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Hunt calls Johnson ‘cowardly’ for ducking TV debate
For a supposedly great communicator, Boris Johnson seems somewhat uncommunicative. He ducked out of TV discussions when there were many more would-be Tory leaders in the race. Now there are only two, he is no keener on appearing. His reluctance to appear on tomorrow’s TV debate has led Sky to cancel it. Jeremy Hunt saw…
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Revealed: The Sudanese militia leader behind violent clampdown on protesters
When mass demonstrations in the spring led to the downfall of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, protesters hoped for a peaceful transition to civilian rule. But since then, the backlash has been brutal. Hundreds have died or gone missing. One man has tightened his grip on power through the most brutal arm of the state, known as the…
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Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs on refugees: ‘Nobody’s been caged, nobody’s been starved’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has become something of a poster-boy for Europe’s far right. He’s portrayed himself as the defender of a white, Christian Hungary at risk from refugees and migrants. His government has rewritten the constitution, tightened control over the media and remodelled the justice system. Now in his fourth term in office, he’s taken…
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From prisoner of war in Iraq to a new life in Sweden
Last month, I received a letter from a Swedish woman. She had seen an old news film shot in 1980, in which I had reported from the frontline of the Iran/Iraq war. She said my team had filmed a man, who then had been a young Iranian soldier languishing in an Iraqi prisoner of war…
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France prepares for 40C heatwave
France is preparing for a potentially record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius later this week. Authorities in Paris have enacted an extreme heat plan, fearing a repeat of the conditions which killed an estimated 15,000 people in France in 2003. Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain are also preparing for oppressive heat.
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Erdogan’s party defeated in Istanbul mayoral election
When Turkey’s President Erdogan and his ruling party lost control of Istanbul, the result was cancelled and a re-run was ordered. Last night, voters gave their verdict on the President’s autocratic rule in emphatic style. March’s narrow 13,000 vote victory for the opposition was transformed into a far larger majority of more than three quarters of a…
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People with autism and learning disabilities locked in mental health hospitals in England
Eight years after the government and health bosses pledged to provide homes for people with autism and learning disabilities in England, thousands are still locked in mental health hospitals. Many are children, and some have been there for years, even decades. The promises were made after people were filmed being abused at the Winterbourne View care home.…
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Trump signs new sanctions against Iran
He backed away from a military strike on Iran at the last minute over its attack on a US drone, but now President Trump has imposed new economic sanctions. The increased pressure on Iran comes at the same time as the US asks for fresh negotiations. But Tehran doesn’t want to talk until sanctions lift, and it’s…
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‘Jihadi Jack’ parents say they would do it all again
The parents of a British man who joined Islamic State militants have told this programme they have no regrets about sending him money and would do it all again. Last week, they were given a suspended prison sentence for terrorism offences after sending him £223 four years ago. In their first television interview since then, John Letts…
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Tory MP Gillian Keegan: Johnson and Hunt ‘trying to dance to tune set by Nigel Farage’
Conservative MP Gillian Keegan was originally a Rory Stewart supporter until he was knocked out of the leadership race.
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Prisons Minister Robert Buckland: ‘Duty of government to avoid chaos of crash-out Brexit’
Prisons Minister Robert Buckland is a Boris Johnson backer.
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Poet Kate Tempest talks about the country “coming apart” amidst Brexit
Her first two albums were Mercury Prize nominated and now Kate Tempest is back with her latest, The Book of Traps and Lessons.
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US launches cyber-attack on Iran amid escalating tensions
As Donald Trump told the world on Thursday that he had pulled back from launching air strikes on Iran, he did, it seems, still authorise retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone.
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Climate activists in Germany occupy coal mine in fossil fuel protest
Hundreds of climate change activists in Germany have temporarily occupied an open-cast coalmine in protest over the use of fossil fuels.
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Jeremy Hunt backs calls for Boris Johnson to answer questions following a police call out to his girlfriend’s home
Jeremy Hunt has said his Tory leadership rival Boris Johnson, should be prepared to “answer questions on everything.”
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Boris Johnson refuses to comment on police call out after row
Boris Johnson isn’t answering any questions about what happened in the early hours of Friday morning when police were called to the London flat he shares with his partner Carrie Symonds – after neighbours reported sounds of screaming and shouting.
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Have questions about the police call out at Boris Johnson’s girlfriend’s home harmed his leadership hopes?
Peter Kellner is the former president of the polling agency YouGov.
