now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the international correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences at home from the dateline london. this week, the business of people smuggling to europe, russia s gas powered foreign policy, and is being a british mp a full time job? to discuss that, we are joined byjeffrey kofman, who has been a news anchor and foreign correspondent for broadcasters in his native canada and in the united states, marc roche, who writes for the french political and news weekly le point, and british political commentator steve richards, who is here in the studio. welcome to all of you. it s lovely to see you again.
now on bbc news, dateline london, with shaun ley. hello, welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the international correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences at home from the dateline london. this week, the business of people smuggling to europe, russia s gas powered foreign policy, and is being a british mp a full timejob? to discuss that, we are joined byjeffrey kofman, who has been a news anchor and foreign correspondent for broadcasters in his native canada and in the united states, marc roche, who writes for the french political and news weekly le point, and british political commentator steve richards, who is here in the studio. welcome to all of you.
correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences at home from the dateline london. this week, the business of people smuggling to europe, russia s gas powered foreign policy, and is being a british mp a full timejob? to discuss that, we are joined byjeffrey kofman, who has been a news anchor and foreign correspondent for broadcasters in his native canada and in the united states, mark roche, who writes for the french political and news weekly le point, and british political commentator steve richards, who is here in the studio. welcome to all of you. it s lovely to see you again. exit allowed the uk to take back control of, among other things, its borders. brexit. but this government has proved no more successful than its predecessors in stopping illegal migration. the problem even be getting worse. on a single day last week, 1185 people risky pedals crossing in small boats from france to the east coast of england. the mystery is how they get into the schengen zone in the f
now on bbc news, dateline london. hello. i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from leading journals, bbc specialists and the reporters who write, broadcast and blog for folks back home from the dateline: london. this week biden s back and bibi s out. what changes will follow from a united states administration re engaged on the world stage and an israel led by its first new prime minister in more than a decade? to discuss that and more, i m joined byjeffrey kofman, who hails from canada and anchored programmes there and in the united states. he s also served as a foreign correspondent in war and peace. russian born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as the whole
new prime minister in more than a decade? to discuss that and more, i m joined byjeffrey kofman, who hails from canada and anchored programmes there and in the united states. he s also served as a foreign correspondent in war and peace. russian born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for the economist. the bbc s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. iam i am still canadian. still canadian. ..by birth and nationality. we are glad to have you here. thank you for being with us. pasties in cornwall, pate in brussels, petite arvine by the glass on lake geneva. us presidentjoe biden has had a busy week, encompassing multi national diplomacy with g7 and nato and a bi lateral with vladimir putin. more than once, in the folksy style honed by five decades in america s national politics, mr biden declared, america is back .