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we know that there are huge issues concerning the possibility and allegations of corruption involving members of the european parliament. four people are appearing in court in belgium today over alleged corruption linked to their work at the european parliament. they include the greek mep, eva kaili, who s denied taking more than 100,000 dollars worth of bribes from qatar. i m joined now by our brussels correspondent, jessica parker. jess, remind me of how we got here. bring us up to date with the latest on the investigation. irate bring us up-to-date with the latest on the investigation. on the investigation. we are exoeeting on the investigation. we are exoeeting a on the investigation. we are expecting a court on the investigation. we are expecting a court hearing i on the investigation. we are i expecting a court hearing today on the investigation. we are - expecting a court hearing today for the four people who have been charged, including eva kaili, the greek mep. however,
british government chose to say, we want to follow the rules, a police investigation, let that process go on. is investigation, let that process go on. , ~ , investigation, let that process go on. , ~ , ., , investigation, let that process go on. is there likely to be any kind of retaliation on. is there likely to be any kind of retaliation from on. is there likely to be any kind of retaliation from the on. is there likely to be any kind of retaliation from the chinese? | on. is there likely to be any kind i of retaliation from the chinese? we don t of retaliation from the chinese? - don t know. i suspect not. i suspect both sides will say there are bigger fish to fry. the headlines on bbc news. four people have died and 43 others have been rescued, after a boat carrying migrants got into difficulties in the channel. inflation has eased slightly, but the cost of living still remains close, to a ao year high. at the world cup, high hopes for the atlas lions, morocco take on franc
i have some breaking news for you now. china has removed six diplomats from the uk, including the consul general and this comes after the government asked beijing to suspend diplomatic immunity, so that they could be questioned by greater manchester police, following an incident involving a protester at the consulate grounds. we also the disturbing footage of the incident outside the consulate in manchester. in response to that, we initiated a process based on our adherence to the role of law. greater manchester police initiated an investigation is part and as part of that investigation requested that six chinese officials waved to promote a community, so they could be questioned. we informed the
committee. more importantly for the business community, a deal was made to allow qatar airways free access to allow qatar airways free access to eu airports. a lot of people were against the deal at the time, saying it was not good for europe and it was about to be ratified by the parliament but i understand there are now plans to put that back to committee and i think more than anything else, can you now imagine anything else, can you now imagine an mep standing up in the european parliament aren t saying anything nice about qatar? it is going to arouse suspicion. i heard someone say earlier, this is like a movie, a thriller, that if it was, i think they would be comedy elements because whoever was allegedly offering those bribes, they have wasted their money and it has backfired. em wasted their money and it has backfired- wasted their money and it has backfired. . , ., ., , backfired. an investigation is under wa , backfired. an investigation is under way. nothing backfired. an i