than 100 people have been injured. 0ne body s been recovered from the scene. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to impose the largest single hike in a quart
Public, and that does put the hardliners in a tougher spot. Mr. Gutman on the hardliners they really are the losers in this whole deal. They are being disempowered. All the people, also, who have been engaged in smuggling this is probably pretty big lobby are going to be hurting. You have official trade, and they have no real role. We shouldnt underestimate the role of the hardliners being dealt a bad hand, but we shouldnt overestimate the ability of the others to change things. It is a very dynamic discussion they have in iran. The nuclear deal there are issues that everybody understands have to be worked out. Is the iranian government going to manage overseas operations of the revolutionary guard, or will it report to the Supreme Leader . How can you have these two parallel tracks . We know where the hardliners come down on this decision. I would not expect any immediate answer. Mr. Serwer let me conclude by noting that there is a solar lining of sorts. That is think about where we w
Tom today to me is the first day we are really into the vote. It has changed dramatically, the tone, the desperation in the newspapers. Francine it is getting personal. You have the queen on the front cover and then it gets really personal with David Cameron saying, look into his eyes and do not vote to stay tomorrow. Well have plenty more later on. Also looking at the Daily Telegraph. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Day ofthe final campaigning before british Voters Decide whether the country should stay in the European Union. Different polls put each side ahead. There was one final debate last night on the bbc. More than 60 of the worlds leading country does companies have their European Headquarters here in german dust in london. In london. I think we have heard an amazing amount of running down of hours that he. We are proud of our city. The astonishing thing is that the remains side continually underestimate our ability to do better deals if we are left to do it on our o
Greekmacedonnen border. And nevada prepares to hold its caucus. Ugandas president is celebrating his fifth election victory while his main opponent remains under house arrest. The president won 60. 8 in thursdays election allowing him to extend his 30year rule. His main rival, Kizza Besigye had 35. 4 of the votes and declared the election a sham. We have this report. Police surrounded the house of Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye as results are announced. Opposition leaders from placed under house arrest. The electoral chai election chairman announced the results. The chairman acknowledged some problems and said that things largely went well. He said that this was rigging local observers say there has been strong criticism from the European Union and the commonwealth observers. The Electorate Commission failed. It was not transparent. It was very bad at organizing things. And loses the trust of everyone here that we were speaking to. I would say its a failure of the Electorate Commissio
Adams, mercedes driver wins the grand prix and fernando says hes lucky to be alive after walking away from this huge case in melbourne. Turkeys entire your minister has said the suicide a to beer responsible for saturdays blast was a member of isil. Four other people were killed and dozens wounded when the bomber detonated his device on a crowded street. We have the latest from istanbul. Reporter a somber mood hangs over the street. This is the heart of istanbuls commercial lifeline. A place where locals and tourists hang out. But after a suicide bombing earlier on saturday, the avenue is overshadowed by fear. People here hold the vigil for the victims. Translator we came here right after the incident. And left red carnations to show our pain. Reporter Security Camera footage captured the moment the blast went off around noon. Witnesses say hundreds of people ran for cover when a loud explosion was heard. A day later, the Security Forces are still searching for blues. The Forensic Poli