That the e. U. Cant possibly keep and then blaming the breakdown on them i know that there are people that think that i actually dont think that i think the determination of this government was to get a resolution on bricks it if that then led to an election in which they could say we delivered fantastic but it was in that order in my mind it was to deliver bricks at 1st and then potentially go to the polls this mass having an election potentially before weve left the which i think even if it helps the tories in the end because of the destruction of the party it spin the bottle gambling and it could go in any direction. Just once that in a sense is a minority government spin the bottle is pretty much left out its just before we go on i mean as i say the chamber is filling up now a result i think must come pretty quickly. Do you feel that we are now at a Pivotal Moment in the game what happens now. Next to do you think that is disinfo this is absolutely pivotal if as we think the govern
Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profile judge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago, and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. But maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom, but that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say, so were in the same
Good morning. Murderers who refuse to reveal the location of a victims body could be forced to spend longer in prison. Thejustice secretary david gauke has announced plans to introduce whats known as helens law. It follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt, who was murdered in 1988. Helens body was never found. Ben ando reports. For 31 years, Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts of helens body. To take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no torture worse than that. I could say ive had a dripping tap on my head for the last 31 years. Its far worse than that. Its a pain in your heart that will never go. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remain
Online have their sentences increased. Russia bans flights to georgia after clashes in the capital, thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament for a second night. Eltonjohn receives frances highest civilian honour, the legion dhonneure from president macron. Welcome to bbc news. President trump has confirmed that he called off a military strike against iran with minutes to spare after deciding to many human lives would be lost. Mr trump tweeted that the us had been cocked and loaded, but he is now facing criticism from democrats or revealing details of the plan. The attack had been planned in response to the shooting down of an unmanned us drone by iran earlier this week. That happened in the volatile region which is a major supply route for one third of the worlds oil. Tehran says the drone entered iranian airspace the us maintains it was shot down in International Airspace over the straight of hormuz. Here is our north america editorjohn sopel. In iran they are celebrat
Online have their sentences increased. Russia bans flights to georgia after clashes in tbilisi. Thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament for a second night. And, eltonjohn receives frances highest civilian honour, the legion dhonneur, from president macron. President trump has confirmed that he called off a military strike against iran with minutes to spare after deciding that too many human lives would be lost. Mr trump tweeted that the us had been cocked and loaded, but hes now facing criticism from democrats for revealing details of the plan. The attack was to be a response to the shooting down of an unmanned us drone by iran earlier this week. It happened in a volatile region that is a major supply route for a third of the worlds oil. Tehran says the drone entered iranian airspace, but the us maintains it was shot down in International Airspace over the strait of hormuz. Heres our north america editorjon sopel. In iran they are celebrating taking out of the sky a 13