the chairman of britain's iraq inquiry sirjohn chilcot tells the bbc tony blair was not straight about his decisions in the run—up to the iraq war. i think ithink any i think any prime minister taking a country and award needs to be straight with the nation. —— into a wall. i don't believe that was the case in iraq. 300 years on, a billion dollar treasure hoard waits to be salvaged but which company will the colombian president choose to do thejob? and i did business headlines. —— and i have the business headlines. never mind brexit and trump: that's the message as the eu and japan close in on a huge free trade deal. but can it see off the rise of protectionism and nationalism? plus: high steaks scandal — why a corruption probe is carving a slice out of brazil's multi—billion dollar meat industry. hello and welcome to bbc news. the united states has warned it is prepared to use its "considerable military forces" on north korea following tuesday's long—range missile test. the us ambassador to the united nations told an emergency meeting of the security council that the test launch of an

quite clear there from sirjohn chilcot last summer.has spoken for the first time to our political editor the, addressing one of the most important issues, the role of the former prime minister. do you feel that the politicians you dealt with were as straight with you as they ought to have been? i think i would need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. i have to name names, here, because these were public sessions. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can, not departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything. advocacy for my position, my blair position. do believe he was a straight with you in the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say that i think any prime minister taking a country into war needs to be as straight with the nation and carry it as far as possible with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. you think he gave the fullest version of events? i think he gave, from his perspective and standpoint, emotionally

as sirjohn chilcot said, tony did not depart from the truth in what he said.as killed in a war that should never have happened? good morning. no, i don't believe that for one second. i am very disappointed that mr chilcot has popped up, disappointed that mr chilcot has popped up, 12 months after a huge inquiry, to speak the way he has spoken. i accepted a long time ago that mr blair acted on reasonable evidence, placed in front of him. it is so very easy to jump on that issue afterwards and try to vilify him for taking what was a reasonable decision. there are a lot of parents and loved ones of people that did die in the war who think very differently from you. do you understand where they are coming from? do you have sympathy with their view? i wake up every day and missed my son, and live with the guilt. i missed my son, and live with the guilt. lam missed my son, and live with the guilt. i am sure all of those other bereaved people are exactly the same. it is not for me to speak on their behalf. but it does have to be said, you played a clip again of a brok

sirjohn chilcot spoke to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. as they ought to have been? i think i'd need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. and i have to name names because these were public sessions. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth. but persuasion is everything. advocacy for my position. do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say, i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events? i think he gave... i hesitate to say this, rather, but i think from his perspective and standpoint, it was emotionally truthful. i think that came out also in his press conference after the launch statement. i think he was under very great emotional pressure during those sessions, far

the chairman of the iraq war inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that tony blair was "not straightin the run—up to the war 1a years ago. speaking a year after the report was published, sirjohn said mr blair was "emotionally truthful" in the evidence he gave the inquiry, but relied on beliefs rather than facts. a spokesperson for tony blair reacted by saying sirjohn was clear the former prime minister had not "departed from the truth." sirjohn chilcott spoke to our political editor laura kuenssberg. do you feel the politicians you dealt with were as straight with you as they ought to have been? i think i'd need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. and i have to name names because these were public sessions. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth. but persuasion is everything. advocacy from my position. do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say, i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to

sirjohn chilcot spoke to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. politicians you dealt with were as straight with you as they ought to have been? i think i'd need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. and i have to name names because these were public sessions. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth. but persuasion is everything. advocacy from my position. do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say, i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events? i think he gave... i hesitate to say this, rather, but i think from his perspective and standpoint, it was emotionally truthful. i think that came out also in his press conference after the launch statement. i think he was under ve

a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the country" about his decisions. and on newsnight, the head of the cbi joins us to defend her vision of a brexit so soft that it could almost be called "remaining". good evening and welcome to bbc news. police and protestors have clashed in germany tonight as world leaders gather there ahead of tomorrow's g20 summit. president trump flew into hamburg after a visit to poland, where he used his first major speech in europe to warn that the very survival of the west is at risk. addressing a large crowd in warsaw, mr trump drew on poland's example of fighting nazi and communist oppression. he challenged europe to defend western civilisation against islamist terrorism, extremism and also against government bureaucracy. from hamburg, here's our north america editor, jon sopel. the famous port of hamburg tonight disembarkation point for anarchists, anti— capitalists, anti— globalisation protesters and the leaders of the world's 20 richest nations. protesters threw stones and fireworks, met by police wa

that was sirjohn chilcot talking to our political editor laura kuenssberg.years apart has been sentenced to life imprisonment. robert trigg was convicted of the manslaughter of caroline devlin in 2006, and the murder of susan nicholson in 2011. both women were found dead at their homes in worthing, after a night out drinking with trigg. duncan kennedy reports. even on his way into court to be sentenced today, robert trigg's arrogance and contempt for his victims was made clear with this outburst. they should be here, not me. caroline devlin and susan nicholson were both killed by robert trigg. police initially treated him as a brief partner, not a suspect. he claimed he had accidentally rolled over on to susan nicholson as they slept in their home in worthing, but trigg never called 999, leaving it to a neighbour to talk to the operator as he lurked in the background. but susan's elderly parents were suspicious because they thought the sofa was too narrow for susan and tim palmer. they hide their own pathologist, who found susan had in fa ct pathologist, who

sirjohn chilcot spoke to the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg.te. he makes the most persuasive case he can, not departing from the truth, persuasion is everything. advocacy for my position. advocacy for my position. do believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say that i think any prime minister taking the country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it as far as possible with him or her. i don‘t believe that was the case in the iraq instance. do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events? i think he gave... i hesitate to say this rather but from his perspective and standpoint it was emotionally truthful. and i think that came out in his press conference after the launch statement. i think he was under really great emotional pressure during those sessions, far more than the committee were. he was suffering. he was deeply engaged. now, in that state of mind and mood, you fall back on your instinctive skills and reactions i think. but he was r

the chairman of the iraq war inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that tony blair was "not straight the war 1a years ago. speaking a year after the report was published, sirjohn said mr blair was "emotionally truthful" in the evidence he gave the inquiry, but relied on beliefs rather than facts. a spokesperson for tony blair said sirjohn was clear that mr blair had not "departed from the truth". sirjohn chilcot spoke to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. do you feel the politicians you dealt with were as straight with you as they ought to have been? i think i'd need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. and i have to name names because these were public sessions. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth. but persuasion is everything. advocacy from my position. do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say, i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it,

sirjohn chilcot tells the bbc the former prime minister tony blair was emotionally involved in the argumentbeliefs than facts. and: it's a beach day for the leaders of israel and india. we'll tell you why they are hitting the waves. i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. there is a monument in krazinksi square in warsaw that commemorates the polish uprising of 19114, which liberated the city from nazi occupation. a classic triumph of good over evil. today donald trump stood in front of that monument to evoke a new struggle — the battle for western civilisation. and it that moment the american president committed himself to standing with europe. the fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive, do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? do we have enough respect for oui’ cost? do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? mr trump also clearly called on russia to stop its "destabilizing activities" including its support for "hostile regimes" like iran and syria. he confirmed that poland, russi

sirjohn said the evidence mr blair gave to the inquiry was "emotionally truthful", but he had relied on beliefs rather than facts. mr blair's office insists that five separate reports — including the chilcoto falsifying of the intelligence. sirjohn was speaking exclusively to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the truth... tonight british servicemen and women are engaged from air, land and sea. and the whole truth about britain's war in iraq. we will approach our task in a way that is thorough, rigorous, fair. the man charged with finding it, the man who took us in. responsibility but not a regret for removing saddam hussein. a year since his vast report emerged, sirjohn chilcot‘s unvarnished view. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can, not departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything. there is, i argued, the responsibility of the leading politician of a government, both to make the case for the policy decision taken but also to balance that with realism about risks, downsides, counter—arguments. if you act simply as a one—sided advocate, you risk losing that, and i think that risk became apparent. but you spent years studying t

tonight at six: tony blair and the iraq war — the most outspoken comments yet from sirjohn chilcot, thean who led the inquiry. he says the former prime minister was emotionally involved in the argument and relied more on his beliefs than on facts. i think any prime minister taking a country to war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it as far as possible with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. it's a year since the inquiry‘s report into the war — mr blair's supporters say that should have been the last word. i think it's unfair and wrong and notjustified by the evidence, which the 12 volume report examines in detail. also on tonight: choosing care for the elderly — why one campaigner says it's like playing russian roulette. a damning report on care services in england says one in four is not safe enough. polish crowds welcome president trump — he says the western way of life is threatened by extremists. mission to mercury — european and japanese scientists unveil their plan to explore the red—hot planet. root to the rescue — he lifts english

in his first interview, sirjohn chilcot, says the evidence the former prime minister gave was ‘emotionallyggested that he relied on his own belief rather than the facts. any prime minister taking the country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carried so straight with the nation and carried so far as possible with him or her. i don‘t believe that was the case in the iraqi instance. good morning, it‘s thursday sixth july. also this morning: a quarter of care homes in england are not safe enough —

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a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the countryabout his decisions. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. just taking you back briefly to hamburg. this is theresa may's plane that has arrived on the runway there at hamburg airport. the royal air force plane, it has been for a few minutes. no sign of the prime minister yet but pretty surely she will be coming down the steps there and joining the otherworldly users who have already arrived.... already there, he has been meeting angela merkel. the prime minister taking her time to get off that plane but the red carpet waiting for her and elsewhere in hamburg this evening we have been seeing demonstrations. these are live pictures of riot police with their white helmets and early on were charging some of the protesters. many of these protesters anti—capitalist protesters. welcome to hell was the name of one of the demonstrations. the police broke up a dem

the chairman of the iraq inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, tells the bbc tony blair was not straight with thehe iraq war. heavy rain and overflowing rivers in the southern japan have forced almost 400,000 people to leave their homes. emergency teams have been deployed to help people trapped by flood waters. now it is time for our newspaper review. what's making headlines around the world ? the straits times reports the united states and south korea have put on a show of military force in retaliation to north korea's firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile. america has told the un it is prepared to use military force if it must. it's panda diplomacy in germany as chinese president xi jinping and german chancellor angela merkel welcome two of the bears to berlin zoo. the financial times reports the two leaders have signed a number

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the chairman of britain's iraq inquiry sirjohn chilcot tells the bbc tony blair was not straight aboutr taking a country and award needs to be straight with the nation. —— into a wall. i don't believe that was the case in iraq. 300 years on, a billion dollar treasure hoard waits to be salvaged but which company will the colombian president choose to do thejob? and

the chairman of the inquiry into the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot, speaks exclusively to the bbc for theas got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. i don't think that was the case in the iraq instance. we will have all the details and reaction. also, standards in some residential care homes and home care services are branded fragile and precarious following thousands of inspections in england. the situation is worse in nursing homes, where more than a third are failing on safety. and we will find out why scam marriages are being used by some british asian gay men and women to mask their sexuality.

blair was not straight with the nation about his decisions in the run—up to the invasion, says sirjohn chilcot

a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says