David Cameron delivers statement to MPs on the Tunisian beach attack and EU summit
The PM says the group known as Islamic State poses "an existential threat"
The terror attack last Friday left 38 dead, including at least 15 Britons
Home Secretary Theresa May visits Tunisia to pay condolences and for talks on the extremist threat
Lord Janner to face criminal proceedings on historical sexual abuse claims after a CPS U-turn
Chancellor George Osborne says a Greek exit from the eurozone would be "traumatic" for the rest of Europe
Home Secretary Theresa May is speaking at a press conference in Tunisia. Among the sorrow of the terrorist attack there were also scenes of great bravery, she says.
Quote MessageWe are clear that the terrorists will not win. We are united in working together to defeat them. But united also in working to defend our values."
The government has confirmed 18 British nationals have died in the Tunisian attack and the overall number is expected to rise to around 30, BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.
An RAF plane will bring back four injured people, and all injured Britons are expected to be back in UK within 24 hours.
The home secretary has visited the hotel at the scene of the terrorist attack, laid flowers and observed a minute's silence.
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Some more reaction to the news that Lord Janner will face criminal proceedings on historical sexual abuse claims after a CPS U-turn.
In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "We are aware of the decision announced today regarding the victim's right to review in relation to our on-going criminal investigation codenamed Operation Enamel."
Quote MessageThe Operation Enamel team assisted the victim's right to review process by making submissions and providing a significant body of material in support of the public interest test for prosecution. Proceedings are now active against Lord Greville Janner and in these circumstances, and in order to protect those proceedings from prejudice, Leicestershire Police will be making no further comment."
Image source, APNatalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, has also given her response to Lancashire County Council's decision to reject an application to start fracking at a site in Lancashire. And interestingly enough, her statement is exactly the same as that made by Caroline Lucas (see post 12:04).
UPDATE: The Green Party has issued a correction, saying the quote should have been attributed to Ms Lucas and apologising for the confusion
Some more news on the Greek crisis. Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has stressed the need for "compromise" to solve the Greek eurozone crisis. She told members of her CDU party that euro was more than a currency, saying "if the euro fails, Europe fails".
She said "Europe survives on its ability to compromise", but she cautioned that Europe should not bend its principals, saying that eurozone members have a duty to act responsibly.
Home Secretary Theresa May has been visiting the hotel in Tunisia where at least 30 Britons were killed when a gunman opened fire. She was joined by Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood and laid flowers and observed a period of silence. The pair will also take part in talks with the Tunisian government on the threat from extremists.
Green MP Caroline Lucas has been responding to Lancashire County Council's decision to refuse planning application for fracking at a site in Little Plumpton. She said it was a "fantastic victory".
Quote MessageToday’s decision proves that, in spite of all the government’s efforts to force through fracking, local communities can prevent it from going ahead. Lancashire county councillors have today set a strong example of how democracy should work – with elected politicians listening to the concerns of the people they represent. I hope the refusal of this application will open the government’s eyes to the huge opposition to fracking in this country, and help to persuade them that clean, renewable energy is where we must invest."
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Beth Rigby, deputy political editor at the Financial Times, told the same programme that the options available to Greece were "pretty bleak". She said the Greek people could either vote for a deal which would take "months and months of protracted talks" or they could vote to leave the Euro.
Quote MessageFor Europe to have Greece in social-economic turmoil, on the southern part of Europe, is not a good place to be."
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Louis Cooper also said there were "indirect risks" involved in Greece leaving the euro. She said there was a fear that if Greece left, other indebted countries, such as Spain and Italy, might think about coming out of the euro as well.
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In a Daily Politics discussion on Greece a little earlier, financial commentator Louise Cooper said the country was "very close" to an exit from the euro. She said the decision of the Greek government to hold a referendum on its international creditors' terms for a new bailout had been "a complete surprise" and it had made Eurozone finance ministers "furious".
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Earlier, Crispin Blunt - who has been elected as the new chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee - told the Daily Politics it was necessary to deal with extremism domestically on a "number of different levels". He said it was important to find an "intelligent way" to take on extremist ideology, saying there was a "battle for the hearts and minds" of Sunni Muslims. The best people to lead this were Sunni Islam's "thought leaders" , he suggested.
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Lancashire County Council refuses planning application for fracking at site in Little Plumpton.
The Daily Politics panel has been discussing the situation in Greece, where the country's banks have been closed and capital controls imposed after the European Central Bank decided not to extend emergency funding
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On dealing with Islamic State, Crispin Blunt told Daily Politics it was important to take territory away from them. But he said this shouldn't be done by western or Shia troops because it would "make the situation worse".
Image source, PACarolyn Fairbairn, a former member of the Number 10 Policy Unit, has been appointed as director general of the CBI. She'll be taking over from John Cridland, who steps down in November. Ms Fairbairn has worked as a journalist, economist and management consultant, and holds a number of non-executive directorships. She said she was "delighted" to be joining the organisation adding:
Quote MessageThe debate around Britain’s relationship with the European Union and the productivity challenge facing our economy will be two of the defining issues of the next few years, and I greatly look forward to representing the voice of British businesses of all sizes on these questions and many others."
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Crispin Blunt, chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, has been speaking about criticisms of the response by the Consular and Foreign Office to the Tunisian beach attack.
Quote MessagePeople's expectations are perhaps too inflated of what can practically be delivered in terms of response and guidance and everything else when you're dealing with people who have been killed and wounded and are in hospital in bathing costumes with no identity."