keir starmer expressed that is why _ that keir starmer expressed that is why these _ that keir starmer these horrendous crimes— that is why these horrendous crimes got— that is why these horrendous crimes got covered _ that is why these horrendous crimes got covered up - that is why these horrendous crimes got covered up in - that is why these horrendous crimes got covered up in the | crimes got covered up in the first— crimes got covered up in the first place _ crimes got covered up in the first place. it _ crimes got covered up in the first place. it is _ crimes got covered up in the first place. it is not - crimes got covered up in the first place. it is not far- first place. it is not far right— first place. it is not far right to _ first place. it is not far right to raise - first place. it is not far right to raise these - first place. it is not far- right to raise these issues. it's — right to raise these issues. it's a — right to raise these issues. it's a matter— right to raise these issues. it's a matter of— right to raise these issues. it's a matter of really- it's a matter

i agree with that, and i think keir starmer was right l and i think keir starmer was right to respond right to respond, and i know on schulte said it _ to respond, and i know on schulte said it is _ to respond, and i know on schulte said it is best not to respond, but he is _ said it is best not to respond, but he is not — said it is best not to respond, but he is not a — said it is best not to respond, but he is not a role model at the moment _ he is not a role model at the moment. —— i know the german chancellor— moment. —— i know the german chancellor said. there are proper proper— chancellor said. there are proper pmper to— chancellor said. there are proper proper to do preposterous accusations, and on the relationship with donald trump, he's obviously not my— with donald trump, he's obviously not my flavour politics but he was elected _ not my flavour politics but he was elected president of the us, and i think_ elected president of the us, and i think that — elected president of the us, and i think that even in donald trump's circles— think that even in donald trump's circles th

as you heard there, keir starmer l heard there, keir starmer accusing the main opposition party, theover jumping on the bandwagon over this issue and looking to get attention when they had spent 14 years in government, in his words, doing nothing to tackle child sexual abuse. and we heard from that report there that his criticism of the conservatives very much focuses on the report that was done into child sexual abuse across the uk, published its recommendations in 2022, and the prime minister arguing that they should be the focus implementing them should be the focus. and as you mentioned, the conservatives accusing the prime minister of a disgraceful smear against them. this is the first day that parliament sits here in westminster after the christmas break and politics very much back with a bang. i thought it was interesting in particular, you were going to come under elon musk, but it was very interesting that in his response that we heard there, keir starmer, his answer was scripted and the autocue came up after his speech, came back on when he was giving his answer about elon

how difficult is this for keir - difficult is this for keir starmer and downing street? dogged with those questions around the economy and now this has flared up economy and now this has flared up and ultimately led to resignation.— up and ultimately led to resianation. , ., ., resignation. the distraction of the allegation _ resignation. the distraction of the allegation being _ resignation. the distraction of the allegation being made - the allegation being made against a minister is a problem for the government, and we have seen so great, the most senior adviser go, because of that, and we have seen the transport secretary go as well —— sue gray. now tulip siddiq. i should tell you about the letters number ten has published in the last 20 minutes, and tulip siddiq said in her letter it is clear that continuing her role as the economic secretary to the treasury is likely to be a distraction in the work of the government, and the prime minister said in response that he wanted to thank tulip siddiq for her commitment as economic secretary and for self referring herself t

think keir starmer is in -- is under? ,., think keir starmer is in -- is under? ., under?w at the start of the week sir keir - start of the week sir keir starmer outran to talk about nhs reforms, the questions he was getting at is about this issue on grooming gangs. and so i think there's going to be some pressure, and certainly there is some pressure, but what the government has said so far is that it would support local inquiries in individual towns where it is asked for, because of course this all grew out of a request from 0ldham council to have a national inquiry, an inquiry led by the government, into cases of historic child exploitation. what the government said was now, it wouldn't back a government led one, but it would back an independent inquiry that was done locally, and that is the strategy it says it is sticking to. the question is going to be whether this building pressure, this mounting pressure, from opposition parties and others to try to get a national inquiry, moves the government any closer towards doing that. at this stage, they are adamant, we have h

keir starmer apparently doesn't want to have an inquiry. he says we've had one already.uches on grooming gangs and mentions robjust once. it is mentions rob just once. it is a whitewash, as far as far as this is concerned. we know that 76% of the population want this inquiry and want the truth, if keir starmer won't do it, then i will give him until the end of the month. if keir starmer won't do it, i will raise the money and we will hold that full public inquiry, we will do it. we will do it. since the start of this year elon musk has made or shared posts about uk politics, grooming gangs and child sexual abuse at a significant rate. bbc verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of his timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts. the bbc�*s analysis editor ros atkins examines one day on the platform for the owner of x. elon musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gang scandal. this is his number of posts on the uk and grooming gangs. it's increased sharply in recent weeks and on monday, without naming musk. sir keir starmer attacked those spread

is of keir starmer walking barefoot across the channel.ust isn't going to happen. and the problem is that they there they were during the election campaign, you know, pretending to be coming in as batman and robin and it turns out that they're little more than laurel and hardy. they are just not going to do anything about it. and, you know, we laugh. but the problem is that we're going to get another 35, 40, perhaps 50,000 coming across next year because there's so much money in it and there's thousand. well, you know, who knows. you never quite know. it depends on the weather. it depends on the weather. it depends on. but we could do , depends on. but we could do, which means over 200,000 people coming in illegally across the channel since it all started in 2018, when sadiq sajid javid almost said it. khan. but even sajid javid declared an emergency. well, frankly, had he acted decisively then, had the government acted decisively, then we wouldn't have the problems that we do now. as it is, i think that the government at the moment is clu

we've got the daily mail now and keir starmer jumped mail now and keir starmerjumped a three hour queueoes this guy even british. >> he's unbelievable. honestly. prepare yourself for some more keir shenanigans moment keir starmer skipped three hour line for toboggan ride during family houday for toboggan ride during family holiday to madeira. our our producer mariano is from madeira. actually she's lovely and so is madeira. i'm told. the labour leader was escorted to the front of the line on a trip to the portuguese atlantic island of madeira, ahead of others who had waited up to three hours for their turn. in footage shared on social media, one yelled at keir starmer get to the back of the queue now who would have thought it? the evil prosecutor doesn't like to queue. i'm surprised that heckler didn't get two years in prison. the more we learn about keir starmer, the less there is to like and there is nothing to like in the first place. >> you don't like him, do you? >> you don't like him, do you? >> no, i do not like him at all. >> no, i do not like him at all. >> there's so many clue

one doesn't often use the word impassioned and keir starmer side by side.ut i mean, i think that was probably the most passionate he's been since becoming a prime minister. and i think very interesting that he used that line, that a line had been crossed in the treatment ofjess phillips, but also, of course, rather interesting that he tried not to make his defence of his government's role, the defence of handling of the rape gangs, by mentioning... by not mentioning mr musk personally, saying this wasn't about musk, it wasn't about america, that it was much more about british politics and british politicians, in particular those from the now opposition conservative party. surely, he said, they should come out and denounce attacks on ministers. surely they should favour the use of sort of evidence and facts in political debate, because if not, you are heading down a slippery slope. so an extremely strong intervention, but one trying to be careful, obviously not wanting to, you know, to get into a fight, particularly with mr musk and therefore by proxy, a fig

as director of prosecutions, keir starmer opened up of prosecutions, keir starmer opened up historiclips, the work that she has done in her professional life outside politics, supporting victims of violence against women and girls, she has helped support them to get their day in court and lock up their abusers. so the fact they are now prime minister and the victim minister means they can now do in politics what they have given their careers were doing, and their critics are not fit to touch their records, they can't even begin to touch their records. �* , , , ., can't even begin to touch their records. . , , , ., ., records. and yet this is what elon musk says _ records. and yet this is what elon musk says about _ records. and yet this is what elon musk says about jess _ records. and yet this is what elon musk says about jess phillips, - musk says aboutjess phillips, saying she is a rape apologist, a wicked witch. what do you say to him? is elon musk not fit to talk about this? it him? is elon musk not fit to talk about this?— about this? it is a disgraceful smear of _ about this? i

i think keir starmer has a blind _ light of this., _ light of this. i think keir starmer has a blind spot, he's _ light of this. i think keir starmer has a blind spot, he's got - light of this. i think keir starmer has a blind spot, he's got bad i has a blind spot, he's got bad judgment, he is more interested in supporting his cronies than he is in making appointments with integrity, it shows he is a crony prime minister. it shows he is a crony prime minister-— it shows he is a crony prime minister. , ,, minister. tulip siddiq entered government _ minister. tulip siddiq entered government last _ minister. tulip siddiq entered government last year - minister. tulip siddiq entered go

but there's something going on at the moment with keir starmer.cy to dismiss everybody as far right and not really deal with the underlying issues around migration, globalisation. do you think starmer has actually exacerbating the defection of workers away from the big parties to reform? >> well, look, we have to remember that starmer, in my view, is very much a tony blair sort of figure. he's a north london liberal lawyer. he doesn't particularly understand the impulses of working class, blue collar britain. and i think when they when they experience the views and the priorities of working class britain, it's almost like they see it as a mob that needs to be curtailed and needs to be held back. and that's the difficulty for the labour party that they simply are not in touch in the way that the labour party was once upon a time. whether you agree with it or not, it was a party that understood the working class. starmer has bet the farm on getting growth and getting immigration down and fixing the national health service. now, six months into this

search keir starmer outlined _ live? search keir starmer outlined it _ live?y - outlined it and they commissioned an ai group to come up with a plan made 50 recommendations and governments moving forward everything of them and from the sidelines have a new supercomputer to improve you to capabilities of just more computing power and this idea that al growth zones and is to be spread out across locations in the uk for their have enhanced access to the power grid as well as streamlined planning commissions that�*s extremely important to build data centres and they will be a new ai energy council which will look into the solutions for the huge power demand for artificial intelligence. in power demand for artificial intelligence.— power demand for artificial intelligence. in terms of the critical hurdles _ intelligence. in terms of the critical hurdles and - intelligence. in terms of the critical hurdles and actually| critical hurdles and actually making this happen, take me through it. making this happen, take me through it— through it. there is huge hurdles beca

sir keir starmer really clearly pretty angry about this.did not use mr musk�*s name but he was really very clear about what he thought were attacks on him. , ., ., , �* ., , him. yes, one doesn't often use the word impassioned _ him. yes, one doesn't often use the word impassioned and - the word impassioned and kissed, side by side and i think i was probably the most passionate he has been since becoming minister and i think he used that line, the line had been crossed on the treatment ofjess phillips but also quite interesting that he tried not to make his defence of his government's role, the defence of handling of rape gangs by not mentioning mr musk personally. it was much more about british politics and british politicians in particular, those from the now opposition conservative party. he said they should announce attacks on ministers, surely they should favour the use of evidence and facts in little debate because if not, you are heading down a slippery slope. so an extremely strong intervention but one trying to be careful, not want

prime minister, keir starmerand his minister, keir starmer and his desire minister, keir starmerand hisc. :, , :, :, saying. not 'ust the owner of x. saying. not 'ust the owner of x, but a saying. not just the owner of x, but a confident _ saying. not just the owner of x, but a confident and - saying. not just the owner of| x, but a confident and advisor and incoming member of the president administration to donald trump. which is what gives it more force that elon musk has taken such an interest in the uk. what the ft have been reporting i think is, they have spoken to unnamed people who say they have spoken to elon musk and he is talking about trying to find ways to mobilise his influence to remove keir starmer before the general election. elon musk has said publicly about 300 general election. elon musk has said publicly ab

i was at the speech sir keir starmer| at the speech sir keir starmer made earlier and he outlined theed ai entrepreneur matt clifford was nowjoining the number ten ai team to come up with an action plan and there are 50 recommendations on the action plan. the government says it's moving forward with single one of them. some of the headlines are things like ai growth sales, these will be areas of the country where they will have enhanced access to the power grid and streamlined planning permissions so that they can build things like data centres. data centres are vital for the operation. they will be a new supercomputer which will pump up a new supercomputer which will pump up the uk's row competing power and there's going to be new energy council which will be led by peter kyle for science and technology secretary and ed miliband. that will try and take care of the huge energy demands that artificial intelligence brings because it's very hungry for energy. because it's very hungry for ener: . , ., _ , energy. obviously investment will be crucial _ energy. obviously investment will be

starmer tried to _ and angered by what keir starmer tried to do — and angered by what keir starmer triedried to do this morning by smearing people who — tried to do this morning by smearing people who are raising these important issues. take _ important issues. take over, elon! elon— take over, elon! elon musk- take over, elon! elon musk has . take over, elon! - elon musk has provoked take over, elon! _ elon musk has provoked the first big political row of the year, and he has onlyjust getting started. in a fortnight, donald trump will once again be america's president, and mr musk will be working for him. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. more from chris in a moment, but as well as the national inquiry into child sexual abuse, which included an investigation into grooming gangs, there have been other local inquiries, including in rotherham in south yorkshire, where at least 1,400 children were sexually exploited between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of pakistani heritage. in telford in shropshire, there were more than 1,000 girls abused by gangs of men over decades, and the e

because sir keir starmer is about to speak. my i.ecause sir keir starmer is about to speak.— about to speak. my name is rachel mckendry. _ about to speak. my name is rachelmckendry. i- about to speak. my name is rachel mckendry. i have . about to speak. my name is i rachel mckendry. i have been working on al for early disease diagnosis for over a decade. i will be introducing the special session. i would like you —— to welcome you to use dl east. it brings together students with world experts in sciences, arts and humanities to explore solutions to the biggest challenges facing humanity and our planet. here at ucl we develop people with the skills to change the world. and deliver breakthroughs in the ai and robotics, sustainable cities, green manufacturing, assistive technology and global health. rooted here in the heart of east london we work with our partners in east bank, the uk's newest cultural quarter, to engage local communities and support regeneration this area. we found fund start—ups and spin outs that help society. they h

they say the changes will help them meet a key election pledge made by sir keir starmer.m reports. getting checks and tests closer to home, and more quickly. that's the aim of the network of community diagnostic centres in england. examples include scans and endoscopies. as part of the new plan to cut waiting lists, opening times will be extended to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, so more work can be done away from hospitals. the nhs app will be upgraded to allow more patients to book treatments and appointments. it will also make it easier for people to exercise their right to choose an nhs or private provider for their care. for the head of nhs england, amanda pritchard, it means more control over the process for patients and a more efficient health service. we are really ambitious about continuing the progress that we've made on reducing the longest waits for care now, to get to the place where we can deliver the 18 week standard by the end of this parliament, and that is both about putting the additional capacity in place, and changing the way that we work. and tha

sir keir starmer has launched a strong attack on those whose who have criticised his record on tackling historical sex gang cases when nhe was the uk's top prosecutor. a slew of online posts by elon musk, the tech billionaire, and a close ally of us president—elect donald trump called sir keir "complicit in the rape of britain". and mr musk also voiced support for the jailed far right political activist, tommy robinson. the prime minister didn't name elon musk directly — but he slammed those who he has said, use the sex abuse case to generate publicity. because those that are spreading lies and misinformation is far and as wide as possible, they are not interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in themselves. those who i'm not interested in justice. they are supporting a man who nearly collapsing —— he went to prison for nearly collapsing a gang green in case. those are people who are trying to get a vicarious thrill from street violence that people like tommy robinson promote. let's speak to our political correspondent ha

keir starmer himself will be popping up tomorrow talking about it. morning the tech secretary, peter kyle, was in our studio and indeed in others, at our chums across the industry, talking about what he believes is a very, very significant opportunity for the economy and also opportunities for us because he reckons the government can be much more efficient. he reckons that all of our lives can be improved by massive advances in al, as it's known. but i should be worried about al, i'm told. well, both, right? and this is an is an interesting thing, isn't it? this is the point. what we were trying to explore tomorrow is how the government gets a balance right between the huge rewards that there are and the huge risks that there also are. but peter kyle, really, this morning i thought came across as a real sort of evangelist for this, essentially sticking his stake in the ground and saying that the uk is going to miss out if we don't crack on and actually welcome these new technologies and that the government backs them too. this was what he had to say.

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will he be used by keir starmer or peter mandelson in some way to represent team uk?y simple answer. mandelson said it can't nigel farage has said it, i think the _ difference between mandelson and starmer, the fact that starmer crossed the floor to chat to him, is telling. in 2016, the tories found themselves constitutionally unable to use the only brit with an entry into the white house, into the oval office to talk to him. i think that keir starmer is a little bit more sensible and i think that mandelson is much more pragmatic and he realises that if he wants to get in there... i have been talking to somebody, a uk—based american, kenney baden ox team are going to him and saying how can you help us to counter faraj in the white house. the tories do not have a way in. labour have a way in it because they are the government but they recognise that if they want to have open comms with the white house, if you want to have open comms with donald trump's cabinet then why reinvent the wheel, we have got faraj. nigel farage understands that it's not always what he wants, i

keir starmer is hoping that if aa is fully adopted, it could transform lives and drive growth.ork in the real world? keir starmer is likely to say it could help cut teachers admin task time, assist doctors in treating patients and even fixing potholes in the roads and the big one is increased productivity. the government is happy will increase productivity by around 1.5% a year and that would be the equivalent of an extra £37 billion. —— the government is hoping it will increase. as for why now? this kind of push is something we have been hearing an awful lot as countries around the world compete to become ai hubs, especially in asia, because china is the second largest ai market and even in treating patients and even fixing potholes in the roads and the big one is increased productivity. the government is happy will increase productivity by around 1.5% a year and that would be the equivalent of an extra £37 billion. —— the government is hoping it will increase. as for why now? this kind of push is something we have been hearing an awful lot as countries around the world compet

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for more details on why prime minister keir starmer is focussing so strongly on al, i spoke to chief correspondent henry zeffman. the prime minister i think is throwing his personal authority behind this and is trying to demonstrate the message that the action plan expresses which is the uk wants to be a hospitable home for the ai sector and for al companies. i am really struck by the optimistic rhetoric that we have heard overnight and we will hear more from the prime minister on artificial intelligence because previous governments have flitted between stressing caution about the potential dangers of ai and optimism about the potential upsides. keir starmer and his government appear to have definitively landed on the side of the upsides and i think that is what we are getting in this speech and announcement and action plan today. do you think he will talk about the practical use because when you mention al to the normal person they will be thinking how can this improve and affect our lives? the government is trying to stress the ways in which a! could be used to improve what they do

the british prime minister sir keir starmer defends his record prosecuting sexual abuse gangs, after are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible, they are not interested in victims. they are interested in themselves. a winter storm caused by a polar vortex sweeps across much of the us, with a state of emergency declared in several states. weather warnings, too, here in the uk. flooding hits road and rail travel. and a major airport reopens after snow closed runways. hamas shows the bbc a list of hostages it says it's willing to release in the first stage of a ceasefire deal. it's not clear how many are still alive. and at the golden globes, the brutalist, baby reindeer, and emilia perez are among the winners. the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has criticised what he calls "lies and misinformation" after attacks on his government and his record as a public prosecutor by elon musk, the close ally of president—elect donald trump and the richest man in the world. in a slew of posts online about sex abuse scandals and so called "grooming gangs", mr musk had cl

he accused keir starmer of being complicit in the rape of britain, and that he should go.d today, he conducted a survey on x about whether the people of america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. now, listen to the prime minister's indignant is, his anger in defending his record as director of public prosecutions. he says he challenged those who ignored the victims. when i was chief prosecutor for five years, i tackled that head on, and when i left office, we had the highest number of child sexual abuse cases being prosecuted on record. and now, he says... so this government will get on with the job of protecting victims, but what i won't tolerate is this discussion and debate based on lies without calling it out. what i won't tolerate is politicians jumping on the bandwagon, simply to get attention. when those politicians sat in government for 14 long years. tweeting, talking, but not doing anything about it. now so desperate for attention that they are amplifying what the far right is saying. at the heart of this row are victims — vul

keir starmer was not the prime minister by a long shot. in fact, he was a conservative government. um, in fact, the journalist who broke the story says keir starmer, who was then in a kind of public prosecutor, actually helped prosecute a lot of these cases and nothing has happened in the brief period of keir starmer as prime minister, where he has taken any act, any action that covers up or anything like that. right. i'm just trying to understand is there any basis for implicating him in this scandal? >> no, there's there is no factual basis. it's true that he was director of public prosecutions in britain, which is kind of the equivalent of attorney general, but also solicitor general. um, when that scandal broke in 2012, he then stepped up what was clearly a very lax system. he sort of tightened up the crown prosecution service, which he was in charge of. um, to try to prevent such a recurrence of what was clearly a massive sort of fail by the system. and he then began the prosecutions that are ongoing. but we've got, um, you know, a pretty long legacy now of trials in this case

keir starmer himself will be popping up tomorrow talking about it. morning the tech secretary, peter kyle, was in our studio and indeed in others, at our chums across the industry, talking about what he believes is a very, very significant opportunity for the economy and also opportunities for us because he reckons the government can be much more efficient. he reckons that all of our lives can be improved by massive advances in al, as it's known. but i should be worried about al, i'm told. well, both, right? and this is an is an interesting thing, isn't it? this is the point. what we were trying to explore tomorrow is how the government gets a balance right between the huge rewards that there are and the huge risks that there also are. but peter kyle, really, this morning i thought came across as a real sort of evangelist for this, essentially sticking his stake in the ground and saying that the uk is going to miss out if we don't crack on and actually welcome these new technologies and that the government backs them too. this was what he had to say.

uk prime minister sir keir starmer lays out his vision to make britain a world leader in the technology has arrived. a defining opportunity is here, and together we will harness it, for the good of our country. pacific ambitions. china sets its sights on south america — with a massive new port in peru. we'll have a special report. welcome to business today, live from new york. it's another negative start for wall street, after two weeks of losses, as investors�* hopes fade for further interest rate cuts from the federal reserve any time soon. a surprise jobs report showing over a quarter of a million newjobs in december suggests the economy is too strong for the fed to ease policy. bond yields are up, and the dollar hits a two—year high, with the pound the biggest loser. tech stocks are also down due to concerns over upcoming legislation. let's cross live now tojim worden, cio at the the wealth consulting group. thank you forjoining us. as you just heard, the us dollar rising, bond yields are surging around the world, what is it a sign of? i around the world, what is it a sin of? ~ , ,

keir starmers own report. language that you are using is actually the issue. yet here we are with you asking us to dance around the truth all over again. let me be clear. no sane person is blaming the entire pakistani community. we know people of multiple ethnicities, including white people, are culpable. but it's crucial, given the facts, to acknowledge the prevalence of this issue within that specific cultural context. you cannot solve a problem by ignoring its roots. we've seen the incendiary damage the cover up culture has done to this country precisely because of the approach you as are advocating for. and to reiterate an approach that was condemned by your own party leader's report while he led the cps. we all need to, including yourself, call out the facts plainly and without shame. only then, and only then, can this country begin to heal, to protect and prevent further tragedies. it's time to stop the cycle of silence and start the process of justice. but now let's get the thoughts of my panel let's ge

i suppose if you were keir starmer's _ that.ations advisor you would say, for him to say, that was then and this is now? , , , , is now? yes, but it is still takint is now? yes, but it is still taking the _ is now? yes, but it is still taking the ability - is now? yes, but it is still taking the ability for- is now? yes, but it is still l taking the ability for people locally. and so many local communities they're going to have to drive miles to lemmington and stratford and wait and... lemmington and stratford and waitand... it lemmington and stratford and wait and... it isjust lemmington and stratford and wait and... it is just so lemmington and stratford and wait and... it isjust so much more important to have it in our local communities. i worked for a local charity providing hospice home at care and the elham badger is used by that. i have friends and family what used the beds for respite. that opportunity is not going to be there. ~ ., opportunity is not going to be there. . ., ., ., ., there. we are going to hear him at 10

keir starmer conscious of maintaining relationships, good relationships, good relationships with thes and said those clear leading tommy robinson are supporting a man who was sent to prison. there was defences ofjess phillips. he said the remarks about her had crossed the line. he said that she had received threats as a result of the comments made about her. and that had crossed a line and criticised the conservative party over tlachlt he said they failed to call out the remarks. a full throated defence of his record and a rebuttal of some of the criticisms levelled at him and his party and ministers. particularly from elon musk. its ministers. particularly from eton musk-— ministers. particularly from elon musk. , , , ., elon musk. its interesting you said him not _ elon musk. its interesting you said him not referring - elon musk. its interesting you said him not referring to i elon musk. its interesting you said him not referring to elon| said him not referring to elon musk and he said i'm not individualising this to elon musk. but the problem is these attacks are coming thick and

keir said numerous times he has respect for these institutions. own inquiries. i'm pretty sure that he will adhere to what comes out. and so far, sir keir starmer is saying he is backing his ministerfor now. ok, so that's that issue there. we've also had mel stride, the shadow chancellor. five he was also speaking to laura kuenssberg and he was going after the rachel reeves who is at the moment actually in china. yes. so all sorts of things happening on the economy this week, the cost of borrowing has gone up. rachel reeves has gone to china to try and start some discussions with the government there about how britain and china improve their trade. she's obtained about 600 million, which is quite a small amount in benefits over the next five years. mel stride said she shouldn't be there, cap in hand, as he put it, but it was put back to him that the trouble that the government is facing on the economy at the moment partly comes from the fact that they inherited a very difficult situation when they took over six months ago, won the election. and me

he accused keir starmer of being complicit in the rape of britain and that he should go.illips a "rape genocide apologist", and today, he conducted a survey on x about whether the people of america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. now, listen to the prime minister's indignance, his anger in defending his record as director of public prosecutions. he says he challenged those who ignored the victims. when i was chief prosecutor for five years, i tackled that head on, and when i left office, we had the highest number of child sexual abuse cases being prosecuted on record. and now, he says... so this government will get on with the job of protecting victims, but what i won't tolerate is this discussion and debate based on lies without calling it out. what i won't tolerate is politicians jumping on the bandwagon, simply to get attention, when those politicians sat in government for 1h long years. tweeting, talking, but not doing anything about it, now so desperate for attention that they are amplifying what the far right is saying. at the

christian: quickly, we have sir keir starmer meeting with emmanuel macron tonight and we are told thisill come up, certainly mr. musk's recent interference in eu politics. why do you think eu governments are so timid at pushing back? >> i think there is a nervousness here about particularly in germany because the election is coming up next month. they are concerned about how that will turn out. these kinds of platforms, megaphones that mr. musk owns, is something that unnerves them. but the best way to respond to that is to simply not be indignant. just be innovative about what their policies can be and should be and get out and sell. christian: good to talk to you tonight. thank you for coming on. just want to show you some live pictures from georgia. the plane carrying jimmy carter's casket has just landed in fort moore, georgia. shortly we will see pictures of the casket heading through downtown plains where the public is lining the route where jimmy carter makes his way through his hometown. he will be buried later this afternoon in a private service close to the family home and ne

back then, keir starmer was smiling at tulip siddiq's side but in recent weeks he has been forced tog herself to the independent adviser as she has now done. many of the allegations the fact tulip siddiq's aunt is sheikh hasina who fled bangladesh last august after a long and controversial time at its leader. today, tulip siddiq conceded to what some in government thought was inevitable. in her resignation letter, she wrote while the ministerial adviser has confirmed i have not breached the code, it is clear that continuing in my role as economic secretary to the treasury is likely to be a distraction from the work of government. sir laurie magnus the standards watchdog had concluded in his report it is regrettable that she was not more alert to the potential risks to her and the government, arising from her close family's associate with bangladesh, i would not advice this should be taken as a breach of the code, but you will want top consider her ongoing to consider her ongoing responsibilities, in the light of this... there are still unanswered questions, the national crime agency

so he's written an incredibly powerful letter to keir starmer.is morning and he's doing two things, i think. ian russell is imploring keir starmer to fix what he sees as the very important loopholes in what's known as the 0nline safety act. we've discussed it many times, but the government introduced what looked like groundbreaking legislation to try to combat this problem and stop, particularly young people, but notjust young people, but particularly to stop young people seeing content that was harmful. that was the tories. yeah. and ian russell and other safety campaigners believe that that legislation, which is being enforced by the regulator 0fcom, essentially has got lots and lots of holes in it. that, yes, it's important, yes, it was a good start, but there are lots and lots of holes. for example, there aren't specific references to suicide. some of the codes don't cover live streaming. it's not quite clear what it's going to do about chatbots, which of course are becoming a very big thing online. so ian is making the point very forcefully

sir keir has pushed back and most recently has said that the online discourse has now crossed a line. defended musk�*s commentary, calling it courageous. all this comes after meta — which owns facebook and instagram — announced it will end third—party fact checking on its social media platforms in the us. founder and ceo mark zuckerberg said there was �*too much censorship�* and that the move would promote freedom of expression. meta has this week reshuffled its board with the departure of former liberal democrat leader nick clegg as its head of corporate affairs. it has appointed trump ally and ultimate fighting championship dana white. so has mr trump's win sparked a cultural shift in silicon valley? mr zuckerberg suggests so. the recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritising speech. so we're going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms. more specifically, here's what we're going to do. first, we're going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them wi

caroline: keir starmer now speaking back. he had been relatively silent.says a line have been crossed when it comes to the safety of one of his m.p.'s. away from the intricacies of what is going on in the u.k., how does it affect elon musk's relationship with trump going forward? as we reported, these u.k. senior figures are coming out and saying this is bad for the u.s.-u.k. relationship. >> i think people in the u.k. realize elon musk and donald trump are different people. there may be a close relationship. trump will make his own policy. historically, trump has cultivated ties with extreme figures who would sometimes come out and stir the pot. it almost gives trump a weapon dealing with u.k. politicians. tommy robinson is a very extreme figure, far-right figure. the back-and-forth with f arage shows it is possible he crossed a line and did not know what he was stepping into. caroline: we will see how this continues to unfold. thank you. coming up, disney and fubotv agreed to merge the online live tv businesses creating the second-biggest pay-tv provider

keir starmer pledges to make uk a "great ai superpower" as he outlines plan for growth. why greenlanders want to determine their own future — whatever the rhetoric of donald trump. we have a special report. now a look at all the latest sport. we'll get some more on the tennis to come — but first, big news from the world of boxing — tyson fury has announced his retirement from the sport with immediate effect. the former heavyweight champion announced the news via a video on social media. it's the third time fury�*s decided to leave the sport. fury last fought in december, when he lost his rematch against oleksandr usyk. the briton has enjoyed two stints as heavyweight champion and holds a record of 3a wins, two defeats and one draw. whatever the rhetoric of donald trump. we have a special report. now a look at all the latest sport. we'll get some more on the tennis to come — but first, big news from the world of boxing — tyson fury has announced his retirement from the sport with immediate effect. the former heavyweight champion announced the news via a video on social me

he said keir starmer was complicit in the rape of britain. witch, that she is pure evil. is it acceptable for somebody with elon musk�*s platform to say those kinds of things? i tell you what, you know, those on the left have thrown these sort of jibes at the right for many, many decades and will go on doing so. but i'm asking you about this. is that acceptable? if it turns out if and i mean, you know, i'm going to caveat this. if it turns out that keir starmer as director of public prosecutions, did, in effect, not prosecute a case for fear of what it would do to community relations for fear that it would provoke the charge of racism. well, if that's the case, then he is open to be criticised and we all criticise in our own way. it doesn't mean that i would. and by the way, the fact that musk supports me and supports reform doesn't mean as two grown ups, we have to agree with everything the other says. but the evidence actually from keir starmer�*s time is at the crown prosecution service, was actually, he put in place specialist prosecutors

sir keir also launches a private sector push to cut nhs waiting lists in england.lease in the first stage of a ceasefire deal. but israel says it hasn't seen the details. a huge winter storm hits the us, with a state of emergency declared in several areas.

sir keir starmer accused his critics of spreading "poison", "lies and misinformation" after the techy into child sexual exploitation — but sir keir accused them of "jumping on a bandwagon" and "amplifying what the far—right is saying" to gain attention. so, why is elon musk getting involved in british politics? here�*s our analysis editor ros atkins. elon musk intervention in uk politics isn�*t happening in isolation. when musk bought twitter he didn�*tjust buy a business he bought the power to exert influence for the of the us election, musk used x to amplify his support for donald trump for that after trump�*s victory musk was ever present. the power he derived from technology had been translated into huge political power. musk will co—lead a new department of government efficiency and he pronounced this won�*t be business as usual this is going to be a revolution more broadly the revolution that musk is seeking is not contained to the us. in brazil he initially divided court orderfor x us. in brazil he initially divided court order for x to do more to restrict this information. he

keir starmer had an asian prosecutor who got the things to happen. it's actually an ethnic stereotype. if you say you're not going to police it to not offend the community, you know it's rape and child abuse need to be rooted out everywhere. so musk has got it the wrong way round. keir starmer was the change maker. he brought about changes to prosecute it better. the whole system has got better now, but we've still got to be very, very vigilant about child abuse in our society. >> and after a short break, we'll be back with more of that conversation on what's at stake for the world with the musk trump duo at the helm. also ahead, discussing biden's immigration legacy and trump's mass deportations with the outgoing homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. that's next on. >> i lay on my back frozen, thinking the darkest thoughts, and then everything changed, dana said. >> you're still you, and i love you, super man. >> the christopher reeve story february 2nd on cnn. >> go friends, gather kiki, chris. >> jason. >> friends. let's go, let's go. >

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