ben wright is at westminster. ons of events, and an embarrassment for the labour party? that's right. debbie abrahams has been a member of the shadow cabinet since last summer. but now there has been an extraordinary falling out between her and the labour leader's office. it has erupted late last night. labour said that debbie abrahams had stepped aside while an investigation could happen into what the party calls and employment issue. i understand it does concern bullying allegations from a number of complainants. also last night, debbie abrahams put out an excoriating statement. a blistering attack on the labour leader's office, completely denying she had taken part in any bullying. she denied she had volunteered to step aside. she said the claims were spurious. she said that some in the labour leader's office had behaved aggressively, in an intimidating and wholly unprofessional way. she said it showed the bullying culture at westminster at its worst. it has been an extraordinary falling out. she will make a for

let's go to ben wright in westminster.al landscape has changed somewhat given the events in salisbury. yesterday's exchanges in the commons brought their own set of questions. what does it look like there today? you are completely right, and in particular there's been a lot of anger on the labour backbenchers among some labour mps reflecting on howjeremy corbyn performed in the commons yesterday, when theresa may stood up to say that in her view the russian government, the state, was culpable for this attack, listing the sanctions and expulsions the government would be pursuing. in response in the commons yesterday, jeremy corbyn didn't say clearly that he agreed that russia was to blame, he didn't really seem to way in giving his support to those measures the government was pursuing andi measures the government was pursuing and i think that caused huge anger among a lot of labour mps, evident in the fact 19 of them have something called on early day motion saying clearly that russia is responsible for this attack. this mo

ben wright, thank you very much.on. rescue teams are still searching for suvivors. mps from egypt are travelling to the uk today to monitor investigations into the death of an egyptian student in nottingham. 18 year old mariam moustafa died on wednesday, three weeks after being attacked by a group of women outside a shopping centre. police say they are keeping an "open mind" about whether the assault was a hate crime. she was so kind and always wanted to help people out. i do not know why they would do that to her. she was a hard worker, she always put all her effort in to be an engineer. one in four council—run secondary schools in england is running at a loss, leading to fears of staff cuts and larger class sizes. that number has nearly trebled in the last four years according to the education policy institute, with those in the south—west most likely to be in deficit. the government says it doesn't recognise the report's findings and is putting an extra £1.3 billion into schools. four african countries with the wo

we speak now to our political correspondent ben wright. what's going on?lf are not elaborating on what the employment issue is that we understand the concerns an allegation of bullying which she firmly categorically denies. as they met on friday, and then last night, the labour party issued a statement saying that debbie abrahams had stood aside while the labour party investigates this employment issue and almost immediately off the back of that debbie abrahams herself released and excoriating statement, saying she had no detail about the complaint against her, process or the timescales, she said the treatment she received by certain individuals in the leader's offers over the last 10 months has been aggressive, intimidating and wholly unprofessional, showing a bullying culture of the worst kind and she has now taken herformal complaint to the labour party and parliamentary authority so extraordinary row that has erupted at the top of the labour party, shattering a piece that has existed many months, actually. thank you indeed. five people have died after

i'm ben wright, the owner of the property along with karen lee, my wife. we've lived in san francisco 20 years. we have two children, nine and 11 years old. we bought our home on caselli avenue two years ago. it's a home we admired for many years, and we're happy to have gotten it. but the house is not functional for a family of four, which is why we're here today. first, the hall is small and cramped, where the upstairs bedrooms are. both my son's bedroom and our room do not have the required ceiling height, and the bathroom door frame is so low i have to duck every time i get in and out. i hit my head sometimes. the stairs are also steeper than code so that -- that it's kind of dangerous. my son actually slipped and fell down the stairs one. in addition, the front yard, which i have a picture here of -- there it is. front yard, as you can see from the photo, it's not conducive for a yard where children can play, that there's a different elevation between here and the walkway, over here, and the carport, which is here, and the walkway combined takes away

our political correspondent ben wright is following the story.d late yesterday evening when the labour party put out a short statement saying debbie abrahams has stepped aside so that there could be this investigation into employment issues. this concerns allegations of bullying, allegations that debbie abrahams vehemently denies herself. as soon as labour put that statement out, debbie abrahams released her own statement in which she accused the party of bullying, intimidating, aggressive behaviour. and the focus of her ire were people in the leader's offers, jeremy corbyn's own office, and said that the last ten months, they had behaved in an intimidating way and were showing behaviour of the worst, bullying kind. she is making a formal complaint to the labour party and parliamentary authorities. i understand is this concerns complaints made by more than two people. the labour party won this investigated not within the whip's offers, determines was a —— determines discipline, but within the party's own he just rocked us. they wanted it debbie a

our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster.bout the reaction to jeremy corbyn‘s comments, they seem to have exposed sharp divisions within the party. they certainly have, divisions that have always been there, i think, particularly on foreign policy betweenjeremy corbyn, who throughout his career has opposed pretty much any military action and confrontation. he has been a critic of nato. i think he finds himself in a tricky position leading the labour party on this, who feel the government's position on the whole is right and needs to be backed unequivocally. jeremy corbyn has a different view. he is maintaining that while the russian state could be responsible for this, he's also saying it could be possible the nerve agent used in salisbury perhaps might have originated in russia but could have fallen into the hands of some mafia like gangsters, and that is how it ended up being used in salisbury. in an article in the guardian today he says that while the attack is reckless and barbaric, politicians need to keep their heads, l

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ben carson are all said to be on thin ice. the white house insists no one is going anywhere, at least not yet. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: tonight the white house is trying to tamp down reports of an imminent cabinet shakeup. >> the cos actually spoke to a number of staff this morning reassuring them there were personnel changes, no immediate personnel changes at this time and that people shouldn't be concerned. >> reporter: among the top officials whose jobs may be in danger, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, who is known to have a contentious relationship with the president. mcmaster was at the west wing today. abc's tara palmeri caught up with him. >> everybody's got to leave the white house at some point. >> are you going sooner or later? >> i'm doing my job. >> reporter: today press secretary sarah sanders specifically reassured mcmaster and insisted she was doing so at the president's behest. >> i spoke directly to the president last night, he asked me to pass that message along to general mcmaster. >> reporter: the president himself has been fueling speculation about a staff shakeup. >> i'm re

thank you, ben wright at westminster. the headlines on bbc news...ghter were poisoned by a nerve agent, and a police officer who was first on the scene in salisbury is also seriously ill. a teenager has gone on trial accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train during rush hour last september. 30 people were hurt in the incident at parsons green station. the chancellor has urged the eu to include financial markets in any future trade deal after brexit — but the president of the european council, donald tusk, said the uk cannot have a pick and mix approach to negotiations. now let's find out what is happening in the world of sport, with hugh woozencroft. good evening. a huge evening for two british clubs in the champions league is under way. let's start at wembley where tottenham are playing the italian giants ofjuventus. 2—2 after the first leg. it is the english side having the better of things so far. so newman had the third shot on target for spurs. they could count themselves lucky not to concede a penalty when jan vertonghen collided