Monday in parliament. Hello again and welcome to monday in parliament, as iran is accused over the seizure of a british flagged tanker. It was therefore an act of state piracy which the house will have no hesitation in condemning. Jeremy hunt promises a Maritime Mission to protect shipping, but questions remain. There were concerns this administration has taken its eye off the ball, and certaintly that the uk has been ill prepared for this. Also, who are the victims . Anger over a plan for Northern Ireland. That the person who went out to murder and maim and cause hurt would also be eligible for this pension if, in the course of doing so, they injured themselves. All that to come and more. But first, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the detention of a british flagged tanker by Iranian Revolutionary guards as an act of state piracy. The stena impero and its crew of 23 was seized last friday in what the uk government says were omani territorial waters. Mr hunt said brita
As the new leader of the liberal democrats. The mp for East Dunbartonshire beat her rival ed davey. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar has more. New face, same promise stop brexit, or try. Jo swinson was favourite to win, and she did, easily. Jo swinson 47,000. Standing against brexit has been the lib dems best game plan, and she is sticking to it. In the face of nationalism, populism, the catastrophe of brexit, the two old parties have failed. 0ur party has been clear on brexit from day one. We believe the uks best future is as members of the european union. And thats why, as your leader, i will do whatever it takes to stop brexit. She has come a long way. This tax on learning is not acceptable. As a student, jo swinson campaigned against tuition fees. Westminsters youngest mp in 2005, she was a minister in the coalition which introduced the tuition fees that helped wreck the lib dems popularity. She lost her seat in 2015, like all but a handful of lib dems. Back two years later
This afternoon, theresa may will travel from downing street to Buckingham Palace to offer her resignation to the queen and then borisjohnson will be granted his audience with her majesty. Then the new Prime Minister will make his way from the palace to downing street, where he is expected to say a few words. The podium is in place where he will set out his governments agenda. Sometime after three oclock this afternoon, the queen will ask borisjohnson to this afternoon, the queen will ask Boris Johnson to form this afternoon, the queen will ask borisjohnson to form a government ina borisjohnson to form a government in a tradition known as kissing hands. He will become her 14th Prime Minister since winston churchill. And a rather emotional farewell from theresa may in herfinal appearance at Prime Minister question as she looks forward to serving once again on the backbenches. The communities, the commons that we represent, that is the bedrock of our parliamentary democracy and our libert
Weather, perhaps cloud. Temperatures reach closer to average values. For many that probably will come as somewhat of a relief. Were still talking about the low 20s across the northern half of the uk, up to 26, 27 further south. On into the weekend, some uncertainty. This area of low pressure looks like it could bring pretty heavy rain. El pais it bushes remains to be seen. But for the south west of england and south wales it could be a very wet day on saturday. Sunday at the moment looks as though and sijsling settling. Temperatures lifting up. Into next week it is a bit of a battle. Low pressure will put in from the atla ntic pressure will put in from the atlantic again, anything showery or cooler. Or whether it will continue to love a southerly flow as it did this week and we see temperatures building. We are watching them for you very closely. I guess a big question is will here to return for next week . Hello. This is bbc news with rebecca jones. Well be taking a look at tomorrow m
With sarah montague. Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. My guest today has a reputation for telling uncomfortable economic truths. He famously predicted the Global Financial crisis of 2008. Now Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is under threat and if World Leaders want to save liberal democracies from a surge in populism they need to give more power to local communities and take it away from big governments and big businesses. When he left his job as governor of Indias Central Bank he said that it was better to be a doer than an advisor. Now the superstar central banker is being talked of as one of the front runners to governor of the bank of england. Would he rather do thatjob than advise in another . Raghuram rajan, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. That quote from you better to be a doer than an advisor what is it that you want to do . What i wanted to do that time was really turn around peoples view of india. I thought there was a lot of potential for growth. There were