The patisserie chain patisserie valerie. England prepare to take on cameroon in the womens world cup. And we look atjohn bercows decade as speaker. That and more on the week in parliament. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. There is continued focus on Boris Johnsons private life after he failed to answer questions at a conservative leadership hustings as to why police were called to his partners flat after reports of around. Mrjohnsons supporters say he should bejudged on his policies, not his personal life. Detractors such as liam fox said today, mr johnson should have given an excellent nation about what happened. Often in the headlines, this time for the wrong reasons. After police were called to the flat borisjohnson shares with his girlfriend, mrjohnson has been reluctant to explain. I dont think they want to hear about that kind of thing, er. Applause. But this senior tory, whos backing mrjohnsons leadership rivaljeremy hunt, said an explanation would be sensible. Its always ea
To join the invasion of iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been and military action was not a last resort. The report denies there was a realistic threat from iraqi weapons and mass destruction. That was the main reason given for invading iraq. If sanctions against Saddam Husseins regime remained effective, iraq could not have developed Nuclear Weapons and would have taken the country several years to develop and deploy long range missiles. The report also says blairs government believed the saddam regime was continuing efforts to produce chemical and biological weapons. But the intelligence on the potential threats was not established beyond doubt. It also points out that blair wrote to then u. S. President george w. Bush saying i will be with you whatever. And it claims this shows the two leaders had agreed to overthrow saddam before the start of the war. Blair said wednesday he accepts full responsibility for his actions. The decision to go to war in iraq and to re
We have concluded the uk chose to join the invasion of iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been and military action was not a last resort. The report denies there was a realistic threat from iraqi weapons and mass destruction. That was the main reason given for invading iraq. If sanctions against Saddam Husseins regime remained effective, iraq could not have developed Nuclear Weapons and would have taken the country several years to develop and deploy long range missiles. The report also says blairs government believed the saddam regime was continuing efforts to produce chemical and biological weapons. But the intelligence on the potential threats was not established beyond doubt. It also points out that blair wrote to then u. S. President george w. Bush saying i will be with you whatever. And it claims this shows the two leaders had agreed to overthrow saddam before the start of the war. Blair said wednesday he accepts full responsibility for his actions. The decision
Were celebrating a birthday when the armed men came in. We nodded. She said okay. Dont worry. If youre bangladeshi, we will not do harm to you. She was told to put her head down on the table. She then heard people screaming for help. She said the attackers targeted the foreign attackers within the first 30 minutes. They asked my husband to stand. He was standing in front of the glass and that video i think all of you have seen the backside of my husband that he is stand ngs front of the glass door. They told him to put his hand up. Parveen said she and her daughter believed they would die. Police believe the attackers targeted foreigners and sought publicity to try to Stoke International fear. On tuesday the bangladeshi home minister revised the number from six to five. The chef is among the list of victims bringing the number to 23. Friends and families have been mourning the victims. Among those killed were nine italians. On tuesday an Italian Government plane carried them to rome. M