Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Brexit is stress testing britains political and constitutional conventions to the very limit. With Prime Minister borisjohnson apparently intent on ignoring the will of parliament and exiting the eu at the end of october, the eye of the brexit storm is fast approaching. My guest is heidi allen mp, who quit the conservative party in early 2019 and co founded a new pro remain centrist party, but that bid to break the political mould failed. What does her experience tell us about the clarity and coherence of brexits opponents . Heidi allen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You quit the conservative party seven months ago. You clearly wanted to change the dynamic of the Brexit Debate in the united kingdom. Seven months on, are you ready to say you failed . To be honest, i mean, brexit was the catalyst that drew us together, those that jumped was the catalyst that drew us together, those thatjumped at the same time from both labour and conservative but
Live all the sport. England take their first three wickets for just 1a runs. England take their first three wicketsforjust14 runs. 217 8 australia, you would say england are in control but we saw what happened to india from a similar position against new zealand yesterday, lots of drama so far, we will have the latest from edgbaston at 2 30pm. Bit of drama coming in the weather forecast. Thunderstorms across the uk at the moment, mostly affecting the far north east, one or two into edgbaston for the cricket this afternoon. All the details coming up shortly. Also coming up re writing history the skull discovery which suggests modern human beings lived outside africa much earlier than previously thought tension is mounting in the gulf after a Royal Navy Warship warned off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the British Heritage and the iranian vessels. The montrose issue
Anti semitism to jubilation as england power into the cricket World Cup Finalfor the england power into the cricket World Cup Final for the first time in 27 yea rs cup final for the first time in 27 years after thrashing australia. Serena williams has made a within the wimbledon final and is within one victory of ling margaret ports tally of grand slam victories. And later we will be looking at the papers with our commentators. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. All british ships sailing through waters near iran are being advised to go to a heightened state of security after a Royal Navy Warship had to warn of three iranians gunboat is trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the golf. There has been a major escalation in tensions in this globally important regions, one of them busiest oil shipping routes in them busiest oil shipping routes in the world. On one side are the arab states including a number of key allies. On the other, iran. And between them, the strait of hormuz. I
Life delinda for british Prime Ministers questions i. Each week the house of commons is in session we bring you Prime Minister David Cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings on cspan2. We invite your participation via twitter using the hashtag pmqs. Prior to question i members are finishing up other business. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. As i just stated very clearly that this is ministers will invite others to discuss the bill further. Question to the Prime Minister. Question number one mr. Speaker. Thank you mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. The plan was published this week shows prospects for young people have deteriorated since the conservatives came into conflict. In the Prime Minister explain why the reducing opportunity young people further by removing thereby
Carles puigdemont, is reported to have fled to belgium. It comes as spains chief prosecutor calls for charges of rebellion and sedition to be laid against catalan leaders, following their declaration of independence. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Donald trumps former president ial Campaign Manager has been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States. Its one of 12 criminal charges brought against Paul Manafort and one of his business associates, including conspiring to launder money. Both men have pleaded not guilty. Its alleged they received 75 million in all from pro Russian Politicians in ukraine. Its also emerged that george papadopoulos, another adviser to President Trump, has pleaded guilty to lying about his links to russia. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. Mr manafort, are you handing yourself into federal authorities today . This is not how it was meant to be. Mr manafort has no comment. Just over a year ago, multimillionaire Paul Manafort was Donald