yet more condemnation ofjeremy corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken aboutjeremy corbyn but lord sackseremy corbyn until now. corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken about jeremy corbyn until now. there has been months and weeks of protest and condemnation ofjeremy corbyn for things he has done in the past before he was labour leader. for some of the people he shared a platform with over his decade as a backbench mp. but this is one of the most prominent members of thejewish community condemning jeremy corbyn in the strongest possible terms by saying that those comments that he made in 2013 talking about british zionists and saying they did not understand english irony, lots of jewish people said that that made them sound as if they were not properly british in some way and we re properly british in some way and were being singled out as different p°p‘up were being singled out as different pop—up and many felt that that was racist. now lord sacks says it is one of the most offensive comments ever made by a british politician since that infamous speech by enoch powell where he criticised m

the former chief rabbi, lord sacks, has accused jeremy corbyn of being an anti—semite, calling the laboure enoch powell's "rivers of blood" speech 50 years ago. mr corbyn has said his comments — which were made before he became labour leader — have been taken out of context. 0ur political correspondent vicki young is in westminster — lord sacks made these allegations in a magazine article? here is one of the most prominent members of the jewish here is one of the most prominent members of thejewish community condemning mr corbyn in the strongest possible terms about comments from 2013 when mr corbyn talked about british zionists not understanding english irony. when the comments came to light last week many felt he was suggesting the jewish community were not full fully british. lord facts says they are the most offensive statement made by a senior politician since enoch powell's and your verse or rivers of blood speech where he strongly criticised mass immigration. —— enoch powell of mac rivers of blood speech. there has been a reaction from the labour party tonight. they said this compa

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

in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks said the labour leader's recent remarks aboutst offensive statement made by a british politician since enoch powell's rivers of blood speech in 1968. but labour says the comparison is "absurd and offensive". vicki young is in westminster for us — how signicant is this? for months, jeremy corbyn has faced a storm of protest from many in the jewish community and now one of its high—profile, prominent members is attacking him in the strongest possible terms, and comparing the labour leader to enoch powell is bound to escalate tensions even further. this latest row goes back to comments jeremy corbyn further. this latest row goes back to commentsjeremy corbyn made in 2013. he talked about british zionists who did not understand english irony. laura sachs suggests that that suggests that british dues are not british. he said he had given support to racist, terrorists and dealers of hate who want to kill dues and remove israel from the map. over the summerjeremy corbyn has said sorry for the hurt that is being felt by many in thejewish

a millionjews in this country and a lot of them don't know along with these sort of comments of lord sackstry governed byjeremy corbyn‘s labour. about a country governed byjeremy corbyn's labour. i am very worried about it when you can't sort this out. how can you run a country if you can't sort this? what they ought to do is go with the international definition of anti—semitism, probably, there is a solution for them, and they are not even willing to go along with that. there is some talk, michael, am i right that the national executive committee, labour's ruling council, meets next week and maybe they could accept that definition? however, there is going to be a free—speech clause inserted into this. they will accept it, put in the free—speech clause, which means you can criticise israel. you can imagine that will open up the door to make more comments like this. he was on video making these comments. and you could see why it is deeply offensive to the jewish people. he says of course that the comments were taken out of context. he was defending the palestinian ambassador, that's what he

in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semite given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013, and is a crossbench peer in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. jonathan sacks today has told the new statesman that he believes that those comments imply that however long they've lived in britain, jewish people are not fully british, he described it as a language of classic prewar anti—semitism and he drew the comparison as you said with enoch powell's infamous rivers of blood speech, and he said that jeremy corbyn was an anti—semite. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the un security council is holding an emergency session after its damning report on torture, rape and genocide in myanmar. some of the main stories from bbc world service. south sudanese rebel leader riek machar has refused to sign the latest draft of a peace deal which is aimed at ending five years of civil war. pres

in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semiteiven support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013, and is a crossbench peer in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. well, we can speak now to our political correspondent, tom barton, who's covering this story for us from westminster. how significant is this intervention? it is pretty significant i think not least because jonathan sacks significant i think not least becausejonathan sacks is such a senior figure, becausejonathan sacks is such a seniorfigure, a becausejonathan sacks is such a senior figure, a well—known of boys from the jewish community senior figure, a well—known of boys from thejewish community —— boys, talking to the rest of the country 110w. talking to the rest of the country now. the comments that he is talking about were made byjeremy corbyn in 2013 when he was a backbencher. there is a speech in which he spoke about an event a few days earlier during

the daily mail is one of several papers to quote the former chief rabbi, lord sacks, who has comparedmous rivers of blood speech. labour said the comparison is absurd and offensive. the telegraph also leads on the labour anti—semitism row, alongside a photo of theresa may visiting nelson mandela's former cell on robben island. and the most read story on the bbc news website this morning is the outbreak of the so—called scallop wars as british boats clash with their french counterparts over rich fishing grounds off the coast of normandy. is it isita is it a scholar or a scallop?” is it a scholar or a scallop? i have a lwa ys is it a scholar or a scallop? i have always called it a scholar. i am going to have to go for scallop.|j call it a scallop. it is definitely a scallop. i don't know any more. louise and i were mentioning, we will get to the papers in a moment, talking about theresa may dancing. the quote from theresa may, i suspect it wouldn't make it onto strictly. this is her at a private school in cape town. at least she is getting involved. it is a bit robotic. it is brave to k

in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semitehis is very damaging. incredibly strong words, these comments byjeremy corbyn made before he was the labour leader in 2013 came to light last week. just to remind people, jeremy corbyn at a meeting topped about british zionists and said they had a problem because even though they had lived in this country all their lives some of them did not understand english irony. at the time last week there was lots of condemnation of those words. but jonathan was lots of condemnation of those words. butjonathan sacks coming out in the strongest possible language, explaining why he thinks these words are so explaining why he thinks these words are so offensive. he actually says they are the most offensive remarks made by a senior british politician says enoch powell's speech, the rivers of blood speech. he said it was divisive, hateful, and it undermines the existence of an entire group of british citizens by depicting them as essentially alien. he goes onto say thatjeremy corbyn has supported raci

lord sacks, the previous chief rabbi, i think went over the top, comparing what is happening to the labour, the local bullying going on in my local party. on that the labour party has said this is a historical complaint which has previously been resolved after it was fully investigated in line with rules and procedures. let me bring it back... can ijust answer that. if they have investigated it, and concluded it is fictitious, they have never told me. i have been writing and copying the chief whip in the commons, saying this is still going on, this is new materialfor you. they are just untruths, the labour party are unknown spokesman to say that. i know that you are meeting the chief whip later.|j spoke with him yesterday. you have spoken to him. can i ask you, you've been at odds with the labour party for some time, and even in your constituency there has been a vote of no confidence about your views on brexit, so are you jumping before you have been made to resign? no, i have been through this before when i was unelected, i wish to be the labour party candidate at the next election, if n

corporations in a tax on water and timber policy, energy rules and think my lord, tribunals can go attack our treasury and sacked our laws. from the conservative side they say crazy subsidy to promote outsourcing. you want to outsource, makes sense, by some risk insurance. the market will price that. as an odd ball, , a rare less where you have basically chief justice roberts and senator elizabeth warren both thinking anything legal is a bad idea. if you are some of the cases and in the packet of materials explains where you can more of this information. so very quickly why has this become such a hot fight? it's because of the outcomes under the original nafta. we saw the volume of trade increase but the volume has not been even pure . we've seen at a deficit where there had not been won. one. i'm going to jump to the slide so you can see. before and after we had a small deficit with candid and a little surplus with mexico. this is goods and services and goods. we've had an enormous increase, 191 billion in goods deficit as of last year, even when you balance in the services we have a surplus computer $158 billi

lord sheikh, who founded the conservative muslim forum, claims to have received "vile" islamophobic messages after calling for mrjohnson to be sackedrty code of conduct. britain's largest business organisation the cbi is proposing a new post brexit immigration system, to ensure that the british economy can still attract the workers from the eu that it needs. the proposals call for an end to the immigration target. instead, the new system would be designed to ensure that people coming to the uk make, what is described as "a positive contribution to the economy." an advice charity says the government should slow down its plans to have every home fitted with a smart energy meter by 2020. last year citizens advice received 3,000 complaints about the devices, and is calling for the roll—out to be extended until 2023. the government says these concerns account for less than 0.5% of the 11 million smart meters installed so far. thousands of people turned out in cardiff to give tour de france winner geraint thomas a hero's welcome home. he's the first welshman, and only the third briton, to win the gruelling cycle race. he said he was "blo

lord sheikh, who founded the conservative muslim forum, claims to have received "vile" islamophobic messages after calling for mrjohnson to be sackeds written to the times in support of the former foreign secretary who is now facing a possible investigation into breaches of the conservative party code of conduct. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondentjess parker. bring us up to date on who has said what. as you are saying the president and founder of the conservative muslim forum has revealed that he received abusive e—mails following what were quite strong words earlier in the week when he said that the whip should be withdrawn from boris johnson after his comments likening women who wear the burqa two bank robbers. since that comment he says he has received a number of abusive e—mails. this issue five days on from that article continues to divide and cause a lot of discussion. notjust in the wider public but in the conservative party as well. we know they are looking as to whether there should be an investigation into borisjohnson whether he might have breached the code of conduct. that is in its very earl

however, founder of the conservative muslim forum lord sheikh has said he has recieved scores of islamaphobic messages after calling forjohnson to be sackedve become us citizens. viktor and amalija knavs took part in a naturalisation ceremony in new york yesterday. the pair are likely to have became citizens under a process — known as chain migration — that has been heavily criticised by the president. 1a years since the sitcom friends ended, its the most popular show for streaming in the uk. figures published by the industry watchdog 0fcom reveal that the us sitcom is the most popular show to stream in the uk — more popular than newer shows such as the crown and stranger things. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. thanks very much, julian. as we announced earlier, house of fraser has said this morning it is going into administration putting 17,000 jobs at risk. you work for the department store? we would like to here from you, on that and indeed on any of the story is running this morning. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtage victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standa