this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. jeremy corbyn, the former labour leader is suspended from the party, for failing to accept in full the findings of a report that said labour on his watch, broke the law, with anti—semitic harrassment and discrimination. very shocked and very disappointed. i been very shocked and very disappointed. ibeen in very shocked and very disappointed. i been in the labour party all my life. and i make it absolutely clear, anti—semitism has no place whatsoever in our party or our movement. whatsoever in our party or our movement. the report detailed ‘serious failings' during mr corbyn‘s ‘leadership in addressing anti—semitism, and labour's new leader explained why he'd taken action today. we won't tolerate anti—semitism or

the denial of anti—semitism through the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it's exaggerated or not factual foot up that's why i was disappointed with jeremy corbyn response. in nice in the south of france, police are called to the scene of a knife attack in a church, where three people were killed. president macron has visited the city, he said it was an ‘islamist terrorist attack‘, the suspect was shot and is in hospital. a major study, estimates that nearly 100,000 people are now being infected with coronavirus every day in england. west yorkshire is the latest area to go into tier 3 lockdown from saturday affecting 2.3 million people. come on tommy rock on. what you mean rock on? rock on what you mean it‘s not a discotheque. rock on what you mean it‘s not a discotheque. bobby ball, one half of the hugely popular cannon and ball comedy act has died after testing positive

for coronavirus. good evening and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn, who stepped down from the labour leadership just six months ago, has been suspended from the party. the decision by mr corbyn‘s successor, sir keir starmer, follows a report into allegations of anti—semitism within labour‘s ranks. the equality and human rights commission found that the party under mr corbyn‘s leadership has been responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination. but it was mr corbyn‘s response to the report which led to his suspension. he said that the problem of anti—semitism in the party had been ‘dramatically overstated‘. he‘ll now face a disciplinary hearing as our deputy political

editor vicki young reports. a year ago he was trying to be prime minister. today, jeremy corbyn is suspended from the party he joined more than 50 years ago. shame on you! his time in charge was turbulent and divisive. jewish mps said it was his fault they were bullied out of the party. today, the organisation set up to legally protect equality concluded there had been serious failings in the way labour dealt with anti—semitism. in response, mr corbyn seems to suggest the problem had been exaggerated, prompting the dramatic step by his successor. i made it clear we will not tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it is exaggerated or factional and that is why i was disappointed withjeremy corbyn‘s response and that is why appropriate action has been taken, which i fully support. when mr corbyn was leader he repeatedly said that anti—jewish hate would not be tolerated.

but last year bbc panorama interviewed several former staffers who said the problem was being ignored. i do not think the labour party is a safe space forjewish people any more. labour is not an anti—racist party. the report finds the party was responsible for three breaches of the equality act, including harassment and failure to provide training to handle complaints. and most significantly, blame was put at mr corbyn‘s office door, his staff had interfered in decisions about whether to investigate claims. i find this report hard to read. and it is a day of shame for the labour party. that was sir keir starmer‘s response but mr corbyn struck a different tone, insisting he improved things and made it easier to cut out anti—semites but he added that the scale of the problem was dramatically overstated for political reasons by opponents and the media. and it is that statement that has punted his suspension.

very shocked and very disappointed. i have been in the labour party all my life. anti—semitism has no place whatsoever in our party or our movement. i have opposed it and racism in all its forms all my life and that is what i have made clear during my leadership of the party and i will make clear today as a member of parliament and proud to be one. for this jewish former mp who resigned from the party, mr corbyn‘s words are not enough. i can point to a catalogue of things he himself said and platforms he shared that were anti—semitic and he has shown no contrition in the response he has issued today, denying many victims' experience, jewish labour party members, who have suffered great pain and distress over the last couple of years. when he took over as leader, sir keir starmer promised to bring together the warring factions of the labour party.

today‘s move is unlikely to do that. joining us now is alastair campbell, tony blair‘s communications chief and one of the leading figures behind new labour‘s rise to power. thank you forjoining us here this evening. first off then, had a look at your twitter feed in fact no reaction on there. really keen to find out what you think about today‘s events. find out what you think about today's events. i don't think we should judge by what we tweet out but i did say something on twitter about this. i think that i was one of the people, i‘ve never ever waived in this i thought he was a terrible mistake to makejeremy corbyn the leader of the labour party felt up the public were never gonna put them into office. i think we seen gonna put them into office. i think we seen over gonna put them into office. i think we seen over the last three years which i‘m afraid of been wasting yea rs which i‘m afraid of been wasting years to a great extent, for labor. we‘ve seen i think, whyjeremy corbyn did make him self and elective. i think we seen it today.

people have talked about him being in denial. all he had to do today, all he had to do was say this is a terrible report, it really is. it details an awful lot of things that happened on my watch which i wish i hadn‘t happened shouldn‘t happen and i hope the party takes all five. that‘s all he had to say for some he didn‘t have to debate himself was up he didn‘t have to say he was a terrible person or any of that. what he can‘t resist doing is saying, i‘m right you‘re wrong. and he started all his career and it was fine when he was a backbencher rebelling every day. but i think when you are the leader of the labour party you have to ta ke leader of the labour party you have to take some responsibility. at least keir starmer and a few others rich but not risk attached to this but at least keir starmer is at least knows sometimes you have to do difficult things in leadership that‘s what you do. difficult things in leadership that's what you do. so he was right to suspend jeremy corbyn in terms of

his reaction? as i understand there is some dispute about actually who took the decision. did jeremy corbyn today and every way shape or form respond is when would expect to a report in to such a serious issue that‘s done so much damage to the labour party on his watch, under his leadership? i don‘t think he did. and actually, i first didn‘t read the report until i read the headlines. when i read the report, i think the report is actually worse than going out for the labour party thatis than going out for the labour party that is been presented in the media today for some it is dire, it is dreadful. i think for that than to be said yet again, all you are all getting out of contacts all getting it out of contacts and so forth. i just think it‘s wrong. the labour party has suffered so much damage as a result of this issue. notjust this issue over the last few years but this one i think one of the worst of all. i think kier is right you‘ve got to confront it for top

you‘ve got to confront it for top you can pretend this didn‘t happen. but he has got his supporters. and certainly unite and mccloskey has come out and said the suspension has duly not going to create chaos. he also said he split party will be doomed to defeat. it was fractured anyway, wasn‘t it? what is this now going to do the labour party?m depends on how everybody reacts and behaves. for him to talk about the labour party being divided given that he‘s one of the principal sources of its division is a bit rich. the party has to decide in its core, amongst its members, leaders, people is it serious about being a party of government again in? or does it want to stay as a party of protests feeling self—righteous, feeling that it is right about everything and the public keep getting it wrong by voting against them? i sense, getting it wrong by voting against them? isense, i hope i‘m right, i

sense that keir starmer is serious about trying to get the labour party back as a party of power and replace this awful, dreadful, wretched government that is doing so much damage. 0ne government that is doing so much damage. one of the reasons i feel so strongly about jeremy corbyn damage. one of the reasons i feel so strongly aboutjeremy corbyn is leadership is he is part of the reason why we leadership is he is part of the reason why we now leadership is he is part of the reason why we now have borisjohnson with the majority of 80. why we are now limping towards a half per exit and no deal that‘s going to be massive damage to this country why was that one of the worst covert responses in the world is because we, the labour party, i‘m not part of the party i was part of the party, i will still say we. the labour party allow that to happen. for the person who was the leader of the party at that time now to be saying or trying to give the sense that a report, which bear in mind, it‘s a let‘s wait and see what this report says will now it‘s said. it stomped out the truth. and i think it would be very good if corbin and

the rest of them said ok, yes we didn‘t handle it tribal ripley well we did actually fail in leadership and in terms of handling issues and i wish i hadn‘t i‘m sorry. that‘s all they need to say. but no, they have to fight. because actually they are the ones that want the division because they are the ones that have a lwa ys because they are the ones that have always thrived on it throughout their whole miserable losing career. keir starmer now has six weeks to come up with an action plan. he has a legal fulfilling meant come up with an action plan. he has a legalfulfilling meant to beat. by the 10th of december. what would you be telling him to do next?|j the 10th of december. what would you be telling him to do next? i am not remotely in a position to do that because i‘m not the person who‘s gonna put that action plan together. what keir starmer need to do in terms of leadership of the labour party is one, showing at the labour party is one, showing at the labour party is one, showing at the labour party is changing. back to being hopefully a party that‘s more interesting and government in protest. he is now got to get the

team, more high—profile, more visible. above all he‘s got to get into the airof visible. above all he‘s got to get into the air of policy we can start to set out a different agenda and vision of the country. that will be a lot easier if we don‘t spend another whole. arguing about this. i would recommend to jeremy another whole. arguing about this. i would recommend tojeremy corbyn and the matter how sad and bad he feels about what happened to him today, if he actually just three about what happened to him today, if he actuallyjust three things about what he said today it may be comes out and says something a little bit more humble. a little bit let‘s delete not bless defendants of his own brilliance and is the ability to be right about everything. he says actually you know we didn‘t get everything right and i wish we had andi everything right and i wish we had and i wish the lab eight labour party well in dealing with this issue that i‘ve had to deal with. that i think would help more. thank you very much for your time this evening. sienna rodgers is the editor of labour list, an independent news website which supports the labour party. i don‘t know if you heard what mr campbell had to say there. do you

agree with him? yes, i did hear what he had to say very passionately delivered. i agree with some of it, certainly. i think it's a real shame that this could have been a real moment of party unity. actually the report is absolutely damning. it's also very procedural in its analysis and there'sa also very procedural in its analysis and there's a lot a consensus at all levels of the party over its recommendations. the next apps things like implementing an independent complaint system and removing all political interference from anti—semitism complaints and the way that they are handled, these are things that unite members and mps at all levels of the party. that isa mps at all levels of the party. that is a real missed opportunity because we are now talking all about factionalism and labour infighting as usual. and it shows a great shame. because actually there should bea shame. because actually there should be a day where we are talking about the campaign and how the jewish members have gone through it and what we need to do next. in terms of the effect of what it will have on

the effect of what it will have on the labour party, i know a briefing has been sent out from the general secretary to the local constituencies. is that a wise thing to do? basically telling them to sit in front of the same hymn sheet not to comment on this. obviously, with some local parties that's going to be controversial. as you say the general secretary has told them, you can't be questioning the hrc report. i think that's more of a legal matter. d party has been found to be responsible for unlawful acts. that is about the most damning that that report could've been. this is incredibly serious. and people can't put at risk the labour party in terms of its legal affairs. the report actually establish that the people, all kinds of officials could be agents of the party. so whether you are sitting on the nec or the other person whose name to the report, found guilty of harassment ofjewish labour report, found guilty of harassment of jewish labour members report, found guilty of harassment ofjewish labour members was a

counselor. actually all levels of party you are responsible for promoting, not harassing any other members and for promoting good governance. you mentioned the unions in yourfirst governance. you mentioned the unions in your first report. mccluskey has said that all party members considering leaving the party shut in. have you heard that members are considering leaving after what happened today? yes, definitely. chairs and secretaries of local parties are saying that they are getting e—mails in that members are resigning. we saw this earlier in the year as well. there was a lead labour report on anti—semitism. this leadership. it subject to its own investigation at the moment for the top there are lots of investigations at the moment. that would have the same effects of members quitting the party. obviously, some supporters of keirstarmer party. obviously, some supporters of keir starmer will be quite happy with that outcome if they do leave the party. with that outcome if they do leave the party.

and we‘ll have more on this story at 8.30pm, and we‘ll be speaking to kevin maguire from the daily mirror. and we‘ll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie and the political correspondent, for the daily mirror, lucy buchan france has raised its terrorism alert to the highest level after three people were killed in a knife attack in a church in nice. the suspect was shot by police and is being treated in hospital. officers have also been dealing with a second incident in avignon. the deaths in nice come less than a fortnight after a teacher was beheaded outside a school in the suburbs of paris. lucy williamson reports from nice. the church of notre dame today,

it was not a place of refuge. not for the attacker nor for those he killed. inside these holes a church board in and into worshipers became the latest targets of the terrorist attack. translation: we just learned from the television that a churchwarden has been killed. i‘m so shocked. i still imagine him, i still see him walking, lighting lighting candles and now i‘m thinking, he is not there anymore. one of the victims is said to have escaped to eight nearby bar. according to local reports, she managed to say to my children i love them before dying of her wounds. around her at the panic was spreading through the streets. an inquiry has been opened to a terrorist assassination

police say they believe the attacker is a 21—year—old to an man who arrived in europe just a few weeks ago. the mayor of nice said his motive was clear. translation:. nice like france perhaps more than any other place in france today is paying far too heavy a price. i once again being a victim of islamofascism. president macron arriving in nice after a crisis meeting said attacks like this would never work. translation: if we've been attacked again it‘s because of our values and our taste for freedom. the possibility there is here to believe freely and not to give in any terror. let me say this very clearly again, we will never give in. it‘s less than two weeks since france mourned its last terrorist attack. the decapitation of a history teacher in the suburb of paris triggered a wave of secular defiance here. the message today, faith

offers no protection. and france, no place of refuge from attack. this afternoon churches across nice ring out there bells for the victims. they weren‘t symbols this morning just three local people a churchwarden, a worshiper and a mother whose last words were of love. i‘m joined now by nabila ramdani, a french—algerianjournalist, columnist, and broadcaster who specialises in french politics and islamic affairs. thank you forjoining us. on bbc news. first off, let‘s look at president my crohn‘s reaction to events today. just talk us through how you see this. before entering that if i may, i would like to just say that my primary thoughts are of course with the victims of disgusting terrorist murders was that have caused outrage around the

world. your creed background and the great problem with discussion with contentious issues after issues like this is that everything can be very easy lee misconstrued. i would hate to think that anything i might say that supports muslims at such a horrendous time somehow sounds like iam horrendous time somehow sounds like i am supporting these evil acts carried out by these evil criminals who have no right whatsoever to be twisting them to them at their entire religion and indeed a entire culture. to answer your question i think that president mccombs accent action today was very typical —— micron. very typical from day one. to say he primarily sees it as a military problem. his language is —— at the moment. he thinks that by effectively flooding france with soldiers and indeed by pursuant a crackdown on muslim communities and institutions then he can fight back.

which in very pleasant terms. we've heard there‘s been this issue bubbling away in the background with a boycott from muslim countries including turkey. is this what‘s playing into events that we‘ve seen today? i think there have been of course horrendous murder of the french teacher and indeed france‘s entire discourse and statesman around islam and france, muslims and french society. and bearing in mind that france has the largest muslim community in western europe and a lot of them originate from former colonies such as algeria and morocco. i think the way the french establishment as it were, has been portraying muslims in general has been very unfair to stop at they

depicted as a whole as a problem. that‘s exactly what they eat macron administration has been saying. but also close to 2 billion muslims around the world saying that islam isa around the world saying that islam is a religion in crisis around the world. to give you a very good example of what happens in france, a man was shot dead two hours after the nice attacks and reports in the french media immediately said that it involved a man who had been screaming islamic slogans and he was likely to be a muslim is. it actually turns out to be a far right member of a generational identity movement who has been allegedly been making nazi salutes just before he was shot dead by police as he threatened to shoot a shopkeeper. the point of all this is not

tit—for—tat, but it‘s horrifically violent attacks invariably involve young men who have been radicalised and who bear no relation to the vast community... how do you then repair that relationship? like you said majority of muslims do not support what is been taken place. how do you bring the two communities together, the country together? in fact i think there is been an awful lot of mix that have been —— myths. around the notions of free speech and secularism in france. in fact secularism in france. in fact secular secular terrorism rightly protects religious and cultural minorities. the problem is that hateful cartoons as produced by charlie hebdo would actually

normally be considered illegal as somehow being elevated to great symbols of modern france by the serving french government. if we can look beyond the horrendous terrorist attacks i think that president macron has acted in a manner that was rash and indeed on statesman—like following the vile murder of samuel paty who was beheaded by a russian born terrors. bizarrely laid out images portraying the profit as a nude with his genitals hanging out was somehow state approved. and should be and displayed to schoolchildren as much as possible. and he has solely suggested this is a good thing in relation to islam. but not other religions. and this is by definition hateful, cruelty. it is astonishing that macron is effectively embarking ona that macron is effectively embarking on a war with islam effectively over these cartoons. sorry i have to jump

in. we have run out of time. thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. a major study of the spread of coronavirus estimates that nearly 100,000 people are now being infected every day. the analysis by imperial college london also estimates at the number of people infected is doubling every nine days. our health editor hugh pam has been examining the findings. the yorkshire and humber region is one of those in england which will move up of those in england which will move up to the tear to high alert level on saturday. according to the latest survey it has one of the highest levels. in the city of howell today people gave their views on tighter restrictions. economically, it's not the greatest thing is we are struggling. he could see the high street is pretty much empty. but what do you value more of the economy or peoples lives? makes no difference we don't come out that i don't was shielding for the time

anyway. we've just popped out to have a little treat, haven't we? the react survey by imperial college london estimates that infections in yorkshire and the humber in the northwest of england at more than 200 per 10,000 people at the highest in england. among the rest of the southeast and east of england are said to be the lowest at below 70 per 10,000 people. said to be the lowest at below 70 per10,000 people. cases hospital admissions, doubts what‘s really concerning is the most recent round is showing an acceleration. that‘s the last thing we need. we needed not just to slow down the the last thing we need. we needed notjust to slow down the growth, we need for new cases to come down. instead we are seeing the opposite. and that is really worrying. some scientists are calling from tougher restrictions across england. the ministers say they are sticking for now with the current system. we don't have a plan today to do a full national lockdown. we can see that there are arguments in favour of that in terms of simplicity and clarity. but there are very strong

arguments against it as well. in that it arguments against it as well. in thatitis arguments against it as well. in that it is treating all parts of the country the same. nearly 2 million virus tests were processed in england in the middle week of this month. but results from far out of five of those took longer than one to four hours to come back. a slight improvement on the previous week. isabel who is a student had to wait 11 days for her result and isolate during all that time with her housemates. i was really disappointed with how long a talk. because it also caused me a lot of anxiety because i was worried about whether i had it or not, whether i could go outside. i was thinking what is the whole house is negative and we been wasting our time inside. on both sides including parts of linkage or the alert level has been raised along with some other areas that mean several rules for local people. in the latest bid to curb the virus. 2.3 million people in west yorkshire have found out

this evening that they will be subject to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, that‘s tier 3, from monday. our correspondent corinne wheatley has more from leeds. we have been waiting all week to hear what will happen in west yorkshire after south yorkshire moved into the highest level of restrictions, tier 3, and it felt like it was a question of when and not if the same thing that happened in west yorkshire and in the last few minutes the leader of leeds city council has confirmed west yorkshire will move into tier 3, the highest level of restrictions, from one minute past midnight on monday. she described this as a very difficult decision and said this is a significant moment for leeds in west yorkshire. the usual tear to another but they said the usual territory restrictions would apply in regards to household mixing and added that casinos, car—boot sales and adult gaming centres and soft play areas will close in west yorkshire. gems will stay open but they are advising against indoor classes.

we have been told by leaders in west yorkshire this will be accompanied by what they say, as a significant package of support £146.6 million but after all the speculation about west yorkshire moving into tier 3 there will be lots of businesses and families waiting for the exact detail about how tier 3 will be implemented. the latest government figures show there were 23,065 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means that the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 22,125. 1,223 people have been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. 10,308 people are now in uk hospitals with the disease.

and 280 deaths were reported, that‘s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week, 230 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 45,955. the international monetary fund has downgraded its forecast for the uk economy this year and next year. the economy is now forecast to shrink by 10.4% this year, and bounce back by less, 5.7% next year. at the same time, it praised britain‘s financial response to the pandemic. just take us through what‘s behind the downgrade and why does it matter? this is coming from the

worlds lender of last resort as they are known. let's start for the reasons for the downgrade. putting the blame quite squarely on coronavirus. as we‘ve just been hearing, coronavirus cases are going appear in the uk but is well the imf says they can really start to weigh on economic activity. the figures as you said, the imf now expecting the uk economy to shrink by ten point for percent this year. that‘s down from an estimate ofjust a few weeks ago when it was calling for a hit of 9.8%. itjust shows you how quickly things are moving. it also says the bounce back might not be all that strong. it‘s looking for around 5.7% grade for the uk economy next year. it's grade for the uk economy next year. it‘s not quite the v—shaped recovery that some people were looking for. it also points to other risk factors such as brexit uncertainty rising unemployment and mounting stress on

company balance sheets. all of that could have an impact. as you say, why should we care what the imf things? it is an international organisation, and has almost 200 member countries. that means it‘s in a fairly unique position to be able to draw those comparisons across different countries. what are the that other comparisons to the i am than? when it looks across how different countries have responded financially to the pandemic at actually singled out the uk for praise. it said if you look at what the treasury and the bank of england have done together it described it as one of the best examples of coordinated action globally. that‘s a positive news. it also said that policies support needs to continue to help us steer the economy through the covid—19 pandemic. it also says it‘s a case for continuing to spend money to try and feel the recovery. remember britain has already spent huge amount during this crisis like the furlough scheme and eat out to

help out and business grants and all sorts of other initiatives to try and support households and businesses through this crisis. but the argument goes that with interested rates at rock—bottom levels as they are britain can essentially afford to continue borrowing in order to support growth. and what reaction has to this? the chancellor has welcomed this? the chancellor has welcomed this report today for stopping such asa this report today for stopping such as a broad endorsement of the policies that he has followed so far. he also says the right policy is to continue supporting the economy in the near term. he also says that over time the focus will need to return to try and get the public finances back on to more sustainable footing. thank you very much for that. and it‘s time to catch up with the weather. good evening. today‘s rain will ease away, leaving quite a lot of cloud as we go through the night, and some sharper showers across northwest scotland for a time, and in particular through parts of wales and southwest england. a very mild start to friday morning, though, widespread double digits across the country.

and as we go through the day, the rain will slip its way out of wales and sit across the channel, allowing some sunshine to reach scotland, northern ireland, northwest england and north wales. and a mild afternoon with top temperatures of 17 celsius. more wet and windy weather set to arrive for the start of the weekend, with this significant area of low pressure bringing a spell of heavy rain and gales, or severe gales across exposed coast. the wet weather really quite intense for a time as it drifts its way steadily east, but a trail of showers following with winds gusting in excess of 60 mph at times. but mild, with it top temperatures likely into the afternoon of 17 celsius. hello this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. the headlines. jeremy corbyn — the former labour leader — is suspended from the party, for failing to accept in full, the findings of a report that said labour, on his watch, broke the law, with anti—semitic

harrassment and discrimination. the report detailed "serious failings" during mr corbyn‘s leadership, in addressing anti—semitism, and labour‘s new leader explained why he‘d taken action today. gunfire in nice in the south of france, police are called to the scene of a knife attack in a church, where three people were killed. president macron has visited the city. he said it was an "islamist terrorist attack". the suspect was shot and is in hospital. a major study estimates that nearly 100,000 people are now being infected with coronavirus, every day in england. more now on our top story. jeremy corbyn has been suspended from the labour party following his response to a damning report into how complaints of anti—semitism were handled during his time as leader. this afternoon keir starmer explained his decision

to our political correspondent chris mason. i made it clear that we won‘t tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it‘s exaggerated or factual and that‘s why i was disappointed withjeremy corbyn‘s response. that is why appropriate action has been taken which i fully support. what is this investigation actually going to look into? well, this is an investigation that started today. it‘s very important for me to not interfere with that. it has to be done properly in accordance with the rules but it will look into the statement that was made this morning. and what as leader then, to be clear, would he have to say for that investigation to have to conclude for you to welcome him back to the labour benches? well, look, there‘s a process that‘s now being triggered. one of the lessons from the report this morning is that the leader of the labour party shouldn‘t get involved or provide

a running commentary. appropriate action has been taken and i support that, but the investigation now has to take its course. how bothered would you be if the net result of this was that thousands of jeremy corbyn supporters within the labour party were to leave ? i want to unite the labour party, bring our factions together as a united party. but i made a very clear commitment to root out anti—semitism and i‘m going to follow through on that commitment. we cannot say zero tolerance and then turn a blind eye. final question, what do you say to those on the left of the party who might observe that you courted them during the leadership race and yet since you've been leader, you fired rebecca long—bailey from the shadow cabinet and now jeremy corbyn is being cast off into the wilderness? throughout the leadership contest, which was three months, i was absolutely clear about my position on anti—semitism. there wasn‘t any issue about that, all the candidates were. so, i think everybody who voted me in as leader would‘ve expected me to take strong action. i know and i sense that the hurt

and the pain of thejewish community by the failure to get to grips with anti—semitism in the party in the past. i‘m determined that we will follow through on the recommendations from the report this morning as one step in the journey to rebuilding trust. final question, ifjeremy corbyn were to today entirely retract what he said this morning and acknowledge that he made mistakes as labour leader as far as anti—semitism was concerned, would you be willing to bin the investigation and bring him back in? well, the investigation is a matterfor the party, not a matter for me. whatjeremy does is obviously a matter for him but it‘s very important that i don‘t comment on what i think. the outcome should be one way or the other. reacting to his suspension from the party, mr corbyn said he would strongly contest it. very shocked and very disappointed. i have been in the labour party all my life and i want to make it absolutely clear anti—semitism has no place whatsoever in our party or

our movement. i have opposed it and racism in all its forms all my life, and that is what i had made clear during my leadership of the party and made clear today as a member of parliament and proud to be one. would you be taking legal action? what i will be doing is appealing to the party and those who made this decision to kindly think again. all i have done is pointed out that this terrible issue of anti—semitism does exist and anyone who has anti—semitic the use has no place in the labour movement or the labour party. and we have to deal with that, that is why i set up a process to deal with that. all i pointed out was there was a public perception of a third of labour party members under suspicion of anti—semitism. the reality was very different. it was 0.3% but that is on 0.3% too many. —— that is 0.3% too many. that

is important, i want to make clear to all community, the jewish community in particular, you are very welcome in the labour party, it is your party, it is the party that is your party, it is the party that is always fought against racism and it is unacceptable that you should be treated in any bad way whatsoever. labour say you have been suspended in the light of your comments today and your failure to retract them. we retract anything usa today? i have explained what i said, isaid, usa today? i have explained what i said, i said, i usa today? i have explained what i said, isaid, i have explained usa today? i have explained what i said, i said, i have explained what i meant by. i‘m not diminishing or minimising the issue of anti—semitism. it is serious, it is real and it does exist and indeed i said very pointed to a number of people of the past two years who said to me it doesn‘t exist i said it does exist that it has to be dealt with and i am determined to make sure it is dealt with. but you will not retract anything that you said today? i explained what the

statement was designed to say, simply the size of the issue. but one anti—semite is one anti—semite to many. and i have made that clear to many. and i have made that clear to everyone in the party and indeed i welcome what keir starmer said about carrying out the proposals of the hrc about an investigation process for the future which is indeed a development of the process that i instituted in the first place. do you think there has been any political interference in the decision to suspend you? well, it seems odd that it all happened so very quickly and indeed i have yet to receive any official communication about that but i will be looking at my inbox when i finally get to my office today and find out what has been set but quite clearly, the decision was made in a very quick way and i just say, hang ona minute, very quick way and i just say, hang on a minute, let‘s all keep it bit calmer. let‘s think again about this whole issue. our party comes together to fight racism and injustice but we also come together to bring about economicjustice for

the people of this country, that is what unites our movement and our party and that is what i appeal to members to focus on. don‘t go away, don‘t leave the party, stay in the party and argued the case for economic and social justice party and argued the case for economic and socialjustice in our society. kevin maguire is the daily mirror‘s associate editor. what did you make ofjeremy corbyn positive attitude of his suspension? very defiant although he is urgent that his support does not leave labour because there were threats that they would, he wants them to stay and fight but he was rather contrite. keir starmer has picked a fight that will make or break his own labour leadership. he is not guaranteed to win and, it will certainly be a very bumpy ride ahead. every difficult to see what the outcome will be that will satisfy both keir starmer and jeremy corbyn. it‘s also unclear exactly what route jeremy

corbyn. it‘s also unclear exactly what routejeremy corbyn has broken but keir starmer had that this morning he did not want people saying that that anti—semitism in labour was exaggerated or factional and then jeremy corbyn labour was exaggerated or factional and thenjeremy corbyn comes in straight out and says it is dramatically overstated. he would not have gone up this morning excepting to do this keir starmer but he has acted decisively. we will find out if it was the right thing with the wrong thing down the line. do you think it‘s the right thing or jeremy corbyn has made the right move by speaking out in this way? because to be honest with you labour party looks like it is about to break out into further civil war. 0h, break out into further civil war. oh, yes it is, this will be a war that keir starmer will be concerned that keir starmer will be concerned that he might make a martyr of jeremy corbyn on this issue. but the tone in your response to report like this is very important, it tells you how much you accept of it really in substance and the direction of travel. and i thinkjeremy corbyn

when it happened on his watch, when his office was found by inequalities watchdog like the last labour government set up in theory in complaints and of harassment of not proper training, you kind of need to be apologetic then because there was no doubt that the jewish be apologetic then because there was no doubt that thejewish community which was a traditional supporter of labour were heavily supportive of labour were heavily supportive of labour is now muscling against labour, some jewish labour mps, laura burger, etc, suffered terrible abuse and some of it was made in jeremy corbyn‘s name. he may have been against that and may have wa nted been against that and may have wanted to oppose a but it was made by some of his supporters. yes, far right too but some of his supporters andi right too but some of his supporters and i think keir starmer was very right when he said today it was a shame for labour because it is a party that preaches fairness, equality, and some of its members

and yes affectionately jeremy equality, and some of its members and yes affectionatelyjeremy corbyn is right, it was a very small proportion but it was thought they we re proportion but it was thought they were not dealt with, and some of them felt able to speak out and tweet on social media the way they did with a —— yes factionally. tweet on social media the way they did with a -- yes factionally. the unions matter when it comes to the labour party. one said that this suspension will create chaos in the party, he is going for part numbers who want to resign not to and points out like you said a split party will be doomed to defeat. so what is this unifying way forward that he says keir starmer has to find? he is kind of right about the chaos and somehow it is going to be very difficult now to see how they can unite, how jeremy corbyn and keir starmer can sit down together and agree a way forward. i‘m sure it will be possible somehow but it is very,

very ha rd to possible somehow but it is very, very hard to see how but somebody is going to lose face and there is an issue around here, now it is keir starmer seem to back off and readmit jeremy corbyn. he will then risk some within thejewish community who he wants to bring back on—site because they were so in a deficit it is very alienated —— very messy to see a way forward. thank you for your time. a third body has been found as police hunt for a double murder suspect. west midlands police said they are working to establish if the body of a woman found in leamington spa is linked to suspect anthony russell who is wanted over two other deaths. it comes after david and julie williams were found dead in coventry. anyone who sees russell is being urged not to approach him but to call 999 immediately. our midlands correspondent sian lloyd gave us the background. yes, really this story has been very much developing through the course of the week because,

on sunday night, police found the body of 58—year—old julie williams at her flat in coventry. they then issued an urgent appeal to try to find her son, 32—year—old david williams, who had been reported missing. at that stage, they stressed that he was not a suspect in the case. now detectives found his body on monday also in coventry, where he lived. and it was at that stage that they took the step of issuing on their website a photograph of 38—year—old anthony russell — and they named him as the suspect in the case. now they wanted the public to help them get information, because they didn‘t know where anthony russell was or is, and they believed that he may have moved south towards devon and cornwall. but they did urge the public not to approach him and described him as dangerous. now this further development that has come today is that they have revealed that they are now working

to find out whether the body of a woman who they‘ve not named is linked to this case. they say they have information which suggests that anthony russell may be connected to this death. they haven‘t issued any further information to us, but again repeating to the public not to approach him. his photograph is on their website — they very much want information about his whereabouts. sian lloyd there. the iranian ambassador has been told of the uk‘s "grave concern" at the decision to bring fresh court proceedings against nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the 42—year—old is currently under house arrest in tehran — where she was sent to prison almost five years ago for alleged spying. she‘s repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. one of the greatest ever welsh rugby players, jj williams, has died at the age of 72.

commentator: this is open field. that‘s a chance here, jj williams must score! he was a member of the lions squad that earned a famous victory over south africa in 1974 and helped wales to four five nations titles, including two grand slams, during the 1970s. he was also a national sprint champion and represented wales at the commonwealth games on the track. joining me now is another welsh rugby legend sir gareth edwards — who played alongside him at scrum halfs. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. how will you remember jj williams? this evening. how will you remember j] williams? well, as a prolific try scorer j] williams? well, as a prolific try scorer would be the obvious answer but of course i have known him for a great deal many more years since

then and he has been an exceptionally fine friend and colleague. we got involved in charity work formed at the players trust and he was a meeting late in that as well. of course our thoughts this evening are with jane and the family. so i know that for a very long time i have known them, and in actual fact the first time john and i met as such was as a schoolboy athletes. i was at middlefield school and i was representing england on this occasion and john in the next lane as we went past the dignitaries in belfast turned to me and said, "traitor!" little did we know that we would be spending several years and several seasons in by several years and several seasons in rugby union international matches playing together in the foreseeable future. so if that is a very fond memory for me. he has been described as formidable, one of the greatest

ever, what was it about his playing sal, how would you describe it? well, he made the most of opportunities, he was like a centre forward in football. you will rememberfor the goals forward in football. you will remember for the goals you are scoring and john will be remembered for the tries that he scored, not just that he wasn‘t out and out fast be that as a commonwealth games reps and up and a welsh international sprinter. he played his schoolboy by sprinter. he played his schoolboy rugby as an outside—half. he had a by rugby as an outside—half. he had a rugby brain and anticipation of being in the right place in the right time but with a tendency to score those tries at critical moments. he was an out standing repairaround. moments. he was an out standing repair around. talking about key moments, he was at the forefront of that really amazing period for whales in the late 70s, 1975 through 1979!

whales in the late 70s, 1975 through 1979i believe, just tell us about the five nations in that period. very exciting and stating the obvious and we were fairly successful and we won the triple crown of the championship or hopefully the grand slam, than the country would be in morning if we did not. butjohn contributed immensely to that by scoring critical tries at the right moment. i can‘t think of a couple of occasions and one in particular, we we re occasions and one in particular, we were out in ireland and we had really been put about by the irish. and it was like a hopeless cause with very few minutes left to play. we were going for the triple triple crown which would have been an achievement but equipped as though it was never going to be until in the dying moments of the game, john had one chance and took it and scored in the corner which meant that we won the triple triple crown during that time, and those of the kind of moments and i can remember from him as a player but really,

lots of great moments of fun and he was a good friend and a good chap. just tells a little bit about what he was like off the field, off the john could be fairly... he did not quite like somebody saying that the other winners were playing better or playing well or what have you. and thatis playing well or what have you. and that is why i think later on in his sporting life, he was a second voice on bbc wales and my word, if they asked him to be a critic, he certainly could be. no holds barred withjohn, he was like a machine gun. if people haven‘t really tried their best, done their best or what have you come he would certainly let people know. but in that sort of moment where everybody got sprayed by the ammunition that was coming out of him! he was a superb critic

of the game as well. but also in the last two years, he has been a prolific person with the welsh charitable trust and the former players trust that we ran for about the last ten years and john has been one of the mainstays of that. it is typical of the man, he put himself around the rugby scene in many different guises. sir gareth, thank you so much for your attribute. and memories ofjj you so much for your attribute. and memories of jj williams you so much for your attribute. and memories ofjj williams who you so much for your attribute. and memories of jj williams who has passed away at the age of 72. thank you. bobby ball, one half of the popular comedy act cannon and ball, has died at the age of 76. he had tested positive for covid—19. his long time friend and colleague, tommy cannon, said he was devastated. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been looking back at his life and career. sorry, i‘m sorry... rock on. after meeting as welders,

cannon and ball began their career playing pubs and clubs. for god‘s sake! rock on! rock off! spotted by a tv producer, they ended up with their own series and appearances on countless other shows. rock on, then. you've done it again! bobby ball was the one who fizzed with energy. you could have made me pregnant then! bouncing wildly off tommy cannon‘s straight man. physical comedy... ..music. .. ..they were masters of them all, and at their height were two of the country‘s most famous entertainers. today tommy cannon said... their style of comedy did eventually fall out of fashion. ball‘s talent didn‘t go to waste, though, with appearances in comedies

like last of the summer wine... ..and hit sitcom not going out. i see what‘s going on. you‘re trying to fit us up with all your old unsolved crimes. like the time the off—licence in bolton road was broken into in 1974 and all they took was a bottle of harvey‘s bristol cream and 20 silk cut. apparently. today‘s stars still recognising and wanting to share with audiences the comedy gifts of bobby ball. bobby ball who has died at the age of 76. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. strong winds whipping up the seas across the coast this afternoon, and there has been some pretty persistent rain. you can see cloudy skies and a fairly dismal afternoon for many across the far north—west. this was cumbria earlier on and, if we take a look at the rain radar, you can see that rain continues to drift its way north and east

across the whole of scotland. there was a clearance behind across central and southern parts of england and wales. still windy with it, though, still plenty of isobars behind that weather front. that‘s driving in much milder air. so as we go through the night, those temperatures won‘t fall away very far at all for this time of year. it does mean that rain still yet to clear away will do so through the next few hours, leaving a trail of showers in the north west for a time, and some more persistent rain lingering across wales and south—west england. but look at these temperatures. overnight minimums of just around 8—14 celsius. for many, we‘re looking at low—to—mid teens first thing on friday morning. that cloud and rain across wales will sink its way steadily south and linger across the south coast for much of the day. brightening up though to the north of that, and that will allow for some sunny spells, top temperatures through the afternoon of 9—17 celsius as a high. as we move out of friday, we really do change gear yet again,

as we see these weather fronts pushing their way in from the atlantic. and we could on saturday see quite a significant area of low pressure, which will bring some stormy weather for a time. a spell of very heavy rain — the brighter colours denoting this as it tends to push its way steadily eastwards, and then a trail of sharper showers wrapping around that low, where the strongest of the winds are likely to sit. widespread gales, severe gales for some, with gusts in excess or close to 60—70 mph. it does look as though those temperatures will still register on the mild side on your thermometer. we are looking at highs of 11—17 celsius — that‘s 63 fahrenheit. more wet weather to come as we move into sunday. a level of uncertainty as to just where this weather front is sitting and how far north that area of low pressure will be. so keep watching the forecast for finer details on sunday. but generally through the weekend, it looks like the gales will cause an issue, coupled with some heavy rain.

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