tom tugendhat in the house of commons last year.cretion to give life sentences for serious child cruelty. the purpose of tony's law is to increase the maximum sentence possible forjudges to resort to in the most serious cases to life imprisonment. serious physical harm to a child is relatively rare. between 2014 and 2018, for example, 114 offenders received an immediate custodial sentence for cruelty to children. hi. my name's tony and i'm walking 100 steps for captain tom. in recent weeks, tony has started walking without his crutches. he is a remarkable, inspirational little boy. good boy. keep going. his family now say people who abuse children in the future should face the most serious punishment. graham satchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, again. the stark contrast between this may at last may could not be greater. we saw temperatures above 20 degrees on 21 days. this may has been far different, it has been railing relentlessly and there is only been one day so far above 20, but that is

tom tugendhat, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, thank you for your time. select committee, thank you j for your time._ elsewhere for your time. thank you. elsewhere this evening... _ the sister of the murdered mpjo cox has been chosen as labour's candidate to fight the batley and spen by—election. kim leadbeater said she was "overwhelmed and humbled" by the support she had received from party members in the seat her sister used to represent. i'm joined now by our political correspondent damian grammaticas. stjohnstone, good evening. significant not only for her but also for labour —— damien, good evening. also for labour -- damien, good evenina. , , ., also for labour -- damien, good evenin. , , ., ., also for labour -- damien, good evenina. , , ., ., ., evening. yes, it is, and labour are t in: to evening. yes, it is, and labour are trying to choose — evening. yes, it is, and labour are trying to choose here _ evening. yes, it is, and labour are trying to choose here someone - evening. yes, it is, and labour are| trying to choose here someone who clearly

tom tugendhat, thank ou for we can make it. tom tugendhat, thank you for talking — we can make it.. so steelworks across britain closed, taking with them thousands ofjobs. in 2017, sanjeev gupta snapped up specialist steelmakers, convinced he could be the man to save them. but to fund his plans, he entered into a complex financing agreement with a company called greensill capital, the same firm at the centre of a recent government lobbying row, including former prime minister david cameron. they went bust in march, raising big questions about how gupta's steel business could survive. he told the bbc he was certain jobs were safe. all our steel operations in the uk — one after another — was in the process of shutting. it's our hard work which means they now have a future. it's still a tough journey ahead. the uk has many disadvatages. the uk steel industry has been decimated for the last few decades. we still have a lot of work to do. i'm not going to give up on the uk. as long as i'm in charge, my plants will stay open. but who believes him now? the british government refused to su

tom tugendhat is the chairman of the uk�*s parliamentary select committee on foreign affairs.t of the situation. this appears to be an act of air piracy conducted by ia state —— a state, a european union aircraft, flying between two european union capitals, to nato capitals. frankly, this is an extremely aggressive move by an extremely aggressive move by a dictator who lost all legitimacy when he lost the election last year in brutal needs to hang onto power, and this is an extremely worrying time now for all of us. we need to be absolutely clear that this will not stand.- to be absolutely clear that this will not stand. and what should international - should international governments be saying about this young activist?— this young activist? well, the attack on _ this young activist? well, the attack on him _ this young activist? well, the attack on him is _ this young activist? well, the attack on him is absolutely i attack on him is absolutely unacceptable. i�*ve already spoken to my opposite numbers in washington, and we�*re extremely clear that standing up extremely clear

earlier i spoke with the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, tom tugendhat.ip on a civilian aircraft, an irish civilian aircraft, flying between two european union capitals, two nato capitals, in order to detain an individual who was only exercising his civil rights of freedom of speech. this is a right that is absolutely guaranteed in almost all european states, and this flight, this transit route over belarus, was completely legal and had no reason for interception. yet the belarus authorities scrambled to intercept and force this aircraft to the ground, with terrible echoes of the shooting down of the malaysian aircraft over ukraine in 2014 which killed so many dutch civilians. we have touched on the widespread condemnation from latvia to germany. tonight the foreign secretary here. even by the standards of the belarus crackdown, this is alarming. what repercussions do you envisage? this is alarming, and i have been speaking to opposite numbers in washington, lithuania, estonia and other european capitals as well, and we are very clear that there are sever

tom tugendhat is the chairman of the uk's parliamentary select committee on foreign affairs — he toldese actions by the government of belarus are an outrage. this is an attack by a dictatorship on a civilian aircraft, an irish civilian aircraft, flying between two european union capitals, two nato capitals, in order to detain an individual who was only exercising his civil rights of freedom of speech. this is a right that is absolutely guaranteed in almost all european states, and this flight, this transit route over belarus, was completely legal and had no reason for interception. yet the belarus authorities scrambled to intercept and force this aircraft to the ground, with terrible echoes of the shooting down of the malaysian aircraft over ukraine in 2014 which killed so many dutch civilians. we have touched on the widespread condemnation from latvia to germany. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in moscow and says there's now an eu—wide chorus of disapproval at the actions by belarus. there are some passenger accounts being reported by a lithuanian outlet that is talking about ho

than 3.5 million deaths, but this is really moving quite fast now, we have got british mps here, tom tugendhatnow how this virus originated, how can we be sure that, you know, something like this won't happen again, if we don't know where that came from my wet market was a leak from a that came from my wet market was a leakfrom a lab, you kind of need that came from my wet market was a leak from a lab, you kind of need to know the origins before you can draw up know the origins before you can draw up plans for how to tackle it in the future, if, future, —— up plans for how to tackle it in the future, —— god forbid, anything like this happens again. find future, -- god forbid, anything like this happens again.— this happens again. and president biden has ordered _ this happens again. and president biden has ordered his _ this happens again. and president biden has ordered his intelligence| biden has ordered his intelligence agencies to look further into this. james, can i take you to all things football, the front page of the sunday times has bowled chelsea outsmart city, and the independent has

the head of the commons' foreign affairs committee, tom tugendhat, said the international community facedbelarus. it is quite clearly wrong to put our own citizens endangered by having them fly over the territory of somebody who is willing to send out fighters to force a civilian aircraft to the ground. —— put our own citizens in danger. that in itself is really dangerous. but we've now got a choice, we've got a choice as the uk, we've got a choice as the european union, we've got a choice as the united states. do we actually want to resolve the level of aggression that we are getting from russia and belarus, or do we want to let it continue? if we want to resolve it, we have some very clear choices. expose the corruption and stop the money flows. now, we can do that, we can expose the corruption because, sadly, so much of it flows through our own financial institutions, and we can stop the money flows, because it is us that is buying the energy from russia through pipelines through belarus like yamal pipeline or building another one like the nord stream 2 pipeline, so it is up to us. it

tom tugendhat in the house of commons last year.ow to cycle in modest clothing, cycle sisters say their aim is to get more muslim women biking. it's been phenomenal in terms of what it has kind of given me. health, fitness, mental well—being. generally, when you see any kind of representation of anyone on a bicycle it's so far away from the norm of a muslim woman on a bicycle, so we're trying to break that and encourage more muslim women to be on bicycles. so you are wearing things very typical of cyclists, the yellow viz jacket, high vizjacket, the helmet, but you are also in an abaya, traditional islamic clothing. how easy is it to cycle in an abaya? it is ok, although it is not ok if it's not the right type. so if it has got too much fabric and it's too flowy. it is required to have an abaya which isn't too narrow or too flowy. i feel like there's a bit of a taboo and a stigma to see muslim women on a bike. it's not really customly seen, and even within the community i get stares a lot, you know? i would definitely encourage all