this has been bubbling for many weeks now, around jeremy corbyn's attitude towards the anti—semitismowards not only members of his own party, but members of parliament more generally, and thejewish community. there was a debate in parliament today and manyjewish labour mps spoke in it and gave really, really powerful and poignant explanations of the kind of abuse they have been subjected to. the ones that stand out here, luciana berger has been incredibly brave and courageous in telling her stories. in the face of huge adversity. it is not fun being a kind of moderate labourmp not fun being a kind of moderate labour mp who is quite outspoken anyway, with momentum breathing down your neck, but to also face a barrage of abuse, death threats etc. ona daily barrage of abuse, death threats etc. on a daily basis. it isjust absolutely horrible. i spoke to her about two weeks ago about it and said, how are you doing? she is incredibly resilient about it but it's obviously just the incredibly resilient about it but it's obviouslyjust the most appalling thing you can imagine. and again we have

jeremy corbyn? >> thank you, mr. speaker. last month i raised the case of albert thompson, a man who has lived and worked for decades, paid taxes, and denied national health service treatment. the prime minister brushed it off. will she say what she will now do to ensure that mr. thompson gets the cancer treatment he urgently needs and is entitled to? >> prime minister? >> the right honorable gentleman did indeed raise the case of albert thompson. it was not brushed off. has been inice contact with mr. thompson's representative. i want to make one point very clear. no urgent treatment should be withheld regarding facility or willingness to pay. i also want to make clear that as it happens, mr. thompson is not part of the generation i have just spoken about. and finally, clinicians have been looking at the case and he will be receiving the treatment that he needs. >> jeremy corbyn? to me,premise to wrote stating while i sympathize with mr. thompson, we encourage him to make the appropriate applicatio

position to russia and the assertion that russia was involved in that chemical weapons attack, the jeremy corbynson has said thatjeremy corbyn was "the kremlin's useful idiot," so not doing quite strong white witch. and labour has said it is actually borisjohnson who has made a fool of himself by misinterpreting what he was told by the scientists, and we have also heard from angela rayner in the past few minutes who said that boris johnson in the past few minutes who said that borisjohnson is in fact russia's useful idiot, as far as she is concerned. thank you very much indeed, susana. susana mendonca, correspondent. susana mendonca, our correspondent. the headlines on bbc news: the pope condemns as unjustifiable the use of instruments of extermination, after 70 people have been killed in syria in what appears to bea been killed in syria in what appears to be a chemical attack. the home secretary, amber rudd, denies that falling police numbers are to blame for the recent surge in violent crime in london. the foreign secretary borisjohnson describes jeremy corbyn as "the kremlin's useful idiot" —

jeremy corbyn is trusted less than donald trump.have to be careful when we talk about the opinion polls. in exactly the same way as the independent, it is a proper survey. they did a survey of over 2000 people. what they found is that they asked if mr corbyn could run they asked if mr corbyn could run the uk well, 53% said no. anneke donald trump rating is higher, the popularity rating is higher than jeremy corbyn's —— and the donald cole. the 18 — 24 —year—olds. he appeals to them. fewer than one in five. 32% of the so—called corbynista generation disagree that he would make a good prime minister. it isa he would make a good prime minister. it is a part of a whole series.” he would make a good prime minister. it is a part of a whole series. i am not sure if this isjeremy it is a part of a whole series. i am not sure if this is jeremy corbyn going down or donald trump going up. donald trump, he is not quite as bad recently has been the past. things like the chance of peace with north korea would be an incredible price. jeremy corbyn

the foreign secretary borisjohnson describes jeremy corbyn as "the kremlin‘s useful idiot". labour leader hits back saying mrjohnson has "made a fool of himself" over russia. the authorities in germany say there's no indication of an islamist links to an attack that left two dead and 20 injured. also in the next hour... northern ireland win their first medal of the commonwealth games. 18—year—old niall mcclenaghan claimed pommel horse gold. and olivia breen produced a commonwealth record to claims wales‘ third gold medal. good morning and welcome to bbc news. up to 70 people are reported to have been killed in syria in what appears to be a chemical attack in the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, close to the capital damascus. unverified footage from rescue workers shows a number of bodies, many of them women and children, in the town of douma. the us state department has described the reports as "horrifying" and said that, if confirmed, it would demand an immediate international response. lebo diseko‘s report now contains disturbing images from the start. the victims of an

the metro says jeremy corbyn we will start with that story.he metro sasteremy corbyn goes to war against the prime minister. jeremy corbyn interviewed today was clear that his main issue at the moment seems to be with britain's response to the chemical weapons attack on syria. he spent much more time i think talking about that rather than the attack itself, i think. people the attack itself, i think. people the commons and tried to force a boat there on the issue, a retrospective vote. i hope don't know what that means the bombs come back again. it will be away for him to do what he always has wanted to do, his foreign policy views front and centre in british politics. jeremy corbyn was always considered the foreign policy guy, diane abbott was home affairs, that kind of stuff. he is relishing this opportunity to finally put forward what he believes is an ethical foreign policy, and he perhaps feels he has more on that tradition. there is the spectre of barack, isn't there, in all of this? the pm programme we ran robin cook's speech about iraq

that was jeremy corbyn speaking sugar was tweeting pictures... g in botswana. but behind this heartwarming scene is a much sadder problem. the elephants are orphans. their parents are among the thousands killed in africa each year for their tusks. african nations have been calling on the rest of the world to halt the trade in antique ivory to help curb poaching. and today the environment secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to do just that. after a public consultation on a sales ban received an overwhelming response in of it. conservation groups say they hope the move will put a stop to the shocking decline in the world's elephant population. around 20,000 are slaughtered every year to feed global demand for ivory. that has seen the number of elephants drop by almost a third over the past decade. it has been possible to sell items made with ivory before 1947 in britain without a certificate, but the new ban would all but stop that. china, the us and france have tightened their approach to ivory sales, but campaigners hope the uk's stance

or was she inheriting toxic policies described byjeremy inheriting toxic policies described by jeremy corbyng toxic policies described byjeremy corbyn and making the worse. she repeatedly, it was no answer really. she said i can't really answer that and give you an answer. clearly, remaining loyalto the prime minister. it is to her advantage. i suppose the problem is if you cannot point the finger of blame at someone who can take the finger of blame pointed at them, ie theresa may, then nobody will resign, nothing will change and no head will roll. right. ithink resign, nothing will change and no head will roll. right. i think what should change the limit what has happened is absolutely terrible, the people who have been through this, i don't think anybody thankfully has actually been deported is what the secretary of state was saying today, but these, these people have been put through, i don't know what is actually going to make up for that. i think the focus now is moving onto compensation. what exactly is the government going to do to make up for this that they have put these citizens th

jeremy corbyn. >> all the evidence -- >> order. order. there is a lot of this yesterday. very noisy and extremely stupid -- it must stop now. that is the end of the matter. the public despises that type of behavior from whenever in the house it takes place. cut it out and grow up. jeremy corbyn. >> could i remind the prime minister that it was her government that created in quote, a really hostile environment for immigrants and introduced the 2014 immigration act. mr. speak are, we need some clarity on the question of the destruction of the landing cards. and if she is trying to blame official it is, i remind her of what she said in 2004 when she said she was sick and tired of government ministers who blame other people when things go wrong. does she standby that advice? >> prime minister. >> the gentlemen asked me if the decision to destroy the landing cards, the decision to destroy them have been taken in my time as home secretary. the decision to destroy them was taken in 2009 and the as i seem to recall it was a labor home secretary who was in position. >> jeremy corb

jeremy corbyn is criticised for attending an event byjewdas. or ring—fence it to try to address concerns by regulators over its deal to buy sky. fox wants to the 61% of sky it does not already own, and is willing to pay £11.77 billion. but it faces problems after the regulator says it's not in the public interest. britain's manufacturing sector slowed in the first three months of 2018, to its lowest level of activity in a year. a slowdown in new orders hit growth. the cost of raw materials for factories also rose, but not as sharply as they have, in fact, at their weakest rate in the year. shares in the music streaming firm spotify will be publicly traded for the first time later. it will make its debut on the new york stock market. the flotation marks a turning point for the firm, that, after 12 years, has not yet made a profit. spotify‘s listing, which could value it at £1a billion is unusual, as it won't be issuing any new shares. so this increasingly long and drawn—out affair with fox and sky. so what's this proposal by fox all about then?

some still talk of a witchhunt against jeremy corbyn performance. jeremy corbyn and say anti—semitism within the party is being exaggerated but senior figures are clear more needs to be done. the labour party must be a zero tolerance place for anyone with racist views. if somebody is anti—semitic, they are racist and the party should not be a home for them. if allegations are made against anybody a member of the party, and upheld, they must be kicked out. they are frustrated cases are taking too long to resolve, ken livingstone has been suspended since 2016 for claiming adolf hitler once supported a jewish homeland. jeremy corbyn has said he is determined to root out anti—semitism but the jewish groups he is going to meet in westminster tonight have said he must go further tonight have said he must go further to prove he is tackling the problem in his party head on. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. will today's meeting ease tensions? i would not hold your breath. mr corbyn this lu

it regardsjeremy corbyn, trying to focus on jeremy article. yn, trying to focus onjeremy corbyn's failings, as he sees it, calling him the kremlin's useful idiot, and by failing to unequivocally say the russians were behind the attack, that he is kind of condoning their actions. jeremy corbyn's office have come out as well and said very clearly thatjeremy corbyn does believe russia was probably responsible for the attack, and have made the point that they think it's actually boris johnson made the point that they think it's actually borisjohnson who made a fool of himself for making the comments he made last week. we have also heard from angela rayner earlier, who was speaking to the andrew marr show, and he said boris johnson is actually the government's useful idiot. both sides exchanging insults. susana mendonca, thank you. more reaction to the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. there has been widespread condemnation and we now have a response from president trump. a couple of tweets from the president saying... big price to pay, is

so, more controversy the jeremy corbyn on this issue but a strong statement from him in the last few about his visit and on one level view is my big scratching their head wondering what all the fuss is about if mr corbyn chooses to attend a local event organised by a localjewish group to mark ajewish organised by a localjewish group to mark a jewish festival at which he talks to local constituents about the problems of anti—semitism. the problem is that this group, jewdas, have been frankly dismissive of the claims of anti—semitism within the labour party, which has led to some of the main jewish organisations suggesting that mr crow been's attendance gives credence to those views, suggesting that he, too, doesn't get it, that he is not taking seriously the allegations of anti—semitism. it matters also, frankly, because of the timing, we have had days of, the labour party are desperate to put a lid on it, they're talking about speeding up disciplinary processes and speeding up disciplinary processes and speeding up training courses for labour party members on anti—semitism. and it ma

afraid i think it demonstrates thatjeremy corbyn is not i am afraid i think it demonstrates that jeremy corbynraid i think it demonstrates thatjeremy corbyn is not to be trusted as a leader or potential leader of this country. there are much better people available. and the labour party is in trouble because of his weakness in dealing with this matter and that ofjohn mcdonnell. and this is notjust about anti—semitism, it is about racism of all kinds. it isjust u na cce pta ble racism of all kinds. it isjust unacceptable in whatever political party it appears in. the same would apply to any other party. this is not an attempt to destabilise jeremy corbyn, save where he deserves to be destabilised. ceremonies are being held today to mark exactly 100 years since the raf became the world's first independent air force. it was formed by the merger of the army's royal flying corps and the royal naval air service. between them they had fewer than 200 aircraft at the start of the first world war. a number of events are being held across the country. with me is aviation historian, paul beaver, who's an

labour's anti—semitism is much worse since jeremy corbyn became leader. hear allegations of anti—semitism and within the jewish community itself there is anguish and anger. the jewish leadership council and board of deputies set out the agenda in a letter tojeremy corbyn last month. they want him to take personal responsibility for tackling anti—semitism, a fixed timescale is needed, they say, to deal with outstanding cases, the party should engage with mainstream jewish organisations, not fringe groups, and they want an independent ombudsman to oversee the pa rty‘s performance. some still talk of a witchhunt againstjeremy corbyn and say anti—semitism within the party is being exaggerated, but senior figures are clear more needs to be done. the labour party must be a zero tolerance place for anyone with racist views. if somebody is anti—semitic, they are a racist and the labour party should not be a home for them. we have to make sure if allegations are made against anybody a member of the party, and upheld, they must be kicked out. he and others are frus

jeremy corbyn is one of the few people questioning or refusing to accept or to magically that narrative from the government and he's getting a lot of criticism as a result and now jeremy called and has also come under fire from the u.k.'s top diplomats as well from boris johnson the foreign secretary is only one thing that gives the kremlin sucker script ability to its propaganda. and that's when politicians from the targeted countries join in the effort. i'm driven to the conclusion. joining this effort truly he's the crew useful idiot boris johnson i'm really tearing into the labor leader in the strongest words possible and the list because jeremy corbyn has consistently all asked for evidence of the government's assertion that the kremlin is behind the attack against sergei script how boris johnson has serious questions to ask the prime minister taking the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government as resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent saying movies things has really got jeremy

the headlines: labour distances itself from some facebook groups set up by jeremy corbyn supporters after anti—semitic comments were posted. comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee after a senior party official is forced to resign. heavyweight 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

jeremy corbyn is one of the few people questioning all refusing to accept or to mattick leave that narrative from the government and he's getting a lot of criticism as a result and now jeremy corbin has also come under fire from the u.k.'s top diplomats as well from boris johnson the foreign secretary is only one thing that gives the kremlin suckering credibility to its propaganda. and that's when politicians from the targeted countries join in the effort. driven to the conclusion. join this effort truly he's the crew useful idiot boris johnson i'm really tearing into the labor leader in the strongest words possible and the list because jeremy corbyn has consistently all but evidence of the government's assertion that the kremlin is behind the attack against gay and beauteous script how boris johnson has serious questions to answer as the prime minister taking the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government has resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent saying movies things has really got jerem

bones closed to jeremy corbyn party and are upheld... ave said he has promised to speed up disciplinary action but this morning andrew green acknowledged that disciplinary measures were still being taken far too slowly. due process has taken far too long, i hope that jennie due process has taken far too long, i hope thatjennie formby, the new general secretary of the labour party, she has already taken on a team of lawyers to expedite the cases before the labour party's procedures. and then disputes panel, that has got to happen so rapidly and quickly, we cannot allow anti—semitism or the perception of anti—semitism or the perception of anti—semitism to fester. we have got to act and speed up those procedures and that's precisely what we will do. iamjoined by i am joined by louise ellman, president of the jewish i am joined by louise ellman, president of thejewish labour movement. how critical is today's meeting? it is absolutely vital that jeremy shows the labour party is serious about tackling anti—semitism and this issue has become a c

how much more pressure does this put on jeremy corbyn? more bad headlines for labour at the end of a very difficult week where it has been seen to grapple with this issue of anti—semitism. there was a protest outside parliament earlier this week when those angry with jeremy corbyn‘s initial response to a post on facebook, and there was a counter demonstration where supporters of jeremy corbyn, many of whom claim these accusations are being exaggerated or used to destabilise him. what we are seeing here is the level to which some people who claim to be supporters ofjeremy corbyn are engaging in online abuse. as you mention, some of it is misogynistic, racist and threats of violence as well. but the party very clearly stating that these are facebook groups that are not official labour party facebook groups and they are not connected formally to the party in any way. labour is also saying thatjeremy corbyn‘s staff and john mcdonnell‘s staff did not see or engage with any of this material, pushing back against the sunday time's claim in that

no place in the party and the time has come to unite around the platform of hope that he says jeremy corbynhope 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 party and jeremy corbyn has for some time faced criticism about whether he has gone far enough to eradicate it and take a tough enough line in terms of disciplinary procedures, which is why we saw the chakrabarti procedures, which is why we saw the chakra barti report done procedures, which is why we saw the chakrabarti report done by baroness chakrabarti report done by baroness chakra barti a couple chakrabarti report done by baroness chakrabarti a couple of years ago in terms of assessing the level of racism within the labour party at the level of anti—semitism specifically, excuse me. there is some con

one of the problems jeremy corbyn views about israel. orbyn has is he still does not appear to understand 01’ still does not appear to understand or acknowledge that anti—semitism is not like all other forms of racism, it isa not like all other forms of racism, it is a specific and unique hatred which leads to be dealt with in that context, discussed in that context. ifi context, discussed in that context. if i wanted anything, that would be the next step i would wanted to make. we have this very high—profile figure in the form of eddie izzard sitting on the ruling body, he has come out straightaway i made a very strong statement? about very strong, high profile figure. what he will do, he will attract attention to the story from people who would not normally be tuning in to a story that has been fudged under a bad apples syndrome. all you have seen people launching into attack the labour leaders for their management office, equally do get very passionate momentum figures who say it is an appalling slur, a distraction because labour are d

the board of deputies of british jews and thejewish leadership council held talks with labour's jeremy corbyns evening following the incidence of anti—semitism in the party. they described the meeting as a disappointing missed opportunity. mr corbyn said he was committed to rooting out anti—semitism. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar has more. celebrating equality. jeremy corbyn is always keen on events like this one, today saluting women's suffrage, but it's his commitment to fairness and decency that's being challenged now. chanting: shame on you! remember this? jewish activists demanding action last month to confront anti—semitism in the party. community leaders were bringing the same demand to westminster today. if these concerns are genuine, they are the last thing you would want to hear. we have to deal with anti—semitism in our society, including in the labour party and the labour movement, and that's exactly what we're doing. any sort of breakthrough this evening? listen, it's not a question of breakthrough, it's a question of continuing the work all the time to deal with racis

jeremy corbyn said there are to address. jeremy corbyn said there a re processes to address.n as secretary, admitted that the processes we re secretary, admitted that the processes were unfit the purpose. she says she absolutely welcomes that. but we have had, we don't know, it could be hundreds of members referred for disciplinary action and some of those have been kicked into the long grass per well over a year. this disappointment is reflected, known as saying you went in there, you went in with some expectations. why has this led to such disappointment. there is a recognised definition of anti—semitism agreed to buy 28 governments, agreed by 132 local authorities in this country. the scottish government, the welsh government, the uk government that has some biased reason, labour says it doesn't agree with all of it, only some of it. then we asked for the disciplinary process to be subject to some sort of independent ombudsman and the case has been kicked into the long grass per year, we could say to the ombudsman, could you look into this. these are entirely minimal outco

did she do it without prior un approval, asjeremy did she do it without prior un approval, as jeremy corbyno it without prior un approval, asjeremy corbyn has suggested? and is there a genuine legal basis for this? the government says there is. jeremy corbyn is arguing quite clearly a message to self defence or un sanctioned, that is questionable. the bigger question is questionable. the bigger question is why she did not have the prior parliamentary vote. it effectively unite the opposition and will draw criticism from her own ranks. labour are suggesting putting in a new law suggesting parliament in future must be consulted and the snp will use parliamentary devices to try to force an emergency debate and that would of course show the snp are united by opposing the air strikes but it will bring out in divisions and the other big parties. thank you. the founder and head of the world's largest advertising agency, wpp, sir martin sorrell, has resigned, less than a fortnight after the company announced he was being investigated for misconduct. he leaves wpp after 33 years in the job. sir mart

the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said he would only consider involvement in syria if it had theacking of the un. it follows yesterday's missile strikes by the us, france and the uk on suspected chemical weapons sites. meanwhile, the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, said no further military action is planned, but that the government would "study the options" if syria used chemical weapons again. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. british forces in action. four tornado aircraft took part in bombing raids on chemical storage facilities in syria yesterday. and today, the government was clear — this was about sending a signal that the use of chemical weapons, whether in salisbury or in syria, wouldn't be tolerated. it wasn't about changing the course of the conflict in the middle east. though the foreign secretary did not absolutely rule out further action. there is no proposal on the table at the moment for further attacks because so far, thank heavens, the assad regime has not been so foolish as to launch another chemical weapons attack. if we say that we are limiting

it is essentially a 1—party state, there is no free media and jeremy corbyn is no free media and jeremyth this, it is not only worrying as you say but it is frankly a disgrace. although, it is there not least the potential that many of jeremy corbyn‘s core supporters and voters will think that perhaps is right to be on this? i think his supporters will but i do not think the wider public will, even though they voted labour last year and obviously they did switch towards labour. i have beena did switch towards labour. i have been a really intense critic of borisjohnson, i do not think he has beena borisjohnson, i do not think he has been a particularly effective foreign secretary. when he said last month that he believed he heard porton down said that it was effectively conclusive, he was referring to the fact that this was novichok, not that it was russia. the interesting thing from this times story is that this is clearly the british government trying to get back on this story somehow sort of win the pr, propaganda war that has been raging. 0k, win the pr, propaganda war that has been

jeremy corbyn says he has no regrets about attending a passover event last night organised by a left—wing's no problem with anti—semitism in labour. mr corbyn said he'd spent a long time talking to young jewish people about their experiences of racial abuse, and was determined to eradicate what he called the "cancer in our society" of anti—semitism. but critics say it's further proof he's failing to address the issue properly. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright reports. do you regret going to the event last night? not in the slightest. in politics, every choice matters, decisions send a signal, and jeremy corbyn's choice to join a passover event last night organised by a left—wing jewish group has angered others in the broaderjewish community. but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner. i spent the evening listening to them, talking to them about their experiences in modern britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer and awful in our society and has to be eradicated where ever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting

tell us about jeremy corbyn and his facebook presence. remy corbyn, as with all politicians of course in this era of social media and direct communication. but he has been particularly successful in having a direct channel with voters, putting up clips and all the rest of it, on facebook. he has deleted one of his two presences, if you like, on facebook. his own personal account. he does still have a profile page, so he is still there, but he has deleted his personal account, and that is after the sunday times publish this dossier, this troll, various people on facebook or supporters ofjeremy corbyn, with more than 2000 messages that were hateful, misogynistic, racist or anti—semitic, found by the newspaper. 0verall, about 400,000 people are members of these groups, is you can argue that these hateful m essa 9 es is you can argue that these hateful messages are a relatively small number of them. what is interesting, there are some senior figures in the party who are members of these groups. the one is suggesting they have posted anything u

. >> jeremy corbyn. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i join the prime minister in congratulating the duke and duchess of cambridge on the birth of their baby and i wish them well. i think we should also reflect that doreen and neville lawrence fought for years to get justice for the death of their son. the macpherson inquiry showed that institutional racism was a major factor in the inquiry. we need to drive out institutional racism in all its forms, wherever it raises its head within our society. mr. speaker, mr. speaker we , recognise that the home secretary has rightly apologised to the windrush generation and made a commitment to compensate people for the hardship they have endured. the government is committed to compensation in theory, but as yet nothing in practice. there is an understandable lack of trust by the windrush generation, so can the prime minister today be clear and confirm that those british citizens, who have worked, paid taxes here for decades and been wrongly denied pensions and benefits, will be fully compensated?

and politics every choice matters, decisions sent a signal and jeremy corbyn ‘s choice to organise a celebrated by a left—wing group has brought about anger in the broaderjewish community. in the last fortnight hundreds of viewers have contacted the bbc saying the issue of anti—semitism in the labour party has been blown out of all proportion. steve williams wrote on wednesday, i watched in disbelief that the bbc again seemed to be taking part in a witchhunt against jeremy corbyn. several times yesterday it ran in these bees labelling jewdas a radical left—wing jewish group as opposed to mainstream jewish organisations. the implication was that his visit to this group was somehow anti—semitic. what has he done wrong by attending this dinner. was it the wrong type ofjuve? if so who is being prejudiced now? and susan parks agreed, anti—semitism is bad like any racism and needs to be dealt with yet the bbc seems moderating and has a virus in its anti—jeremy corbyn position than other broadcasters. —— is a virus. this is no longer news. the bbc has also reported on the spate of violent c

jeremy corbyn has been accused of needing to do better to tackle anti—semitism and there is evidencesunday times doing an investigation into the biggest pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups uncovering nasty abuse and exa m ples of groups uncovering nasty abuse and examples of racism, anti—semitism, misogynistic abuse, threats of violence against women. these groups account for about 400,000 people in total but the sunday times has identified around 2000 messages of this nature. the labour party distancing itself, saying the groups are not run by the party or officially connected to labour in any way. thank you very much. christine shawcroft‘s place on the nec has gone to the comedian eddie izzard. we have more on that coming up izzard. we have more on that coming up later in the papers. dozens of russian diplomats ordered 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

onto the front of the eye. jewish leaders lashed out at the showdown with jeremy corbyn on racism.es, and the labour leader. supposed to clear the air and perhaps lay out some ground rules and it turned into a big old coffee by the something. it backfired. but there is a sense that he cannot win on this because it's been too little too late. the horse has bolted. he trying to close the sta ble has bolted. he trying to close the stable door and a lack of credibility not just stable door and a lack of credibility notjust on a but his reaction to some of the harder elements of a support brace being abusive to people on twitter, being not just abusive to people on twitter, being notjust anti—semitic abusive to people on twitter, being not just anti—semitic but misogynistic, anti—tory... not just anti—semitic but misogynistic, anti—tory. .. they not just anti—semitic but misogynistic, anti—tory... they are all some... it is unpleasant. he often this thing he goes, there are bad elements my party but also that elements in every party. with the jewish community is saying to him here is th

it shines a light on the sort of support that jeremy corbyn is attracting. theresa may, david cameron, they didn't attract this sort of support. there are 400,000 people who are members of these 20 pro corbyn groups. jeremy corbyn really has to do something a bit more serious to show that he doesn't want them in his party. what is that boil down to? he made a series of public state m e nts down to? he made a series of public statements in the last few days in which he has been highly critical of this kind of mindset. and absolutely dismisses anti—semitism, highly critical of that and any other elements of racism that may exist in his support. what else can he do?|j think his support. what else can he do?” think he has a bit of a blind spot. he uses weasel words. he has always said, when asked to condemn anti—semitism, he has said "i condemn racism in all its forms". but he has specified anti—semitism. he has, now. but the problem is the drip drip momentum of this hatred. among his supporters. it has now begin to engulf him completely. he i'iow begin to engul

tell us about jeremy corbyn and money is walking a i way. rbyn and his facebook presence. facebook is an important platform forjeremy corbyn, as it is for all politicians. but he has been particularly successful at having a direct channel with voters and put being up clips on facebook. he has deleted one of his two presences if you like on facebook, his own personal account. he has deleted his personal account. he has deleted his personal account. he has deleted his personal account. this coming after the sunday times published a dossier of groups on facebook and people who are supporters ofjeremy corbyn, where more than 2,000 messages that we re where more than 2,000 messages that were hateful and racist had been found by the newspaper. now, over all, that 400,000 people are members of these groups, you can argue these hateful messages are a small number. what is interesting there are some seniorfigures in the party what is interesting there are some senior figures in the party who are members of group. no one has suggested they have posted

——jeremy actions in these types of strikes. —— jeremy corbyn.ader, jeremy corbyn, has questioned the legality of yesterday's strikes and mps from several parties have said there should have been a vote in parliament first. but the labour mp, john woodcock, believes action against the syrian government was necessary. i hope as many mps as possible will not primarily focus on what our diversionary questions on this. yes it is important that the prime minister explains why she chose to ta ke minister explains why she chose to take action without the formal vote in parliament, but i think the country could have ended up in a much weaker position for many years going forward. of course, parliament in normal circumstances should be endorsing action, but what i was about to say was that there does need to be in the system the ability for a prime minister to agree to action when it is simply not practical to get a parliamentary vote within the timescale needed for a decision. so the prime minister will have to explain why she thought that was the case t

well jeremy corbyn has questioned the government the british government's narrative in regards to the attack on the script pals from the very start and as a leader of the opposition one might say that it's his job to question everything that the government says but in the case of the attack on the square pals it's something that he's really come under fire for not just from the conservative party but also from members of his own labor party as well and now jeremy colvin has also come under fire from the u.k.'s top diplomats as well from boris johnson the foreign secretary johnson has written an article in a british newspaper here the times accusing jeremy corbyn of helping russia to push its narrative and also calling the opposition leader the kremlin's useful idiots take a listen to an extract from that article by forest johnson. there's only one thing that gives the kremlin some. credibility to its propaganda. and that's when politicians from the total get it countries join in the efforts. driven to the conclusion. has joined this. well boris johnson i'm really tearing into the labo

it comes as labour distances itself from some pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups featuring anti—semiticsive 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 questions for the bosses of collapsed construction firm carillion after it went under, leaving job losses across

leaders of thejewish community have described their meeting with jeremy corbyn as a "disappointing missedr party. mr corbyn and labour's general secretaryjenny formby have been meeting with the board of deputies and thejewish leadership council to address their concerns. our meeting with jeremy our meeting withjeremy corbyn today was a disappointing missed opportunity regarding the problem of anti—semitism in the labour party. we welcome mr corbyn's personal involvement in the discussion and his new comments recognising and apologising for anti—semitism in the labour party, but he failed to agree to any of the concrete actions we ask for in our letter to him on the 28th of march. chair of the jewish leadership council, jonathan goldstein, also expressed his disappointment with the outcome of the meeting. we are disappointed that mr corbyn's proposals fell short of the minimum level of action which our letter suggested. in particular, they did not agree in the meeting with a proposals they should be a fixed timetable to do with anti—semitism cases, that you expedite the long—standing cases

jeremy corbyn says the prime minister was wrong not to consult parliament before the air strikes whichts are illegal. she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation. instead, she lodged the strikes. she claims there is a legal basis for it. i have asked in a letter i sent this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it. when cabinet ministers met on thursday to discuss taking action against the syrian regime, they were given legal advice, and the government is expected to publish a summary of that later. 0pposition parties have other questions for theresa may. that later. 0pposition parties have other questions for theresa maym does not do anything to bring syria toa does not do anything to bring syria to a more peaceful resolution, and i do not think it undermines the syrian government's capability to deploy chemical weapons in the future. the public expects parliament to do its job future. the public expects parliament to do itsjob in holding the government accountable. we understand it is a weighty decision, it is difficult, and t

jeremy corbyn said he would not defend in any instance any incidents of anti—semitism, and yes there the party who would shift the dial on this. in the last weekjeremy corbyn has not publicly given a round of interviews, for instance, which i guess would give him a chance to be... what did tony blair call it, the masochism strategy, being dustup in our political interview to prove that you know people are hurting about an issue and you are willing to grasp that. i wonder if he will do that after the easter recess. eddie izza rd after the easter recess. eddie izzard has become a member of the executive committee, the governing body of the labour party, replacing christine shawcroft after her resignation last night. eddie izzard in his statement is trying to bind the party back together, to keep its eye on the horizon. when he was defeated in the nec elections earlier this year he said the party needs to have much more focus on taking on who they see as their political opponents in the conservatives rather than fighting amongst themselves. in the last week it is striking that we feel l

jeremy corbyn is at odds with the government.ria without un backing. i can only countenance involvement in syria if there is a un authority behind it. the russians vetoed un resolutions on this six times now. there is no reason that will stop. both sides have either vetoed or threatened to do that, they're obviously hasn't been an agreement. russia has repeatedly used it un veto to block sanctions and chemical weapons investigations during the civil war in syria. jeremy corbyn said weapons inspectors should be allowed to do their work. confront resident assad was that evidence. confront any other group that may be... i am saying maybe, involved, i don't know. then say they must now come in and remove and destroy those weapons. on the legality of this, on the need for a parliamentary vote, the need for a parliamentary vote, the labour leadership strongly disagrees with the government. a row which will be played out in the house of commons tomorrow when theresa may makes a statement to mps. the government does have the power to lau

just a brief word on borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn.and mr corbyn being called a useful idiot. borisjohnson a useful idiot. boris johnson game and a useful idiot. borisjohnson game and it a lot of fla k last borisjohnson game and it a lot of flak last week because he said there was no doubt that the substance used in salisbury in the attack had been produced in russia. then we heard from porton down experts saying that they could not prove that. we have got the foreign secretary saying an article where he is putting the blame back in russia's court and focusing blame on jeremy blame back in russia's court and focusing blame onjeremy corbyn saying thatjeremy corbyn has not been clear enough in his criticism of russia and needs to be more focused on that and talking about him being "russia's useful idiot". we have heard from the labour party and they say it is borisjohnson who has been the full because he is the one that came out with misleading information and so batting it back at him. our political correspondent of. german authorities