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let's go to westminster and ian watson. what more can you tell us? in ian watson. can you tell us? , , us? in the past few minutes the chief whip _ us? in the past few minutes the chief whip has _ us? in the past few minutes the chief whip has essentially - us? in the past few minutes the - chief whip has essentially withdrawn the whip from the anderson because he failed to apologise after comments he made about sadik khan, which has kicked up a row. he suggested the first muslim mayor of london was controlled by islamist and he had given the city away to his mates. this was seen as islamophobia and racist, and not just sadiq khan, but some mps, he said the temperature needed to be taken down. another minister saw this as islamophobia can. there was pressure placed on the prime minister, what would he do? a couple of weeks ago, labour was in a bind on what to do for their candidate for the rostral by—election because of comments about israel. they decided to withdraw his labour candidacy, kicked him out. there was pressure building on rishi sunak and his cabinet co

we will listen to some of the people coming up in the story with our correspondent ian watson.t happened. my mother saw there was a lot of _ when it happened. my mother saw there was a lot of police _ when it happened. my mother saw there was a lot of police outside i there was a lot of police outside with ambulance to treat the person. in residence mr ensure by what happened. in residence mr ensure by what happened-— in residence mr ensure by what ha ened. , ., happened. they were terrified or some of them — happened. they were terrified or some of them and _ happened. they were terrified or some of them and also - happened. they were terrified or some of them and also the - happened. they were terrified or| some of them and also the family that wasn't able to leave the building come inside. just that wasn't able to leave the building come inside.- that wasn't able to leave the building come inside. just in the ast few building come inside. just in the past few minutes, _ building come inside. just in the past few minutes, the _ building come inside. just in the past few minut

let's talk about all of this with our political correspondent ian watson.hat they're willing to look at labour again, thank you for the opportunity. again, thank you for the opportunity-— again, thank you for the ouortuni . ., , ., opportunity. the conservative ma'ori opportunity. the conservative majority fell _ opportunity. the conservative majority fell by _ opportunity. the conservative majority fell by a _ opportunity. the conservative majority fell by a third - opportunity. the conservative majority fell by a third since l opportunity. the conservative l majority fell by a third since the general election. the conservative candidate was helen harrison. i will be back in fighting _ candidate was helen harrison. iyfi ii be back in fighting them for candidate was helen harrison. iw ii. be back in fighting them for the general election. she is the partner of peter bone, who was thrown out for allegations of bullying and misconduct, which she denies. party bosses were quick to blame him for the skill of the defeat. the bosses were quick to blame him for the

ian watson at westminster, thank you.an of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has said his body has been given to his mother, just over a week after he died in suspicious circumstances in a siberianjail. with more on this, danny aeberhard, bbc world service's europe regional editor. what has the spokesperson be insane? this is a tweet, and she said the body was handed over, his mother was in the camp where he died but he died friday last week. she's been trying to get the release of this body. she and her allies have been blackmailed, she said, to allow the russian authorities to bury his body in secret with the threat if they didn't allow that, he would be buried at the prison camp itself. it is a big development. it is not clear yet when a funeral for alexei navalny will take place. the mother said she thank people for putting pressure on the russian authorities, but she said it is unclear whether the authorities, what type of funeral they will allow, whether the one the family want and deserve. also, his wi

here is ian watson.in a bad night for the party bosses were quick to blame him for the scale of the defeat. the result here in kingswood for labour was perhaps a bit less spectacular than it was in wellingborough and there was no underlying scandal or controversy. but in some ways this result could be more significant because in this seat�*s 50 year history, the party that usually wins in kingswood also wins the general election. here. labour activists were celebrating the fact that an 11,000 conservative majority have been transformed into majority of more than 2000 for them. the hard work starts now. from today still hasn't quite sunk in because there's been so much happening. winning candidate damien egan said the issue's on the doorstep with the state of the nhs and the cost of living. key themes for the general election too. some voters here in kingswood had been on a politicaljourney and said they were looking for a new direction. i think generally people are looking for change and who knows? it mi

ian watson paid off. — thank you. ian watson there in kingswood.orning?— on this morning? it should be caettin on this morning? it should be getting under— on this morning? it should be getting under way _ on this morning? it should be getting under way actually i on this morning? it should be| getting under way actually any moment now. we are an hour ahead of you guys here in lower saxony. just to go through what we expect, we expect proceedings to last for up to around lunchtime, the charges to be read out, the prosecution to speak. but the significance for this trial, which is set to stretch over several months, is that it will be the first time we have actually seen 47—year—old christian bruckner since he emerged as a suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. he has denied involvement in that. no charges have ever been brought against him in that case. the charges he is facing today, and will face over the coming weeks, relate to five alleged sex offences. the other point of significance of this also is that he is already in prison for

joining me now is our political correspondent iain watson. ian

joining me now is our political correspondent iain watson. ian between mr staunton and kemi badenoch seems to be deepening. it and kemi badenoch seems to be deepening-— deepening. it sure is. this spat between the — deepening. it sure is. this spat between the former _ deepening. it sure is. this spat between the former chairman i deepening. it sure is. this spat i between the former chairman and deepening. it sure is. this spat - between the former chairman and the secretary of state for business seems to be continuing. you hurt her there in the house of commons effectively refuted what he said. now he's hit back again tonight, and he's standing by the comments he made. someone like him had to take the rap for the state of the post office and that he had been talking about a senior unnamed person in government that he should stall on the compensation payment. he's also saying this allegation of mixed conduct and bullying has not been raised by him by kemi badenoch. he is a released a statement saying this idea that he was coming up with false al

ian watson, bbc news. we're nowjoined by our political correspondent georgia roberts.dn't bend to the threat of violence. he says the explosion of prejudice and anti—semitism since the conflict in gaza began is unacceptable and un—british. this of course comes after months of demonstrations in uk cities on the conflict in gaza, including this weekend, the nature of some of them has been a real cause of concern in downing street and more widely. but it also comes off the back of a week in which we saw a massive row in the house of commons over lindsay hoyle's handling of the vote on gaza to the anger of many mp5, breaking with convention he said because he was concerned about threats to mp5' safety. the prime minister this morning said that sent a danger signal that intimidation of this kind works but we've also got reports today of mp5 needing taxpayer funded bodyguards to go about their business recently which reflects that this is a very real and growing concern, the threat of violence and extremism in politics, especially as we head towards the next general election