and choosing to sack owen smith?member has done in that situation, he has a party policy to stay part of a customs union, but not touch the single market and not consider a second referendum. owen smith's massively contradictory to that. in a sense, he didn't have much choice. but the timing of this is obviously important in the sense that corbyn has grabbed hold of all believers in the labour party —— the leavers. he has the strength to follow through with sacking a senior member of the shadow cabinet. you will be well aware that some of the creditors of jeremy corbyn has come from people saying he has taken a tougher stance with owen smith than he has with some people that have expressed anti—semitic views in their opinions. do you think the fact that he has done this to owen smith, sacked him, it is a sign of the strength thatjeremy corbyn feels he has as leader? gayle absolutely. jeremy corbyn made the calculation that all the members are against him on brexit but with him on the type of labour party that he want

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'ser he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more eurosceptic approach which he believed would damage the country's economy. he told bbc breakfast that mr corbyn was not speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking out strongly and members across the country have contacted me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe in the vast majority of labour members support is taking a much tougher stance against brexit and that is what i thinkjeremy corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. earlier chris mason came into the studio and i asked him why he had sacked owen smith. firstly he wrote an article, he cannot blame this on encountering a pesky reporter like you or me being asked devilish questions and blurting something out that he later regrets, oi’ something out that he later regret

owen smith was a valued colleague.ution to the debate and he will be able to do so. what he cannot do is sit on our front bench and advance a position which is not labour party policy. but no one is saying that he can't have his own opinion. but we are clear, we want a meaningful vote on the final deal in parliament because after all, we are a parliamentary democracy, but we are not calling for a secondary random. the reaction of one other labourmp, if only random. the reaction of one other labour mp, if only anti—semites were dealt with as swiftly as remainders —— remain. jeremy corbyn appearing to go against the removal of a mural which was anti—semitic. he says tonight, i'll sincerely regret that idid not tonight, i'll sincerely regret that i did not look more closely at the image which was deeply anti—semitic andi image which was deeply anti—semitic and i heartily support its removal. so he is getting flak for that this evening. thank you, jonathan bate, in westminster. the high court has given permission for the l

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'sd for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more eurosceptic approach, which he believed would damage the country's economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. (tx sor next) labour members have been speaking out strongly. we passed a resolution at conference last year that was frankly exactly the same as what i said in my article. members across the country had been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe and the vast majority of labour members support is taking a much tougher sta nce support is taking a much tougher stance against brexit and that is what i thinkjeremy corbyn in the leadership of the labour party need to do. let's talk to the labour mp for derby north, chris williamson. thank you for being with us this lunchtime. do you understand why owen smith is saying something that diane abbott ha

i began by asking him for his reaction to owen smith's sacking. well, i think it's a great shame. eland shadow secretary of state. his views on the european union, his advocacy of a people's vote on the brexit deal, his advocacy of us staying in the single market and the customs union were vocal positions he held before his appointment injune of last year. so, it's quite bizarre that he should be sacked from his post, not only for expressing views which were well known about before his appointment, but also for expressing views which the overwhelming majority of our members and also our voters support. but you know the rules. he may have said that before he joined the shadow cabinet, but he can't be just freelancing policy on a second referendum, can he? i mean, jeremy corbyn had to dismiss him, surely? but if that was an issue, i don't understand why he was appointed in the first place. and it's not as if once you're appointed that you can pretend away views that you've had in the past. and jeremy has always prided himself on, you know, being consistent and true to his principles.

owen smith has reacted to the news on twitter.remy corbyn for my long held views on the damage brexit will do to the good friday agreement and the economy of the entire uk. those views are shared by labour members and supporters and i will continue to speak up for them, and in the interest of our country. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. for how many labour mps is he actually is in? many mps would agree with him on that policy. in terms of wider party membership, labour voters were largely in favour of remaining in the european union. so it is clear that owen smith is not speaking purely for himself and he is reflecting to an extent the views of some of the party membership and a good deal of labour party mps as well. but the problem was was that he was saying that from his position as one ofjeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet and from there, it is generally expected, although not a lwa ys generally expected, although not always the case, that mps are expected to toe the party line. to come out so flagrantl

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, says he'll continue to oppose labour's position from the front bench, for saying there should be a referendum on the terms of any final deal. mr smith believes the party leadership should be speaking out more forcefully about what he sees as the economic risks of leaving the eu. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the show of unity was relatively short lived. owen smith failed to topple jeremy corbyn as labour leader in 2016 butjoined his shadow cabinet lastjune. he was sacked for being out of step on the eu, when he called for a second referendum on the final deal. it was a bit of a surprise, not least when other members of the shadow cabinet have said similar things and haven't been sacked. we need, at the end of this process, to trust the british people once more to make a final decision on whether they're content with the real terms of brexit. curiously, last november, the shadow cabinet member diane abbott told her constituents she'd argue for the right of the electorate to vote on a final deal. but she stayed at

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more euro sceptic approach — which he believed would damage the country's economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking out strongly. we passed a measure oui’ out strongly. we passed a measure our conference last year which was the same as what i said. members across the country have been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe and the vast majority of labour member support us taking a much tougher stance against brexit and that is what i thinkjeremy corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. we'rejoined now byjohn mann, labour mp for bassetlaw. you are a remainers supporter but you back the sacking of owen smith. iama you back the sacking of owen smith. i am a leave supporter but owen smith needed to stick t

owen smith needs to or needed to stick to collective responsibility.w cabinet. that has been the case ever since the labour party was formed. it was under clement attlee, harold wilson, tony blair and it is right and proper. he is entitled to his view but not to express views that are not the views of the labour party when he is in the shadow cabinet. actually, he should have resigned and saved mr corbyn the problem of sacking him. didn't labour conference say final settle m e nt labour conference say final settlement should be subject to approval in parliament and possibly through a general election or referendum? it said that in 2016 but in 2017 we had a general election and in that election, the labour manifesto that we all stood on, i did, owen smith dead, said that labour accepts the result of the referendum. that was the opening statement. there was no ambiguity. he is entitled to have his own review but that is the manifesto he stood on, we all stood on it, he is not entitled to be in the shadow cabinet and take a view at variance with where the

here, the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'sr he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more euro sceptic approach, which he believed would damage the country's economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking out strongly. we passed a resolution at conference last year that was, frankly, exactly the same as what i said in my article. and members across the country have been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe. the vast majority of labour members support us taking a much tougher stance against brexit, and that's what i think jeremy corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. the information commissioner's office says it will assess material gathered after its staff searched the headquarters of cambridge analytica — the company accused of taking data from facebook users without their co

and owen smith is not.mn, there was a high potential that it would cost him hisjob. there was a high potential that it would cost him his job. chris mason, thank you. a former classmate of the russian spy poisoned in salisbury has claimed that his friend wanted a full pardon from president putin. vladimir timoshkov told bbc news that sergei skripal regretted becoming a double agent. mr skripal and his daughter yulia remain critically ill in hospital. 18 investigators from the uk‘s information commissioner have been searching the london headquarters of cambridge analytica overnight, after a high court judge granted them a warrant. the firm is at the centre of a data privacy row and is accused of using information from millions of facebook users to help political campaigns, without their consent. ben ando reports. after a week of waiting for a warrant, last night the inspectors called. theirjob — to search the offices of cambridge analytica for evidence that data gathered via a facebook personality test from

what was extraordinary about owen smith's intervention was that this was not a accidental swerve —— jeremyosh 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 duties as shadow northern ireland secretary. quite a response from a good number of labourfigures. lord response from a good number of labour figures. lord home, response from a good number of labourfigures. lord home, the former northern ireland secretary, said it was a terrible, stalinist purge. mr smith this morning has said he disagrees with those remarks and says he was merely standing up for his principles, something that jeremy corbyn has been l

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has sacked his northern ireland spokesman owen smith after mr smith brokeecond referendum on brexit. our deputy political editor john pienaar is at westminster. the sacking has rounded off a week which has emphasised the chasm between so many middle ground labour mps and their leader. it has highlighted his total political command. we have seen a deep dyed socialist elected to manage the body, we have seen labour mps angry at his refusal to point the finger of blame at russia for the poisoning and salisbury and tonight owen smith is accused of disloyalty to policy and sacked. there was fury among labour mps and sacked. there was fury among labourmps and one and sacked. there was fury among labour mps and one has accused jo meek or a keener to confront remainders than anti—semitism. others are bitterly recalling his support for an artist accused of painting and anti—semitic neural six yea rs painting and anti—semitic neural six years ago in london. that wound has not healed and there are fresh wounds, his supporters will go on being loud and loyal. his criti

owen smith reacted to the news on twitter. e abbott said that mr smith should not have spoken out in the way he did.|j would smith was a valued colleague, he wanted to make a contribution to the debate, and he will be able to do so, what he can't do is sit on our front bench and advance a position which is simply not labour party policy. but no one is saying he can't have his own opinion, but we are clear, we want a meaningful vote on defining the deal —— the final bill in parliament because after a ll final bill in parliament because after all we are a parliamentary democracy. we are not calling for a second referendum. european union leaders in brussels today said they were preparing coordinated measures against russia following the salisbury attack. separately, they approved guidelines for the negotiation of future relations with the uk — in what's being seen as a key step in the brexit process. plans for a transition period after march next year were also formally signed off, as our political editor laura kuenssberg explain

former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet afteralling for a second eu referendum. enforcement officers working for the information commissioner have entered the premises of cambridge analytica in central london. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and a warm welcome. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? what have you been watching? interesting week, we have a psychological thriller starring claire foy by steven soderbergh, unsane. wrinkle in time, the big budget adaptation of a much—loved book by ava duvernay. and pacific rim: uprising, john boyega stars in the robotic sequel. claire foy is a big—ticket? the new film by steven soderbergh, claire foy will be very much in the shadow of an old sam fuller film, called shock corridor, an interesting, trashy, exploitation film. claire foy is a businesswoman whose life has fallen apart because she has endured a stalker, and basically, as a result of this, she has had to move towns, keep her identity quiet, ke

alison mcgovern, who supports owen smith's stance on brexit.k 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 to fight for their jobs. agreement and labour members want us to fight for theirjobs. to fight for theirjobs. remind me, did your constituents but leave ? remind me, did your

owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front benchflecting are the views of the vast majority of labour party members, including those who supported jeremy corbyn in the leadership contest over the last few years. sergei skripal wrote to president putin asking to be allowed to return home, a friend of the former spy told the bbc. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from tokyo. it's a city that is gearing up to host the olympic games in two years‘ time and also a place that i call home. but, like the rest of the team, i spend a fair amount of my time on the road, bringing you stories from around the world. so let's have a look back at some of our most recent travels. here's a taste of what is coming up. it's crazy here. there are gunshots, there are sirens. uluru is one of those must—see destinations if you are heading to australia. but not everybody manages it. it is remote and expensive to get there. despite all this, if you are still keen to climb the rock then

the curious thing is that owen smith was only articulating what we have long known to be his view. argument when he took onjeremy corbyn plank of his argument when he took on jeremy corbyn for the plank of his argument when he took onjeremy corbyn for the labour leadership almost two years ago. but crucially, once you sit around the top table of any political party, you are in the cabinet or the shadow cabinet, you are bound by a collective responsibility. you are meant to sing from the same hymn sheet as everyone else. you are meant to articulate party policy. party policy for labour is to stay in the customs union with the eu after brexit, but not the single market. mr smith suggested staying in the single market tom and that there should be a vote in parliament on the final bill the government reaches with the european union, not a vote that we all get to take part m, a vote that we all get to take part in, which was the view that mr smith articulated. he was willing to take that risk. it has cost him his job. there are lots of labour mps who quickly and assiduously supported mr

greater manchester mp that will be taking over from owen smith. cause for the labour party if these divisions within the cabinet, and a p pa re ntly divisions within the cabinet, and apparently within the wider party, are going to have been exposed? well, they have been known for sometime. you are right point out that this has sort of... they are bubbling over again. you only have to look at the reaction in the last hour to 0wen smith's sacking to see that. probably the strongest reaction we have from peter hain, the former northern ireland secretary under the previous labour government, using some very strong language, saying it was a terrible, stalinist purge. 0wen smith had been doing a terrificjob in northern ireland, he is idealfor the role with his experience, expertise and considerable ability. he goes on to say he was widely respected, in a shadow cabinet with few big hitters he was definitely one. peter hain is no outspoken supporter ofjeremy corbyn, but it is surprisingly has spoken out in such strong terms this evening, and other modera

but owen smith says he will stick by his principles. a warning over

owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit despite being sacked from the labour front benchver the issue. now on bbc news, sex, lies and murder on the high seas — the porthole mystery. bbc home service... james camb, a deck steward on the liner durban castle, was today charged with murder on the high seas of miss eileen gay gibson, the actress who disappeared from the ship during a voyage from south africa to britain. in other news, the shortage of water continues following the long dry spell... it was here at winchester‘s great hall in march of 1948 that one of the 20th century's most sensational murder trials took place. it had everything you would expect to find in an agatha christie novel. a dashing steward, a beautiful actress, a death on the high seas. but no body. the steward was charged with murdering the 21—year—old actress and pushing her out of the porthole. no trace of her body was ever found. and now, for the first time, we have unprecedented access to the actual case files for the investigation. and we can reveal evidence unheard at the trial. a trial that ende

owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front bench over the issue. now on bbc news, it's time for the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up... real anger on the conservative benches over the government's brexit fishing deal. there is no way i can sell this deal in a transitional period as anything like a success to the fishing communities in moray, scotland or the uk. the foreign secretary likened vladimir putin and the world cup to hitler and the 1936 olympics. the comparison with 1936 is certainly right, and i think it is an emetic prospect. content or not content? that is the question. i think the contents have it. not content! i think the contents have it. but first, the week began with ministers hailing an historic step forward, the uk and eu largely agreed the overall shape of their relationship during the changeover period following brexit. but by tuesday they must‘ve felt like they had been slapped in the face with a wet fish. trawlermen were up in arms that the uk will not regain control o

owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn par shadow cabinet, after calling for a new eu referendumo lorry drivers have been sentenced for calling a pilot which killed eight people in a minibus on the m1 motorway. —— sack from jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet. suzuki has ended its advertising deal with and and deck, after and mcpartlin was charged with drink—driving. —— ant & dec. —— ant mcpartlin. with such a high turnover of staff, you would think the white house was struggling to attract decent employees, we will bring you the latest news of who is in and who is out, bbc poll found that he was the second most popular briton ever, a new museum dedicated to isambard kingdom brunel opens in the west country, we will pop along. and if you love blockbuster films with giant robot, stick around for the film review, at 8:45pm, and even if you do not, please do(!) and we will find out what mark kermode thinks about pacific rim uprising. we will be live in amsterdam as english preparations for the world cup in russia continue with a friendly against the orange of the netherlands. formula 1 i

former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet afterd an application by the information commissioner's office for a warrant to search the london offices of cambridge analytica. the head of the porton down defence laboratory categorically denies russian claims that nerve agent from the site could have been used to poison the former spy in salisbury also this hour — president trump signs a huge

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owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front benche issue. now on bbc news, it's time for click. the people versus the machines. from the dockers to the deskjockeys. is no—one safe? not everyone is happy about the rise of the robots. this week, we will meet the people whose livelihoods are under threat. the robots, they go for ourjobs. and those who are doing something about it. including people who might have thought that their jobs were safe. and we start with those who deal with the biggest things on water. this is how stuff moves around the world. your car, your tv, your phone. they all arrive in a shipping container, one of millions each year stacked on gargantuan ships and sailed from where they are made to where they are sold. offloading these containers at ports across the globe is a complicated task as they are lifted from the ships, moved to the land and then, when the right ride arrives, they are loaded onto lorries to be driven across the mainland. but at europe's busiest port, rotterdam, and its third busiest, hamburg, so

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owen smith says he'll continue to argue for change to labour's position on brexit, after being sackede party's front bench. a warning that the headlights on modern cars are dazzling drivers. and cambridge take the 2018 men's boat race and once more... and victory on the thames for cambridge as both the men and the women win this year's boat races. we'll have that and all the day's sporting action in sportsday in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. hundreds of thousands of students and campaigners, have gathered in cities across america, for rallies pushing for tougher gun laws. the protest called "march for our lives," is being led by survivors of the massacre at a school in parkland in florida last month. they've been addressing crowds around the country, vowing to "stop at nothing" until lasting change is made. here's our north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue. they came from across the country, bringing their message to the centre of power in the nation's capital. one of the biggest gun control demonstrations in years. parents, students, teachers, with a unifie

owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front benchncluding those who supported jeremy corbyn in the leadership contests in the last few yea rs. in the us, thousands of people prepare to take part in the latest rallies calling for tighter gun controls. also in the next hour sport relief raises more than £38 million for charities. it's below the record 55 million