Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. What is going on in poland . Injuly, the European Union began legal action against the polish government, over controversial proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. Its threatening to withdraw funding and suspend polands Voting Rights in eu. My guest today is the polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. It is poland, that was a country held up as a model of post soviet transition, turning away from Liberal Democracy . And what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world . Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. 20 months ago, your law and Justice Party won the elections, now it is facing a lot of criticisms. What has gone wrong . I dont think anything is wrong in poland. We are running the country for the last 21 months. Weve got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. And we are trying still to modernise the country, develop the count
Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. What is going on in poland . Injuly, the European Union began legal action against the polish government, over controversial proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. Its threatening to withdraw funding and suspend polands Voting Rights in eu. My guest today is the polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. It is poland, that was a country held up as a model of post soviet transition, turning away from Liberal Democracy . And what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world . Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. 20 months ago, your law and Justice Party won the elections, now it is facing a lot of criticisms. What has gone wrong . I dont think anything is wrong in poland. We are running the country for the last 21 months. Weve got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. And we are trying still to modernise the country, develop the count
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
Iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul, the largest city still under the control of the Islamic State group. They claim to have cut the last road out of the city. Government troops, backed by a us led coalition, recaptured the east of the city in late january, after more than 100 days of fighting. Now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely surrounded, has been retaken. But around 600,000 civilians are still believed to be trapped inside. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman nico hameon have been travelling with the iraqi forces. A warning, you may find parts of their report distressing. A rare glimpse of western mosul. Urban warfare on a momentous scale. Caught below, Hundreds Of Thousands of civilians. This is the place where is proclaimed its caliphate. Here it was born, and here Iraqi Forces Say it will die. 0n the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold what they capture. They pound is positions. Then, Frantic Gunfire towards
Is about to come in to circulation but at what cost to businesses . Good morning. Its monday, 27th march, im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Theresa may will meet scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon later today for the First Time Since she rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. The visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the European Union formally begins on wednesday. Its an important time for brexit negotiations with a number of key discussions across the week. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to give a speech on unity, saying uks union will become even more important as britain leaves the eu. Tomorrow, msps in the Scottish Parliament are to vote on a whether scotland should have a second independence referendum following the brexit negotiations. On wednesday, the Prime Minister will officially begin britains two year exit from the European Union in which shell write a letter to the Eu