Polanski challenged over whether he thinks Israel has right to exist
The Green Party leader spoke to the Today programme after coming second in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
Lubna Speitan offered to testify on behalf of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years after a Heathrow bomb plot investigation.

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It has emerged Lubna Speitan was listed in court documents as a "close friend" of a man later jailed for supporting al-Qaeda.
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It has emerged Lubna Speitan was listed in court documents as a "close friend" of a man later jailed for supporting al-Qaeda.
Read original at BBC →Lubna Speitan offered to testify on behalf of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years after a Heathrow bomb plot investigation.
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It has emerged Lubna Speitan was listed in court documents as a "close friend" of a man later jailed for supporting al-Qaeda.
View source →Lubna Speitan offered to testify on behalf of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years after a Heathrow bomb plot investigation.
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The Green Party leader spoke to the Today programme after coming second in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The motion, which has divided senior party figures, backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine".
BBC Political editor Chris Mason discusses the by-election outcome and what it means for the Greens Party.
The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss.
Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston station When HS2 construction began around London’s Euston station in 2017 and people living nearby…
Brighton & Hove City Council says the motion is not compatible with its inclusion commitments.