louise haigh, the transport secretary, has obviously had a metaphorical telling off.jonathan reynolds went on to say, well, i speak for the government on business, and it'sjust all a bit messy, really. so they've got to the position in the end. dp world is coming to the summit. jonathan reynolds told us that they are going to spend £1 billion. so, you know, move on. but it's awkward for the government because they've told us again and again and again and again, oh, after all the confusion of the tory years, we're going to be clear. we're going to be calm. we're not going to fight with each other. make each other look silly. and this has made them all look a bit silly. but faced with two outcomes, one where dp world did not go to this week's investment summit and did not give £1 billion, or versus the other one when it looked like they weren't going at all, henry. and there's two extra components to this story as welljust to add in. one is that the prime minister also did whatjohnny reynolds did this morning. in fact, he did it on newscast yesterday when he essentially

but then you can also see why louise haigh would be annoyed, to say the least, with this development,use the language that she had used was very similar to language that went out from the government in a press release, which will have been signed off by all the people in keir starmer's current iteration of number ten. um, and i think all of this does speak to a tension for a political party that is simultaneously trying to cast itself as the party of business, been doing so for years in opposition. and this investment summit is designed very early on in their tenure in government to demonstrate that, but also the political party which exists to defend the interests of workers. and i don't think in private, at least, you would find a single labour mp who would say anything other than p&0 ferries treated workers extremely shabbily and ought to face consequences for that. but then, of course, the law is changing. so the loophole by which the p&0 bosses did not inform the government because they didn't have to because of the flagging rules — that's been changed. so a company that wanted t

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speaking to itvjust the other day, the transport secretary louise haigh said: hello. how you doing?appening on monday and on the bbc�*s newscast podcast last night, i asked the prime minister what he made of it. that doesn't seem to be the open welcome to those that might be bringing money and jobs into the uk. well, look, ithink we'll resolve that. the transport secretary said p&0 was a rogue operator and argued that consumers should boycott the company. was she right to say that? that's not the view of the government. a blunt and public rebuke — dp world now seemingly assured though the investment likely to go ahead. to the bigger picture and the prime minister's first three and a bit months in office, he's been in thejob 100 days. when i look at what it was i wanted to achieve in the first 100 days and ask myself, "have we done what i wanted to do? what i planned for us to do?" the answer is yes. really? look, along the way there have been bumps and side winds which i prefer we hadn't bumped into and pushed by. such as? well, look, you know stuff on donations, staffing issues, th

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louise haigh called for a boycott of p&0 ferries and criticised its record on workers' rights.ds, said her comments didn't reflect the government's stance. the cost of borrowing money to buy a home is unlikely to return to the low levels seen over the past decade — according to the boss of the country's largest mortgage lender. charlie nunn, the chief executive of lloyds, said it did expect mortgage rates to come down though, but not to the near—zero rates they were during the 20105. bbc news has found that a flagship programme to rebuild hundreds of old school buildings in england is far behind target. figures obtained using a freedom of information request show that by this summer, construction contracts had been awarded for only 12 percent of the schools involved in the rebuilding scheme. the department for education says the programme is on track though. you're live with bbc news. at least seven hundred thousand people in sao paulo are still without power, nearly 48 hours after a storm tore through the city — which is brazil's largest. the storm began on friday, bringing wi

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there had been concerns dp world would pull out after the transport secretary, louise haigh, called forsh staff in 2022. sir keir starmer says that is not the view of the government. the white house has released kamala harris�* medical records, saying she's in excellent health and fit for the presidency. ms harris has accused her rival donald trump of not being transparent because he hasn't done the same. mr trump's team says he's in perfect health. bands and singers are playing half as many gigs in the uk on an average tour as they did in the 1990s. the music venue trust says a typical tour used to have 22 gigs, while now there's often just 11. the trust is blaming rising costs and wants to see a levy on larger stadiums to support small venues. the exploration firm spacex, owned by elon musk, is preparing to launch the fifth test flight of its starship rocket later today. the launch could see the company attempt to return the rocket�*s boosters to their launch pad in what could prove to be a major milestone for the project. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. it's the large

louise haigh called for a boycott of p&0 ferries and criticised its record on workers' rights.ent's stance. more than 100 venues across britain are backing a new law, known as martyn�*s law, to protect the public from terror attacks. it's due to be debated in the house of commons later. the bill is is named after martyn hett, who was killed alongside 21 others in the 2017 manchester arena terror attack at the age of 29. the bbc boss is to warn that the scaling back the corporation's world service output because of funding cuts, has helped russia and china broadcast "unchallenged propaganda". tim davie is expected to say in parts of africa, latin america and the middle east, facts—based journalism is being replaced by state—sponsored propaganda. the bbc world service transmits news and current affairs in more than 40 languages. you're live with bbc news. in ukraine s eastern donetsk region, russia has advanced swiftly in the last few months. fighting is intense, with the ukrainian military reporting nearly 150 battles every day as it tries to stall russia s momentum. just two mo

it is not being denied, reports that ageing —— angela rayner, the deputy prime minister, louise haighana mahmood, the justice secretary, are protesting, which suggest that that is where the areas where could be cut. we will find out in two weeks what is going to be in the budget. this isjust a negotiation over the next year of spending. in the spring, another negotiation will begin over the next three years of spending which will likely be even more fraught. henry, thank yom — likely be even more fraught. henry, thank yom if— likely be even more fraught. henry, thank you- if you — likely be even more fraught. henry, thank you. if you had _ likely be even more fraught. henry, thank you. if you had an _ thank you. if you had an architecture prize to a ward, what you think is going to win? normally it aoes to you think is going to win? normally it goes to cool _ you think is going to win? normally it goes to cool building _ you think is going to win? normally it goes to cool building or _ it goes to cool building or something. but this time it is a bit different. it something. but this t

louise haigh said it would make "absolutely no sense" to have the route terminate at old 0ak common inston station to accommodate hs2 was halted by the conservative government last year. because of rising costs. you're live with bbc news. the us department of justice has arrested a man who allegedly planned a terror attack on election day in the name of the islamic state group. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s carl nasman in washington. carl, what do we know? yeah, well, on monday the fbi arrested a 27—year—old suspect, from afghanistan originally, this is over a suspected plot that would have targeted the united states on election day here. the suspect name, he is accused of planning and sympathy of the islamic state group. court documents were unsealed and point to some links that prosecutors say the suspect is linked to that group, they say he was allegedly on these sorts of platforms online that are sympathetic to the group, that he on his phone had downloaded some images and text, propaganda essentially by the islamic state, that he also had donated money to the group as well. he even

louise haigh said it would make "absolutely no sense" to have the route terminate at old 0ak common inon to accommodate hs2 was halted by the conservative government last year because of rising costs. you're live with bbc news. returning now to the conflict in the middle east. the israeli military says it is expanding its ground offensive against hezbollah. the incursion brings the total number of soldiers deployed to 15,000. on monday israeli forces warned people to avoid the coast, saying it would soon begin an operation from the sea. nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking at the damage done in lebanon so far. there has been a significant exchange of fire in recent days. as we've been hearing dozens of rockets have been fired into northern israel by hezbollah and there has been significant damage done by israeli strikes in lebanon. this footage here is from the south—west of lebanon, and you can see buildings have been flattened over a pretty large area. we've been mapping the wider picture, and if you have a look at the screen here and focus in on the region, i can show you a

threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port investment after the transport secretary, louise haighcised their employment strategy and called for a boycott. the operator was criticised by politicians from both main parties in march 2022, when it suddenly sacked 800 british seafarers and replaced them with cheaper, mainly overseas staff, saying it was necessary to stave off bankruptcy. the business secretary told gb news camilla tominey that the billion pound investment will go ahead quickly on this issue. >> that's not the government's position. the issue, obviously, with p&0 position. the issue, obviously, with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong. the fire and rehire that we saw those workers being sacked and then taken back on on fewer terms and conditions, but we have changed the law. it was lawful under the conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour government. so where companies accept that, acknowledge that can work within that framework, we will of course talk to them about investments. and i can tell you they're com

that's after the transport secretary, louise haigh, criticised their employment strategy and called forott. >> lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages . that's after different villages. that's after the israeli military accused hezbollah of firing over 300 projectiles at israel. >> the democratic presidential candidate, kamala harris, has hit out at her opponent, donald trump, over failing to release his medical records. that's after a report concluded that she was in excellent health and fit for the presidency. in response, the trump campaign claimed the 78 year old has proved his competency throughout his extremely busy schedule . his extremely busy schedule. >> is crazy in america. yeah, to prove that you're healthy now, can you imagine you did that over the presidency? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i don't feel fit for presidency this morning, let me tell you. but anyway, we'll get there. >> it makes it makes us look somewhat normal. i think. which is a good thing. over here. we think we've got it ba

the commitment looked in jeopardy after the transport secretary louise haigh last week urged a boycotttreet distanced himself from her comments. but she was at the summit today. for some, the message is for some, the messa-e is strikin-. i for some, the message is striking. i was shocked when labour became strongly in favour of growth. wealth creation is the _ strongly in favour of growth. wealth creation is the number _ strongly in favour of growth. wealth creation is the number one - strongly in favour of growth. wealth creation is the number one mission | creation is the number one mission of a labour— creation is the number one mission of a labour government. but creation is the number one mission of a labour government.— creation is the number one mission of a labour government. but that is not all. of a labour government. but that is not all- the — of a labour government. but that is not all. the prime _ of a labour government. but that is not all. the prime minister- of a labour government. but that is not all. the prime minister is - of a labour government. but that is not all.

louise haigh said it would make "absolutely no sense" to have the route terminate at old 0ak common incause of rising costs. you're live with bbc news. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the israeli military has killed the man who was widely tipped to become the new leader of hezbollah, hashem safieddine, in an air strike in beirut on friday. the israel defense forces says it can't yet confirm the results of the strike. safieddine, a relative of former leader hassan nasrallah, has been running the movement alongside its deputy secretary general since nasrallah was killed by israel at the end of september. as air strikes continue in beirut, israel's military has been stepping up operations on the ground in lebanon, now moving in the southwest of the country, as well as the southeast. the idf says at least 50 hezbollah members were killed in strikes in southern lebanon on monday. syrian state media also reports israeli strikes in damascus — they say seven civilians, including women and children, were killed in a residential building, and four more killed in a strike on a b

louise haigh called for a boycott of p80 ferries and criticised its record on workers' rights.r comments did not reflect the government's stance. we are clear. we do not want this country competing on fire and re—hire. we are changing that. this week we have seen an employment rights bill meaning more security for people in some of the lowest paid work in the country. at the same time as having our investments bring in billions to the country. that is pro business, pro worker, in action. and that is the government's position. the cost of borrowing money to buy a home is "unlikely" to return to the low levels seen over the past decade, the boss of the uk's largest mortgage lender has said. but charlie nunn, chief executive of lloyds bank, said the bank did expect mortgage rates to come down. in terms of the cost of mortgages, we've seen them come down relative to the highs of last year which were difficult for people. we think they will continue to get down but getting back to the level we saw last decade where interest rates were down a zero i think is unlikely. a new charity c

louise haigh said it would make "absolutely no sense" to have the route terminate at old 0ak common inervative government last year because of rising costs. you're live with bbc news. on monday, ceremonies were held across israel and around the world to remember the victims of the mass killings and abductions carried out by hamas on october 7th of last year. 1,200 people were killed and 250 people were taken hostage in what is now considered the deadliest day forjewish people since the holocaust. for more on the aftermath of this tragedy, i spoke to maoz inon. he lost both of his parents in the october 7th attacks. he's now calling for a ceasefire. no, it's not being done in the name of my beloved parents and not in the name of any of the victims. i see that we are at the footsteps of a precipice, and precipice notjust of a regional war, and precipice notjust of a regionalwar, it and precipice notjust of a regional war, it might even escalate to a global war, and we must offer, build an alternative vision to all the politicians that hijacked our present, and wants to hijack our future,

hs2 rail line is likely to be extended to london euston, according to the transport secretary louise haighlan to terminate the line at old 0ak common — around five miles west of euston — makes "absolutely no sense". a german man considered to be the main suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann has been cleared of offences against other women and girls. christian brueckner is already serving a seven—year sentence for rape, and will stay injail for another year. 0ur reporter damien mcguinnessjoins us now. these offences were not related to madeleine mccann — but could this affect the investigation into her disappearance almost 20 years ago? you are right, in theory it is not related, an unconnected case. we have three cases, the investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann, charges forwhich into the disappearance of madeleine mccann, charges for which he has beenjailed, rape charges. and then the case in which he was acquitted earlier today. the case in which he was acquitted earliertoday. i the case in which he was acquitted earlier today. i think the question about whe

, making secretary, louise haigh, making these choice remarks about p&o.e's even a press release, a government press release here describing p&o ferries as a rogue employer. and yet their parent company, dp group, is poised to invest a billion in britain. so surely the transport secretary has to apologise . secretary has to apologise. >> good morning. yes, nice to be with you. and i am very excited by the investment summit and the money coming into the uk. but look specifically on this issue. that's not the government's position. the issue obviously with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong to fire and rehire that. we saw those workers being sacked and then taken back on, on fewer terms and conditions, but we have changed the law. it was lawful under the conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour government. so where companies accept that, acknowledge that can work within that framework, we'll of course talk to them about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the summit and the investme

that's after the transport secretary, louise haigh, criticised their employment strategy and called forboycott. sir keir starmer says miss hague's call for that boycott of the ferry firm was not the view of the government. the operator was criticised by politicians from both main parties in march 2022, when it suddenly sacked 800 british seafarers and replaced them with cheapen seafarers and replaced them with cheaper, mainly overseas staff, saying it a although there will be a post—mortem examination to confirm the cause of death . confirm the cause of death. well, tributes continue to be paid across the political spectrum, tony blair saying he was very sorry to hear of his death. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, had this to say. alex salmond was a monumental figure of scottish and uk politics. he leaves behind a lasting legacy. the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, said she was shocked and sorry , adding i cannot and sorry, adding i cannot pretend that the events of the past few years, which led to the breakdown of our relationship, did not happen. however, it r

those were comments made by the transport secretary l made by the transport secretary louise haigh, whod p and 0 ferries, which is owned by dp world, of being a rogue operator and said that she was encouraging people to boycott the company. downing street has distanced itself from those comments, said those comments were not the view of the government and it appears that dp world and i will present at this investment summit and the investment into the london gateway that ministers had hoped to announce seems at this point to the still very much on. i think the wider strategy that we are seeing here from the government, the kind of politics of today and the performance of it to some extent is to really say, hey, world, the uk is ready for investment. they want this international investment from these massive companies because they think that is their way to get to growth. there are bosses of companies like gsk, bp, nissan, goldman sachs, companies that people may have heard of, major international investors present. and there are plans by the government to announce billions of pounds wor

i will play our audience in case they missed it what your colleague, transport minister louise haighe standards of other operators that come in and out of great britain's waters. would you travel with p&0 ferries? no, i've been boycotting p&0 ferries for two and a half years and i'd encourage consumers to do the same. what part of that do you disagree with? brute what part of that do you disagree with? ~ , ., ., ,, with? we believe what happened with p&0 ferries was _ with? we believe what happened with p&0 ferries was wrong _ with? we believe what happened with p&0 ferries was wrong and _ with? we believe what happened with p&0 ferries was wrong and i - with? we believe what happened with p&0 ferries was wrong and i believe l p&0 ferries was wrong and i believe even the conservative government at the time was clear they believed it was wrong. the problem was it was lawful then. was wrong. the problem was it was lawfulthen. it's was wrong. the problem was it was lawful then. it's not going to be lawful then. it's not going to be lawful now. we have changed the law and part of our emp

they are angela rayner who runs the housing, local government and communities department, louise haigh