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Been forbidden labour, not since the second world war in many cases they are saying this is completely unfair. know what a former minister has said is that it shouldnt be this flat £86,000 figure. it should be a percentage of a person as well. so you dont have a situation with a home in london that are shot up in price can keep most of their asset and pass that on compared to someone in the northwest and east where they simply dont have that and might end “p simply dont have that and might en...

Kathryn stone, the independent standards commissioner for parliament, given the government was trying to overhaul the standard system that she is a very key part of. interesting that nadeem is a hobby talked about collective responsibility because there are a number of figures certainly in the firing line today over the mess that some mps see all of this as, firstly, the prime minister himself, with some mps pointing to other examples of u—turns that the government has made under his leadershi...

Well be here every weekday at 3:00. so ill see you back here tomorrow. bye. tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the news on the pfizer vaccine for children tonight. that key fda panel late today saying yes. and the states of emergency right now. tonight, this noreaster, another round, new york to new england. wind gusts reaching 75 miles per hour. first, that pfizer child vaccine. the vote near unanimous. 17 in favor, one abstaining. and the new data tonight. pfizer sayi...

If the shoe were on the other foot would mitch mcconnell get his caucus in line and get rid of the filibuster to do what he wants to do? >> hell, yes, he would. of course, hes done it every time. however you feel about mitch mcconnell, he is the pitome of the using political brinksmanship and getting what he wants. than brought up 2011. i was there the last time ten years ago. the difference is you had more sane republicans that understood they could play politics a little bit but they werent go...

Had been a lot of talk about a possible tory rebellion, mps furious, but the rebellion fizzled out, only a few who voted no and 37 who didnt vote either abstaining because they didnt like the proposal or for another reason like they were sick or away. so the prime minister will be relieved to have gotten it through the commons because it is a controversial proposal — its raising taxes, breaking his manifesto commitment that he wouldnt raise national insurance. and it also includes some of the ...

Once they prove that they are living up to those commitments, commitments they have made not only to the u.s. but to 100 other countries that have demanded this and the u.n. security council with, importantly, russia and china both abstaining, the rest of the security council, as well as the g7 says today that they have to live up to this commitment, to let there be freedom of movement, no reprssion of women and girls. freedom to move to the borders, including those in the u.s. with targets on t...

>> this is very, very tough. it depends on relying on some very uncertain people, especially the taliban. they say that they dont rely on them, that they will trust them once they prove that they are living up to those commitments, commitments they have made not only to the u.s. but to 100 other countries that have demanded this and the u.n. security council with, importantly, russia and china both abstaining, the rest of the security council, as well as the g-7 saying today that they have to li...

Long my friend. its great to see rachel. >> so, we heard a lot from secretary blinken about americas commitments and thanking our partners, and talking about what has just happened. what is the nitty-gritty in terms of the plan going forward, to get additional people out, who the u.s. has committed to get out if and when they want to leave. >> this is very very tough, and it depends on relying on some very uncertain people, especially the taliban. they say they dont rely on them, that they dont ...

In the streets right now. saying this was on the castro regime in 2020. >> we are very opposed, but you can say everything is bad. when he came into office, do you know what he did, he had a massive literacy program? is that bad? speak to you how much longer can members of congress like aoc and others be silent as this happens to those people, not being able to access medicine. >> the year before i became the u.n. ambassador there was a resolution that happens every year that basically condemns ...

Sunday, 25 April 2021 - 16:04 It is reported that a Sri Lankan representative will not be appointed to the Sri Lanka Human Rights Monitoring Committee appointed under the latest resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. The commitee will operate from Geneva and would be made up of international professionals. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has decided not to nominate a representative of the Sri Lankan government for this purpose. However, when we inqu...