by indian politicians. at least three people were killed. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london with sean ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their own countries from the dateline london. this week, what does international law amount to? on tuesday, judges in british courts decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was considering paying subsidies to steel manufacturers in the uk in breach of the rules of the world trade organization. the cod
decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was considering paying subsidies to steel manufacturers in the uk in breach of the rules of the world trade organization. the code says ministers should not break the law. downing street was considering suspending it and asked for his advice. for lord geidt, this was the last straw. on friday, borisjohnson escaped these domestic distractions to spend the day in kyiv. these domestic distractions he is one of the allies of ukraine championing international law as a tool to bring to account rations for actions taken nations for actions ta
and they also seemed to change the law to allow a bit more leeway in mounting a similar type of attack. so it s so significant what is happening in china, and that is why it is so important for everyone. and don t forget, also, i there are still significant countries that are completely let s not say fine but have not criticised putin. india very key to this. a quad member for us in australia. - therefore, we share intelligence. canada. the same strategic interests at heart. i brazil another really- important player that has not come out on the west s side. south africa, another. exactly. some of these gains - that we believe we have made are not as big. we have about three minutes to end to talk about lord geidt. he s the kind of figure most people would not have heard of a former military officer, intelligence man, then he worked for the queen and was drafted in after borisjohnson s last ethics adviser resigned because borisjohnson decided priti patel hadn t broken the
in after borisjohnson s last decided priti patel hadn t broken the ministerial code when she was accused of bullying staff, for which she apologised, and therefore didn t have to resign. lord geidt has now gone, and he says it was the last straw, he was being scouted, would it be all right if we suspended the ministerial code to allow us to do something in world trade, which is not in itself interesting? he issued another letter on friday. he said it was an example of what might constitute deliberate creatures he said it was an example of what might constitute deliberate creatures by he said it was an example of what might constitute deliberate creatures by the he said it was an example of what might constitute deliberate creatures by the uk he said it was an example of what might constitute deliberate creatures by the uk of he said it was an example of what might constitute deliberate creatures by the uk of its obligations under international law, given the government s widely publici