Labours first conference in 15 years as the party of government has begun with ministers attempting to wrest back control of the political agenda. It follows days of questions over leaks about the downing street operation, and senior Ministers Judgement in accepting free clothes. The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, rejected the suggestion that she broke rules when she stayed in the new York Flat of a Labour Donor and she told the bbc that the government was open and transparent about donations. Our political editor Chris Mason has more from liverpool. In the wilderness of opposition for a decade and a half. Now, labour is in power, but the political weather is a bit nippy, blustery and grey. Make no mistake, though, there is a pride here in a big victory, and the chance to actually d0 stuff, not just talk about it. I will Say Britain is back. Britain is back, my friends, britain is back. The very first clause of our constitution, written by the founders of the Labour Party, commi
Andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its a great Honour And Privilege to be here. Well, its great to have you in the studio. Let me take you back to February 2022. Putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest in the russian Orthodox Church, choose to speak out against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian Orthodox Church . I think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that many people would suggest that the war would be over in a very short period of time. So i dont think that any of us was acting out of any kind of prediction. And i think when i spoke out against the war, i dont think that i really felt any choice. I thought that it was a moral imperative on behalf of any christian or any sensible and reasonable person, to try to stop it, or at least not to be a part of what one may call a moraljus
Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. The un has warned that the Middle East is on the Brink Of Imminent Catastrophe amid fears of an all out war as israel and the iran backed Group Hezbollah in lebanon carry out large Cross Border strikes. Israel said hezbollah launched more than A Hundred rockets from lebanon towards them. Hezbollah said the attacks were in response to the wave of explosions of pagers and Walkie Talkies thats widely believed to have been carried out by israel. In haifa, Hospital Patients have been moved to underground facilities, schools have been closed and gatherings restricted, as well as in other northern areas up to the lebanese border. Meanwhile, israel said it carried out more Air Strikes on targets in southern lebanon, Destroying Thousands of hezbollah s rocket launchers. The Un Chief Antonio Guterres said he fears the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah could Risk Lebanon becoming another gaza. Our international Editor
Will we reject the peddlers of Racism And Disinformation and hate and lies thats fueling and targeting innocent communities and innocent people, or will we hand the keys over to a group of people who would not wait a second to turn any community in America Into Another springfield, ohio, as long as it, in their minds, at least, advances their political agenda . So, heres the Back Story on all of this. A racist and bizarre Conspiracy Theory about haitian immigrants eating peoples dogs and cats who live in that City Spread in large part by neonazis, as Nbc News reports today, went from the darkest corners of the internet to the mouths of elected republicans like ted Cruz And Leapt to the national Debate Stage thanks to the unhinged rantings of the expresident. Today two Elementary Schools had to be evacuated and a Middle School was shut down as a result of Bomb Threats. The mayor of the town telling the Washington Post that the threats, quote, used hateful language towards immigrants and
This week, a man from west london was charged with attempted murder. Westminster magistrates court heard that she had tried to intervene in the fight when she was stabbed. In a separate incident, a chef who was visiting london from dubai was found unconscious with a head injury on monday night. Cctv images show has been charged with grievous bodily harm. My my thoughts are with them, they will continue to be supported by specialist officers. We ask for their privacy is respected. At this time. Police are extremely keen to speak to anyone who might have been at this restaurant late on monday night and who intervened during the attack on the victim. The whole area would have been extremely busy with people who attended the carnival. Today, organisers of the carnival said they are shocked by the deaths. In a statement, they said that we stand together against all violence and condemn these acts which are against all carnival values. The millions of people who come in celebration of them.