and was the line—up on sunday's laura kuenssberg show a fair reflection of the local election resultsover the past few years, the subject of migration has never been far from the top of the agenda, politically, socially and journalistically. but it presents challenges for news organisations because of the complexity of the issues involved, the passionately polarised emotions it produces and the way certain terms and images tend to dominate the debate. here are three recent examples of bbc reporters covering the subject. net migration reached record levels in 2022 and 2023. that's the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving. you might have got the impression that it's small boats that have driven a record rise in net migration. they haven't. while the issue's important, in the context of overall immigration, the numbers are tiny. rwanda — is this country in east africa at least part of the solution to the huge pressures of international migration? the government thinks so, but it's been one heck of a journey to try to get asylum—seekers sent there. no ifs, no buts,

when pushed by kuenssberg, read my lips. today when pushed by kuenssberg, no new taxes." today when does she know when she's coming in or has she surprised herself? i mean, this has been floating around for a couple of days now. and i mean, i didn't tune into a lot of election coverage on saturday because i was dashing around, having fun. but one of the things i noted was increasing questions about labour's fiscal policy. and, "oh, they're saying they don't want to raise taxes, but they're not actually ruling it out." what was it? what was the original formulation? "we've got no plans to increase taxes." or, "what we've pledged so far doesn't require us to increase any new taxes," which is not the same as saying in future they wouldn't raise taxes. and that was starting to get quite loud, those questions about that. i think that's right. but rachel reeves is a very careful and deliberate politician, and i'm fairly sure that she will have decided this morning or or even long before this morning, perhaps in week one of the campaign, that might be when they would say, "we're not going

ten is like laura kuenssberg, chris mason level." and she said, "oh, i'm a one."rse of the conversation, she went from one to zero. i was like, ok, this is going slightly in the wrong direction, but never mind. oh, i love that. but you've got to be so honest. well, it's a very valid point, though, and political parties always talk about this. they know that really it's only in the sort of closing moments of a campaign that most normal people, many people really tune in, in the sort of closing moments. so this is not a phoney war, but this is definitely the campaign warm up before it gets really, really massive. back to your theory about actually you don't need a lot of vavoom in the first two weeks necessarily. necessarily... yes, it's important. i suppose, the thing is, if you mess it up at the start, it's not the end of the world. i also remember results when i look back, but also i remember john prescott punching the guy who punched... yes! i remember the events at the soap box forjohn major. duffy—gate. 0h, duffy—gate. but what's interesting about the punch is

the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, was asked about the claim on sunday with laura kuenssberg.ideo on twitter, x, last night, put out by hamas of nadav answering a question as to who he was. and i watched the video and you just think, what, you know, callous people they are to do that. to play with the family's emotions in that way. i met nadav�*s family, his sister, and i know the heartbreak they have been going through for over 200 days. and when you see what hamas are prepared to do you just realise the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with. returning to israel's military operations in southern gaza. ealier we spoke to humanitarian media specialist for action aid uk, isabella cipirska. right now in rafah, there isjust absolute fear and confusion and panic on the ground. hundreds of thousands of people have already fled. these are people who've had to flee, carrying their belongings under a scorching hot sun, not knowing where they can go that is safe, that they can, you know, start a new life for themselves. remember, most of these people have

he spoke to the bbc�*s, laura kuenssberg.and inspiring personality. a true hero, and a great and very capable political leader. there is no substitution for him, and this loss will always be just like an open wound in our hearts, in the hearts of his colleagues and friends. but we also know that he asked us to never give up and to continue our work and to build this to defeat putin and to build this beautiful russia of the future that alexei dreamed of for so many years, is the only practical way to preserve his legacy and to make his ultimate sacrifice not to be in vain. yulia is also a very strong personality and a charismatic leader. she never wanted to be in this public role, and she was always a very close political advisor to alexei, and for us, as navalny�*s organisation, the teams that navalny organised, gather together, its very clear and natural that our task in this situation is just to support yulia and all her endeavours in everything that she does. and that's what we are doing now, of course. leonid volkov speak

let's start with the big political interview of the day on sunday with laura kuenssberg.defence issues as well as the infected

and viewers in the uk can watch all of that interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg on bbc one tomorrowome breaking news from the uk. south west water has told thousands of households in part of brixham in devon that they no longer have to boil their water. south west water said around 111,500 households in the old stunt supply area can now use their tap water safely, although some 2500 properties in hillhead, other parts of brixham and kingswear should continue to boil their supply before drinking it. you can see the bottled water being handed out there. it's all after a parasite has affected the local supply and in some areas it is still unsafe to drink. the company says tests confirmed the presence of cryptosporidium, which is causes diarrhoea at a water tank at the hillhead reservoir. a total of 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed so far, with more than 100 other people reporting symptoms. earlier i spoke to ben woolvin, our correspondent in brixham, and asked him whether bouts of sickness were still being reported. yes, there is the reassurance there that one source o

and viewers in the uk can watch all of that interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg on bbc one tomorrowtunsia next. about 23 migrants are reported missing after setting off in a boat from tunisia towards italy, according to the country's national guard. tunisia has become a hub for migrants who wish to make it to europe, replacing libya as a main departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in africa and the middle east. its national guard said it had deployed floating units and had informed the navy to help in the search for the missing people. the father of an israeli hostage, whose body has been recovered from gaza, has told the bbc of his relief that she can now be buried. 22—year—old shani louk was killed in the attacks by hamas on october the 7th, and her remains were taken back through the border fence by militants. it comes as heavy fighting has once again engulfed jabalia in northern gaza, which israeli forces said had been cleared of hamas fighters months ago. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. street battles injabalia. israeli forces ha

he spoke with the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg.lexei navalny was assaulted in lithuania, where he�*d tried to find safety from the russian regime. he was not saying anything, there was no message. like, the message, the attack was the message — we know where you live, we can kill you. the attack was just weeks after the death of navalny, the charismatic leader who had been both critic and target of the kremlin for many years. my message...for the situation when i'm killed is very simple. not give up. he died in prison, after being locked up by the regime for his beliefs, but leonid says the battle for democracy must go on. he asked us to never give up and, like, to continue our work and to build this, to defeat putin and to build this beautiful russia of the future that alexei dreamed for so many years is the only practical way to preserve his legacy and to make his ultimate sacrifice not to be in vain. putin is capable of anything. the mantle to lead the movement now passes to navalny�*s wife, yulia — a job she never chose, but a

that was mark harper speaking to laura kuenssberg.nominations close to replace humza yousaf as leader for the scottish national party — there are suggestions of a late entry to the race. at the momentjohn swinney, the former deputy first minister and party leader, is the only person officially in the running, but veteran party activist — graeme mccormack says he believes he can garner enough nominations by tomorrow's deadline. 0ur reporter in glasgow ben philip explains how serious of a challenge this could be. it was very unexpected. it was widely expected that john swinney would be unopposed in the contest to replace humza yousaf, who resigned on monday. technically, the deadline for leadership nominations is tomorrow at midday, and as the only current contender, it was expected thatjohn swinney would become the next snp leader and seventh first minister of scotland. but there are now reports that graeme mccormick, a veteran activist, believes he will have enough nominations before then. he's someone who's previously been openly cri

here's the foreign secretary, lord cameron, speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg.u see what hamas are prepared to do, you just realise the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with. and maybe it's a moment, actually for the bbc to ask itself again, "should we describe these people as terrorists"? they are terrorists. if you kidnap grandmothers, you kidnap babies, you rape people, you shoot children in front of their parents — what more do they need to do for the bbc to say, "look, these are terrorists"? they really are. bbc news has instead used a formulation picked up on by a viewer named mark, from aylesbury, who asked... but kate prasher observed recently... well, we'll be exploring that question in a moment — but it's not the only use of terminology in this area which has caused concern among newswatch viewers. the bbc regularly describes the conflict as the israel—gaza war — unlike other organisations such as sky news, who refer to it as the israel—hamas war. anthonyjones asked... another use of language which has proved controversi

laura kuenssberg, bbc news.ate to vote, despite worries from indigenous leaders that this will dilute the political influence of the native people. during the protests, five were killed, hundreds injured and nearly 200 arrested. the french prime minister says there will be 1,000 extra officers joining the 1,700 personnel at the protests. he also said authorities will push for the harshest penalties for rioters. the bbc�*s emily brown has more. let�*s have a look at the background into why this has happened. new caledonia, in the south pacific, has been french territory since colonisation in the late 1800s. politics remains dominated by debate about whether the island should be part of france, autonomous or independent. the latest cycle of violence was sparked by plans in paris to impose new voting rules that could give tens of thousands of non—indigenous residents voting rights. and there have been tensions between france and azerbaijan over this. paris has pointed to the sudden emergence of azerbaijani flags in

former home secretary, suella braverman, talking to laura kuenssberg.ational campaign co—ordinator, pat mcfadden, also appeared on the programme. he said the good results had given the party "a sense of belief". do you admit that the approach you took to gaza has cost you? look, we've had tremendous results overall. if you take 0ldham now, for example, which you mentioned, i think gaza was a factor, but it's not the only one. there's some hyper local issues in that local authority, which means we've lost seats there for a few years running, long before anything happened in gaza. so i think it's a bit too easy to ascribe every difficult resultjust to one issue. there have been lots of places where there was evidence of that, where there were labour councillors who have already quit the party over the position on the middle east. and indeed there was lots of evidence, lots of anecdotal evidence, as well as things like in the birmingham mayoral contest in the west midlands of an independent candidate taking thousands of votes from you. well, you mentioned

let's start with the big political interview of the day on sunday with laura kuenssberg. she spoke to the defence secretary, grant shapps, covering a wide range of defence issues as well as the infected putin is bluffing this war by putting his entire economy onto a war footing in a way that isn't sustainable for russia over the years he would have to continue it for. it's important that the west does not blink. when you see what has happened in kharkiv, the second biggest city in ukraine, it is because, i'm afraid, the civilised world took their eyes off the ball just for a little while, we saw how long it took to get that package through the us congress because of internal politics there, and this is the actual upshot, this you are blaming the us, then. i'm not blaming them but the internal politics meant that the money did not flow in the way that in the uk were giving consistent amounts of money, then we increased it again, added an extra half a billion so we are giving them 3 billion this year, plus different packages. it is important that support is consistent becau

ten is like laura kuenssberg, chris mason level." and she said, "oh, i'm a one." the course of the conversation, she went from one to zero. i was like, ok, this is going slightly in the wrong direction, but never mind. oh, i love that. but you've got to be so honest. well, it's a very valid point, though, and political parties always talk about this. they know that really it's only in the sort of closing moments of a campaign that most normal people, many people really tune in in the sort of closing moment. so this is the it's not a phoney war, but this is definitely the campaign warm up before it gets really, really massive. back to your theory about actually you don't need a lot of vavoom in the first two weeks necessarily. necessarily... yes, it's important. i suppose, the thing is, if you mess it up at the start, it's not the end of the world. i also remember results when i look back, but also i remember john prescott punching the guy who punched... yes! i remember the events at the soap box forjohn major. duffy—gate. 0h duffy—gate. 0h, duffy—gate. but what's

that was the foreign secretary speaking to laura kuenssberg.bley stadium today, when a new name will be etched on the women's fa cup trophy. excitement is building ahead of manchester united taking on tottenham. the match is sold—out. we can speak to two fans on both sides. anna howells is a tottenham hotspurfan and natalie borel will be cheering on manchester united. anna, you are travelling down on the coach, what is the mood light? everyone is excited. it is the second time in wembley, back cup finals. everyone is gearing up, we are ready to get down to wembley way and support the girls. i am really happy to be on the couch and to be one of the fans going to be there cheering. one of the fans going to be there cheerinu. ., . , , one of the fans going to be there cheerinu. ., ., , , , one of the fans going to be there cheerin.. ., . , , . . cheering. you are super lucky, and i bet ou cheering. you are super lucky, and i bet you are — cheering. you are super lucky, and i bet you are jealous _ cheering. you are super lucky, and i bet you are je

and viewers in the uk can watch all of that interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg on bbc one tomorrowdle east now. the father of an israeli hostage whose body has been recovered from gaza, has told the bbc of his relief that she can now be buried. 22—year—old shani lowk was killed in the attacks by hamas on october the 7th, and her remains were taken back through the border fence by militants. it comes as heavy fighting has once again engulfed jabalia in northern gaza, which israeli forces said had been cleared of hamas fighters months ago. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. street battles injabalia. israeli forces have been fighting here for days. hamas, they say, is back and needs to be dealt with. this is dangerous urban warfare at close quarters. the israelis were here months ago and moved on. these, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last months. and last night, a reminder of how all this began. three hostages, captured at a music festival in october. their bodies retrieved somewhere in the wreckage of gaza. shani louk was declared dea

rachel reeves also spoke to laura kuenssberg about labour's plans for the economy., mean cuts to some public service spending? well, there's not going to be a return to austerity under. a labour government. that's not my question. well, you know, we had austerity i for five years and that is part i of the reason why our economy and our public services - are in a mess today. there is no spending review. the government haven't done i a spending review, so there's no allocations for departments. i would have to do that if i become chancellor in a few weeks' time i and i'll set out those plans. but would you rule out making cuts to some areas to public spending in some areas? we're not going to be l bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front l line public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. _ but in the end, we have to grow the economy. l we have to turn around this dire performance. i we have to turn around - this dire performance. this dire economic performance. and we will move on, but thi

the home secretary, james cleverly, has been giving more details on sunday with laura kuenssberg.reports. the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy, but it wouldn't be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. it's nice and wide. instead, all 18—year—olds would have to choose between a year's military service or volunteer work in public services. it's about addressing the fragmentation that we've seen in society — too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be a digital bubble or a social bubble. and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic groups, different religions. under the plans, 30,00018 year olds would do full time one year placements in the armed forces or cyber defence. they'd have to apply for selection. everybody else would have to volunteer for the equivalent of one weekend a month, 25 days a year, in places like the nhs, charities or the police. the conservatives say they would start piloting the scheme from september

former home secretary suella braverman talking to laura kuenssberg.e good results had given the party "a sense of belief in themselves." i think what the results have given us this weekend is our sense of belief that sometimes the labour party hasn't had in recent years because we've become used to losing. and i think even some of our voters have thought, "well, ivote labour," but they never win," cos we didn't win in 2010 or15 or17 or19 — four general elections in a row. so there is a sense of belief there, but that sense of belief should never be confused with any sense that the job is done. not a single vote has been cast in the general election that's to come. i think there's a mood of change in the country and we have to meet it. and when people look at the labour party now, they can see a changed labour party compared to a few years ago. a labour party that is passing the essential tests of trust that the voters look for. can you be trusted with public money? with national security? we weren't passing those tests a few years ago. we're passing t

the home secretary, james cleverly, has been giving more details on sunday with laura kuenssberg.g forward is a mandatory national service, a small element of which will be with the military, and anyone taking that route will volunteer to do so. so whilst you will be compelled to take part in the national service, no—one will be compelled to do the military bit. and it's about addressing the fragmentation that we've seen in society — too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be a digital bubble or a social bubble. and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic groups, different religions, to try and find a way of addressing the kind of fragmentation that we see too much. sounds a bit like social engineering. i mean, if the many thousands of teenagers don't want to go into the army, you've only got 30,000 places for people to go into the military. so the majority of them would take the other option. but what kinds of things would they have to do? well, it could be a range of things. it c

did and there's less of an answer, maybe you say differently, when you did the follow—up laura kuenssbergion about tax policy. yesterday, rachel reeves had very explicitly said a labour government would not put up rates of income tax or natural insurance for the entire duration of the next parliament. what did you make of his answer? you then asked the same kind of question. so, it seemed like a direct answer, but there was probably a little bit of wriggle room. he said in his answer that they had costed all of their plans for their manifesto, which we haven't seen yet. and that didn't require the need to put up any taxes. of course, that doesn't quite mean the same as vat wouldn't go up at all. we know some specific vat will go up, because the idea of up, because their idea of putting vat on private school fees would be a particular element of vat that would change because at the moment, it's not charged that would change cos at the moment, it's not charged on private school fees. but i was asking about the main rate of vat, the stuff on pretty much everything — so for those things that

fallout from the local elections, it's now time for today's sunday episode of newscast, with laura kuenssbergs paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. is it mission impossible for the conservatives? that's what we've been discussing this weekend. it depends how you count it. it depends who you are.

laura kuenssberg, bbc news.eputy leader says the country�*s prime minister robert fico is steadily approaching a positive prognosis after being shot on wednesday. he is currently in serious condition and has undergone several surgeries. mr fico was shot four times at close range as he greeted supporters. flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 50 people in afghanistan. officials in the province of ghor, in central afghanistan, say thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed and about 2,000 shops are under water. many key roads have been cut off. parts of northwest india are dealing with extreme heat, including the capital of new delhi. parts of the city got up to 47.1 degrees celsius, or 116 degrees fahrenheit. and those temperatures are expected to last for several days. the extreme temperatures come during a 6—week long general election in india. from the frontlines to world champion, ukrainian boxer 0leksandr usyk wins the heavyweight title, defeating briton tyson fury early sunday mo

and viewers in the uk can watch all of that interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg on bbc one tomorroworgia next. the president has announced that she has vetoed a new law on foreign funding that's sparked weeks of mass protests. on tuesday, georgia's parliament passed the "transparency of foreign influence" bill, despite mass protests in the capital, tbilisi, over the past few weeks. the law requires non—governmental organisations and media outlets with more than 20% of their funding coming from outside georgia to register as bodies "pursuing the interests of a foreign power". critics say the bill mirrors the foreign agents law that exists in russia. earlier this week, my colleague lewis vaughanjones spoke with salome zourabichvili, the president of georgia, about the possibility of a veto. you've said you will veto it. when will you do that? i have two weeks to veto that law, and most probably they are going to override the veto unless they now are going to again withdraw under the combined pressure of the people on the streets and ourfriends and partners. in that case, they can simp

laura kuenssberg, bbc news.devon who were having to boil their water due to a parasite outbreak, are being told they no longer have to. south west water has now given most homes the all—clear, after many people suffered from sickness and diarrhoea. 0ur reporter ben woolvin has the details. days after the 17,000 homes and businesses were first told to boil their water, engineers in this field near brixham are continuing their urgent investigations. on saturday, south west water said 85% of them were now safe. but 2,500 are being told to keep boiling. the important thing now is to look in the hillhead area and make sure we absolutely have confirmed the source of the issue, to fix that issue, and then to make sure that we have got evidence that supports that the water is absolutely safe to drink. it is the customers served by this water tank that are still affected by that, probably for another week. the compensation they are being offered has increased to £215. south west water believes a damaged air valve on a pi

and if you're in the uk from 11.40pm tonight, you canjoin laura kuenssberg live on here on the news channelreaction and analysis. with more on bbc news online and the app. britain's biggest indoor arena, the co op live in manchester, has postponed its opening performance for the third time. the venue blamed a technical fault. the announcement last night came shortly before the doors were due to open to a sold out concert at the venue, leaving fans disappointed. here's colin paterson. it was third time unlucky for co—op live as, yet again, the biggest indoor arena in the uk had to cancel its opening night. people outside in the queues to see the us rapper a boogie wit da hoodie were simply handed a letter telling them it was off. nightmare. got sent away by security and told to go back home. we only found out 30 minute before and that is ridiculous. we was in manchester, we've - travelled all this way for nothing. it shouldn't have gone ahead anyway because the whole week has been cancelled, so it's just a bit of a joke. the problem? during the sound check, an air conditioning unit had come

and so in anticipation of that, the defence secretary grant shapps was asked about that on laura kuenssberg ago. here's what he had to say. the idea it's taken all of this time to get to the truth, i think is heartbreaking. i haven't seen the report yet. the government has already said that it will want to respond quickly to it. and so i know that that's what will happen. can you confirm the compensation? i can't. i'm not in that position. we'll certainly want others and the chancellor and the prime minister to talk about it. but i do know, as i say, from my own constituency casework, it's heartbreaking and it's the system over decades having let down these families. and not only has this been a scandal that's gone back decades, but of course it will take many, many more years just to get that compensation out. it's such a huge problem, this. so this is something potentially the labour party will inherit if they win the next general election. so, same question to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, on the same programme. here's what he had to say. let it be justice for- the victims

and viewers in the uk can watch the full interview on sunday — with laura kuenssberg — on bbc one at law on foreign funding that's sparked weeks of mass protests. salome zourabichvili says the legislation was an obstacle on georgia's path to eu membership. here she is speaking a short time ago. today, a view toward the russian law. this law in its essence and in that spirit is a russian law which contradicts our standards and represents an opposition on the european path. the veto is correct and will be submitted to parliament. acknowledging however, salome zourabichvili acknowleged her veto was merely symbolic, as the governing party can overturn it with a simple majority in parliament. critics say the �*foreign agent�* law, which was passed on tuesday, will stifle democracy. it would oblige ngos and media organisations to register if they receive more then twenty percent of their funding from abroad. thousands of people who were having to boil their water in devon due to a parasite outbreak are being told they no longer have to. south west water said it was no longer advising some

and viewers in the uk can see the full interview with leonid volkov on sunday with laura kuenssberg thisre is good news for anyone who enjoyed the show—stopping northern lights last weekend or missed it because there are almost certainly more on the way. the huge sunspot cluster that hurled energy and gas towards earth will rotate back towards us in around two weeks. scientists say it will probably still be large and complex enough to generate more explosions that could hit earth's magnetic field, creating more northern lights. before we go i mentioned earlier in the programme to colour by when we talked about a getting to gaza, the rafah crossing had reopened for aid, not rafah just yet, it is still closed, it is coming through karim shalom nearby, we will speak to our correspondence jerusalem in the next hour. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, thanks forjoining me. fairly quiet on the weather front across most of the uk right now. the storms have also cleared from southwestern england as well as wales. this is what we had during saturday — flash floods in places. how about the weat

that's right, labourfocusing on the economy this morning, and speaking to laura kuenssberg, the main wouldn't raise income taxes, and although she did not entirely rule out the spending cuts, this is a question both parties will be facing with inflation at the moment, there is a question about whether there will be real terms cuts to some unprotected departments. they said they would be investing in core departments like police and schools and one be returning to austerity but did not rule out further spending cuts. it does, does it not, mean cuts to some public service spending? well, there's not going to be a return to austerity under. a labour government. i that's not my question. well, you know, we had austerity i for five years and that is part . of the reason why our economy and our public services - are in a mess today. there is no spending review. the government haven't done a spending review, _ so there's no allocations for departments. - i would have to do that if i become chancellor in a few weeks' time, . and i'll set out those plans. but would you rule out making cuts to

that's all from me, but there's plenty more election analysis with laura kuenssberg tomorrow on bbc one northern ireland. friday was a really warm and sunny day. one of the warmest we have seen actually this year with temperatures widely 23 degrees in western scotland, while temperatures are around 9 degrees lower today. the big reason for that change is we had much more extensive cloud and the cloud was thick enough to bring some quite persistent rain to northern ireland, extending southwards from scotland to the north of both england and wales. the best of the sunshine to the south of that. 0vernight tonight, we will keep those cloudy skies in place across scotland and northern ireland. still with a few patches of rain around, a few mist areas as well. across wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, dry to start off with tonight. we will probably start to see some rain arrive towards south—west england and by the end of the night and that rain is all tied in with the weather front moving up from france. through sunday, that weather front will extend northwards, bringing rai

the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, was asked about the claim on sunday with laura kuenssberg.e, i watched the video on twitter, x, last night, put out by hamas of nadav answering a question as to who he was. and i watched the video and you just think, what, you know, callous people they are to do that. to play with the family's emotions in that way. i met nadav�*s family, his sister, and i know the heartbreak they have been going through for over 200 days. and when you see what hamas are prepared to do you just realise the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is injerusalem. these were claims that emerged yesterday when hamas, as it has done repeatedly throughout this crisis, released a video in which they said that nadav popplewell, who's 51, was killed in an israeli air strike. now, we have absolutely no way of verifying that. we don't know when the video that they released yesterday was shot. we need to be extremely careful about any assertions that hamas is making about the circumstances surroundin

from it and she was pushed quite hard about labour's spending plans in that interview on laura kuenssberg'sule out future spending cuts. she did say that there would be difficult decisions would be difficult decisions to make and that it wouldn't be a return to austerity but she couldn't completely rule out spending cuts. she did talk about the areas where labour are promising extra spending, areas like more teachers, more police officers, and she said that was a down payment for the change that people could expect from labour. now, she was very careful in that interview about what she said and how she said it, and she didn't seem to want to make promises she couldn't keep. she kept talking about labour's plans being fully funded, so she says every promise she has made, she has looked at exactly how they will fund that, so what is quite interesting is that the conservatives have said they will be aiming to scrap national insurance altogether. they today have said in response to rachel reeves, they have accused labour of unfunded spending and that they had no plan to cut taxes and ease the b

it's hosted by laura kuenssberg — she'll be here to tell us more about what to expect — later in thisurt, charged with the murder of the schoolboy, daniel anjorin, in north east london. daniel, who was 14, was on his way to school when he was fatally stabbed in hainault on tuesday. marcus monzo, who's 36, also faces several other charges, including two counts of attempted murder. here's lucy manning. marcus monzo arrived at court in central london with heavy security. the dual brazilian—spanish 36—year—old is accused of murdering 14—year—old daniel anjorin on tuesday in hainault. the court heard more details about what the prosecutor described as horrific offences. at 6:45, a van was driven at speed, knocking over one of the victims. mr monzo is then said to have slashed him with a samurai sword in the neck. 15 minutes later in laing close, it's alleged he forced his way into a house where a four—year—old and her parents were sleeping, attacking a man in the bedroom, saying he would cause him harm, "if you don't believe in god". it's alleged that then, in the street, he ran up behind

and was the line—up on sunday's laura kuenssberg show a fair reflection of the local election resultsa, politically, socially and journalistically. but it presents challenges for news organisations because of the complexity of the issues involved,

david cameron they're speaking to laura - they're speaking to laura kuenssberg. 0ur diplomatic correspondentwere claims that emerged yesterday when hamas, as it has done repeatedly throughout this crisis, released a video in which they said that nadav popplewell, who's 51, was killed in an israeli airstrike. now, we have absolutely no way of verifying that. we don't know when the video that they released yesterday was shot. we need to be extremely careful about any assertions that hamas is making about the circumstances surrounding his death or indeed whether indeed nadav popplewell is dead. but that is what hamas said. we know that his brother was killed on 7th october. they were both attacked on 7th october. their mother was also abducted, but she was released later in the first of the ceasefire hostage negotiations. the foreign office, as you say, is looking into this. but this kind of goes to the heart of one of the issues that still divides israel and hamas during these torturous negotiations aimed at getting a ceasefire organised, which is how many israeli hostages and dual—national ho

mark harper they're to laura kuenssberg.ponent susan hall. the smaller parties were squeezed with the first past the post system — turning the contest into a two horse race. bbc london's karl mercer looks back at contest to run one of the world's most important cities. the smile of the winner — for the third time. i therefore declare that sadiq khan has been duly elected as mayor of london. sadiq khan will be london's mayor for another four years. thank you from the bottom of my heart _ thank you from the bottom of my heart. thank you, london. it is the honour_ heart. thank you, london. it is the honour of— heart. thank you, london. it is the honour of my— heart. thank you, london. it is the honour of my life to serve the city that i_ honour of my life to serve the city that i love — hints of the bitterness of the campaign remained, though. the body languauge between the two clear to see on stage — and clear to hear in their speeches. i have esops patronising people like me who _ i have esops patronising people like me who c

now on bbc news, it's time for today's episode of newscast with laura kuenssberg and paddy o'connell.. henry and i talked about food, and we talked about what newscasters have on sunday morning breakfast because keir starmer had been cooking breakfast on a rival broadcast channel. so we were very happy to get newscasters suggestions of what they had for breakfast and brunch. but would you like to know now we are in an election campaign which also wasn't happening last week, what the leaders have to keep going on the trail? yes, i know. i somehow know that rishi sunak will have a sort of energy bar or a muesli thing. no, no. eats cake. he drinks tea all day, apparently lots and lots of tea

fallout from the local elections, it's now time for today's sunday episode of newscast, with laura kuenssbergy o'connell and henry zeffman. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. is it mission impossible for the conservatives? that's what we've been discussing this weekend. it depends how you count it. it depends who you are. if you're mark harper, who is a loyal ally of rishi sunak, you say, "it's all to play for". or if you are suella braverman, former home secretary, you say on the telly, "we might not have any "mps left if rishi sunak doesn't change course." and if you're paul scully, who's another former minister who was also on our programme, you say, "it's all looking pretty "terrible and the party needs to take a breath, "show some humility and stick to the centre". so it's not a very pretty set of realities, but there are differing realities, but not a very pretty set of realities for rishi sunak today. so i offerfrom radio 4 land today gavin barwell, who was theresa may's adviser. now, of course, she saw a chance