at least 80 people are known to have died and it s feared that number will rise. divers are continuing to search for survivors in the machchhu river. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. thinking about politics isn t easy these days because we seem to live in an era of permanent revolution and constant chaos. i was due to interview angela raynerjust seven weeks ago, it was the day after liz truss first pmqs it was the day of liz truss energy price guarantee. it turned out to be the day that her majesty the queen died, and so much changed. seven weeks later, we are now in a week of rishi sunak s first prime minister s questions and angela rayner is back on political thinking. welcome back. i made it. how are you finding this roller coaster, because that is what it is. i thought when i was elected in 2015 that the wheels fell off politics then we had the eu referendum, we had ourfront bench suddenly became the backben
time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. earlier in the programme it was all about money, money, money, now it s allabout about money, money, money, now it s all about highs and lows. the wind is strongest in scotland. we got some sunshine here and some sharp showers. furthersouth, quite cloudy and damp across much of northern england and north wales. we ve had a bit of rain and drizzle. that s moving southwards. this is what s happened over the past few hours. this raining western scotland is petering out as it runs away from northern england and north wales and eventually we ll see sunshine coming through. not much rain arriving in the midlands and across southern england it may stay dry and there will be sunshine particularly in the south east. here, it should be quite warm, temperatures reaching 21 degrees, but quite chilly across northern scotland where we ve got the stronger winds. this weather front is responsible for the rain moving across england and wales
Cobra meeting on the escalating crisis in the middle east. This after the Prime Minister called for a pause in the war between israel and hamas for humanitarian reasons. But he rejected pleas for a complete ceasefire. The Cabinet Meeting chaired by the deputy pm, also addressed the governments strategy to help free british hostages who are among more than 220 being held. Well, meanwhile, 220 being held. Well, meanwhile, israel launched its biggest incursion into gaza overnight with tanks temporarily entering the strip, paving the way for the strip, paving the way for the next stages of combat. Israel Defence Forces say fighter jets also hit over 250 hamas targets , including hamas targets, including infrastructure and tunnels shafts. A fresh wave of rockets were also fired from the territory towards southern israel this morning. And earlier on this afternoon. Well, in the on this afternoon. Well, in the us, a manhunt is undennay after up to 22 people were killed by a gunman. And police
And coming up this afternoon , and coming up this afternoon, a massive showdown between sir keir starmer and trade union chiefs all over new. What they describe as workers rights policies. But what some people might describe as impositions on business. Yes. This is very interesting indeedit this is very interesting indeed it seems. Well, it appears as though there are very much two camps in the labour party. Youve got rachel reeves, whos out and about talking to businesses, and then youve got the union chiefs and the left wing of the party who want as many workers rights in law as possible. This could get quite messy today. Its called the southwark showdown because keir starmer is meeting in southwark in london with these trade union bosses. What will they have to say . Bosses. What will they have to say. 7 will they be pleased with what some are calling a watered down workers rights schedule that theyve got planned . If they win the next general election . Even pretty grubby, evenin e
Services. Do you agree with that also as well . What on earth is going on in ireland . Do you think it feels like one rule for them and another for us . Let me ask you this as well. Does the uk need an iron derm similar to that of israels . Were currently in talks with the eu about providing and creating exactly that. Is it the right move or not . And another day and another attack at a school this time in sheffield, and this time a 17 year old boy arrested for attempted murder . Please help me. What on earth is going. On . What on earth is going. On . Yes, indeed. Lots to get stuck into with Aaron Bastani and Peter Hitchens tonight. But before we do that, lets cross live to rafe. Tonights latest news headlines. News headlines. Thanks, michel. Our top stories tonight. The 14 year old boy killed in a sword attack in North East London yesterday has been named as daniel anderson. The met police says a 36 year old man remains in custody on suspicion of the teenagers murder. Daniel was a pu