the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, has described jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who had given supportinterview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks said the labour leader's recent remarks about zionists not understanding british irony were the most offensive statement made by a british politician since enoch powell's rivers of blood speech in 1968. but labour says the comparison is "absurd and offensive". vicki young is in westminster for us — how signicant is this? for months, jeremy corbyn has faced a storm of protest from many in the jewish community and now one of its high—profile, prominent members is attacking him in the strongest possible terms, and comparing the labour leader to enoch powell is bound to escalate tensions even further. this latest row goes back to comments jeremy corbyn further. this latest row goes back to commentsjeremy corbyn made in 2013. he talked about british zionists who did not understand english irony. laura sachs suggests that that suggests that british dues are not british. he said he had given support to racist, terrorists and dealers of hat

the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, has described jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who has given support terrorists and dealers of hate". in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks said the labour leader's recent remarks about zionists not understanding british irony were the most offensive statement made by a british politician since enoch powell's ‘rivers of blood' speech in 1968. but labour says the comparison is "absurd and offensive". vicki young is following developments in westminster. well, four months, jeremy corbyn has faced a storm of protest from many in thejewish faced a storm of protest from many in the jewish community faced a storm of protest from many in thejewish community and now one of the most high—profile prominent members is attacking him in the strongest possible terms and comparing the labour leader to a controversial leader as enoch powell is bound to escalate tensions even further. this latest row goes back to comments mr corbyn made in 2013 talking about british zionists who didn't understand english irony and jonathan sacks suggests that mean

the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, has said remarks byjeremy corbyn about zionists are the mostby a senior british politician since enoch powell's rivers of blood speech. in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semite who, he says, has given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013, and is a crossbench peer in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. jonathan sacks today has told the new statesman that he believes that those comments imply that however long they've lived in britain, jewish people are not fully british, he described it as a language of classic prewar anti—semitism and he drew the comparison as you said with enoch powell's infamous rivers of blood speech, and he said that jeremy corbyn was an anti—semite. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the un security council is holding an emergency session after its damning report on torture, rape and genocide in my

it came to a head with jonathan sacks‘ how they feel?ng to people, we lecturing and saying, we are not, why are you moaning? similarly, for 18 months i have been trying to get people disciplined in my local party, and i learned on television this morning that it has all been done, nothing found. i have never been told about that. it is i who have been writing to them, raising issues, but i then learn on television that inquiries have taken place and these are fit and proper people to be members of the labour party. if they are, it is not the labour party i want to be part of. the comments you mentioned by the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, comparingjeremy former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, comparing jeremy corbyn to enoch powell for some of the comments he has made. the labour party said those comments were absurd and offensive. i do think it is way over the top. but it shook me to the core that somebody as intelligent and cultured as jonathan that somebody as intelligent and cultured asjonathan sacks should say that. surely it is

and our top story here in the uk: allegations by the former chief rabbi jonathan sacks that jeremy corbynanti—semitic have been met with an angry response from the labour party. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. uk trade secretary liam fox tells the bbc there is interest in a good deal between britain and europe when it comes to brexit. and is china doing enough to address the problem ofair doing enough to address the problem of air pollution, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year? we take a look. hello and welcome to asia business report, and sharanjit leyl. and brexit, or the uk's exit from the european union, is now about seven months away and at the two sides have yet to agree on what kind of exit that will be. and lastly, the uk chancellor phillip hammond highlighted again a scenario where the uk economy could lose more than 7% of gdp over the next 15 years, if the uk were to leave the eu bloc without a deal. what we can say, i think with some certainty, it is that if we get no deal, it will be a disruption for the uk economy. i think it is

the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, has said remarks byjeremy corbyn about zionists are the mostod speech. in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semite who, he says, has "given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013 — and is a crossbencher in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young, she's at westminster for us. yet more condemnation ofjeremy corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken aboutjeremy corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken about jeremy corbyn until corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken aboutjeremy corbyn until now. corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken about jeremy corbyn until now. there has been months and weeks of protest and condemnation ofjeremy corbyn for things he has done in the past before he was labour leader. for some of the people he shared a platform with over his decade as a backbench mp. but this is one of the most prominent

it is pretty significant i think not least because jonathan sacks significant i think not least becausejonathanor figure, becausejonathan sacks is such a seniorfigure, a becausejonathan sacks is such a senior figure, a well—known of boys from the jewish community senior figure, a well—known of boys from thejewish community —— boys, talking to the rest of the country 110w. talking to the rest of the country now. the comments that he is talking about were made byjeremy corbyn in 2013 when he was a backbencher. there is a speech in which he spoke about an event a few days earlier during which he said a group of pro israeli activist in his word operated the palestinian liberation organisation representative to the uk. now he described the group of people as zionists and said that despite perhaps having lived in the ukfor despite perhaps having lived in the uk for very long time, maybe all their lives, did not understand english. to date he has told the new statesman that he believes those comments imply that however long they lived in britain, jewish people are not fully british, he described it as

but jonathan was lots of condemnation of those words. butjonathan sacksn entire group of british citizens by depicting them as essentially alien. he goes onto say thatjeremy corbyn has supported racist, terrorists and dealers of hate who wanted to kill dues. there has been no reaction from the labour party today, but last weekjeremy corbyn said his words had been taken out of context and he said, i am words had been taken out of context and he said, iam now words had been taken out of context and he said, i am now more careful about how i might use the term zionist because has been increasingly hijacked by anti—semites. this follows months of criticism ofjeremy corbyn, of his previous actions, of the stages and conferences he has shared platforms with various people on, and his own mps are in open revolt over all of this and wanting him to do more to put the record straight. vicki, thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the con

the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, callsjeremy corbyn an anti—semite, who has given support to racistserrorists and dealers of hate. a major police hunt is underway for a 21—year—old wanted after his ex—girlfriend and her mother were stabbed to death in solihull yesterday. a huge blaze destroys a primark store in one of belfast‘s historic buildings — it had just been refurbished. this is the high school i went to. and ed sheeran on why schools should stop cutting back on funding for the arts. and coming up on bbc news... what's next forjose mourinho and manchester united after their heaviest home defeat of his reign marked their worst start in 26 years? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has arrived in cape town at the start of a 3 day trade mission to boost economic ties with africa. she's pledged £4 billion as part of plans to boost britain's investment in africa after brexit. it's her first tour of the continent since becoming prime minister. in a speech in cape town she said she wanted britain to be the g7‘s leading investor in africa by 2022. our p

the daily mail, jeremy corbyn‘s rivers of blood moment, this is a reference to comments from jonathan sacksggesting jews are not fully british and compared comments from jeremy corbyn allegedly making about zionists not having a sense of irony, with enoch powell's rivers of blood speech from the late 1960s, first of all, making the connection between jeremy corbyn first of all, making the connection betweenjeremy corbyn and enoch powell, that seems quite a significant intervention, doesn't it? when you read the aspects of the speech in several papers i think he has gone way over the top on this. yes, he wrote an article in the new statesman. yes, probably, though it is not mentioned in here —— new statesman. but it is really over the top and rivers of blood was such a horrific speech, i really don't think this equates. but i am completely fed up with the labour party, and i support no political party, getting stuck in this anti—semitism point, more than a point, it is a serious damage to the labour party and there are a third ofa labour party and there are a third of a millionjews in labour

jonathan sacks' comments have particularly worried frank. john mann, mp, talking tojonathan blake.e. some more sports news for you now. england have got a couple of wickets this morning against england. stuart broad with the wicket of kl rahul. india are still some way behind. sam curran yesterday made 78, leading a recovery from 86—6, after another top order batting collapse. the us tennis association is looking into nick kyrgios‘ victory at the us 0pen over pierre—hughes herbert after the umpire got down from his chair and encouraged the australian to try harder. he was a set down at the time. kyrgios went on to win the match. the australian plays roger federer next and his third—round opponent has criticised the umpire, saying encouraging players is not in their role. he said he liked me, i don't know if that is encouraging. but he said it is not a good look. i know that what i was doing out there was not good. i was not listening to him, buti not good. i was not listening to him, but i knew it was not a good look, but it did not help me at all. i don't think he has to go down a

he has told the paper that "the final straw" was earlier this week when jonathan sacks compared mr corbyn'sph is also leading on the birkenhead mp. the paper quotes frank field as saying: "corbyn's labour has become a force for anti—semitism". the paper also reports he says "nothing substantive" has been done to address antisemitism within the party. big story about wonga. it is on all the front pages of the financial papers. we have talked about how it came under criticism for skyhigh interest rates, the tactics it uses to get money from people. the front of the telegraph business section calls it immoral. urging administrators to make sure that customers were put first in the queue for protection. but we should also remember, it is easy to overlook that for a lot of people who used wonga's services, it was a really valuable service. even with those skyhigh interest rates it could have been cheaper than taking out a bank loan or people with bad credit history. so big questions about what it means for people who did rely on firms like wonga. but the picture there next to it, i want to show

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