they said this comparison with the race baiting enoch powell is abseiled and offensive.ty. build his relationship and rebuild trust with thejewish community. —— is absurd. they want to adopt in full the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism. all of this will come to a head next week. it will have to see whether this will change the mind ofjeremy corbyn. firefighters have been tackling a huge blaze at the primark building in central belfast. it's believed the fire started on the top floor of the five—storey building and then spread to the ground floor. the store says all of its staff were evacuated safely. the historic building was being refurbished and police now say it's at imminent risk of collapse. 0ur ireland correspondent, , chris page, is at the scene for us this evening. chris... this is an extremely disturbing and dramatic sight, gutted by a severe fire in belfast city centre, certainly for several decades. the blaze started more than seven hours ago. more than 100 firefighters are at the scene put up several times todayit at the scene put up sev

recently reported remarks about zionists are the most offensive by a senior politician since enoch powell'sblood' speech. a fire destroys a primark store in belfast — in a historic building that has existed for nearly 250 years. and thousands of fans arrive in detriot — to pay tribute to the legendary soul singer aretha franklin — as her open casket goes on public view. our main story at 5 — the prime minister has announced plans to boost british investment in africa after brexit, and called for a new partnership with the continent. at the start of a tour of south africa, kenya and nigeria, she promised an extra £4 billion in direct uk government investment in african economies. the prime minister expects that figure to be matched by the private—sector. and she said she's unashamed in wanting uk aid to africa to be spent in britain's national interest. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister and sent this report. bringing a new rhythm to an old relationship. the uk and south africa go back a long way, and theresa may began her trip to cape town at

recently reported remarks about zionists are the most offensive by a senior politician since enoch powell'srivers of blood' speech. also coming up, the prime minister puts her best foot forward in africa. theresa may promises the £4 billion investment in the continent will be a step in the right direction after britain leaves the eu. police appeal to the public to help them find janbaz tarin a 21—year—old man wanted after his former partner and her mother were stabbed to death. this is the high school i went to. and ed sheera on why schools should stop cutting back on funding for the arts. a devastating blaze has ripped through an historic building in belfast that housed the city's primark store. flames and thick black smoke engulfed the entire five—storey building, which has been in the heart of belfast for almost two hundred and fifty years, and recently had a multimillion—pound refurbishment. primark shoppers and staff were evacuated in time from the building. assistant chief fire officer michael graham, from the northern ireland fire & rescue service, gave an idea of the scale of the op

him in the strongest possible terms and comparing the labour leader to a controversial leader as enoch powellate tensions even further. this latest row goes back to comments mr corbyn made in 2013 talking about british zionists who didn't understand english irony and jonathan sacks suggests that means thatjews are not fully british and he went on to say... now, over the summer, now, overthe summer, mr corbyn now, over the summer, mr corbyn said sorry for the hurt that has been felt by many in thejewish community but tonight there has been a very angry response from labour... now, some labour mps think one way to do that would be to accept in full, with all the examples, the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism, something the labour leadership has been reluctant to do, all of the row will come to a head when labour mps vote on the matter and we will see them whether their strong criticism from lord sacks has changed jeremy corbyn's mind. theresa may has visited cape town at the start of a three day trade mission to africa. it's her first official tour of the continent as prim

connection between jeremy corbyn first of all, making the connection betweenjeremy corbyn and enoch powellntervention, doesn't it? when you read the aspects of the speech in several papers i think he has gone way over the top on this. yes, he wrote an article in the new statesman. yes, probably, though it is not mentioned in here —— new statesman. but it is really over the top and rivers of blood was such a horrific speech, i really don't think this equates. but i am completely fed up with the labour party, and i support no political party, getting stuck in this anti—semitism point, more than a point, it is a serious damage to the labour party and there are a third ofa labour party and there are a third of a millionjews in labour party and there are a third of a million jews in this labour party and there are a third of a millionjews in this country and a lot of them don't know along with these sort of comments of lord sacks. a lot of them are worried about a country governed byjeremy corbyn‘s labour. about a country governed byjeremy corbyn's labour. i am very worried about it when you ca

understanding british irony were the most offensive statement made by a british politician since enoch powell'scomparison is "absurd and offensive". vicki young is in westminster for us — how signicant is this? for months, jeremy corbyn has faced a storm of protest from many in the jewish community and now one of its high—profile, prominent members is attacking him in the strongest possible terms, and comparing the labour leader to enoch powell is bound to escalate tensions even further. this latest row goes back to comments jeremy corbyn further. this latest row goes back to commentsjeremy corbyn made in 2013. he talked about british zionists who did not understand english irony. laura sachs suggests that that suggests that british dues are not british. he said he had given support to racist, terrorists and dealers of hate who want to kill dues and remove israel from the map. over the summerjeremy corbyn has said sorry for the hurt that is being felt by many in thejewish community, but the night there was an angry response from labour toward lot what lord sachs had to say. they said jeremy cor

it as a language of classic prewar anti—semitism and he drew the comparison as you said with enoch powell'sblood speech, and he said that jeremy corbyn was an anti—semite. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the un security council is holding an emergency session after its damning report on torture, rape and genocide in myanmar. some of the main stories from bbc world service. south sudanese rebel leader riek machar has refused to sign the latest draft of a peace deal which is aimed at ending five years of civil war. president salva kiir and mr machar signed a ceasefire injune and a power—sharing agreement last month, but a final deal is still elusive. bbc afrique. a few weeks ago we reported on this video of a woman being publicly attacked in a paris street. marie laguerre had shared cctv footage of the moment she was hit in the face near a cafe by a man who'd harassed her. well a suspect has now been detained. police in northern ireland say a primark store in belfast is at risk of collapse, after being destroyed by a fire. around 100 firefighters are stil

the former chief rabbi has compared some ofjeremy corbyn‘s remarks to those of enoch powell's in the. mr corbyn says his comments have been taken out of context. police have carried out raids in birmingham as part of efforts to trace a 21—year—old janbaz tarin, who they want to question in connection with the murders of his former partner and her mother. a fire has destroyed a primark store in a historic building in belfast — which has been in the city for nearly 250 years. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. the former director of the cia, david petraeus, senatorjohn mccain, will be speaking about the lasting legacy of the us senatorjohn mccain, who died on the weekend. and we'll get more on the fire in belfast that has destroyed a historic building in the city — which has existed for nearly 250 years. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh woozencroft. what's eating jose? we'll look at what's next for manchester united boss after anoth

he actually says they are the most offensive remarks made by a senior british politician says enoch powell'sekjeremy corbyn said his words had been taken out of context and he said, i am words had been taken out of context and he said, iam now words had been taken out of context and he said, i am now more careful about how i might use the term zionist because has been increasingly hijacked by anti—semites. this follows months of criticism ofjeremy corbyn, of his previous actions, of the stages and conferences he has shared platforms with various people on, and his own mps are in open revolt over all of this and wanting him to do more to put the record straight. vicki, thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk. police in the west midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull. the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, lashes out atjeremy corbyn describing him as an anti—sem

jonathan sacks, comparingjeremy former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, comparing jeremy corbyn to enoch powellp. but it shook me to the core that somebody as intelligent and cultured as jonathan that somebody as intelligent and cultured asjonathan sacks should say that. surely it is telling us as a party that this is how the jewish community feels. we ought to stop saying, no, you shouldn‘t feel that, we got to tell you we‘re perfectly clea n we got to tell you we‘re perfectly clean on this issue, when they are saying we are not. that was a tipping point on the anti—semitism. the other issue, combined with it, it has been going on for a long time. what some are saying is that actually you jumped on that because you were looking for a reason to go before you were pushed, referring to theissues before you were pushed, referring to the issues within your local party, where a vote of confidence went against you. chris williamson said you have simply lost the confidence of your local party. what do you say to that? well, 35 people turned up and voted against me. there are 70,000 electors in birkenh

because i think we expect of our leaders a standard, i'm saying that these men up, rumble but when enoch powellls approved of what he said yet he was sacked as shadow defence secretary. i'm not saying that they should be sacked...” defence secretary. i'm not saying that they should be sacked... i do saying they have public support for what they say? and seeing that boris johnson, currently in the polls, it does not seem to have dented his popularity within the conservative party. some in politics seem to think it is better to be talked about than not talked about. and if that means that part of the dialogue is controversial, as some people might say, toxic, that is ok because you keeping your name in frame. it sounds cynical but it happens. we're running to the right and to the hard left, where other representative voices of those of us in the centre who do not feel that either leader is speaking for us? and also race relations such a precious files. 0nce relations such a precious files. once you smash them it is hard to put it back together. —— such a precious vase. what is your next story? br

think went over the top, comparing what is happening to the labour party with the speeches that enoch powellparty. on that the labour party has said this is a historical complaint which has previously been resolved after it was fully investigated in line with rules and procedures. let me bring it back... can ijust answer that. if they have investigated it, and concluded it is fictitious, they have never told me. i have been writing and copying the chief whip in the commons, saying this is still going on, this is new materialfor you. they are just untruths, the labour party are unknown spokesman to say that. i know that you are meeting the chief whip later.|j spoke with him yesterday. you have spoken to him. can i ask you, you've been at odds with the labour party for some time, and even in your constituency there has been a vote of no confidence about your views on brexit, so are you jumping before you have been made to resign? no, i have been through this before when i was unelected, i wish to be the labour party candidate at the next election, if not i will be the independent labour candid

chief rabbi, lord sacks, who has compared jeremy corbyn‘s comments about british zionists to enoch powell'sd offensive. the telegraph also leads on the labour anti—semitism row, alongside a photo of theresa may visiting nelson mandela's former cell on robben island. and the most read story on the bbc news website this morning is the outbreak of the so—called scallop wars as british boats clash with their french counterparts over rich fishing grounds off the coast of normandy. is it isita is it a scholar or a scallop?” is it a scholar or a scallop? i have a lwa ys is it a scholar or a scallop? i have always called it a scholar. i am going to have to go for scallop.|j call it a scallop. it is definitely a scallop. i don't know any more. louise and i were mentioning, we will get to the papers in a moment, talking about theresa may dancing. the quote from theresa may, i suspect it wouldn't make it onto strictly. this is her at a private school in cape town. at least she is getting involved. it is a bit robotic. it is brave to know that you are being filmed and taking your picture and to join yo