in yemen is out of control, with over 300,000 people affected. the country has been racked by civil war and an intervention by saudi led forces for the past two years. as a result, government health services have collapsed. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned, reportedly because he was unhappy with president donald trump s appointment of a new communications director. the new appointee, anthony scaramucci, a former wall street financier, denied there had been tensions over his appointment. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has suspended all official contact with israel, as the crisis grows over additional security measures in the old city ofjerusalem. three palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli security forces. three israelis have been stabbed to death in a west bank settlement. now on bbc news, time for the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions be
to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions before the summer recess seesjeremy corbyn and theresa may going to battle on some familiar themes. 3.8 million people in work are now living in poverty. we created the national living wage. that was the biggest pay increase for people on lowest incomes ever. with mps and peers heading off on their summer break, we ask three experts what we have learnt from this parliament so far and what we can expect in the future. also on this programme, the government announces it s bringing forward the date when the state pension age will rise to 68. there is a balance to be struck between funding of the state pension in years to come, whilst also ensuring fairness for future generations of taxpayers. but first, there was a rowdy end of term sort of feel to the last prime minister s questions before recess. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn focused on low pay, but began by highlighting splits at the top of the
saying some senior ministers were briefing against him because they didn t like his views on brexit. that had followed press stories featuring comments he d reportedly made during a cabinet meeting. remarksjeremy corbyn seized on. mr speaker, the chancellor said this week that some public services servants are overpaid. given the prime minister has had to administer a slap down to her squabbling cabinet, does she think the chancellor was actually talking about her own ministers? i recognise, as i said when i stood on the steps of downing street a year ago, that there are some people our country who are just about managing. they find life a struggle. that actually covers people who are working in the public sector and some people who are working in the private sector. and that s why it s important that the government is taking steps for example, to help those on lowest incomes through the national living wage. it s why we have taken millions of people out of paying income ta
in the week the queen came jeremy corbyn and theresa may go to battle over familiar scenes. 3.8 million people in work are now living in poverty. we created a national living wage. was the biggest pay increase for people on incomes ever. with mps and peers heading off on their summer break we ask three experts what we have learned from this parliament so far and what we can expect in the future. also on this programme, the government announces it is bringing forward the date for the state pension age to rise. there is a balance to be struck between funding of the state pension in years to come was also ensuring fairness for future generations of taxpayers. but first there was a rowdy end of term field to the last prime minister questions before recess. jeremy corbyn focused on low pay. the chancellor had appeared on tv a few days earlier saying some senior ministers were briefing against him because they did not like his views on brexit. that followed press stories featuring
as the country prepares to elect a new president polls suggest record levels of apathy and disillusion among french voters. a spate of terror attacks has sown insecurity and sparked a heated debate about immigration, islam and france s identity. my guest today is pascal bruckner, a writer and public intellectual in the grand french tradition. is france living through an age of decline? pascal bruckner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. we are talking with a french presidential election very close. does france feel ripe for the sort of political shock that we ve seen in recent times both in the uk over the brexit vote and in the united states with the victory of donald trump in the presidential election? i hope not, with all my heart i hope we won t face the same electoral results that you had with brexit and that the americans had with trump. so we re doing everything to avoid the passage to the far right with marine le pen. but at the present time we have two opposite candidat