let's speak to our deputy political editor, vicki young. she is in westminsterfor us.dmore has _ significant is his departure? chris skidmore has long _ significant is his departure? (ct 3 skidmore has long spoken significant is his departure? (t 3 skidmore has long spoken out significant is his departure? tt 3 skidmore has long spoken out about green issues but as you say there is a specific issue on monday that he says he can't vote for this bill, which would mean more gas and oil licenses, even though the government saysin licenses, even though the government says in the transition to net zero we can't rely on foreign supply, so we can't rely on foreign supply, so we need it, but it's the criticism mr skidmore is very critical of rishi sunak, he accuses him of rowing back from climate commitments, he says it's a tragedy that the uk is losing its climate leadership, and that the future will judge harshly those that support the bill on monday. if the criticism wasn't bad enough, the other headache for mr sunak is that mr skidmore says he's going to stand down as an mp

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. their meat is to become illegal in south korea. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports. reared and slaughtered for their meat. on this farm, more than 1,000 dogs are kept like this — eventually to be used in the centuries—old dish of dog meat stew. but the meat was already falling out of favour. this alleyway is one of the few places you can still come to eat dog meat here in seoul — in one of these specialist restaurants. dog meat is considered a delicacy among some older koreans, but it's far less popular now with young people. many of them never eat it now or have never even tried it. translation: more i people have pets today. dogs are like family now, and it's not nice to eat our family, so i think it's best to get rid of it. ..though older diners were less enthusiastic about the ban. translation: we've eaten this since the middle ages. - why stop us from eating our traditional food? if you ban dog, you should ban beef. animal rights activists celebrated a long—fought for

live now to our deputy political editor, vicki young. that was last night. but it seems that number ten are saying they are confident this rwanda bill was passed. i confident this rwanda bill was assed. ~ f confident this rwanda bill was assed. ~' j .,, ., confident this rwanda bill was assed. ~' j ., ., passed. i think they're hoping for a smoother ride _ passed. i think they're hoping for a smoother ride this _ passed. i think they're hoping for a smoother ride this evening, - passed. i think they're hoping for a smoother ride this evening, as - passed. i think they're hoping for a smoother ride this evening, as you i smoother ride this evening, as you say, 60 conservative mps yesterday decided to defy the government and try to change or amend the bill, wanting to toughen it up, in their eyes, thinking it was so mean, as it stands, there'll be lots individual challenges against the partitions it rwanda, so they want to bring in safeguards. all their efforts of far have failed despite the large numbers, it's have failed despite the large numbers, its contin

lets get more now from our deputy political editor vicki young. tell us more about why he is going.energy minister, as you say, who actually signed the uk commitment to net zero by 2050 into law. why is he doing this now? on monday there is going to be a vote in the house of commons on a bill that would allow more oil and gas licenses. so, he is extremely critical of all of that. in his letter tonight, he says he can no longer condone, nor continue to support a government that is committed to the course of action that i know is wrong and will cause future harm. and therefore i am resigning my party with. labour, maybe not surprisingly, are congratulating him on this move. but, crucially, he is also going to stand down as an mp, he says as soon as he can. we think that would be next week. that, of course, doesn't mean another by—election for rishi sunak to face, and chris skidmore's gloucestershire seat has a majority of 11,000. normally you might think thatis of 11,000. normally you might think that is pretty safe, but in a by—election scenario in the current political climate, that

vicki young, in westminster. _ westminster. the labour mp sir tony lloyd has died peacefully at his home. he had revealed that he had an untreatable form of leukaemia in the past week, and his family have made a statement. "we are devastated to announce the death of sir tony lloyd, our beloved joe, dad and grandad. he died peacefully this morning surrounded by family, as was his wish." in the past couple of minutes, we have also received a statement from the labour leader sir keir starmer, who paid tribute to sir tony lloyd's desire to make the world a better, fairer place. he said his death is a terrible loss and the entire labour party will join me in sending our deepest condolences to tony's family. next, rappers like to shop in northern ireland? latest success dollars that trend. kneecap's name refers to the process of shooting those accused of a crime. now they are making their acting debut. their film, which also stars michael fassbender, is having its premiere at the sundance film festival in the us. is the first time an

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. scandal began way back in 1999 — but all these years later the fallout is suddenly gathering pace — and many questions still remain for those involved. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. her gong's gone but serious questions remain for paula vennells. from the decision to force postmasters into their costly high court battle to why the post office continued prosecutions long after concerns over the reliability of horizon were raised. but there were three other post office bosses along the way. take, adam crozier. now the chair of bt. he was the ceo when the post office was still a part of royal mail. when the prosecutions were well underway. in a statement tonight, he said... there'sjohn roberts. he was in charge when horizon was implemented and has given a witness statement to the public inquiry, which is trying to get to the truth. dame moya greene. she was ceo when the first stories of the scandal emerged. all are facing media scrutiny now. then there's the japanese co

here's our deputy political editor, vicky young. it was an insult which added to their injury.. a moment depicted in the recent drama about the post office scandal. paula vennells has got the cbe. you're joking...! services to the post office. today, it was all very different for paula vennells as she caved to mounting public pressure to hand back the honour. she had been chief executive of the post office from 2012—2019, a period when serious issues emerged about the horizon software. in her statement today, she said... i have listened and i can affirm that i return my cbe it must be a bug. it must be...it must be a computer bug... lee castleton�*s story was one of those featured in the drama series. he went bankrupt after being falsely accused of stealing £25,000. so what does he make of paula vennells' decision? it kind of was a kick in the teeth back then. now it's full circle, i suppose, and we've got to a point where now it's acceptable that the moral decision to hand it back is the right decision. the renewed publicity has made dealing with hundreds of wrongful convictio

that was our deputy political editor, vicki young.s, thanks to a new technique. previous attempts have either not led to live births or the offspring have not survived for more than a few hours. critics say the suffering caused to animals by cloning is not worth any potential benefits. let's speak to professor robin lovell—badge, head of the laboratory of stem cell biology and developmental genetics, at the francis crick institute. we will come to the ethics of this in a moment. first, how much of a breakthrough is it? they have only had one live birth, so how significant is this development? it's always difficult when you have only one of something. you can't determine frequency, so you don't know whether the method they have developed is more efficient than previous procedures. they need to have at least two to be able to give a rate of success. there had been a number of previous attempts to clone nonhuman primates, some macaques in particular. one species of macaque was cloned in 2018. again, it was a very inefficient process. onl

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.into force by 2027 and aims to end the centuries—old practice of humans eating dog meat. jean mackenzie reports. reared and rea red and slaughtered reared and slaughtered for their meat. on this farm, more than 1000 dogs are kept like this. eventually to be used in the centuries old — of dog meat stew. but the meat was already falling out of favour. this alleyway is one of the few places you can still come to eat dog meat here in seoul, in one of these specialist restaurants. dog meat is considered a delicacy among some older koreans but it is far less popular now with young people, many of them never eat it now or have never even tried it. translation:— it now or have never even tried it. translation: more people have ets it. translation: more people have pets today. _ it. translation: more people have pets today. dogs - it. translation: more people have pets today. dogs are i it. translation: more people have pets today. dogs are like | have pets today. dogs are like family now and i

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.entary on the post office have now been viewed nearly 15 million times. navtej johal has been to ibstock, home to one of the postmasters featured in the show, to assess the impact that the programme has had. so how much did you know about this story before watching the television show? ~ ~ ., , show? well, i knew a little bit. teresa is _ show? well, i knew a little bit. teresa is one _ show? well, i knew a little bit. teresa is one of _ show? well, i knew a little bit. teresa is one of the _ show? well, i knew a little bit. teresa is one of the millions i show? well, i knew a little bit. teresa is one of the millions ofj teresa is one of the millions of people who have been watching and been shocked by the tv drama mr bates vs the post office. yes. been shocked by the tv drama mr bates vs the post office.- bates vs the post office. yes, of course it is _ bates vs the post office. yes, of course it is the _ bates vs the post office. yes, of course it is the power _ bates vs the post of

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.inquiry, the company said... but that wasn't true. the post office only admitted it was in fact possible when it was left with no choice during a high court case in 2019. michael rudkin, who was formerly the union rep with the national federation of sub—postmasters, visited the fujitsu's bracknell office back in 2012 and was amazed to discover what access the team had. my chaperone actually started to alter some of the figures in branch of an office. i wish to this day that i'd recorded which office it was, but nonetheless i saw what i saw, i made the comment, "is this in real time?" he said, "yes." i said, "are you absolutely sure?" "yes, i will alter the figures to prove to you that we can do this." he did that. i said to him, "for your information, as a federation representative, we've always been of the opinion that you cannot in any way, shape or form remotely access a sub—postmaster�*s accounts. " he said, "well, we can." i said, "where to go from here?", at which point he said,

live now to our deputy political editor vicki young.d quite an eventful day yesterday without debate. what are we expecting today? we yesterday without debate. what are we expecting today?— we expecting today? we will have another several _ we expecting today? we will have another several hours _ we expecting today? we will have another several hours of - we expecting today? we will have another several hours of debate l another several hours of debate about the real detail of this bill and as we were hearing there, a lot of the conservative concern is being aired and there will be more attempts to try to change that bill, to try to stop those individual appeals which many tory mps think will scupper this whole policy but i think it is really still unlikely that those amendments will change or go through because the opposition parties will vote against them so if there are no changes we move onto there are no changes we move onto the third reading. this is the final vote in the house of commons about whether you agree or disagree with t

but not everyone agreed and the supreme court was asked to decide, as our deputy political editor vicky youngrime minister rishi sunak has made stopping the boats one of his priorities. his government believes that sending some asylum seekers to rwanda will deter others from making the dangerous journey across the channel and help break up the criminal gangs who help them. this year, almost 30,000 migrants have arrived in england by boat. the first flight to rwanda was ready to take off back in the summer of 2022 but was cancelled at the last minute after legal challenges. while courts can't directly overrule parliament, they can decide whether a policy conflicts with other existing laws and international treaties. this is the supreme court — the highest court in the united kingdom — and in november, it ruled that the rwanda policy was unlawful. the main reason it gave was that asylum seekers sent there could then be returned to their home countries, where they might face harm. in response, the government signed a new treaty with rwanda and proposed new uk laws, declaring that it's a safe cou

live now to our deputy political editor, vicki young. welcome put up the votes have begun.rough what's been happening there. we take us through what's been happening there.— take us through what's been happening there. take us through what's been ha enin: there. ~ ~ ., happening there. we think were on about number— happening there. we think were on about number six _ happening there. we think were on about number six in _ happening there. we think were on about number six in terms - happening there. we think were on about number six in terms of- happening there. we think were on | about number six in terms of votes. it's worth saying that normally we wouldn't see any of this, it would all be in a committee room because it's a committee stage of the bill where the goal line goal line by line and have a series of votes. because it's a significant wand with lots of people wanting to speak they do it in the house of commons. a lot of the amendments are technical. there are a lot of them. one of the more interesting ones put forward by the immigration minister who resigned all

live now to westminster and our political correspondent vicki young.we are watching the commons and seen the results of those amendments on the results of those amendments on the screen as we talk. interest to hear chris say well into the evening, how long could the state? it could take quite some time, the first one takes 50 minutes and about eight minutes after that, just depending on how many amendments are pushed to vote. they are voting on a technical one, a clause three of the bill, and the other thing to say it's the committee stage of the bill, it normally takes place in a committee room on a car dealer a long way away from here, but when it's a big issue an issue where lots of people want to speak, they move it to the floor of the house of commons, so we're seeing the kind of thing we wouldn't normally see. so lots of bullets, potentially, already we are here in robert jenrick, who resigned as immigration minister over this, pushing an amendment which is trying circumvent the so—called pajama judgements, the judgements that come from european

live now to vicki young, our deputy political editor.s he prepares to face an election, is it? ida. face an election, is it? no, that's riaht, face an election, is it? no, that's right. you — face an election, is it? no, that's right. you don't _ face an election, is it? no, that's right, you don't want _ face an election, is it? no, that's right, you don't want your- face an election, is it? no, that's right, you don't want your own i face an election, is it? no, that's l right, you don't want your own side saying things like this, sir simon clarke saying that rishi sunak is an uninspiring leader and that he is leading the tories into an election in which they will get massacred. so he thinks there should be a change of leader, even though there's been, let's face it, quite a few of those already. so it's interesting because lots of people are thinking, will sir simon clarke have a lot of other peoplejoining him in these calls? that hasn't happened, so i guess that was something of a bonus for rishi sunak as he faced the labour leader.

let's head straight to the lobby and speak to our deputy political editor vicki young. through, isn't there? we a variety of sieges that we have to go through, isn't there?— go through, isn't there? we are headin: go through, isn't there? we are heading to _ go through, isn't there? we are heading to the _ go through, isn't there? we are heading to the final _ go through, isn't there? we are heading to the final stage - go through, isn't there? we are heading to the final stage of. go through, isn't there? we are| heading to the final stage of the bill in the house of commons before it goes to the house of lords. what mps have been doing yesterday and todayis mps have been doing yesterday and today is trying to amend or to change this bill. that has involved a large number of conservative mps, a large number of conservative mp5, 60 yesterday, backing amendments and try to get it changed and going against the government's well. they have not succeeded. some are still trying to do that right now. then we will get to that final stage. the third reading. the government pret

live now to our deputy political editor, vicki young. good to see you.'ve lost count of the number of times we talked about a crucial test of confidence in the prime minister of this issue. explain why tonight is important and what can happen in the next half—hour or so. what can happen in the next half-hour or so.— what can happen in the next half-hour or so. rishi sunak has made this _ half-hour or so. rishi sunak has made this an — half-hour or so. rishi sunak has made this an absolute _ half-hour or so. rishi sunak has made this an absolute priority . half-hour or so. rishi sunak has l made this an absolute priority for his government. he said he is determined to stop the boats that he thinks this is the way to do it. it's the third attempt because of course previously the bills that have gone through parliament have been overruled by the supreme court. this they say is there a chance and they say this will in fact do that. they hope to get flights off the ground in the coming months. it's been a huge battle in parliament between those in the conserv

first let's speak to our deputy political editor, vicki young, at westminster.o sir simon's comments? ~' .,, _, , comments? i think in those comments ou can comments? i think in those comments you can hear — comments? i think in those comments you can hear his— comments? i think in those comments you can hear his frustration, _ comments? i think in those comments you can hear his frustration, his - you can hear his frustration, his angen you can hear his frustration, his anger. he has been quite critical about rishi sunak and he rebelled over that rebrand the billjust last week. it is not a huge surprise he is coming out publicly and saying all of this. who is the person that he things would be better placed to lead the conservative party at this point? certainly privately a lot of conservative mps have already given up conservative mps have already given up on the result of the general election, they think they are heading to a defeat and a lot of it may be about damage limitation. in terms of publicly repeating the call for rishi sunak to be ousted, there real

but not everyone agreed and the supreme court was asked to decide, as our deputy political editor vicky youngl gangs who help them. this year, almost 30,000 migrants have arrived in england by boat. the first flight to rwanda was ready to take off back in the summer of 2022 but was cancelled at the last minute after legal challenges. while courts can�*t directly overrule parliament, they can decide whether a policy conflicts with other existing laws and international treaties. this is the supreme court — the highest court in the united kingdom — and in november, it ruled that the rwanda policy was unlawful. the main reason it gave was that asylum seekers sent there could then be returned to their home countries, where they might face harm. in response, the government signed a new treaty with rwanda and proposed new uk laws, declaring that it�*s a safe country and ordering britishjudges to ignore some sections of the uk human rights act. but many of rishi sunak�*s mps are unhappy. some of them want him to go even further and pull out of the european convention on human rights. but dozens of co

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vicky ward, thank you so much. we'll have you back for future tranches of these names. we'll stay on top of this story. these young girls and women deserve justice. thank you again. this coming saturday will mark three years since that deadly attack at the u.s. capitol. a top lawyer for the d.c. national guard tried to report problems with the response as a whistleblower, he says. and now he says he faced retaliation for what he said. he's going to join me next. >>> in our law and justice lead, as the united states comes up on three years since that horrible day, the january 6th attack on the capitol, a former lawyer for the d.c. national guard says he is facing retaliation from the u.s. army. colonel earl matthews is accusing the brother of former trump national security adviser michael flynn, general charles flynn, as well as army lieutenant general walter pyatt of being, quote, absolute and unmitigated liars. he made that accusation in a 36-page memo sent to the now disbanded january 6th select committee. colonel matthews said the two men lied to congress in an attempt to rewrite how the military responded to t

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