funeral, leading foreign secretary liz truss to admit mistakes were made. ministers have urged people to reservejudgement until an inquiry into downing street parties by the civil servant sue grey has reported what happened. while police have also said they will await the results of this enquiry, the former chief constable of durham, mike barton, told bbc radio 4 s week in westminster that the police should now be involved in this investigation. if there is a cause celebre, causing widespread public outrage, then the police should act, because the primary objective of encouraging people to follow the rules without police intervention would be lost. many mps are now waiting with bated breath to see just how bad or not this report ends up looking for the conservatives. but some have already told the bbc they will be congregating next week to work outjust how they are going to bring this to an end. ione wells, bbc news.
yeah, she is a cause celebre in some parts of the world. a resolution was passed at one point demanding her return, prisoner swaps have been proposed officially to the u.s. government over the years, so, she gets a lot of attention. there s all kinds of myths about where she was during this period from 2003 to 2008. all kinds of crazy allegations against the u.s. government and other entities about having her secretly imprisoned during that time, all of which is false, certainly on the part of the u.s. government, but yeah, she is a she is a person who inspires exactly this kind of extremist devotion. so, if this hostage taker is fixated on her, that is not something that will surprise the fbi. there s a long history behind her and attracting this kind of attention. can you can you help us understand how, given this,
amna, you spent a lot of time covering afghanistan and pakistan, and that hostage situation at the synagogue in the dallas-ft. worth area has ties to somebody we ve held in prison, and i guess the concern when you look at the story, everything ended safely here, but this the hostage taker was talking about a woman who is in prison who s become a bit of a cause celebrity for some fundamental lists. tell us about her. her name is aafia siddiqui, a pakistani national, u.s. educated woman, arrested in 2008. they say while she was in custody there and being questioned, she got hold of someone s weapon and attempted to kill u.s. soldiers and fbi agents. they brought her to the states, tried her on terrorism charges and sentenced her to 85 years. she s serving that time in texas. she has become something of a cause celebre. in pakistan she is held up as a
this live stream the man seemed to suggest that he was motivated by her case, perhaps even suggesting that he was her brother. the lawyer representing the brother, mohammed siddiqui, has since said he is not that person and in fact doctor siddiqui does not want any violence to occur in her name. she has become something of a cause celebre, her family have maintained for many years now she was wrongly convicted so the true motivations of this person, this man, holding now we understand three people hostage, are still to be fully understood. i understand the white house has been informed but what sort of security is there around synagogues, particularly in this area? pretty much all synagogues across the united states, security has been increased in recent years, we have seen a number of anti semitic attacks, some tragic attacks over the years and for that reason, security has been increased.
on the 20th of may, 2020. for the government minister guy opperman, this revelation felt personal. he could not support his wife and twins at the time in hospital, and his two sons died shortly after their birth. i don t think it s acceptable and i feel pretty emotional about the fact that i wasn t able to support my kids and my wife and go to the hospital at pretty much exactly the same time they were making these difficulties. on friday, downing street also had to apologise to buckingham palace, after reports downing street staff held two parties in number ten on the eve of prince philip s funeral, leading foreign secretary liz truss to admit mistakes were made. ministers have urged people to reservejudgement until an inquiry into downing street parties by the civil servant sue gray has reported what happened. while police have also said they will await the results of this inquiry, the former chief constable of durham, mike barton, told bbc radio 4 s week in westminster that the po