The u. K. Parliament for a straight yes or no vote paris johnson is adamant the u. K. Will leave the e. U. In 10 days despite being forced to ask for another delay speaker of the house of commons will decide shortly whether to allow it to go ahead lets go live to london lawrence lee is standing by for us there so will he or wont he allow it to go ahead lawrence. Well they it looks like he wont but im not necessarily sure it matters tremendously because even if he doesnt allow it to go ahead then Boris Johnson will push ahead with trying to get the withdrawal bill into law starting on on choose and thats when it gets really hairy to be honest with you because if you ask 100 suppose medical experts here whos going to win those votes then frankly no ones going to get to be able to give you an honest answer what we do know some of this happened over the course of the last few days of the 2 warring ends of the conservative policy those moderates who really dont like Boris Johnsons deal on t
That a process which has been going on for 12 years trying to disarm iraq from its weapons of mass destruction this report by libyan intelligence the external Security Organization or so shows details of a meeting with the cia. As it plans to invade Saddam Husseins iraq in 2003 the u. S. Needed to prepare Public Opinion for the attack getting libya on govt is key to that strategy. But the iraq war went badly for the western allies. No evidence of dangerous weapons was found and the lack of a postwar strategy plunged the country into calles. Gadhafi then seized the moment in a dramatic bid to ingratiate himself with the west and have sanctions on libya lifted he claimed to have w m ds and offered to surrender them. Desperate to put a positive spin on their mission to destroy weapons in the middle east the u. S. And u. K. Led the way in rehabilitating gadhafi almost overnight. Libya was no longer. Part of the axis of evil. In return a Lucrative Oil and gas deal was signed and it was then
Than policy books that we usually organize and bounce around at cato. I can assure you that the authors that we are featuring today are serious accomplished economists who decades of scholarly work inform this publication, the subtitle of the book two economies think their way and unconventional approach for a couple of academics, that subtitle didnt surprise me, though, i tend to run into bob lawson at economic or academic conferences around the country and around the world and inevitable they have drinks in their hand probably because we chat at the Reception Hotel bars and the like, but the conversation is always interesting, informative and fun. And thats also true of this new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic, so its fortunate that we are featuring it today on the birthday of free can freedman and we were lucky to have known him and for some of us to have worked with us to a limited degree. Im sure he too would agree with the title of your book so i cant really recall
Beating arsenal 4 1 in the final in azerbaijan. A cruise boat with more than 30 people on board has capsized in the hungarian capital. State media are saying at least seven people have died. The south Korean Foreign ministry has confirmed they were south korean tourists. It happened on the river danube in budapest. Divers have joined the search for 19 other people still missing. Seven people have been rescued but strong currents and high water levels caused by heavy rain are hampering emergency teams. The vessel collided with another boat near the Parliament Building and overturned. Gareth barlow has the latest. The incident happened late on wednesday evening on a popular part of the river close to the hungarian parliament. Local news reports say the boat, the mermaid, was carrying a group of south korean tourists when it collided with another vessel. A huge rescue effort is under way, with both spotlights and radar scanning the river for several kilometres downstream. Police and param
in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day and it