near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. tehran has denied any involvement in the attack in which three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. our world affairs correspondent paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than
published after considerable pressure from noble lords from across the house. this document. in this document, the home office was prepared to tell us that the average imagined cost of sending an asylum seeker to a third country however, the detail of the treaty suggest the cost may be higher for sending somebody to rewind. before we begin to fully debate the details of the legislation and its role in the implementation of the rwanda plan, will the minister be clear about how much this plan is actually going to cost? there is bill, whatever its impact, will not address the state of our asylum system. the uk to serve as a managed asylum system that upholds a strong border security and that can process claims fairly, accurately and quickly, a system that can return those with no claim to stay and help those with no claim to stay and help those who rightfully seek sanctuary. that is not our current asylum system. we have a backlog of 100,000 asylum claims waiting for a decision,
in votes for finland. the singer made history as the first woman to win twice. now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. who was the star of the coronation? apart, that is, from their majesties the king and queen. the answer, most watching would surely agree, is the bearer of the sword of state, all 8lb of it, held aloft for a muscle straining 51 minutes. my guest on political thinking, a conversation with, rather than interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking. it was a feat performed by the first woman to do the job at a coronation, penny mordaunt, and it won the admiration of people who are normally her political foes. she did it as lord president of the council. her dayjob is leader of the house of commons, and that performance led to the bookies cutting the odds on her becoming the next leader of the conservative party. worth remembering, she came mighty close to getting the job and becoming our prime minister last summer after borisjohnson