Contest to become the next conservative party leader is under way and tom tugendhat is one of six mps who bring to succeed rishi sunak. He has promised to bring what he calls honesty back to main street politics and we expect to hear him talking shortly and we will bring you to that when he begins. Jewish settlers have increased the rate at which they have set up illegal outposts on the other palestinian territory in the west bank, according to the un. In that time more than 1500 palestinians have been displaced from their homes. For over six months bbc investigations has been following the investigations of settlers living in the outposts and can reveal new details about support they have received from an israeli linked organisation. Here in the occupied west bank ayesha and her husband nabeel say they re being forced from their home. This is the man she s accusing a settler named moshe sharvit. But moshe sharvit paints a different picture of his presence here. He lives in an unauth
Cafes and bars as workspaces? we talk to the businesses making sure that hosting workers pays. First grand slam quarterfinalfor jack draper, the first british player in men s singles to reach the last day of the us open since andy murray eight years ago. More of you should see at least a little bit of sunshine today but they will still be shower clouds around. I will have all the details. Good morning. It s tuesday the 3rd of september. Phone companies are to meet with government ministers to discuss measures to tackle crime, after the number of snatch thefts more than doubled in england and wales over the last year. The government says the rise is down to an increase in demand for second hand smartphones both in the uk and overseas. Our correspondent frances read has the details. Audacious. Easy. A quick snatch, and it s gone. Pins and facial recognition help, but they re not a solution. And it s often young people who are being targeted in places like parks and outside transport hu
Areas of cloud, yes, but some spells of sunshine. And with that feed of humid air, we will see some pretty high temperatures on friday, widely into the 20s, mid 20s for some including western scotland. We could get up to 25 degrees with some sunshine across that western side of scotland. What about the weekend? well, still rather warm and humid, at least for a time. Some rain, particularly down towards the south, drier and brighter further north. This is bbc news. The headlines. The deadliest disaster in the english channel this year. A pregnant woman is among 12 people who ve died as a migrant boat capsizes. Russian missile strikes on the ukrainian military institute kill at least 51 people. Over a dozen could be trapped under the rubble. Benjamin netanyahu condemns the uk s decision to suspend some arms exports to israel, calling it shameful. Now to the us, and it s 62 days to go until polling day, let s return to the middle east, where the health ministry says at least 40,819 peo
News out of israel. Thats where a nationwide Labor Strike has begun in the international, the largest International Airport in the country is now closed. The countrys largest Labor Union called for the strikes after the bodies of six hamas held hostages were found in underground tunnels in gaza on saturday. Union leaders hope a strike will put additional pressure on the government to reach a Ceasefire And Hostage deal with hamas. The strike was set to start at 6 a. M. Local time, 1 a. M. Eastern time, and its expected to last for one day. Israels main International Airport shut down in solidarity. Its expected to be closed for at least two hours. Israels Finance Minister was working on sunday to stop the strike from happening, but his attempts appeared to have failed. This all coming as massive protests continue to erupt across israel. In response to the six bodies recovered by the idf. One of those victims was a 23 year old Israeli American. An estimated 550,000 protesters reportedly