In parliament, our round up of the highlights of the day. On this programme. Renewed anger over the involvement of private providers in the nhs, as the commons reacts to the loss of 700,000 items of medical correspondence. Are these not an example of when the ideological agenda of the Party Opposite to contract out our nhs services has failed and as a result of that the patients are suffering . What happened at sbs was totally unacceptable. It was incompetent. The First Minister Of Scotland announces a re setting of the timetable for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. We will not seek to introduce the legislation for an Independence Referendum immediately. And more new mps make their maiden speeches in the commons. Today sadly we have a society in which the middle class are told to blame the Working Class. The Working Class are told to blame the Benefit Claimants. And the Benefit Claimants are told to blame the Asylum Seekers and refugees. The rapid changes of 21st century b
Iamjust i am just feeling an overwhelming sense of trade, ill only 20 years old and i am tired of the process. Sense of trade, ill only 20 years old and i am tired of the processlj just old and i am tired of the process. just feel it is important to make a decision, lets see where we go from there and have some form of stability. I am really excited about the election, i look forward to any form of more democracy but i dont feel theres that much on the table with voting for so i will be demanding a lot more from politicians of they want to get my vote. What about you . Wherever you are in the uk, get in touch with us throughout the programme if youre tweeting use the Hashtag Victorialive it looks like theresa mays plans to hold a General Election onjune 8th will be voted for by mps today. The Prime Minister, whos repeatedly ruled out am early election, says she needs a fresh mandate, to strengthen her hand during Brexit Negotiations. This morning, were At Westminster, with an audience
No trains or planes, belgium grind to a stop as a 24 hour strike gets under way we begin in australia where an armed man is holding an unknown number of people hostage inside a cafe in central sydney. This is the scene in martin place, which has been in lock down since this siege started at 9 45am local time. Its 10 oclock at night, and much of the area remains cordoned off. Well be live in sydney with correspond Andrew Thomas in a moment. First a look at how the events unfolded. Reporter this woman is running from the scope of a hostage taking in sydney. A number of people have escaped from a cafe where they were held near martin place station. Others were trapped inside, and have been all day. Prime minister tony abbott says the hostage taker is politically motivated. This is a disturbing incident. It is profoundly shocking that incident people should be held hostage by an armed person claiming political motivation. Reporter here a hostage that escaped is taken away by police. The in
Back to life leaving thousands dead. The former Vice President again defends the c. I. A. s torture techniques now, the latest developments out of australia hostages still held in a sydney cafe. And that and the Security Forces action and response to that brought much of the Central Business district to a stand still. In the last two hours, we have seen two hostages running from the building. Not known if they escaped or were released. A little earlier three others made it out through the fire exit. No idea at the moment how many people are inside. Police will not say. Some have been seen with hands pressed against the windows. 9 45 in the morning when it was started. A man believed to be armed walked into the lindt cafe. At one point a flag was put in the window, on it was written the islamic crede saying theres no god but one god, and mohammed is its messenger, and its a common expression of faith for muslims. Police surrounded the area. They are giving little away except to say nego
Spain. From the strained relationship with russia, to the bitter divide between israel and the palestinians s, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has a lot on his agenda. He met today with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, raising concerns about the prospects of u. S. Sanctions. We have a number of issues to talk about. Im appreciative of Prime Minister Sergey Lavrov, travelling here on short notice, changing his schedule. I look forward to our conversations. We have more on the meeting. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry, and russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met in rome on sunday. At a time when u. S. And russian relations reached a low, particularly after last thursday, the u. S. Senate passed a ukraine freedom account bill in which it proposed to impose new sanctions across mosul, and relieved 300 million in hardware to help fight back in the Southern Region of the crimea. The russians didnt appreciate, obviously, that bill, and put out strong words on the Russian Foreign mini