like because it, in effect, puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london. shaun chuckles. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week political apologies and their consequences. 40% of borisjohnson s mps say it isn t enough to say sorry he should quit. we ll be discussing why history may be on the british prime minister s side. and in africa, the king of belgium voices his deepest regret over the abuse and humiliation caused in what is now the drc by his family and other belgians. why do those who colonised find it so hard to say sorry? in the studio are stefanie bolzen, uk and ireland correspondent for the german media group die welt, marc roche, who writes for the french news magazine le point, and adam raphael, who began reporting on uk politics in 1976 the last year to date in which a british
in glasgow to 21 degrees in norwich. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. prince charles is reported to have described the government s rwanda asylum scheme as appalling . his office say he remains politically neutral. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist say they ve found possible human remains in a river. borisjohnson urges ministers to do everything in their power to secure the release of two british men sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. the maximum interest rate on student loans in england is being cut by almost 5%. ministers hope it will provide peace of mind for graduates. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year s event. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week he s experiencing facial paralysis. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme
century after that revolution, in 1788, that the same mirabeau defied the king of france and set the will of the people against the king, with the first national assembly, the first parliamentary body, and this was quite simply his ambition, to transpose the british model of constitutional monarchy. in the end, it was the english who almost had the french revolution, but in france developed towards another system and on the 21st of september exactly 231 years ago to the day, the republic was born. and so our two pupils have been watching one another, influencing one another, have for many years been rivals, but for more than a century have always been allies to defend democracy and human rights. the different commemorations we have recall this and next year, in 2024, we shall be celebrating the 120th anniversary of the entente cordiale and the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings. and as vera lynn saying, we shall meet again, we shall meet again to continue to seal this
bottleneck. since 2014 500 thousand have arrived on italian shores. this year alone 94,000 have arrived in five days a couple of weeks ago 11,000 raved. arrived. i ve been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria and from eastern parts of africa. these are young men who often head out into the unknown across africa, who arrived in libya which is currently in the civil war. from there they set off on a dangerous journey into the unknown where they get rescued and they arrived in these tiny, cut off, isolated towns after they get rescued in italy. italy is not coping with this crisis. the italian prime minister paolo gentiloni described it as unbearable and in the last few days there has been a conference in tunis between african and european ministers, and also italy has said in the last few days that it may shut its ports to rescue boats. also italy has threatened to actually give migrants who are in limbo in the
i m jane hill. this week we hear more about europe s migrant crisis. one of my guests is just back from seeing the impact of the continuing flow of people into italy. we ll discuss the state of the french presidency. and what a week in the white house. my guests this week are the writer and broadcaster yasmin alibhai brown, agnes poirier from france s marianne, john fisher burns of the new york times, and the british somali journalist and writer at prospect magazine, ismail einashe. welcome to you all. we will begin with the migrant crisis. we talked about it not that long ago, but it is an issue that is absolutely not going away. we have a great opportunity to discuss first hand the issue, and some of the problems facing europe as it struggles to cope with wave after wave of migrants. ismail, you ve just returned from italy, which is bearing the brunt of this tide of humanity escaping war, famine, and people smugglers. what did you find? well, over the last several years,