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How could anyjustice secretary stand by and let that happen? is that the moment that robert buckland resigns from the government, if we break international law itself? if i see the rule of law being broken in a way that i find unacceptable... ah... ..then of course i will go. we are not at that stage. four years ago, these two former prime ministers campaigned against brexit. today, sirjohn major and tony blair joined forces again, writing in the sunday times that the governments action was irre...

The ukjustice secretary has defended british government plans to potentially override elements of the brexit withdrawal agreement, signed with the european union. the proposal would break international law and also give the government power to change or ignore rules relating to the movement of goods between britain and northern ireland. the britishjustice secretary robert buckland said it was an emergency brexit "insurance policy" if brussels acted in an "unreasonable" way, by insisting on exces...

Helen catt, reports. two former prime ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry. they have joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a year ago. writing in the sunday times, sirjohn and mr blair said the governments actions were irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. they said it raises questions that go far beyond the impact o...

The smoke caught on nasa images. they include some of the biggest wildfires ever recorded in california. san francisco one of many cities thats disappeared under a shroud of smoke. im trying to keep a positive attitude, but its scary. its scary. one of those things, you just have to take into consideration that you have to be careful when youre breathing because you can be inhaling the smoke. unprecedented fires have led to desperate measures to tackle them — scrambling, even, to fly in fire e...

Vast majority of the uk, dry night, clear spells, morning temperatures from 10 degrees in the midlands to 14 from 10 degrees in the midlands to 1a in northern ireland in belfast. tomorrow, lots of sunshine right from the word go, any mist is going to clear and we have a hot day on the way the many parts of england, cardiff up to 25, pressured in scotla nd cardiff up to 25, pressured in scotland and northern ireland, around 20. we could hit 30 degrees in london. we could hit 30 degrees in london....

Two former british prime ministers, tony blair and sirjohn major, have condemned plans by boris johnsons government to override elements of the brexit withdrawal agreement relating to northern ireland. writing in the sunday times newspaper, the two former leaders describe the proposal as shocking, adding it would damage britains reputation for the rule of law, threaten the good friday peace agreement and could prompt damaging retaliation from the european union. a leading scientist has warned th...

Around 40,000 people have left their homes and half a million are under evacuation orders. poor visibility has made it harder to get out, but many have fled to trailer parks where volunteers have been distributing food. but with the fires comes the challenge of covid—19. we want to make sure everybody maintains social distance as much as possible. its admittedly difficult in this environment, but were going to try and organise feeding lines and things like that to maintain a six—foot distanc...

Government ministers say they need an insurance policy to make sure that doesnt happen. we hope very much never to have to use this. its a "break the glass in emergency" provision, if we need it. but theyre not denying that giving uk ministers the power to change the withdrawal agreement breaks international law. how could anyjustice secretary stand by and let that happen? is that the moment that robert buckland resigns from the government, if we break international law itself? if i see the rule...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. former prime ministers tony blair and sirjohn major call borisjohnson‘s brexit plans ‘shameful‘ and urge mps to reject plans to override parts of the withdrawal agreement. more than 30 people have died as wildfires burn in california, oregon, and washington causing widespread pollution. theres fresh concern in the uk over the growing spread of coronavirus after more than 3000 cases were recorded in the u...

More than 30 people have died as wildfires burn in california, oregon, and washington causing widespread pollution. theres fresh concern in the uk over the growing spread of coronavirus after more than 3000 cases were recorded on consecutive days. the afghan government calls for a ceasefire with the taliban, as the first—ever peace talks between the two sides get under way in qatar. now on bbc news, a month after lebanons catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut, what next for the countrys...