ben wright, bbc news, westminster.ment initiative 2iup movement. perry, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what do you think of these proposals? do you think they are going to make a difference to knife crime? in going to make a difference to knife crime? , ., , .,, ., ., crime? in my honest opinion, i do not think they _ crime? in my honest opinion, i do not think they will _ crime? in my honest opinion, i do not think they will make _ crime? in my honest opinion, i do not think they will make a - not think they will make a difference. if i'm being completely on us. if a young person wants to get a hold of a knife, all they have to do is go to the kitchen. if a young person wants to get a hold of a particular night, so, for example, the zombie knife or a z k, or a machete. that would need to be purchased online. and if they are not old enough to purchase that particular weapon, not old enough to purchase that particularweapon, i not old enough to purchase that particular weapon, i feel that they will go to an older

cancelled the trip, to deal with pressing economic issues at home. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightrsial is this viz ate and the fact that she decided to go ahead with it. the opposition say she shouldn't have gone ahead with the market turmoil and the rising cost of government borrowing and whether the chancellor will have to change tack in terms of her fiscal rules and the implications for taxation and spending. with those questions swirling around, the tories said the trip should be binned and the chancellor should stay in the uk and explain what the government was planning to do. i should say the former conservative chancellor philip hammond said yesterday he thought that it should go ahead. the implication of a cancelled trip could be worse than going ahead and making the visit. it is happening and for the government it is very important. laboursaid during important. labour said during its important. laboursaid during its time in opposition that it wanted a more pragmatic approach to china, which is the world's second largest economy, the uk's fifth largest trading partner. aft

let's speak to our political correspondent, ben wright, at westminster.nisters decision? it was. the prime minister _ ministers decision? it was. the prime minister received - ministers decision? it was. the prime minister received a - prime minister received a letter from prime minister received a letterfrom sir laurie magnus, his advisor on ministerial behavior and standards earlier today for that the prime minister spoke to tulip siddiq and it was tulip siddiq who offered her resignation because she had felt she become us distraction it was untenable for her to continue as a job it treasury minister and person responsible for tackling corruption. this has been festering for a number of weeks sense tulip siddiq was first named into anti—corruption probes being held in bangladesh into the activities of our wider family. into the activities of our widerfamily. she is a member of one of the most prominent families in bangladesh politics. now the focus of anti—corruption investigations anti—corru ption investigations into whether or anti—corruption investig

let's get more now from our political correspondent, ben wright.ime minister? questions about the “udgment of the prime minister?_ questions about the “udgment of the prime minister? members of the prime minister? members of the conservative _ the prime minister? members of the conservative party _ the prime minister? members of the conservative party have - the conservative party have tried to make the claim, saying keir starmer did about it because to the city was a friend, they have neighbouring constituencies in london, she's a political ally, they have known each other for ages, so they are trained to claim it that stopped the prime minister from seckinger earlier in the week. numbertend from seckinger earlier in the week. number tend assisted —— insisted it was not the case, it was right to wait for laurie magnus to hand the results of his fact—finding investigation to the premise for everyone to see, as was said, the standards which are, sir lori magnus, funders no code broken here, so she was exonerated on the central charge that people hav

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. israeli military operation in the occupied west bank, which has entered its second day. local media reports ten palestinians were killed and nearly a0 others injured in air strikes yesterday, as a large number of israeli troops entered the city ofjenin and its refugee camp. israel says it's targeting what it calls terrorists. it comes three days after the start of a ceasefire in gaza. around a thousand north korean soldiers deployed to fight ukrainian forces in russia's kursk region have been killed. western officials, who asked to remain anonymous, told the bbc the overall casualty rate for north korea's forces is now nearly a0 per cent. a national day of mourning is underway in turkey, after a fire at a ski resort hotel killed at least 76 people. an investigation has been launched into the blaze, which took 12 hours to put out. nine people, including the hotel's owner, have been arrested. government borrowing rose more than expected in december, hitting its highest level for the mon