things to the first responders, emergency supplies and even when the truckers could not get it, even the shots, when the truckers could not get it, they were getting it out to other people. were getting it out to other eole. , ., , were getting it out to other eo le, , ., , . were getting it out to other eole. , ., , . , people. the protest, which is coin: people. the protest, which is going into people. the protest, which is going into its people. the protest, which is going into its second - people. the protest, which is going into its second week i people. the protest, which is going into its second week is | going into its second week is thing around 500 trucks lining the streets of downtown ottawa. some of them have been blockaded altogether, including the busiest land crossing between canada and the united states, which was shot four hours on tuesday. it states, which was shot four hours on tuesday.- states, which was shot four hours on tuesday. it has turned into an occupa
credible reports of hostages at chernobyl following russia s invasion of ukraine. irate chernobyl following russia s invasion of ukraine.- invasion of ukraine. we are outraged invasion of ukraine. we are outraged by invasion of ukraine. we are outraged by credible - invasion of ukraine. we are | outraged by credible reports like russian soldiers are currently holding staff at the chernobyl facilities hostage. this unlawful and dangerous hostagetaking could append that route civil service efforts required to maintain and protect the nuclear waste facilities is obviously incredibly alarming and concerning, we inhabit and we request the release. just before we request the release. just before we go request the release. just before we go i request the release. just before we go i want - request the release. just before we go i want to i request the release. just before we go i want to show you live pictures of what kyiv looks like right now. you can see they are, that s the main
for things that they want like the repayment of debt. this was something that the foreign office didn t something that the foreign office didn t think was a good idea to make public didn t think was a good idea to make public but didn t think was a good idea to make public. but richard radcliffe disagreed with that, he made a public disagreed with that, he made a public and as a result i think, other public and as a result i think, other families who are being held in these other families who are being held in these quite secret conditions have really benefited. hopefully it will bring really benefited. hopefully it will bring an really benefited. hopefully it will bring an end to this kind of hostagetaking, ordinary, innocent people hostagetaking, ordinary, innocent people being held as bargaining chips people being held as bargaining chips in people being held as bargaining chips in governmental negotiations. we should chips in governmental negotiations. we should
practice of hostagetaking? mr; countries to stamp out the vile practice of hostagetaking? my right honourable friend practice of hostagetaking? my right honourable friend is practice of hostagetaking? my right honourable friend is absolutely - honourable friend is absolutely right about whitchurch and the families richard and the families of the detainees and the courage that they have shown in the face of appalling diversity, adversity, as well as those detained themselves, who really gone through incredible hardship and adversity and just not knowing what the future would look like and i pay tribute to the work my right honourable friend did when he was foreign secretary and the leadership he has also shown in his current role on this issue. he is going to be he is completely right and the issue of why we are working with our allies on the issue of unpaired attention, because we need to take a common stance on the way we have worked together on ukraine, on sanctions, on
ransom. it s not a ransom, it s a debt that we as a country owe iran. we took the court case through the international tribunal is, international tribunal is, international law rules that we as a country owe iran and the money. in a senseif country owe iran and the money. in a sense if you are asking me if we should pay someone money back when we owe it to them, yes, as a labour party, we think we should be paying money back that we as a country owe iran. i think it s the right thing to do. but i would say there is a question under discussion that we need to have about oratory dissension which iran has been detention which iran has been going through, and hostagetaking which they have been doing. but if it is a debt that rio iran and it has been ruled in international law, that rio iran the money, we should trade rio iran date money. richard