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UK Government Mired in Controversies

BBC World Service - Newshour, UK Government Mired in Controversies

Two British ministers face calls to resign following separate incidents

Two British ministers have faced calls to resign following separate incidents. The foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, made remarks to a House of Commons committee, that risk condemning a British woman to an extra five years in an Iranian jail. the International Development Secretary Priti Patel held secret meetings with Israeli officials while ostensibly on a family holiday.

Also in the programme; President Trump receives a mixed welcome in South Korea and; the fossils of the oldest-known ancestors of most living mammals, including human beings, have been unearthed in southern England. 

Picture: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in June 2016. Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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