In the week the queen came to westminster for the state opening of parliament, and set out the governments plans for the next two years starting with brexit. My government will seek to maintain a deep and special partnership with european allies, and to forge new Trading Relationships across the globe. Theresa may sets out what action the governments taking following the Grenfell Tower fire. But reveals other high rise blocks could be at risk. Mr speaker, shortly before i came to the chamber, i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. And all mps start their life in parliament by taking an oath of allegiance to the monarch, but is it Time For A Change . I think the queen is a wonderful woman and does great work, but im here to represent the people and that wasnt an option. But first its been a dramatic couple of weeks since we were last here, with an election result that few predicted and theresa may returned to power just with her party now the largest
Dateline london, at the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. Britains Prime Minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. It was the week where her government began negotiating brexit. Those leading the talks exchanged gifts a book On Mountaineering and a Walking Stick. Just how much of an uphill struggle will it be . With me are steve richards, uk Political Commentator and author of the rise of the outsiders. Mina al oraibi, an iraqi british journalist, whos about to become editor in chief of the national. Agnes poirier, uk editor with the french magazine marianne, and American Writer and broadcasterjeff mcallister. A warm welcome to you all. Thanks with being with us again.
The head coach deserves a lot of the credit. You know, angel has answered a lot of critics with this performance. The last four seasons they have gone out of the quarterfinals, and it looked as though they would not get to the quarterfinals this time around because of this difficult draw against barcelona. Domestically, psg are not as dominant as they have been at the past. So he was under pressure, going into this game. Faultless performance. Everything worked in this game against barcelona. His tactics were spot on, he got the best out of all his players, it was a 4 0 win which was completely deserved. Let us not forget there was one other last 16first leg tie being played on tuesday, with benfica1 0 winners at home to borussia dortmund, in a match that saw dortmund and Gabon Striker Pierre Emerick aubameyang miss from the penalty spot, which was pleasing for the benfica head coach. Translation it was a very tough match, a match against a very good team, one of the best teams in euro
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europe is braced for a record breaking heatwave this week, with temperatures in italy set to rocket above a0 degrees and warnings in place for holiday hotspots across the mediterranean. vincent mcaviney reports. across the continent countries are sweltering. these are the temperatures expected this week, but forecasters believe next weekjust as many brits land on holiday they could reach as high as 45 degrees in parts of italy and greece. on the streets of athens people were already feeling the effects of temperatures in the high 30s or prompting the greek government to unveil emergency measures to shield the public from the effects of the heatwave. italy, which experienced europe s artist ever recorded temperatures of more than 48 degrees in sicily in august, 2021, is expecting that record to be breached in the coming weeks. in france, 21 regions are under an orange heatwave