let's talk to our political editor chris mason in l political editor chris mason in samoa.n for one of the biggest weeks of his premiership.— the biggest weeks of his premiership. the biggest weeks of his remiershi -. . ., �* , the biggest weeks of his remiershi -. . . �* , ., premiership. yeah, that's right and it all begins — premiership. yeah, that's right and it all begins with _ premiership. yeah, that's right and it all begins with this _ premiership. yeah, that's right and it all begins with this body - premiership. yeah, that's right and it all begins with this body clock . it all begins with this body clock smashing jet lag in completely exhausting 20,000 mile round trip here to the south pacific. at least the sun has now come out. the prime minister makes the argument it is worth being here to meet world leaders that he has not yet met in office and also makes a case that the indo—pacific, this region, is increasingly economically important to the uk and he wants to take the opportunity to exploit that on this trip but yes, upon his return, we have a moment next w

chris mason, our political editor, a budget. chris mason, our political editor. thank _ a budget.cial hatred on the day three girls were murdered in the southport attacks. lucy connolly, from northampton, called for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire, and for mass deportations, in a post on the social media platform x. king charles and queen camilla are on their way to australia for their biggest overseas trip since the king began cancer treatment in february. the visit has attracted some controversy though, re—opening questions about the future of the monarchy in australia and the debate about whether the country should become a republic. from sydney, katy watson reports. # god save the king #. for australia's young monarchists there is a lot to celebrate. the fact king charles is travelling 10,000 miles and across ten different time zones, all the while having cancer treatment, is, say these students, testament to his fondness for this country. i'm really excited. i think he's such a big part of our history and our tradition, it's really wonderful we get to celebrat

mason, bbc news. —— chris mason.ional balloon fiesta is said to be the largest in the world, organisers say more than 500 hot air balloons ascend to the skies. the festival concludes on sunday. more to come on bbc news. hello. it's been an unsettled start to the weekend, with low pressure pushing several bands of rain southwards across the uk on saturday, but we did manage some spells of sunshine between these successive areas of rain. it was a mild day, particularly across southern areas of england and wales. top temperatures reached 17 degrees, but in cardiff, we've got a drop of four degrees celsius on the way as we head into sunday. low pressure then clears off out of the way. a ridge of high pressure follows, bringing a better day for many of us on sunday. however, it is going to be a chilly old start to the day underneath these clearing skies, temperatures are dropping like a stone at the moment. we've got a few showers coming and going across the far north coast of wales, parts of coastal cheshire and into nor

joining me now are our political editor, chris mason and our economics editor faisal islam.oughts on why it is that this government seems keen to get the messages about this budget out well before the actual budget. it is intriguing because you would be forgiven for thinking the budget had already happened and that day still to go. we had an extra hour of prebudget chat because of the clocks going back and it kind of has felt that way. by the government wants to manage expectations, doesn't want surprises. there are reasons connected to the markets that faisal islam will talk about. it also for the politics. they don't want people to be surprised in a negative sense on the day because they want to do a lot of talk about how difficult it is going to be. they are going to put up plenty of taxes in advance. we don't want surprises when the budget is this big, someone said to me tonight, that's a reference to the tax increases. but expectations are where they need to be, so a sense of having the prime minister a couple of days before doing a bit of that picture rolling, as they

political editor chris mason sits down with prime minister sir keir starmer — as he comes under pressurer slavery reparations at a commonwealth summit in samoa. plus — some of the world's key economic voices are in washington for the international monetary fund's annual meetings. we ask poland's finance minister how countries can maintain growth in an ever—changing global system. welcome to this new, extended hour of world news america — where we'll bring you a full hour of live news and analysis from here in the u—5, the uk, and around the world. we start in the middle east — where efforts to re—start negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza continued on thursday. us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders. he said that israeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. speaking alongside

that was our political editor chris mason. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman and jerry hill from our us partners cbs who will be giving us the view from the us. —— jarred giving us the view from the us. ——jarred hill. king charles and queen camilla have arrived in the island nation of samoa for a summit of the 56—nation commonwealth. the couple has just completed a six—day tour of australia — the first time they have visited the country since the king became its head of state. our correspondent katy watson was in samoa as the king and queen arrived. she said climate change will be high on the agenda during the visit. this is the first commonwealth heads of government meeting that king charles is attending since becoming monarch. it's also a first for a pacific nation for hosting the summit. so it's a really big deal for samoa, a small country. there are 4,000 delegates expected to come here. they've had to bring on a cruise ship to accommodate the visitors here this week. now, top of the agenda will be climate ch

and chris mason's here. as well as hugh pym, our health editor.t by the employers national insurance rise? but that's right. i wondering whether there would be some sort of rebate to cover these tar rebate to cover these for contributions _ rebate to cover these tr?" contributions but there has been talk of other health and contributions but th

that full interview with arc political editor chris mason will be coming up after the break.e world and across the u.k., this is the world on bbc news. ♪ >> here in the u.k., the labor government wch won power in july after 14 years in opposition has unveiled its first budget. the chancellor has released she will be increasing taxes by 40 billion pounds. our political editor sat down with rachel reeves today. work with throughout the election campaign, you and other talked about no plans for lots of big tax rises beyond the few you did it knowledge you would do. that turned out to be total baloney, didn't it? >> when i became chancellor of the exchequer in ally in the first weekend, treasury officials took me through the numbers that showed a 22 billion pound black hole in the public finances. that goes on through the parliament. on top of that, ther were compensation payments that had been promised for victims of infected blood and post office horizon scandal. the money had been promised but it had never been budgeted for. th previous government had not done a spending revie

chris mason, our political editor, reporting there.o mark one year since the october 7th hamas attacks, thousands of people gathered in london's hyde park this afternoon to call for the return of the remaining hostages still unaccounted for and thought to be held in gaza. there are 97 of them. the memorial event was organised by the board of deputies of britishjews and other groups, and attended by those with family and friends in israel. the mother of the only british—israeli hostage being held in gaza called on the british government to help secure her daughter emily's release and all those being held hostage. how is it that she's still in prison there after one year? why isn't the whole world, especially britain, fighting every moment to secure her release? she's one of their own. i need to hug her again, and i need to see her smile. i know we could and should be doing more and more. i and everyone else had failed her, and the only way to make us all feel whole again is to get emily and all the 100 hostages back to theirfamilies. ba

chris mason, bbc news in westminster.economics correspondent, dharshini david, has been going through the numbers. thank you. pay now, gain later — but did rachel reeves�* pledge to stabilise public finances, avoid a return to austerity and boost growth in her budget deliver on its hefty price tag? compare today's tax rises with those from previous chancellors. relative to the size of our economy, they're the second biggest ever. so our tax burden — the proportion of the nation's income going in tax — will hit a record of 38% by 2030. she's expecting to raise an extra £41 billion in tax by 2030. but from where? some measures — such as vat on school fees and capital gains tax — raise relatively little. compared to clamping down on tax avoidance. but it's the increase in employers' national insurance contributions that raises the most — £25 billion — the government's independent forecasters warn that largely could be passed on as slower wage and jobs growth — there could be 50,000 workers fewer than otherwise. the chancello

here's our political editor, chris mason by the prime minister's side until today, at least. she was at the white house last month. now she has gone as the chief of staff, after weeks of her colleagues saying she was too powerful and not up to thejob. and willing to leak confidential information about her. she earns £170,000 a year but that figure matters less than about how i found out about it. and that is down to rows in government about her role. some within government thought the leak was deeply unfair but the anger was real, an issue i put to the prime minister one week before last. will you get rid of those grumblers or get rid of her? i am not going to discuss individual members of staff, whoever they are. what about resolving the issues that brought about the row? do you acknowledge that those people are unhappy and i guess as the boss, you have the responsibility to sort that out. i acknowledge the briefings to you are not helpful to the government. my focus is on what we need to do as the government to change the country for the better. and it is myjob to deal with

chris mason, bbc news, in westminster. down as it prepares for the arrival of what is expected to be the biggest storm to hit the island in 30 years. already strong wind and dust, it is due to hit into .5 hours according to the central weather administration, that is 2pm local time, expected to make landfall on the mountainous and sparsely populated east coast. we are all heading —— already hearing about a lot of evacuations, strong wind, five metre high waves already pounding the coastline. everything is closed in taiwan from schools, hospitals, stock market and many businesses. 2.5 hours addicts expected to make landfall. india is celebrating diwali, the festival of lights, one of the most important events in the hindu calendar. millions of people kicked off the celebrations in uttar pradesh by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million earthen oil lamps at dusk on wednesday. the state�*s chief minister received a certificate from a team from the guinness world records for an unprecedented number of oil lamps — the numb

chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham. kyoto. the site charts the company's history, which dates back to 1889, when it produced playing cards. many exhibits are interactive and there's an area where two people can play mario or donkey kong games together on a giant console. carlos nieves, a us—based gamer and industry analyst, says gaming is art and it such museums are important. it's extremely important because the game industry overall, we have a big problem they can invoke feelings. and these were, you know, came from the same as hollywood. hollywood has hundreds of museums around the world. you know, like the movie industry is really good at preservation. so we need to also step up and do that. very briefly, are you going to take that plane to museum there? {iii take that plane to museum there? .., , take that plane to museum there? , ., ., , there? of course. i already told my — there? of course. i already told my wife. _ it's like i already told my wife, uh, both me and my wife working in the games industry in genera

that's our political editor chris mason.s how they use their time and money, and it is not unusual for supporters of a party in one country to go and campaign for a sister party in another. it happens both ways round and across many, many countries. but none of this was organised and funded by the labour party itself. this is individual people making their own choices as they are free to do. i think his complaint, though, goes to the fact that there was a post on linkedin on social media from a labour party manager, which has now been deleted, but which was offering some kind of help for labour party members who went to america to help kamala harris�*s campaign. and that is what donald trump says is described as "reasonable inference" that the labour party was making, what he says, amount to illegalforeign national contributions to the american election. what do you say to that? well, none of this was organised directly by the labour party. as i say, what people choose to do in their free time and whether she's a part of a g

chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham.a derbyshire. is the ground fighting in tenses in lebanon a leading military expert says what might happen next and how israel might respond following iran's missile assault. plus we will talk live to actress amanda abington in her first interview after the bbc apologised to her and upheld some of the complaints about her strictly dance partner. join us then. football now — and in champions league action, aston villa have played their first home game in europe's elite competition in over a0 years. our sports correspondent, nesta mcgregor, was watching at villa park. villa park may be quiet now but a few minutes ago it was deafening. a memorable night. villa park hosting top—flight european football for the first time in over a0 years. fireworks before kick—off, the game itself was a bit of a slow burner until late in the second half substitute duran with an audacious effort. the bayern munich goalkeeper stranded. bayern munich fans stunned. the only goal of the game. aston villa defeat

chris mason, bbc news, in westminster.e so—called clade 1b outbreak, which appears to spread more easily between people. mpox was declared a global health emergency by the world health organization in the summer due to an outbreak in parts of africa. the uk patient had recently been on vacation there and began to feel sick 2a hours after flying home. an mpox rash can last for up to a month. other symptoms include fever, headaches and low energy. lab testing confirmed it was clade 1b. this form of the virus has been causing mounting concern. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, gave us this assessment. well, this is the first uk case of a variant of mpox. that's the disease that was once known as monkeypox. this variant is known as clade 1b um, and basically this case came to light after this holiday—maker returned from an african country. as you said, at the beginning of last week, within 2a hours that person fell ill. they developed the distinctive rash that is often a symptom of mpox. they sought help at their local

here's our political editor, chris mason. by the prime minister's side — until today, at least.th. now she's gone as sir keir starmer�*s chief of staff, after weeks of her colleagues saying she was too powerful and not up to the job, and willing to leak confidential information about her. she earns £170,000 a year but that figure matters less than how i found out about it, and that is down to a rows in government about her role. some within government thought the leaks deeply unfair but the anger was real, an issue i put to the prime minister the week before last. are you going to get rid of them, those grumblers, or get rid of her? i'm not going to discuss individual members of staff — whoever they are. what about resolving the issues that have brought about the row? do you acknowledge that there are people that are unhappy and i guess you as the boss have the responsibility to try and sort it out? well, i acknowledge that briefings to you are not helpful to the government. my focus is on what we need to do as a government to change the country for the better... including sorti

chris mason, bbc news. let's turn to some other news around the world.e office of his son, who is also a politician. mr siddique was a prominent figure, including serving as a minister in the state of maharashtra, which is heading to polls next month. two people have been arrested over the killing but a motive is still unclear. polish prime minister donald tusk has announced plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum, as part of a new strategy to tackle migration. tusk told a party conference the right to asylum was being abused by people smugglers, as a part of what warsaw calls �*hybrid warfare' waged by belarus and russia. poland has seen a huge increase in illegal migration from belarus since 2021. the new strategy will be presented later this week. four people have died in a fuel station explosion in chechnya. emergency authorities in the russian region say two children were amongst those killed in grozny. they say a fuel tank exploded, causing a huge fire, with five more people injured. ukraine's president zelensky says his country's troops a

political editor chris mason sits down with prime minister sir keir starmer — as he comes under pressurever slavery reparations at a commonwealth summit in samoa. a warning from the un — cut carbon emissions or be on track to miss global warming limits by a �*catastrophic�* margin. hello, i'm catriona perry. you're very welcome. we start in the middle east where efforts to re—start negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza continued on thursday. us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders. he said that israeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar, whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the reason i believe there is opportunity

our political editor chris mason reporting.d a terrorist attack near karachi international airport. a statement by the chinese embassy said there were also many pakistani casualties. the separatist balochistan liberation army — which has in recent years carried out attacks on chinese nationals involved in projects — has claimed responsibility for the attack. the overall death toll is as yet unclear. it's just ten days since storm helene tore through the south—eastern united states. now another storm looks likely to strike again this week, in florida — milton. the storm is currently off the coast of mexico. it's now classed as a category one hurricane, having been upgraded from a tropical storm on sunday. we're looking at pictures showing just how enormous it's become over the past 24 hours. the us national weather service says it's expecting the storm to strengthen further as it tracks eastward towards florida. it could grow to a category four before diminishing to a category three when it makes landfall on wednesday. here we'r

chris mason, bbc news in westminster.was one of the longest budget speeches in years — it was billed as a budget for growth. is that what the uk will now get? our economics editor, faisal islam, has been going through the numbers. this is what you might call a kitchen—sink budget. a massive budget in almost every way, but does it deliver the chancellor's repeated calls for more growth in the uk economy? this budget is certainly one of the largest tax—taking budgets of the post—war era. in fact, here are the largest 8 of the last 50 years, and when we look at them from largest to smallest, this budget is actually the second largest, comfortably surpassing denis healey�*s double, gordon brown, rishi sunak mid—pandemic, beaten only by norman lamont there in 1993. so why is this budget so big? well, partly, that's down to all the tax—raising measures, 40 billion in fact in a year — we're showing you 2028—29 here as an example. it includes that employers' national insurance, raising 25 billion, although 5 billion is paid by th

chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham. ?f northern ireland ? two days of northern ireland two days after finally leaving belfast port. the oceans are beckoning, but until now, they have been out of reach. the villa v residents saw the sea for only 15 miles before anchoring here two days ago, but the mood on board could be said to be buoyant. fix, board could be said to be buoyant. lifetime tour of the world. what a way to retire. we are very thankful to mike and cathy, the crew and everybody that has made this happen. we thank belfast and the shipyards and all the people that worked so hard to make this country, because we are dreamers.— hard to make this country, because we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board now? - we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board now? we i how are things on board now? we don't how are things on b

also has spoken to the king ofjordan this afternoon and that is government sources towards with chris masonew minutes that the passenger flights over iran have been redirected to alternative routes and the airspace above israel has been reopened over the last few minutes and we are hearing that the french prime minister is concerned about the middle east escalation and said the situation there is extremely dangerous and we are also hearing from the german government of the condemnation of these missile attacks from iran and now, to bring you another breaking news story coming in from israel, that is there's been is suspected terror attack, according to police, a shooting, a mass shooting in an area of tel aviv and we're sharing that at least six people have been killed and happened earlier on evening and we are hearing a couple of gunmen started shooting up by standards and injured several people at a railway station in the area of tel aviv as i explained to you at least six people killed, these are live pictures coming from jaffa. shot dead by a passing security guard and seek tag details

chris mason, thank you.d at the world—famous great 0rmond street hospital into a bone surgeon who'd been carrying out leg lengthening and straightening surgery on children. the review has already found that some surgery resulted in long term pain, injury — even amputation. now the bbc has learnt that the investigation into yaserjabbar is being extended to 4 other hospitals in london. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. which hospitals are involved? three are private hospitals, saintjohn and saint elizabeth, the portland hospital and crimeware hospital. and one nhs trust the chelsea and westminster. stjohn and saint elizabeth made clear only adult surgery was carried out by yaser jabbar there. surgery was carried out by yaser jabbarthere. but surgery was carried out by yaser jabbar there. but the bbc has also seen a report from the royal college of surgeons for great 0rmond street which was handed in a year ago but has only come out this week. it has been sent to some of the families and we've seen the repo

our political editor, chris mason, was watching.y out of the deepest of holes, colossal election defeat. the speech that felt like a potential game—changer came from the man who used to be home secretary, james cleverly, who channelled the former us president ronald reagan in trying to be upbeat. so, let's be more like reagan. let's be enthusiastic, relatable, positive, optimistic. let's be more normal. laughter. he said the property sales tax stamp duty should be scrapped and adapted a line gordon brown once used about his rivals. now is not the time for an apprentice. who could that possibly be a reference to? well, all the others, really, including the frontrunner robertjenrick, who had this blunt critique of the conservative record in office. we failed to deliver the strong nhs, the strong economy and, yes, the strong border. he wants the uk to leave the european convention on human rights and have a law to cut immigration. if i am your leader, i will fight for the effective freeze in net migration our country needs. there's no

chris mason, thank you very much. that. will do just that. so who are the winners and losers on the day after some big budget tax rises? assuming that the national insurance hike is passed on in pay packets, so on average the hit is £526 per household from yesterday's tax measures according to studies. let's look at every household in britain from the poorest 10% of the richest and this is the impact from yesterday was my budget alone and it is more for the richest household, £1000 at the top. let's add in the measures already planned by the previous government inherited by this one and this is the pattern, a much bigger hit. the government argues it will include the impact on public services and will lift everybody here into positive territory, but there is no doubt there is a bill for most people in there is a bill for most people in the big ones, the employers, as the chancellor admitted today, will be mostly passed on eventually in the form of lower wages. than mostly passed on eventually in the form of lower wage

our political editor chris mason gathered the thoughts of sir keir starmer on the way to samoa.spoke to him. the british prime minister emphasising to us on the plane here, the 28—hourjourney from the uk, but as far as the conversation about reparations was concerned he felt that it was too backward—looking, he didn't want conversations to get bogged down over it, and instead he wanted to focus on the future, around trade and climate change, for instance. but now courtesy of this leak to our colleaguejames landale, the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, we have seen a draft communique, that is summit speak for the draft conclusions of an event like this, in which there is a specific reference in a couple of paragraphs to a desire from some commonwealth countries, as you say, not least those in the caribbean, for a conversation to properly begin about the question of reparations and the suggestions that some countries, the uk among them, owe, so goes the argument, a debt to countries that feel they were disproportionately enslaved, and there should be apologies for it and there sho

mr starmer has been speaking to our political editor chris mason, who travelled with him to the summita. it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wipers and this small island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no" says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, focus, is on the forward—look, not the backward—look. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice was abhorrent and we should, you know, we talk about our history, we can't change our history, but we should certainly talk about our history... you say that

downing street has insisted the issue of reparations isn't on the agenda, as our political editor chris masonins. leadership involves many things — decision—making, accountability and ceremony. this the samoan welcome for prime ministers and presidents. some commonwealth members want the uk and others to compensate them for the impact of slavery. there is a debate the king referred to here in the broadest terms. none of us can change the past, but we can commit, with all our hearts, to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure. it wasn't an endorsement of so—called reparations compensation, but a nod to the anger the issue provokes for some. the prime minister has ruled out reparations. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent, and it is very important that we start from that place. and, of course, that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, if you like, my focus is on the forward look, not the sort of backward look. i want to understand the nature of your ob

our political editor chris mason is travelling with him and sent this update. global footprint of the commonwealth, something me and my fellow bedraggled passengers are well aware of. samoa, in the south pacific, is still some way off. throughout this long journey, the dominating row has been donald trump and the labour party. and the context here matters because senior figures in the labour party have spent ages courting the inner circle of donald trump. so the prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, had dinner with mr trump at trump tower in new york around about a month ago. david lammy has also got to knoij vance, who is the vice presidential pick for donald trump. and the prime minister, was granted a call very soon after mr trump survived that assassination attempt back in the summer. so there's been a real attempt to build bridges, and that diplomatically makes sense, doesn't it, with any potential imminent us president. but particularly one that keir starmer, until recently, had not met, and someone who is as unpredictable and outspoken a

our political editor chris mason gathered the thoughts of sir keir starmer on the way to samoa.sh prime minister emphasising to us on the plane here, the 28—hourjourney from the uk, but as far as the conversation about reparations was concerned he felt that it was too backward—looking, he didn't want conversations to get bogged down over it, and instead he wanted to focus on the future, around trade and climate change, for instance. but now courtesy of this leak to our colleaguejames landale, the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, we have seen a draft communique, that is summit speak for the draft conclusions of an event like this, in which there is a specific reference in a couple of paragraphs to a desire from some commonwealth countries, as you say, not least those in the caribbean, for a conversation to properly begin about the question of reparations and the suggestions that some countries, the uk among them, owe, so goes the argument, a debt to countries that feel they were disproportionately enslaved, and there should be apologies for it and there should be financial compen

our political editor chris mason reports. the country is absorbing the chancellor's plan.ed the budget, the prime minister is involved in selling it. destination cabinetry and university hospital, to talk of the billions extra for the nhs. obviously it was really important yesterday for us to put more _ important yesterday for us to put more money into the nhs to make _ put more money into the nhs to make sure — put more money into the nhs to make sure day today we can relieve — make sure day today we can relieve some of the pressure, allow— relieve some of the pressure, allow you _ relieve some of the pressure, allow you to get on with the 'ob allow you to get on with the job you _ allow you to get on with the job you need to do and you don't — job you need to do and you don't need us to tell us how important that is. on don't need us to tell us how important that is.— don't need us to tell us how important that is. on the day of winners — important that is. on the day of winners and _ important that is. on the day of winners and losers, - important that is. on the day of

our political editor chris mason is travelling with him and sent this update. honolulu in hawaii, the truly global footprint of the commonwealth, something me and my fellow bedraggled passengers are well aware of. samoa, in the south pacific, is still some way off. throughout this long journey, the dominating row has been donald trump and the labour party. and the context here matters because senior figures in the labour party have spent ages courting the inner circle of donald trump. so the prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, had dinner with mr trump at trump tower in new york around about a month ago. david lammy has also got to know jd vance, who is the vice presidential pick for donald trump. and the prime minister, was granted a call very soon after mr trump survived that assassination attempt back in the summer. so there's been a real attempt to build bridges, and that diplomatically makes sense, doesn't it, with any potential imminent us president. but particularly one that keir starmer, until recently, had not met, and someone who is

our political editor chris mason is travelling with the prime minister to samoa for the commonwealthrnment meeting, where the trump row threatens to overshadow the trip. hello from winnipeg in the canadian province of manitoba. we're on our way to the south pacific, to samoa for a gathering of commonwealth heads of government. to put it gently, it's a long way. we've still got a long, long way to go. quite the row, though, bubbling whilst we've been on the first leg of this flight — between donald trump and the uk labour party. you know, it's only a couple of weeks ago that keir starmer was having dinner with donald trump in new york, meeting him for the first time. now there's this row that centres on a post on linkedin, the cv and jobs website, from a labour party staffer ahead of operations, suggesting that people might want to go out to campaign for kamala harris, the big rival of donald trump. kamala harris of the democrats, the current vice president, with a suggestion that their housing would be sorted. now, that has caused real anger from the trump campaign because they recko

sir keir�*s been speaking to our political editor, chris mason, who has travelled with the prime ministermmit in samoa. it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wipers and this small island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no," says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset and this small island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no," says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, my focus is on the forward—look, not the backward—look. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for

now ballot papers will go out to tory members to make the final decision. 0ur political editor, chris mason of them in 0xfordshire. for the first time since 1777, 0xfordshire has no conservative mps. people here in banbury have sent conservatives to westminster for over a century, but they didn't injuly. so what do the tory party members in this county make of the contest to replace rishi sunak? nervous? table, chairs, pumpkins and a laptop. time to watch the result at a farm shop. kemi badenoch, 42 votes. james cleverly, 37 votes. and robertjenrick, 41 votes. wow! kemi badenoch and robertjenrick through, james cleverly out. what do you think of that? i mean, that is quite something, isn't it? that's a shock. given yesterday's results and how he was at conference, i thought he would walk it at this stage. turning to you, you have your badge proudly, proudly there. and your man has made it to the last two. the exact reverse of what i was expecting. as it stands right now, jenrick's got steadier hands to steer the unstable ship. what is it about kemi badenoch that you like? many moderate—mind

here is he speaking to the hosts of newscast adam fleming and chris mason.tudio. thank you for having me. you're very welcome. we'll talk loads about what you've been up to in some of the ups and downs in the last hundred days. but first, i just wanted to give newscasters an insight into what it is actually like being a prime minister, because not many people get to do thatjob. i mean, how do you sort of convey what it's like? it's a real privilege because you get the chance to take decisions that make a big difference to people's lives, and that is hugely a privilege. it's what i came into politics to do. for me, it's been much tougher than anything i've done before, but much better. and i came into politics relatively late in life, having spent a lot of time as a lawyer. and that was slightly unusual because a lot of people come in earlier than me. i came in because i decided in my own mind that i wanted to go to politics. i wanted to make a difference. i wanted to improve the country. improve people's lives. and then i got stuck in opposition for nine lon

political editor chris mason sits down with prime minister sir keir starmer — as he comes under pressuresamoa. a warning from the un — cut carbon emissions or be on track to miss global warming limits by a �*catastrophic�* margin. hello, i'm catriona perry. you're very welcome. we start in the middle east where efforts to re—start negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza continued on thursday. us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders. he said that israeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal.

let's talk to chris mason. the prime minister has been speaking to benjamin netanyahu?they have been to benjamin netanyahu? they have been speaking _ to benjamin netanyahu? they have been speaking for _ to benjamin netanyahu? they have been speaking for about _ to benjamin netanyahu? they have been speaking for about 15 - to benjamin netanyahu? they have been speaking for about 15 minutes about the very prospect of this attack, when benjamin netanyahu had to abandon the call because he had been told by his officials that the attacks were under way. a couple of hours after that phone call we heard from keir starmer, in a statement in downing street, and some questions from reporters. it cannot be tolerated. we stand with israel and we recognise her right to self—defence in the face of this aggression. iran must stop these attacks. is the uk prepared to use british military capabilities to help israel defend itself against iran? and has that already happened this evening? this, as you'll appreciate, is an evolving situation. but what i will say is that we stand with israe

our political editor chris mason has more this is honolulu in hawaii, the truly global footprint of theealth, something me and my fellow bedraggled passengers are well aware of. samoa, in the south pacific, is still some way off. throughout this long journey, the dominating row has been donald trump and the labour party. and the context here matters because senior figures in the labour party have spent ages courting the inner circle of donald trump. so the prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, had dinner with mr trump at trump tower in new york around about a month ago. david lammy has also got to knoij vance, who is the vice presidential pick for donald trump. and the prime minister, was granted a call very soon after mr trump survived that assassination attempt back in the summer. so there's been a real attempt to build bridges, and that diplomatically makes sense, doesn't it, with any potential imminent us president. but particularly one that keir starmer, until recently, had not met, and someone who is as unpredictable and outspoken as mr trump. now, the context her

sir keir�*s been speaking to our political editor, chris mason, who has travelled with the prime ministere summit in samoa. leadership involves many things — decision making, accountability and ceremony. this, the samoan welcome for prime ministers and presidents. some commonwealth members want the uk and others to compensate them for the impact of slavery. there is a debate the king referred to here, in the broadest terms. none of us can change the past, but we can commit with all our hearts to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure. it wasn't an endorsement of so—called reparations compensation but a nod to the anger the issue provokes for some. the prime minister has ruled out reparations. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade — slave practice — was abhorrent, and it is very important that we start from that place and, of course, that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, if you like, my focus is on the forward look, not the sort of backward look. i want to understand the nat

downing street has insisted the issue of reparations isn't on the agenda, as our political editor chris masonecision—making, accountability and ceremony. this the samoan welcome for prime ministers and presidents. some commonwealth members want the uk and others to compensate them for the impact of slavery. there is a debate the king referred to here in the broadest terms. none of us can change the past, but we can commit, with all our hearts, to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure. it wasn't an endorsement of so—called reparations compensation, but a nod to the anger the issue provokes for some. the prime minister has ruled out reparations. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent, and it is very important that we start from that place. and, of course, that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, if you like, my focus is on the forward look, not the sort of backward look. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one or is it

midlands to mark the billions of new money they are promising the health service. 0ur political editor chris mason farley. he's been following the fallout from yesterday's budget. good to see you — so what have the prime minister in the chancellor been saying — and more important, what's the reaction been?— more important, what's the reaction been? your right to ask about — reaction been? your right to ask about the _ reaction been? your right to ask about the reaction, - reaction been? your right to - ask about the reaction, because it's obviously this day too after the budget that we see the fallout, some of it being unpacked. and i suppose the main negative reaction has come from businesses — that's not surprising in itself because businesses really bore the brunt of those record tax increases that we saw yesterday increases that we saw yesterday in the budget, particularly the national insurance contributions that they'll have to pay. we saw richard soames, the head of the cbi here in the uk, say that there's not enough bang for their buck, not enough growth essentially coming out of all the m

here's our political editor chris mason.rdshire has no conservative mps. people here in banbury have sent conservatives to westminster for over a century, but they didn't in july. so what do the tory party members in this county make of the contest to replace rishi sunak? nervous? table, chairs, pumpkins and a laptop. time to watch the result at a farm shop. kemi badenoch, 42 votes. james cleverly, 37 votes. and robertjenrick, 41 votes. wow. kemi badenoch and robertjenrick through, james cleverly out. what do you think of that? i mean, that is quite something, isn't it? that's a shock. that is. given yesterday's results and how he was at conference, i thought he would walk it at this stage. turning to you, you have your generic badge proudly, proudly there. and your man has made it to the last two. the exact reverse of what i was expecting. as it stands right now, jenrick's got steadier hands to to steer the unstable ship. what is it about kemi badenoch that you like? many moderate minded conservatives like myself, faced wit

our political editor chris mason is at the summit in samoa, how difficult could this proved to be forult could this proved to be for the prime minister? yeah, hello to ou. for the prime minister? yeah, hello to yom it is — for the prime minister? yeah, hello to you. it is definitely _ for the prime minister? yeah, hello to you. it is definitely awkward - for the prime minister? yeah, hello to you. it is definitely awkward for i to you. it is definitely awkward for the prime minister, no doubt, not least because of what foreign secretary david lammy has said in opposition, when he said that britain had neverfaced justice, as he put it, for the crime of slavery. at the heart of this is a difficult philosophical question, to what extent can these generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? and there are moral and legal, as well as political and diplomatic, ramifications to all of that. now, the prime minister's view, as you were mentioning, is clear, he was telling us on the plane that he is not budging, he thinks it is backward looking, he doesn't want to apologise

downing street has insisted the issue of reparations isn't on the agenda, as our political editor chris masons. leadership involves many things — decision—making, accountability and ceremony. this the samoan welcome for prime ministers and presidents. some commonwealth members want the uk and others to compensate them for the impact of slavery. there is a debate the king referred to here in the broadest terms. none of us can change the past, but we can commit, with all our hearts, to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure. it wasn't an endorsement of so—called reparations compensation, but a nod to the anger the issue provokes for some. the prime minister has ruled out reparations. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent, and it is very important that we start from that place. and, of course, that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, if you like, my focus is on the forward look, not the sort of backward look. i want to understand the nature of your obje

meantime, nick bosa, jordan mason and chris conley were limited at practice.s we know, brandon aiyuk is officially out for the season after he tore his acl and damaged his mcl. and while the injuries are piling up, fred warner is still staying positive. >> i'm as optimistic as they come. it doesn't matter what's going on. you know, the burning building down or burning down, i would still just be standing tall, trying to keep everything afloat. so we're really not in that type of situation at all. yeah, the injuries suck. and to keep players especially. but you got you got to move on. that's what this league is. it's violent and people get hurt and you got to it's a next man up mentality. >> and one key player could finally return soon. there's a chance the niners could get christian mccaffrey back from injury report in a few weeks. head coach kyle shanahan said when he comes back, it will certainly be after the bye week, which is next week, and a 13 year old girl in hayward is being called a hero for alerting her neighborhood before a large fire caused extensi