ten of labour s shadow ministers leave sir keir starmer s front bench in a rebellion over his refusal to back a ceasefire in gaza. also on the programme tonight. uk plans to limit immigration hit a huge roadblock today, as the supreme court ruled the government s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. but the prime minister says he will push ahead. we ll get the latest from gaza, where israel says its troops have found weapons in the al shifa hospital complex. and we will be live in san francisco, where us presidentjoe biden is meeting his chinese counterpart, leader xijinping, for the first time in a year. to discuss it all i m joined in london by anna mikhailova, deputy political editor at the mail on sunday and chris bruce, political director of the american civil liberties union in georgia. i want to start with that developing story in uk politics. ten labour mps have been sacked or resigned from the front bench, after voting in favour of an snp amen
hello, there. on thursday we are electing a new parliament. voters here will choose 18 new mps. we are live from belfast debating the big talking points that matter to go. joining us. gavin robinson, the leader of the dup. we invited the leader of the dup. we invited the sinn fein leader and the party tonight is represented by chris hazzard. colum eastwood is a leader of the sdlp and the leader of the alliance party is naomi long. and we also invited the of the ulster unionists, the deputy leader, robbie butler, completes the line up. on the order they are positioned in was determined by the drawing of lots. the questions come from our studio audience. largely made up of grassroots party supporters from across all parties standing in northern ireland. we also have a number of undecided voters. at home, join the discussion on social media. a hashtag is #bbcnidebate. i should point out the team of bbc news correspondents are fact checking this debate on the news nite website. l
i m able to bring you. that is a process that takes some time. so that s where we are at the moment. i think it s fair to say, as things stand, the story has eased off a bit. it s not as dominant and sort of headline making as it was at the tail end of last week. that s not to say it might not flare up again. prime minister has said today, he s been in edinburgh launching the conservative scottish manifesto with douglas ross, the outgoing leader of the scottish conservatives, that he s not aware of any of the conservative candidates who are being looked into. it s intriguing that because i m not sure it d be absolutely certain he would necessarily know, potentially. and of course, there s lots of people in and around politics who may or may not be candidates. so, yeah, that s kind of where we are now. it hasn t gone away. it may not go away, but as things stand it has eased in the nosiness of about i think would be a reasonable summary as we record at what 5.10pm on monday. a