margaret hodge and tom watson wouldn't be fans ofjeremy corbyn and his policy. s that. further inside, one of the quotes,, "i frequently had difficult conversations with both margaret and ian but what i understand is that your critics are not your enemy is on an issue that is so dear to them, i think people are very, very concerned that these investigations should be dropped". it seems the most obvious thing to do. s margaret hodge doesn't even know what she has been accused of. ——s margaret hodge. it happens all the time, people have robust conversations in parties. as it mean you should have a disciplinary charge? labour has refused to accept all of the examples. there are extremely highly respected, knighted, jewish lawyers who have come out and said there is a problem with the examples, certainly. but it could suppress legitimate criticism of israel. if i werejeremy corbyn or pa rt israel. if i werejeremy corbyn or part of the inner circle, i would give this general —— gift this example and get them to come back and ask how it should be adjusted so we can sti

labour party trying to mitigate what turned out to be a controversial investigation into dame margaret hodgethe anti—semitism problem the labour party has been dealing with, and there's angry response from dame margaret hodge‘s legal team says the way this investigation has been handled has somewhat backfired. and there's the question still over how the party defines anti—semitism? exactly. one of the things dame margaret hodge was frustrated and anxious about, and she herself lost family in the holocaust, it is worth saying, was the labour party's national executive committee decision not to fully adopt what's an internationally recognised version of what constitutes anti—semitism. a number of labour mps, notjust anti—semitism. a number of labour mps, not just dame anti—semitism. a number of labour mps, notjust dame margaret hodge, have been cross about this and think the party should adopt this full definition, including indeed tom watson, the deputy labour leader, who wrote in the observer yesterday that he thought the labour party should adopt this definition but that led to some members

the labour party has dropped its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge, for allegedlyremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism allegations. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former conservative minister, nicola blackwood, and sebastian payne, political leader writer at the financial times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian reports that the police are ready to submit an extradition order to moscow for two russians suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent poisoning. the times has the same story, saying the suspects were identified using cctv cross—referenced with records of people entering the country. the financial times leads with the trump administration re—imposing sanctions on iran after pulling out of the obama era nuclear deal. the telegraph reports the government is planning tougher sentences for people who view child pornography. the mirror reports on the trial of england cricketer ben stokes, who is charged with affray along with two other men, he de

because when news of this broke last night, journalists were told by labour party sources that margaret hodge senior member of the labour party, the chief whip, but she vehemently denies that she did this. then a letter was issued by margaret hodge‘s lawyers in which the mps shared on twitter, and they margaret said: —— dame margaret hodge: —— dame margaret hodge: labour are trying to sweep it away but labour are very —— people are spinning about how this is being resolved. scientists are warning that the world is at risk of tipping into extremely dangerous levels of climate change, known as a hothouse state. it could mean parts of the world are uninhabitable within decades and any efforts to reduce emissions would become futile. here's our science editor, david shukman. an image of apocalypse of the kind you might expect hollywood to conjure up. but this was filmed on a real front line in california over the weekend. record temperatures and bone dry conditions are triggering dozens of wildfires in several american state. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley. until the flames

the labour party has dropped its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge, for allegedlying atjeremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism allegations. also coming up, wildfires across europe and america, and here a warning the hot weather could last till october. we'll be asking if hot weather like this is going to be the new normal, and what we should do to adapt. thousands of tourists and residents have been left stranded after a second earthquake in a week hit the holiday island of lombok. officials in indonesia say they have begun an evacuation of parts of the area. at least 98 people are known to have died, and the authorities say they expect that figure to rise. hundreds more were injured. the country is prone to earthquakes because it sits on the "ring of fire", an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the pacific basin. lombok is east of bali. the two islands are home to about 7 million people, but millions more visit every year. the quake has also affected the gili islands, three tiny islands just off the coast of lombok, which are popular with divers. our cor

the labour party has dropped its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge,

the labour party has tonight dropped an investigation into the senior mp dame margaret hodge.aunched against her last month following a confrontation with leaderjeremy corbyn, over claims of anti—semitism in the party. 0ur political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterfor us. it was one of the most explosive moments in this ongoing dispute over anti—semitism when margaret hodge publicly confronted jeremy corbyn and accused him of being anti—semitic and racist. the labour party launched an investigation and they suddenly dropped it. the reason they suddenly dropped it. the reason they gave tonight is that she has expressed regret about what she did but almost immediately margaret hodge took to twitter contradicting that version of events. in that she said, i'm pleased the labour party has finally dropped their action against me, after 55 years of labour party membership, going after me instead of addressing the issue was wrong. just be clear, there have been no apologies on either side. her lawyers gone further saying she will not apologise because she's done nothing wro

margaret hodge's came over to the uk as a four—year—old as a refugee.four—year—old as a refugee. from a jewish family. over to the uk as a four—year—old as a refugee. from ajewish family. ian austin comes from a jewish family, too. and this needs to be addressed, and jeremy corbyn, and this goes back to the point, he hasn't grasped the metal. he has failed to address this time and time again.” the metal. he has failed to address this time and time again. i thought his piece in the guardian debate was convincing. but too late. there are many other stories who want to discuss. let's look at the sunday times, which is talking about brexit no deal, no—deal brexit, which is also on, says the trade secretary. yasmin, you are shaking your at this. i think we are being governed and pushed around by a group of real brexit rabids, not just and pushed around by a group of real brexit rabids, notjust normal brexiteers, who one can talk to and discuss and respect, but liam fox, jacob rees—mogg and so on... discuss and respect, but liam fox, jacob rees-mogg and so on

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and the top story in the uk: the labour party has dropped an investigation into dame margaret hodge.he was facing disciplinary action over her record on anti—semitism. now on bbc news, asia business report. stepping up the pressure. the united states is rolling out she sanctions on the run is a fresh wave of protests sweep across its major cities. —— iran. and entrepreneurs making over the cosmetic industry with instagram. welcome to asia business report, i am sharanjit leyl business report, i am sharanjit leyl. sporadic protests have broken out in multiple iranian cities driven by the united states reimposing sanctions on the oil—rich nation and monday marked the end of the 90- nation and monday marked the end of the 90— day winds down period set by washington. sanctions will return. the first sets targets for iran's access to us banknotes and a range of economic sectors including gold and metals such as steel and aluminium as well as automobiles and 90 days later, the us will block iran's or your sales. paul blake says president trump is trying to get to run mac to begin —— the neg

he has been among those pressing for the investigation into margaret hodge and ian austin, two labourlashed with the labour leader over anti—semitism. he has caused from —— called for those in choir is to be scrapped. hearing him in the last hour so warning that this crisis is shaking the party to its core. none of us fail to appreciate the way that this has upset people, including ourselves, it has really shaken us to the core. but we will resolve it. we have got to. the key issue has always been we've got to resolve it within the labour party, certainly, but also the members of thejewish community are really suffering out there. we have had a massive increase in attacks on the jewish community. daubing of cemeteries. appalling thatjewish schools have to have security guards with them as well. we've got to resolve the issue within our party and then get out there to assist thejewish community and campaign against anti—semitism within our society overall. the concern of some of the labour party is that mr corrigan either lacks the will of the ability to deal with this crisis. 0ne labo

and also to say drop these two disciplinary enquiries into margaret hodge and ian austin, who are bothin, who are both been very critical jeremy corbyn, and ian austin, who are both been very criticaljeremy corbyn, and adopt this definition, the root cause of all this row, just do it. he's the deputy leader. presumably he's already gone to jeremy corbyn and i'iow already gone to jeremy corbyn and now was going public to say this is what i want. it's such a disaster, he wants it to be known he thinks he should have ta ken he wants it to be known he thinks he should have taken decisive action and nipped it in the bud and he's not doing it. it's turning up the heat on corbyn. he'll go public until he will do what is necessary. there's more in the sunday telegraph, different angle on it. they have brought injohn mcdonnell into it. a groupie is associated with, the labour plantation committee, and comments made by the former president of that. it's open season former president of that. it's open season in the labour party. how damaging would this be in terms of electoral support for the lab

the labour party has dropped an investigation into mp dame margaret hodge over an anti—semitism row with corbyn. labour said dame margaret had expressed regret for her conduct prompting her lawyers to issue a denial and accuse the party of entirely misrepresenting her in a cynical attempt to save face. teenagers in scotland are getting their results from their national and higher exams. more than 135,000 pupils will learn how well they performed in their national 4 and 5s, highers and advanced highers. all students will learn of their grades by post, but about 59,000 have also opted to receive them by text or email. 0ur correspodnent catriona renton is at a school in cumbernauld. good morning. we are at a high school and everybody in this room has done themselves proud this morning with their exam results. that means reduce you to fraser, he was doing his highers, important to getting into university, how did you getting into university, how did you get on? five as. in maths, english, chemistry, physics and modern studies. where does that take you next? now i have the grades, studies. wh

they are very angry about the dramas surrounding anti—semitism and margaret hodge and all the rest of no home. what is intriguing, buried in the second paragraph, the story thatjohn mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, and you couldn't get a cigarette paper between him and jeremy corbyn, and there is a story that they are not even talking and they have had a major fallout over the anti—semitism issue, which is very intriguing. moving away from politics, the dreadful bridge collapse in general, so dreadful bridge collapse in general, so horrifying. and the mail on sunday have an interesting follow—up. —— genoa. potentially some british bridges are substandard. that is a very good story. in the country there could be many bridges that those big trucks and lorries should not go over and sometimes they do. somebody is on their way at the sat nav tells them thatis their way at the sat nav tells them that is the way. and they say the worst cou nty that is the way. and they say the worst county is devon, with 248 bridges that they are worried about. if you think about it, some of the bridges ar

margaret hodge and ian austin who challenged them in the party are being victimised by the party areby the party in a purge and disciplined for bringing it up. so we think now that the labour party is really in a state of terrible disrepair and we don't see how he can fix it, no. thank you for your time there, so this the row which seems to be just going on and on, the labour party arei going on and on, the labour party are i think going to be holding a special meeting in september which a large part of it is going to be devoted to addressing issues round a conservative run council is warning it may have to cut basic services after imposing emergency spending controls for the second time in six months. northamptonshire county council needs to save more than 60 million pounds by next march, and will decide today whether it should limit the work it does to a bare minimum, including children and adults services. here's our political correspondent, tom barton. looking after older people, caring for vulnerable children, repairing the roads — all work done by local councils on behalf of lo

interesting is because he has been among those pressing for an example for the investigations into margaret hodgeial disciplinary charges after they clashed with the labour leader over anti—semitism. he has called for those inquiries almost to be scrapped, suggesting there has to be some sort of way found to get over the rows rocketed by the disciplinary process, and here in the last hour or so, warning that this crisis is shaking the party to its core. have a listen. none of us fail to appreciate i suppose the way this has upset people, including ourselves, it has shaken us to the core. but we will resolve it, we've got to. the key issue for me has always been, you've got to resolve it within the labour party, certainly, but certainly members of the jewish community are suffering out there. we have had a massive increase in attacks on jewish communities, cemeteries, appalling thatjewish jewish communities, cemeteries, appalling that jewish schools have to have security guards. so we have got to resolve the issue within the party, and then get out there and help the jewish community and campaign

in the case of margaret hodge, she had a row withjeremy corbyn, which led to her facing disciplinarydisciplinary charges because of a i’ow disciplinary charges because of a row that he had with the party chairman, ian lavery. in terms of how that has been dealt with, there has been criticism that there has been a different way of treating those who are loyal tojeremy corbyn. in the case of ian wilson, there is a recording that emerged earlier on this week where he referred to some in thejewish community as being trumped fanatics and was casting doubt on whether there was real anti—semitism within there was real anti—semitism within the party. he apologised and then we we re the party. he apologised and then we were told by the labour party that the case had been dropped. there is some criticism about the way his case has been dropped but not in the other two cases. in terms of the jewish community, they want action from jeremy corbyn and want this code of conduct to be taken on in its entirety, and until that happens, it is difficult to see how this row will go away. we'll leave it t

people who have been expelled quickly and action that has been taken quickly is the likes about margaret hodgethe first six months of this year they recorded 8% less of anti—semitic incidents than last year? there might be fewer incidents, but those incidents are directed and you are seeing a numberof incidents are directed and you are seeing a number of people are committing things who are not a grievous attack on someone but they are relentless attacks on people, drip, drip effect to say you are not welcome here. can social media beast stewing your view? no, because it is not just stewing your view? no, because it is notjust in social media i have seen different things. it is with the general public, with the different views and with friends. we all socialise with people, conversations get onto different subjects. 0ne socialise with people, conversations get onto different subjects. one of the subjects around the dinner table at the moment, if you get people who arejewish or at the moment, if you get people who are jewish or notjewish, at the moment, if you get people who arejewish or notjew

a whole buy hodge call undiologic about who is fit enough to constitute this talented i have a i have a number of interesting little nuggets from his work. one was an article from margaret sanger's the birth control review, where he published in an issue called "a negro number," and in the concluding sentence like vegetables, quantity -- quality is what counts and not just quantity. so thinking in terms of reproduction, having quality reproduction rather than just simply having children for the sake of having them. >> what was the time period in which he was active? >> the first half of the 20th century he has a long career. one of his most important works is published in 1904, but he's writing until his death in the 1960s. >> >> what impact do you think he ultimately had on society and on black history in american society? >> >> he's a pivotal figure. i think he's one of the architects of a black intellectual tradition. not certainly alone, but he's -- because he was such a prolific author, he influenced a lot of disciplines and has really important effects on the discipline of sociology, and so he has this really broad impact and he's -- a lot of scholars read him bec