jess phillips winning are reasonably low, iwould say.k she has been inspirational, as a leader, and she won't win. that has really tickled me. some of the bald men are actually within, i should point that out. important point. please do not ta ke out. important point. please do not take that literally. i take that back, that was a terrible analogy. please don't. share the water. sorry, i need a tissue. daily mail, caroline, help me out here. this is jodie, in los angeles in a very, very, very snazzy blouse. one of our rising stars, she has already ca ptu red rising stars, she has already captured a bafta and an emmy award for killing eve. we should mention that phoebe waller bridge, she already has a clutch of awards for flea bag. already has a clutch of awards for fleabag. these are our great hopes going into the golden globes which are starting off right now. by this time tomorrow, we will know. she is the safe want to put your money behind. lots of british names are in the brits. kit harrington is the only game of thrones and name. wh

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. rod stewart is charged by police, after allegedly punching a security guard in the chest in florida on new year's eve. and in this week's click, the team takes a look at facial recognition technology, the future of space travel, and super—fast sports cars. that's in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession, of iran's most powerful military leader who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qasem suleimani, to stop a war, not start one. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq and all but essential travel to iran. charlotte gallagher reports. a funeral procession for qasem suleimani in baghdad. a man despised by many, but a martyr to others. crowds shout, "death to america," and, "america is the enemy of god." others waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. the military commander was killed in a us air strike o

lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party's next leader. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bushfires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jason beattie from the daily mirror and olivia utley from the sun. good evening. president trump has defended his order to assassinate iran's top military commander, saying the action was taken to stop a war, and that it should have been done long ago. general qasem soleimani, one of the most powerful men in the middle east, was killed in iraq, outside baghdad airport, by a us air strike. iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the killing. its foreign minister described it as an act of international terrorism. the attack marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran — and the us is sending 3,000 additional troops to the region as a precaution. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen

voters, they would say, if it was boris againstjess voters, they would say, if it was boris against jess phillipso forjess phillips, and i think she might be a serious force in the country. it is whether she can get through all the labour hurdles first. we don't quite know the parameters of those hurdles yet, do we? yeah, labour's ruling executive, they are meeting on monday to set the timetable. that could be quite crucial. they are trying to bounce a corbynite, if they are trying to bounce a corbynite push, a shorter timetable would work in their favour. what i think is interesting as with the introduction of just think is interesting as with the introduction ofjust phillips and lisa nandy, joining keir starmer and emily thornberry is the main contenders so far, is that you have got this kind of dialectic between the two mps, jess phillips and lisa nandy, rooted in their communities and very proud to come from outside london, playing very strongly that they are from the regions, they are not part of this kind of westminster elite, and you have got keir starmer in camden, north london, emily tho

jess phillips has been very prominent in the media.gn secretary, up against boris johnson, knocking seven bells out of him when he was foreign secretary. one might be a bit surprised that she has not been able to sway more of her labour colleagues to back her. it's interesting because i suspect for many people she will be one of the faces they recognise. one of the things i have heard from labour mps in the last week or so since parliament returned is she does not have a natural constituency in the party, so rebecca long—bailey will get the left, keir starmer will get remainers and those who think the party needs to be managed better, jess phillips, seen as a straight talker, lisa nandy is from the north, she will appeal to those labour abandon the party at the general election. nevertheless, ms thornberry is still out knocking on doors, hitting the phones, trying to persuade her colleagues, and here is what she told andrew marr earlier. can you do it? i think so. we have only had a week to get nominations in. there are a large number

after much speculation, jess phillips has confirmed she will run. on a visit to grimsby, the mp for birmingham yardley, said the party needed a leader who could take on borisjohson, and who was willing to try something different. and wigan mp lisa nandy has also joined the race and said the job should go to someone from what she called the neglected areas of labour's heartlands who could win back the trust of the party's traditional voters. political correspondent nick eardley has more. the wigan mp was another one of those people who had said over the christmas period that she was considering whether or not to stand and tonight she is confirmed, in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heartlands, areas that had voted labour for decades and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph on what she says. she says, "i'm standing because i know too many people in places like we can

jess phillips is a straight talker.se labour heartlands that abandoned the party at the general election. nevertheless, emily thornberry is still out knocking on doors in a metaphorical sense, hitting telephones to persuade her colleagues. this is what she told andrew marr earlier on her prospects of getting to the line. can you do it? yeah, i think so. i mean, what has happened has been that we have only had a week to get the nominations in. there is a large number of mps who haven't nominated yet, and many of them have wanted to speak to their party members, they wanted to go to the hustings, and think about this, because obviously it is a very important decision. but from the conversations i have had this weekend, i am fairly confident that as long as we don't get any slippage, i will be fine. i will get across the line, and, you know, then we move onto the next stage. it is a long contest and it will have its ups and downs. and i have been a slow starter, but i did start from a standing start after the general elect

after much speculation, jess phillips has confirmed she will run.n a visit to grimsby, the mp for birmingham yardley said the party needed a leader who could "take on" borisjohson — and who was willing to "try something different". and the wigan mp lisa nandy has alsojoined the race, and said thejob should go to someone from what she called "the neglected areas" of labour's heartlands, who could win back the trust of the party's traditional voters. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. the wigan mp was another one of those people who had said over the christmas period that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight she's confirmed, in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heartlands, areas that had voted labour for decades and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph on what she says. she says: "i'm standing because i know too many people in places

here, lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party's next leader. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bush fires. one of the most powerful men in the middle east — iran's military commander general qassem soleimani — has been killed by a us airstrike in iraq. the attack was ordered by president trump who said the general had been plotting to kill americans in the region. he also blamed him for being directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people. iran has threatened severe revenge and tens of thousands of people are holding rallies across iran denouncing what they call us crimes. meanwhile, america has said it will now send 3000 troops to the middle east as a precaution. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. this was the moment that the us assassinated qassem soleimani and pushed the middle east into a new year and new decade of uncertainty and more danger. the pictures came from a tv station controlled by iran. the attack — from a missile fired from

emily thornberry has got great character and great possession when she speaks and jess phillips as jessone knows what you get with her. the person who has lagged behind is rebecca long—bailey who was thought to be the favourite ina way who was thought to be the favourite in a way because she is the most corbynite and continuity candidate but i think it comes out the party don't really want continuity carbon, they want a chance of winning the next election. you will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure you said that if rebecca long—bailey was picked, it would see the demise of the party, is that right?” picked, it would see the demise of the party, is that right? i think if rebecca long—bailey is a leader it is game over and the maze will break up is game over and the maze will break up do something else with our lives. because the party went less with ed miliband and lost an election, went for the left was jeremy corbyn miliband and lost an election, went for the left wasjeremy corbyn and lost a n for the left wasjeremy corbyn and lost an election, went even further left with a 2019 ma

in the last few minute, the mp jess phillips has hello. ess we labour leadership contest, she said, unless we talk to the country on their term, that we won't be able their term, that we won't be able the make the gains we need to win an election and do what everyone in the labour movement wants to do and that is make people's lives better. she said: let's talk to your political correspondent ian watson. not a huge surprise, given she hasn't got the backing of any union? that's right, i'm here at the gmb union, they have been deciding who to nominate in the labour leadership contest, whoever they back will be crucial, butjess phillips didn't turn up for that meeting, the speculation grew that she was on the verge of standing down. she now has officially said she is withdrawing from the campaign. there was a meeting of her supporters and activists at westminster and there will be a video message released to her supporters too. you read out some of the things she said in that statement, saying she is not the person she believes to unite the d

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. the 2019 book entitled no—one is too small to make a difference is a collection of speeches by a swedish climate change activist, what's her name? sharon? greta thunberg. when greta became sharon, the climate change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in this week's click, the team takes a look at facial recognition technology, the future of space travel, and super—fast sports cars. that's in half an hour. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has said america has made a strategic mistake by killing tehran‘s most senior military commander, and warned the us will face difficult days ahead. the funeral procession for qassem soleimani has been taking place in baghdad after he was killed by a drone strike at the city's airport on thursday night. president trump said he ordered the action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. david

so keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, and jess phillips will get onto the next stage. only got the backing of four mps. you need 22 to get through. emily thornberry, a prominent person in the shadow cabinet, only has ten as well. when she spoke to andrew marr earlier, she did say she was confident. let's have a listen. can you do it? yeah, i think so. i mean, what has happened has been that we have only had a week to get the nominations in. there is a large number of mps who haven't nominated yet, and many of them have wanted to speak to their party members, they wanted to go to the hustings, and think about this, because obviously it is a really important decision. but from the conversations i have had this weekend, i am fairly confident that as long as i don't get any slippage, i will be fine. i will get across the line, and you know, then we will move onto the next stage. it is a long contest and it will have its ups and downs. and i have been a slow starter, but i did start from a standing start after the general election. now one of the issues that has been discus

and jess phillips, seen as labour party is.e don't know what the new member signing up what becomes is not vote will be. goal number one is not vote will be. goal number one is how it is change since last time around we saw the sort of election. we are all assuming the membership is towards the left compared to mp5, but things might have changed. there has been a big election defeat which might have changed things. of course, the other bit unknown here isa course, the other bit unknown here is a 48—hour window this week where people can sign up, register and pay 25 quid and bought. who are they going to be voting for? watches that make up going to be? there are a lot of unknowns on this, so even though we have circular starmer as the frontrunner, this could yet be very unbridgeable contest. we saw jeremy corbyn coming on totally unpredictably last time we saw this, because there are a selection of postings now. how people perform will be crucial. absolutely, they will be crucial. absolutely, they will be crucial. absolutely, th

anyone of those would make a strong leader of the party. —— and jess phillips.ley to associated with jeremy corbyn? totally, she is the continuity candidate. and if she becomes a leader of the labour party i fear it would be fatal for the party. i think it would be an absolute disaster. and we thornberry isa absolute disaster. and we thornberry is a good bit better but not much. —— emily thornberry. my worries about keir starmer is that he has spent the last four years on the front bench and all credit to him trying to bring the party into a present bull position on brek said but he spent so much of its time trying tojuggle the different but he spent so much of its time trying to juggle the different winds of the party and ijust wonder whether he is bold enough to go out there and strike a new direction for there and strike a new direction for the party which i think is absolutely what has to happen. because the labour party has to start talking to the country and not itself and if all the new labour leader is doing is trained to reconcile warring factions withi

jess phillips is an mp in the birmingham area, very funny, outspoken and popular but also not hugely labour leader?” hugely experienced yet, so does she become labour leader? i have this feeling that keir starmer may have got it in the bag. he is already exuding a certain authority. he could be someone that could take on borisjohnson at pmqs. could be someone that could take on boris johnson at pmqs. but momentum? momentum is supporting rebecca long bailey battery is seen as the corbyn continuity candidate and is that what the membership wants? it's not about the public, it's about —— it's not about the membership, it's about the public. we have to wait until february the fourth. thank you very much. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, lynn faulds wood and anne ashworth. that's all from us tonight. next on bbc news,

labour backbenchers, lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader.'s time for the travel show. i'm paul carter, i'm a journalist and i have come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sights and smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't look real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. a lot more, for want of a better word, gold. i have come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i have also come here as a disabled person, to experience all of those things through the eyes of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. ifeel like i'm... ifeel like i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet. tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and next year, it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers. so i want to find out how prepared its capital is to welcome an influx of foreign visitors, especially people like me. i was born without any lower arms or leg

weakened mp lisa nandy and the birmingham mpjess are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birmingham mp jess phillipsl be standing. i think from lisa nandy we can expect to see an emphasis on the so—called labour heartlands, those parts of the country, particularly in the north of england where labour performed unexpectedly badly at the recent general election, she will make a case of somebody representing one of those community she will be especially well—placed to make labour's case to voters there. i think forjess phillips, she is a long—standing critic of jeremy corbyn, so she will be appealing to those members of the labour party who want to see a clean break from the current leadership. she will be arguing that as an independent minded mp she can be the fresh blood that labour now needs to rebuild. of course the slightly strange thing about this konta so far is that the two front runners, the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer and shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, have yet to formally declare that they will be standing. but we do expect them to both declare in the next couple of

and jess phillips, the mp for birmingham yardley, has also joined the race.arty needed a leader who could "take on" borisjohson and who was willing to "try something different". i'm standing because i think that we need more honesty in politics, and the labour party has got to be honest with itself, it's got to be honest with the country that if we can lose seats like grimsby, something has to change. more of the same won't cut it. ethical veganism — where people avoid all animal products and exploitation — is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected in law. that's according to an employment tribunal in norwich, ruling on the case of a man who claims he was sacked by the league against cruel sports for his ethical veganism. our legal correspondent clive coleman is with me now. jordi casamijana says that when he told his employers that some of their pension funds were invested in companies that test animals, he says he was sacked. an employment tribunal found that ethical veganism isa tribunal found that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief, aki

the fifth person to put themselves forward after lisa nandy, emily thornberry, clive lewis and jess phillipsto his campaign. keir starmer today, coming out all guns blazing, he was on andrew marr a short while ago, we will come to that in a moment, but also this article in the sunday mirror, a campaign video. two bits to the message. one is about how labour cannot bury its head in the sand, it needs to reconnect with voters. but also, interestingly, keir starmer saying that labour mustn't get rid of all of those radical policies likes social security reform, that sort of stuff. you know, a green deal on climate change, more powers for trade unions. i think he will have two questions to answer, though. one of them is whether he is a bit too london and whether labour need somebody from outside of the capital. and also brexit. he was very, very closely linked to labour's brexit policy. here he is on andrew marr a short while ago on that labour brexit policy. people wanted clarity and leadership, but i actually... what was coming up on the doorsteps and what the teams were telling me, in my own

they are, to recap, ella thornbury, jess phillips, keir starmer, clive lewis and lisa nandy.ns from 10% of mps and meps and 5% of local labour parties or affiliated members pat much they are on the ballot it is a wider pool of people who can vote, labour party members but also people could registered supporters who sign up temporarily to be able to vote for the labour leader, and this meeting will be crucial in setting how long people have to do is sign up to do that and how much they have to pay, so in 2015, the cost was just £3, and people had two months to do that. in 2016, it cost £25 and they had just 48 hours, so the nec has long latitude, lots of leeway, over that sort of timeframe, and the thinking is that a short timeframe will figure —— help a left—wing candidate, whereas a longer time frame would benefit somebody like jess phillips who will be looking to bring more members back into the party, with more people on board. england's cricketers have built a commanding lead in the second test against south africa in cape town. 0pener dom sibley recorded his first intern

the fifth person to put themselves forward after lisa nandy, emily thornberry, clive lewis and jess phillips main elements to his campaign. keir starmer today, coming out all guns blazing, he was on andrew marr a short while ago, we will come to that in a moment, but also this article in the sunday mirror, a campaign video. two bits to the message. you know, a green deal on climate change, more powers for trade unions. i think he will have two questions to answer, though. one of them is whether he is a bit too london and whether labour need somebody from outside of the capital. and also brexit. he was very very closely linked to labour's brexit policy. here he is on andrew marr a short while ago on that labour brexit policy. people wanted clarity and leadership, but i actually... what was coming up on the doorsteps and what my teams were telling me, and my own experience, was not so much people saying to me, "i don't much like labour's position," but they had bought the idea that if you voted tory, you would get brexit done. we didn't knock it down hard enough in the election, and i would ha

lisa nandi, clive lewis, emily thornberry, jess phillips as well.next few weeks. tens of thousands of independence supporters in scotland marched through the centre of glasgow earlier today. the organisers, all under one banner, say around 80,000 people took part in this, the first of a series of marches, the group plans to hold across scotland over the coming year. the uk government has said it does not support a further vote on independence. gillian sharpe reports. ac of saltires on the streets of glasgow. it took more than rain... their route going from the west end to glasgow green. we have come here today because we feel that really there's no choice now for scotland but to be independent. we are completely on a different track from england, totally. the march is well under way now. the organisers say they just weren't going to let the weather put them off. this is scotland, after all. but a rally due to be held at the end of the event has had to be cancelled. to day's event was billed as an emergency march organised in the wa ke emergency marc

the wigan mp, lisa nandy, and jess phillips, who represents birmingham yardley, both said they wantedtrust in labour and win back voters in its traditional strongholds. this takes the total contenders to four, with others expected in the next few days. our political correspondent john owen is here. the big question ahead for labour now. that's right. these are two fairly high profile figures to have entered into the contest. in terms of what their respective pitches are likely to be to the labour electorate, jess phillips has been a vocal critic ofjeremy corbyn in the past. she has a reputation as an independent minded mp and a campaignerand independent minded mp and a campaigner and she will present herself as someone who is willing to ta ke herself as someone who is willing to take the fight to the conservative party, particularly in those northern seats. similarly lisa nandy will want to emphasise the need to appeal to the so—called labour apartments, those parts particularly of the north of england where the labour party performed unexpectedly badly at the last election resulting

lisa nandi, clive lewis, emily thornberry, jess phillips.aving his species from extinction, is being released back into the wild. diego is believed to have fathered around 800 baby tortoise after he was recruited onto a captive breeding programme in the galapagos islands. the park service believes he was taken from the galapagos 80 years ago by a scientific expedition. diego is currently in quarantine before his return to espanola in march. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. hello. the day hasn't been all doom and gloom by any means at all but if you are anywhere near a weather front chugging its way to scotland and northern ireland and then down into the north of england through wales and into the south—west, well, you will have known it has been very wet and very windy. further to the south and east, you have got the cloud and wind and rain to come during the rest of the evening and indeed overnight. the front really not moving very far, very fast. clearing skies getting into the north of england, to scotland and to n

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. no one to small to make a difference is the name of a book by a environmental campaigner called watch? sharon. when greta became sharon, the climate change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and coming up — the uk's leading foreign correspondents discuss their views on the week's international news — that's in dateline in half an hour. the chief spokesman for iran's armed forces has said his country has every right to retaliate for the death of the country's military commander who was killed in a us drone strike. the funeral procession for qassem soleimani is under way in baghdad after he was killed at the city's airport on thursday night. president trump said he had taken action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. david willis reports. american officials say the air strike that killed qasem soleimani was carried out in self defe

jess phillips becomes the third labour mp to enter the race to become the party's next leader sayings to change to win back voters. i think that the labour party, just like i did, have the same values that i have, and wants to see change and wants to convince people that things can get better. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bush fires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief — and is therefore protected by law. guy ritchie returns to gangster movies with the gentleman, starring hugh grantand movies with the gentleman, starring hugh grant and matthew mcconaughey. see what james king hugh grant and matthew mcconaughey. see whatjames king makes hugh grant and matthew mcconaughey. see what james king makes a vet and the rest of this week's releases in the rest of this week's releases in the film review. —— makes of that. good evening. one of the most powerful men in the middle east — iran's military commander — general qasem soleimani — has been killed by a us airstrike in iraq. the attack was ordered by

format already have enough to go to the next stage, which is keir starmer, lisa nandy, jess phillipsly lasted nine hours, didn't he?! and the deputy leadership, we have yet to see if richard burgon has got enough. but keir starmer is significantly ahead at the moment. what is interesting is his patch. the video that he put out at the launch, pre—the launch. it really patched him as being quite radical. i think the argument he was trying to say was, look, i have done an awful lot of things. i have not shouted about them. because he is a relatively... i mean, he is not one of these politicians that makes a huge amount of noise about every single thing that they do. but he was saying tojudge single thing that they do. but he was saying to judge him single thing that they do. but he was saying tojudge him on his record. the libel case, various times that he has supported trade union activity, protesters against working conditions, and that element. his difficulty is, obviously, being the frontrunner, eve ryo ne obviously, being the frontrunner, everyone is trying to take you down. that i

rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, jess phillips, sir keir starmer, who was way out ahead, 68 nominationsnberry, she has ten, clive lewis, he has four nominations. emily thornberry has been speaking to bbc in the last hour, clearly has 12 to go, not even halfway, but she says she is still pretty confident she can get over the line. can you do it? yeah, i think so. the line. can you do it? yeah, i think 50. what has happened is we think so. what has happened is we have only had a week to get the nominations, a large number of mps have not nominated yet and many wanted to speak to party members, go to the hustings and think about this because it is a really important decision. from the conversations i have had this weekend, i am confident that as long as there is i'io confident that as long as there is no slippage, i will be fine, get across the line, we will move onto the next stage. it is a long contest and it will have its ups and downs and it will have its ups and downs andl and it will have its ups and downs and i have been a slow starter but i started from a standing start after the g

lisa nandi, clive lewis, emily thornberry, jess phillips.ad to be treated in hospital after an attack at bristol prison. an inmate was being segregated yesterday after threatening staff when he attacked them with a home—made weapon, knocking one unconscious. the ministry ofjustice said the incident had been referred to the police. tracey miller reports. staff at bristol prison have praised the bravery of their colleagues after an attack by a prisoner that left five officers needing hospital treatment. one was left unconscious, another with a damaged eye. it happened yesterday when they tried to move a prisoner who was allegedly making threats towards them. i have been told by the prison officers association that as staff opened the cell door, the prisoner attacked them with a home—made weapon. prison officers here have put on social media that a request to use protective equipment before approaching the prisoner had not been granted. the prison officers association went to say... but the ministry of justice have said that they are investing

we have also got lisa nandy who has 2a and jess phillips who has 22 mps who have nominated her, thatwis has only got four at the moment. there are quite a few dozen mps yet to declare but as it stands emily thornberry and clive lewis are struggling to make the cut. tony, thanks forjoining us. debenhams has begun closing 19 of its stores as part of plans to try to secure its future. in another blow to the high street, mothercare will stop trading tomorrow — with the loss of 2,800 jobs. our business correspondent, emma simpson has more debenhams, a retailer at the heart of many a town or city centre. but today, six will close. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021. there‘s not much left for last—minute bargain hunters in these final few hours of trading. this is altrincham. once our generation is gone, in another 30 years, there will be no shops. there will be no money and there will be no shops! so we will all be online, digital. i used to buy quite a bit of stuff from there, yeah. yeah, very sad. and i feel for the staff as well. debenhams has been struggli

at the moment you need 22 to get through to the next stage, jess phillips on 22, rees and andy on 2a,he car emily thornbury on ten and clive lewis four. if you were to look at this you would think kier starmer is way ahead but it is not the mps are to choose the next leader of the labour party. and with jess philip seen as the most centrist candidate, and we don't know of course with the new members signing up what the composition on the boat will be. there's a couple of big questions of the membership, number one is how it has changed since last time there is the sort of election in 2016. we are all assuming, of course, that the membership is towards the left compared to mps, but things might have changed. there has been a big election defeat, which might change things. the other bit unknown here isa48 things. the other bit unknown here is a 48 hour window this week where people can sign up, register, pay 25 quid and bought. who are they going to be voting for? watches that make up to be voting for? watches that make up going to be? there is a lot of unknowns on this, so even though

she got rebecca long—bailey, emily form bree, lisa and jess phillips. 0ne form bree, lisa and jess phillipse at the moment, still seems to be the man to beat, sir keir starmer. 0ne poll we saw today suggests he is out in front but there is still a long way to go in the race and we will not knowing who the new labour leader is until a. —— april. who the new labour leader is until a. -- april. countdown clock will be projected onto downing street to mark the moment the uk leaves the eu onjanuary mark the moment the uk leaves the eu on january 81. that is mark the moment the uk leaves the eu onjanuary 81. that is according to plans just released the government. loadings around whitehall will also be lit up as part of the light show on the night and union flags will be loa n on the night and union flags will be loan on all the polls in parliament square. plans have been revealed as number 10 comes under increased pressure to support a bid for big ben to chime on the day. the proposal has been ruled out by a commons official despite a suggestion by the prime minister that it would happen. iran's

as the other leading contender, in the ‘20s, as are the prominent backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillipsuggling to make up numbers, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry saying yesterday she was confident she would get over the line, no doubt having last—minute conversations with her parliamentary colleagues to make sure she gets the required numbers by that deadline of 2:30pm. and clive lewis, if there is anyone who looks like he is in danger at this stage, it is him, the shadow treasury minister, just four nominations, one of whom is himself, for leadership of the labour party. he was asked this morning whether he was still confident he could make up numbers and he said he had faith in his colleagues. we will see how much faith they have in him when that deadline comes at 2:30pm and we will find out which candidates are going through to the next stage in this contest. at this stage, it is mps who get to decide. that changes in the later stages. as we have seen before everything can change at that point. there are three phases to this contest for labour leadership, firstly, nomi

jess phillips also has the required number. jess phillips also has the required number.mbers will have 48 hours from 14th to the 16th of january to secure a vote by paying £25. the ballot will be open from 21st february to the 2nd of april with the results announced two days later on the 11th april. 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignorejoins me now. tony, first of all, four of the people on the picture behind us are through this first stage. why are clive lewis and emily thornberry having difficulties securing enough support? that is a very good question and i am sure they are asking themselves and their teams that right now. clive lewis is the outsider. four nominations, including himself. he has been talking this morning and is not hopeful about getting enough. there are still more than 50 mps and meps who have not declared, but it will bea who have not declared, but it will be a tall orderfor who have not declared, but it will be a tall order for him. who have not declared, but it will be a tall orderfor him. emily thornberry is on ten at the moment, she needs 2

jess phillips quit the race yesterday and said her first preference vote would go to lisa nandy. westminster. rebecca long—bailey not there yet but many think that she will get the backing of the unite union so should not have much trouble. emily thornberry we'll have to go to the labour party to get 40% of support to progress. we are getting to position to know who will be on the ballot paper. rebecca long—bailey if he met many of someone who will follow in the same direction as jeremy corbyn. she has been relu cta nt to jeremy corbyn. she has been reluctant to criticise him as have all the candidates apart from jess phillips and rebecca long—bailey raised eyebrows when she asked what marks she would give corbyn possible to ship and she would say ten out of ten and today he spoke to our political editor. she said actually she felt the party did have at the election a great of policies. all of us within the labour party need to sell that message of aspiration, and we have to convince our voters that that's what we're about. and too often in our campaigning — and this isn'tjust th

jess phillips has pulled out of the labour leadership contest. party — and that it needed to select someone who could unite the whole movement, but that person wasn't her. in a statement she said. she conceded that she didn't feel able to do that. also this afternoon — the gmb union has backed the wigan mp lisa nandy for the leader. lisa nandyjoins me now. so your response, first off, to just phillips putting the race? i'm sorry that she's gone, grateful to have in the contest and show real friendship to all of the other leadership candidates including me, and she said that she was setting out to speak truth, i think she has met a lot of ways in this contest and i think listening to that statement just now she was absolutely right that we need to speak to the country on their terms, notjust ours and we need to relearn how to connect with people again. i received it back to today, an important union, need those to get to the next stage. they said you were a breath of fresh air, what does that mean? we had a hustings of people from across the gmb w

he's the fifth mp to enter the contest with prominent backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips alsohadow treasury minister, clive lewis, and the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, who have previously announced their intention to stand. earlier, i spoke to stephen bush, the political editor at the new statesman. he had this take on the contenders. it's a crowded field at the moment, and not all the candidates will make it to the ballot because the hurdle to get on the ballot is large. it is very obviously keir starmer at the moment. notjust because of his background, but he is fighting a very adept campaign, doing everything he needs to do to woo labour members, the most socially concerned, socially liberal, deeply liberal about the consequences of another five years of the conservative government and a return to what they see as the bad old days, and at the moment keir starmer is saying to people, i can win, but i will not throw the baby out with the bath water. and thus far, no one else has got close to coming up with a message that both marries the need to win the labour

sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, jess phillips and lisa nandy have the required number of nominationsobbying to get the backing of at least 22 of their fellow labourmps and meps. registered supporters who are not full party members will have 48 hours from 14th to 16th of january to secure a vote by paying £25. the ballot will be open from 2ist february until 2nd of april with the results announced two days later on 4th april. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, is here. who is the favourite to win this? is the man out in front, he is the man to beat in this race. he has got the backing of about 60 mps. in every poll we have seen so far, he is the man in front as well. but rebecca along bailey is the favourite candidate of the left. there is a good chance that when this campaign gets going and when some of the pressure groups stop lobbying for particular candidates, she will pick up a lot of background as well. in terms of people who we think will definitely get through than next phase tomorrow, who we know will get through the next phase tomorrow, lisa nandy and jess phillips w

jess phillips becomes the third labour mp to enter the race

here, jess phillips becomes the third labour mp to enter the race to become the party's next leader,. relief for around 1000 people, as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bush fires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief — and is therefore protected by law. also coming up — as liberal democrat mp, layla moran, announces announces she is pansexual, we'll explore the different terms and what they mean. let's return to our main story iran's most powerful military leader. general qassem soleiman has been killed by a us air strike. just some copy coming in on that. a statement from the eu hype representative for foreign affairs. as you can imagine, the international community weighing in on this. various views coming forward. they're specifically from the eu's high representative for foreign affairs. the current cycle of violence in iraq must be stopped before it spirals out of control, he says. the eu calls on all the actors involved and on those partners who can have an influence to exercise maximum restraint and show responsibility in this cru

and the top story in the uk: jess phillips has admitted she cannot "unite all parts" of the labour movement and has pulled out of the race to suceeed jeremy corbyn as leader. her decision came as lisa nandy secured the backing of the gmb union. more on our website bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. more bad news for boeing. shares are halted up trouble 737 max won't be playing soon. netflix is crowned the winner after putting its latest earnings, but it faces some competition from a peacock and mouse. we will explain. good morning, and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore stopping let's begin with boeing because it shares have been halted on wall street and that is after the company said its 737 max will not be back to service until the middle of this year, that is much later than expect. it wasn't meant to be like this. the grounding of the 737 max jet wasn't expected to last long. and yet once again boeing is pushing back the date for its return to service. in the new delay comes after two recent discoveries, a sof

jess phillips is an mp in the birmingham area, very funny, outspoken and popular but also not hugelyienced yet, so does she become labour leader?” hugely experienced yet, so does she become labour leader? i have this feeling that keir starmer may have got it in the bag. he is already exuding a certain authority. he could be someone that could take on borisjohnson at pmqs. could be someone that could take on boris johnson at pmqs. but momentum? momentum is supporting rebecca long bailey battery is seen as the corbyn continuity candidate and is that what the membership wants? it's not about the public, it's about —— it's not about the membership, it's about the public. we have to wait until february the fourth. thank you very much. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, lynn faulds wood and anne ashworth. that's all from

five mps — clive lewis, lisa nandy, jess phillips, sir keir starmer and emily thornberry — have so farbecca long—bailey is also expected to announce her bid. with me now is our assistant political editor — norman smith. how flexible are these rules? they have enough flexibility to significantly impact on the outcome, so significantly impact on the outcome, so although todowasn't meeting of the nec might sound like a rather dry, bureaucratic meeting, it will determine how much time basically form party members and party supporters have got to sign up to ta ke supporters have got to sign up to take part in this contest. and why that matters is that many of the non—corbyn candidates, if you like, are hoping that some of those party members who quit the party in despair of the corbyn years will be encouraged to rejoin and support them. so there is only a very narrow window of time for supporters and x party members to join up and that would damage potentially the prospects of the likes of, say, sir keir starmer and jess phillips, and could potentially benefit a corbyn candidate, which is w

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader.c news — in a special programme — razia iqbal speaks to us supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg. i, ruth bader ginsburg, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. justice ruth bader ginsburg is the leading liberaljudge on the us supreme court. at 86, she has been fighting for decades for women's rights, including for equal pay and fair access to abortion. it is no exaggeration to say that her crucial work has affected profound change in the legal status for women in america. and it is for this reason that she has been awarded this year's berggruen prize for philosophy and culture — a prize she will be awarded here at a special ceremony in the new york public library in front of an invited audience. but first, i've been given a rare opportunity to interview rbg — an affectionate nickname — about her career, her popular iconic status, and her hopes and fears for the future of america. ladies and gentlemen, supreme court ju

here, lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party'sval ships rescue them from the country's bush fires.