i'm saying that the media and the new labour elite and the conservatives did that, especially with libya which is reckless and endangers the national security of everybody watching, because of theresa may's support for the saudi dictatorship or the turkish regime, so this idea that, because we are doing some theatrical standing up in terms of expelling a few diplomats instead of taking on russian dirty money... you are making this argument a lot better than the people running the labour party. the labour party is making any argument like this extremely well, the labour party is making any argument like this extremely poorly, because corbyn was rating about 19% before this. there are many reasons to be very worried about british foreign policy and about british foreign policy in the past. i was among many people who marched against the war in iraq, afghanistan, but jeremy corbyn is now saying he will reassess the membership of nato... that is corbyn's policy. he might not ever want to use a nuclear deterrent. you can't have somebody coming in to say per minute recess, ——to be pm who says

discriminating against women over pay will be given three years to close the gap or face fines under new labourd crackdown to unions and employers on wednesday, giving them a month to iron out details. if passed by parliament, the measure will be rolled out by 2020. china's exports unexpectedly surged at the fastest pace in three years in february, suggesting its economic growth remains resilient even as trade relations with the united states rapidly deteriorate. china's exports to the world surged aa.5 percent compared with the same period last year, while import growth was a disappointing 6.3 percent. i'll be back with the news briefing ina i'll be back with the news briefing in a moment. do stay with us. domestic abusers could be banned from drinking alcohol and electronically tagged, as part of new government plans to crack down on the problem. the home office has outlined measures including the first statutory definition of this kind of abuse, as well as new domestic abuse protection 0rders. the bbc‘sjon donnison has more. this woman suffered a decade of abuse at the hands of her second to

dangerous because of all of this you have this leftist labor leader who has resisted all attempts by new labour's elite to overthrow him who would dramatically shift the united kingdom's foreign and possibly much of its domestic policy as well and this seems tailor made we have seen the propaganda photo shops from from that the british propaganda corporate i mean british broadcasting corporation. in order to defame. jeremy corbyn and present him as some kind of russian agents were not in tells me and i want to say this to all of you is that this is desperation this is a mode of desperation no evidence is provided there is no interest in finding the truth because the truth has already been established because what russia did it here i mean this is shows a level of desperation of the political elites that they will grab on to anything good but the victim of this desperation is. their relationship between russia and europe and the russian and the rest of the west because we are seeing their idea more than a dozen countries is our country pleating exposed and diplomats next week in the united states

dangerous because of all of this you have this leftist labor leader who has resisted all attempts by new labour's elite to to overthrow him who would dramatically shift the united kingdom's foreign and possibly much of its domestic policy as well and this seems tailor made we have seen the propaganda photo shops from from the the british propaganda corporate i mean british broadcasting corporation. in order to defame. jeremy corbyn and present him as some kind of russian agent or he's not a tells me and i want to say this to all of you is that this is desperation this is a mode of desperation no evidence is provided there is no interest in finding the truth because the truth has already been established because what russia did it here i mean this is shows a level of desperation of the political elites that they will grab on to anything good but the victim of this desperation is. their relationship between russia and europe and russia and the rest of the west because we are seeing the idea more than a dozen countries is our country pleating explained gresham diplomats next week in the united state

how many members of the british cabinet in that new labour period, after 1997, do you think you targeteds of the british cabinet? aggressive, unprincipled. fishing expeditions often. what is the nature of the fishing expeditions that you conducted on the british cabinet? hundreds of telephone interceptions, hundreds of bank interceptions. utilities, i've been through mortgages, i've stolen rubbish. i'v i mean, i'm afraid the list is endless. not all thatjohn ford did was illegal, some of it may have been in the public interest. in a statement, a spokesperson for the sunday times said... the sunday times has also said "it has always been its expectation and practice that its contractors work within the law." the government says that we need to move on and fight the next battle, but with sir brian leveson and victims of press abuse saying that we need phase two of his inquiry, fleet street's past still casts a long shadow over its future. you're aware clearly that you're confessing, as it were, to large scale criminality? yeah. what do you think are likely to be the legal repercussions for

dangerous because of all of this you have this leftist labor leader who has resisted all attempts by new labour's elite to to overthrow him who would dramatically shift the united kingdom's foreign and possibly much of its domestic policy as well and this seems tailor made we have seen the propaganda photo shops from from the the british propaganda corporate i mean british broadcasting corporation. in order to defame. jeremy corbyn and present him as some kind of russian agents are you today tells me and i want to say this the own view is that this is desperation this is a mode of desperation no evidence is provided there is no interest in finding the truth because the truth has already been established because what russia did it here i mean this is shows a level of desperation of the political elites that they will grab on to anything good but the victim of this desperation is. their relationship between russia and europe and the russian and the rest of the west because we are seeing their idea more than a dozen countries is our country pleating exposed and diplomats next week in the united stat

of the party, a long—standing critic of tony blair when he was labour leader and a lot of what new labour like tom watson and others who are critical of this, that actually it becomes a proxy for an argument about the left and the position of the labour party rather than specifically about the argument on anti—semitism? than specifically about the argument on anti-semitism? well, i think we have seen that played out to an extent in the last few days in this argument about in anti—semitism and whetherjeremy corbyn and party leadership have taken a tough enough sta nce leadership have taken a tough enough stance on it. there are those who are saying it is being exaggerated and used as a way to attackjeremy corbyn, and destabilise him. that is of course quite an inventory charge to make because it might suggest, to some, that some people in the labour party are not fully aware of or don't fully appreciate where anti—semitism exists and how offensive and damaging it can be. in fa ct, offensive and damaging it can be. in fact, christine shawcroft herself posted on facebook last night, in a pos

this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: the labour party executive embroiled in an anti—semitism row has stepped down from the party's ruling body. two men accused of carrying out beheadings for the so—called islamic state complain that they won't get a fair trial after losing their british citizenship. the daughter of one of their victims — david haines — says they should be left to rot in guantanamo bay. more british diplomats have been ordered to leave moscow by the kremlin in the continuing row over the use of a nerve agent in salisbury. daring, fearless and one of life's characters. tributes are paid to sergeant matt tonroe, the british soldier killed on operations in syria. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeral for professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on forever. the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers. the stage is set in ca

inclusion, diversity, good news for labour on that front. trauma of a parent burying a child, but the issue of the cost of funerals have been in the news because they have been a lack of regulation, particular painful when it comes to a parent burying a child and the costs and the grief. so it looks like great news from the sunday mirror. it is a campaign they have been running for some time now. joined with carolyn harris, labour mp who lost her son. eight years old i believe he was. that's right. congratulations to them, they finally persuaded the government. it is not a huge amount of money is raised public spending is concerned, but the prime minister has done the decent thing. she set up a fund to help people in the circumstances. people had to take out loans for the funerals of the kids and you have to pay a heavy interest with some of these loan companies. it is disgraceful. parents do not want a child to have a pauper ‘s burial. that is the alternative. it is called a children's funeral fund. that is the alternative. it is called a c

let's turn to the mail on sunday and still on the subject of labour party. this news, i know he was a labour party member. ididn't i know he was a labour party member. i didn't know he had come second in the poll to be head of discipline for the labour party. he is now it, because christine shawcross has stepped down after a difficult week for herand stepped down after a difficult week for her and one does have to wonder why it took her to long. tom watson was probably one of main reasons she stood down. he made it plain she had i'io stood down. he made it plain she had no option. why jeremy stood down. he made it plain she had no option. whyjeremy corbyn hadn't put pressure. we don't know if he had a word with her. as far as i know publicly he has not. the puzzle is why has it taken so long? we have gotan is why has it taken so long? we have got an easter weekend with not much political news and they have allowed the story to go on for another day. this story also details that john mann, labourmp, who this story also details that john mann, labour mp, who said he wan

news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn faces fresh criticism from jewish leaders tonight, as the row in the party sign of abating. the board of deputies and thejewish leadership council have written a fresh letter saying it was a disgrace that people who joined a protest against anti—semitism within labour had been subjected to "abuse and insults". this is despite mr corbyn in an interview forjewish news saying, "i am not an anti—semite in any way". never have been, never will be. a lot to one click here. we should start with the interviewjeremy corbyn has given tojewish news. this is a lengthy interview that the paper has put up on its website. he was asked about his leadership over theissue was asked about his leadership over the issue in the party and also his personal views and beliefs and some of the actions he has undertaken an jeremy corbyn was very clear. he pointed out he had been a staunch defender against all forms of racism throughout his whole life. he says he was not anti—semitic himself and there was no place for it in the labour party. insisted measures had to be put in place quic

in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: the labourin caused by "pockets of anti—semitism" in the labour party. jewish groups say "enough is enough" at least 64 people — including children — have died in a fire at a shopping and leisure centre in russia. 11 people are being treated in hospital. after the deaths of two patients in its care — southern health nhs foundation trust has been fined £2 million. in the business news... more pressure on the australian cricket team today as one major sponsor makes its disappointment in the ball—tampering controversy known. the head of australian airline qantas has told the bbc he wants the authorities to urgently complete the inquiry and take appropriate action. qantas said it was "in discussions" with cricket australia. a warning to people who are opting for rent to own household goods. a combination of low incomes and high interest rates has meant half borrowing to meet payments. the citizen's advice bureau is calling for home credit loans to be capped in the way payday loans are. debt on uk cr

new york. three! labourhis dreams in the commons. it doesn't exist and yet the minister, the minister appears to be that — i am sorry to disappoint, mr speaker, but the minister seems to think that you can wish a happy thought and fly out the window. two! there was an eye—watering surprise in the kosovo parliament on wednesday as some opposition mps decided debating is dry, and instead threw tear gas into the parliament to disrupt a vote on a controversial border bill. one! fancy a pie for supper? excitement at westminster as a new bakery opens at the tube station. other supplies are available. selina seth. finally, we turn to the thorniest issue of the week — passports. news reached parliament that the all—new post—brexit blue passport was to be produced not in gateshead, where they are currently manufactured, but in france. 0h! there was outrage on both the green and red benches but it was in the lords that the issue threatened to bring the house to a halt. peers were being asked to agree an order increasi

new york. three. labour mp steven dowd confesses his love for peter pan as a child.he minister, i am sorry to disappoint but the minister seems to think that you can wish a happy thought and fly out the window. two. there was an tear gas at the kosovo parliament to disrupt a vote on a controversial border bill. one. fancy a pie for supper? excitement at westminster as a new bakery opens at the tube station. other supplies are available. finally, we turn to the thorniest issue of the week — passports. news reached parliament that the all—new blue passport was to be produced not in gateshead where they are currently manufactured but in france. there was outrage on both the green and red benches but it was in the lords that the issue threatened to bring the house to a halt. she is being asked to agree to the increase of renewing a passport. if it is true, i must say, it must be a great embarrassment for her majesty's government. he got short shrift from the minister. this is not the opportunity to stand up and ask random questions. a conservative joined the battle. we a

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, brighton. a labourf a dispute about anti—semitism has stepped down from the party's ruling body. christine shawcroft had been under pressure to leave labour's national executive committee, after opposing the suspension of a council candidate accused of holocaust denial. in a statement, she said she was completely opposed to anti—semitism, and supported jeremy corbyn‘s efforts to tackle it. she'll be replaced on the nec by the comedian eddie izzard. russia has told britain it must cut a further 27 staff working in the country, in a worsening of relations following the salisbury nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter. it's not clear whether the staff affected are diplomats or local workers. more than 100 russian diplomats have been expelled by dozens of countries in response to the poisoning. the united nations is calling for an independent inquiry, following the shooting dead of at least 15 palestinian protesters by israeli security forces yesterday. hundreds of people were wounded w

sexual offences being released without conditions — new regulations on pre—charge bail came into effect in england and wales last year. a group of labourrged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroft from the party's national executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news, injanuary 2017 finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying a basic income to 2000 unemployed finns. it's free money, with no strings attached. in this special programme we follow the stories of four recipients of the money to see if the scheme has helped them get back into work. injanuary 2017, finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying 2,000 unemployed finns basic income. they each get a guaranteed 560 euros a month for two years. it's free money — it comes with no strings attached. you could say that basic income is money for free, because you don't have to fulfil any conditions to get it. basic income is an idea that has gained some high profile champions, from facebook chief mark zuckerberg to elon musk to bernie sanders, and this experiment is being

labour party. last night he issued a new apology for any pain and hurt that's been caused. of a public protest demanding action from the labour leader. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. jonathan, has this new apology helped diffuse the situation at all? as far as those angry of the failure from jeremy corbyn to tackle anti—semitism within labour, it could be a start at best and you only have two see the strength of feeling at the protests in westminster last night to see how big a problem it is, hundreds of people were in parliament square behind me demonstrating against what they see as the problem of anti—semitism within labour and jeremy corbyn‘s baillieu to tackle it. luciano berger, the chair of jewish labour, said it has become a stain on the conscience of the party and another protester said it was time to drain the cesspit. other figures are weighing in, tony blair has had his say, saying while he believes jeremy corbyn has had his say, saying while he believesjeremy corbyn is not himself anti—semitic, those around himself anti—semitic, th

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. the labourr, jeremy corbyn, has been addressing party faithfuls at their north east regional conference at newcastle university. speaking after his address he gave his reaction. we have to have relations with governments. therefore, there has to be a limit to how far you go with that. clearly, there has to be a relationship where we can talk to the russian government. i challenge the russian government on human rights in russia, on lgbt rights, on chechnya and much of its foreign policy. does that mean we don't talk to them? absolutely not. we have to talk to them and assert all of those values. borisjohnson yesterday named putin as being responsible. do you think it's wise for the foreign secretary to antagonise the russians by naming putin as the culprit? the basis of any assertion or allegation has to be based on evidence. i'd be very interested if the foreign secretary has evidence that wasn't revealed during the week by the prime minister in two statements to the house of commons. i think w

news. and the top story here in the uk: jeremy corbyn has said he's sincerely sorry for the pain caused by what he describes as pockets of anti—semitism within labournow on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. uber is selling off its south—east asia business to singapore —based rival, grabbed it. what is this mean for two of the world's guest tried hailing companies? and is the largest employer of people in india, will find out why the country's farming industry has been stuck the same old gear for decades. —— with. good morning, asian, hello, world. it isa good morning, asian, hello, world. it is a monday, hope you had a great weekend and glad you could join us for this edition of asia business support. i am rico hizon. for this edition of asia business support. iam rico hizon. we for this edition of asia business support. i am rico hizon. we start off with uber and after pulling out off with uber and after pulling out of china, it is now giving up another, selling its business in south east asia to regional rival, grab and. two more, i'mjoined now by my colleague and business reporter. why there retreating from asia? it com

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the labourn kinnock, who was formerly the director of the british council in russia told me that the country should not host the 2018 world cup in light of the salisbury poisonings. i was a director of the british council in st petersburg from 2005—8. there was a campaign of harassment against us by the russian authorities because the bilateral relationship between russia and britain was bad at that stage and in the middle of it all was the assassination of alexander leg—burning code and the russians insisted on closing down our office in st petersburg, and there was a stand—off. —— alexander alyabev in code. it really showed us the ruthlessness of the russian regime, the fact that they will not stop, they. at nothing. and unfortunately for the russian people, because the british council is a purely constructive agenda, building intercultural dialogue and helping russians to learn english, education products, the arts, creative industries. it has no political agenda whatsoever. it is a real trag

labour. he says real wages are falling, i have good news for him.have good news for him. the 0br expect real wages to rise from quarter one in 2018, which in case he hasn't worked it out starts in two weeks' time. he talks about spending on the disabled, where i have good news again, spending on the disabled will be higher in every year of this parliament. he talks about research and development to support our economy and research and development spending is at record highs. he reels out the same old bogus statistics on regional distribution. i think he has the briefing from russia today! let me tell him this. the infrastructure authority has published figures that clearly show that the highest per capita spending on transport infrastructure investment is in the north—west region, not the last time i checked, one of the southern regions. all regions have benefited from the boom in employment. all regions will end this parliament with low unemployment and higher employment. he talks about £700 billion of increased national debt. yes, we have had to d

news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said his party must do better in the fight against anti—semitismd to reassure thejewish community that labour would "never be complacent" about the issue. 44 labour mps and peers have now urged mr corbyn to suspend a senior official over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. christine shawcroft stood down as head of the party's disputes panel, after backing the reinstatement of a council candidate accused of holocaust denial. a teachers' union is claiming ofsted chief inspector amanda spielman risks splitting communities after backing headteachers who want to ban the hijab. speaking at the national education union's annual conference in brighton, general secretary kevin courtney said she over—stepped her remit when she backed an east london head who tried to stop pupils wearing the muslim headscarf. our education correspondent marc ashdown is in brighton. this row started very small. it was a single primary school in east london, st stephens, where the headteacher at the start of the year, for her own reasons, decided she wanted to ban y

it also has the news that the head of labour's internal disputes panel has quit over an e—mail she wrotethe suspension of a council candidate who posted an article on facebook which called the holocaust a hoax. and the mirror has an image of ken dodd's funeral, as well as a story about a man who has won £9 million on the lottery. so that is what is on the front pages tomorrow morning, let's now take a closer look. the daily telegraph starts with the story, warboys's victims accuse minister of disgusting attempt to shift blame. this is a story on the front of most of the newspapers today —— worboys. it raises a lot of questions about how the entire system works. it does raise those kind of questions, the fa ct raise those kind of questions, the fact that victims have to take the pa role fact that victims have to take the parole board to court and had to crowdfu nd parole board to court and had to crowdfund to get justice parole board to court and had to crowdfund to getjustice when actually worboys is in prison and has been through all of the due process , has been through all of the due

but the labour leader is once again having to prove where he stands on this crucial issue. alex forsyth, bbc news planned at westminster tonight. how damaging is this for the labour leader? this is not just a row about anti—semitism. it isa not just a row about anti—semitism. it is a row very specifically about jeremy corbyn, his leadership and his politics, because the accusation from the british board of deputies and others is that mr corbyn is directly to blame for the rise in anti—semitism in the labour party, not just because of anti—semitism in the labour party, notjust because of his support for a version of the anti groups like his villa or hamas. notjust because he has turned a blind eye to some insta nces he has turned a blind eye to some instances of anti—semitism. but because of what they call his far left worldview, particularly his attitude towards israel, which is to view israel as an imperialist, colonialist power, and oppressor of the palestinian people, which it is argued, has given breathing space to more anti—semitism within the labour party. against that, mr corbyn's supporte

the spring budget, will include the latest official economic figures but it will not impose new taxes. labourammond must take the chance to end austerity. productivity is still 35%, below the french and germans, for example. unemployment levels are low but the incredible amount of insecurity injobs, low pay, inflation is still high, investment both in the public sector and private sector are critically low. so i don't think it's time to crack open the champagne. but housing minister dominic raab said the chancellor would look to take a balanced approach with the public finances. one of the obvious thing he says is that he doesn't want to be engaged in tinkering, short—term measures. that's been welcomed by business and groups like the institute for government. i think you'll hear less of the political clatter and fanfare that normally accompanies these set piece events and more of the healthy economic hum that is warranted by the raw economic data. the european parliament meets in strasbourg later to debate the eu's guidelines on brexit. after a speech from the european commission president,

new problem. in 2016, an official report said the labour party was "occasionally toxic".eremy corbyn is not anti—semitic, the accusation is that, from time to time, he has tolerated it. and for the labour party, that's notjust a distraction, but damaging to its relations. shame! you should be ashamed of yourselves! doubly ashamed if you're jewish. mr corbyn has formally asked for a meeting withjewish leaders. the problem in plain sight, the solution not yet in view. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the health trust southern health has been fined a record 2 million pounds after admitting failures that led to the entirely avoidable deaths of two patients. connor sparrowhawk, who was 18 and had epilepsy, drowned in a bath five years ago, in a unit run by southern health in oxford. teresa colvin, who was a5, died at a mental health hospital in hampshire, in 2012. michael buchanan has the story. he mattered. connor should still be here. it's as simple as that. once your child dies, you develop a fearlessness that the worst thing that could ever happen has happened. and

row, christine shawcroft quit as chairof now a new row, christine shawcroft quit as chair of labour'scil candidate accused of holocaust denial. angry mps want her off labour's executive too, despite her apology. she said: labour's shadow chancellor admits the controversy could hurt labour's chances of winning power. we wa nt winning power. we want to eradicate anti—semitism wherever we found it. it will not exist within the labour party. the question is, is he brave enough to ta ke question is, is he brave enough to take on his own allies because they are the people causing this problem and get rid of some of them. that's never easy, taking on people who claim they are close to you and who are using your name but he has to do that. he has to deliver if he's going to be believed. mr corbyn's new devoted followers are his strength, he wants to show unity, but today in an e—mail to members he's had to promise zero tolerance of anti—semitism. some are blaming among others far left members and factions, vociferous supporters of palestine, fierce opponent of israel who came into the party f

good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel. the laboure council's deputy leader has accused the envy of being out of touch and say it has spent more than a quarter of £1 billion on more than 300 new homes. the government's being urged to increase money for schools to help deal with the rise in knife crime. the labour mp for croydon central — sarahjones — told the commons that the problem had reached what she called "epidemic" levels and that a shortage of money had led to problems in her constituency. at least three quarters of head teachers have had to cut staff, iteration and help like mentor in which art crucial in preventing crime. now that is academic has infiltrated our schools, will he admit that school cuts are threatening our children's safety? the department is working with the home office and of course other stakeholders, police, ofsted and health and safety on updating our school security guidelines to make the risk of carrying knives and providing advice on dealing with this important issue. the number of youth clubs and proj

news. jeremy corbyn has sacked his shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, after he went against labourand called for a new eu referendum. the move has prompted criticism from several labour mps — some of whom criticised jeremy corbyn for the support he gave six years ago to a mural artist whose work has been seen as anti—semitic. our political correspondent, chris mason joins us now. under the cosh a bitch, jeremy corbyn? what was extraordinary about owen smith's intervention was that this was not a accidental swerve —— jeremy corbyn is under the cosh a bit. smith knew exactly what he was doing. he was penning these words and he knew exactly what he wanted to say. it is his long—standing view that he thinks brexit is a mistake. he digs the uk should stay in the single market as well as the customs union after brexit. that is a divergence from labour party policy. he also said there should be another referendum at the end of the negotiating process with the eu. that is mother died tweet divergence from labour party policy. so he got a call from jeremy corbyn and was relieved of his duti

i mean labour, the new promise of israeli politics and maybe the next prime minister, and all the rest. in many ways, they are worse than the right-wingers because they feel so good about themselves. because they are so sure they are so human and universal and moral. don'tthe right-wingers cover up, they say yes, we are fascist. we are jews and have the right to be fascist because we are the chosen people. no one is going to tell us what to do. when it comes to the center left, i can hardly pronounce it. what do those people have to do with left? when it comes to the central combinationa rare which you feel so good about yourself. you are not one of those fascists. you are not one of those nationalist racists. you are a combination which you feel so good about yourself. liberal. but the occupation must go on must stay in jail forever. the crimes must continue because we have no other choice. which brings me to the set of values which i see as the core of israeli society. value thatr four sets of explains everything in my view. -- let's facee it, it is the value that we are the chosen p

senior challenge given the momentum candidate had pulled out. jenny thornby has been confirmed as labour's newlytica used data from 50 million facebook profiles. mps have called on mark zuckerberg to appear before parliament over the matter. it is concerned about how social media platforms collect and use use information. with me is lisa—maria neudert, who is researcher at the oxford internet institute. also i'm joined by adrian newby, who is chief technology officer at digital services consultancy crownpeak. he's in colorado today. you surprised how the story about cambridge analytica has come to prominence, because it bubbled for a while and suddenly the story has exploded? somewhat surprised. we have seen how user data has been used for digital campaigning and we have seen where facebook has testified in front of congress but it seems one too many times something has happened. and users are beginning to care. we are seeing users be active and also the media and also an impact on facebook stocks for the first time. this affects we are told 50 million americans whose details were harvested. s

be expensive, but the truth is that policymakers have to start thinking radically about new ways to make the labourdicate that in the next 20 years, between 30% and 47% ofjobs in developed economies could be at risk of automation. that means robots doing jobs that humans currently do. all this is preying on the mind of our fourth basic income recipient. i am sini marttinen. i am 35 years old. i live in helsinki, capital of finland. i worked for a danish company and through that company, i worked all around the world. and after about six years of travelling around, i moved back to finland, and the employer told me that i have to move again, which i didn't want to do, and thus, i had to give up thejob, so i became unemployed. sini now works for herself, and very flexibly. so now, i am still working, so i have one customer — i am working for a foundation. and one week, i might work two days, five days, three days, so it's all a little bit insecure. so i have work, but my income level changes all the time. sini is convinced that more and more people like her will be pursuing flexible careers like this

news. christine shawcroft has resigned from labour's ruling body as the anti—semitism row continues.t was under pressure to resign after 44 labour mps and peers signed a letter tojeremy corbyn over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. the comedian, eddie izzard, will replace her on labour's national executive committee. a short while ago, our political correspondent chris mason gave me more details. she's concluded that the pressure simply was not going to go away. this all came about as a result of her saying that a council candidate who'd been accused of anti—semitism should be allowed to stand in the local elections coming up the month after next. she had subsequently said she hadn't read the information about this guy sufficiently rigorously and apologised and was absolutely clear that she thought anything that was anti—semitic was utterly indefensible. but the pressure grew, as you say, from these mps and peers who were saying tojeremy corbyn, 0k, she has said she will step down from this dispute panel that looks into disciplinary matters within the labour party, but

in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news: a row in the labour from her post. former footballer frontbencher is removed from her post. formerfootballerjamie carragher has caught on camera spitting towards a 14—year—old girl. i'm jamie robertson — in the business news... the bid to take over the british engineering giant gkn has been ratcheted up. melrose industries, a company that specialises in taking over and restructuring businesses, has upped its offer to £8.1 billion pounds. this it says is a final offer. gkn makes parts for boeing 737 jets and black hawk helicopters, volkswagen and ford cars. record numbers of customers are switching electricity supplier. more than 660,000 people changed in february, the highest number yet. energy uk said the figure was 60% up on a year ago. over one million customers have switched so far this year. heathrow airport had a record 5.lim passengers in february, up 2.4% on last year. larger, fuller aircraft from south asia and latin america were behind the increase, with passenger traffic from south asia up 12.

sacked his shadow northern ireland secretary, 0wen smith, after he went against labour party policy and called for a newrompted criticism from several labour mps, some of whom criticised jeremy corbyn for the support he gave six years ago to a mural artist whose work has been seen as anti—semitic. 0ur political correspondent chris mason joins us now. chris, what has the reaction been to jeremy corbyn‘s decision? there is a lot that the labour party is contending with. good morning, what this is done is prized over the paint can if you like a flavour divisions. we've always known they have existed within the parliamentary labour party and remember all of those news stories over the last couple of years with resignations and backbiting, public squabbling at one stage so many resignations in one day that we lost count of them but since the general election there has been relative calm, at least publicly. not since the sacking of 0wen smith last night, described by peter hain a former northern ireland secretary of the terrible stalinist purge. what had he done? he had gone country while away from official l

as a reminder ofjust how different the instincts are of the conservatives and labour over the economy. chris mason, bbc newse sports news in sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: tottenham move third in the premier league as son heung—min scores twice in a 4—1win over bournemouth. close, but not close enough, as tiger woods finishes tied for second at the valspar championship in florida despite a late surge. and novak djokovic returns to the court but loses his first match against japanese qualifier, taro daniel. harry kane's ankle injury is a concern for tottenham manager, mauricio pochettino, after he was takken off during their 4—1 win away to bournemouth in the premier league. the england striker injured himself in a first half collision with bournemouth keeper asmir begovic, but it didn't stop his side coming from a goal down to move up to third place with the in form son heung—min scoring twice for spurs in the second half. it is always tough to play here. after a few minutes, the team managed to complete the

news. controversy continues within the labour party over whether self—identified trans people should be allowed the government considers possible changes to the law that could make it much easierfor people to change their legal sex. this morning the victoria derbyshire show sought to take a nuanced look at the issues with a debate, on the question of whether trans people should be able to gain access to segregated areas meant for the opposite sex. she began by putting to feminist sarah ditum, the claim from transactivist paris lees, that women's fears are imaginary. these are not imagined fears. we are not imagining paris green in that prison, we are not imagining the cases where men have, you know, like, maliciously gained access to female spaces. here's a really good real—life example, 0k. so the girl guides now allow boys who identify as girls tojoin the girl guides, 0k? so that means that a child born male, clearly with a penis, would be allowed to sleep overnight with girls. and there is a safeguarding issue there. ok, that is not an imagined fear. yeah, but i think you're kind of doing th

ben ando, bbc news. of the final leave deal. the country's economy. members on the issue of brexit. labourers have been speaking out strongly. out strongly. corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. alison mcgovern, who supports owen smith's stance on brexit. thank you for being with us on bbc news this lunchtime. news this lunchtime. yourself a frontbencher for a time and as shadow city minister. and as shadow city minister. their direct area of responsibility, are they not asking to be sacked? are they not asking to be sacked? —— central to those responsibilities really. really. .. threaten peace and i think that is why... how would you prevent that? full terms of the tory brexit is known. known. none of what has been said recently is really very new. recently is really very new. worried up and down the country about the tory hard brexit. about the tory hard brexit. had job losses and people are very worried about it. worried about it. of internal political processes, it is the substance of the matter. is the substance of the matter. agreement and labour members want us t

news. jeremy corbyn has written to labour mps to insist that the party has a "zero tolerance" approach to anti—semitism party's disputes panel, christine shawcroft, who'd opposed the suspension of a party candidate who was accused of sharing an anti—semitic article on facebook. but christine shawcroft remains a member of labour's ruling body, the national executive committee. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar is at westminster. is there any sign thatjeremy corbyn has done enough with this letter to convince his critics? the short a nswer convince his critics? the short answer is no. it seems there's no escaping this row forjeremy corbyn, serious at any time but at the start ofa serious at any time but at the start of a local election campaign, it is may be doubly disruptive and it seems any spark can reignite the flame. today, it was a relatively unknown official who chairs labour's internal discipline to do you had to resign after defending a candidate who was accused of holocaust denial. a line of labourmps who was accused of holocaust denial. a line of labour mps have been demanding jeremy co