South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
Weve got someone else to voice her words so we dont identify her or her child. Her daughter, whos 12, was added to this Whatsapp Group, and weve seen some of the content, which included sexual images, pictures of mutilated bodies and racist comments. Screenshots weve seen showed it had more than 900 members, and it also meant childrens Phone Numbers were in the hands of strangers. She also told me a boy had called her as a result of getting her number from the group and had invited his cousin to talk to her, too. Thankfully, she was savvy enough to end the call and replied to their Text Messages saying she was not prepared to give them her surname or tell them where she went to school. Its an incredibly disturbing case to have heard about, and the fact that Primary School age children have been added to this group and seeing such dangerous content that they dont want to see and they dont want to be exposed to is incredibly upsetting. It comes as an urgent message was sent to parents fr
Pro russian candidates into the european parliament. Large numbers of people have been leaving their homes in the southern russian city of orenberg, where floodwaters are rising. Officials have warned that the situation along the swollen ural river is critical. The un Refugee Chief has warned of a crisis in europe, if displaced sudanese people dont get more assistance. Filippo grandi said criminals were poised to exploit refugees by bringing them towards the continent. Researchers have discovered the cause of the brightest burst of light ever recorded. The burst of light, spotted in 2022, is now known to have had an exploding star at its heart. President biden has given iran a stark message after us officials warned that tehran could launch a major attack on israel and that it could happen soon. These warnings follow an air strike in syria last week on an iranian diplomatic compound in damascus, that killed several military advisers, including a top general. Us officials have told cbs
here in the uk, we have new pictures of the search for the terror suspect who escaped from prison. but still no sighting of the suspect. this is the van being searched. we will bring you the latest. also, world leaders will start heading to india for the 620 summit this weekend. we ll see what they ll be talking about and how india will present itself on the international stage. in china, exports are down again. we ll look at what that means for the rest of the world. to discuss this all, i ll bejoined by the panel andrew fisher, former director of policy of the labour party, here in the uk, under leaderjeremy corbyn. and bryan lanza, former deputy communications director of trump campaign. and let s talk about the 620, because we are expecting us presidentjoe biden seen to be jumping on a plane, heading to india for that 620 summit, a group of 20 wealthy countries that get together, they try and reach agreement on the economic and political issues and ukraine has dominated