Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.
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Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The british army has been stood down from supporting the metropolitan police after hundreds of officers stepped back from firearms duties. The Prime Minister has said armed officers need clarity about their legal powers. Rishi sunak was backing a home office review, after a metropolitan Police Officer was charged with murdering a 24 year old man, chris kaba, in south london last year. Earlier, the bbc was told up to 300 officers had turned in permits allowing them to Carry Weapons over the weekend. Heres our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. This morning, routine Police Patrols around westminster remained noticeably armed. The metropolitan police says it has enough officers willing to carry out routine firearms duties. But carrying a gun for the police is a voluntaryjob and sources say up to 300 met officers have handed in their ticket. Scotland yard w
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gowdy. israeli defense forces continue to pound hamas encircling gaza strip and rejecting calls from president biden and others for a so-called humanitarian pause. israel says if you want to pause, release the hostages, otherwise israel is reluctant to pause and allow hamas to regroup and the world should be reluctant to take the word of a terrorist group that beheads children. alex hogan is live in southern israel and joins us now. alex. we ve started to hear artillery pick up, loudest blasts in the entire time here in israel, where you can feel the pressure and hear that echo ripple off into the distance. there is gunfire tonight, what appears to be machine gunfire in the distance in the direction of gaza strip. there were soldiers earlier tonight who asked us to cross the street to be closer to armed police officers. day 31, entering the early hours of the morning, idf spokesperson says what remains the main focus is rescuing those hostages. hamas terrorist organization