that my colleague, minister spencer will be therethat day. >> the mayor is described as having given away the future of the region's children. he was responding to the 40% of 500 million pounds issued by the lord in a deal to to local business mates and forgive them who help the standard for local development. he describes it as unforgivable. they have sold the seaside taxpayers down the river. >> he talked about seaside taxpayers. there has never been a mayoral prefix. at the same time, he secured a new freeport so no wonder people voted for him again. >> can i ask my right honorable friend if he has seen the video that's doing the rounds of the theft in the shop in my constituency at the chemist. in the space of eight minutes, two threatening individuals brought thousands of pounds out of that shop. this is happening again and again and again. one of my team went out and photographed them leaving brazenly, not caring and even spitting at the police. will he now say to the home secretary that this is not a petty crime? this is a thr

northern ireland ministers sing the prime minister _ guess.und. thank you very much to your guest as _ slides of the ground. thank you very much to your guest as well and - things are going in the house of lords and we will bring you any further amendments that are past. the governing body cycle will earn $11 billion. more than the annual income of small countries. there is some big money to be made for merchandising and broadcasting rights in the united states have become one of their biggest markets. naturally, the european clubs on some of that number already been profiting from summer friend leads did staged here in america but they make a further by taking official league games to the states is the nfl does with the ds games here in london i've been talking to adam, football correspondent the athletic. independent regulator hovering over them and i think doing something that could potentially upset supporters, politicians, can be very difficult. but they are going to look again at the policies and we do not have a clear timeframe for that

thank prime minister cannot ignore. thank yon thank you _ prime minister cannot ignore. thank you.inister cannot ignore. thank you. thank you forjoining _ prime minister cannot ignore. thank you. thank you forjoining us - prime minister cannot ignore. thank you. thank you forjoining us at - you. thank you forjoining us at this important point in the war as it reaches its six—month mark. across this region other allies have repeated the calls for the us to do more. i've been speaking tojordan's foreign minister, ayman safadi. i asked him if washington's angry reaction, to the killing of seven aid workers this week, could spell a turning point in the conflict? let's hope it is at least, because for the last six months we've seen nothing but an israeli government that is defying the will of the whole international community, proceeding with a massacre that has produced nothing but death and destruction and suffering to the palestinians. six months into this massacre, the world has to act more assertively to ensure that israel complies with international law, international humanitarian

— very difficult run as first minister? ~ , ,., , ., , , minister? absolutely.utely. it has been just over 300 _ minister? absolutely. it has been just over 300 days _ minister? absolutely. it has been just over 300 days if _ minister? absolutely. it has been just over 300 days if i'm - minister? absolutely. it has been just over 300 days if i'm not - just over 300 days if i'm not mistaken. it's been incredibly chaotic. this was a party already struggling from former scandals with its former leader and it was hoped humza yousaf would bring new energy to scottish nationalism and he has failed and it could be damaging when it comes to the ballot box. thank ou for it comes to the ballot box. thank you for that- _ mps will debate assisted dying for the first time in almost two years today, after a petition — backed by dame esther rantzen — secured more than 200,000 signatures. assisted suicide is currently illegal in england, wales and northern ireland. in scotland, whilst it is not a specific criminal offence, those who help others to end their lives risk being cha

in the past few years, you can name a minister who was not the minister of automobiles or the minister of market regulation. you can see the problems in that sector. they say they don't see us, the industry, for example, they say we we had a meeting about the industry related to the health care field, which means heartache, they say they don't know any connection at all. for example, the railway industry , the shipping industry, please forgive me. it can be a part , i don't care about its size, i don't care about how big or small it is. when we discuss chains and industrial units , we say that as long as you are considered our chain, from then on, it becomes our industry, where we are in the so-called b-to-b space means that a company transfers its product to another company as a raw material it produces, we call it the upstream sector. our assumption is that if this happens, this sector will be separate. of course, my proposal is not the ministry of mines and metals. i say that if such a conversation and a so-called reformation discourse takes place in the government, we should create

russian artysh sat became the new minister. but i think he will not be in the chair for a long time. sits and not at all because of what will be stolen, it's just that the fate of all these soap bubbles is decided in advance, each spherical hollow shell leaves only a wet trail on the asphalt, then quickly disappears, like dew in the sun. and this is the so-called minister of health care of the fake lpr nataliya pashchenko. she is 49 years old, was born in the city of stakhanov in the luhansk region, and is a cardiologist by education. in 2014, she moved to severodonetsk, where she started building from scratch. his career, but two years later, pashchenko was offered to lead a cardiology project in the terrorist dpr, which was financed from the russian budget. medical workers are an industry that largely depends on the russian federation. in the 14th year, we already made our choice, the doctors stayed here with their population, it was already the choice of the russian federation pashchenko zealously served the reds. stars in e

since you were local government minister, prime minister, things have got worse for councils in terms finances haven't they? in the last six years, eight councils have effectively declared bankruptcy. in the previous 16 years, none did. what is the fundamental problem? and before you say, “all those councils have made mistakes,” some of them have, but as john fuller, a conservative leader, said to the select committee recently, while the problems have been specific to some councils, there is now a more general problem. and in the next year or two, about half the authorities will be in financial distress. isn't that a fundamental crisis in local government finance? the prime minister: i think the first thing to say is that councils are the backbone of their communities -- they carry out tremendous work every day, delivering important services to the people they serve. i got to experience that as local government minister -- being scrutinised by you, clive, at the time. as we discussed then, we recognise that they face challenges, but that is why, particularly over this parliament, sign

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the prime minister praised the work of the faction.rom the communist party of the russian federation make proposals for the development of domestic industry and strengthening of russia's technological sovereignty, and also actively contribute to the preparation of government initiatives. for example, in this year with the support of the communist party of the russian federation were. budget allocations have been made for workers in the agro-industrial sector in new regions of the country. the factions are doing a lot in the social sphere; together with your parliamentarians, we have created a solid legal basis for defenders who are participating in a special military operation, for their loved ones. during his speech, the head of the duma spravedrossov sergei mironov proposed that the government consider the faction’s initiatives in the areas of education, mortgage lending, pensions, demographic policy, as well as support for participants. a constructive dialogue has been established between the faction and the government, you and i ha

we do understand that over the weekend, the first minister did reach out to the first minister did reachrs to the other parties asking them to come and meet him. ash regan, of the alba party, said that she was happy to meet with the first minister. the party leader is alex salmond, and he said the price of ash regan�*s support would be the re—prioritisation of independence. but we do understand that he's unlikely to go for that deal, we understand that one senior snp figures said it would be intolerable for any snp leader to be beholden to alex salmond. alex salmond was of course, a former leader of the snp. and douglas ross, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said he does not expect humza yousaf to survive the week as first minister, and that was also echoed by scottish labour over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in — over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh _ over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for— over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for us. - over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for

cheering but the prime minister's comments were not celebrated by all.d he has disappointed her. he wasn't in support for women today. he was upset that it was called out that he didn't want to make change and he decided to pretty much come up and ask to speak. let's just bring you some breaking news from the united states falsely mentioned at the top of the news bulletin that president biden had held a call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also we now got was called a readout of that call, which is released by the white house. it's as president biden spoke earlier today with prime minister netanyahu. the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitments to israel's security following the successful defence against iran's en missile and drone attack earlier this month. it says they also reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages. it says the present refer to his statement with 17 other world leaders which was last week demanding that hamas released their citizens without delay, to secure a cease—fire and release for the people of

he was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 2012 went on to become the longest-serving foreign minister and japan's history. his firsthand experts of the private sector not just the private sector in his time working an investment firm in tokyo was public/private partnership i want to personally thank him for the great work he has done for the asset management sector and finding new ways for people to save and japan. also to make japan and tokyo hub for financial services in asia. i like to thank the prime minister for strong support of the 60th anniversary last year in tokyo. you brought active engagement for cabinet and personally involved with us the thank you very much for that. as all of you know the council's omission strengthen the economic partnership. it is a partnership that is a cornerstone of stability, security and not prosperity. not just in the end of pacific region but globally. our relationship is more important than ever. we look forward to working together the government of japan and advance our shared goals and we really appreciate you are making very first meeting o

you said there _ the israeli prime minister. you said there that _ the israeli prime minister.rime minister. you said there that the president did not have much to show for his previous warnings and we now have reports that in the last few hours israel plans to take more steps to allow aid into gaza and open new routes into the territory. what do make of those announcements? does it potentially show that israel is taking this latest warning a bit more seriously? absolutely. the president needed to make a credible statement to the prime minister about what would happen if he was not listened to and it was clear and it is now clear that the prime minister heard him. i think important lessons will be taken from this, from all sides. number one, that the united states, push comes to shove, the president will use the leverage that he has. that it is not acceptable to behave in ways that are counted to western values and ideals, the law of armed conflict must be followed and a collective punishment is not acceptable in this situation in gaza cannot be sustained. another lesson will b

verkhovna rada committee on agrarian, land and land policy, while the sap requests the arrest of ministerotsky from an alternative deposit of 200 million hryvnias, so in this situation, what should have done so? well, look, i have a very simple answer, he should have given an explanation of what he did, but he should have resigned, probably immediately. i understand that sometimes there are cases where this resignation, well, it may look there, well, even inappropriate to a certain extent, but well, in this case, we have the position of nabu and sab, and look, despite all our desire to believe in the independence of these organs, let me know something. well, she was actually supported or sanctioned there by at least some representatives of the office president, and accordingly, if this happens, the tenure of a person in the position of a minister, and in a strategically important sector for ukraine, well, it is questionable from a moral and ethical point of view, and it is now harming the cabinet of ministers, i would like to remind you, by the way, that in this ... the world, which we me

press conference in london by the prime minister of the uk, rishi| the prime minister of the uk, rishithat this was a reckless attack by iran, that had it been successful it would have caused a incalculable damage to israel and the wider region, emphasising the time is now for de—escalation. he wouldn't be drawn on exactly what form that would take. and whether he'd like the us is sending an exquisite message to israel not to retaliate. let'sjoin our exquisite message to israel not to retaliate. let's join our defence correspondent, we heard from the prime minister the first confirmation that british jets were involved in intercepting some of those drones, missiles heading toward israel.— those drones, missiles heading toward israel. �* ., ., toward israel. behind me, i am on downin: toward israel. behind me, i am on downing street _ toward israel. behind me, i am on downing street where _ toward israel. behind me, i am on downing street where that - toward israel. behind me, i am on l downing street where that interview has taken place with the prime minister. confirmation from him th

what you do want the prime ministers to do, | do want the prime ministers to do, as were crying? him to robabl as were crying? i 'ust wanted him to probably stop — as were crying? ijust wanted him to probably stop speaking, _ as were crying? ijust wanted him to probably stop speaking, or- as were crying? ijust wanted him to probably stop speaking, or take - as were crying? ijust wanted him to probably stop speaking, or take a i probably stop speaking, or take a moment and acknowledge what his actions did. i want him to acknowledge the distress it caused an utterly me, all the volunteers, but the rest of the people in the audience. everybody out there watching was really distressed. thank you very much was not that is sarah williams. thank you for joining us on bbc news. you are watching bbc news with me, catherine byaruhanga. we will be back after the short break. hello. we've seen some fairly heavy rain through the overnight period and this morning as well, pushing its way northwards across much of england. it's going to sit for eastern parts of england and eastern scotland thro

prime minister. i thank the right honourable _ prime minister.leman - prime minister. i thank the right honourable gentleman for - prime minister. i thank the right honourable gentleman for his i prime minister. i thank the right - honourable gentleman for his support of the government's actions. israel has a right to self—defence as any state does and the g7 leaders spoke yesterday and unequivocally condemned the attack and expressed solidarity. but as the foreign secretary said this morning, this is a time to be smart as well as tough. israel has successfully repelled the iranian attack and iran is even more isolated on the world stage, as others have said we would urge them to take the win at this point. we want to avoid further escalation and bloodshed. he is right that it would be deeply destabilising for the region and risk more lives and all our diplomatic power will be geared towards that goal in partnership with our allies. turning to iran, the behaviour of the iranian regime including the actions of the irgc poses a threat to the safety

do is strong, and one clearly the prime minister is heeding.— minister is heeding.den _ minister is heeding. do you think president biden will— minister is heeding. do you think president biden will respond - minister is heeding. do you think president biden will respond to l minister is heeding. do you think i president biden will respond to this congressional call? he is willing to use tough talk, as you know, but many ask if he would actually take the step to suspend the transfer of those arms that israel depends on. they make up two thirds of the weaponry israel is using to fight this war. ~ ., weaponry israel is using to fight this war. . ., ., _ , this war. true. what i would say is that the president _ this war. true. what i would say is that the president clearly - that the president clearly communicated to the prime minister that he _ communicated to the prime minister that he meant business. president biden— that he meant business. president biden is— that he meant business. president biden is known for his straight talk, _ biden is known for his straight

we had 7 foreign minister and a late, a bad bulk, and the u. k. foreign minister, david cameron here, this way, cooling full restraint. that has been the message from the western community. indeed, nobody wants to see this a spill out into a major or more major conflict. and that is, you know, everybody will be signed a sort of sense of relief as we have been hearing from a right. and for officials that there is no applied at a retaliatory attack. so it could well be that for the moment, things on that front have calmed down somewhat, but the region of course remained credibly hot and nothing can be guaranteed in this region. it is very volatile. rebecca, thanks very much for that. let us funded rebecca. it does reporting from journals them that let's bring in the job now he's a political scientist and director of the center for middle east and global order. welcome ali. we're still waiting for official confirmation that is around the could be potentially behind this attack. but what does it look like to you was user friendly behind this? well,

they are vetted at parliament, the prime minister it with the prime minister, the president will need to find a figure that parliament can get behind because he needs a majority's approval at the national assembly in order to get his a prime minister approved. so in a sense of present use on yours 1st test of whether he can change his leadership style that he has come under. so much criticism and the past few days has already come knocking on his door. that is eunice can joining us with a life is life and soul. thank you eunice. the us in japan have an ounce plans for new joint, a defense network and partnership with australia, us president joe biden. and jeff and his prime minister for me. ok, she mentioned the white house by and said wednesdays announcement represented the closest collaboration between washington in tokyo and decades. the 2 leaders also discussed both korea and tensions with china. in our alliance, we have what japan is a purely defensive in nature. it's a defensive alliance, and the things we discussed today improve our cooperation and our, and our surely about def

. the words the prime minister has been using-— the words the prime minister has been using.ht, and this is extremely _ been using. that is right, and this is extremely strong _ been using. that is right, and this is extremely strong language - been using. that is right, and this is extremely strong language and| been using. that is right, and this| is extremely strong language and i think it shows how sensitive these things are for qatar, that does straddle this very difficult role in the region. it is a country also because of its proximity to iran that doesn't like to antagonise iran. it does not have diplomatic relations with israel, but it has often acted as a go—between when it comes to a previous ceasefire negotiations with hamas in gaza. and really because of the importance of the us to qatar, the small but very well of gulf country, it was to nip in the bad this idea that it is not an honest broker here. it also highlights how things are for such a delicate phase at the moment when it comes to negotiations on a new deal that could bring home some of their many israel