there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeared to have settled down again after eight or nine years of chaos. since the brexit referendum in 2016, eight years ago, there ve been no fewer than five prime ministers, all from the conservative party. now the opinion polls suggest the labour party will win power onjuly the 4th, either outright or through a coalition. will british politics settle down to their usual stability after that? and what will britain s position in the world be? the bbc s diplomatic correspondent james landale. the great irony is the last election was essentially a referendum on whether or not we should get brexit done. that was the great conservative slogan, and
there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeared to have settled down again after eight or nine years of chaos. since the brexit referendum in 2016, eight years ago, there ve been no fewer than five prime ministers, all from the conservative party. now the opinion polls suggest the labour party will win power onjuly the 4th, either outright or through a coalition. will british politics settle down to their usual stability after that? and what will britain s position in the world be? the bbc s diplomatic correspondent james landale. the great irony is the last election was essentially a referendum on whether or not we should get brexit done. that was the great conservative slogan, and
hello and welcome to unspun world. thank you forjoining us. britain heads into a snap election. will its position in the world change? international politics is becoming far more fluid, and in that context, the uk potentially has advantages to gain because of its unique relationship set around the world. iran will soon hold an election too, but is there any possibility its rulers can win back popular support? the majority of the people have been disillusioned with this regime. they have taken to the streets time and again asking for regime change. and we look at the new shape of the middle east with security correspondent frank gardner. there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeare
..you know, their way of thinking about this, and you think this is a very small country, and then you see people telling you, you know, bigger countries, wealthy countries, they re not accepting to take any of this burden, and they re trying to lecture us about what we should do. so, you know, states, societies, they imitate each other, and at the moment, you know, in the general feeling around the world, there is this anti refugee, you know, sentiment. it is not helping, and this is making all the insecurities of the lebanese becoming, you know, even worse. 20 years ago, the bbc security correspondent frank gardner was filming in saudi arabia with an irish cameraman, simon cumbers, when they were attacked by a group of al-qaeda gunmen. simon was killed, frank was lucky to survive and was left