that we are the parliament that licensed cash for questions. that was the warning from my guest on political thinking this week chris bryant who chairs a house of commons standards committee. his words won him the plaudit of being the parliamentary speech of the year. he also secured a government u turn and a change into the approach and standards. now, chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn t suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england, and he was, at university, a student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you ve now made me seem very odd already! in the words of stephen sondheim, i ve went from careered to career. i ve made you interesting rather than odd! orweird. we are going to explore the interesting and the weird, perhaps. we are going to examine happy and sad. let s start with that speech. i,
pope francis is visiting a migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos as he seeks to highlight the plight of refugees. migration is not a problem of the middle east. not a problem of north africa. not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. at least 13 people have been killed after a volcano erupts on the indonesian island of java for the second time in less than a year. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the killing of arthur labinjo hughes will be the subject of a national review in the hope of preventing similar cases in the future, the government has said. this morning, thejustice secretary dominic raab has said, the prime minister made it clear that we want to see how social services liaise with the criminaljustice agencies, and what lessons we can learn . arthur s killers, emma tustin and thomas hughes, will also have their prison sentences reviewed by the attorney general following claims they were not long eno
a problem of the middle east. | not a problem of north africa not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. and we meet the three friends who have danced their way into a hollywood marvel blockbuster. as a dancer, to get that chance to be a part of something that i love watching so much, like, if someone told me that, you re going to be in a marvel movie, doing a bollywood dance scene, i would never believe them. hello and welcome to bbc news. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary, because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to depature. they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self i
which brings together some of the uk s best known columnists, bbc specialists and the correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: omicron a chilling gift for the season of giving. why, when it comes to abortion, it remains the age of trump. and james bond s boss on the danger of china for smaller countries. joining is on the programme. janet daley, who moved from the united states to london in the 1960s, is a columinst with the daily telegraph. stephanie baker is with bloomberg media. with me in the studio is celia hatton, the bbc s asia pacific editor. welcome to all of you and it is lovely to see you again. when we discussed omicron last week and, it had onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. first identified by doctors in south africa, president ramaphosa told his countrymen at the weekend that in one province, new cases had risen from 500 per day to 1,600. stephanie, the message from the white house
migration is not a problem of the middle east. not a problem of north africa. not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. at least 1a people have been killed after a volcano erupts on the indonesian island ofjava for the second time in less than a year. good afternoon. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to depature they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self isolate until they receive their negative test result. but the travel industry has strongly criticised the move with one industry executive saying, the introduction of pre departure