BBC News with Marion Marshall.
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised Margaret Thatcher who died on Monday as an extraordinary leader who’d made Britain great again. However, many opposition MPs boycotted the parliamentary session as a sign of Lady Thatcher’s divisive political legacy. Our political correspondent Rob Watson was listening to the debate at Westminster.
"Order. Order.”
It was one of those extraordinary parliamentary occasions that mix eloquence, poignancy, disagreement and even moments of humour. David Cameron led the tributes by hailing Margaret Thatcher as a brave and extraordinary leader, who had changed Britain and the world.
"She made history and let this be her epitaph: that she made our country great again. And I commend this Motion to the House.”
There was also a respectful
tone
from the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband, who said while Mrs Thatcher had created strong divisions, she had defined the politics of her generation.
A report leaked to a British newspaper appears to show that the Egyptian army participated in
torture
and killings during the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Hundreds of people were killed and many more are unaccounted for following attempts to put down the unrest. From Cairo, here’s Aleem Maqbool.
The leaked document clearly implicates the armed forces here in serious violations of human rights during Egypt’s 18-day revolution. In it there’s testimony relating to civilians who were detained at military checkpoints but who are never seen again. There’s also evidence presented that protestors from Tahrir Square were detained by the army and tortured inside the nearby Egyptian Museum before being moved to military prisons. And links are made between the army and unidentified bodies being delivered to coroners.