Hour. Newsroom. Your top story this hour. A newsroom. Your top story this hour. A spokesman for the Prime Minister has said comments allegedly made by a tory donor about diane abbott were racist and wrong, but he was greatly to apologise for causing offence. It comes as the police are understood to have been contacted over the Frank Hesters alleged remarks. The conservative partys biggest donor reportedly said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and she should be shot. Mr hs2 has now apologised and says he abhors racism. Miss abbott, whos now an independent mp, described the comments as frightening and worrying. Lee frightening and worrying. Lee anderson made his first appearance in the commons this afternoon since defecting to reform uk. He took his seat on the opposition benches next to george galloway. Mr anderson was stripped of the conservative whip last month after refusing to apologise for saying islamists had got control of the london mayor children in england who
Individual. He should have a guardian appointed by the bc courts for his personhood. There is at least, i believe, a prima facie argument to say that there is substantial argument to indicate such. And you mentioned its not just what youve written in the report, but it was the demeanor of President Biden as you interviewed him. Ill say in conclusion, whether he does or does not meet this definition, i believe your findings raise significant concerns about his current fitness for the office of president and certainly his fitness Going Forward in the future, and i appreciate the fact that you are brave enough to raise this issue in this report, because you knew this would be significant in your findings. But you did so based on a very significant, very detailed, very thorough independent report, and i praise you for that, that doing your duty and situate. Thank you, special counsel. I yield back at gentleman yields back. Mr. Her, we have looked from the floor, we have a few more members
Written about the rise over the course of the 20th century in your book. What is the instrumental university . Where did it come from . How does the history of the rise of the instrumental university help understand the landscape . Thank you very much for having me here. The institution said there was a change across the course of the 20th century. They particularly broke out after world war ii. That has University Leaders came to view the university as an instrument for solving social problems and promoting economic growth. I argue this shift is grounded in some of the political thought of the earliest political thought of the earlier 20th century. Certain ideals and fields coming aboard. Universities were not just going to turn out graduates. The universities themselves would actually be institutions or instruments as the language sometimes went. I identified a number that tended to have allegiances with democratic politics. City planning, different kinds of efforts in Public Adminis
commons. time for a look at the business news now. we start with the unfolding crisis in the red sea and concerns that the continued attacks on cargo ships by yemen s houthi rebels will affect developing countries the hardest. that s the warning from the world trade organization. today the us has launched a fourth round of airstrikes against the rebels the us military said it targeted missiles that could be intended for attacks on ships. as vessels divert to longer and more costly routes that avoid the red sea, supply chains have been disrupted and economists have warned it could add to inflation. the wto s director general, dr ngozi 0konjo iweala, has been speaking to our economic editor faisal islam at the world economic forum in switzerland. iamjoined i am joined here by the director general of the world trade organization. thank you forjoining 0rganization. thank you forjoining the bbc. 0bviously people are concerned about the fluidity of trade given this big geopolitic
it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t