this is the death of tony benn. tony benn, former british cabinet member, longtime member of parliament, antiwar activist has died at the age of 88. the longest serving member of parliament and the history of britain's labour party, serving more than half a century will stop you left parliament in 2001 saying he planned to spend more time on politics. sharif abdel kouddous and i interviewed tony benn in 2009, one day after he led a protest against the war in afghanistan in london. at the lower -- at the rally, he and others read the names of those killed in the afghan war. >> well, it was a solemn occasion when the names were read. you see, i think you have to understand history. written and dated afghanistan in 1839, captured kabul, and was defeated the following year and 15,000 british troops were killed. britain invaded afghanistan in 1879. britain was in afghanistan in 1919. the russians were in afghanistan to protest that. united states government, president bush, the first one, by the russians to get them out

can i add words to the support given to tony benn.it was my pleasure to work with one of his sons on foreign policy, steven. mr. speaker, income tax threshold is 10,000 pounds so far left 2.7 million poorly paid people not paying any income tax make a difference to them. is the prime minister pleased he abandoned his pre-election object to this and -- this policy? >> what i think the honorable gentleman who always brings the house together in his usual way, what i'm sure we can agree on, is that it has been an excellent move by a conservative chancellor in a coalition government to make sure that the first 10,000 pounds of income you earn you don't pay tax on. that benefits people earning all the way up to 100,000 pounds that has worked so far. over 700 pounds to a typical income taxpayer and it is highly worthwhile and i look forward to hearing what the chancellor has to say. >> is the right honorable gentleman aware that this week i have received from the palestinian friend an email which tells me the israelis have assassinate ad fr

can i add words to the support given to tony benn. it was my pleasure to work with one of his sons on foreign policy, steven. mr. speaker, income tax threshold is 10,000 pounds so far left 2.7 million poorly paid people not paying any income tax make a difference to them. is the prime minister pleased he abandoned his pre-election object to this and -- this policy? >> what i think the honorable gentleman who always brings the house together in his usual way, what i'm sure we can agree on, is that it has been an excellent move by a conservative chancellor in a coalition government to make sure that the first 10,000 pounds of income you earn you don't pay tax on. that benefits people earning all the way up to 100,000 pounds that has worked so far. over 700 pounds to a typical income taxpayer and it is highly worthwhile and i look forward to hearing what the chancellor has to say. >> is the right honorable gentleman aware that this week i have received from the palestinian friend an email which tells me the israelis have assassinate ad f

in its third meeting with the some time organizing committee prime minister tony benn one called for the speedy and see completion of the news and the training facilities the goal is to have been finished by october twenty sixteen so that the korean athletes have ample time to train for the gates. and over in the majors the expanded video replay system has been put in place during spring training and it's currently working as desired. as expected however there are a couple of kinks to work out for example an awkward situation unfolded during a game between the rangers and the giants win a third owl call was overturned by giants manager bruce bochy and the players had to return to the steel wall there are bound to be some growing pains but the top brass is confident in the system saying that it'll be more affected during the regular season when more angles and hd video will be available for the teens and umpires for tea. and leaving all that there let's now get to that cave the al playoffs. ptt land elephants once again hosted the kt sonic boom in in time for keen to help take the edg

. >>> the veteran british labor party politician tony benn died at the age of 88. he gave up a title in the house of lords to become a member of parliame parliament. he championed many causes including unilateral military disarmament. >>> still to come, three years from the start of the syria conflict we ask have the sides fought themselves into a stalemate? what if my abdominal pain and cramps come back? what if the plane gets delayed? what if i can't hide my symptoms? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor and visit crohnsandcolitisinfo.com to get your complimentary q&a book, with information from experts on your condition. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. >>> you're watching bbc news with me nick doug. secretary of state john kerry in lo

. >> the veteran british labor party politician tony benn died t age of 88. the socialist who gave up a title to become a member of parliament. he was one of the most influential left wing figures in british politics of the late 20th century. he championed many caused, including unilateral nuclear disarmament. you're with "bbc world news". let's get the latest business. unemployment numbers in europe. >> that's right, nick. >> it's good news. >> there is some good news. eurozone unemployment numbers are out. for the first time in three years, we've got a positive number. employment in the zone edged up. wait for it. 0.1%, the last quarter of 2013. on a yearly basis it was down half a percent. greece released its data, and it was not a pretty picture. 27.5% of the country's working population is out of work. not only is that a new record by greek standards, it's also the highest in europe. now, we're also looking at ukraine of course today, it's not only hovering on a political knife edge, it's in a desperate financial position as well. world markets are refle

. >>> tributes are being paid in britain to tony benn who died at age 88.is activism did not end when he stood down after 50 years this parliament. he campaigned actively against the war in iraq, and here he is at a rally in 2007. >> the war on iraq was illegal, one against the charter of the united states. it was immoral, over a million iraqis have died. and we're just going to see our members of parliament say withdraw troops immediately from afghanistan and don't attack ir iran. >> how is the campaign shaping up for scotland to leave uk? here is our report. >> reporter: six months to go until these people have an historic decision to be made. we don't need to go the whole hogway to independence. ps >> although it's coming up to september, i still don't know. i want to do nor reading about it. >> reporter: which is odd given how voting for independence has been portrayed a bit like voting to throw your country off of the cliff. the scottish people have been left in absolutely no doubt what a terrible uphill struggle it would be for them if they wanted to

tony benn was a great man. it's my pleasure to work with one of his sons. mr. speaker, the threshold of 10,000 pounds so far has 2.7 qualified people paid any income taxes. is the prime minister please in the clear election objection today and extend policy? [shouting] the honorable gentleman who brings the house together in his usual way -- [laughter] what i am sure we can agree on is that it has been an excellent move by a conservative chancellor in a coalition government to make sure the first 10,000 pounds of income you earn you don't pay tax on and that benefits people earning although it up to 100,000 pounds. that is work so far over 700,000 pounds to a typical income tax payout and it's highly worthwhile and i look forward to hearing what the chancellor has to say. >> is the right honorable gentleman aware that this week i have received from the palestinian friends an e-mail which tells me the israelis have assassinated a friend in his house and another honorable friend has been shot dead by the army, so we have spent our time from one funeral to another