harry farley, thank ou ve cease-fire. harry farley, thank you very much _ cease-fire.d. thank. cease-fire. harry farley, thank. you very much indeed. thank you for being with us, i know you're in beirut. you will of heard the condemnation from the us and from the british prime minister, what is the chance now of a de—escalation in the region? it now of a de-escalation in the reuion? , , ., region? it depends on the israeli regime. _ region? it depends on the israeli regime. the - region? it depends on the israeli regime. the israeli| israeli regime. the israeli regime has been carrying out a genocide in gaza, it has been carrying out genocidal attacks in lebanon with the full support of the british government, the american government. and they are just as guilty of these were crimes as guilty of these were crimes as netanyahu. and when the israeli regime assassinated before an official in iran, the political leader of hamas, when the israelis assassinated him at the un security council the british refused to allow it, common —— a condemnation. they supported the strike

our political correspondent harry farley has the latest.e, you can see mike amesbury talking to a man. we can't hear what was said, but the labour mp appears to punch him and then hit him another five times while he's on the ground. yesterday, this video, apparently of the same incident, emerged on social media. yes, iam. and you won't threaten the mp ever again, will you? cheshire police said they were called to reports of an assault just before 3 am on saturday morning. mr amesbury has now been voluntarily interviewed under caution by police and released pending further enquiries. he hasn't responded to requests for comment today, but yesterday wrote on social media that the incident took place after he felt threatened. mike amesbury... mr amesbury first became an mp in 2017. he was a shadow housing minister in opposition but now sits as a backbencher. he won his seat comfortably in the election with reform uk in second. this evening, labour said mike amesbury�*s membership of the party has been administratively suspended. that means he c

harry farley, political correspondent, thank you for that summary.sisted dying. not exactly sure what the caveats will be, what will be in the bill, but all of those details are to come. stay with us on bbc news. we will take a bit of a break. back very shortly. hello there. it's a dry, chilly, bright start to the day on friday for much of the country. it will continue to produce occasional rain or drizzle as we go through the day. maybe a bit of brightness here and there. a fair bit of cloud, hazy sunshine in northern and western parts of england and wales. at least further south and east, delighted the wins, the brighter the sky. quite blustery in the west. it will turn to the of temperatures. feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine towards the south and east. overnight, cloud in place in the north and west, the rain will turn heavy in ireland towards dawn, many parts of finland and wales and eastern scotland staying dry —— england and wales. another bright day. mist and fog clearing. a good day to come for much of england and wales and eastern scot

harry farley, bbc news in westminster.e migrants heading for the uk to gain european visas, opening a pathway to crossing the channel in small boats. over two thousand vietnamese have crossed the channel so far this year, making them the single highest national group in small boat arrivals. its also been the deadliest year on record for those attempting the crossing, with more than 50 people killed in the water between northern france and england. andrew harding has been speaking to the smuggler as part of an extensive investigation into why so many vietnamese people are choosing such a dangerous route to great britain. as the death toll in the channel soars, another change is under way here, too. a new group filling the small boats heading to the uk and crowding into the makeshift migrant camps in northern france. vietnamese. almost overnight, they've become the single largest nationality being smuggled into britain by boat as new migrant routes through europe open up. these vietnamese tell me they're escaping business de

harry farley, bbc news in westminster. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.n human rights — formally accusing government agents of trying to assassinate him. mr morales released this video, saying his car came under sustained gunfire, with a bullet passing, quote, "centimetres" from his head. he blamed the alleged attack on president luis arce a former ally turned political rival. mr arce said the matter would be immediately investigated, and condemned all political violence. in uruguay, voting has been taking place in presidential elections. eleven candidates are looking to replace outgoing center—right president luis lacalle pou. some polling suggests the result will likely go to a run—off between the top two contenders in november. more election news. results from the second round of the lithuanian parliamentary election have given the opposition social democrats a clear lead. the homeland union, which leads the current governing coalition, has acknowledged defeat. now, to what conservationists are saying is a "turning point for wildlife medicine". an arth

harry farley, bbc news in westminster.llegations of rape has risen by almost 20% in a year. the force is launching the latest phase of a campaign to try to prevent sexual offending, which encourages young men to intervene when they see a friend behaving inappropriately towards women. 0ur scotland correspondent catriona renton reports. if you had the chance to step in and stop a woman being sexually assaulted, would you? the that guy campaign aims to encourage men aged between 18 and 35 to speak out and step in if they see inappropriate behaviour towards women. 0verall, reports to police in scotland of sexual crime were up 3.2% between april and september this year. of the nearly 7,600 reports, 1,400 were alleged rapes, a 19.5% increase, with 60% said to have taken place over the last 12 months. police say they hope the increase in reporting means victims have more confidence in coming forward. do i think that the reported crimes that we currently have in police scotland are the full picture? no, it's not. it's probably the

let's get more from bbc political correspondent, harry farley.ld implement it or bring in the legislation in the first 100 days. that deadline is next weekend, and we're expecting the legislation to be published on thursday, but it has been subject to very intense negotiation between unions, on the one hand, and business lobby groups on the other. in terms of the details you asked about, so they've said they'll introduce rights from day one for workers on things like parental pay, sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal. so rather than the current situation here in the uk, where you have to be working somewhere for six months before you can get maternity pay, that would happen from day one, according to what labour have promised. rather than waiting for two years before you can claim for unfair dismissal, that would also happen for day one, but a lot of the negotiations and the fine print are still being worked through. so, for example, does day one mean at the end of your probation period, or does it mean alongside your probation period? h

harry farley reporting.ationals from lebanon — has landed at birmingham airport. ministers say a second flight will take off later today, if it safe to do so. let's speak to nick eardley our political correspondent. hello. take us through the latest on this effort to get what, potentially, thousands of uk nationals out of lebanon. could be thousands. the message coming from the uk government is they are going to keep these chartered flights going for as long as the security situation allows. as you point out, there are about 150 british nationals and their dependents taken out of beirut yesterday on one of these fights. there are probably 100 or thousands more that have registered their presence with the uk government and who are looking to get out as the situation unfolds. the update to give you today is that the foreign office is saying it is going to charter more flights. we don't know exactly when all of those will be but the intention is that they will continue for as long as the situation allows. remem

our political correspondent, harry farley, explained to me what this is likely to mean in practice.f the changes we do know will be announced this week will be reforms to sick pay, so workers will be entitled to receive it from day one in a job and from the first day that that they're unwell, rather than the fourth. for those earning below the threshold of £123 a week, the rules will be changed, so that they can claim sick pay, but they will receive a lower rate. before the election, remember, labour also promised to give workers other rights from day one in a job, like maternity pay, rather than having to wait for six months, and protections against unfair dismissals, instead of waiting until the end of a probation period. and they also announced plans to ban what labour calls exploitative zero—hour contracts, and to end fire and rehire practices. the precise details of those reforms and how they will be implemented have been subject to quite extensive negotiations between unions and businesses. and many of the changes and many of the changes that we are expecting to be and is on t

our political correspondent harry farley has the latest.ays that mike amesbury has been suspended pending an investigation. that means he will also lose the labour whip in the house of commons. the full statement reads, "mike amesbury mp has been assisting cheshire police with their enquiries following an incident on friday night. as these inquiries are now ongoing, the labour party has administratively suspended mr amesbury�*s membership of the labour party pending an investigation." as you say, this follows new video that emerged today, seemingly from security camera footage, that appeared to show mike amesbury punching a man in the street. two men exchanged words and then the labour mp hits the man in the jaw and knocks him to the ground. mr amesbury then appears to continue to punch him a further five times while he's on the floor, before members of the public intervene. and that follows, as you mentioned, separate video footage that emerged yesterday of the altercation and that showed mr amesbury shouting at a man who was already on th

support she had given him , both in opposition and in government. 0ur political correspondent harry farley, there is a wider shake—up of downing street staff going on this afternoon. these are people we don't normally hear about, they are not politicians, they are the staff and advisers behind the scenes. sue gray has risen to prominence in recent months. before joining keir starmer�*s team as the chief of staff when he was the leader of the opposition. before the election she was a long—time civil servant, she authored the report into the previous prime minister's boris johnson's parties in lockdown. she received a lot of criticism when she joined the labour party. part of her role was giving the party up to speed for government and she was the chief of staff when keir starmer went and moved into downing street a few weeks ago and already we're having this major shake—up of that staffing operation. sue gray is she will now be their prime minister's envoy for regions and nations. the morgan mcsweeney the mastermind behind labour's election, he is the now chief of staff. a significant movin

our political correspondent harry farley has the latest.his footage, you can see mike amesbury talking to a man, we cannot see what has been said, but he appears to punch him and then hit him another five times while he is on the ground. yesterday, this video, apparently the same incident appeared on social media. you don't threaten _ appeared on social media. you don't threaten an _ appeared on social media. wi. don't threaten an np! appeared on social media. you don't threaten an np! the - don't threaten an np! the olice don't threaten an np! the police were _ don't threaten an np! the police were called - don't threaten an np! the police were called to... i don't threaten an np! the police were called to... he has not responded to requests for comment today, but yesterday wrote on social media that the incident took place after he felt threatened.— incident took place after he felt threatened. ~ ~' ~ , , , felt threatened. mike amesbury. he became _ felt threatened. mike amesbury. he became an — felt threatened. mike amesbury. he became

with me now is our political correspondent harry farley. bring us up to date.don't normally hear about, they are not politicians, they are staff and adviser behind the screen —— vaccine. beforejoining keir starmer�*s team as the chief of staff when he was the leader of the opposition. before the election she was a long—time civil servant, she authored the report into the previous prime minister's borisjohnson's parties. part of her role was giving the party up to speed for government and she was the chief of staff when keir starmer went and moved into downing street a few weeks ago and already we're having this major shake—up of that staffing operation. so gray is she will now be their prime minister's envoy for regions and agents. the mastermind behind labour's election, he is the now chief of staff. a significant moving of staff. a significant moving of the deckchairs i suppose in downing street.— of the deckchairs i suppose in downing street. much more on our website. _ downing street. much more on our website. from _ downing street. much more on our website

our political correspondent harry farley explained just what the pm has and hasn't been paying back.fts he has received, £3400 worth of taylor swift tickets in august. tickets to see the races in doncaster and a clothing rented agreement used by his wife. he is not paying back things like hospitality to see arsenal football club, thousands of pounds of clothing he received before the election. the questions for keir starmer continue and they followed him to brussels yesterday where he gave this response to the question of why he was repaying the money 110w. we came in as a government of change. we will now bring forward principles for donations because until now politicians have used their best individualjudgment on a case—by—case basis. i think we need some principles of general application so i took the decision that until the principles are in place it was right for me to make those repayments. it is not clear what those principles will be or indeed when they will be in place. those questions as yet unanswered. keir starmer is far from the only mp to receive gifts and the conserva

with me is our political correspondent, harry farley. what do we know about this incident?which is what led up to the incident. what we do know is that cheshire police were called to reports of an assault in frodsham just before 3am this morning. a caller reported that he was assaulted by a man on main street, we have located that video to main street in frodsham. cheshire police say inquiries are ongoing. police say inquiries are ongoing-— police say inquiries are onuaoin.~ . , ~ police say inquiries are onauoin. . , ~ ., police say inquiries are onauoin. . , ~ . ., ongoing. what is the mp had to sa ? ongoing. what is the mp had to say? mike _ ongoing. what is the mp had to say? mike amesbury _ ongoing. what is the mp had to say? mike amesbury said - ongoing. what is the mp had to say? mike amesbury said he i ongoing. what is the mp had to l say? mike amesbury said he felt threatened _ say? mike amesbury said he felt threatened in _ say? mike amesbury said he felt threatened in the _ say? mike amesbury said he felt threatened in the lead _ say? mike amesbury said he felt t

let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley. paying back some of the money. this is the end of it now because you'll get to certainly a hope in downing street but it isn't clear that it will be the end of it. he is paying back some of it. he is paying back some of the gifts he has received, £3400 worth of taylor swift tickets in august. tickets to see the races in doncaster under clothing rented agreement not... —— used by his eye. he is not paying back things like hospitality to see arsenal football club, thousands of pounds including he received before the election. the questions for keir starmer continue and they followed him to brussels yesterday where he gave this response to the question of why he was retaining the government is now. ~ ., retaining the government is now. ., retaining the government is now. ~ ., ., retaining the government is now. ., ., now. we came on as a government chance. now. we came on as a government change- we — now. we came on as a government change- we will— now. we came on as a government change. we will now _ now. we came on

let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley.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 money the government is spending, another is... they came into gove

let's get more on this with our political correspondent harry farley. ils? yes, they promised this during _ the details? yes, they promised this during the _ the details? yes, they promised this during the election - the details? yes, they promised this during the election and i this during the election and they said they would implement it or bring in the legislation in the first 100 days. that deadline is next weekend and we expect the legislation to be published on thursday. but it has been subject to very intense negotiation between unions on the one hand and business lobby groups on the other. in terms of the detail, they have said they will introduce rights from day one for workers and things like parental pay, sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal. ratherthan protection from unfair dismissal. rather than the current situation in the uk where you have to be working somewhere for six months before you can get maternity pay, that would happen from day one according to what labour have promised. ratherthan according to what labour have promise

our political correspondent harry farley is in westminster. overnment is urging all british nationals to leave lebanon. david lammy, the foreign secretary, has been urging british citizens in lebanon to leave sincejuly. those calls in recent days have stepped up and over night the government response stepped up again. the foreign office announced they had chartered a flight due to leave beirut airport tomorrow. british citizens, their spouse or partner, and any children under 18 are eligible, with the most vulnerable being prioritised. the uk government along with the americans and other western nations have been urging restraint in calling for a ceasefire. those calls have as yet not been heeded, but foreign secretary david lammy had those two say to those british citizens in lebanon. i have warned and cautioned now for months that we have seen in previous crises between israel and lebanon the airport close. and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to get people out in speedy fashion. and of course, this is now turning into a very, very co

our political correspondent harry farley explained to me what this means in practice.ose earning below the threshold, the rules will be changed so they can claim sick pay but they will receive a lower rate. before the election, labour also promised to give workers on the rights from day one in a job, like maternity pay rather than having to wait for six months, and protections against unfair dismissals instead of waiting until the end of a probation period. and they also announced plans to end exploitative zero—hour contracts and fire and rehire practices. the precise details of those reforms and how they will be implement and have been subjected to quite extensive negotiations and businesses, and these will be subject to consultation. some will not be in the first draft of the bill but will be passed later by ministers. ballistic missiles rain down on israel. an unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. pushing the region to a dangerous new precipice. this is the story of how the past few weeks brought the middle east to a dangerous new moment.

our political correspondent harry farley has more.p right of this footage is mike amesbury talking to a man. we can't hear what was said, but the labour mp appears to punch him and then hit him anotherfive times while he's on the ground. on saturday, this video, apparently of the same incident, emerged on social media. yes, iam. and you won't threaten the mp ever again, will you? cheshire police have said they were called to reports of an assaultjust before 3am on saturday morning. they added, "a 55—year—old man has been voluntarily interviewed under caution by police and released pending further inquiries." mr amesbury hasn't responded to requests for comment, but on saturday he wrote on social media that the incident took place after he felt threatened. he added he had reported the incident to the police and would cooperate with them. mike amesbury. mr amesbury first became an mp in 2017. he was a shadow housing minister in opposition, but now sits as a backbencher. he won his seat comfortably in the election, with reform uk in seco

streeting has previously said he'll vote against plans to change the law. 0ur political correspondent harry farleyinster. harry, is this a significant intervention? these are the first direct comments, the first public comments wes streeting has made since it emerged he would be voting against the bill. he as health secretary and the justice secretary, the two areas of government most directly impacted by any change to the law on assisted dying for that they have both said they are opposed to the change. wes streeting said this morning he respected people on all sides but this is the argument he was making. i've made it clear that i'll be voting against the assisted dying bill this time. that's mainly because i don't think palliative care, end—of—life care, is where it needs to be to give people a real choice. i'm concerned about the risk of people being coerced into taking their lives sooner than they would have liked, or feeling even without pressure from their families, sometimes guilt—tripped, feeling like a burden. i've had to weigh up all those issues. wes streeting went on to say he thought