ephraim mirvis questioned whetherjeremy corbyn was fit to be prime minister, accusing him of allowingnti—semitism to ‘poison‘ the labour party. the labour leader says all forms of racism are unacceptable. there is no place whatsoever for anti—semitism in any shape or form or in any place whatsoever in modern britain. and under a labour government it will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever. i want to make that clear. applause. but the conservatives have also been accused, by the muslim council of great britain, of failing to deal with islamophobia in the party. we'll have the latest from the election campiagn trail, hours before the final deadline to register to vote. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... a bleak outlook on climate change, the united nations says the world has to act much faster, to avoid dangerous levels of global warming. sir andy murray speaks about his return to tennis after hip surgery, and why he's living life to the full. and who's a lucky couple? steve and lenka thompson from sussex are £105 millions richer, after winning the euromillions jackpot. i

ephraim mirvis accuses jeremy corbyn of allowing anti—semitism to "poison" the labour party. labour leader says all forms of racism are unacceptable. wouldn't you like to take this opportunity tonight to apologise to the british jewish community for what's happened? what i'll say is this — i am determined that our society will be safe for people of all faiths. i don't want anyone to be feeling insecure in our society. but the conservative party has also been accused, by the the muslim council of britain today, of failing to deal with islamophobia. if anybody is done for islamophobia, or indeed any other prejudice or discrimination in the conservative party, they are out first bounce. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail, with just over a fortnight to polling day. also tonight... the victims of mistreatment at a hospital trust in shropshire who lost their baby girl. now, more than 200 new families have contacted the inquiry. at the victoria falls, a dramatic change in water levels. we report from zimbabwe on drought and rising temperatures. and —jose mourinho's honeym

it comes as this man, the chief rabbi ephraim mirvis questioned jeremy corbyn ‘s fitness to be primeaper at the chief rabbi rights he adds but viewers may vary on what a labour government would mean for the jewish community. what i think is critical, people will feel increasingly uncomfortable and will look for ways of either moving or having a place somewhere else or whatever they can possibly do to mitigate what feels oppressive, uncomfortable, dangerous. there's a lot of pain in the jewish community andl lot of pain in the jewish community and i think there are yes, but i think the concerns are legitimate up toa think the concerns are legitimate up to a point but beyond that, they are misplaced and i think they are misplaced and i think they are misplaced in so far as the chief rabbi has gone too far. boris johnson has faced criticism for his handling of islamophobia allegations. to date the muslim council of britain accused the conservatives of approaching the issue with denial and deceit. we wa nt to issue with denial and deceit. we want to ensure the conservative party has robu

britain's most seniorjewish leader — the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis — has intervened in the generalmpaign, condemning what he says is the labour leadership‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism and questioning ifjeremy corbyn is fit to lead the country. writing in today's times newspaper, he says "a new poison — sanctioned from the very top — has taken root" in the party. mr mirvis says, "the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety" at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding, "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake." today, the archbishop of canterbury — head of the church of england — reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement "ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fear felt by many britishjews." the intervention comes on the day that labour launches its race and faith manifesto, which aims to improve protections for all faiths and tackle prejudice. joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. norman, when labour launches th

it comes as this man, the chief rabbi ephraim mirvis, questioned jeremy corbyn‘s fitness to be prime, the chief rabbi writes that, "a new poison, sanctioned from the top, has taken root in the labour party." he adds, "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake." labour have said they want to establish better education regarding race and religion. asjeremy corbyn arrived at the event, it was clear the launch today had become overshadowed. there is no place whatsoever for anti—semitism in any shape orform whatsoever for anti—semitism in any shape or form or whatsoever for anti—semitism in any shape orform or in any place whatsoever in modern britain and under a labour government will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever. and asked directly about the chief rabbi's comments... i invite the chief rabbi, the archbishop of canterbury and all the other faith leaders to come, talk to us about what their concerns are, but be absolutely clear of this assurance from me. no community will be at risk because of their identity, their

party member and political journalist michael segalov — following comments from the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvisremy corbyn and the labour party for not doing enough to tackle anti—semitism. at eight o'clock, bethan rhys roberts and jason mohammad host a special election debate edition of wales live, from haverfordwest. and at 10.40 and 11.30, we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages. with me tonight is former conservative special adviser mo hussein, and and the author & journalist rachel shabi. that's all coming up on bbc news, 110w that's all coming up on bbc news, now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins — coming up... we talk to sir andy murray about his journey from a hospital bed... back onto the court, as a new documentary puts him in reflective mood. that was the nice thing about these last six or seven months when i was at home, and my pain was gone. i got at home, and my pain was gone. i got a glimpse into what my life would be like without tennis and ims so much more relaxed about that now. —— i am so more relaxed about that now. ——

in a newspaper article, rabbi ephraim mirvis said labour's claim it had investigated all cases of anti—jewish ranks was a mendacious fiction. he urged people to vote with their consciences in next month's general election. the conservative party also came under heavy criticism today when the muslim council of britain accused it of denial, dismissal and deceit on the issue of islamophobia. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. anti—zionism is entirely different from anti—semitism. why, why?! this argument has been raging for more than three years, and it burst into the election campaign today. chanting: 0h, jeremy corbyn! sincejeremy corbyn has been in charge, there have been constant accusations that labour has allowed racism againstjews to creep in. mr corbyn, are you fit for high office, sir? right in the middle of this contest, he is right back in the middle of it. a leader of one of the country's main religions actually warning against a vote for labour. writing in the times the chief rabbi says jews have watched... claims they are doing everything they can to crack down on it ar

britain's most seniorjewish leader, chief rabbi ephraim mirvis, has intervened in the general electionign, condemning what he says isjeremy corbyn's failure to deal with anti—semitism. writing in the times, the chief rabbi said a "poison" — sanctioned from the very top — had taken root in the labour party, and questioned mr corbyn's fitness to lead the country. labour has strongly rejected the criticism, saying it's tackling anti—semitism by expelling members. mr corbyn is due to set out labour's policies for tackling anti—semitism at the launch of the party's race and faith manifesto this morning. the document promises a review of the national curriculum, a crackdown on racial bias in recruitment, and a committment to work with social media companies to tackle anti—jewish racism online. the former conservative deputy prime minister michael heseltine is urging voters to back the liberal democrats, in the general election, or former conservatives who are now independent. he says borisjohnson is selling voters a delusion that brexit can be delivered by the end of january. lord heseltine

writing in the times newspaper, ephraim mirvis, who's britain's most seniorjewish leader, said: labouring: well, in a moment we'll talk to our political correspondent chris mason, but first, here is martin basheer explaining how significant the chief rabbi plasma comments are. the chief rabbi has oversight behalf of those in the united kingdom who identify as practising jewish and he says that labour's claim that they are doing everything in their powers to root out anti—semitism is in his words mendacious fiction and a new poison has taken root in the labour party sanction from the very top and he says that while he is not in a position to tell people how to vote, the chief rabbi asks, how complicity in prejudice the leader of her majesty's opposition have to be in order to be considered unfit for high office. that feels like a historical question. by way of comparison, last week the archbishops of york and canterbury issued a joint statement appealing to voters and politicians to honour the truth and challenge falsehoods. no reference to individual candidates nor party leaders. this

rabbi ephraim mirvis, writing in the times, said labour could no longer claim to be the party of diversitynti—racism. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, is here. martin, what do you make of this? this is a highly exceptional, significant contribution by the leader of a religious denomination during the general election campaign. the chief rabbi has oversight for half of those in the uk to identify as practising jewish, and he is saying that labour's claim that they are doing everything in their powers to root out anti—semitism, using his powers, mendacious fiction, and that a new poison has taken root in the labour party, sanctioned from the very top. he says that, while he is not in a position to tell people how to vote, the chief rabbi asks, how complicit in prejudice would a leader of her majesty's opposition to be —— have to be in order to be considered unfit for high office? that feels like a rhetorical question. last week, the archbishops of york and canterbury issued a joint statement, appealing to voters and politicians to honour the truth and challenge of false herds, no referenc

in an unprecedented break with convention, rabbi ephraim mirvis said he felt compelled to intervene becauseul of our nation was at stake". the archbishop of canterbury backed the rabbi's comments. the muslim council of britain went on to accuse the conservative party of "denial" and "deceit" over the issue of islamaphobia. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. it is entirely different from anti—semitism... this it is entirely different from anti—semitism. .. this argument it is entirely different from anti—semitism... this argument has been raging for more than three yea rs. been raging for more than three years. it burst into the election campaign today. since jeremy years. it burst into the election campaign today. sincejeremy corbyn has been in charge, there have been co nsta nt has been in charge, there have been constant accusations that labour has allowed racism against jews constant accusations that labour has allowed racism againstjews to creep in. right in the middle of his contest he is right back in the middle of it. a leader of one of the country's main religions actual

in a commentary for the "times of london" rabbi ephraim mirvis writes it's a poison inside the party.oral compass in next month's e lexs. let's go live to london, cnn's phil black. phil, has there been any reaction from corbyn? >> christine, there has. this is more than three years after criticism of jeremy corb n corbyn, the labor leader, and the petr. the other criticism from the jewish community is that the party hasn't done enough to wipe it out. for all of those years, jeremy corbyn said we're dealing with this, we're taking it seriously. but now that they've touched on it, it is damning. the timing is poor because we're in the middle of an election campaign. here is a direct quote. he says it is a failure to see this as a human problem rather than a political one. it is a failure of culture. it is a failure of leadership, a new poison sanctioned from the top has taken root in the labor party. now, this statement has received support from other faith leadsers including the archbishop of canterbury who said it's a sign of insecurity that jewish people now feel today. jeremy corbyn

britain's most seniorjewish leader — the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis — has intervened in the generalndemning what he says is the labour leadership‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism and questioning ifjeremy corbyn is fit to lead the country. writing in today's times newspaper, he says "a new poison — sanctioned from the very top — has taken root" in the party. mr mirvis says "the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety" at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding, "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake". today, the archbishop of canterbury — head of the church of — reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement "ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fear felt by many british jews". the intervention comes on the day that labour launches its race and faith manifesto, which aims to improve protections for all faiths and tackle prejudice. the party insists it's committed to driving out anti—semitism. let's go now to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is

today, writing in the times newspaper, the leader of the orthodoxjews in britain, chief rabbi ephraim mirvisnew poison — sanctioned from the very top — he said labour's claim that it had investigated all cases of anti—semitism within the party was a "mendacious fiction". and he asked people to "vote with their conscience" in the upcoming general election. on twitter, the leader of the church of england, the archbishop of canterbury, weighed into the row. and then the muslim council of britain released its own statement, accusing the conservative party of having a "blind spot" on islamophobia, saying: "it is abundantly clear to many the chief rabbi's attack came on the day the labour leader released a race and faith manifesto — and in a new interview with the bbc‘s andrew neill, jeremy corbyn was grilled on his position. wouldn't you like to take this opportunity, tonight, to apologise to the britishjewish community for what's happened? what i'll say is this — i am determined that our society will be safer for people of all faiths. i don't want anyone to be feeling insecure in our society and

ephraim mirvis, the chief rabbi, has been critical about the party on anti—semitism before.g antiracism campaigner and they will outline a their race and faith manifesto launch measures they wish to take to help the jewish community, launch measures they wish to take to help thejewish community, including conducting an independent review into the threat of far right anti—semitism, but no doubt this will be overshadowed by the intervention by the chief rabbi. and the other interesting development is the other interesting development is the comments from a conservative former deputy prime minister, lord heseltine, pretty much then don't vote for boris johnson heseltine, pretty much then don't vote for borisjohnson to be prime minister, vote for the rebel tories or lib dem? isn't this extraordinary? we heard lord heseltine in the european elections saying he would vote lib dem and he lost the conservative party with, so maybe this would not be surprising, but this is a general election, this is about who will run the country, he is saying he does not want to support a party tha