retaliation, could western powers be pushed into engaging beyond targeted strikes? and what are the risks of a wider conflict in the region? we ll have full coverage, with analysis shortly from a leading middle east researcher. we ll also get the thoughts of today s panel leon emirali, a former ministerial aide and pr consultant. and mo elliethee, executive director at the georgetown institute of politics and public service. but ahead of that, it s the first time rishi sunak has launched any kind of military operation, since becoming uk prime minister. some analysis now from our political editor chris mason on his decision, without consulting parliament, to join the attack. the early hours of this morning, back at their base in cyprus, the britishjets involved in air strikes on yemen. good evening, mr speaker, should parliament be recalled? last night, the decision already taken by the prime minister, the speaker of the house of commons was called in for a briefing. will la
but because they have been big global events in american and british military action against a military group in yemen. now, the foreign secretary in the studio this morning was obviously timely, interesting that he actually has done what would be called the sunday round because initially david cameron was trying to stay out of the topline political fray. cameron was trying to stay out of the topline politicalfray. that cameron was trying to stay out of the topline political fray. that is a side bar compared to the very important issues that we were talking about. i think there s been a sense from lots of leading politicians in the last few days that everywhere you look, tensions are heating up, whether that is the houthis, it seems that s what s happening in ukraine, whether that s increasingly aggressive china, it feels that tensions are on the boil, and this is how david cameron described it. and this is how david cameron described it. , , ., described it. this is a time
Will the Manchester Terror Attacks put you off going to any major events this weekend or argue determined to carry on as normal . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn will give a major speech today, as Election Campaigning resumes after the Terror Attack in manchester. Hes expected to link British Military action abroad to terrorism in the uk, and call for a change to Foreign Policy. Lets talk to our political guru norman smith about this. Tell us a bit more about whatJeremy Corbyn is going to say . Mr corbyn will set out what he thinks are some of the key drivers of terrorism. He will say that he is not seeking to excuse terrorists, they are the ones who are guilty and they are the ones who are guilty and they alone are guilty for the acts they alone are guilty for the acts they carry out. But he will suggest that some of the walls
The seven month old girl dies after being found unresponsive in a car in County Tipperary on one of the hottest days of the year County Tipperary. Neither as the two parties are presenting honest choices, suggests a report. Severe disruption and long queues at Gatwick Airport, as the automated Conveyor Belt system breaks down scientists describe new observations of the planetjupiter sent Back To Earth by nasas spacecraftjuno as breathtaking good morning, its friday 26th may. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour leaderJeremy Corbyn, as we have let you know, is about to give a speech in which shall say there was a connection between British Foreign policy abroad including wars in the middle east and north africa and terrorism at home. Hell also say a Labour Government will be one which will reduce rather than increase the Terror Threat. The conservatives have already reacted to this by saying the comments are inappropriate and crassly timed in light of the attack I