sir keir starmer welcomes the news that parliament will be back on the zist. that parliament will be back on the let. it that parliament will be back on the 21st. it is very important in a crisis like this that parliament is sitting so decisions can be properly scrutinised, so that the concerns of constituents can be put to relevant ministers. that is why i am saying parliament must be recalled as soon as possible. how we set is obviously as possible. how we set is obviously a question we will have to discuss, because physically it is impossible to see how we can sit in the usual way. we will have to think differently. in new zealand they have set up a select committee to look at the coronavirus, chaired by the leader of the operation and it meets on a daily basis and it uses technology. that may be one possibility. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are david wooding, political editor at the sun on sunday, and the author and journalist, rache shabi. the sunday telegraph warns that hospitals face running out of gowns to pr

the european parliament simply had no mandate on that.ve broken their own rules in accepting the declaration, and if we are engaged in a discussion with the european body, we believe it is a commission that should be addressed and should be talking to. the commision is the guardian of the treaty and we have always been ready and open to continue discussions with them — normal and proper discussions, not questions that are coming from your mouth, which is having a pre—concept of what is happening in hungary according to political opponents. it is not my mouth that counts, it is the european member states. of the respected human rights organisations. crosstalk do not make a generalisation that is not true. the western european liberal green and socialist parties. we have seen that happening for the past ten years, their political game, as i have told you, that political lynching is going against mr orban for the past 10 years, and they do not like that we have an immensely big political support behind us that is giving us a decisive majorit

no relief that would be via parliament.ve seen every day essentially journalists try to hold the government to account in the daily press conferences including you this afternoon. with one of your questions. what your view on the recall of parliament? we only ever get a couple of questions when it comes down to the number ten press c0 nfe re nce . when it comes down to the number ten press conference. while we do our best i still think parliament is the right vehicle to hold the government to account. 0bviously, right vehicle to hold the government to account. obviously, there are issues about holding a virtual parliament. which is the only way this can happen. but select companies are operating at the moment. and they're doing quite well. if you tune into one of them, watch the way they do it over resume, its worked not totally effectively but reasonably effectively. and so i'd certainly like to see parliament come back to actually get ministers to answer questions. they have a lot of questions. they have a lot of question

in parliament, the spring of 1773, the members of parliament adopted the tx. the purpose was to get the company out of the financial crisis. they have the monopoly of biggest trade with the far east, china, asia and general and it was bankruptcy in 1773. two reasons, one was mismanagement of the company into, rampant smuggling. there was smuggling everywhere. the colonies, into the home islands and so forth. the british and they were being undercut in terms of the crisis, especially by the smugglers. not surprising, many members of parliament in the east india company so they didn't want to go bankrupt, they wanted to preserve it financially. american settlers at the time, a term used contemporary, provisions tea drinkers. the problem they put it in perspective, they were mostly drinking smuggled tea. it was known as a dutch tea and referred to dutch tea, even though it didn't always come from the dutch company or the dutch caribbean islands. it made its way in many ways and particularly, through the isla island. this is a contemporary view. in the northeaster

in parliament in the spring of 1733 the members of parliament adopted the tea act, the purpose of the tea act was to get the east india company out of financial difficulty. the east india company held the legal monopoly of the british trade with the far east with china, asia in general and was facing bankruptcy in 1773. why was it facing bankruptcy? one, mismanagement of the company and to, rampant smuggling brick there was smuggling everywhere.li into the colonies, into the home e islands and so forth and the british and the east india company was being undercut in terms of the crisis and the goods it was selling, especially tea by these smugglers. so, it will not surprise you to learn that many members of parliament were stockholders in the east india company and so therefore they do not want to use the east india company to go bankrupt wanted to preserve it. american settlers of the time, american economist at the time were known as printed edition and that is a term that was used contemporaneously, prejudice tea drinkers. the problem from the east india company perspective was tha

sir keir starmer welcomes the news that parliament will be back on the zist. that parliament will bey important in a crisis like this that parliament is sitting so decisions can be properly scrutinised, so that the concerns of constituents can be put to relevant ministers. that is why i am

in the spring of 1773 the members of parliament adopted the tea act. the purpose of the tea act was to get the east india company out of financial difficulty. they held the legal monopoly on british trade with the far east with china, asia and general. it's facing bankruptcy in 1773. why was it facing bankruptcy? for two reasons. mismanagement of the company and rampant smuggling. there is smuggling everywhere. angela colonies, into the home islands and so forth. the british and the east india company were being undercut in terms of the price of the goods it was selling especially tea by these smugglers. so it would not surprise you to learn that many members of parliament were stockholders in the east india company. said therefore they did not atmp the east india company to go bankrupt they wanted to preserve it financially. now american settlers at the time, american colonists at the time were known as prodigious, that the term is used they were prodigious tea drinkers. the problem from the east india country's perspective was they were mostly drinki

parliament should not have the power to tax them. the irony is, in our current image of the boston tea party is not it was higher taxes. no, it was protecting lower taxes. the problem was, lowering the tax of these companies to make people by legal tea instead of smuggled tea. in october 1773, and this is my preface, when the colonists learn that seven chips are coming to america with tea directly from east india company, in new york city and philadelphia, they suggested three different tactics to fight the teacher. one idea was to persuade, i put that into quotation marks because of that. it was to be sent to resign information, not to except for tea. if you don't have people to accept this tea officially, and you can't have any legal tea and you don't need to worry about it. i was one of the arguments, or proposed the appearance of the arrival of the east india company. another tactic was to promote agreements for people not to buy or consume 30 but everybody has consumption agreement and it doesn't matter, all they need to do is j

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament.s and peers return from their easter break and move into the virtual world. we have a twofold duty of leadership of members of this house. one is to show that we are following the rules that apply to everybody else, and the other is to lead by example in showing that we are getting on with our essential work. sir keir starmer debuts at a very different pmqs and accuses the government of dragging its feet on tackling coronavirus. and there's a pattern emerging here. we were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment, and now slow to take up these offers on british firms. i don't accept his premise that we've been slow. we have been guided by the scientific advice — the chief scientific advice — the chief medical officer at every step along this way. and scotland's first minister says she is not complacent about supplies of protective equipment for health and care staff. if anybody ever hears me standing up here during this pandemic and saying, "we've resolved the

at the bundestag the parliament is chief political editor. but in a good morning what can we expect from am going to make that speech today. well i would expect her to once again address m.p.'s but also the public directly to take personal responsibility she's greatly concerned that the initial easing of restrictions here in germany which means that shops can really open up to a certain size and some pupils and students can actually take exams and return to school could lead to an easing of the feeling about what kind of threat they coronavirus is in germany she warns that this crisis isn't over and i would expect her to prepare the ground for a new normal that would see germany live with the virus rather than be able to beat it any time soon what kind of form could use new normal. that's the big question people are asked to wear masks now and nationwide on public transport that's something individual states decided one has to understand that it's the federal state so in the end decide what concrete measures are taken and. something of a mode

now on bbc news — it's time for the week in parliament.lo there, and welcome to the week in parliament, as mps and peers return from their easter break and move into the virtual world. we have a twofold duty of leadership of members of this house. one is to show that we are following the rules that apply to everybody else, and the other is to lead by example in showing that we are getting on with our essential work. sir keir starmer debuts at a very different pmqs and accuses the government of dragging its feet on tackling coronavirus. and there's a pattern emerging here. we were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment, and now slow to take up these offers from british firms. i don't accept his premise that we've been slow. we have been guided by the scientific advice — the chief scientific advice — the chief medical officer at every step along this way. and scotland's first minister says she is not complacent about supplies of protective equipment for health and care staff. if anybody ever hears me standing up he

jacob rees—mogg has said that parliament will return on april the zist parliament will return on april1st to fulfil its essential constitutional functions. 21st to fulfil its essential constitutionalfunctions. it 21st to fulfil its essential constitutional functions. it is expected to reconvene using technology rather than in the usual way. elsewhere the us death toll overta kes way. elsewhere the us death toll overtakes attlee as the highest in the world, more than 20,000 people have died. the leader of the roman catholic church pope francis has urged people not to yield to fear over the virus. 0urfirst urged people not to yield to fear over the virus. our first report this hour is from simonjones. tributes to the latest nhs workers to die after contracting coronavirus. nurse gareth roberts, described as "a kind and helpful person" by the cardiff and vale health board. sara trollope, seen here with the prime minister, a nurse said to have a total determination to get things right for her patients at hillingdon hospital. the health secretary, matt hancock, said yesterday that 19 nhs wo

now on bbc news: tuesday in parliament.lo there and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where mps returned from their easter break and approved plans for a virtual house of commons. we have a twofold duty of leadership as members of this house. one is to show that we are following the rules that apply to everybody else, and the other is to lead by example and show we are getting on with our essential work. for anything other than a very short period of time, while technical difficulties are sorted out, it's absolutely unacceptable that the proceedings of this house are not broadcast. and questions for scotland's first minister about the supply of protective equipment for medical staff. if anybody ever has me standing up in this chamber during this pandemic and saying we have resolved the issue of ppe, you should really have a go at me, then. but first, deserted, empty, almost eerie streets of our towns and cities look and feel very different as million stay at home to try and curb the spread of coronavirus. new rules on socia

and over the course of about 12 years between 1764 and 1776, the british parliament passed a series of laws. in 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 1767-68 the townsend acts and then the tea act and then the coercive acts and then in 1775 the prohibittory act. but standing behind all of these acts of british legislation was one overarching piece of legislation which i think was the driving force behind all of these particular acts. and that was the declaratory act of 1766 which claimed that parliament's authority extended to the american colonies in all cases whatsoever. and that meant that parliament was not only supreme over the colonies but in fact its power and its authority was absolutely supreme. right? so it could pass -- it could pass taxes which it had never done before and it could pass taxes in the american colonies for revenue. and the most famous of course of all of these pieces of british legislation was the stamp act of 1765 which put a tax on stamped paper which the colonists needed for almost all legal and commercial transa

the spanish parliament has decided to extend the country's lockdown.d with more than 21,000 deaths. it's been under severe restrictions for more than five weeks. this is the third time the prime minister, pedro sanchez, has requested that congress extend the national lockdown. this time it will last until may tenth. guy hedgecoe is in madrid. just talk us through this because the spanish parliament just just talk us through this because the spanish parliamentjust voting to extend their countries lockdown. yes. that is right. this is the third time that the prime minister has requested a two—week extension of the lockdown, this will take us due to the middle of may. it was quite an overwhelming when in terms of the parliamentary numbers, 269 votes in favour, 60 against. that sounds very convincing, i suppose in terms of the arithmetic it is, but it was a very divisive session in parliament today. pedro sanchez and his government faced a lot of criticism from opposition groups, particularly on the political right, who were very critical of the way that h

they ignore appeals for physical distancing from the presidedentf the turkish parliament. not surprising that they also ignored the criticism of the bill that commutes sentences for a third of turkish prisoners. excluded are journalists aligned with the opposition. >> these only benefit your political priorities. >> the law introduced by his ak party and backed by his allies converts some prison terms to house arrests. 17 creditors have the coronavirus and three have since -- 17 prisoners have the coronavirus and three have since died. >> almost all of the crimes committed include theft, fraud, physical assault, sexual assault, and violence against women. all of them. 90,000 inmates will be released from prison. >> the coronavirus pandemic is keeping turkey's daily life on hold. a 48-hour curfew went into effect last weekend. residents will be on lock down. >> earlier dw spoke with the green party parliament spokesman who is a prominent voice on german party relations. we asked him what he makes of this move by the turkish parliament. >> turkey is the country that has the

the crime going to star announced a provocation to parliament now to regain sion minced end of term for whatever bills were already in parliament and one of them was that bill that would suggest that he does not get the powers to go to his majesty to call for a snap elections or to attend in a parliament that was one of the bills and but then he used the crook 90 s at reason to terminate the talent of course his junior seau went to the courts of law to challenge it and it was only yesterday that he lost that means he is now ordered to reinstate the pallant to its original state before it closed it down there's been a series of this thing he tried to fire the police man the police boss we had actually started the investigations of which saw him go into quite also to defend that case is still coming on now the movements of the police of the soldiers in town indeed the citizens woke up to unusual movements he made the statement to television this morning that there will be that movement that people should not be worried about what he meant what he said in that statement is that there has b

candidate who gained what's in the parliament so it was a fake candidate and no other party was aware about this chess game of the of the so they are trying to exploit a democratic procedure by not voting for their own candidate but voting for. probably minutes until you get it could you get in play at the issue the issue is we have to be careful much more careful than in the past and the deal is not behaving like a normal competitor they are behaving like a spoiler is the legacy of angela merkel though because i mean you've seen him her now 15 years as a german chancellor she's pushed the party so far to the left she's created the space for the far right a.f.d. they're now the largest opposition party in the bundestag they're playing can you make her into a wrong view as you yourself have highlighted well they are not the largest opposition party they are the largest opposition party but they have only 900 seats so we should not overestimate the 2nd as regards the role of our party we are in the center and america has detected that normally in germany you have a left majority and it

inside the party of touring here the 2nd mistake was that we have underestimated the role of the parliament into ring here and 3rd we have underestimated from the law and the f.t. and therefore i think we should be very decent and very careful for the next weeks let's talk a little bit more about the a.f.p. because uncle americal german chancellor has called for a new election the a.f.d. is feasting on this chaos they say the following. they say that a new election is not democratic and the c.d.u. is ignoring a quarter of the electorate how could you the governing c.d.u. get played so badly by the far right a f d well into ringing there was a very left coalition and not the city you would suit you was it your position so we are not the governing party entering you know we have been there a governing party for 25 years however in touring you know the a of d. has shown that they would recklessly they vote only for trying to split the cohesion of the center of democratic parties and we have to accept that inside germany we have a strong protest notion inside the population and we have to take

i mean those talks are already happening and you're talking in the parliament when georgia telecom is negotiating deals with huawei already well one of the main of the bigger sponsors of the munich security conference as well weigh on the german party convention of the c.d.u. was one of the the biggest attractive platforms was from ways so they are in the charming offensive nevertheless we have to be very careful due to the question of digitalisation and cybersecurity we should all be black eyed in this context we've highlighted a number of challenges. who will be the next german chancellor who will have to deal with those challenges lash it mattes or shine your answer one word a german citizen that this 3 words opportunity the lead lead. it would be somebody from the city who i think that would not be somebody from the c.s.u. let our kids that are. the people. go out for some time. as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and work together let. me talk to. all for tuning in for a good. 30 minutes on d w. what keeps us all safe what makes us sick and how do we st

angela merkel warned some measures to ease the coronavirus lock down have gone too far she tells parliament the country could be risking a relapse if it looks at its guard down. more on that and also her message to the ordinary people struggling to cope with a difficult new reality of life with the farmers and also coming up in the 1st case of its kind in the world to suspected syrian torturers go on trial here in germany campaigners hope it will be the 1st step towards justice for thousands of. russians that doubles blow after the collapse of the price of oil many of the country through the economic fallout of the pandemic could hurt more than the disease itself. plus wheels of fortune we discover how life has changed for cyclists or berlin since the outbreak of the drug. i'm serious i was going to class you could join us i know marco has urged the germans to show discipline in the face of the corona virus in a speech to parliament she criticized the lifting of some restrictions as to hasty and said the country might squander the gains it's made so far of people become complacent about soc

i mean those talks are already happening and you're talking in the parliament when georgia telecom is negotiating deals with huawei already well one of the main or the bigger sponsors of the munich security conference as well way on the german party convention of the c.d.u. was one of the the biggest attractive platforms was from ways so they are in the charming offensive nevertheless we have to be very careful due to the question of digitalisation and cybersecurity we should be black eyed in this context we've highlighted a number of challenges. who will be the next german chancellor who will have to deal with those challenges lash mats on your answer one word a german citizen. that's 3 words the opportunity to lead lead. it would be somebody from you i think that really not be somebody from the shoes you know what are kids that are that. market. those measures are made in germany. 30 minutes on d w. i'm going crazy thing in all the time. how to handle on new lies in times of the corona and then the w. reporter is just like everyone else and she's looking for answers and thankfully w

it wery divisive session in parliament today.edro sanchez faced a lot of criticism from opposition gups on the political right who are critical of the way he has handled the crisis so far, ngsa he has been unprepared, not communicated well. he defended hi government's handling and said he has done the best they can in difficult circumstances. anchor: thank you for talking us through that. tspain votiextend the country's lockdown until the th of may. the u.k. is passing through the peak of the corona virus britain has reported another 759 deaths in hospital. this brings the total to 18,000. if we look at this chart, it shows the trajectory of the covid today in the u.k. the peak may have been around 10 or so days w an hospital deaths were reaching almost 000 the chief medical officer says it shows a flattening of t deaths after a steep climb and it will take time for them to come down. he warned social distancing measures will be in place for a while. >> if people are hoping it is only -- suddenly going to move from lockdown into

are doing is reallyjust talking through how it is going to work, this new parliament, virtual parliamentwith the prime minister because of course the prime minister because of course the prime minister because of course the prime minister boris johnson prime minister because of course the prime minister borisjohnson is continuing to recover from coronavirus at chequers, his buckinghamshire retreat. we understand it will be dominic raab, the first secretary of state who has been deputising, who will take his place possibly in the chamber, because a limited number of people are allowed in, particularly front bench spokespeople. we expect to see kier starmer the new labour leader attending. we are not sure whether he will do that in person or video conferencing, but as we return to a form of parliament, hybrid parliament, mps from across the chamber and across their living rooms and homes across the country, as they dial in, will be wanting to scrutinise the government on these issues and why, for example, when it comes to testing, yes the government sees capacity for tests creeping up and

there ought to be a way parliament can be engaged.t task at the moment is at the cabinet level, and it is very important but i'm sure the whole cabinet will want to rally around and work constructively with dominic raab. and dominic will fulfil the role of the prime minister has asked him to. i'm sure he will do that to the best of his ability. think you so the best of his ability. think you so much forjoining us. think you. many of borisjohnson's political cou nterpa rts many of borisjohnson's political counterparts in the uk have sent them well wishes in the uk. rishi sunak tweeted. .. nicola sturgeon tweeted to say... the leader of the opposition, who was only elected on saturday, keir starmer, said... andrew morrison, who is a doctor himself. boris has been working heroically over the last few days, despite his deteriorating condition. he's an extraordinary man and i'm sure he will pull through from this. it is devastating that over the course of the day to hear he's deteriorated to the point where he has to now go into intensive

of parliament as the uk's death toll from coronavirus continues to climb. grim morning in the mirror that hospitals face a shortage of vital drugs to help coronavirus patients. shall we begin? we have gotjoe on the left and nigel on the right. hope he could by the way were not to show you are hearing me now. that is fantastic. nigel use it on twitter just now we will be on our best behaviour. i will hold you both to that. we're going to start with that. we're going to start with that. i cannot answer for her on that. i cannot answer for her on that one. i promise! we are going to look at the first newspaper, the site to express because they both feet on the recovery of the prime minister, expresses the i cannot make them enough, —— thank them enough, i was a my life. make them enough, —— thank them enough, iwas a my life. your reaction to the current recovery in its prominent place in the papers? not a lot of people would feel exactly the same way they have been treated and look after so well by the nhs. it's very reassuring that the nhs. it's very reassuri

a former life before you were elected as a member of parliament you were a clinical psychologist in the national health service so you must have a substantial insight into the particular pressures of those in the front line. well it's true to say that i forte and for a long time in my career as a psychologist and mental health has been at the forefront of my career prior to coming into parliament is something that we must to very much more in relation to sporting the general public in terms of awareness and seeking help and it's also something that we must protect staff particularly at times of crisis and we know that the world health organization have recommended psychological 1st aid in times when we have crises to deal with and staff are on the front line so we're pressing the government that really the response has to include telephone hotlines it has to include psychological 1st aid to try to prevent pushed disorder developing and those start well on the front line care for possible and it also has to involve a longer term plan for psychological interventions for dogs who need more

parliament has held the 1st virtual session in its 700 year history just 50 m.p.'s were allowed inside the lower chamber and most of the questions came via video chat the government was criticised for its response to the pandemic particularly the lack of supplies of protective gear for doctors and nurses spain's parliament is set to vote on a government pozole to extend its nationwide lockdown until may the 9th madrid is already started easing some restrictions nearly 208000 people have now contracted the virus in spain at least 21000 have died elsewhere in europe germany has announced it will start clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine $200.00 healthy volunteers will be tested it comes as the number of new infections in germany has gone up for a 2nd day as the headlines it witness now. magnussen sending. her. attempts to close. the last. thing i'd up and leave and i took up a lot going to get the guy down. 100. to give it a really good. side get the needle gives it's the need to cut. the but that comes.

>> what was the situation and how much was the power of the king versus parliament? >> more than today the king was more than symbolic but nevertheless parliament had in the resolution - - the revolution sees much more power from thead king then had been the caseas before. the king was a real player in the w story in fact george the third just like when he issued his order in council he was a major player of what was going on. >> it seems like there might be a relationship between the reaction to the taking of their arms in the second amendment rights in the constitution. >> i don't know. i wouldn't say that. there's a long time between this and the adoption of the second amendment. they went to the arms because they didn't want the british to have them. not so much themselves but if we let this happen they will turn these guns on us and it's very explicit and the other incidents that happened that i did noty talk about for example in new york there is a ship that arrives it's very interesting it arrives just before the order and counselbo became known. so the custom

the australian parliament have called on british officials and the judge to release julian of songe due to the rapid spread of coronavirus among the prison population and the workers at belmarsh prison where songes being held 23 and a half hours a day in a solitary confinement cell last night journalist vaughan smith said a songe contacted him and shared some more insight into what's really happening at belmarsh contradictory to what little the tight lipped prison officials are saying joining in on this conversation now former u.k. m.p. and and friend of julian a songe george galloway george julian told mr smith that the prison governors association is considering releasing more than $15000.00 nonviolent prisoners the department of justice is considering some 4000 people but julian is not on any of those lists even though the ozzie parliament is now calling for his release on humanitarian terms maybe suggesting home arrest with an ankle monitor to all of this you say what. well i there's no argument against this it's incredible is not even on the table for discussion never mind agreemen

parliament to sell the 1st virtual session in its 700 year history just 50 m.p.'s were allowed into the lower chamber the house of commons so most of the questions came on video platforms most of those questions were about the government's response to the pandemic particularly the issue of supplies of protective gear p p for doctors and nurses well the session was also the debut of the new opposition to the cure starmer who criticised the government's testing record rory chalons is in london. he was saying look you are saying that you are doing or have the capacity to do 40000 tests a day or. health care workers etc but that's the wrong metric he was saying because you may have the capacity for that but all you're doing at the moment it's 18000 so why is there this discrepancy you can talk as much as you want about capacity but if you're not actually reaching the required number of tests and there are all these people out there there are care workers there are doctors and nurses who are saying they're still not being tested that's what you should be aiming for upp

that‘s why i am saying parliament must be recalled as soon as possible. is obviously a question we are going to have to discuss, because physically it‘s impossible to see how we can sit in the usual way. we are going to have to think about working differently. in new zealand they have set up a special select committee to look at coronavirus. it is chaired by the leader of the opposition and it operates on a daily basis using technology so people can see parliament at work. that may be one possibility. labour shadow foreign secretary lisa nandy says the government needs to come clean with the public and explain exactly what is going to happen when locked tenants. what the government needs to do is set out its strategy to get us out of the lockdown. now this may change. they may have to revise it as the science changes, as we see the progression of this awful virus. but what we know from countries like south korea is that in a public health crisis, public confidence is everything. you have to be as open and transparent as possible with the public so that pe

spain's parliament is set to vote on a government proposal to extend the nationwide long doubt until may the knife madrid has already started easing some restrictions children can now go for walks for next week some factory and construction workers to return to their jobs nearly 208000 people have contracted the virus in spain at least 21000 have died. well those i headlines the news continues here on our just 0 hour right after inside stories. he's been determined to be the only player in libya but coming after his hopes now seem shattered forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are making significant gains so it's tough talk about to lose the war this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnigan warlord khalifa haftar wants to control libya his battle to do just that could be reaching a turning point but not in his favor he launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli more than a year ago it's where the internationally recognized government is based forces loyal to that government of national accord or d.n.a. so there are gaining grou

between the authority of parliament and the authority of the colonial legislatures. with regard to the tamp act, the british argued that the stamp act was league and therefore constitutional. the mens by contrast arted that the stamp act was unjust and therefore unconstitutional. and so over the course of the next 10 or 11 years, officials and american patriots started a search for principals. they had competing understandings. but for the americans, the debase was not simply over president they began starting in 1765, they started a search for deeper moral principals. the real question is how or in what way is the stamp act unjust. so americans smarted a search for stand ands, of rights and solver ten pi and in the course of 10 or 11 years, they started to see that the principals that once tied the poer country to the colonies no long er worked. and they started to see it had to be grounded in absolute permanent principals, and this is what they searched for in the years of the imperial crisis. now in many ways, as john adams argued in a let near he wrote, the real

parliament talking to us from home thank you very much. and here are some of the other coronavirus headlines making news this hour fred crozier the caption fired after criticizing the u.s. navy's response to the pandemic as reported he tested positive for the corona virus crozier was relieved of his command after widely publicized pleas for help for the crew of his ak craft area over 150 of them have tested positive. scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after she was called visiting her holiday home against her own advice and the u.k.'s lockdown law catherine calderwood was cautioned by police for taking 2 weekend trips u.k. citizens have been warned not to travel to holiday destinations to avoid spreading the virus. india's prime minister narendra modi and other top government officials have announced they'll take a 30 percent pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic modi called for people to light candles on sunday to boost morale during a nationwide lockdown india has seen a raise in covert 900 paces in recent days to more than

chamber so i mean how does the european parliament actually function right now during this pandemic. that's right i mean it would look weird wouldn't it but i guess we're all just getting used to so many things looking with that it almost doesn't look weird anymore but yes very well spaced people and parliamentarians in there was love on the line really big space around her while she made that speech not wearing a mask but she was wearing the whole plastic gloves if you look closely. but i think the european parliament is of course trying to stay relevant or in these times and it's been even conducting votes electronically but that voting mechanism that they've been using was sending out voting slips to members of parliament getting them to fill them out scan them in and e-mail them back so that's already a process that takes some time is maybe not the absolute vision of a digital democracy of the future but it is the european parliament saying we're here we matter we're taking care of us it's the w's richard walker in brussels thank you richard. a lot of lawmakers discuss a common a

not get the powers to go to his majesty to call for a snap elections or to tell the parliament that was one of the bills and but then he used the 90 in reason to terminate the talent of course his junior so went to the courts of law to challenge it and it was only yesterday that he lost that means he is now ordered to reinstate the parliament to its original state before it closed in doubt there's been a series of this thing he tried to fire the policeman the police boss. we had actually started the investigations of which saw him go into court also to defend that case is still coming on now the movements of the police of the soldiers town indeed the citizens will come up to and usually movements he made the statement in television this morning that there will be that movement that people should not be worried but what he meant what he said that statement is that there has been a few people who are abusing the freedom of speech who are now using it in the courts of law to try and undermine their stuff in it and written in the study of the can. well still ahead here on al-jazeera all