i know lisa nandy very well.ian newspaper for 18 years and not know lots of people in the labour party very well. this is your career you talking about — lisa nandy, i know her very well. work for the guardian for that long, you get to know lots of people in the labour party and i know two big things about lisa nandy. 0ne, she is a woman of enormous integrity. secondly, she is incredibly clever. and because lisa nandy is incredibly clever, you have to look at every single word she says very carefully. so yourfirst question to her committee, can you guarantee that no—one in the labour party was involved in a conversation about the speaker's future job prospects? lisa nandy said, "yes, i believe i can." she said i have had numerous conversations with each keir starmer come up with the chief whip, with david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, and the idea of this sort of thing would be done is for than birds. but only after the second question. rather than making a political point, ijust wanted to highlight to vie

lisa nandy de culture secretary _ nandy has been saying.ng. lisa nandy de culture secretary met with _ nandy has been saying. lisa nandy de culture secretary met with the - culture secretary met with the director—general tim davie yesterday and she called for an immediate meeting with him potentially to talk about what had happened with this case. she said they had a robust conversation and tim davie was very forthcoming with his answers, but she still had some questions that she still had some questions that she wanted answering, and he had promised to come back to her with those answers. what the bbc knew, when the bbc knew about huw edwards, also, should huw edwards have been paid when he was suspended, and also the treatment of whistle—blowers, people who came forward with their concerns in the bbc. she has gone further than that, she has also said to sky news today that huw edwards should return that £200,000 he was paid after he was arrested, but before he resigned. there was a five—month period where he got around £200,000. lisa nand

nandi.shadow foreign secretary lisa nandi. ~ ., i. , lisa nandi. i know everyone is desperate _ lisa nandi. i know everyone is desperate to _ lisa nandi. i know everyone is desperate to go _ lisa nandi. i know everyone is desperate to go on _ lisa nandi. i know everyone is desperate to go on holiday - lisa nandi. i know everyone is| desperate to go on holiday but lisa nandi. i know everyone is - desperate to go on holiday but we have to _ desperate to go on holiday but we have to proceed with caution, we cannot— have to proceed with caution, we cannot allow the good work to be unravelled by unlocking too quickly or try— unravelled by unlocking too quickly or by failing to secure our borders, we have _ or by failing to secure our borders, we have seen problems with that in the past _ we have seen problems with that in the past -- — we have seen problems with that in the past. —— lisa nandy. i have been travelled _ the past. —— lisa nandy. i have been travelled tov— the past. —— lisa nandy. i

lisa nandy has said it was a — nandy and tim davie.s a robust _ nandy and tim davie. lisa nandy has said it was a robust conversation - said it was a robust conversation and that tim davie was very forthcoming in his answers. however, she said she still has some questions and he has promised to come back to her on them, and they are what the bbc knew and when they knew. she has a question around whistle—blowers in the bbc, and also about the money, this £200,000 that was paid to huw edwards after he was arrested in november 2023, and he resigned in april 202a. he wasn't sacked by the corporation, he chose to stand down and left on his own terms. she has actually gone further since then. she has told sky news that huw edwards should return that money voluntarily. he should return to £200,000. it is not a good use of taxpayers money. 0bviously she can't make and do that but she thinks most of the people in this country would agree that that is the right thing to do. this isn't a story that is going away for the bbc, there are lots more q

my name's nandi. and i love playing the drums. recognise nandi?ation. videos of her amazing drumming skills have been viewed thousands of times, and she's even picked up some celebrity fans. hi, i'm lenny. hello! nice to meet you, finally. can i have a hug? i met lenny kravitz, and i played are you gonna go my way? and i met questlove. and i also know anderson paak. i met him in birmingham. if you could jam with someone else, who would it be? i think i want to jam with the red hot chilli with the red hot chilli peppers and foo fighters. if that wasn't enough, the little rock star was hand—picked out more than 100 children, to appear in one of the uk's so, i went to bulgaria, and it was pretty amazing. and i got like this chair that said ‘nandy bushell, actress'. and like, it's one of those director's chairs. so i got one of those special chairs just for myself. i wasn't able... i really wanted to bring it home so i could just sit on it, but i couldn't. i couldn't put it on the plane! after she appeared in the ad, the retailer told the bbc that sal

lisa nandy has said the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would _ the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not - the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not bring . the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not bring itj the labour party would not bring it on and she says it's ironic that on the day michael gove is announcing plans to level up and address inequality is that this is not the right time to raise taxes and people should be able to spend more withering incomes to bounce back from covid. the foreign secretary liz truss said it is the intention of the government to cut tax rises before the next election but stressed this is about trying to deal after an unprecedented period of public spending to deal with coronavirus. one of the strongest winter storms in years is continuing to batter the east coast of the united states. more than 60 cm of snow fell on parts of new york state, as well as in massachusetts, where high winds have caused more

i serve you faithfully for 32 years and nandi 22 years. at $25 a month for me and two dollars a week for nandi, our earnings would amount to $11,680. that is about $200,000 in today's money. so, back pay. as for the interest our time our wages have been set back, and mandy had a tooth pulled, and the balance will show what we are injustice and title to. he sent the money by adams express. if you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past we can have little faith in your promises in the future. we trust the good maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs that you and your fathers have done to me in my fathers. -- and my fathers. in answering this letter, please state if there will be any safety for my millie and jane as they are good-looking girls. i would rather stay here and starve and die if it comes to that then have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their masters. also please state if there have been any schools open for the colored children in your neighborhood, the great desire of my life now is to give my

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we are awaiting lisa nandy about to take to the podium. let us listen to the culture secretary.pic gold medallist and a junior doctor come here to inspire and to serve, to allow people to dream, to change lives, to never take no for an answer. she absolutely sums up the spirit of our country. we need that spirit and conviction after iii dark, divisive years. successive tory governments running down our rich and proud heritage in arts and music and the right of every child to it. at the stroke of a pen, enrichment funding in schools, gone. libraries, theatres, youth workers, gone. that lifeline for young people broken. the promise of a generation inspired by sport, broken. this is what cultural vandalism looks like and come conference, it ends today. applause no more of their violent indifference to the things that matter most. because the rich, diverse culture in our country is not just how we grow as people but how we make and shape a nation. conference, we are a better country than the government we have had, and we are going to give voice to that country again. applause becau

labour is lisa nandy- _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy.y. let's get _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all - people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all the - is lisa nandy. let's get all the sports news now. good afternoon. manchester city could reduced arsenal's lead in the premier league to just three points later before the two meet on wednesday. arsenal's dropped points yesterday have given the champions a chance to tighten the title race against aston villa later. that's one of two games today. the other one is the second meeting of leeds and manchester united in the last four days. after their draw at old trafford on thursday night, they're drawing again. chief refereeing 0fficer howard webb has contacted arsenal and brighton after what have been described as �*significant errors' in the var process at their games in the premier league yesterday. at the emirates, brentford striker ivan toney�*s goal stood after a var check by lee mason, even though there was an offside in the build—up.

and so nandy says, well, i've got to say something.going to say, i'm in favour of us all getting on a lot better. there is no possibility in a free speech world and actually really in a social media world where people are going to agree with each other, what we've discovered is that not only do we get a vote, we have the ability to go on x or twitter or whatever it is and actually say these things, and it's that issue, which means and thatis it's that issue, which means and that is why i don't even know bother why? why is she bother saying any of this? because it fundamentally will not be true . fundamentally will not be true. people want to have pride in their country, but there is likely to be division based on culture. >> that's the difference. when you're saying about there will always be differences of opinion because people are individuals. icannot because people are individuals. i cannot just intrinsically think like you. i'm a different person. indeed indeed, it's possible to function with a difference of opinion without being

here is her story. ♪ nandi: hi, everyone.me is, nan and i love playing the drums. ♪ lenny: nice to meet you finally. can i he a hug? ♪ nandi: i met lenny kravitz. thn is the first famous per i llt him and he was r friendly. i played "are you going to go my way." when i was little, whenevermu esere was c on -- i really liked "teletubbi and i would always play in time. ♪ teletubbies, teletubbies i would push my bum in the air time, like one, two, three, four. it was pretty amazing. i was an actor and i got this chair that said "nandi bushell, i really wanted to bring it home so i could sit on it. >> if you could jam with someone else, who would it be? nandi: so, dave grohl, and the red hot chili pepperthe foo fighters. laura: nandi makes herself heard with her drumming. you can find much more of the day's news on our website. to see wt we're working on at any time, check us out on twitter. i'm laura trevelyan. ank you for watching "bbc world news america." narrator: funding for this presentation is made possible by... babbel, a

wise are such strong support for lisa nandy?fficult question? how are you going to bring us back to power and unite the party? the overwhelming majority felt that lisa nandy was a breath of fresh air. she understands the extent of the challenge that we have a mountain to climb. she was the one with the optimism, innovation, the ideas, the creativity and a decisive result and one am proud to back subway the differences between her and keir starmer and getting his agency nominations... why do people think that she has notjust the edge right away reps from every region dow was there a stance towards a london candidate? i think in the movement, we talk too much from the prism of our own eyes. people across the uk wa nt to our own eyes. people across the uk want to see someone who they can trust, who speaks for them it has the same experiences and have been through life's challenges like they have. lisa nandy one that by a mile, we had no discussion about whether it should be a woman, it can't be a bloke not met it was none of that.

lisa nandy, welcome to political thinking. _ salford. lisa nandy, welcome to politicalthinking. hello. - salford. lisa nandy, welcome to politicalthinking. hello. how. salford. lisa nandy, welcome to i politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being _ politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being a _ politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being a political— politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being a political spectator, l it feel being a political spectator, in effect at this time of extraordinary political crisis. i should stay the —— say this, it's not good started podcasting this, but in some ways it is quite a belief not to be laboured at the centre of the jama. we have had huge political upheaval on our own side —— the centre of the drama. i've not been the party going through that, thatis been the party going through that, that is unified and looking out to the country is a good place to be. when you're part of the politics, which will get to any second, do you also watch open—mouthed and think, my goodness, how is this happening? a bit. we got used to a lo

lisa nandy, the latest to throw her hat into the ring. of those people who had said over —— wigan, that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight she has confirmed ina stand, and tonight she has confirmed in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heart lands, areas that had voted labour for decades, and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph from what she says. she says, i'm standing because i know too many people in places like wigan no longer feel they have a voice in our national story. basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country that feel disaffected with westminster politics and the best solution to that is to get someone best solution to that is to get someone like her who is representing one of those areas in to sort out that issue. i must say, just phillips who announced she was standing a couple of hours ago it has qui

>> well, more importantly, if it's the philharmonic, does lisa nandy play an instrument?i think she plays the piccolo. really? yeah. >> yeah, yeah, right. okay, so i could understand if she was a flautist and she was off tune or any of that kind of thing. >> you should be cancelled for that. >> no, i mean, i do like her. i think she seems a nice lady, but i think she needs an adenoids. done. >> well, that's a different issue, but i think it's fair for you to raise it. okay. anyway, let's get a question now from maggie. where's maggie? hello. >> hello, are women's cyclists getting stronger? >> yeah. you would have thought, wouldn't you? because you will have seen this story. everyone. probably. so this is the, competition? i think it was in washington, it was a the elite women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix. women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix . and that's marymoor grand prix. and that's the winners on the podium, the 3 or 3 top medals went to, men who identify as women. all three. yeah. right. so and there are arrows there to point them out.

lisa nandy is someone the north of england.e need for labour to regain trust in those so—called labour heartlands, those areas particularly in the north of england where labour underperformed quite dramatically at the recent election, resulting in a lot of conservative gains. she also emphasised the need for reconciliation inside the party. speaking on the bbc earlier today, she spoke about the need for unity. in the last few years, we have been riven by division and they have been difficult for every single activist, member, councillor and member of parliament in the party. i am someone parliament in the party. i am someone who parliament in the party. i am someone who comes parliament in the party. i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, i work with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into parliament. i worked for a member of parliament. i worked for a member of parliament on the left of the party as his house in case worker, but i see the strength in all of our traditions across the p

here's lisa nandy, speaking a short while ago.ussion about the circumstances around the case and some of the decisions that have been made during that case and also since. obviously, lam particularly concerned to make sure that people have confidence in the bbc and i think the director general made a good start yesterday in going out to be as open and transparent as possible with the public, both about what the bbc knew, but also about why they made the decisions that they did, and the use of taxpayers' money, which is obviously very important to a lot of people. i think we all recognise that there is a job of work to do to get more information into the public domain, to reassure people, not just about the decisions that have been made, but also about the action that the bbc will take going forwards. my concern is to make sure that warning signs are caught, that complaints are acted on, that public money is used well and to make sure that, as far as is humanly possible, that we don't have a repeat of this situation in the future.

sport secretary lisa nandy said there were questions to be answered. it was incredibly uncomfortable to watch for the 46 seconds it lasted and i know there's a of concern about women competitors and about whether are getting the balance right in notjust boxing but other sports as well and the decision that successive governments have made and that these are complex decisions that these are complex decisions that should be made by sporting bodies, in this case i understand the biologicalfacts are bodies, in this case i understand the biological facts are far more complicated than is being presented on social media and in some of the speculation, but as sporting bodies try to get the balance between inclusion, fairness and safety, there is a role for government to make sure they have got the guidance and framework and support to make those decisions correctly, and it is something i will be talking to sporting bodies about over the coming weeks and months. it's been a fantastic friday for team gb, five medals, three of them gold, the most recent in the la

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. the 2019 book entitled no—one is too small to make a difference is a collection of speeches by a swedish climate change activist, what's her name? sharon? greta thunberg. when greta became sharon, the climate change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in this week's click, the team takes a look at facial recognition technology, the future of space travel, and super—fast sports cars. that's in half an hour. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has said america has made a strategic mistake by killing tehran‘s most senior military commander, and warned the us will face difficult days ahead. the funeral procession for qassem soleimani has been taking place in baghdad after he was killed by a drone strike at the city's airport on thursday night. president trump said he ordered the action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. david

rowling attacks labour's lisa nandy over stance on trans rights. >> lisa nandy is the she is the shadowecretary. i don't i don't know if that's even is that even a real position ? real position? >> i think it is, yeah. >> i think it is, yeah. >> anyway, she made a speech. she made a speech saying women's rights, women's rights, women's rights, women's rights, women's rights , and sounded almost rights, and it sounded almost believable until until j.k. rowling said, hey, you know, we've you've come down on it being against women's place uk, which is which is trying to stop biological men in from going into women's spaces. so you're not in favour of women. yeah. and although lisa nandy would say, well those, those males that want to go into prison, they are women because look at their pronouns in their twitter bio and look at their badly appued bio and look at their badly applied lipstick. >> so she would say the real women, as soon as somebody says they're a woman, that's that's it. there are women. the self id law promotes that says law that she promotes that says that. and in the past,

lisa nandy welcome to political thinking. hello.eel being a political spectator in effect at this extraordinary time of political crisis? i mean, i probably shouldn't say this. it's not good to start a podcast, is it, by saying, i shouldn't say this, but, you know, in some ways it's sort of quite a relief for it not to be labour at the centre of all the drama. we've had huge amounts of political upheaval on our own side and you know, us being the party that isn't going through that, that is unified, is and looking out to the country is a good place to be. but when you park the politics, which of course, we'll get to in a second, do you also watch open mouthed and think, my goodness, how is this happening? a bit, actually. yeah. so we've got used to lots of political drama in the last few years and it's almost become the norm. but there's something really extraordinary about what's happening to the conservative party at the moment. when borisjohnson fell, i was sitting on a bus in berlin. we'd gone over there to look at what was happ

lisa nandy, one of those saying she will step in. give us those saying she will step in.aign. us your political take on the labour leadership campaignlj us your political take on the labour leadership campaign. i need to say this at the top of this, the daily mirror, quite a key layer in most leadership contest, like the sun is for the conservative contests. we are withholding judgement. we want to listen to all the candidates. what i‘m saying is a personal view. actually, i am quite a strong admirer of lisa nandy. i think she speaks a lot of common sense. she is very rooted in her constituency of wigan. she understands it. her majority went down in the december election. but she compared the neighbouring seats which all fell to the conservatives, she showed remarkable resilience and bucked the trend. so that one bit of a red while held up there. and, you know, she is for deeply about what labour needs to do to reconnect with communities like wigan —— red wall. and all the other ones you can think of. so the downside, the problem she may overcome our she of. so the downsi

labour backbenchers, lisa nandy and jess phillips, join the contest to become the party's next leaderr rod stewart is charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard in the chest, in florida, on new year's eve. and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for the 2020 paralympics. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession, of iran's most powerful military leader who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qasem suleimani, to stop a war — not start one. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq — and all but essential travel to iran. charlotte gallagher reports. a funeral procession for qasem suleimani in baghdad. a man despised by many, but a martyr to others. crowds shout, "death to america," and, "america is the enemy of god." 0thers waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. the military commander was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital.

by the gmb is crucialfor lisa nandy.ial for lisa nandy. if nay back her she has a good chance of being on the ballot. if not she will struggle. but it is the person who did not turn up for today's meeting thatis did not turn up for today's meeting that is the most interesting, because jess phillips that is the most interesting, becausejess phillips who, said she was a different type of leader and was a different type of leader and was a different type of leader and was a critic ofjeremy corbyn's, she was a critic ofjeremy corbyn's, she was due to put her case to members of the gmb today and chose not to attend and the expectation is she will be withdrawing from this contest in the very near future. there will be a meeting with people who supported her in parliament, she will be talking through the state of campaign. but it all points in one direction for a number of reasons. first of all, she didn't have any trade union support at all. secondly that different way of getting on to the leadership ballot, getting support fr

the culture secretary lisa nandy there.ng is the growing controversy over the algerian boxer imane khelif. she is through to the quarter—finals of the women's 66 kilo category after her opponent, italy's angela carini, abandoned the bout in 46 seconds. she tookjust one punch to the face and then walked to her corner where she was heard saying "it's not right". the italian boxer was in tears after the match. she told reporters it was the hardest punch she had ever taken and that she had stopped the fight to preserve her life. khelif is one of two athletes who was cleared to compete in paris, despite being disqualified from last year's world boxing championships forfailing to pass a gender eligibility test. again, here's lisa nandy responding to the story. i want to get your thoughts on the boxing match yesterday between italy and algeria, it has been billed as very controversial, over in 46 seconds, angela carini said she had to preserve her life so she had to stop the match and the italian pm giorgia meloni said it was not

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that lisa nandy had.is the positions that lisa nandy had. she is now shadow levelling up had. she is now shadow levelling up secretary shadow deputy up secretary and shadow deputy prime up secretary and shadow deputy prirwell, deputy prime >> well, so the deputy prime minister is because she's the she's the deputy leader and she was elected. so i think that's quite straightforward. it's absolutely right that that's what he did. the levelling up. i mean, the thing about angela is she levelling up. i mean , she gets levelling up. i mean, she's she's lived through that . she's she's lived through that. >> i think lisa nandy did. >> i think lisa nandy did. >> i think angela probably will do it better. i think angela needs something where she really where she can really get her teeth it. i think she teeth into it. i think she wanted a proper delivery job. the problem with the cabinet office is, is it's quite amorphous. it's about government. interestingly, they've got three people in it to look at government .

and lisa nandy has gone against party opinion on brexit.e with labour. i told her at the time if she brought a bill before parliament that gave a role for parliament in the next stages of the negotiations i would go for it. i was consistent in that all the way through. had she brought that bill, i told her and i told my constituents i would vote for it. when boris johnson finally did, i voted for it. she voted once for borisjohnson's deal, but against in the final version. but back to that passion she's best known for. towns are now the key marginals that will be the central battle ground for the next election. i think the government has started to understand that. i think all political parties have now started to understand that. her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. in 2018 she co—founded a think—tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. that is key to lisa nandy‘s vision for labour.

we had jess phillips and lisa nandy, both labour mps, fiercely critical of theirs. there are too many people in labour more interested in the party then getting new votes, and lisa nandy saying that labour has lost touch with ordinary voters and their day—to—day experiences. i expect the apology will beg more questions than it answers. and we are hearing more about boris johnson is it answers. and we are hearing more about borisjohnson is plans for government? we have mps coming into london today and tomorrow, a big day on thursday. another queen speech, a big moment for the new government. we already have an idea of the kinds of things we want to expect. this is the cabinet office minister michael gove speaking minutes ago. well, i think what we can expect is a recognition that the national health service is the number one focus of this government, when it comes to domestic policy. we need to make sure the national health service is properly funded and we will be bringing forward legislation to ensure that there is an nhs funding guarantee. that's the first and mos

lisa nandy is comfortably over the line. she's got 2a so far. clive lewis is really struggling. in that picture. jess phillips has the 22 required. emily thornberry is on ten. keir starmer is the man to beat. he is in front with 68 and the one opinion poll we have seen suggests he is doing well with the labour membership as well. but don't count on anything being guaranteed because, on the far side, we also have rebecca long—bailey, 26 nominations at the moment but she is the preferred candidate on the left of the party, and i would suspect that, once this campaign gets going proper, you will see a lot of work from the left of the party, the membership is more left—wing than it was, a lot of them will get by. clive lewis perhaps will struggle because he has the lowest profile with the exception of lisa nandy who was in the shadow cabinet but resigned. but she has kept her profile up. and is a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn who has been on the front bench. jess phillips has been very prominent in the media. emily thornberry is a very prominent figure, shadow foreign secretary,

lisa nandy rebecca long billy stark there we're going to start from the the outsider to the fever so we start with emily thought 100 to one her odds no we're not even sure she'll get to the starting gate in the vote 10 days time what if she added something to this contest in a way it's very surprising that she has struggled to to make a big impact if a year ago i think most political commentators if they were asked who had a real chance of winning the leadership she would have been very much up there. and it appears that what has happened really is that kiss starmer who will talk about later has basically stolen her constituency before she even had a chance to address it so even though she is well known she has been shadow foreign secretary which is a very senior post in the shadow cabinet. has stood in a prime minister's questions which is a real test of being leader of the opposition. it appears that even almost before the race formally began she didn't have enough of a constituency of support to propel her forward and hasn't really had momentum which is of course a key element of

. >> reporter: the cities of suva and nandi have escaped but an hour north of nandi there is widespread destruction. it's still pretty windy now but compared to when the cyclone was at its peak, half the roof is gone destroyed inside and the debris is everywhere, filling this swimming pool filled with broken wood, debris everywhere and there a guest house totally destroyed. nearby houses have been stroourn down the hillside. nadira's home did survive but only just. she and her friends are cleaning up grateful to be alive. >> it was terror, terror to be alive. we have heard of hurricanes and been through so many of them but this one was really terrible, it was horrible. >> reporter: in this part of fiji already, crews are at work restoring power lines and clamoring up to restore mobile masses. masts. parts of the country currently cut off restore communication. andrew thomas, al jazeera, nandi fiji. >> more to come this half hour, afghan refugees are stranded in a crack down in macedonia. >> i'm step vaessen, in west java, people have sold their kidneys to a kidney syndicate. >> welcome

lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party's next leader. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bushfires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jason beattie from the daily mirror and olivia utley from the sun. good evening. president trump has defended his order to assassinate iran's top military commander, saying the action was taken to stop a war, and that it should have been done long ago. general qasem soleimani, one of the most powerful men in the middle east, was killed in iraq, outside baghdad airport, by a us air strike. iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the killing. its foreign minister described it as an act of international terrorism. the attack marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran — and the us is sending 3,000 additional troops to the region as a precaution. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen

asi as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in as i say, lisa nandyill bejoining usina as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in a few moments. before we talk to her, what are we expecting from keir starmer in the speech? it's very early in the morning and these are strange times we are living in and there will be no delegates there, physically listening to him. he is going to give this speech in doncaster and there is a reason for that. that's right. he wants to get away from london, and he wants to go to parts of the country where labour turned their back on him and jeremy corbyn. let's face it, it's not going to be subtle. you might as well have put up a big label behind him saying i am notjeremy corbyn, talking about new leadership, have another look at us and he feels he has to distance himself from jeremy corbyn‘s leadership and that is what this speech will try to do. people talk about security, patriotism, the country he loves and there are many who feel in the labour party that jeremy corbyn was on the wrong side of the argument and sometimes

they are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birmingham mpjess are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birminghamred that they will be standing. i think from lisa nandy we can expect to see an emphasis on the so—called labour heartlands, those parts of the country, particularly in the north of england where labour performed unexpectedly badly at the recent general election, she will make a case of somebody representing one of those community she will be especially well—placed to make labour's case to voters there. i think forjess phillips, she is a long—standing critic of jeremy corbyn, so she will be appealing to those members of the labour party who want to see a clean break from the current leadership. she will be arguing that as an independent minded mp she can be the fresh blood that labour now needs to rebuild. of course the slightly strange thing about this konta so far is that the two front runners, the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer and shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, have yet to formally declare that they will be standing. but we do expect them to both declare in t

lisa nandy.u've said i've heard for the last decade and i think brexit was the straw that broke the camels back in ex coalfield communities like mine, but it has been a long time coming. we have to be clear about our values and be honest with people. we want to make deep, transformative change in the country and we believe in public ownership and we should be clear about that. we want compassionate society where we are decent and kind to people, especially people facing adversity and that have difficult lives, but we also need to show a level of respect to people, and when we are asked a question and said it was up to you, we should have been respectful of the answer. i'm somebody who campaigned for remain and wanted to remain and if i'm honest, i want to remain now, but i accepted the fact that we lost the argument and when we promised in 2017 we would leave the european union with a deal, we should have gone and fought for the deal and agreed the deal and got on with it andi agreed the deal and

i the culture secretary, lisa nandy.welcomes the bbc launching an independent review into the culture of the organisation. she goes on to say the bbc is a hugely valued and important player in the public service broadcasting landscape and that staff must be able to feel safe at work. the son of the bangladesh former prime minister has told that... his mother plans to return when elections are called. a caretaker government led by the nobel peace prize winner our south asia correspondent it's certainly a new day and a new government. they have really divvied up these different departments. i want to take a mention of this advisory committee that was a part of it. you have a lot of people from civil society. you have people from business community and you also have the student leaders that were part of the protests, also part of this advisory committee. i want to talk a little bit more about the students you can probably say oh of course you can probably say oh of course you can't because a bus has just passed by, iam you

either— support lisa nandy's call. why? in the house of commons, is these are very disturbing pictures and reports that have come up from this hospital and we need to get to the bottom what exactly happened and we need answers from the israelis about that and when we have those, it will be easier to comment. david cameron talking in the last little while. a ship towing a barge loaded with almost 200 tonnes of food aid has left larnaca in cyprus, bound for gaza. it's the first shipment along a maritime corridor which it's hoped will bring desperately needed supplies to palestinian civilians. the un says a quarter of the population in gaza is at risk of starvation. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the rate of unemployment in the uk rose to 3.9% in the three months to january. that's up from 3.8% from the previous three months. the new labour market figures, released by the office for national statistics, also showed that more than a fifth of 16—to—64—year—olds

yeah, i think that is significant in the sense that lisa nandy has said she wants further clarity fromny. we understand she wants answers to some important questions, not least the issue of using public money in that way. she's talking about transparency, she wants to find out who made the decisions, when, and what structures and safeguards are in place at the bbc. it was fairly common for previous conservative culture secretaries to call urgent meetings with the director—general when the bbc was facing questions — and lisa nandy�*s team are making clear she isn't politicising the bbc, but it's in the public interest for questions be answered. but it does, of course, add the pressure on the people at the very top of the organisation. and this story is dominating the front pages of thursdays papers — let's take a look at some of them now. "edwards fall from grace" splashes the mirror. let's show you that again if we can. it was a bit brief, let's see if we can — nope, we are struggling with our papers. there you go. "guilty" leads the sun. the independent says huw edwards faces jail ove

nandi! it is- hawkins,, 0k! nandi! it is spectacular. _ hawkins,, 0k! nandi! you are so welcome, thank you for talking to us. stay with us. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with me, jon kay, in downing street and sally nugent in the studio on the day the new prime minister is announced. eight weeks, eight candidates, six rounds of voting — in just a few hours we will find whether rishi sunak or liz truss will succeed borisjohnson. but with a rise in the energy price cap just weeks away — there's not much time for the new occupant of number 10 to set out how they will support families this winter. there are 36,000 children below the poverty line here in leeds. to give you an idea, leeds united's elland road football stadium — they'd fill it. it is not just families feeling it is notjust families feeling the pinch. i am at a market in at least talking to businesses about the unprecedented pressure they are under and what they need to hear from our next prime minister. in other news this morning... a manhunt is under way in canada after

by nandy back in 2020.d, and i believe that the gender recognition act strikes the wrong balance in relation to that. >> so i think that crimes that are recorded should be recorded as that person wishes. having gone through that process , gone through that process, received support and self—identified . i think trans self—identified. i think trans women are women and i think trans men are men. so i think that they should be accommodated in the present choosing . in the present choosing. >> yeah, fascinate . seeing how >> yeah, fascinate. seeing how so many people in the labour party, as far as i can tell, have had a complete politics transplant in recent years. but j.k. rowling is singling nandy out here. but is she right that generally many women on the left no longer trust labour to defend their rights? well, christine, no one would ever accuse you of being left, but would you being on the left, but would you trust labour defend your trust labour to defend your rights life woman? rights as a real life wom

lisa nandy, for me.or reflection on the labour party, if in 2020, or in 2025 by the next election, that we've never have had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make the policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas. and a lot of disappointment, really. disappointment has all too often been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. our top story this evening. after talks at sandringham the queen says she supports prince harry and meghan‘s wish for a more independent life. and still to come — will flybe keep flying? reports that europe's largest regional airline is seeking an emergency bailout. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, james hook calls it a day. we look back at his fantastic rugby