so, you've been speaking to the leader of the uk labour party today, but we've both been speaking to labour party, anas sarwar. hello. how are you, james? very well. how are you? it never stops in scottish politics. we're keeping busy. nice to see you and hear you on our newscast. my pleasure to be on. let's cut to the quick — big story of the day, keir starmerjunking this promise of £28 billion on green projects. is that a good idea? look, i think the important thing to stress here is that the outcomes, the plan and the mission remains, and that is to go for clean energy by 2030. that has got massively significant interventions for what it means in scotland. for example, gb energy, that will be headquartered in scotland, something that will help create 50,000 jobs, bring down people's bills and help invest in delivering energy security here. huge investment in our port infrastructure in scotland, which is much needed if we are to meet the transition, and also looking to strengthen our supply chains here in scotland, so we can not offshore the jobs in the supply chain but actually ke

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the uk labour party calls for a conservative mp to be suspended over what it described as "islamophobiccomments. hello, i'm lauren taylor. a defiant president zelensky has insisted ukraine will win — as the country marks the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. let's go straight to kyiv and our chief international correspondent, lees said. ., chief international correspondent, leessaid. ., , ., lees said. come february 24, two ears lees said. come february 24, two years ago. — lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is _ lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is a — lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is a day _ lees said. come february 24, two years ago, is a day seared - lees said. come february 24, two years ago, is a day seared in - lees said. come february 24, two . years ago, is a day seared in memory but also in history, as russia unleashed its full—scale invasion of ukraine, attacking from three directions, and on land, sea and air. for ukrainians, it really was his first fearful hours that sent them into their basements, their bunkers, into the u

says there will strong checks would in the uk, labour says there wilmps strong checks would in the ukthe uk, labour says there wilmps saying the party, would in the uk, labour says there wilmps saying the party, afteri be mps saying the party, after a second labour candidate was suspended following accusations of anti—semitism within the party. former mp graham jones reportedly recorded saying british people who fight with the israeli defence forces should be locked up. his suspension coming only a day after labour was forced to suspend and withdraw its backing for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali, sir keir starmer has pledged again to root out anti—semitism from the labour party . bedford prison has labour party. bedford prison has been described as filthy in a new report, with some of the worst conditions ever seen. it says. worst conditions ever seen. it says . the chief inspector of says. the chief inspector of prisons described multiple problems at the site, calling it a damning indictment of the state of british prisons. charlie taylor says the neglected jail needs susta

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ambitions around expanding, improving uk medicines _ labour's ambitions around expanding, i improvingnes manufacturing and what else — improving uk medicines manufacturing and what else can _ improving uk medicines manufacturing and what else can industry— improving uk medicines manufacturing and what else can industry do - improving uk medicines manufacturing and what else can industry do to - and what else can industry do to help you — and what else can industry do to help you with _ and what else can industry do to help you with those _ and what else can industry do to help you with those plans? - and what else can industry do to help you with those plans? there thin , we help you with those plans? there thing. we have — help you with those plans? there thing, we have to _ help you with those plans? there thing, we have to recognise - help you with those plans? there thing, we have to recognise that| thing, we have to recognise that life sciences is a very important sector already and i think will be crucial as we go forward. pisces is one of the areas, one of the sectors if you li

it's the second second—largest swing from tory to labour in a by—election since the second world war. the performance of reform uktaking 13% of the vote. that is a record result for them. in kingswood labour toppled a loving thousand majority with nearly 45% of the vote. so keir starmer said the results were fantastic. the tory mp jacob said the results were fantastic. the tory mpjacob rees mogg blamed a low turnout. here is ian watson. in the uk — the labour opposition — has won a resounding — double byelection victory — in a bad night for the party bosses were quick to blame him for the scale of the defeat. the result here in kingswood for labour was perhaps a bit less spectacular than it was in wellingborough and there was no underlying scandal or controversy. but in some ways this result could be more significant because in this seat�*s 50 year history, the party that usually wins in kingswood also wins the general election. here. labour activists were celebrating the fact that an 11,000 conservative majority have been transformed into majority of more than 2000 for them. the hard work starts now. from today

uk. labour has one a resounding double by—election victory.onservatives who saw large majorities overturned. voting took place in kingswood by the recitation —— resignation of chris skidmore, and in wellingborough peter bone was forced out of his seat following a recall petition. in wellingborough labour defeated a conservative majority of 18,000. the second biggest drop of the conservatives since 19115. it is the second—largest swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the performance of reformed uk, which used to be the brexit party will add to conservative fears as they came in third, taking 13% of the votes. that is a record result for them. in kingswood never toppled an 11,000 kingswood never toppled an 11 , 000 majority kingswood never toppled an 11,000 majority with nearly 45% of the vote. sir keir starmer called the result is fantastic. jacob rees—mogg claimed a low turnout. let's talk about all of this with our political correspondent ian watson. to everyone who has told me that they're willing to look at labour again, tha

campaigner george galloway is standing here, as is simon danczuk, himself a former labour mp, now under the banner of reform uk to capitalise on labour's woes. the labour party have got a real problem here and it's demonstrating they are not fit for government, they haven't changed and they should not be voted on when the election comes later in the year. there are just over two weeks to go until the by—election and all of a sudden there is everything to play for, and for the man who hopes to be prime minister by the end of the year, it's a mess he could do without. earlier i spoke to marc levy, chief executive of the jewish representative council for greater manchester. i asked him for his reaction to events especially as he had been with mr ali only in the past week. we were shocked by the comments by him because as you rightly say, during a routine political engagement, my chair and during a routine political engagement, my chairand i during a routine political engagement, my chair and i were sat across the table from the individual around 48 hours prior to him making the shocking and appalling anti—semitic

one of them is that labour's position, indeed the uk's position generally, across parties, has changeden. labour do now use the ceasefire word, although they preface it with sustainable ceasefire, which is their way of emphasising that it is notjust israel fighting here, israel is also having rockets into its territory and so on daily. so there's that element, which is that the labour party is now much closer to the position being espoused in this snap motion than it was last time around. the other thing is that those labour shadow frontbenchers who might resign over this have basically already resigned. you had the big rebellion last time round. so that sort ofjeopardy with certain people who were on keir starmer's front bench who feel incredibly strongly, well, they have already displayed their strong feelings by going to the backbenches. so that sort of constrains the front bench rebellion somewhat. and then finally, one of the big arguments last time this was being debated internally within the labour party was that it could really harm, some people said, really harm, the labour pa

have the confidence when they vote labour that what is promised will be delivered if we elect a uk labour our country. we are of course set to have a general election here this year, with big elections elsewhere around the world including in india and the us. there's plenty of concern about the way artificial intelligence and deepfakes could be abused and used to spread mistruths during the campaigns. in fact it has already happened. last year an ai generated fake audio clip of the london mayor sadiq khan was shared hundreds of thousands of times online. the clip was so convincing that it inflamed protests in the real—world. 0ur disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring reports. last november, sadiq khan was the target of a deepfake audio recording. 'i control the met police. 'they will do, as the mayor of london tells 'them and obey orders...�* it was deliberately made to give the impression that i'd said what i hadn't said, but it looked and sounded so authentic. you know, we did get concerned very quickly about what impression it may create. the timing explains why

here in the uk — the labour party wins two by—elections — in a further blow to the governing conservativesurt ruling concerning donald trump is expected in the coming hours. it could cost him hundreds of millions of dollars — and restrict his business dealings in new york. our top story this hour — breaking news from russia, where the prison service has announced that the jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny has died. let me show you again the pictures that are coming in after the news from a few hours ago that he has died. , . , . , . ., died. these are the pictures coming into us from — died. these are the pictures coming into us from moscow _ died. these are the pictures coming into us from moscow with _ died. these are the pictures coming into us from moscow with a - died. these are the pictures coming into us from moscow with a line - died. these are the pictures coming into us from moscow with a line of i into us from moscow with a line of people still arriving there to pay their personal respects, to lay flowers, pictures, but auto thing. that is right there in the centre of moscow

labour's red light on its green investment policy. the main ukstigate allies of former presidentjair bolsonaro for their role in an attempted coup. and scientists at oxford university use virtual reality to understand why 80 million people speak with a stammer. let's turn to the latest in the israel—gaza war. the us says it will not support any underprepared israeli military operation in gaza's southernmost city, rafah — warning of the risk of �*disastrous consequences' for the people there. 0n rafah, we have seen those reports and we have yet to see any evidence of serious planning for such an operation.

uk. labour says it has withdrawn support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali after his commentsken after "new information about further comments" by mr ali came to light. earlier on monday, labour had defended standing by him.it it is now too late for the party to replace mr ali on the ballot. our correspondent alex forsyth has more. keir starmer has putting rooting out anti—semitism that the heart of his leadership and says that the party stance is clear on that despite the prospects of what it might do to the party in the rochdale by—election but others say he should have acted more quickly and the fact it took two days before labour changed its position is in fact a sign of keir starmer�*s indecision. and here's a full list of candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. it takes place on february 29th. the winner will replace labour mp sir tony lloyd, who passed away last year. you're live with bbc news. former president donald trump has asked the us supreme court to to intervene over his claim that he is immune from charges that he tried to subvert the 2020 election. a

here in the uk, labour is ditching the party's promise to spend £28—billion a year on environmental projects next election. it's a major u—turn for opposition leader, keir starmer. labour's position on the policy in recent weeks has been increasingly muddled, with some seniorfigures refusing to use the £28bn figure in interviews, while others, including sir keir, continued to do so. sources insist the party's green prosperity plan, which includes creating a publicly—owned green power company, is not being dropped altogether. an official announcement is expected later today. the bbc�*s chief political correspondent henry zeffman explained the context of this u—turn. they said they would spend £28 billion a year should they win the general election to help britain on its transition to a net zero economy. that policy has been softened a little in a couple of different technical ways, the key figure 28 billion was still there until we are told today from the labour party will say that while it is still committed to the great transition to what they call their green prosperity plan, investing in

the uk labour party is ditching its policy of spending £28 billion a year on its green investment plan labour will argue that they have to focus on being fiscally responsible. germany�*s main airline, lufthansa, has had to cancel at least 80% of its flights on wednesday, due to a strike by ground staff in a salary dispute. the company says more than 100,000 passengers have been affected. it�*s the latest in a wave of protests and industrial action in germany since the start of the year. the family of murdered teenager brianna ghey is being invited to a meeting about online safety with the prime minister rishi sunak. it comes as brianna�*s father said mr sunak should apologise for a jibe about sir keir starmer�*s position on trans people at prime minister�*s questions. the pm ridiculed the labour leaderfor u—turning on the "definition of a woman". you�*re live with bbc news. in the uk the prince of wales has spoken publicly for the first time since the king was diagnosed with cancer. prince william thanked the well—wishers as he arrived at a charity gala dinner in central london. 0ur ro

party but some to reform uk and in kingswood, the number of votes reform uk got was greater than the size of the labourl reform uk voters can go to the conservatives if you are a conservative mp you could say that's why the reason they lost a by—election but here in wellingborough if you combine reform uk 13% of the vote with the tory party share of the vote that are still some way off the scale of the vote the labour party got so that suggests it's much wider than licking votes to the right, it's the conservatives looking votes in every direction. i5 conservatives looking votes in every direction. , ., direction. is it possible from conversations _ direction. is it possible from conversations you _ direction. is it possible from conversations you have - direction. is it possible from conversations you have had | direction. is it possible from - conversations you have had with voters to what extent they are motivated by what is said by the leadership of the labour party or what extent are they motivated by local issues or are they simply disillusioned with the tories? that last one is disillusioned wit

the uk labour party calls for a conservative mp to be suspended over what it described as "islamophobict president zelensky has insisted ukraine will win — as the country marks the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. let's go straight to kyiv and our chief international correspondent, lees said. ., chief international correspondent, leessaid. ., , ., lees said. come february 24, two ears lees said. come february 24, two years ago. — lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is _ lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is a —

here in the uk labour is ditching party's promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projectsit's a major u—turn for sir keir starmer. labour's position on the policy in recent weeks has been increasingly muddled, with some senior figures refusing to use the £28bn figure when pressed in interviews, while others, including party leader sir keir starmer, continued to do so. sources insist the party's green prosperity plan, which includes creating a publicly—owned green power company, is not being dropped altogether. an official announcement is expected later today. live now to westminster to get the latest from our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. just explain for the details are behind this u—turn. this just explain for the details are behind this u-turn._ just explain for the details are behind this u-turn. this was a big flan-shi behind this u-turn. this was a big flagship policy. — behind this u-turn. this was a big flagship policy. the _ behind this u-turn. this was a big flagship policy, the centrepiece i behind this u-turn. this was a big flagship policy, the

in the uk — labour has said it will block anyone who is not fit to be an mp, as it responds to the rowpolitical correspondent hannah miller sent this update from westminster. they are under big pressure of the way they handled the story, which are simply exploded over the last 48 hours. 3 are simply exploded over the last 48 hours. �* ,., . ., are simply exploded over the last 48 hours. �* . ., .,, are simply exploded over the last 48 hours. �* .. , hours. a third politician has been called in for— hours. a third politician has been called in for a _ hours. a third politician has been called in for a meeting, - hours. a third politician has been called in for a meeting, who - hours. a third politician has been called in for a meeting, who is i hours. a third politician has been. called in for a meeting, who is the leader of labour on hyndburn borough council. it is understood he was at the meeting. there is no evidence to suggest he said anything that would be perceived as anti—semitic or anti—israel and he has not been suspended, but he has been spoken to ljy suspended, but he has bee

this, just days after the cbi tweeted that the green prosperity plan is core to uk labour's economicegy. presumably that was with its financial offering intact. nick is here. what's happened 7 this is the long and increasingly inevitable demise of what had been a defining policy for sir keir starmer. tomorrow would labour leader will confirm that he is abandoning that specific 28 billions bound figure but not resigning from his overall commitment to deliver what he calls clean power. i was talking to one of his allies this afternoon and they told me this is an albatross around our necks, we won't go into an election with that. what is so interesting about all this is just until a few days ago keir starmer was standing by that £28 billion figure. this is what he told times radiojust £28 billion figure. this is what he told times radio just this week. we're going to need investment. that's where the 28 billion comes in. that investment that's desperately needed for that mission. and i've been unwavering in relation to the mission. supporters thought the policy was bombproof because it

progressive policy institute's claire ainsley, who served as an executive policy director for the uk labournder keir starmer, and former policy adviser to governor mitt romney, lanhee chen, now with the hoover institute. with your reaction to donald trump of the court case, lanhee. i with your reaction to donald trump of the court case, lanhee.- of the court case, lanhee. i think the court room _ of the court case, lanhee. i think the court room is _ of the court case, lanhee. i think the court room is epic— of the court case, lanhee. i think the court room is epic -- - of the court case, lanhee. i think the court room is epic -- an - the court room is epic —— an extension of the campaign trail. we have seen this since day one. he has seen this as an opportunity to advance his narrative. obviously, it does take him off the fiscal campaign trail, but the reality is that he's going to be campaigning from the courtroom and from the hallways outside those courtrooms in the same way as he would for rallies. it's the same message which is that he's being persecuted and this is joe is that he's be

labour suspends a second parliamentary candidate over remarks about israel. and experts warn polar bears are at risk of starvation as more sea ice is lost in the arctic. here in the uken suspended from the party, pending an investigation. the suspension of graham jones, a former mp and now the prospective

also among those in munich is uk labour leader sir keir starmer. gardner and shared his reaction to the news of alexei navalny�*s death. it's a tribute to navalny himself, fighting corruption and in the most awful circumstances. i was very moved by the words from his wife so soon after his death and she was right to say that russia has to be held to account and the international community has to be clear about that. it is a reminder that russia is an ever present threat, it's one of the reasons i'm here at the munich security conference to talk about an incoming labour government if we are privileged enough to get that far and how wejoin privileged enough to get that far and how we join with our international partners in meeting that ever present threat from russia but it has to be held to account. we've heard an impassioned plea here from president zelensky of ukraine for more help from europe. basically, he's trying to give a wake—up call to europe. if you become prime minister, what more can you expect from the uk? i become prime minister, what

month and he has been talking about the possibilities but is forecast, the bankers assessment of the uk labournk he has covered a range of topics, he has covered today's inflation and generally the trajectory of inflation and interest rates, and the way in which the labour markets, the supply of people available to work in the uk plays into all that, so these are the key issues to date and there is a lot of data out this week around all those numbers, but broadly speaking he is saying everything is kind of on track. the world we are in now is one where inflation is coming down without a big rise in unemployment so far and that is a good thing. {line so far and that is a good thing. one ofthe so far and that is a good thing. one of the things _ so far and that is a good thing. one of the things you _ so far and that is a good thing. one of the things you mentioned is in spite of that picture, he said services inflation is still above 6%, is expected to come down any point? it 6%, is expected to come down any oint? . . . 6%, is expected to come down any oint? , , ., , point? it is. it is a littl

keir starmer is unwavering in his support of the pledge to spend 28 billion on green investment if uk labour win the next election. welcome back. keeping you up to speed on events in the middle east. we've heard a statement from hamas with regards to a cease—fire proposal the egyptians and said they have now received the masses response to the proposal put forward and they will consider it. clearly still some difficulties over the length of the cease—fire and the terms for swapping hostages for prisoners. plenty to go on that. plenty to go on that. king charles has been pictured for the first time. since his cancer diagnosis was announced last night. both he and queen camilla left clarence house by car this afternoon en route for sandringham. earlier in the day prince harry arrived in london to visit his father, there is no news on if he too has travelled to norfolk. the palace have not given any further details on what type of cancer king charles has been diagnosed with. only that it was found during his recent treatment for a benign enlarged prostate. butjudging by what the prime minister

they are working on a hostage deal as he hosts jordan's king abdullah at the white house in the uk — the labourandidate in a by—election in rochdale, after spending much of the day defending its decision to stand by him. and in brazil — rio de janeiro's world famous carnival is in full swing. you're watching newsday. lets start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. the us state department has defended israeli air strikes on the city of rafah, despite claims from hamas that around a 100 palestinians were killed. the strikes hit the city of rafah on the border with egypt, as part of a rescue mission to free two hostages being held by hamas — designated as a terror group

the uk labour party has called for lee anderson to loosely whip over what it described as islamophobicen the capital city away to his mates. a conservative source said that mr anderson recently making the point, that sadiq khan had failed to get a grip on marches in london. charlotte rose has more on this. these comments were made on gb news, which is a small uk news channel that favours right—wing commentators and analysts. lee anderson is a conservative mp for a seat in the east midlands, and also, up until last month, a deputy chairman of the conservative party. he said the mayor of london, sadiq khan, "had given away the capital city to his mates", in reference to pro—palestinian marches that took place last wednesday outside parliament when mps were debating whether to call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the comments were in reference to an article by the former home secretary, suella braverman, in which she said that islamists are now in charge of britain. mr anderson told viewers, "i don't believe these islamists have got control of our country, but i do believe they've got

uk. the labour party will abandon its policy of spanning £28 billion a year on green projects, citing theituation. 0ur political correspondent explained more. the . rice correspondent explained more. the orice tau correspondent explained more. tue: price tag has correspondent explained more. tte: price tag has gone, correspondent explained more. t"t2 price tag has gone, the correspondent explained more. tt2 price tag has gone, the policy remains. laboursays price tag has gone, the policy remains. labour says if they win the election they will have what they call a green prosperity plan, borrowing money to help build battery factory, and select people's homes, create a state owned energy company and all these things that labour says will help britain transition to a carbon neutral green economy in the coming years, which it says are essential but it has been an increasing amount of about what exactly this will cost. it was first made more than two years ago by rachel reeves but a few months ago, labour decided that this was not going to be an amount it would be spending every year from the

campaigner george galloway is standing here, as is simon danczuk, himself a former labour mp, now under the banner of reform uktalise on labour's woes. the labour party have got a real problem here and it's demonstrating they are not fit for government, they haven't changed and they should not be voted on when the election comes later in the year. there are just over two weeks to go until the by—election and all of a sudden there is everything to play for, and for the man who hopes to be prime minister by the end of the year, it's a mess he could do without. let's speak to marc levy, chief executive of the jewish representative council for greater manchester. welcome to the programme. your reaction to what azhar ali said because you work with him in the same room only in the last week or so, weren't you? same room only in the last week or so. weren't you?— so, weren't you? good afternoon. thank you — so, weren't you? good afternoon. thank you for— so, weren't you? good afternoon. thank you for having _ so, weren't you? good afternoon. thank you for having me. - so, weren't you? good afternoon. thank you for ha

keir starmer is unwavering in his support of the pledge to spend 28 billion on green investment if uk labournd queen camilla left clarence house by car this afternoon

in the uk, the labour opposition ditches its multi—billion pound green policy on the day the eu releaseser worrying climate report. and it's at it again — volcano in iceland erupts for the third time since december. welcome to the show. we start in washington, where the us supreme court is hearing a case, that could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first — those bringing the case — are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, it is a legal first. those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection on january the 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december, where he's been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys are arguing that any effort to stop him running is antidemocratic. the us supreme court is hearing about 80 minutes of oral argument today. we've been bringing you details from inside the court as proceedings continue. they have about

jordan's king abdullah at the white house in the uk — the labour party says it's withdrawing supportor its candidate in a by—election in rochdale, after spending much of the day defending its decision to stand by him. and in brazil — rio de janeiro�*s world famous carnival is in full swing. you're watching newsday. lets start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. the us state department has defended israeli air strikes on the city of rafah, despite claims from hamas that around a 100 palestinians were killed. the strikes hit the city of rafah on the border with egypt, as part of a rescue mission to free two hostages being held by hamas — designated as a terror group by the uk, us and other nations. around 1.5 million palestinians are currently sheltering in rafah, with hundreds of thousands fleeing there amid months of fighting in gaza. aid agencies say people have run out of places to go, and senior un officials have stepped up calls for israel to refrain from attacking the city. but benjamin netanyahu says only continued military pressure on hamas will release the more than 100 r

one of them is that labour's position, indeed the uk's position, generally, cross parties. — uk's positionle ceasefire which is their way of emphasising that it _ which is their way of emphasising that it is — which is their way of emphasising that it is notjust israel fighting here~ _ that it is notjust israel fighting here if— that it is notjust israel fighting here. if you'll has rockets into its territory — here. if you'll has rockets into its territory and so on. there is that element — territory and so on. there is that element which is that the labour party— element which is that the labour party is— element which is that the labour party is now much closer to the position— party is now much closer to the position being espoused in this snp motioh _ position being espoused in this snp motion than it was last time around. the other— motion than it was last time around. the other thing is that those labour shadow— the other thing is that those labour shadow frontbenchers, who might resign— shadow frontbenchers, who might resign over this, have basically already— resign over this, have

here in the uk, the labour party is considering backing a motion by the scottish national party callingn immediate ceasefire in gaza. the shadow foreign secretary says the party will "scrutinise" the motion ahead of a vote in parliament on wednesday. it comes three months after ten labour front bench mps resigned to support a previous snp motion on the issue. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, explains the challenge for labour leader, keir starmer. there was a vote like this back early in this conflict, back in november, and in that, the same scottish national party pressed for a vote then on an immediate ceasefire. the labour leadership position then was that there only needed to be humanitarian pauses but that caused real angst within the labour party, deep divisions, of the labour mps, 56 of them did not follow his call to just abstain on that issue then, they backed the call for immediate ceasefire, and including ten of his top team who had to resign their posts. the question now, what happens here? what is we are seeing a gradual move in the position of keir starmer.

the conflict in the middle east is having a profound effect on uk politics. labourdidate in the forthcoming rochdale by—election over anti—semitism and they're now keen to move the focus onto the prime minister and the problems in his party. what has unfolded in the conservative party, the absolute poison that has been allowed to seep into their political debate, and a prime minister that is seemingly even unwilling to acknowledge the term islamophobia, let alone stand up to senior politicians in his party dragging our politics into the sewer. they chant: rishi - sunak, shame on you! and this week at westminster the focus will be once again on gaza, with the snp saying they will take up the offer of an emergency debate. party leaders want to avoid some of the divisions that were on display last week, but that is not guaranteed. the difficulties caused by the conflict in the middle east for uk politics are of course as nothing compared to the suffering of the people in the region. but the challenge for the main party leaders here is how to manage tensions in their ow

the conflict in the middle east is having a profound effect on uk politics. labourut their candidate in the forthcoming rochdale by—election over anti—semitism and they're now keen to move the focus onto the prime minister and the problems in his party. what has unfolded in the conservative party, the absolute poison that has been allowed to seep into their political debate, and a prime minister that is seemingly even unwilling to acknowledge the term islamophobia, let alone stand up to senior politicians in his party dragging our politics into the sewer. they chant: rishi i sunak shame on you! and this week at westminster the focus will be once again on gaza, with the snp saying they will take up the offer of an emergency debate. party leaders want to avoid some of the divisions that were on display last week, but that is not guaranteed. the difficulties caused by the conflict in the middle east for uk politics are of course as nothing compared to the suffering of the people in the region. but the challenge for the main party leaders here is how to manage tensions

they are working on a hostage deal as he hosts jordan's king abdullah at the white house in the uk — the labouring much of the day defending its decision to stand by him. and in brazil — rio de janeiro�*s world famous carnival is in full swing. you're watching newsday. lets start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. the us state department has defended israeli air strikes on the city of rafah, despite claims from hamas that around a 100 palestinians were killed. the strikes hit the city of rafah on the border

in the uk, the labour opposition ditches its multi—billion pound green policy on the day the eu releasesfor the third time since december. welcome to the show.

the conflict in the middle east is having a profound effect on uk politics. labour their candidate in the forthcoming rochdale by—election over anti—semitism, and are now keen to move the focus on to the prime minister and the problems in his party. what's unfolded in the conservative party, the absolute poison that's been allowed to seep into their political debate, and a prime minister that's seemingly unwilling to even acknowledge the term islamophobia, let alone stand up to senior politicians in his party dragging our politics into their sewer. rishi sunak, shame on you! against a backdrop of demonstrations, the prime minister today warned against polarisation in politics. his critics say, though, he needs to get his own house in order, and openly challenge statements made by his own representatives. let's speak to shabna begum, interim ceo of the runnymede trust, a british race equality and civil rights think tank. thanks forjoining us on the programme. does the conservative party have a problem with islamophobia? yes, i'm afraid the events of the last few days

firstly in the uk, the labour party is calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza.outbreak of the conflict back in october. the scottish national party has proposed a motion in the commons tomorrow urging an immediate ceasefire which we knew about before, i believe, but the labour party calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the conflict in october. that coming through from our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. the second bit of breaking news to bring you, again, a recap with a couple more details on what we told you a couple of minutes ago, concerning the aftermath of the death of alexei navalny, the russian opposition leader in a prison in russia. we now know from reuters news agency which are quoting the state news agency, russia has initiated a new criminal case against 0leg navalny, the brother of the dead russian opposition leader alexei navalny. tass news agency not saying under which article of the criminal code of the case is being opened but said police were searching for 0leg navalny. he

in the uk, the labour party is considering backing a motion by the scottish national party calling fore party will "scrutinise" the motion ahead of a vote in parliament on wednesday. it comes three months after 10 labour frontbench mps resigned to support a previous snp motion on the issue. labour leader sir keir starmer has faced criticism over his stance on the israel—gaza war — earlier he addressed the scottish labour conference, and called for a �*ceasefire that lasts�*. what we all want to see... ..a return of all the hostages taken on october 7th, an end to the killing of innocent palestinians, a huge scaling up of humanitarian relief and an end to the fighting. notjust for now... applause. an end to the fighting, notjust now, notjust for a pause, but permanently. a ceasefire that lasts. conference, that is what must happen now. the fighting must stop now. it is british cinema's biggest night — the baftas are taking place in london. plenty of big names have been on the red carpet. historical biopic — oppenheimer — leads the way with 13 nominations — as our culture editor, katie r

and charlotte, this comes off the back of the by—election defeats to labour and reform uk came third h votes. yes, so labour won both by—elections. but reform uk are a party that the conservatives are worried about. they're the former brexit party, their honorary president is nigel farage and they came third in both of these by—elections. and it's the first example really that we've seen of this party taking support from the conservatives, something that many conservatives had been worried about. well, at this electoral test, these two electoral tests, the party of reform uk did just that. we heard a little earlier from the deputy leader of reform uk. this is what he's had to say. kingswood is a particularly telling by—election because it was a seat in which we didn't expect to do well. it was it's quite a sort of liberal democratty area and we were expecting rupert lowe who stood not to do as well as he did, but to get 10% from a standing start in kingswood really tells you the small—c conservative vote in this country is extremely disillusioned with the conservative party. and of co

the conflict in the middle east is having a profound effect on uk politics. labourck out their candidate in the forthcoming rochdale by—election over anti—semitism and are now keen to move the focus onto the prime minister and the problems in his party. what's unfolded in the conservative party, the absolute poison that's been allowed to seep into their political debate, and a prime minister that's seemingly unwilling to even acknowledge the term islamophobia, let alone stand up to senior politicians in his party dragging our politics into the sewer. rishi sunak, shame on you. against a backdrop of demonstrations, the prime minister today warned against polarisation in politics. his critics say, though, he needs to get his own house in order and openly challenged statements made by some of his own representatives. naveed asghar is the deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum — the only muslim group directly affiliated to the conservative party. he told us what the group thought of lee anderson's comments. we do not accept these comments and we are against anybo