Jeremy hunt or the current Prime Minister. I imagine rishi sunak will not react directly to his predecessor. But he will probably think being behind in the Opinion Polls to the Labour Opposition that this would be a brave or bold time to tell people they would have to work longer and potentially have Public Services to some extent reduced in terms of the cash available. Its quite a difficult political sell but what liz truss said she took personal responsibility for trying to rush through her agenda. She had a rather strange metaphor, not one to think about of your lunch, she did not just try to fatten a pig on market day, she tried to rear end and slaughter it all on the same day so she did rush her agenda but she said change had been urgent and what happened in the end wasnt so much the policies she was pursuing, they were not wrong, she argued the political and Economic Establishment including part of the Conservative Party turned against her and there was not enough consensus on co
Efforts will be seen today. Lyse doucet, our efforts will be seen today. Lyse so russia and ukraine lawyers doucet, our chief efforts will be seen today. Lyse doucet, our chief international in court, side by side, correspondent, thank you very much. Arguing their cases. Were hearing, first of all, from russia. So how did we get here . Well, a few days after russian tanks rolled across the border, more women have come forward with allegations ukraine brought this case about Russell Brand. The Times Newspaper says several women have to the International Court contacted its journalists since saturday, when it published the accounts of four women ofjustice, claiming that russia who accused the comedian of raping or sexually assaulting them. Was abusing the Genocide Convention mr brand has denied those claims by claiming falsely genocide and insisted all his relationships were consensual. Was being committed in eastern David Silitto reports. Ukraine, in order to try to justify what russia
let s get more from our security correspondent, frank gardner. this is a potential route to further escalation of the israel hamas war. the hu theis, who have controlled much of yemen for the last nine years houthis, they control that course, they are backed by iran. time and again they have spoken of what they call their brothers, hamas. three ships have been attacked by their drones and missiles yesterday. the us navy missiles yesterday. the us navy missile guided destroyer that was the in area came to their aid. it is possible that came under fire as well. it is not clear if that was directed against the us warship as well. the us navy warship took defensive action and shot down two of the drones, but there were some hits on the ships. the reason why this is the risk of escalation is that the us has said that this is a threat to maritime security and commercial shipping, and that it was going to consider the appropriate response in conjunction with its allies and partne
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
from leading politicians. things went out of control, a mistake was made, a man was killed and the situation became politicised and polarised heavily to the extent that led to the scenes that, again, should not have been seen or witnessed at all. happy to be home, this man was arrested and jailed on his way to a protest. he is unconvinced by the palestinian authority s promises of reform. i am not ashamed that i am a critic of the pa. they have failed politically, economically, we are sliding more and more ito a dictatorship. his trial is now under way, part of a cycle of protests. there are several activists inside accused of organising an illegal demonstration. you can see this hearing hasjust resulted in yet another protest, and the people here say they will continue raising their voices, demanding change. for years, palestinians have been