To dateline london. Im jane hill. A warm welcome after a difficult week for many. We will of course be discussing the aftermath of the manchester suicide bombing. Well assess president trumps first overseas trip. And we look at the state of the general election camapaign here in the uk, with less than two weeks to go to polling day. To discuss all of this with me today iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster jeffrey kofman, Thomas Kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the sudanese writer. A warm welcome to all of you. In manchester, on monday night, a pop concert by an american singer popular with young girls ended in carnage when a 22 year old man born in the city blew himself up, in the foyer of the concert arena. Children as young as eight were killed, and scores of people remain in hospital. The hunt is continuing for the people who supported salman abedi, many people have been arrested here in the uk. And in libya, abedis father and one of his brothers are und
Obviously has massive support in this country. Now on bbc news dateline london. Hello. Thursday was supposed to be mays day in the british Prime Ministers plan to strengthen her hand by holding and winning a general election. Instead, she was left calling out mayday to a party in Northern Ireland, asking it to keep her Conservative Party in power, after her parliamentary majority evaporated. As forJeremy Corbyn, the previously beleaguered leader of the labour party, he lost the election but won plaudits for his campaign and inspired a new generation of young voters. With me to discuss where this leaves british politics, and the imminent negotiations to get out of europe, are the biographer and long standing contributor to germanys die welt newspaper, thomas kielinger, from ireland, the writer and broadcaster brian oconnell, janet daley, columnist with britains sunday telegraph newspaper, and owenjones, columnist with the Guardian Newspaper here in the uk. Welcome to you all. Janet dale
Obviously has massive support in this country. Now on bbc news dateline london. Hello. Thursday was supposed to be mays day in the british Prime Ministers plan to strengthen her hand by holding and winning a general election. Instead, she was left calling out mayday to a party in Northern Ireland, asking it to keep her Conservative Party in power, after her parliamentary majority evaporated. As forJeremy Corbyn, the previously beleaguered leader of the labour party, he lost the election but won plaudits for his campaign and inspired a new generation of young voters. With me to discuss where this leaves british politics, and the imminent negotiations to get out of europe, are the biographer and long standing contributor to germanys die welt newspaper, thomas kielinger, from ireland, the writer and broadcaster brian oconnell, janet daley, columnist with britains sunday telegraph newspaper, and owenjones, columnist with the Guardian Newspaper here in the uk. Welcome to you all. Janet dale
Thursday was supposed to be mays day in the british Prime Ministers plan to strengthen her hand by holding and winning a general election. Instead, she was left calling out mayday to a party in Northern Ireland, asking it to keep her Conservative Party in power, after her parliamentary majority evaporated. As forJeremy Corbyn, the previously beleaguered leader of the labour party, he lost the election but won plaudits for his campaign and inspired a new generation of young voters. With me to discuss where this leaves british politics, and the imminent negotiations to get out of europe, are the biographer and long standing contributor to germanys die welt newspaper, thomas kielinger, from ireland, the writer and broadcaster brian oconnell, janet daley, columnist with britains sunday telegraph newspaper, and owen jones, columnist with the Guardian Newspaper here in the uk. Welcome to you all. Janet daley, where did it go wrong . It was the Worst Campaign that i have ever seen, having liv
Commentator alex deane, The Middle East expert rachel shabi, Thomas Kielinger of die welt, and the American Writer and broadcasterjef mcallister. Welcome to you all. The second round of brexit talks were held this week for four days at the end of which both sides described discussions as robust, and Michel Barnier, the eus chief negotiator said more clarity was required from the british side on a number of key issues. Some conservatives in this country are beginning to talk of a transition period. There will be further talks at the end of august. Certainly in the uk the advantages of leaving or remaining are getting lost in the rhetoric. Lets take some time to discuss them. Alex, last week Polly Toynbee called brexiteers lunatics. I think it is extraordinary rhetoric. I know we will not have a discussion like that today a majority of the country voted to leave the eu, imagine having such contempt for your fellow countrymen that you would use such a term. If remain won, i would not refe