to to delay publication of its anti pollution strategy until after the election? it s being argued over in court today. we ll have the details. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. we are also talking about designer cats. the gene that gives floppy ears can also cause arthritis. some vets say that can leave them in pain. if you have one let us know and to get in touch on all the stories we are talking about this morning. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the foreign secretary has said that the government would be open to join strikes against syria without parliamentary approval. speaking this morning borisjohnson said it would be very difficult for britain to say no if us asks us tojoin in future military action in syria. let s speak to norman smith our political guru. norman, tell us more about what boris johnson has political guru. norman, tell us more about w
after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be ‘very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he has called him a mutton headed old mugwump. here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. us misile strikes on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, a response to a chemical attack which killed civilians. today the foreign secretary suggested if asked the uk would support such strikes in the future, possibly without the approval of parliament. if they come to us and ask for our su
ta ke court twice. this shows we need to take the action that we know we need to ta ke take the action that we know we need to take and the judge has backed take the action that we know we need to take and thejudge has backed us on that. why do you think they dilated and are trying to appeal, possibly? we hope it does not go to appeal. we need action on air pollution, it is a huge threat to human health, the judge pollution, it is a huge threat to human health, thejudge said that. thejudge said the human health, thejudge said that. the judge said the continued failure of government was a real threat to human health, it is affecting young children with asthma, all the people with lung and heart conditions, people across the population, and it is causing premature deaths in loads of places across the uk, and something needs to be done. we need action at the local level, proper resourcing for local authorities to getair resourcing for local authorities to get air pollution under
in from reuters telling us the inspector general of the pentagon has launched an investigation into whether michael flynn, trump s former national security adviser, accepted money from foreign entities without the required approval. you may remember the story as we have covered it many times on outside source. michael flynn left the trump administration earlier this year after it was revealed that he had misled the vice president about his communications with the russian ambassador. this is the leading democratic on the committee that exercises oversight for the federal government. i honestly do not understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. i don t get it. after the president fired him for lying. so the president fired him for lying about communications with the russian ambassador. they should be bending over backwards to help us. it does not make any sense and it makes the american people think the white house has something to hide. the white house spo
robbed from s victory need no lessons on how wrong polling can be, but france is interesting. the pollsters got it spot on in the first round of the presidential election, which is why the polling ahead of the second round is worth a look. the gap between the candidates is still there. it is still significant. but it has got a little bit smaller, with both candidates on the campaign trail. here is emmanuel macron in paris. a progress translation: i will not let marine le pen trivialise the national front party, not let marine le pen trivialise the nationalfront party, a racist party. she put at the helm of the party. she put at the helm of the party somebody who expresses extremely brave opinions. marine le pen has been holding a rally, and james reynolds is there. thousands of her supporters have gathered here. they are extremely enthusiastic, they want to win the run off against emmanuelle macro. but to do so, marine le pen cannot rely simply on the support of those in t