A court he is convicted of nothing charged in this country with nothing he is the charges against him not only concocted but as his q. C. Pointed out yesterday the treaty extradition treaty between britain and the United States has. A specific. Section in that that says. But a person cannot be extradited if the offenses are said to be political the 16 of the 17 i leased charges against a songe in the United States are unlawful they are political that thats not an opinion thats not a piece of agitprop they are under law put political there based on a 1917 law coldly espionage act which was used to chase down Conscientious Objectors i mean the media here in fairness is more interested ugly in this case of. Bass in the killing of a british teenager that extradition is interesting presumably lewis though in court was saying this is our closest ally and Julian Assange has endangered the National Security of britains closest ally let alone the hacking charge which isnt political is it. Heck
Separatist leaders. Its a huge weekend for the home nations at the Rugby World Cup. England face their arch rivals australia in the First Quarter final this morning before ireland take on the defending champions the all blacks. Wales play france tomorrow. Another changeable day on the way today, worth taking your umbrella. Still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend, we will see fewer and fewer showers. Its saturday the 19th october. Our top story. Its a momentous day at westminster, as mps vote on borisjohnsons new brexit deal. Parliament is sitting on a saturday for the First Time Since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. Lets take you through what will happen today. The Prime Minister will present his agreement to mps at 0930, theyll debate the details annd then will start voting on it this afternoon. The result is too close to call between now and then, borisjohnson still has persuade enough mps to back him in order to take the uk out of the eu, with a d
Its saturday the 19th october. Our top story mps will vote on borisjohnson push bike you brexit agreement. Parliament is sitting on a saturday, for the First Time Since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. Just hours before the crucial commons vote, the Prime Minister is working to persuade mps to support him. Borisjohnson will address parliament at 930. You will see that live on this programme along with all the build up to the key vote. Turmoil and barcelona. Fresh clashes between right police and protesters after the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. Just minutes to go until englands kick off at the huge world cup match against australia, this is the team leaving their hotel to travel to the stadium. They are on the pitch warming up and the loser of this match, dont forget, will be going home. Another changeable day on the way today, worth taking your brolly. Still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend we will see fewer and fewer showers. It is saturd
Borisjohnson went to parliament to tell mps that a further delay would be corrosive, and it was time to get brexit done, but labour said it couldnt support a deal which would damage the uk. And now is the time for this great house of commons to come together and bring the country together today. Todays session will last for several hours, at the end of which mps will decide whether the Prime Ministers deal needs greater scrutiny before it is formally approved. He has renegotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and made it even worse. Hes renegotiated the political declaration and made that even worse. Its the first time in 37 years that the commons is sitting on a saturday. The result of the main vote on brexit deal is on a knife edge and theres still the possibility that brexit could be delayed. And as the parliamentary debate goes on, thousands of protestors are making their way to westminster, campaigning for a second referendum on the outcome of the Brexit Process. Well bring you the lat
Substance of this vote is about. We will then move on, after that, to possibly an even more challenging vote for the government, which is on the timetabling. How much time do mps get to scrutinise this very important piece of legislation . So, thats the picture for you, and thats the picture for you, and thats what were expecting in the next half hour or so. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is inside the houses of parliament, in the central lobby, very close to the chamber of the house of commons, where the voting is happening. Vicki, talk us through this first vote. A bill going through parliament has various stages, the first one where it is debated is this one, mps have been talking about it all day. There is a vote and it has to get through the vote in order to progress to the next stage, which will be where mps look in detail at what the bill is about, and at that point they could perhaps try to make some changes. If this we re try to make some changes. If this were t