labour suspends its mp mike amesbury, after footage appears to show him punching a man. mr amesbury has said he felt threatened. political drama rocks with japan's snap election with the government coalition suffering a rare defeat. hello, i'm sally bundock. we start with the us presidential election — which is just over a week away. both candidates are making a big final push for votes. the republican candidate, donald trump, has held a rally in his home state of new york. thousands of people gathered at madison square garden in manhattan — seen as one of the highest—profile events in his campaign.

there was a long list of guests which included speaker of the house, mikejohnson, billionaire elon musk, and mr trump's running—mate, jd vance. there, he made one of his final pitches to voters. our senior north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue was watching and sent this report. an iconic venue in donald trump's home town. he's wanted to hold a rally here for years. good evening, new york city! and a rare appearance from the former first lady. she's largely steered clear of this campaign. for the candidate himself, the focus was on his opponent. kamala... you're fired. get out! and on the main themes. i will end inflation. i will stop the invasion of criminals coming into our country, and i will bring back the american dream. donald trump had lined up his favourite famous supporters for this rally.

from an old wrestler, to the eldest son to the world's richest man, all of whom echoed his central message on immigration. i will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals injail and kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible. as we enter the final week of campaigning, the polls are telling us that there is only one or two percentage points dividing donald trump and kamala harris in those key swing states. no—one knows at this stage how this is going to go. gary o'donoghue, bbc news at madison square garden in new york. meanwhile vice president kamala harris was in pennsylvania — one of the battleground states that could decide how this election plays out. the democratic nominee has been making the rounds through the city of philadelphia — where she attended a church service, stopped by a bookstore, a youth basketball facility,

and a puerto rican restaurant. ms harris later held a rally to cap off the day, where she brought up the conflict in the middle east — a key issue to voters who are unhappy with the biden administation�*s response to the israel—gaza war. i want to talk about gaza for a minute. 0k? we can and we must seize this opportunity to end this war and bring the hostages home. and i will do everything in my power to meet that end. with eight days to go, the polls are still very tight. if you draw out the overall trends, rather than the individual points, you see can see in the national polls vice president kamala harris�*s lead has been slipping

and is now down to around a single point. but the national vote share won't determine the winner. let's turn to the seven battleground states that could be decisive in this election. trump's poll leads in north carolina, arizona, and georgia, you can see them at the bottom of the screen, are between one and two points. other states like nevada, wisconsin, and pennsylvania are even tighter. but none of the leads we're seeing are bigger than the margins of error that come with all polls. to the middle east — where iran is demanding a urgent meeting of the un security council following israel's air strikes on the country. on saturday, israeli forces launches a series of attacks, in which they targeted air defence and missile systems. iran's supreme leader said the attacks should neither be �*downplayed, nor exaggerated'. whilst the country's president

said tehran would "give an appropriate response" to the strikes, but says it was not looking for a war with israel. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said the strikes were precise and achieved all the objectives as his country retaliated to a previous missile attack by iran at the beginning of october. elsewhere fighting between israel and hezbollah continues. people were killed by israeli strikes in the south of the country. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. a from bbc arabic. new week begins. let's talk first a new week begins. let's talk first about iran's response to the attack on strategy. the iranian president _ the attack on strategy. tue: iranian president announced iranian president announced iran will respond to the attack so we are anticipating what

kind of response iran might do, and israel is also keeping talking that they managed to destroy the air defences of iran and israeli intelligence is saying that iran might respond with some ballistic missiles against israel but it seems it is very unlikely to happen before the us elections and in the meanwhile we can see the fighting, she said it in lebanon and gaza and more than 50 people died in gaza and some casualties between them and the israeli forces.— israeli forces. there are conversations _ israeli forces. there are conversations about - israeli forces. there are conversations about the possibility of movement when it comes to hostages, prior to the us election, what are you hearing? qt us election, what are you hearing?— us election, what are you hearin: ? u, , , , hearing? of course there is big momentum — hearing? of course there is big momentum at _ hearing? of course there is big momentum at the _ hearing? of course there is big momentum at the moment - hearing? of course there is big i momentum at the moment where the head of mossad, head of the cia talking about having a very short ceasefire or pause in fighting if i may say during

these two days there will be an exchange of hostages on the main point is releasing that the israelis who have american passports from gaza in exchange for some palestinian prisoners and in the meantime there will be talks about ten days of ceasefire and may be a permanent ceasefire. the egyptian president himself talked about this last evening and there is something happening at the moment, and all parties are keen to achieve something. israel did not hit beirut for about two days so far so the israeli sides are playing down the wall with lebanon, and qatar and egypt are keen for this to happen. hamas might also be keen to give a push to the kamala harris campaign as they feel that she would be better for them in the us we can see there

is some momentum at the moment for this but the only place we did not see this was gaza as the fighting is very big there, especially in travaglia. this situation and the peopling to bali are living around in rubble and bad conditions without any hospitals or facilities, they are keen for the ceasefire to happen. mohammed, for now, thank you. in the uk, the labour mp mike amesbury has been suspended from the party and had the whip removed, after new footage emerged that appeared to show him punching a man in the early hours of yesterday. cheshire police said a 55 year old man has been voluntarily interviewed under caution, and released pending further enquiries. our political correspondent harry farley has the latest. in the top right of this

footage, you can see mike amesbury talking to a man. we can't hear what was said, but the labour mp appears to punch him and then hit him another five times while he's on the ground. yesterday, this video, apparently of the same incident, emerged on social media. yes, iam. and you won't threaten the mp ever again, will you? cheshire police said they were called to reports of an assault just before 3 am on saturday morning. mr amesbury has now been voluntarily interviewed under caution by police and released pending further enquiries. he hasn't responded to requests for comment today, but yesterday wrote on social media that the incident took place after he felt threatened. mike amesbury... mr amesbury first became an mp in 2017. he was a shadow housing minister in opposition but now sits as a backbencher. he won his seat comfortably in the election with reform uk in second. this evening, labour said mike amesbury�*s membership of the party has been administratively suspended. that means he can't attend party meetings or internal votes during the investigation. he's also lost the whip so he won't sit here as a labour mp

while the inquiry is ongoing. it's not the start to the week labour wanted as they prepare to deliver theirfirst budget for 14 years. harry farley, bbc news in westminster. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

japan faces a period of political uncertainty after sunday's snap election left the dominant liberal democratic party unable to form a traditional coalition government. on that, steve lai is there in tokyo for us. we are still picking up the

pieces from the last snap election and it's just 2pm in the afternoon in tokyo and the ruling ldp you're having a press conference but first we can tell you about the first casualty of the election coming from the ldp. they have lost their majority in parliament and. the ruling party 5 campaign chief, shinjiro koizumi has resigned, with media reports saying that he wanted to take responsibility for the results. speaking of those results, they have thrown japan into a period of political uncertainty after an inconclusive snap election saw the governing coalition suffer a rare defeat. results show the ruling party coalition on 215, and the opposition constitutional democratic party of japan with 148 — with 233 needed for an overall majority. it's one of only a handful of times that the dominant liberal democratic party hasn't been able to form a clear government since the second world war. the prime minister, shigeru ishiba, who called the election after taking office last month, has said he's open to trying to govern with non—traditional partners, but opposition leaders are already sounding cautious. there were so many politicians that didn't vote for me in the ldp leadership election.

i became the prime minister with a surprise come—from—behind victory at the very end and i'm in the party where i cannot ignore those who do not agree with what i say. in trying to manage these dynamics, ifeel i have lost my sense of self. the opposition spans the whole political spectrum, and it's unclear whether they can form a government either. but yoshihiko noda, the leader of the constitutional democratic party, has hailed the result as a success. our primary goal in this general election was to force the ruling coalition to lose its majority. in that sense, we have achieved the goal. it was a great achievement. joining me now is our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil. she has been monitoring the press conference that is happening as we are discussing

this. what has been said so far? �* , ., , far? he's reiterating the lines we have heard, _ far? he's reiterating the lines we have heard, starting - far? he's reiterating the lines we have heard, starting the l we have heard, starting the press conference saying that the ldp has received a severe judgement from pieces and we are humbly accepting the results and he's also announced they have agreed on a coalition and the question is that now they have both combined and have fallen short from forming a ruling coalition, who else canjoin them and is a ruling coalition, who else can join them and is willing to join them to govern? even his to strengthen defence and need to strengthen defence and need to listen to people more and support people in terms of politically, and be more transparent and drastic reforms when it comes to political funding and in short he's

reiterating campaign and admits and acknowledges the deep hurt parties feeling in the big hit it has experienced at the ballot box but also the dust is settling on the fact they have misjudged and underestimated how angry the public have been on the fact this time round they acted on it.— on the fact this time round they acted on it. i'm combined with the coalition _ they acted on it. i'm combined with the coalition partner, - they acted on it. i'm combined with the coalition partner, its i with the coalition partner, its 215 and they need to get to 233 so where will they find those seats among the opposition? they need to speak to opposition parties willing to talk to them. some opposition parties have indicated that they are not going to talk to they are not going to talk to the ldp, so whoever they go into a governing coalition with there will be parties they don't see eye to eye with that they competed against but that they competed against but that they will have to sit down and

negotiate and make concessions which is a weak position to be in for the ldp.— which is a weak position to be in for the ldp. thank you very much, in for the ldp. thank you very much. our _ in for the ldp. thank you very much, our tokyo _ in for the ldp. thank you very i much, our tokyo correspondent. two of the biggest reasons for the results at the ballot box was the scandal is that the ldp had been stuck with and the prime minister has been unable to shake those relating to political funding and the economy and its been felt in the pocketbooks of many people in japan the pocketbooks of many people injapan where wages have been stagnant for almost three decades but with inflation bringing up the cost of living so with the thoughts of the economy on our mind i will bring into this conversation neil newman, head of strategy based here in tokyo. it's great to speak to you and give us an understanding of the state of the economy injapan and how it relates to this election? generally the economy is doing

okay, everybody has a job you needs one and unemployment is down and generally everything looks quite good from that point of view. the problem is food inflation, the cost of living and a lot of that is related to the weak yen because japan produces so much energy and food and raw material so this has caused friction with the ruling party and they are fed up and are not even able to get a summer holiday and it's impossible to go domestically with all the tourists and that is pushing prices up. and an upset electorate but not a bad economy at the moment. the weak en is economy at the moment. the weak yen is helping _ economy at the moment. the weak yen is helping people _ economy at the moment. the weak yen is helping people come - economy at the moment. the weak yen is helping people come here i yen is helping people come here to enjoy the sights ofjapan but causing problems for people all the way with people wanting to afford things. t5 all the way with people wanting to afford things.— to afford things. is causing problems _ to afford things. is causing problems for— to afford things. is causing problems for the _ to afford things. is causing problems for the small - problems for the small companies that employ around 70% of the japanese workforce. one area where it is obvious

there is issues are the number of ramen shops that are going bankrupt because they cannot make enough profit for increased costs against turning relatively cheap food which is a staple for the japanese. when it comes to _ a staple for the japanese. when it comes to economic _ a staple for the japanese. when it comes to economic issues - a staple for the japanese. when | it comes to economic issues and stability, this is what businesses are needing that this turmoil the government finds itself in where it doesn't have a coalition government or are struggling —— struggling to find one, how will it play out? macro the government is going to be weak no matter how they form a coalition, it will be difficult to pass bills to make any changes, so one saving grace would be that not a lot will change in the next few years and that's always very nice and if you like political stability in countries that you may be invested in four countries you look at, this is probably going to be what we will see here and thatis to be what we will see here and that is at least one positive

thing that will come out of this, not much will change. that is cold comfort for those who live injapan. that is cold comfort for those who live in japan.— who live in japan. well what will happen _ who live in japan. well what will happen is _ who live in japan. well what will happen is we'll - who live in japan. well what will happen is we'll get - who live in japan. well what will happen is we'll get to i who live in japan. well what. will happen is we'll get to the end of the year and the ministry of finance and the bank ofjapan ministry of finance and the bank of japan between them will be working somehow to strengthen the yen and reduce input cost to the household as well as businesses and as we move into next year this will make a more solid base to the economy and the risk of redundancies and things like that next year will be lowered and that will be the best possible outcome that they could achieve.— possible outcome that they could achieve. neil newman thank you — could achieve. neil newman thank you for _ could achieve. neil newman thank you for putting - could achieve. neil newman thank you for putting that i could achieve. neil newman i thank you for putting that into context. so as you can see lots to discuss and more to come here injapan as the fallout continues from that snap election yesterday and we will keep a close eye on it and we will be with the channel

throughout the day and we look forward to bringing you more updates but in the meantime, back to you. don't go anywhere soon because you are back with the business with 1537 00:20