Good afternoon. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has sought to play down divisions in his top team after one of his key aides announced hes resigning. It comes as the party prepares to debate brexit. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Not everything here is going according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wants to persuade you he is ready for power, but one of his key aides has raised concerns. Andrew fisher, still by mr corbyns side this morning, is quitting, privately accusing the leaders team of a blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. I have obviously seen the words that andrew wrote, and i discussed them with him at some length. Why do you think he said that . I think he said that because he was extremely distressed at that point about whatever was going on in discussions in the office at that moment. Jeremy corbyn would much rather focus on his policies, but the start of the conference has been dominated by controversy. Yesterday, there was a foiled plot
Labour party framed this as a split, think the statement that is coming they said this was counter productive on the wrong thing to do on the eve of an forward will do that. You have to bearin forward will do that. You have to bear in mind the lib dems are not election and even the chair of the p0 election and even the chair of the offering a choice, they willjust pop election and even the chair of the p0 p talked about the potential for revoke it, and the tories willjust internal civil war. That is not a go over a cliff with no deal. We are journalist i did not vote to the only Party Offering the people i abolish tom watson, i voted to have abolish tom watson, i voted to have say. And that the whole labour party a debate and we did the next day and jeremy came and we had a wider can unite. You offer people a say but some members of the shadow debate and almost every member of the nac has united behind that. To cabinet, emily thornberry, say that during the campaign labour should be le
The storm is currently off the east coast of the united states. German chancellor Angela Merkel is on a three day visit to china to push for greater access to markets there. Over the past year, germany has called on the eu to adopt a tougher line on china, but analysts believe her government may be softening its stance to avoid economic damage. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Stephen sackur interviews lord falconer. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. British politics is in full on meltdown mode. Prime minister borisjohnson has lost a series of key votes on brexit, and hes lost his parliamentary majority. He is now seeking a general election in mid october to let british Voters Decide whether brexit should happen, come what may, at the end of next month. But will the labour 0pposition agree to a snap poll . Well, my guest is former labour cabinet minister lord falconer. Is labour in any fit state to win an election, amid britain . S brexit chaos . Lord falconer, welcome to hardtalk.
Time now for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The worlds most pressing and potentially dangerous strategic confrontation is playing out in the narrow waterway between iran and arabia. The United States is leading efforts to isolate the government in tehran. Iran is responding with defiance, despite severe economic disruption. My guest, former British Foreign secretary jack straw, is a veteran of western diplomatic engagement with iran. How high is the risk of calamitous conflict . Jack straw, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Your diplomatic engagement with iran spans two decades, and through that period youve been an advocate for dialogue, for engagement, with tehran. But here we are today, with relations are between the us and the uk and tehran toxic. So is it a story of complete failure . Its not a story of complete failure at all, and indeed, the Nuclear Negotiations which the French Foreign ministers and i got going in the summer of 2003, by fits and starts, laid th
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The worlds most pressing and potentially dangerous strategic confrontation is playing out in the narrow waterway between iran and arabia. The United States is leading efforts to isolate the government in tehran. Iran is responding with defiance, despite severe economic disruption. My guest, former British Foreign secretary jack straw, is a veteran of western diplomatic engagement with iran. How high is the risk of calamitous conflict . Jack straw, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome. Your diplomatic engagement with iran spans two decades, and through that period youve been an advocate for dialogue, for engagement, with tehran. But here we are today, with relations are between the us and the uk and tehran toxic. So is it a story of complete failure . Its not a story of complete failure at all, and indeed, the Nuclear Negotiations which the French Foreign ministers and i got going in the summer of 2003, by fits and starts, laid the foundations for discuss