A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
In for a big surprise. We are on wilders watch. The great man is going to come down those stairs, through here, into the chamber and that is our one chance to have a natter with him. Mr wilders, bbc newsnight. Are you going to do to holland what mr trump is doing to america . I am not mr trump, i am my own man, in my own party, in my own country. But indeed, there is what i call a patriotic spring going on. We saw the beginning of it with brexit, that even though the political elite was making sure the people were afraid to vote in favour of leaving the European Union, the people did, the majority. We saw in the United States that despite all the rhetoric of the elite, mr trump won the election. I hope i can repeat the same thing, because once again the people want to be in charge again. Its not only america first, its also holland first, and thats what i will try to accomplish. Some people say you are a bit of a fascist though . Some people say that. Dont listen to those people. Some