subsidised britain. they seem very proud of running education road shows 213000 young people have seen mergers they have 845 brand ambassadors or and bass just teaching this stuff they say they're there to inspire the next generation of engineers it's not about. 7 year olds with ideas of going to the persian gulf to fight war i think that would be great i think it would be wonderful if those resources continue to be put into creating the next gen generation of engineers but creating them to do things that are positive for our country and world can i say this and this is the figures that coming out went to a meeting with. and pay on the issue around yemen and they put it in if i can say this stopped the exports of goods from this country total is $500000000000.00 pounds per year of that $20000000000.00 and the manufacturing 20000000000 is. ok so that's a 5th of a 5th if you want to work out the stats but that 2xb6b is what we're selling to ourselves. so it's funded by us. is not essential for our economy

schools to interest interest in the things which is going to britain's goes to. become full you're going to get p.t.s.d. or your legs blown off when you join up with us they're all rolled tentative steps but this is another thing that seriously shocked me and that's. when i discovered that figure of 11000 military visits to schools year if from forces while i was working with quite because and forces watching veterans for peace and these organizations that are putting in an enormous effort to help educate people as to the realities. so this was quite good i asked them how many visits to you ken . quakers who have a very small department but it's working very hard to manage to do about 6 or 10 pieces there's no telling it's all 10 the number of the visit was not up to 6 or 10 the number of visits the veterans for peace managed to make to schools in the time that i've been with them is one hand counting hands counting if that. this is what we're up against at a time when we are having break hillary pulls from the main news media which is so it's no secret that chil

to trump a signal do things britain should leave the e.u. with out an agreement but is a trade deal with the u.s. enough to offset the potential losses that britain could face if it leaves the block without a deal the u.k.'s trade volume with the u.s. is much lower than the amount with other e.u. countries in 2017 britain imported 11 percent of its goods from the u.s. compare that to well over half from the european union well 18 percent of british exports went to the u.s. a far larger 45 percent went to the e.u. his suggestion if brits behave themselves and make the kind of concessions that he would want we could have that deal in a heartbeat as i think one of his people said to me the question is what do they want in return for us would that be a tool doable from that which you cite problems there. but britain is bracing for a future outside of the block securing so it would trade ties with other major partners will become an ever greater priority. well for more on the story goes over to our man on wall street jose luis. cities were just g

britain seems to me is already signed up to the b. it seems to be edging closer to saving up the built in road and meanwhile your president is over here is kind of a trade war full scale trade war by the sounds of it with china yeah i think this is one of the few to disagree on china big wall possibly i mean there was you know the leak a few weeks or months ago about why the way or the u.k. was going to do business with weiwei the australians have already belts. new zealand new zealand is build on why so look there's a lot of support we haven't seen a lot of support for the president on this and then remember that the it wasn't just the way it's other things going on with the chinese trade and it's one of the few areas where the democrats are actually supporting the president on this i think he's done a good job of calling out the chinese on their you know their ip theft and a lot of the other violations so look i live yeah he's about denying any of that right and i thought you saw that you know the executive some way or writing op ed

well with a lot of sadness britain matters to europe and europe matters to britain and britain and europe do enormous trade together britain is important militarily it's committed to the security of the entire continent it's a big factor unneighborly it's a nuclear power it's a member of the un security council everyone wants britain to figure it out and when they figure it out to come to brussels and get a deal that seems good to both sides that's really what people want they don't want to bad relationship right ok gentlemen thank you all very much indeed john jumped stan steven erlanger mark garnett thank you very much. and as ever thank you for watching the program you can see it again any time a lot again to the website al-jazeera dot com should you want more discussion go to our facebook page at facebook dot com fool a slash a.j. inside story and there's the truth it's fair of course at a.j. inside story i'm latina dennis for me and the whole team here in doha is goodbye from the. freezing winds and rugged terrain and at times seem impossible. but for afghan traders who brave the wil

. >> america has no truer friend an great britain. [ applause ] >> blair even convinced britain to go to war in iraq. >> to retreat now, i believe, would put at hazard all that we hold dearest. >> ...a decision that would tarnish his legacy. today, the globalism andri ce he championed are also tarnished, with far left and far right populist movements on the rise around the now, more than 2 1/2 years after the brexit vote, there are still no concrete plans for howbr ain will leave the european union. these days, blair is on aio renewed mi >> the term "centrist" is now used as an insult, and the word "moderate" indicative of some form of political malfunction. is this a ridiculous state of affairs?t >> wes tony blair say now? very honorable tony blair, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you. >> you were the first labour leader to win three consecutive elections. your party now has morphed into a new left that seems, in many ways, diametrically opposed to the principles and the values and the direction that you led it, culminating, finally, in the brexit referendum, in which the united k

at's weighing odd to have britain. but for politicians, that's not unexpected by many of britain, leading the lights enough. labor leader, jeremy corbin, have refused to meet with the president. it's yet to be opponent of serene is a may. >> going to have our trouble thank you. >>> before leafing the count, the white house made the surprise visit to play for the community of hah "vanity fair. many were colleagues of the governme government we go to ron allen >> reporter: the morning of his ram maj, he play 16, and investigators say they don't know why >> he was not terminated >> was there a disciplinary function >> to my knowledge, the offering at condolences to the families behaviors. >> within two minutes, the first on-scene, police wanted to be anxious to see how he moved through the building the suspect going through the all walls and breeches >> he was alive and taken into custody. and first aid was rendered to him. orr the orr dial they went in 15 minutes. >> they were laughing. we're talking to each other. at th

no and this is a bit strange because america and britain are so close. in defence, in economic terms. culturally it's so important, this link between the two countries and also the royal family now has a american member, meghan, and so i think trump should have got the same reception as any other. the reception is not so controversial. the only controversial one was the prime minister of japan because of the treatment of prisoners of war world war ii. the real problem of trump's visit will be china because the british in a post—brexit world, china will be at the centre and have to cut any ties with huwaei and 56 and britain and at the centre of chinese money in europe and the recycling of chinese money via hong kong. chinese students are very important, tourism. china and nuclear, there is not another country or neuter which has sold nuclear to china so it's important for britain that trump does not threaten the chinese relationship —— another country in europe which has sold nuclear. it has already caused problems, the problem of how deeply or whe

it is a critical moment for britain. for the uk as this moment of extraordinary political upheaval collides with the arrival of a president who rather enjoys throwing a wildcard. president trump is visiting europe for the 75th commemoration of d-day in normandy, france. tomorrow he holds a bilateral meeting with prime minister theresa may. more of the politics of the visit. on wednesday, he'll head to portsmith for more commemorations of d-day there. i want to bring in now john north american editor for bbc. an important week for president trump and a critical week for the brits, for prime minister may and for the person who may very well succeed her, boris johnson, as well. as we look at these images from the abbey, can you tell me what you picked up on this morning from the president's visit? >> rather like, hallie, when you're on a plane and the pilot says fasten your seat belt. i think the british government slightly has that attitude in they know donald trump can be impredictable and when he was at 10,000 feet, he p

destroy all this and more coming up in today's going underground but 1st today armed forces day in britain is designed to encourage the great british public support u.k. servicemen and women but this year it is arguably different because of events like this even covered by mainstream media the airstrikes for nearly 2 years now by the saudi led coalition a backed by christian america and from parts of yemen have been bombed back to the middle ages former u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson and president foreign secretary jeremy hunt vying to be prime minister of britain come july and when confronted with evidence of the involvement of u.k. armed forces in the world's worst humanitarian disaster yemen this is what they say about british backing for alleged saudi war crimes we're trying to help them to avoid breaches of the humanitarian. law giving them guidance about how targeting should work and our relationship with saudi arabia means that we stop bombs going off on the streets of britain u.k. labor leader jeremy corbyn took up the issue with outgoing u.k. prime minister theresa may as sh

should work and our relationship with saudi arabia means that we stop bombs going off on the streets of britain u.k. neighbor leader jeremy corbyn took up the issue with outgoing u.k. prime minister tourism a as you prepared to go to today's g. 20 summit in japan the prime minister doesn't appear to understand the depth of feeling at the un parliament's around the world and even the us senate and house on this situation the un itself has warned that by the end of 2019 if the war continues 230000 people would have lost their lives 140000 of which are children under the age of 5 but the pm is not so concerned by the 4 and a half 1000000000 pounds of u.k. military equipment corbin claims is being pumped into war crimes let's just look at some of the relationships of the like you know the right one gentleman. when people were killed in so his sympathies were with russia. cherice were kidding. when terrorists were killing our people he simply says where we are i. don't know recent times there are types in the gulf his sympathies were with. the other but and he said that the private moments before th

standards on us in britain. and it's all because we look as if we're going to be so reduced by threats that. we're going to have to accept this. but i pray it's not going to happen. the crowds are smaller than for previous anti trump protests but it's trump's policies not his promises that cause the most upset almost every single thing is wrong has done is un-american and i'm pleasant and nasty and i think america deserves a better leader. climate change women's rights gay rights. control he's done absolutely nothing. everyone knows that the british prime minister is on her way out and it will be up to her successor to make sure the special relationship remains milk or deal. but let's talk about that special relationship if you that i'm going through the big table by been doing for her though she is european correspondent with the economists it's good to have you on the show i want to ask you has it become clear if it were not clear already how. porton the u.s. is too bright says britain yes it is maybe the most

president trump is flying to britain for a three—day state visit. on arrival later on monday he will be greeted by queen elizabeth. outgoing prime minister, theresa may, has described mr trump's visit as an opportunity to further strengthen the special relationship between the two countries. the search for eight missing climbers in the himalayas is due to resume. the indian air force had suspended the operation, due to poor weather conditions. four britons, two americans, an australian and an indian are missing. nanda devi is considered one of the toughest peaks in the indian himalayas. the italian transport minister has said the government is ready to ban large cruise ships from the giudecca canal in venice. he tweeted his comments after a giant cruise liner lost control and crashed into a pier, hitting a smaller sightseeing boat. the ship suffered engine failure. now on bbc news: dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: the beast is here — and i'm not talking about anyone on the panel. no, the beast is

britain's queen elizabeth welcomed the u.s. president today an official state visit tonight there's toasting at a state banquet and that is too much for some to stomach tonight pomp and protest in the u.k. for the u.s. president who some say would like to be a king himself i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.

is appealing a court ruling on british arms sales what do you think finally does it say about britain in 2019 that someone like you from the arabian rights which association have seen the website with human rights council links exam lists internationally what does it say about britain then that you're not allowed to speak because you are considered an anti semite and a hater of jews well the think is this you know and the think is that all the people the wrote about me they don't know me and they've never heard me speak about it or talk about it or even discuss this with me even the m.p. himself you know i mean i was invited and i. to go there supposedly to go there and speak but it was canceled but let me tell you this we always an. association called for an independent international investigation to all war crimes all parties in the party. government the saudis. the u.s. the u.k. all the parties involved in this war i want to thank you and as i mentioned earlier in the interview the board of deputies of british jews told us thanks for getting in touch but now that mr russell boyle h

that if britain uses huawei 5g elements as part of its 5g network, then that could compromise britain's security relationship and intelligence-sharing with the united states and others in the five-is partnership. so that will be a message. iran, as well. the secretary of state mike pompeo just last week in germany with angela merkel, very strong message on iran there. >> seeking sanctions. wanting the uk to back sanctions against iran? >> exactly. and wanting, you know, a closer alignment with the united states' position, which was to pull out of that joint nuclear agreement. >> right. >> and pressure on britain and france and germany to follow that in suit as well. so, yes, more economic pressure on iran, more isolation of iran. that will be part of the conversation undoubtedly. >> let me just give you some of the head reinlines from the pap this morning. "trump: it's my way or huawei," which is what nic was talking about there. i want to give you another newspaper front page. "trump arrives amid rising tensions. anger as u.s. trade demands." i'm joined now by a professor of internatio

says there will be no new negotiations and then there's jeremy hunt britain's current foreign minister he's regarded as even tempered and competent but some feel he lacks the broader appeal that other candidates have and here is what these people and some of the other candidates are saying about the job they would like to hammer thing. but over the last 3 years politics has failed dismally is a spell to deliver on the biggest democratic decision in our history fulfilling that democratic decision is now urgent and vital it cannot and will not be put off any longer leaving the e.u. on the 31st of october is for me a hard red line or have we both well i think there are 2 reasons i think that some of the people involved in this negotiation i don't really believe them but i think some of them have felt that this was a problem to be managed rather than an opportunity to be grasped but you know what it's not enough just to believe in bricks that you've got to be able to deliver we have a divided on our central promise at the last general election which was to leave the e.u. by the end of marc

is to breaks britain yes it is maybe the most important relationship that britain has with any ally in the and of course at the time where the country is deeply divided of approximate and where this uncertainty over its leadership this very special relationship is even more important than in the past so brights it means that britain needs america more than ever. to some extent yes 70 when it comes to trade because of course the hope is that they have. a phenomenal and mr thomas was trying to clean and following britain's exit from the european union but of course the details off such a treaty with the need to be negotiated and can we trust donald trump he has the changes his mind about trade deals all the time and look at nafta and what's happening right now with with mexico why should the u.k. trust mr trump when he says you know we're going to have this great trade deal there's no reason why the u.k. should. i mean the u.s. is an incredibly important now for the u.k. at a concert 80 percent of british exports and 11 percent of its imports to biggest single trading partner of course t

the greatest alliance the world has ever known donald trump ails the special relationship with britain during his state visit. central london to protest against him placed the us president to take part in world war 2 commemorations. also to come a republican congressman defends a u.s. navy seal accused of war crimes saying killing civilians is the job. and we fired hundreds of rounds in a palooza probably hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children if they were left in the city when we invaded so do i get george 2 and a disgrace for our country french lawyer to paris is iraq sentences 11 french citizens to death supporting the terror group islamic steps. that are good morning it's 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now it is day 3 of donald trump state visit to the u.k. and on choose day he spent the day in talks with prime minister theresa may and they reaffirmed the special relationship between britain and america. the extraordinary alliance between the american and the british people it's the greatest alliance the world has ever known i've always be

you know which is a bigger threat to the population when you look at what happens in britain an example legrand fall or say the number of people have died because of austerity over 130000 people last number of years according to a recent report and then you look at the mobilization of outrage and resource and energy against the threat like there is them which is not even an infant this emote percentage of the actual threat to people's lives and conditions right here that are causing deaths like happen example then you can see how traumatic that is for people who are affected by it because they perceive themselves as not being cared about and as being not seen as valid human beings and that's the most painful experience is not to be seen and not to be validated and not to be supported and so it wasn't just a disaster in its own terms which is bad enough it was a disaster in terms of the. enormity of warning signs and the absolutely heartless response of the government after it happened it's interesting you immediately mention says you can only get indicate is this program was attacked in

countries in 2017 britain imported 11 percent of its goods from the u.s. compare that to well over half from the european union well 18 percent of british exports went to the us a far larger 45 percent went to the e.u. . his suggestion is if brits behave themselves and make the kind of concessions that he would want we could have that deal in a heartbeat as i think one of his people said to me the question is what do they want in return for it and would that be a tool doable from the but your side i see a lot of problems that but britain is bracing for a future outside of the bloc securing shall we trade ties with other major partners will become an ever greater priority. zambian president has pledged to dissolve concolor copper mines r k c m the country's largest copper producer in a deepening dispute with foreign companies over tax and employment now the company is largely owned by time resources a big commodities trader from india and that's where the trouble is brewing k c m is based in what is known as the copper belts in a region that straddles ambie

differences between the uk and britain. but some similarities and common ground between this president and those pushing for brexit. how do those politics complicate this visit? >> well, first of all, they havethohave shown themselves because the president before he arrived gave two interviews to british newspapers. they both happened to be the murdoch newspapers. his tabloid's son and then the broad sheet of london. in both, he made statements that would be considered pretty undiplomatic and unusual for a foreign leader to make about internal domestic politics. i would, of course, say that president obama intervened in the brexit debate before the referendum and that didn't turn out so well for him or for those he was campaigning on behalf of or speaking on behalf of. but president trump has made it incredibly clear that he believes in the maximum disruption state of affairs which the maximum disruption is a no-deal brexit and a brexit. further maximum disruption is, as he's already talked about in the past, not necessaril

virtually every hillwalker in britain will have heard of him. he lives in scotland. he was the first man to climb all the munros in winter on a single round. he has a wealth of experience. i cannot say how much of an experienced mountaineer he is. it is worrying news. they have been missing two or three days. given his experience, what does that tell you about the severity of the situation this group is in that we have not heard from them for all this time? i am still holding out hope because people can go missing in the himalayas for a week. you can get trapped and you might have to dig a snow hole and survive several days but the monsoon is moving in, which is very heavy rain, and it is dumping amounts of snow and bad weather in the mountains. we are worried there is an avalanche involved and no matter how experienced you are the mountain does not know how experienced you are or that you are an avalanche expert. the avalanche prediction is not that accurate, it is a bit like meteorologists. there is still hope. you got stuck in the himalayas at one point. yes, i ha

those as it's almost certain and why do you think britain has immediately reacted by sending in royal marines let alone the united states ending a 1000 troops to the persian gulf as you know this week is very crucial in the u.k. domestic policy because they are going to see. elected prime minister to some of the issues that or raised here or out of some domestic policy considerations but we as as a said we are fully ready to look at the evidences that are provided by the u.s. or by the u.k. and the i'm sure that when we would sit together and consider it very professionally it would be very clear that they are not evidences the or just analysis and maybe some political considerations ok well aside from the british political leadership crisis which. is evident when this was supposed to be taking place and it was a japanese vessel because there appears to be contradictions from lee japanese owner. of the c.e.o. of one of the owners saying they were flying objects i understand that the prime minister of japan was in tyrone at the same time which hasn't perhaps given that much publicity s

the special relationship with britain during his state visit thousands flood central london to protest against him later today the u.s. president will take part in world same commemorations. also on the republican congressman defends a u.s. navy seal the key support crime saying killing civilians is part of the job. and we fired hundreds of rounds in a palooza killed probably hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children if there were any left in the city when we invaded so do i get judged and of the strace lawyers condemning france for abandoning 11 this is the 4th of the terror group islamic states on death row in iraq. are they good morning is just going to leaven o'clock here in moscow you watching international now it is day 3 of the state visit to the u.k. and on tuesday he spent the day in talks with the prime minister theresa may they reaffirmed the special relationship between britain and america. the extraordinary alliance between the american and the british people it's the greatest alliance the world has ever known i've always believed that cooperation and compro

we have a resident britain. he's as britain as britain can be. and for some reason, he's in los angeles. did the planes all break or the bosses hate you? why are you not in london? >> you know the answer to that. it's b, the bosses hate me. i sit here and chat with you. >> shepard: all the better. these events, these are the events that are fantastic. your people are better at this than anybody. >> we've got to be good at something. it will be quite spectacular. it's in the grand ball room of buckingham palace. the dinner will be served. 170 guests will be there. they're using, by the way, a silver gilt dinner service that was made for george iv. he took the throne in 1820. they're eating off 200-year-old dinner plates tonight. >> shepard: they don't have amazon? >> they don't have amazon. they don't have dishwashers in britain either, by the way. so i hope somebody is scrubbing hard to make them clean enough. all the staff has showered properly as well. >> shepard: goodness, jonathan. they're going to be coming on. >> shep, i'm very impressed wi

if i become the conservative leader i will put britain first. i do not think other interests are served with other neighbours. i do not think we should pursue a course that would in all likelihood led to the break—up of the united kingdom because whatever the mandate for the referendum was it was not a mandate to break up our country. why is it writing? but the donald trump comments where you do not pay the money so comments where you do not pay the money so we would not be delivering on other obligations. he said walk away and if you walk away from a deal often you stick with your current deal rather than go for no deal. that is literally what his comments mean. i know this is rude to ask it but if you are not to be successful who would you endorse? who would you not work with?” successful who would you endorse? who would you not work with? i would find it very difficult to work on a conservative cabinet whose purpose was no deal. when you see who would i endorse assuming that i would somehow not be successful this is a wide—open race, le

or to be supporting obviously there is a long historical good relations between britain and all of the arab states of the gulf region but when it's a moral issue such as this at stake the british public is increasingly very uncomfortable about what is happening. and it does it for me i'll be back in 29 and a half minutes the full look at your stay with us. and the. time action at hand say and you're watching a special edition of going underground from the iranian embassy in london as britain and the united states send their soldiers to the persian gulf and better thank you so much for inviting us into the embassy i'm going to ask you jeremy hunt the british foreign secretary says that he is almost certain donald trump says you saw the boat at night trying to take the mine off and successfully took the mind off the boat and that was exposed what did you make of the video imagery and the pictures we have here proving almost certainly that the iranian government was involved in explosions on tankers in the version gulf they knew themselves that these pictures. don't to proof what they are

are they the best for britain? i choices. are they the best for britain? lam choices. are they the best for britain? i am sitting here arguing that we can negotiate better choices. mr hunt will be one of five candidates taking part in a tv bait tonight, the first time you and i am the public at large will have been let into a conservative hustings. there have been plenty so far, but most of them have involved journalists like me having a glass up journalists like me having a glass up againsta journalists like me having a glass up against a wall to try to hear what is happening. tonight, we will be let in on the act. borisjohnson will not be there. the fight tonight will not be there. the fight tonight will be to be seen as the main contender to mrjohnson. that is when it starts to heat up, when we get down to the final two. nick, thank you very much. tens of thousands of peope are protesting on the streets of hong kong over a controversial extradition bill, despite a government climb—down. hong kong's chief executive announced the plans had been suspended — but dem

not really because what's happened since donald trumps the visit to britain. maybe not the riot act but he's certainly pressure on the british to back him up in relation to his call war with china and the british having until then resisted this juice if we jumped into line as is the norm and backing them back in the americans up so i see this as a consequence of a shift under pressure from the united states under pressure from donald trump to back him over the trade in cold war with china and that fall forward through i have to say that of course that britain's record regarding china is one of never really challenging challenging though so we might be seeing something of a new departure the situation with the arms sales to so days very different because the decision of the hong kong was one made by the british government in the question of the arms sales to saudi and it's called which in our eyes in the war against yemen this forward a court case where it was brought by the campaign against the arms trade and enjoy all charity who succeeded in that court case

president donald trump says britain has bright days ahead after leaving the e.u. adding he's committed to a phenomenal post trade deal. watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha in derry navigator also ahead. paramilitary forces put on a show of strength in sudan a day after dozens of protesters were killed in a crackdown. a wall of silence in beijing 30 years after the chinaman square massacre we have a report from our series adrian brown who covered events in 1989. and new controversy over a u.s. navy seal who is facing court martial for war crimes. hello donald trump has promised britain a phenomenal trade deal once it leaves the european union the u.s. president's had a day of talks with outgoing prime minister to resign may he's praised her handling abraxane negotiations even though she's failed to get her withdrawal deal through parliament and in baba has more from london. a president to join the limelight to the prime minister who see the stage day 2 of the state visit was all about trade between britain and the u.s. in a post brics it world. as

they did not want to share with britain first, because they thought that britain would get an advantage in production of atomic power. later, they were concerned that it was not within roosevelt's war powers to extend this knowledge for them or the british could clearly not used to win the war, for which congress had given them those owers. he two senior civilian leaders, bush and his deputy, they did not want to share. there was some information the british had that they needed and they didn't think that the president of the united states might be looking at a broader horizon to defind a quid pro quo zone. the diplomatic history of the manhattan project wasn't declassified until 1975, which is why i think that this doesn't show up in other histories but it's very interesting to go read e letters between bush and when they start talking about arms control, talking about the possibility of a super bomb for which the atomic bomb would be a trigger. the very early stage and over across the atlantic, the british scientists were talking about the same thing and worried about the post-war wor

on the issue of the 39 billion, britain does not pay the 39 billion, britain does not pay the 39 billion, wants to do a trade deal with the eu, they may say, what about the 39 billion? is it helpful? probably not. donald trump likes to make his views known. he is known for making all sorts of comments about things and just yesterday he was talking about who he thought would be the good tory leader, delving into that political issue in britain as well. let us hear a bit of what he has been saying to the sunday times. we can work on it very, very quickly. there is tremendous potential of trade with you and the united states. they've wanted to do trade, but they've never had a president like me that, you know, understands how good... you think a matter of months? yeah, i'd go all out. it would be a great, great advantage for uk. as you say, yesterday, talking about which of the conservative party leadership contenders he liked the look of. he described boris johnson as being an excellent choice, boris johnson former foreign secretary, mayor of london, someone who donald trump mayor of londo

a traitor to britain? you mean a traitor to britain? it's the first time i've heard that term in a long time. i was definitely an enemy of britain. i have no doubt about this. i haven't tried to make myself innocent. i did what i did, i made a big mistake and that's what happened. i regretted what i did and thought, supposedly the british idea is that even if you do make big mistakes, you can sort of go back. not go back to britain, i mean go back from your mistakes. you can set things right. did they ever ask you to put on a suicide vest? they don't ask you but they encourage you. in a sort of indirect way. i used to want to at one point, believe it or not. i now think it's actually haram. that's the first time i say this. i might as well tell the truth. i did at one point want to. not a vest, i wanted to do it in a car. so i said, if there's a chance, i'll do it. i didn't request to do it but at the same time it was obvious that, i made it obvious to him that if there is a battle i'm ready. this is one of the places where jack letts l

the headlines at midday: tory leadership contender dominic raab says his party will be "toast" if britain isn't out of the eu by the end of october, and he accuses parliament of trying to ‘steal‘ brexit from the voters. the damage it's doing to businesses, many of whom come to me and say, we just want to know what you're doing, but also this corrosion of public trust, and it is... the tory party will be toast unless we are out by the of october. there's another huge protest in hong kong as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators march — despite a government climb—down on its controversial extradition bill that would send suspects to mainland china. the jailed british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe begins a new hunger strike — as tehran formally protests about british claims that iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding —descibed by the environment agency as "unprecedented". president trump again denounces london's mayor, sadiq khan. it follows a series of violent deaths in th

a lot of the money is money that britain owes the money is money that britain owes the eu for things it has already agreed to. labour have pointed out and diane abbott pointed out today that if britain wanted to pay that money, the eu could potentially take britain to court. but borisjohnson is trying to appeal to a conservative base of conservative mps. in order to get to the last two conservative mps in the contest to then be elected by the 100,000 tory party members, he has to get past the tory mps first. so he is trying to get support for his case for his candidacy with that promise. he is also promising to scrap the irish backstop, of course, that has been a key sticking point for theresa may. he said he would only negotiate around the border if the eu agreed to talk about the future relationship. the eu has a ready made clear many times to theresa may that it would not move on to negotiations about trade until the divorce agreement was agreed, so difficult to see how it boris johnson, if he does end up becoming prime minister, whether or not he would be able to achieve what he