291une. our later. good morning, it is saturday 29 june, our main later. good morning, it is saturday 29 june, our main story, later. good morning, it is saturday 29 june, our main story, joe - later. good morning, it is saturday 29 june, our main story, joe biden| 29june, our main story, joe biden has made it clear he has no intention of pulling out of the us presidential contest despite his poor performance in his debate with donald trump. in poor performance in his debate with donald trump- poor performance in his debate with donald trump. in another blow to the democrats. donald trump. in another blow to the democrats. the donald trump. in another blow to the democrats, the new donald trump. in another blow to the democrats, the new york donald trump. in another blow to the democrats, the new york times - donald trump. in another blow to the democrats, the new york times has l democrats, the new york times has called for mr biden to drop out of the race, say
to the generals, we want to thank you for to the generals, we want to thank you for ensuring peace and stability during you for ensuring peace and stability during voting and we must also thank the home during voting and we must also thank the home affairs staff and officials who ensured that as many voters as possible who ensured that as many voters as possible had their identity documents on election day. thank you very n1ucir documents on election day. thank you very much to documents on election day. thank you very much to you as well. applause i would also like to extend our national i would also like to extend our national gratitude to the independent candidates and leaders and members of various political parties and members of various political parties that participated in the elections. i wish to thank all the elections. iwish to thank all the iocei elections. i wish to thank all the local and elections. i wish to thank all the local and international
this is row that has been ongoing for months but has really, really been ongoing for the past few days, and this all goes back to a letter diane abbott wrote to the observer newspaper 1a months ago now. after that letter, she was accused of anti semitism and she said in the letter thatjewish people along with irish and traveller people didn t face racism all their lives and after that was published she apologised very quickly and she was suspended from the parliamentary labour party pending an investigation. now, if you are someone who has been suspended, if you are suspended when an election is happening, you can t run again as a labour candidate so we didn t hear anything about the investigation or the outcome of it for a long, long time. then, when the general election was called, we suddenly needed an answer, needed to know whether or not dianne abbott would be allowed to run. and several days ago, the bbc s newsnight programme reported that investigation concluded five m
forward to being on your programme. 50 is that forward to being on your programme. so is that happen? people will follow paddle boards in an election? there is a lot of sewage in our waterways. 14 years of a tory government. it looked pretty staged to me and one person said that is the biggest splash they will make! he is one person said that is the biggest splash they will make! splash they will make! he is the only person splash they will make! he is the only person to splash they will make! he is the only person to get splash they will make! he is the only person to get away - splash they will make! he is the only person to get away with - splash they will make! he is the | only person to get away with this because only person to get away with this because he embraces his centrist dad~ because he embraces his centrist dad~ they because he embraces his centrist dad. they do all these stunts. there was the dad. they do all these stunts. there was the jungle. a
dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk s leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royalfamily, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week. polly toynbee, a long serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he s up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he s probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc s newsnight programme. welcome. let s start with the royal family. sunday