And you standing there just so nice and forceful. Bill, despiteady all the help that you got from Public Office, all of it would not have mattered it was the oneonone, bipartisan consensus that you pulled off. It was pretty incredible. I think the most remarkable thing about jim was that i cannot say the day that he died because i had not seen him for two months before that. The same remarkable man the day that he died that he was when i met him over almost 37, 38 years ago. As the old saying goes, there are two things you have to know about jim brady. One was that he was tougher than you, and two, that he was smarter than you. Those were helpful going in. He had an incredible mind, but the thing that i loved about him most is he seemed more driven by his heart, as much by his heart as his mind. As i said, he never let up. He understood that it was really necessary to get important rings done, to question the judgment of other people. But the thing that he never did which is done today
Hashem abedi, brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, admits his involvement in the conspiracy for the first time. And the days of snowball fights and snowmen could be over for much of the uk by the end of the century, according to the latest met office research. Hello, good evening. Its 5pm, were in downing street awaiting the outcome of the telephone call between the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president ursula von der leyen, who are assessing whether a post brexit trade deal can be salvaged. The government says negotiations have reached a critical moment and that though an agreement is preferable they are prepared to leave on australian style terms if compromises cannot be found. Earlier, downing street said that although time was in very short supply, the uk would stick at the discussions if an agreement was still possible. No one outside the talks really knows where theyve got to. But the mood music suggests theres still considerable discord. Well, lets ju
The uk is looking increasingly isolated as the government here admits a new variant of covid 19 is out of control. Almost all of europe has banned flights from the uk. But the European Union is set to announce a unified plan on tuesday that could exempt lorries and freight to ensure trade routes can resume safely as soon as possible. In africa and the middle east turkey, israel, morocco and saudi arabia are among those to ban all flights from the uk. In asia india and hong kong, a key travel hub, have suspended flights too. In south and Central America argentina and columbia have also taken swift action. And so has canada although so far the United States has not. The french ban on some freight lorries is due to last 48 hours, its already led to long queues on roads to the port of dover. The uks government points out that most freight is getting through , and talks to find a solution are still going on, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. You shall not pass. Travel is blo
Companies. Many of them paying little in taxes and many of the nations where they do business. The Biden Administration has a plan to change that. Im sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced. Some Companies Say bring it on. Im talk to the deputy secretary of the treasury Wally Adeyemo about infrastructure and much more. Then, can the u. S. And iran get back to the negotiating table to talk about the nuclear deal . What are the first steps in the process actually happened this week in vienna. Well have a debate on whether the u. S. Should even reengage. Also, the incredibly awkward game of Musical Chairs in turkey this week that left one female official without a seat. What that scene says about turkeys continuing slide away from democracy. But first here is my take. A few months after covid19 burst on the to the world stage, it is clear why some countries were doing well and some poorly. Places with strong effective gover governments china, taiwan, uae and germany and places wit
Missiles land and its territory, killing 2 people. Nato ambassadors will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday to discuss the attack. Ah, im how much of room this is alger alive from door. How also coming up earlier russia launched missile attacks on several ukrainian cities, including the capital keith, the ukraine conflict is dominating the g. 20 summit in bali where leaders have pressed on moscow to in the war. We begin with the development which threatens to spill the ukraine conflict into other parts of europe. A blast has hit eastern poland, which ukraine says was caused by russian missiles. 2 people were killed in the explosion in the village of parish leveled off. Its about 10 kilometers from the Ukrainian Border. It coincided with a barrage of russian missiles fired on ukraine on tuesday. Moscow denies carrying out any strikes near the ukrainian polish border, but ukraines president has called it a significant escalation beat there, a gentleman, but that ability, enough hidde