police say she had 300 tramadol tablets with her. they are legal in the uk.. they are banned. they are widely abused. tramadol is the drug of choice for many addicts here. it is a substitute for heroin. the problem is the quantity she was carrying. she says she didn't know that troubles illegal here. she says she made no attempt to hide it. it was plainly visible at the top of her suitcase. she says a colleague gave her the tramadol because they said it would be good for her boyfriend, he apparently has back problems. she says she was bringing in here innocently, she didn't know it was bad and only discovered when she —— she was in trouble when she was stopped at the airport. her legal team have been guardedly optimistic that perhaps she might even get a today. instead of which, things have moved on a very different direction, and her case has been referred to a criminal court for trial. a pre—trial detention here in egypt can be a very long business. defendants can be kept in custody for up to two yea rs before be kept in custody for up to two years before t

police say she had 300 tramadol tablets with her.se tablets are perfectly legal in the uk with a prescription. different story here in egypt. they are banned and widely abused. in fact, tramadol is the drug of choice for most addicts in egypt where it is used as a heroine substitute. police investigating have stressed the problem is the quantity she was carrying. she says she didn't know the trouble is illegal here, she says she made no attempt to hide it, it was plainly visible at the top of her suitcase. she said the colleague gave her the tramadol because they said it would be good for her way friend, he a p pa re ntly be good for her way friend, he apparently has back problems. she said she was ringing it here innocently, she didn't know it was banned and she rediscovered djibouti was in trouble when chi was stopped at the airport. i should say that her legal team today have been guardedly optimistic that perhaps she might even get bail today. of which, things have moved in a very different direction, and her has been referred to

here is the drug that laura plummer was carrying, tramadol. in britain, with a prescription, but banned in egypt, where many are addicted to the opiate. police said she had about 300 tablets in her case. she says a colleague gave them to her for her egyptian boyfriend, 0mar, who has a back problem. i had no idea they were illegal here, she said. i can't tell you how stupid ifeel. egyptian police say that ignorance of the law is no defence. relatives hope the judge will believe she made an innocent mistake. millions of people will fall silent today, on armistice day, to remember those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. it's the 99th anniversary of the end of the first world war. is going to be a very poignant they. of course. thousands of people are expected to arrive here as part of the annual remembrance service. you will see the cenotaph, a stark reminder of those who lost their lives over the last 100 years or so in past conflicts. today's event has been organised by the western front association. britain and its e

police claim she was carrying nearly 300 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol.on prescription in the uk. let's talk to our correspondent orla guerin is following the case. she's in hurghada in egypt for us now. tell us about the background to this case. laura plummer's family say that she lives for holidays in the sun, she has been coming here since 2014, several times a year. this trip last month was supposed to be a relaxing break by the beach like any other. instead, when she arrived at the airport she was detained. police say she had 300 tramadol tablets with her. they are legal in the uk with her. they are legal in the uk with a prescription. and different story here in egypt. they are banned. they are widely abused. in fa ct banned. they are widely abused. in fact it is this drug of choice for most addicts in egypt where it is used as a heroin substitute. police investigating the case have stressed the problem is the quantity she was carrying. she says she did not know that the drug was illegal here. she says she made no attempt to hide it, it was plainly

her father puts it like this: she would not know tramadol from a panadol.o help her partner, who suffers from severe back pain. he has now now come forward to prove that is correct with medical evidence, so it is hope that will go some way to persuade the egyptian judiciary of her innocence. you have been in regular contact with the foreign office over this case. they think they realise quickly this was a genuine case? because a lot of these cases, involving tourists, and they don't others have an innocent explanation. i quite sure that the foreign office are aware of the situation, and believe the story. they have been working very hard with the british embassy to ensure her welfare envisage ancient prison. —— in this egyptian prison. what about the general welfare into his people who are travelling? it is a reminderfor all those not make assumptions about things we might regard as routine medicines over here. there are lots of medicines you can buy in countries like the united states that are not available here except on prescription. this is clearly a ca

here is the drug that laura plummer was carrying, tramadol.escription, but banned in egypt, where many are addicted to the opiate. police said she had about 300 tablets in her case. she says a colleague gave them to her for her egyptian boyfriend, 0mar, who has a back problem. i have no idea they were illegal here, she said. i can't tell you how stupid that i feel. egyptian police say that ignorance of the law is no defence. relatives hope the judge will realise she made an innocent mistake. we can now speak to her mp. how confident are optimistic at the family in the conversations you have had with them that these new records, this new evidence could help her case? the family are anxious as laura is clearly worried about what is happening to her. she's a woman with no previous convictions, and clearly would be very shocked to find herself incarcerated in an egyptian prison, but this is really welcome news. she has always maintained her innocence and that she did not know the drugs we re and that she did not know the drugs were legal. her fath

police say she was carrying about 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol.gypt but available on prescription in the uk. let's talk to our correspondent orla guerin who's in hurghada. this is a blow for those who thought laura plummer might be granted bail. it certainly is a setback and a worrying development for her family and legal team. we were in court this morning in hughada where a cost hearing for laura plummer was expected to take place. her mother had travelled from the uk for that. she was very much hoping to see laura in court today. the legal team was telling us there was some hope she would be granted bail. laura's egyptian boyfriend had come forward only yesterday with medical certificates which the legal team believed would help florida. those certificates were supposed to establish he had a bad back. laura has said she brought the painkillers to egypt for him because of his back problems. the legal team was quite hopeful this morning that might be considered in herfavour hopeful this morning that might be considered in her favour and hopeful t

here is the drug that laura plummer was carrying, tramadol.here many are addicted to the opiate. police said she had about 300 tablets in her case. she says a colleague gave them to her for her egyptian boyfriend, omar, who has a back problem. i have no idea they were illegal here, she said. i can't tell you how stupid that i feel. egyptian police say that ignorance of the law is no defence. relatives hope the judge will realise she made an innocent mistake. earlier, i spoke to laura plummer‘s mp, labour's karl turner. he told me he's been in contact with her family. the family are very anxious still. laura is clearly still very worried about what is happening to her. she's a woman with no previous convictions. clearly, she would be very shocked to find herself incarcerated in an egyptian prison, but this is really welcome news. laura has always maintained her innocence in that she didn't know the drugs were illegal. her father put it like this, she would not know, doll from a panadol. she was simply taking painkillers over to help her partner

police say she was carrying about 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol.ypt but available on prescription in the uk. our correspondent in hurghada orla guerin explained how laura plummer was arrested. she was detained here. herfamily says she leaves for holidays in the sun. she comes about three times a year and has a boyfriend in egypt. this was supposed to be a holiday like any of the other trips she made. instead, when she arrived at the airport, she was not why police. they found she was carrying 300 ta blets they found she was carrying 300 tablets of this banned drug, tramadol. it is a painkiller legal in the uk but it is banned here and treated as heroin substitute and it is the drug of choice for most addict in egypt. police have been emphasising that the large quantity that laura palmer plumber was carrying was suspicious. she says she did not know it was banned and was carrying it in her luggage, there was no attempt to disguise it. she told us by phone that she had been given it to her by a colleague saying it would be good for my back and it may

they found that she was carrying about 300 tablets of this banned drug, tramadol.ich in the uk is perfectly legal, but it is banned here, in egypt. it's widely abused here, it's treated as heroin substitute it's widely abused here, it's treated as a heroin substitute and, in fact, it is the drug of choice for most addicts in egypt. police investigating the case here have been emphasising to us that the large quantity that laura plummer was carrying is the problem. that she says had so much of this drug. now, she has said, for her part, the, first of all, she did not know it was banned here, that she was carrying it perfectly clearly in her luggage, there was no attempt to disguise it. she told us by phone this week, when we managed to speak to her, that she had in fact been given it by a colleague in the uk, who said, "oh, take this, it was good for my back and may it'll help her boyfriend." it'll help your boyfriend." so she says she did not know it was banned and that she was bringing it for her boyfriend because he has back problems. police here are saying ignor

police say she was carrying about 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol.drug is illegal in egypt but available on prescription in the uk. let's talk to our correspondent orla guerin who's in hurghada. this is a blow for those who thought laura plummer might be granted bail. this is certainly a setback for laura plummer and her family this is certainly a setback for laura plummerand herfamily and her legal team and not the outcome of the hoped for. just hours ago this morning we were in court hearing, expecting a custody hearing for laura plummer. prior to that her legal team was guardedly optimistic, hoping she might be granted bail because they said her boyfriend had emerged yesterday, her egyptian boyfriend, with documents they believed would help clear her name. her boyfriend, according to laura plummer herself, has a back problems and she says that is the reason she brought these painkillers to egypt. lawyers told us he had come forward yesterday and he had been frightened of appearing before that but he had come forward with medical certificates that

she found that —— they found she was carrying 300 of this band drug tramadol.ctly legal but it is banned in egypt, it is widely used and is the drug of choice for addicts in egypt. the large quantity that she was carrying was the problem, that she had so much of this drug. she has had so much of this drug. she has had for her part that first of all, she didn't know it was bad here, that you was carrying it perfectly clearly in her luggage, there was no attempt to disguise it. she told us that she had in fact been given it bya that she had in fact been given it by a colleague in the uk who said ta ke by a colleague in the uk who said take it, it was good for my back, maybe be good for your boyfriend. she said she was bringing it for her boyfriend because he had back problems but the police are saying ignorance of the law is no defence. now let's get the sport. morrocco have become the latest nation to qualify for next summer's world cup finals. they won 2—0 in the ivory coast to book their place in russia. either denmark or the republic of ireland willjoin them

police claim she was carrying nearly 300 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol.llegal in egypt but available on prescription in the uk. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, orla guerin, who's following the case. this is certainly a setback for laura, her family and her legal team. it is not the outcome they would have been hoping for today. just hours ago we were in court here in hurghada expecting a hearing. her legal team before that was guardedly optimistic, hoping she might be granted bail because they said her boyfriend, her egyptian boyfriend, had emerged yesterday with some documents which they believed will help clear her name. her boyfriend, according to laura plummer herself, has back problems. she says that is the reasons why she brought these painkillers to egypt. lawyers told us this morning that he had come forward yesterday, he had been frightened of appearing before that, but had come forward with medical certificates which they believed would help to establish that he did have back problems, and would therefore lend credibility to her account of

that's i still was planning to sell to finance attacks around the world the shipments of the drug tramadol was on route from india to libya when it was seized by customs officials in the southern calabria region prosecutors in italy have said the cole is worth fifty eight million dollars they also suspect eisel has been giving the powerful painkiller to his finances to supposedly and fighting a. a judge has ruled a u.s. soldier bowe bergdahl will not serve prison time for in danger and his comrades by desert in afghanistan post prosecutors had sought a fourteen year sentence for the army sergeant the court has instead ordered a dishonorable discharge in his desertion case daar will also lose his rank and forfeit pay he was held by the taliban for five years after walking away from his post in jordan is live for us and washington d.c. rose what was quite a push for some people in the u.s. for him to get a present sentence wasn't. that's right sue not just from the u.s. army which basically wanted to send a message to other raw enlisted troops that there are represented sions for deserving o

here is the drug battle laura plummer was carrying, tramadol.n, with a prescription, but and in each of, where many are addicted to the opiates. —— banned in egypt. police said she had about 300 tablets in her case. she says a colleague gave them to herfor her her case. she says a colleague gave them to her for her egyptian boyfriend, 0mar, who has a back rub. i have no idea how illegal they are here, she said. i can't tell you how should that i feel. egyptian police say that ignorance of the law is no defence. relatives hope thejudge will realise she made an innocent mistake. the bbc understands that the labour mp kerry mccarthy is to submit letters to the party which she says show she received "unwanted attention" from a fellow mp. the mp for bristol east claims she was sent "upsetting" correspondence by kelvin hopkins over the last 20 years. mr hopkins is currently suspended from the party, following accusations of inappropriate behaviour, which he denies and said the complaint had caused him "unbearable" stress. 0ur political correspondent e

here is the drug that laura plummer was carrying, tramadol. legal in britain, with a prescription, but banned in egypt, where many are addicted to the opiate. police said she had about 300 tablets in her case. she says a colleague gave them to her for her egyptian boyfriend, 0mar, who has a back problem. i had no idea they were illegal here, she said. i can't tell you how stupid ifeel. egyptian police say that ignorance of the law is no defence. relatives hope the judge will realise she made an innocent mistake. millions of people will fall silent today, on armistice day, to remember those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. it's the 99th anniversary of the end of the first world war. alexandra mackenzie is outside westminster abbey. alexandra, what's happening today? well, here in the shadow of westminster abbey is the field of remembrance, and as you can see, already many people have been bringing small wooden crosses and poppies as a way of remembering those who fell in all conflict. and also about a quarter of a mi

the police here say she was kept for good reason — because she had 300 tablets of tramadol.prescription, but banned in egypt, where it's the drug of choice for most addicts. laura plummer claims a colleague gave her the painkillers for her egyptian boyfriend, 0mar, who has a bad back. she told us they were in a chemist bag she didn't open. "i had no idea they were illegal here," she said. "i can't tell you how stupid i feel." ejections police say ignorance —— ignorance of the law is no defence. but friends and family say they hope thejudge will realise but friends and family say they hope the judge will realise she made an innocent mistake. the bbc understands that the labour mp, kerry mccarthy will submit letters to party officials on monday which she says show she received "unwa nted attention" from her fellow labour mp, kelvin hopkins. mr hopkins is currently suspended from the party, following accusations of inappropriate behaviour, which he denies. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. kerry mccarthy says she is speaking out to support the young labour activi

authorities in southern italy have seized twenty four million tramadol tablets that they suspect would have been used to fund international terrorism the drug has become notorious in recent years for its widespread use by islamic state and boko haram fighters to suppress pain and fatigue the so-called islamic state has lost control of two of the last major towns in its grip any in syria and iraq the militants are now left fighting for a final patch of territory inside syria and in desert regions along the iraq syria border at its height as controlled about eight million people living in what it called its caliphate. these images show units of the iraqi army's counterterrorism forces securing one of the country's last remaining hell tons according to government forces was liberated in record time. situated on the iraqi border where the euphrates river spilled into some one hundred forty kilometers northwest of all came the syrian town of data was also liberated from militants. syrian military sources are calling the victory the last phase and they're counted paints a completely annihila

a british woman who has been detained in egypt for bringing nearly 300 tramadol tablets into the countrymmer, from hull, was transporting the pills for her egyptian partner, who suffers from back pain. it is illegal to supply prescription drugs and ms plummer could face up to 25 years in jail. ms plummer‘s mother told the bbc how her daughter was coping in an egyptian prison. she's terrible, terrible. the first timei she's terrible, terrible. the first time i saw her, i couldn't believe it, you know. she was breaking down, begging me to take her home. it is absolutely heartbreaking because your daughter is there and you can't bring her home. you have to leave, walk away, in this strange country, this strange building, with all these police are run. she looked like she was about ten when i saw her again. just like a child again. it's absolutely heartbreaking. james, for the you think about the fa ct james, for the you think about the fact that she had these pills in her suitcase? do you think she could have known what she was doing? absolutely not, she wouldn't have known. she must've tho

the police here say she was kept for good reason — because she had 300 tablets of tramadol.escription, but banned in egypt, where it's the drug of choice for most addicts. laura plummer claims a colleague gave her the painkillers for her egyptian boyfriend, omar, who has a bad back. she told us they were in a chemist bag she didn't open. "i had no idea they were illegal here," she said. "i can't tell you how stupid i feel." her family insists she's paying a high price for an innocent mistake. the first time i saw her i couldn't believe it, you know. she was breaking down, she was begging me to take her home. it is absolutely heartbreaking because your daughter is there and you can't bring her home with you. the shop assistant is due in court tomorrow. she may be released on bail, or her detention could be extended. police here say ignorance of the law is no defence. italian police have arrested the brother of a jailed mobster in a suburb of rome for a bloody assault ona suburb of rome for a bloody assault on a journalist captured on camera which has shocked the nation. rober

the police here say she was kept for good reason — because she had 300 tablets of tramadol.prescription, but banned in egypt, where it's the drug of choice for most addicts. laura plummer claims a colleague gave her the painkillers for her egyptian boyfriend, omar, who has a bad back. she told us they were in a chemist bag she didn't open. "i had no idea they were illegal here," she said. "i can't tell you how stupid i feel." her family insists she's paying a high price for an innocent mistake. the first time i saw her i couldn't believe it, you know. she was breaking down, she was begging me to take her home. it is absolutely heartbreaking because your daughter is there and you can't bring her home with you. the shop assistant is due in court tomorrow. she may be released on bail, or her detention could be extended. police here say ignorance of the law is no defence. orla guerin, bbc news, hurghada. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. there's to be an independent inquiry into the death of the former welsh government minister carl sargeant. first minister c

painkiller that i saw was planning to sell to finance attacks around the world the shipment of the drug tramadol was on route from india to libya when it was seized by customs officials in the southern calabria region prosecutors in italy have said the hole is worth fifty eight million dollars they also suspect i saw has been giving the powerful painkiller to its fighters to supposedly enhance their fighting abilities a judge has ruled that u.s. soldier bowe bergdahl will not serve prison time for endangering his comrades i do it in his afghanistan post the army sergeant was held by the taliban for five years after walking away from his post prosecutors had sought a fourteen year sentence the court has instead ordered dishonorable discharge in his desertion case daal will also lose his rank and forfeit pay. this is been a terrible ordeal. you against the background the ordeal that you're all familiar with the time during judge nancy's deliberations has been particularly. anxiety inducing for obvious reasons he's certainly glad this is over. russell and jordan is live from washington d.c. he didn

problems, anything which has a so—called opioid analgesic, that includes codeine and the painkiller tramadolalmost anything might come under this umbrella, depending on where you‘re travelling to. which countries have these kind of rules the strictest? we have seen egypt is fairly strict, the united arab emirates is fairly strict, places like abu dhabi and to buy. and there, even if you‘rejust places like abu dhabi and to buy. and there, even if you‘re just in transit, on the way to somewhere else with no serious issues with the script and drugs, just passing through the airport you can encounter problems. there was a case ofa encounter problems. there was a case of a decade ago of a woman who had traces of a sleeping pill and also codeine in her bloodstream and they detected that as she was in transit and she was locked up. even somebody turning up with poppy seeds from a bread roll they had been eating faced problems. so it is a very, very serious issue abroad. and you really have to be very mindful wherever you‘re going outside europe that it could get you into trouble. what about inside

there are few options left between tylenol, tramadol and opioids. that void is driving decisions across the country. thank you mr. chairman and committee for the opportunity to provide testimony here today. i look forward to working with everyone to tackle this issue. >> the chair changs the gentleman. the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member green. i'd like to start out by telling you a story about a young man from my congressional district in rockford, illinois. i had the good fortune of meeting his mother who told me this story. chris passed away in the summer of 2014 when he was only 32 years old. he had injured his back and as a result of that, his physician prescribed an opioid to relieve his pain. soon after that he became dependent upon those -- that prescription opioid. and found out that he could go to the street and find something very cheap called heroin, $10. so he continued this cycle of overdose, rehab, relapse, and he was on the right path. he enrolle

in southern italy have seized twenty four million tramadol tablets that they say would have been used to fund international terrorism the whole has an estimated sales value of fifty million euros tramadol is a pain medication it's banned in a number of countries and has become notorious in recent years for its widespread use in war zones notably by fighters of the self-proclaimed islamic state. fight against isis continue government troops managed to push the militants from important oil and gas fields. an upper hand in the region. the rolls most valuable brand more valuable record profits an. attack try and spell a show closer to a trillion dollars. of collapse president promises a way out of the debt crisis. and welcome to business news and funny for char. i see isis needs to finance itself now syrian government troops have managed to push the militants away from important oil and gas fields and to regain.

also it is in southern italy have seized twenty four million tramadol tablets that they say would have been used to fund international terrorism the whole has an estimated sales value of fifty million euros tramadol is a pain medication it's banned in a number of countries and has become notorious in recent years for its widespread use in war zones notably by fighters of the self-proclaimed islamic state. u.s. president donald trump is off to asia for a five country tour on the agenda promoting trade and landing up pressure on north korea but as the president boarded air force one no one seemed quite sure what to expect. to get rich i got that you're coming with us with our do it protocol in east asia it's everything we don't really like to tell what we're thinking and. it's because . we try to respect what other people thinking. they say my generation knowing what.

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