he did not refer to nus ghani's claims.— nus ghani's claims.nus ghani's claims. i believe a claim a serious as this can - nus ghani's claims. i believe a | claim a serious as this can only happen if there is a formal... that's when the procedures kick in. that's when the procedures kick in. that advice was given back in 2020. now downing street has stepped in to say borisjohnson met miss nus ghani at the time. he invited her to a complaint process, but she did not and the party does not tolerate prejudice. but she has fired back, saying she made clear an internal investigation was not appropriate. this was government business, and all she wants is the government to investigate properly. as boris johnson rate street for the results of one inquiry, he's now under pressure to launch another. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, says this latest development is yet another headache for boris johnson, on top of a series of other issues facing the prime minister. he has this week that critical inquiry into downing street parties, and that

nus ghani has told the sunday times that her "muslimness" was raised as an issue.onservative chief whip mark spencer says she had been speaking to him, and he called her allegations "completely false". downing street has said the prime minister had also spoken to her and invited her to make a complaint, but she did not do so. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. the former minister as ghani is at the centre of an extremely dispute after a week in which the tories have turned on the whips, ministers and each other. nus ghani was the first muslim woman ever to speak from the dispatch box in the commons, and has claimed in the sunday times that her fate played a part of her being sacked as a minister by borisjohnson in 2020. she says that when she asked a meeting of the whips for an explanation she was told that her "muslimness" was raised as an issue during a reshuffle meeting, that her muslim woman minister status was making colleagues uncomfortable, and that she dropped it after being told that she dropped it after being told that if you persisted in rai

i nus ghani is a senior backbencher.ign to have china's repression of uighur muslims recognised as genocide, and is proud of this moment... i congratulate my honourable friend on her appointment... ..when she became the first muslim woman minister to speak at the despatch box in the commons, to a cheer. minister nusrat ghani. cheering. mr speaker, this government is committed to improving... she lost her ministerial post in a reshuffle in 2020. she told the sunday times that when she asked for an explanation from party whips, she was told her "muslimness was raised as an issue" in reshuffle discussions. her "muslim woman minister status was making colleagues uncomfortable" and if she "persisted in raising the issues, she would be ostracised by colleagues and her career and reputation would be destroyed". the chief whip mark spencer last night took the unusual step of outing himself as the person who talked to herand said: somebody is trying to — or was trying to bully her, if what she is saying is true. you have two scen

nus ghani is a senior backbencher.the taliban, led a campaign to have china's repression of uighur muslims recognised as genocide, and is proud of this moment. i congratulate my honourable friend on her appointment... and she became the first muslim woman minister to speak at the dispatch box in the commons, to a cheer. minister nusrat ghani. mr speaker, this government is committed... she lost her ministerial post in a reshuffle in 2020. she told the sunday times that when she asked for an explanation from party whips, she was told her muslimness was raised as an issue in reshuffle discussions. her muslim woman minister status was making colleagues uncomfortable and if she persisted in raising the issues she would be ostracised by colleagues and her career and reputation would be destroyed. the chief whip mark spencer last night took the unusual step of outing himself as the person who talked to herand said... somebody is trying to bully her, if what she is saying is true. you have two scenarios. parliamentarian a is

nus ghani has told the sunday times that the issue was raised as an issue.onservative chief whip mark spencer says she had been speaking to him, and he called her allegations "completely false". downing street has said the prime minister had also spoken to her and invited her to make a complaint, but she did not do so. in the last few minutes, she has issued a statement. "when i told the prime minister injune 2020 what had been said to me in the government whips�* office, i urged him to take it seriously as a government matter and instigate an inquiry. he wrote to me that he could not get involved and suggested i use the internal conservative party complaint process. this, as i had already pointed out, was very clearly not appropriate for something that happened on government business — i do not even know if the words that were conveyed to me about what was said in reshuffle meetings at downing street were by members of the conservative party. not a day has gone by without thinking about what i was told and wondering why i was in politics, while hoping for t

nus ghani is now a senior backbencher and was the first senior muslim women to speak in the commons —scribed woman minister to speak in the commons — a moment she described as importance and she has continued to speak out against the islamic state group and the tally man. group and the taliban. as a muslim woman, i will stand with people of all faiths who go against this ideology, their rhetoric and their actions. she told the sunday times when asked in 2020 for when asked in 2020 for an explanation from party whips, which is why she had lost in a uncomfortable, and if she persisted in raising the issue she would be ostracised by colleagues and her career and reputation destroyed. the chief whip, mark spencer, last night took the unusual step of outing himself as the person who talked to her, and said that these accusations are completely false. adding... someone was trying to bully her. if she what she is saying is true. you have two scenarios, maintaining that she is the education secretary said miss ghani was a brilliant mp and there was no place for any form of racism in the conse

you know, nus ghani is a perfect example.g he is taking the allegations that she was sacked because of concerns about her muslim face extremely seriously after launching that cabinet office investigation. just go back to the question of how much of an opportunity potentially as this to deal with these issues —— sacked because of concerns about her "muslimness". how much of an opportunity is this to put to bed the consent you are talking about? this is come up again and again about islamophobia and enquiries has been done. professor singh looked at this last year, islamophobia in the conservative party and came up with recommendations of those need to be acted upon. there is no point... but with this enquiry it does really need to be independent. there is no pointjust investigating it themselves so we know that people will be held to account. it is really, really important that that happens. really, really important that that ha ens. . ~' , really, really important that that ha ens. . ~ , . happens. thank you very much indeed

ghani's claims. i believe at times like this, it shouldn't happen, and makes the complaint formally. that's when procedures kick in and to be clear about this, that advice was given to nusd in to say borisjohnson met ms ghani at the time and invited her to begin a formal complaint process about her extremely serious claim but she did not, and the party does not tolerate prejudice of any kind. but she has fired back, saying she made clear an internal party investigation was not appropriate and this was government business and all she wants is for the government to investigate properly. so, as borisjohnson waits for the results on a vote in the party that could decide his fate, he's now under pressure to launch another. damian grammaticas, bbc news. three days of talks on the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan have opened in norway, with taliban representatives holding discussions with civil society groups and women's rights activists. western envoys are expected to emphasise the need for a more inclusive taliban government. our south asian editor, anbarasan ethirajan, told us what is expected from the talks. it's the first meeting of its kind for the taliban, they are co

the former minister nus ghani is at the centre of an extraordinary dispute after a week in which the have turned on the whips, ministers and each other. ms ghani was the first muslim woman ever to speak from the dispatch box in the commons, and has claimed in the sunday times that her faith played a part of her being sacked as a minister by borisjohnson in 2020. she says that when she asked a meeting of the whips for an explanation, she was told that her "muslimness" was raised as an issue during a reshuffle meeting, that her muslim woman minister status was making colleagues uncomfortable, and that she dropped it after being told that if she persisted in raising this, she would be ostracised by colleagues and her career and reputation would be destroyed. the conservative chief whip mark spencer took the unusual step of identifying himself as the person she was referring to. he said the accusations were completely false and defamatory, and that he had never used the words attributed to him. he said it was... somebody is trying to bully her, if what she's saying is true. you have two

nus ghani says she was told she was being sacked in part because of her muslim faith.ani says borisjohnson told her he "couldn't get involved," and that she should complain to the tory party. also tonight... the foreign office says it has information that russia is plotting to install a puppet government in ukraine. we have a special report from romania

ghani's claims. i believe at times like this, it shouldn't happen, and they should make the complaint formally. that's when procedures kick in and to be clear about this, that advice was given to nus now downing street has stepped in to say borisjohnson met ms ghani at the time and invited her to begin a formal complaint process about her extremely serious claim but she did not, and the party does not tolerate prejudice of any kind. but she has fired back, saying she made clear an internal party investigation was not appropriate and this was government business and all she wants is for the government to investigate properly. so, as borisjohnson waits for the results on a vote in the party that could decide his fate, he's now under pressure to launch another. damian grammaticas, bbc news. representatives of the taliban have held talks with afghan civil society activists in oslo as part of a three—day meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the country. a taliban leader described the talks as comprehensive and constructive. the islamist group wants access to billions of dollars that are frozen in us banks. but a small group of afghans held a protest in oslo and other european

nus ghani says she was told her muslim faith was, in part, a reason why she lost her ministerial post in a government reshuffle. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. black and white americans have always had vastly different experiences within their country's justice system. you see it in so many different data sets, from police violence to incarceration to sentencing. it's impossible to understand without reference to america's history of institutionalised racism. understanding it is one thing, the real challenge is how to change it. my guest is bryan stevenson, civil rights lawyer and founder of the equaljustice initiative. will equality ever be more than a dream? bryan stevenson in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. it's great to be with you. it's a pleasure to have you. bryan, i think i'm right in saying that you yourself were brought up, raised, at the tail end of segregation. that is a reality that you experienced. we now live in the era of deeply polarised politics in the united states, but also of black lives matter. as a civil rights

nus ghani says she was told her muslim faith was, in part, a reason why she lost her ministerial post

nus ghani says she was told her muslim faith was, in part, a reason why she lost her ministerial post in a government reshuffle. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk's leading columnists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to their audiences back home, from the dateline london. this week, borisjohnson�*s stay of execution, the uk's inflation problem and why joe biden has a problem keeping nato allies on side over ukraine. to discuss all that, we are joined by marc roche, a columnist and correspondent with the french news magazine le point and isabel hilton, who is distinguished as a foreign correspondent, and has been followed by founding china dialogue, improving the understanding of china's environmental challenges. here in the studio, the bbc�*s business editor, simonjack. welcome to all of you, good to have you all with us this weekend. now, it is official, everything in the uk is going up. the number of conservative mps demanding a vote on whether to repla

well, nus ghani�*s allegations are the latest in a string of problems which are affecting support forrship. it comes after senior conservative william wragg said mps who were raising doubts about borisjohnson�*s leadership were "blackmailed" by party whips and number ten officials. mr wragg claimed some were threatened with the withdrawal of constituency funding. he is meeting the metropolitan police today. downing street says it hasn�*t seen any proof of the claims. and another inquiry, also led by the cabinet office, is looking into alleged parties at downing street during lockdown and is due to report this week. the prime minister�*s former aide dominic cummings is thought to be giving evidence to the inquiry today. several backbench mps say they are waiting for results of civil servant sue gray�*s inquiry, before they decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in mrjohnson�*s leadership. with a round up of the latest, here�*s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. this is a decisive week for borisjohnson. the biggestjeopardy he faces is when the inquiry into downing

nus ghani says she was told her muslim faith was — in part — a reason why she lost her ministerial postgovernment reshuffle. now on bbc news, it's time for some political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. this week coming from self isolation. be back in the studio soon. if borisjohnson does fall, if he is forced out of office by his own mps, people will say, history will no doubt recall that he had to go because he broke the rules which he had set. the truth will be a little more complicated, as my guest on political thinking will spell out, i think. it will be because many conservatives think that borisjohnson has stopped being a conservative. that those very covid rules, limitations on freedom, that extra spending, that higher tax, all represents a change that they don't want to see. steve baker was a thorn in the flesh of theresa may when he ran the erg, the european research group. he has become a thorn in the flesh of borisjohnson, as one of the leaders of the crg, the covid recovery group, which has opposed the lockdown, the restrictions, the co

and just to be clear about this, that advice was given to nus back in 2020. ms ghanias said she asked the prime minister in 2020 to launch a government inquiry — but he told her to use the internal conservative party complaint process — which she thought was �*not appropriate�*. the government says russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in ukraine. past two a 16—year—old boy fatally stabbed last night in the stretford area of manchester has been named as kennie carter. five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder. a british man has died in thailand — reports say he was attacked with a knife in kanchanaburi, west of bangkok. a second man has been injured but it is not thought he has life—threatening injuries. injusta injust a few in just a few moments we will be joining viewers on bbc one. but before that, he is ros atkins. sorry, forgive me... covid restrictions may be coming to an end, but people across the uk are braced for extra pressure as the cost of living rises this year. energy bills are likely to increase from ap

we now see these allegations around the situation with nus ghani, the former minister i mentioned, andell.— should expect from the house of commons, as well. i said i would come to the _ commons, as well. i said i would come to the cost _ commons, as well. i said i would come to the cost of— commons, as well. i said i would come to the cost of living - commons, as well. i said i would come to the cost of living crisis. | come to the cost of living crisis. for those watching this morning, we have already looking at an aspect of this in our business news. what would the labour party do right now to try to help those facing this crisis, particularly in the next few weeks when these price hikes come in? ~ ., �* , ., in? well, we wouldn't be waiting like the conservatives. _ in? well, we wouldn't be waiting like the conservatives. we - in? well, we wouldn't be waiting| like the conservatives. we would in? well, we wouldn't be waiting . like the conservatives. we would be taking action right now. in fact we could do it this week because there is not a huge amount of business in the house of

nus back in 2020. since then, nusrat ghani has said she asked the prime minister in 2020 to launch a government inquiryussia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in ukraine. a 16—year—old boy fatally stabbed last night in the stretford area

nus back in 2020. since then, nusrat ghani has said she asked the prime minister in 2020 to launch a government inquiryive party complaint process, which which she thought was not appropriate. the government says russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in ukraine.