dan poulter has spoken to laura kuenssberg - just happened?ter has - spoken to laura kuenssberg and the full interview will be on bbc one tomorrow morning. it is a huge blow for rishi sunak. this is the first defection from the tories to labour that has happened on his watch since he became prime minister. dr poulter, who serves as still as a working mental health dr in the nhs, has decided that now is the time to cross the floor and join the labour party. he says he has no animosity to rishi sunak but feels the country needs an election now and says labour and needs an election now and says labourand keir needs an election now and says labour and keir starmer would be trusted to run the nhs and the country. he says he could no longer look people in the eye and stay on as a conservative. he feels that the tory party today is not focusing on delivering or supporting high quality public services. that is what he is saying. it will be a big blow to number ten, no doubt about that at all. we blow to number ten, no doubt about that at all. ~ ., , t

here's dan poulter explaining his defection to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg.ficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye, with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment, in terms of how it is run and governed. the party i was elected into valued public services. it valued... it had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in a very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. our political correspondent georgia roberts has more on the reaction to dan poulter�*s defection. yes, a big headache for rishi sunak this weekend, overshadowing the final weekend of campaigning ahead of the local elections which many polls suggest are going to be rocky for the conservatives and defections aren't common, often signalling bad feelings or something wrong in political parties and as well as dan poulter�*s criticisms on the nhs, he also talked about the conservative

the deputy prime minister, interviewed on sunday with laura kuenssberg here on sunday with laura kuenssbergere there are specific concerns about different areas of israel's contact, we are raising those concerns with israel. it's so important to remember this — we've gone from the horrors of six months ago to holding israel to extraordinary high standards. it's right we do so and it's right that we raise these concerns where we say, look, what you're doing in respect of not getting aid in or what you're doing in respect of your targeting raises concerns for us and we need you to engage. some mps in the house of commons in westminster are calling for arms sales to be stopped to israel, to be posed, given the events there. labour hasn't gone that far but what they do say in this incidence is that the government should publish the legal advice it has been given. on the same programme, labour's shadow foreign secretary david lammy was asked about this and this is what he had to say. margaret thatcher suspended sales of arms to israel. tony blair suspended sales of arms to israel. gordon brown s

and laura kuenssberg fall apart.ay programme a week ago illustrated this in a discussion about climate change. the naturist and television presenter, known for, among other things, sniffing birds, made an extraordinary claim. he said. toby young's daily sceptic is basically put together by a bunch of professionals with close affiliations to the fossil fuel industry. the cereal bird sniffer went unchallenged by miss kuenssberg and it was only after some pressure from toby young that the bbc removed the episode from bbc iplayer and twitter. the bbc issued a statement saying we acknowledge we would ideally have asked him to present his evidence on this, but in a fast moving live programme, it's not always possible to pick up on every point made by our guests, but nowhere did the statement recognise these claims were simply untrue. surely this is a job for bbc verify? well, i'm joined now by the editor in chief of the daily sceptic, toby young. toby, thank you for coming in. first of all, do you have a close affiliation

i mean, 0liver dowden was pushed on this repeatedly by our own laura kuenssberg. of course the uk will act in accordance with obligations under law, the way it works, he says, is the foreign secretary, lord cameron, is given advice, legal advice, he then forms a judgment and then he makes a recommendation and gives advice to the business secretary on whether those arms exports should be permitted. he said if it is the case that we cannot lawfully act in accordance with the law, of course we won't supply those arms. but an important caveat, he said, it is precisely the position, for example, even in respect of the united states or any other country around the world. let's look at the war in ukraine next. as of right now there is unfortunaly no end in sight. the head of nato, the defence alliance, was pushing for extra pounds, dollars and euros at a summit this week to help ukraine keep going on the battlefield. but as he prepares to step down, secretary generaljens stoltenberg told my colleague laura kuennesberg what's happening there is part of a dangerous chain o

i mean, oliver dowden was pushed on this repeatedly by our own laura kuenssberg.ith obligations under law, the way it works, he says, is the foreign secretary, lord cameron, is given advice, legal advice, he then forms a judgment and then he makes a recommendation and gives advice to the business secretary on whether those arms exports should be permitted. he said if it is the case that we cannot lawfully act in accordance with the law, of course we won't supply those arms. but an important caveat, he said, it is precisely the position, for example, even in respect of the united states or any other country around the world. we do also have a life page on our website with a round—up of all those comments from oliver dowden. please do check that website. now, excitement is building as millions of people in north america will be able to witness a rare solar eclipse on monday, hoping to spend around four minutes in total darkness all right, guys, are we ready? preparing for totality. this is dallas, texas, where tomorrow lunchtime 100% of the sun will be covered by th

laura kuenssberg, bbc news.n poulter on sunday with laura kuenssberg at 9 o'clock this morning, on bbc one. and in scotland, it will be a difficult week for first minister humza yousaf. he faces a confidence vote following his decision to end the snp's power—sharing agreement with the greens. humza yousaf has reached out to opposition leaders to find common ground but a source close to him has denied any electoral pact with the alba party. 0ur scotland editor james cook has more. these are difficult days for humza yousaf, facing an uncertain out as he tries to shore up support for his minority government. that is because he decided to end a power—sharing deal with the scottish greens. it power-sharing deal with the scottish greens.— scottish greens. it is in the best interest _ scottish greens. it is in the best interest of _ scottish greens. it is in the best interest of the - scottish greens. it is in the best interest of the people | scottish greens. it is in the i best interest of the people of scotland to p

and laura kuenssberg fall apart.ay programme a week ago illustrated this in a discussion about climate change. the naturist and television presenter, known for, among other things, sniffing birds, made an extraordinary claim. he said. toby young's daily sceptic is basically put together by a bunch of professionals with close affiliations to the fossil fuel industry. the cereal bird sniffer went unchallenged by miss kuenssberg and it was only after some pressure from toby young that the bbc removed the episode from bbc iplayer and twitter. the bbc issued a statement saying we acknowledge we would ideally have asked him to present his evidence on this, but in a fast moving live programme, it's not always possible to pick up on every point made by our guests, but nowhere did the statement recognise these claims were simply untrue. surely this is a job for bbc verify? well, i'm joined now by the editor in chief of the daily sceptic, toby young. toby, thank you for coming in. first of all, do you have a close affiliation

jens stoltenberg told the bbc�*s, sunday with laura kuenssberg programme — that the government in beijingnomy. he added that north korea was sending enormous amounts of ammunition to support president vladimir putin's war against ukraine. mr stoltenberg said nato was responding by working with countries outside the alliance, including japan and south korea. on the war in ukraine, he insisted kyiv must prevail; but might have to make compromises. most wars end at the negotiating table. but what we know is that what happens around the negotiating table is very closely linked to the situation on the battlefield. so now russia believes they can achieve their goals on the battlefield by by continuing to push militarily against ukraine. so the way to convince russia that they have to sit down and accept a solution where ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent, democratic nation in europe is to give military support to ukraine. then, of course, at the end of the day, it has to be ukraine that decides what kind of compromises they are willing to do. we need to enable them to be in a position

he confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with laura kuenssberg — take a listen. to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how it is run and governed. the party i was elected into valued public services. it valued...it had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. the labour leader sir keir starmer tweeted about the defection. he described it as �*fantastic�* — and said he was really pleased that dan had decided tojoin his party. the conservatives issued this statement: "for the people of central suffolk and north ipswich this will be disappointing news. "what dan says is wrong as sir keir starmer has no plan for our nhs. we have already virtually eliminated the longest waits and overall waiting lists have fallen by 200,000 in the last five months.

he confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with laura kuenssberg — take a listen.nd it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how it is run and governed. the party i was elected into valued public services. it valued...it had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. our political correspondent ben wright told me more about dr poulter. he has been an mp since 2010. he represents central suffolk and north ipswich. hejoined the party under david cameron. he is very much a cameroonian conservative. he is in the centre of the party, a one—nation tory. he is a working doctor in the nhs, working in mental health, and he has continued to do that alongside his time in parliament. he was briefly a minister but has been a backbencher

viewers in the uk can see more of that interview on "sunday with laura kuenssberg" on bbc one tomorrowd in two russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the city's mayor says iranian—made drones hit several buildings, including a residential blocks of flats, early on saturday morning. 11 people were injured. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford updated us from kyiv. there are constant strikes in kharkiv at the moment. it is becoming increasingly regular to hear of missile and drone attacks against ukraine's second city up in the north—east of the country. certainly we know that seven people were killed early this morning. so the first missile struck sometime after midnight. two s—300 russian missiles, according to ukrainian authorities, fired at kharkiv killing residents in a residential areas of the city and wounding other people there. they then talk about a wave of drones launched at kharkiv city centre. they say those were shot down by ukraine's air defences and of course when that happens it means fragments fault of the ground, the explode, more

you can watch that interview tomorrow and sunday with laura kuenssberg.vers are on strike at five more operators, as the wave of industrial action in england, wales and scotland by members of the aslef union continues. these are the companies affected today. passengers are advised to check before they travel, with the action likely to lead to cancellations, delays and no services in some areas. let's join our correspondent yunus mulla who is at york railway station. so, tell me what the latest is where you are. so, tell me what the latest is where ou are. ,, . , ., you are. services here in the north of england — you are. services here in the north of england have — you are. services here in the north of england have been _ you are. services here in the north of england have been badly- you are. services here in the north. of england have been badly affected by this national dispute, especially for those people who were planning to travel from one side of the country to the other, that is because the transpennine express which covers that route along with

and you can see more of that interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg at 9am tomorrow morning in the bbc two and also on the bbc iplayer. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello, gavin. yes, hi. a massive day of sport across the bbc today. all the football to come, but we start in the women's six nations. scotland are looking to bounce back from heavy defeat to england. they're in parma to face italy. and the champions, england, are at home to take on ireland, with another grand slam looking ever more likely. let's head to twickenham, where kick—off is approaching, and get the latest from jo currie. good to see you, as always. a huge crowd today. will they be expecting another big win, or can ireland put up some sort of fight today? well, like we have seen in previous years, england at the moment are in menacing form and have admitted they haven't even really hit top gear. they have three bonus point wins from three, they have scored the most amount of tries, made the most metres and conceded the fewest points. they look potentially to be strolling towards a sixth consecutiv

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. let's turn to some important news around the world...after navalny died in a russian prison back in february. yulia navalny blames president putin for her husband's death. twenty soldiers in cambodia were killed in an ammunition explosion at a military base in the southern part of the country on saturday. several others were hurt and a number of buildings and vehicles were also destroyed or damaged. it's currently unclear what led to the explosion. a british man has been seriously injured after he was attacked by a shark in the caribbean. peter smith was attacked off the north coast of tobago. officials on the island say the 64—year—old is stable and will stay on tobago while he recovers. aru na iyengar reports. a perfect caribbean getaway that turned to horror. peter smith was on the beach in front of the starfish hotel in tobago. the retired it worker was on holiday with his wife and friends. he'd been due to fly back to the uk on friday before he took a last swim in the sea. peter smith suffered severe injuries to his left arm, leg an

the energy security and net zero secretary claire coutinho has been speaking on the bbc�*s laura kuenssbergtical correspondent, damian grammaticas. let's start off with climate change. this is the talking point first for the energy secretary. this is the first time she has done a big interview like this on the sunday talk shows for the bbc. the question being put to her was that we saw yesterday, this morning chris stark, so he is the head of the climate change committee and leaving hisjob at the end of this week. as he is leaving he has made some real criticism, pointedly of the prime minister, rishi sunak, who has pushed back interim targets for the climate change transition on transition to diesel and petrol cars, gas boilers in homes and that sort of thing and he said in that that he said rishi sunak was not such a priority for previous prime ministers, so question to the energy secretary, are you not going to meet your targets, why is this happening? this is what she said.— this is what she said. where we have, this is what she said. where we have. and _ this is what she said. where we

earlier this year. to laura kuenssberg earlier this ear. ~ , y to laura kuenssberg earlier this ear. arety of that. because the veries arety of that. because the government has amended so any ban on no—fault evictions would only come into force as henry said, once an assessment of the county court possession system can be made. effectively putting the ban on hold, for the foreseeable future, so in other words, for the foreseeable future, so in otherwords, it for the foreseeable future, so in other words, it won't happen in the way that michael gove and you and oliver dowding have set out. that is not the case — oliver dowding have set out. that is not the case at _ oliver dowding have set out. that is not the case at all. _ oliver dowding have set out. that is not the case at all. that _ oliver dowding have set out. that is not the case at all. that isn't - oliver dowding have set out. that is not the case at all. that isn't the i not the case at all. that isn't the case, not the case at all. that isn't the case. that _ not the case at all. that isn't the case, that this _ not the ca

laura kuenssberg — copper with that report. laura kuenssberg is _ copper with that report.ow?— you couldn't give any more details. can you now? i can. good morning. sor ,i can you now? i can. good morning. sorry. lwas— can you now? i can. good morning. sorry, i was teasing _ can you now? i can. good morning. sorry, i was teasing people - can you now? i can. good morning. sorry, i was teasing people a i can you now? i can. good morning. sorry, i was teasing people a littlel sorry, i was teasing people a little yesterday — sorry, i was teasing people a little yesterday because i was about to go off and _ yesterday because i was about to go off and do— yesterday because i was about to go off and do the interview with doctor dan poulter who until late yesterday was a conservative mp but who has dramatically defected, crossing the floor. _ dramatically defected, crossing the floor. as _ dramatically defected, crossing the floor. as it— dramatically defected, crossing the floor, as it is known, tojoin the labour— floor, as it is known, tojoin the labour party. a moment full of po

but he insisted, and speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg earlier, that israel was being held to highconcerns about the way in which israel is conducting itself. that is why we have raised issues, for example, in relation to aid and getting more aid in, and that's why we've raised issues in relation to deconflicting, but that is in the context of of a legitimate conflict that israel is pursuing. and helen, what did he say specifically about any legal advice that the government had received? well, there's been a big question about this, because what i've set out for you just now is the government's assessment, the government's position. but there's been lots of questions asked over the last week about what advice the government has been given by lawyers on which it's come to that conclusion and come to reach that. and mr dowden didn't directly deny a claim that was made by a conservative mp earlier this week that at least some of the advice that lawyers had given government was that israel had broken international law. instead, he said that the government wasn't intending to publish an

newscast — focussing on all of today's news surrounding that wave of iranian attacks — with laura kuenssberg hello, it's patty in the _ newscast from the bbc. hello, it's patty in the studio. _ newscast from the bbc. hello, it's patty in the studio. and... - newscast from the bbc. hello, it's patty in the studio. and... jeremy| patty in the studio. and... jeremy is here in the studio. patty in the studio. and. .. jeremy is here in the studio.— patty in the studio. and... jeremy is here in the studio. good old jack from jerusalem. _ is here in the studio. good old jack from jerusalem. a _ is here in the studio. good old jack from jerusalem. a little _ is here in the studio. good old jack from jerusalem. a little sitting - from jerusalem. a little sitting room, the studio. you can hear we need a fireplace.— need a fireplace. let's start with what actually — need a fireplace. let's start with what actually happened - need a fireplace. let's start with what actually happened because j need a fireplace. let's start with i what actually happened because it need a fireplace. let's start with - what

dr poulter told sunday with laura kuenssberg why he quit the tory party.s listen to the interview. well, i'd been thinking about it for a little while and it was alongside my work as an mp. i work — still work — as an nhs doctor and have done. the health service that i saw under huge strain is very different to the health service of maybe a decade ago, and the struggles and the challenges that patients have been experiencing in accessing timely good care were something that really resonated with me and stayed with me, and ifound it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and i feel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how its run and governed. but you pin that on, then, the government's handling of the health service. because of course the nhs has had lots of problems for a long time, its run by managers in all sorts of places, but you pin that on the conservatives�* handling of it. i think it comes from that. i think it comes fro

now on bbc news, laura kuenssberg and paddy 0'connell chew over the week's political news in newscastio, and.... hello, i'm injerusalem. it's great to have you with us. so it's hard to know where to start, isn't it? the story is so enormous. shall we start with what's been happening in the last 24 hours? there's an awful lot going on at the moment. i mean, there are loads of strands to this. first of all, inside israel, big demonstrations because the two

now on bbc news, laura kuenssberg and paddy o'connell chew over the week's political news in newscastwscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio, and.... hello, i'm injerusalem. it's great to have you with us. so it's hard to know where to start, isn't it? the story is so enormous. shall we start with what's been happening in the last 2a hours? there's an awful lot going on at the moment. i mean, there are loads of strands to this. first of all, inside israel, big demonstrations because the two movements, one to free the hostages and the other one to get rid of benjamin netanyahu, they've come together now, they're jointly organising. and the thing to remember is that these are not "end the war" demonstrations. israelis support the war. they don't support netanyahu and they feel that he is deliberately prolonging things and not doing the deal that could be done to get those hostages home. and they've just found the body of one of the hostages from kibbutz nir oz, in fact, which is where i think we'll be hearing some of the interviews i did t

stop the sale of petrol and diesel cars and also to phase out gas boilers, this is what he told laura kuenssbergt the forefront, pushing ahead as quickly as we could on something that i believe to be fundamental to the uk economy, fundamentally beneficial to the people living in this country, whether you care about the climate or not, and we are now in a position now where we�*re actually trying to recover ground. i give you one example of that. the diplomatic impact of that has been a mess. we have a lot of contact with other countries around the world. it doesn�*t matter that there were detailed policies within that speech that you could see were very much in line with net zero. the overall message that other parts of the world took from it is that the uk is less ambitious on climate than it once was, and that is extremely hard to recover from. once was, and that is extremely hard to recoverfrom. he once was, and that is extremely hard to recover from.— to recover from. he was critical of other parties _ to recover from. he was critical of other parties to. _ to recover from. he was critical o

he told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that politicians, across the political spectrum, havergh's decision to drop a key carbon reduction target this week, saying the targets had been overambitious from the start. the scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the one that we'd advised. and that's fine — i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the world's largest digital astronomy camera has finally been built. with a whopping 3000 200 megapixels, the camera can produce a thousand images per night. ——with a whopping 3,200 megapixels, the camera can produce a thousand images per night. it'll allow scientists to study dark energy, dark matter, and the distribution of galaxies. i

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in an interview to be broadcast in the uk tomorrow morning on "sunday with laura kuenssberg" he saysd both ukraine and russia will eventually have to come to an agreement: most wars end at the negotiating table. what we know is that what happens around the negotiating table is very closely linked to the situation on the battlefield. so, now, russia believes they can achieve goals on the battlefield by continuing to perch militarily against ukraine. a way to convince russia that they have to sit down and accept the solution where ukraine prevails as an independent sovereign democratic nation in europe is to give military support to ukraine. then of course, at the end of the day, it has to be ukraine that decides which kinds of compromises they are willing to be. we need to enable them to be in a position where they can actually achieve an acceptable result around the negotiating table. does achieve an acceptable result around the negotiating table.— achieve an acceptable result around the negotiating table. does the nato -- that is the — the negotiating table. does the nato -- that is

but he insisted, speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg earlier, that israel was being held to highcerns about the way in which israel is conducting itself. that is why we have raised issues, for example, in relation to aid and getting more aid in. that's why we've raised issues in relation to deconflicting, but that is in the context of, of a legitimate conflict that israel is pursuing. helen, what did he say specifically about any legal advice the government had received? well, there has been a big — government had received? well, there has been a big question _ government had received? well, there has been a big question about - government had received? well, there has been a big question about this - has been a big question about this because what i have set out for you just now is the government's assessment and position. a lot of questions have been asked about what advice the government has been given by lawyers on which it has come to that conclusion. mr dowden did not directly deny a claim that was made by a conservative mp earlier this week that at least some of the advice

he told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that politicians, across the political spectrum, have to drop a key carbon reduction target this week, saying the targets had been overambitious from the start. the scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the one that we'd advised. and that's fine — i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. a nigerian chess champion has shattered a world record for the longest chess marathon — after playing the game unbeaten for 58 hours straight to raise money for underprivileged children. tunde onakoya started his epic session on wednesday, at a chessboard in new york's times square. he broke the record on saturday and continued to play for two hours b

in an interview with laura kuenssberg he said the uk made good progress on the theresa may and borisic borisjohnson, progress on the theresa may —."ic borisjohnson, but back progress on the theresa may :ic borisjohnson, but back in progress on the theresa may —."ic borisjohnson, but back in autumn last year, you may remember rishi sunak rolled back on a commitment to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars and also watered—down commitments to phase out gas boilers, and here is what chris stark had to say about that. i think it's set us back. so i think we have moved from a position where we were really at the forefront, pushing ahead as quickly as we could on something that i believe to be fundamental to the uk economy, fundamentally beneficial to people living in this country — whether you care about the climate or not — and we are now in a position now where we're actually trying to recover ground. i will give you one example of that, the diplomatic impact of that has been _ the diplomatic impact of that has been immense. we have lots of contact — been immense. we have lots of conta

now it's time for today's episode of newscast with laura kuenssberg, paddy o'connell and henry zeffmancast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's laura in the studio. it's paddy in the studio. and it's henry in the studio. hooray! it's so nice to have you here with us. now, you tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. the scoop in the making ended up being a defection. yes, defection, and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spook political parties. and in this case, a conservative mp until yesterday was dan poulter, a part—time nhs doctor, who has decided that it is time for him to go from the conservative party. and he didn'tjust sort of say, "because i think i've had "enough and they've gone in the wrong direction." he accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. so, defections are big news stories, even if, newscasters, i will say, the person in question is not someone who necessarily is a massive politicalfigure. but a bolt

he confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with laura kuenssberg — take a listen.t increasingly difficult to look my patients, nhs colleagues and constituents in the eye. i feel the ifeel the nhs i feel the nhs deserves ifeel the nhs deserves better i feel the nhs deserves better in the terms of how it is governed. the conservatives had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in a very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. with me is our political correspondent ben wright. tell is about who dan poulter is on the significance of his defection. he represents central suffolk and north ipswich. hejoined the party under david cameron. he is very much of cameron conservative, he is at the centre of the party, one nation tory. he is in nm dilemma nhs dr working in mental health and has continued to do that alongside his time in parliament. he was briefly a minister and has been a backbencher for the last few years. this has come out of the blue. t

stop the sale of petrol and diesel cars and also to phase out gas boilers, this is what he told laura kuenssberg really at the forefront, pushing ahead as quickly as we could on something that i believe to be fundamental to the uk economy, fundamentally beneficial to the people living in this country, whether you care about the climate or not, and we are now in a position now where we're actually trying to recover ground. now, mr stark was also critical of the lib dems and of labour. he said politicians across the spectrum in the uk do... he said they have what he described as a collective fear of talking about climate change. he was also, he said, very disappointed by the decision by the snp, the government in edinburgh, the scottish government, to drop a key climate carbon—cutting target this week. and this all comes as marine experts have declared a mass coral bleaching event, the fourth ever such event caused, say these marine experts, by the record high sea surface temperatures, so at a time when we're really seeing profound evidence of the impacts of climate change around the world. police

ms courtinho told laura kuenssberg on sunday on bbc2 that ministers had to strike the right balance.l correspondent, damian grammaticas. so this was her first big interview on the bbc, wasn't it?— so this was her first big interview on the bbc, wasn't it? yes, on the sunday talk _ on the bbc, wasn't it? yes, on the sunday talk shows. _ on the bbc, wasn't it? yes, on the sunday talk shows. and _ on the bbc, wasn't it? yes, on the sunday talk shows. and what - on the bbc, wasn't it? yes, on the sunday talk shows. and what she i on the bbc, wasn't it? yes, on the i sunday talk shows. and what she had to respond to was chris stark. he has been in thisjob to respond to was chris stark. he has been in this job for six years and he is the chief adviser to the government on climate change policy. he has a background in this, so he is a serious figure. it was his committee's original advice that led the government, it was theresa may, to set in law, 2050 is the date for the uk to be net zero emissions. and what chris stark was critical of was rishi sunak has been pushing back the interim step

now, when asked about that number of payouts by laura kuenssberg this morning, the energy secretary saidse payments as quickly as possible. these figures aren't final and often do say that another 1,000 people have already been identified for compensation payments and suppliers have set aside around £200,000 to pay those. and ofgem says they're still working with suppliers to try and make sure that eligible people are identified and that their compensation levels are appropriate. but as the uk who represent the energy companies say that these figures just reflect the small proportion of cases where they say in their review they found the correct processes weren't followed and that's why customers are being compensated as a result. so an update on these figures is expected in the summer. and the minister said today that when she has those figures, she will consider if any further action on this is needed. the distributor of two of the uk's most popular vape brands says it is well—equipped to survive the ban on disposables products. elfbar and lost mary have already launched reusable versi

he told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that politicians, across the political spectrum, havene that we'd advised. and that's fine — i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. members of the scottish green party are to vote on whether to continue their power—sharing agreement with the snp. it follows an outcry about the scottish government's decision to ditch key targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions — a move which is said to have angered green party colleagues. the vote will be held at an extraordinary general meeting, and officials say it will be binding on the party. after a huge public backlash, the welsh government is pulling back from imposing 20mph speed limits in built—up areas. it's expecte

when asked about the number, by laura kuenssberg this morning, the energy sector said —— secretary said are not final and ofgem say another 5000 people have been identified for payments. £200,000 has been set aside for these to be paid. ofgem are saying they are still trying to identify people and energy payments are appropriate. those representing the energy companies say these figures represent a small proportion of cases where they find the correct processes were not followed and that's why customers were compensated as a result. so an update on these figures is expected in the summer and the minister said today whenjazz figures, in the summer and the minister said today when jazz figures, she will consider any further action if it is needed. —— when she has those figures. we want to bring you an update on this story of the campaigner who was at a protest, a pro—palestinian protest and criticism and pressure of the met police after an officer called him openlyjewish and said he would antagonise demonstrators. we now know that we have a statement from the met saying that we know recen

sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at nine o'clock this morning.dermine democracies so we will be we hearing from him about that. we will be talking to the deputy prime minister about the government support for israel and they believe that israel has gone too far. we will also bejoined by the shadow foreign secretary, calling on the government to its legal advice over whether or not the uk should still be supporting what israel is doing in that conflict. for serious topics this morning for us but really important ones and we all know what it's like to watch the news and wonder where it may all end. at nine o'clock on bbc one we will try to get some answers.— o'clock on bbc one we will try to get some answers. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. let's return to our top story. six months ago today, the skies above israel and gaza looked like this. these rockets marked the start of a brutal war. on the morning of october 7th, hamas gunmen stormed across gaza

appeared on the laura kuenssberg show on the beeb on sunday morning, criticising the daily sceptic, aed and produced online newspaper for which questions and debates the narrative around net zero covid, free speech and much besides. while the website was described by packham as the daily sceptic , by packham as the daily sceptic, which he alleged has been put together by a bunch of professionals with close affiliations to the fossil fuel industry, the bbc has since shared the clip on twitter, where it has been viewed more than 850,000 times. kuenssberg also reposted the clip to her personal twitter feed. now toby young, the founder of the daily sceptic and the media establishment's arch nemesis , establishment's arch nemesis, has said that packham's claims are both false and defamatory. tellingly, the show in question has now been removed from the iplayer. but with no correction and no apology. this is because our national broadcaster, which i largely admire and consider an important, valuable national asset , is important, valuable national asset, is behaving important, valuable nati