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the mp mike amesbury has been sentenced to ten weeks in prison for punching one of his constituents onhe'll serve four weeks of his sentence in custody, and the rest on license. british nationals in their 70s who have been arrested bamiyan province. alongside the couple. you're live with bbc news. the trump administration has told federal federal employees must send in summaries of their work accomplishments or risk losing theirjobs. that's according to the washington post, of the specially appointed department of government but in the last hour mr musk sent out a message saying that discretion, and that "failure to respond a second time will it comes as more 4,000 employees from the us measures to curb government i've been speaking to jeremy konindyk, president of the humanitarian agency refugee�*s international and 0bama administrations. first of all, musk�*s federal worker order is dividing even some have told workers to disregard musk�*s demand, like fbi director kash patel, and defence secretary pete hegseth. it's confusing, isn't it, how should workers respond? ad hoc, amateur ho

mr amesbury had been sitting in the commons he'll serve four weeks of his sentence in custody, the talibanin afghanistan "as soon as possible". peter reynolds and his wife barbie were arrested on the 1st of february while returning to their home in the country's bamiyan province. a us national and an afghan were also arrested. camps over the weekend injenin, tulkarm, and mar shams. prime minister benjamin netanyahu delayed the release loved ones. danger," while mr editor sebastian usher. cease—fire in gaza off track — that is the decision by israel who were due to be freed from israeli jails on saturday, to israel on saturday. we are coming to the end of phase one of a cease—fire in captivity and gaza. to resolve this issue, perhaps through blurring the division between a phase one and a phase two, all released in one go. releases will also be freed. with in phase two. at the moment, things are up in the air, and people the vatican says there has been a slight improvement in the pope's condition as he continues to be terated for pneumonia. the 88—year—old is spending an 11th night in the h

the former labour mp, mike amesbury, has been during a row in the street. attacks last summer, survivorsscene of complete chaos. this was southport�*s darkest day. hejust grabbed a child. and the next child. then aged 13, we're calling her sarah. she spoke to us, supported by her parents. then i saw him coming for me. i saw him, like, stab my arm. ijust felt something go in my back. and my brainjust said, "he's got me". and then he got me again. they knew they had to get out. we were shouting run and i called 999 on the landing. and ijust went into pure manic mode of, "he's chasing us." despite being stabbed five times, leanne moved more of the girls to safety. my brain's going a hundred miles an hour, but my body won't do anything and people ask me questions and just saying, "go are you ok? yeah. just... died on hart street. nine—year—old alice aguiar died in hospital later that night. a number of children escaped by following the teenager, sarah, and he's stabbed us all." take his arm. to be taken away by police, leaving grief and turmoil in his wake. advertised in certain places. you

and that is mike amesbury, the mp for runcorn and helsby.l continue to receive his £91,000 salary. but there will presumably be a recall petition in these weeks and months to come. do you fancy your chances in his seat? reform uk? >> well, we'll certainly be going for it big time and working very, very hard. we won't take anything for granted. nothing's easy. and indeed, nor should it be, of course. but we will go for it as soon as the by—election is announced. doesn't it tell you something about labour politicians that here's a man who punched and thumped some one of his constituents has been sent to jail, but he doesn't have the moral decency or integrity to resign and accept that he can't be paid by the taxpayer. i mean, honestly, in no private sector business would that be allowed to continue? but if you're a labour politician, just keep taking the shilling from the taxpayer, even when you're in jail. i think that tells us a lot about the complete collapse in integrity amongst socialists. >> richard tice we'll leave it there. thank you v

mike amesbury has still not resigned as the local mp. just told you, it looks as though you are still going to be paying his salary even when he's in. nick it's ridiculous, isn't it? at the general election, the runcorn rocky and mike amesbury came first with 52.9% of the vote. the man who came second is reform uk's jason moorcroft , reform uk's jason moorcroft, with 18.1% of the vote. since then, we've seen the labour party embroiled in lord alli donor scandal. cabinet ministers accused of lying on their cv. everyone's energy bills are going up again tomorrow, by the way. they'll go up again. starmer's reaction to the southport massacre. more migrant hotels. the economy is in a mess. i could go on. so if there's a by—election, could reform win? well, i'm very pleased to be joined now by reform's candidate at the last election. it is jason moorcroft. mr moorcroft, thank you very much for joining mr moorcroft, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this evening. great to have you on the show. i suppose the first questi

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i am sorry about what happened to mike amesbury.one of the gentlest men i've ever come across. clearly, he's not that gentle when he when he's in drink, but i was terribly surprised he behaved the way he did. however, the sentence is right that he should go to prison for something like, what. >> is it, ten weeks? you've got people getting two years for a facebook post. >> yeah, but, but but you can't really compare. why not? well, because you can't compare crimes. no. hang on. you can't compare crimes that the that it for instance that burglary carries a is double the sentence of theft. and that's right because you're not comparing them. you have different sentences for premeditated murder and manslaughter. >> so come on, come on. ten weeks in jail. >> what do you think it was half. >> clumping someone to the ground, repeatedly hitting them when they're down, prostrate on the deck, you know, while intoxicated versus two years for a facebook post. this is more two—tiered justice. >> yeah, but i mean, the way that the justice system w

so should amesbury have been banged up for longer?> and we're going to fight for it and we are going to win. >> will reform win that seat when there's a by—election? in other news. >> want to, as you rightly say, set up great british energy that ought to bring down the household bills by about £400. >> whoopsie. your bills are going to go up again from tomorrow. is this because of ed miliband's net zero madness plus? >> back back back back back. >> back back back back back. >> can you please tell me, councillor, what unfair advantages white people have in your force? >> i would hope not. none. >> i would hope not. none. >> do they have any advantages? >> do they have any advantages? >> no. >> no. >> firefighters in britain are two white and two male, according to a new report. what according to a new report. what a load of rubbish. >> and jason raised concerns the duchess was upsetting junior staff. >> i am very concerned that the duchess was able to bully two pas out of the household in the past year. >> is meghan markle a bully? the

i'm talking, of course, about the former labour mp, mike amesbury.'ve just been heanng amesbury. you've just been hearing that story in the headlines. i'm sure you all have been familiar with it. he basically lamped a constituent of his early hours of the morning and a bit of a drunken attack. he's been sentenced to ten weeks in prison. absolutely astonishing. if you've been under a rock. this is the clip of where it all happened. but you've probably seen this a hundred times already. it blows my mind. barry gardiner, that this guy hasn't already resigned. he pled guilty, so he's accepted that he did this. this was a member of his area. he was paid to represent him. in fact, actually, this guy was probably a taxpayer paying the mps wages. why has it not gone already? >> punching somebody is no way to resolve an argument. and it doesn't matter whether you're drunk or whether you're sober. it's not the way to behave. and you say he should resign. i think that's right. i think in any case, what is going to happenis any case, what is going to happen is t

it's in mike amesbury's hands.eals against the ten weeks in prison he's been given by for pleading for guilty on one count of assault back in january, last month, in january. he then if he appeals and wins the appeal, there won't be a by—election. he can carry on being an independent mp until the next election, but if he doesn't appeal or if he loses the appeal and he does serve some time inside, there will be a recall by petition. if 10% of voters in this seat of runcorn and helsby want a by—election, there will be one probably, i would say around may time. i'm guessing the local elections could have the local elections could have the same. looking at the timescale about then we have this whole period takes six weeks to run a recall election. kwasi could stand down, quit as an mp. we don't know what he's going to say yet. we're waiting to hear what he wants to say. yet he admitted the charge back on the 16th of january. to remind viewers and listeners it was back in october 2024 that labour suspended him. and when

so should mike amesbury have been banned up for longer, do you think? >> and we're going to fight for it and we are going to win. >> when there's a by—election. will reform win that seat? in other news. >> you want to, as you rightly say, set up great british energy that ought to bring down the household bills by about £400. >> whoopsie. your bills are going up again from tomorrow. is this all because of ed miliband's net zero madness plus. >> dillian whyte. stop! oh! stop it! dei! stop it! >> yeah, a bit more enrichment for you there as the security guard is knocked out cold. you're not safe going shopping anymore, are you? more violent crime at one of britain's busiest shopping centres. meanwhile, though, the pro—palestine brigade. they're at it again. this time they've just ripped up the union flag. >> fatima whitbread. kyrees. >> fatima whitbread. kyrees. >> oh, you're hard on my panel tonight is daily express columnist carole malone. we've got former labour party adviser paul richards and former tory party chairman sir jake berry. oh, and can anyon

i'm talking, of course, about the former labour mp, mike amesbury.'ve just been heanng amesbury. you've just been hearing that story in the headlines. i'm sure you all have been familiar with it. he basically lamped a constituent of his early hours of the morning and a bit of a drunken attack. he's been sentenced to ten weeks in prison. absolutely astonishing. if you've been under a rock. this is the clip of where it all happened. but you've probably seen this a hundred times already. it blows my mind. barry gardiner, that this guy hasn't already resigned. he pled guilty, so he's accepted that he did this. this was a member of his area. he was paid to represent him. in fact, actually, this guy was probably a taxpayer paying the mps wages. why has it not gone already? >> punching somebody is no way to resolve an argument. and it doesn't matter whether you're drunk or whether you're sober. it's not the way to behave. and you say he should resign. i think that's right. i think in any case, what is going to happenis any case, what is going to happen is t

�*s but that amesbury�*s constituency.d for bail while the sentence may be appealed. he was and will spend denied bail and amesbury will spend tonight in prison. whether he intends to appeal the sentence is something that currently remains unclear. we waiting to hear unclear. we are waiting to hear more. ., ~' unclear. we are waiting to hear more. . ~ i. time, telling the bbc of the horror of being confronted by a man armed world leaders gather in kyiv three years to the day since russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine. coming up on bbc news: have a positive impact", as they come face to face in the champions trophy a british couple in their 70s have been arrested by the taliban in afghanistan. in afghanistan for 18 years. phil, do we know why taliban official told the bbc that it was because they a that it was because they used a plane without police or that it was because they used a plane i security police or that it was because they used a plane i security officials. police or that it was because they used

delivering the sentencing today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was tooserious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. it's over to headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jason bradbury. >> jason bradbury. >> hello! >> hello! >> welcome to headliners. you know the score. we got the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first, we're going to have a look at the front pages. we have the telegraph, france's nuclear shield for europe, the guardian, trump, putin will accept europe's troops in ukraine after ceasefire and the daily express. reeves urged to stop state pension being axed. so more papers to come in a little bit. but first of all, simon. hello. how are you doing? we've got a very large telegram. we could pretty much do the whole show just on the telegraph. >> i wonder. >> i wonder. >> whether it was. >> whether it was. >> specifically in order to. address concerns

delivering the sentencing today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was tooserious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. it's over to headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jason bradbury. >> jason bradbury. >> hello! >> hello! >> welcome to headliners. you know the score. we got the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first, we're going to have a look at the front pages. we have the telegraph, france's nuclear shield for europe, the guardian, trump, putin will accept europe's troops in ukraine after ceasefire and the daily express. reeves urged to stop state pension being axed. so more papers to come in a little bit. but first of all, simon. hello. how are you doing? we've got a very large telegram. we could pretty much do the whole show just on the telegraph. >> i wonder. >> i wonder. >> whether it was. >> whether it was. >> specifically in order to. address concerns

delivering the sentencing today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was too serious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. it's over to headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jason bradbury. >> jason bradbury. >> hello! >> hello! >> welcome to headliners. you know the score. we got the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first, we're going to have a look at the front pages. we have the telegraph, france's nuclear shield for europe, the guardian, trump, putin will accept europe's troops in ukraine after ceasefire and the daily express. reeves urged to stop state pension being axed. so more papers to come in a little bit. but first of all, simon. hello. how are you doing? we've got a very large telegram. we could pretty much do the whole show just on the telegraph. >> i wonder. >> i wonder. >> whether it was. >> whether it was. >> specifically in order to. address concerns

. >> well, the suspended labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks. he's in prison after repeatedly punching a constituent, a constituent. but don't worry, he's receiving his full taxpayer funded salary in prison. can you believe that? >> and an accidental world record. is this how you'd imagine a world record marathon runner would look smiling and on crutches? 73 year old chris terrell will join us to tell us all about it. don't miss it. >> and is this the most awkward handshake? emmanuel macron meets donald trump as they declare the ukraine war could be over within weeks. they look like the best of friends here ish. >> as i said, that's not what we said. he's a smart customer, i will tell you that. >> this is our macron in it. yeah. yeah, exactly. trump is saying i'm the boss. i'm the president of united states. i'm the most powerful man in the world. you're just a silly little frenchman. >> it's just a weird power play. and then. >> he puts his hand on his knee. >> he puts his hand on his knee. >> i know, weird, weird. >> i know, weird, weird. >> s