they have brought in eddie izzard who has authentic.hole bunch of sneering cynicism when she delivered her report. eddie izzard has a clean slate and has gone in on the front foot. let's see what happens in the next few days and weeks. let's look at the ft, fake news, brussels and fake news crackdown as fears mount the european polls. this follows from what we have reported on for the last couple of weeks about how data was taken from facebooked and used in several different ways and votes? we should add that cambridge analytica is still heavily deny they use that data, however... and any of the politicians associated with the data. but clearly it has left a stench of corruption and brussels, with the imminent european elections, had said it is time to swamp down. it is a pre—emptive strike, i think, swamp down. it is a pre—emptive strike, ithink, they swamp down. it is a pre—emptive strike, i think, they cannot brook any interference. they are so scared of russian interference particularly, france is preparing legislation. they are giv

let's hope that eddie izzard will provide... -- role eddie izzard.lk about fake news. astonishing that those are the top of the labour party, who do not have the time to check all of their social media outlets, had not got a department that is doing that. christine shawcross resigned from leila's nec of the claims she failed to act against anti—semitic labour activist and eddie izzard is taking on her role. jeremy corbyn did not re move on her role. jeremy corbyn did not remove from the nec two days ago, she has resigned two days later, i wonder what has gone on behind the scenes, that will unravel in the next few days. quite a task for him to ta ke next few days. quite a task for him to take on. a very high profile figure already for other reasons and suddenly the spotlight on him. he is a very smart cookie. you might find a very smart cookie. you might find a way of making that message work. —— he might find. more intelligently. the sunday mirror. victory on child burials. this is quite a good campaign the mirror have done. credit to them because w

eddie izzard kbyte in the most recent election, he automatically takes her place.st at what is a difficult time for the party, he has a knowledge that on a statement online, saying these are not the circumstances he would have wanted to ta ke circumstances he would have wanted to take up his place on that committee. he has been a labour campaign and support for many years and has spoken about running for office a few times. he says it is an important time for the party and stamp out completely the stain of anti—semitism from a minority of members. it has no place in the party and the time has come to unite around the platform of hope that he says jeremy corbyn around the platform of hope that he sasteremy corbyn has built. around the platform of hope that he says jeremy corbyn has built. there are local government elections taking place in some of england's bigger cities and london. how worried is labour about this driving towards polling day and potentially damaging it support? the timing is not ideal. there have long been accusations of anti—semitism within the p

labour's newest nec member, comedian eddie izzard, says the party must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuildelations with thejewish community. it comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. anthonyjoshua moves a step closer to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, after beating new zealand's joseph parker. if i was retiring on this high i'd be like, "yes, i'm the man". because you retire on a high. but i've got to kind of defend my throne again in a few months, so i'm kind of balanced. we're still hustling. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is carnage in syria and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. i'm shaun ley, and in the next hour.... happy centenary, raf. ceremonies have been taking place around the country as the queen pays tribute to the skill and sacrifice of the men and women of the royal air force who, she said, had gallantly defended freedom. and laura kuenssberg listens to a panel of voters as they discuss their views on brexit. that's in hal

and rebuild relations with the jewish community, according to its new nec member, the comedian eddie izzardit comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. heavyweight boxer anthony joshua beats new zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. if i was retiring on this high, iwould be, like, yes, iam the man, but i have got to defend my throne again in a few months, so i am balanced and we are still hustling. pope francis calls for ‘reconciliation‘ in the middle east, singling out the conflict in yemen during his easter message to the world. (00v) the royal air force has been marking its centenary with a series of events across the country. and the travel show heads tojerusalem and bethlehem. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the comedian eddie izzard, who has just been appointed to labour's governing national executive committee, says the party must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. it follows

eddie izzard is a name known to many people well beyond the labour party.ke me droning on about the machinations of a committee nz political party, with people nobody really cares about, it often involves names that are not celebrity or household, but eddie izza rd celebrity or household, but eddie izzard expose those boxes. the curiosity is the reason he has got thisjob, is that curiosity is the reason he has got this job, is that there are elections, as there always are, to the ruling body, the nec of the labour party, and he was runner—up last time so he had just lost out, so last time so he had just lost out, so with her resignation, christine shawcroft, he was next on the ticket. he has put out a statement acknowledging what has been going on with this matter around anti—semitism. his argument is the party should be focused on taking on the conservatives rather than arguing amongst itself. he says he has spent his life then campaigning against hate and he will continue to do that, as he says, wherever it rears its ugly head. what is interesting is that

is eddie izzard the person to do something about it? here's hoping. on for a very long time and it has now reached a spoiling point. you mentioned social media, he is the european polls. next you's european parliamentary elections are vulnerable to mass eurosceptic, online this information, says this article. a real concern about how they assert that is scraped from our social media presence can be used to interfere with elections, caroline. absolutely, there has been all the talk of what happened in the us before the trump election, i think there has been much more suspicion rather than anything concrete. we do not have the dater. i'm not quite sure how we measure the dater, of how somebody‘s dater turns into a vote for one party or another because we all at the mercy of echo chamber ‘s. nevertheless, there is a stain now across social media. we talked about anti—semitism but it goes so much wider than that. we have seen the short cycle stuff that has proven to be incredibly effective, the nt hillary clinton stuff, we do not know what in this country

the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian eddie izzard, says labour mustmp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. it comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. police on the spanish island of tenerife say they've arrested two people in connection with the death of a nine—year—old boy from northern ireland. four weeks after the nerve agent attack on salisbury, its bishop says the city was violated and is only just recovering. and in the next hour... happy centenary, raf! ceremonies have been taking place around the country, as the queen pays tribute to the skill and sacrifice of the men and women of the royal air force, who she said had gallantly defended freedom. and spurs win at stamford bridge. that, and the rest of the day ‘s sports news, coming up in sportsday at half past six. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. britain's largest teaching union is warning that a growing number of children with special needs are being left without suitable scho

the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian eddie izzard, says labour must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. a shortage of special needs funding means growing numbers of children in england are being left without suitable school places, according to the largest union for teachers. taking to the skies — the royal air force celebrates 1000 years of history. 0n meet the author this week, i'll be talking to the actor and writer says anthony sher, whose new book, year of the mad king, charts his preparation for playing one of shakespeare's greatest preparation for playing one of sha kespeare's greatest roles, preparation for playing one of shakespeare's greatest roles, king lear. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

eddie izzard taking thisjob on eddie izzard taking this job on at a difficult time for the party.he had hoped tojoin's labour‘s national executive committee but he is coming on board to replace christine shawcroft, who has acknowledged she became a destruction after initially offering support to that council candidate who was accused of holocaust denial. but eddie izzard has said it is an important time for labour, that it will stamp out the stain of anti—semitism from what he says is a minority of members. he says it has no place in the party and he hopes people can unite around the platform of hope thatjeremy corbyn has built. it has been a very difficult week for labour. more accusations of anti—semitism in the sunday times today. posting comments from facebook groups set up to support jeremy corbyn. labour say they are not official labour facebook groups or connected to the party in any way. some say the leadership has not gone far enough but others say the problem is being exaggerated. the bishop of salisbury has described the poisoning a russian double agent sergei skripal a

comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee — after a senior party official is forced to resignyweight boxer anthonyjoshua beats new zealand's joseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. ifi if i was retiring on this high, i would be like, yes, iam if i was retiring on this high, i would be like, yes, i am the man. because i am retiring on a high. but i have got to defend again in a few months, so i am balanced and we are still hustling. pope francis has delivered his easter homily from the balcony of st peter's basilica in rome. speaking without notes he remarked about god's capacity to surprise. this is the scene live at the vatican. the royal air force is 100 years old today. events are being held across the country to mark the time when the raf became the world's first independent air force. yes, 100 years to the day, we are

comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee — after a senior party official is forced to resignavyweight boxer anthony joshua beats new zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. pope francis is delivering his traditional easter blessing and message from the balcony of st peter's basilica in rome. this is the scene live at the vatican. overnight, he urged believers to break out of their routines and renew their lives. the royal air force is 100 years old today. events are being held across the country to mark the time when the raf became the world's first independent air force. time for sport.

the comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee after a senior party official at the centre of an anti—semitism row is forced to resign. heading home. russian and american diplomats pack their bags after being expelled as part of action taken following the salisbury attack. a celebration of the skies. events are held across the country to mark 100 years of the royal air force. yes, indeed. 0n the very day that the raf came into being, the 1st of april 1918, where better to be than here? this is the last intact first world war aerodrome anywhere in europe. join me laterfor a look around. and in sport: 0ne game away. manchester city beat everton to close in on the premier league title. a win over rivals manchester united next weekend and they are champions. and helen has the weather. good morning. today it is still looking to be the driest weather day

the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian eddie izzard, says labour must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. and in the next hour, happy centenary, raf. ceremonies have taken place around the country, as the queen pays tribute to the men and women of the royal air force, who she said had gallantly defended freedom. and coming up, journalist caroline frost and parliamentary journalist tony grew willjoin us for a look at tomorrow's papers. that's in half an hour on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. israel has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of at least 15 palestinian protestors by israeli troops in gaza on friday. both the united nations and the european union have called for an inquiry. the israeli defence minister says his soldiers were protecting the country's borders, and that ten of those who died were militant islamist activists. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports from the gaza strip. the third day of protests on gaza's border with israel. these tend to just hun

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she'll be replaced on labour's ruling committee by the comedian eddie izzard. to leave the united states as part of the international response to the salisbury nerve agent attack have left washington. on monday they were given seven days to return home. andy moore has the details. well—wishers gathered inside the gates of the russian embassy in washington to say farewell to their departing colleagues. around 50 men, women and children left in a small convoy out of 170 people who will eventually lead the united states. a russian aircraft had already been loaded with their luggage at the airport, ready to carry them home. and mirror images in russia. american diplomats and their families hacking their bags and leaving the us consulate in saint petersburg. in the failing light, the american flag was taken down. the consulate has been ordered to close down completely, with the expulsion of a total of 60 american diplomats from here and moscow. tit—for—tat expulsions have been matched by tit—for—tat rhetoric. in today's sunday telegraph the defence secretary, gavin

rebuild relations with the jewish community, according to its new executive member, the comedian eddie izzard comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. anthonyjoshua moves a step closer to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, after beating new zealand's joseph parker. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is carnage in syria and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. sorry about the sneezing fit there, but now i have got time to blow my nose, it is time for westminster in view. —— review. hello and welcome to westminster in review, our look back at all the big events in parliament since christmas. coming up, as the uk inches ever closer to leaving the european union, there is agreement between the two sides on the next phase of brexit. but there are still some big sticking points, not least the fishing rights. the tories are treating this industry as expendable. i understand how fishing communities feel at the moment, i share their disappointment. tough quest

in the south of the island when he was struck by a car. in the south of the island the comedian eddie izzardn appointed to labour's governing national executive committee, has said the the party must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. out anti—semitism and rebuild the previous holder of the post stepped down yesterday, after accusations she offered support to a candidate accused of holocaust denial. support to a candidate accused well, our political correspondent chris mason is here. chris, another call, then, for labour to deal with these allegations of anti—semitism. for labour to deal with these yeah, for labour to deal with these a statement from edt saying yeah, a statement from eddie izzard saying he has campaigned against hate for his entire life and he would continue to do so whenever it rears its ugly head. also today, jeremy corbyn has deleted his personal facebook account, he is continuing, though, with a public, official page on the site. this after the sunday times had done a trawl of various facebook groups that expressed support forjeremy c

comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee after a senior party official is forced to resignavyweight boxer anthony joshua, beats new zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. pope francis has delivered his easter homily from the balcony of st peter's basilica in rome. this is the scene live at the vatican. speaking without notes he referred to god's capacity to surprise. the royal air force is 100 years old today. events are being held across the country to mark the time when the raf became the world's first independent air force. now on bbc news, weather world. the team discover how meteorology has helped to shape the royal air force. this time on weather world we're marking 100 years of the royal air force. and where better than here at its biggest base, raf brize norton? nick and i have been finding out about how ground operations work with air traffic control, during times of severe weather to keep this crucial airbase operational. and i'll be at raf marham in norfolk, sharing some of my experiences of being an operational foreca

comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee after a senior party official is forced to resignheavyweight boxer anthony joshua beats new zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. ifi if i was retiring on this high, i would be, like, yes, iam the man, but i have got to defend my throne again ina but i have got to defend my throne again in a few months, so i am balanced and we are still hustling. pope francis has delivered his easter homily from the balcony of st peter's basilica in rome. this is the scene live at the vatican. speaking without notes he referred to god's capacity to surprise. the royal air force is 100 years old today. yes i am at an airfield where in about an hour's time a world war ii vetera n about an hour's time a world war ii veteran will be climbing into this spitfire behind me to part in a fly—past. and in half an hour, dateline london will be talking about those clashes on the gaza israeli border, where more than a dozen palestinian protestors have been killed. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour has sou

the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian, eddie izzard says labour must out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. police on the spanish island of tenerife say they've arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9—year—old boy from northern ireland. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is "carnage" in syria and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. the royal air force is 100 years old today. events have been held across the country to mark the time when the raf became the world's first independent air force. that it is. now on bbc news — sportsday. 28 years of hurt come to an end for spurs. they finally win at stamford bridge. the champion out of the european champions cup. leinster beat saracens in dublin. and england have taken control of the second test against new zealand in christchurch. chelsea's hopes of qualifying for the champions league have suffered a major blow at the hands of london rivals tottenham. the 3—1 victory was spurs‘ first at stamford bridge since february 1990. sp

the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian, eddie izzard says labour must rebuild relations with thejewish community. it comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. police on the spanish island of tenerife say they've arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9—year—old boy from northern ireland. four weeks after the nerve agent attack on salisbury, its bishop says the city was violated and is only just recovering.

the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian eddie izzard, says labour musti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. and in the next hour, happy centenary, raf. ceremonies have taken place around the country, as the queen pays tribute to the men and women of the royal air force,

and rebuild relations with the jewish community, according to its new nec member, the comedian eddie izzardorbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. heavyweight boxer anthony joshua beats new zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. if i was retiring on this high, iwould be, like, yes, iam the man, but i have got to defend my throne again in a few months, so i am balanced and we are still hustling. pope francis calls for ‘reconciliation‘ in the middle east, singling out the conflict in yemen during his easter message to the world. (00v) the royal air force has been marking its centenary with a series

comedian eddie izzard, the newest member of the labour governing committee, says labour must stamp outnti—semitism and rebuild relations with the jewish out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. police antenna read say they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a nine—year—old boy in democrat from northern ireland. —— a nine—year—old boy from northern ireland. the raf is 100 years old today. events have been held to celebrate. now on bbc news, the travel show. my name is tony giles. i'm from england. i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. and i'm travelling around the world trying to visit every country. we're in the old city! israel is country 124. i see a place with my senses — i see a place by the sounds, by the smells, by the textures. the hustle and bustle of people shouting, buy this, buy this, come and look at this! i feel the atmosphere, the energy, the buzz. i was born with my eye condition, so i don't have any vision apart from sunlight sensitivity. and i've gradually gone deaf as i've got older and i am now 80% or severel

relations with the jewish community, according to the newest member of its ruling body, the comedian eddie izzardo—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. anthonyjoshua moves a step closer to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after beating new zealand's joseph parker. if i was retiring on this high i'd be like, "yes, i'm the man". because you retire on a high. but i've got to kind of defend my throne again in a few months, so i'm kind of balanced. we're still hustling. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is carnage in syria, and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. in the next hour... the royal air force is 100 years old today.

labour's newest nec member, comedian eddie izzard, says the party must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuildations with thejewish community. it comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. anthonyjoshua moves a step closer to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after beating new zealand's joseph parker. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is "carnage" in syria and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. the royal air force is 100 years old today. events have been held across the country to mark the time when the raf became the world's first independent air force. now on bbc news, withjust 12 months to go, what do voters make of the progress towards brexit? we've been to coventry, where just over 55% of people voted leave, to meet a group of leavers and remainers, to find out. they were selected for the bbc by the research company britain thinks, and our political editor laura kuenssberg was listening in for this special brexit panel. for all the political shen

labour's newest nec member, comedian eddie izzard, says the party must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuilderemy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. anthonyjoshua moves a step closer to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, after beating new zealand's joseph parker. if i was retiring on this high i'd be like, "yes, i'm the man". because you retire on a high. but i've got to kind of defend my throne again in a few months, so i'm kind of balanced. we're still hustling. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is carnage in syria and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. i'm shaun ley, and in the next hour.... happy centenary, raf.

also this morning: the comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee, after a senior party officialack their bags after being expelled as part of action taken following the salisbury attack.

she‘ll be replaced on the nec by the comedian eddie izzard. this is bbc news.it for tat expulsions over the nerve agent poisoning of a former spy in britain. palestinians observe a day of national mourning for the people killed in clashes with israeli soldiers at the gaza border. the british boxer anthonyjoshua has beaten new zealand‘sjoseph parker by a unanimous points decision in a world heavyweight title unification bout in cardiff. joshua had won his previous 20 fights by knockout. he is now one belt away from becoming undisputed world champion. james gray is a freelance sports reporter. hejoins me now from cardiff. thank you the joining us. thank you thejoining us. first things first, was the match to your expectation? i think it was. things first, was the match to your expectation? ithink it was. it was... you get to champions in the ring together, there is too much to lose, i think that was proved in the way that they fought the fight. i thought a great tree would emerge victorious. he is probably the stronger and bigger man. victorious. he is probably t

comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee after a senior party official is to resign.w zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous when. ifi with a unanimous when. if i was retiring on this high, i would be, like, yes, iam the man, but i have got to defend my throne again ina but i have got to defend my throne again in a few months so i am kind of balanced and we are still hustling. pope francis calls for reconciliation in the middle east and singles out the conflict in the yemen. and

there is a picture on the front of the guardian which is eddie izzard, saying he is honoured to steprty, and that they must stamp out completely the spectre of anti—semitism. completely the spectre of anti-semitism. and the crown prosecution service, cps head is to announce she will be leaving her post after a five—year tenure. it has only been extended once before. she will lend her term as director of public prosecutions in the autumn. the picture you are seeing is of spitfire veteran alan scott returning to beacon hill to mark the centenary returning to beacon hill to mark the ce nte nary of returning to beacon hill to mark the centenary of the raf, in the rear of the two seater spitfire. it is a beautiful picture. stunning, absolutely stunning. we will be marking that centenary a little later on. we will look at the sport pages in a minute. this is not a sports story really but came about asa sports story really but came about as a result of a sporting event. the daily mirror has been key to an organ donation campaign in recent months and they have the story of a tragic boxer who

relations with the jewish community, according to the newest member of its ruling body, the comedian eddie izzardit comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semitic and abusive comments. anthonyjoshua moves a step closer to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after beating new zealand's joseph parker. if i was retiring on this high i'd be like, "yes, i'm the man". because you retire on a high. but i've got to kind of defend my throne again in a few months, so i'm kind of balanced. we're still hustling. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is carnage in syria, and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vulnerable. in the next hour... the royal air force is 100 years old today. this is the scene live as a ceremony is about to begin at stow maries aerodrome in essex as the queen pays tribute to the skill and sacrifice of the men and women who, she said, had gallantly defended freedom. and the next phase of brexit is discussed in the westminster review. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afterno