And i think on that occasion, at the week in parliament a wee bit of generosity might with alicia macarthy. Have been appropriate. Im not criticising the front bench, they have a political statement to make, but ijust think a few of us, you know, further back from the leaders of power, we could actually have said, yes, youve not been the most successful Prime Minister, perhaps you are probably up there with bonar law, when it comes to the success gradient, but on the other hand, hello and welcome to you are leaving, lets at least show a little bit of respect. The week in parliament, as theresa may bows out at her final tory grant shapps agrees. Ijust thought, you know, pmqs and prepares to return to the backbenches. That duty to serve my constituents the other way around, will remain my greatest motivation. Boris johnson takes when it was blair going, the tory benches stood up, i thought it was a lopsided over at number ten atmosphere from that point of view. In the end, you are saying
To to be under house arrest, saying he posed a flight risk. The financier has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to thursday in parliament. Another government defeat on brexit as mps try to make life more difficult for the next Prime Minister. What have we come to in britain where we have to have amendments to ensure that parliament can still operate . A political veteran says the leak of private diplomatic messages sets a dangerous precedent. You can in effect politically assassinate one of her majestys ambassadors. And a suggestion that the next pm tries mountain climbing. Getting to the top of everest will be easier than getting a new deal with the commission. Laughter. All that to come and more. But first mps have backed a bid to stop a new Prime Minister closing down parliament to force through a no deal brexit at the end of october. The government was defeated by a majority
With a rare hereditary disease. And after beating a former champion, Johanna Konta is bidding for a wimbledon semifinal spot shell be back on court again this afternoon. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. President trump has stepped up his attack on the uks ambassador in washington, saying, we will no longer deal with him. In a series of tweets, mr trump also said that theresa may had made a mess of brexit, adding he was thankful that the british people would soon have a new Prime Minister. The remarks follow a leak of emails written by Sir Kim Darroch, describing the Trump White House as inept and dysfunctional. Downing street says sir kim has the governments full support. Andy moore reports. Shortly after President Trump criticised mrs may and her ambassador, downing street issued a statement saying Sir Kim Darroch continued to had the full support of the Prime Minister. The leak was unfortunate, the statement went on, but the special relationship would endure. On his
Human fossils outside africa for the first time and. England prepare to take on australia in the cricket world cup semifinal at edgbaston. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. A Royal Navy Frigate has intercepted iranian boats that were harassing a British Oil Tanker in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker and the iranian vessels, issuing a number of warnings over radio, before they moved off. Iran has previously threatened retaliation for the seizure of a tanker carrying iranian oil off gibraltar last week. The ministry of defence said three iranian vessels, believed to belong to the revolutionary guards, asked the tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a warning from a Royal Navy Frigate. Its a strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the United Arab Emirates. Iran has denied any encounter between its forces and foreign ships in the last
Egypts 1st democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi has died during a Court Session in cairo the Public Prosecutor said he collapsed in the defendants cage shortly after addressing the court the 67 year old Muslim Brotherhood leader had been in prison since 2013 when he was toppled from power after less than a year as president his death was announced on Egyptian State t. V. Which said he was in court over his alleged contact with the Palestinian Group hamas. Mohamed morsi died today while attending assertion in his trial on espionage charges during the session he was granted permission to address the job after the session was adjourned the former president blacked out and then died his body was taken to a hospital and get it if it were a burden manly looks back now at the rise and fall of Mohamed Morsi. Mohamed morsi sailed into the presidency of egypt with the winds of the peoples revolution demanding change. In 2012 he became egypts 1st democratically elected president and the