still facing backlash over its military operations in al shifa hospital. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has more on the situation on the ground. united nations agency for palestinian refugees began the day by saying that they had run out of fuel and they would not be able to keep on carrying out their operations, saying that would have a devastating effect for the people of gaza us. a few hours later the israeli war cabinet announced they would allow some fuel to come into gaza, the israelis have said they are very keen that hamas do not get their hands on this fuel, it will be monitored and apparently it will go towards water supplies trying to make fresh water available to people, and also trying to reboot the sewage system which apparently has failed in recent days of the world health organization is really concerned about the spread of disease saying that is a big problem. meanwhile the israeli operations continue at the hospital, the biggest hospital in gaza, you wi
ten of labour s shadow ministers leave sir keir starmer s front bench in a rebellion over his refusal to back a ceasefire in gaza. also on the programme tonight. uk plans to limit immigration hit a huge roadblock today, as the supreme court ruled the government s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. but the prime minister says he will push ahead. we ll get the latest from gaza, where israel says its troops have found weapons in the al shifa hospital complex. and we will be live in san francisco, where us presidentjoe biden is meeting his chinese counterpart, leader xijinping, for the first time in a year. to discuss it all i m joined in london by anna mikhailova, deputy political editor at the mail on sunday and chris bruce, political director of the american civil liberties union in georgia. i want to start with that developing story in uk politics. ten labour mps have been sacked or resigned from the front bench, after voting in favour of an snp amen
smiled and said they have 21 million reservists, and in a way, this wasn t a joke. that s exactly the scale of figures they re operating. it would be almost impossible to continue your civilian life if you try to avoid the draft. so this means that if they want, they can quickly increase the scale of their forces on quite sufficient numbers. it would be incredibly hard for them to provide quality training. the russian government, the kind of propaganda side of it, must have been really angry with the bbc and the other organisations for coming up with a number like that. since the start of the war, we have seen increasing pressure on independentjournalists in russia, which makes it almost impossible to keep truthful reporting from within russia without breaking the law, without risking going into prison. and you ve got to put up
harassment, intimidation as a result of the journalistic work she s done. she feels, clearly, that the indian political culture has not offered her staunch defence. do you feel that you and your colleagues in your party have really stood up for the rights of independentjournalists over the last few years? well, i d like to think so in my own case, and i ve certainly spoken up for rana. when she published her book on gujarat, i was one of the voices that spoke up for her at the time. and the fact that she still writes, still is quoted, still is very much there, is a good sign. i am concerned about the fact that in addition to the examples you mentioned, the varieties of democracy institute in sweden, the v dem institute, has described india as an electoral autocracy. that is, the elections are largely free and fair, but once people are elected, they conduct themselves autocratically. and that s not a healthy sign.
brave journalists who are committed to independent investigative journalism. one of them, rana ayyub, who for years has suffered harassment, intimidation as a result of the journalistic work she s done. she feels, clearly, that the indian political culture has not offered her staunch defence. do you feel that you and your colleagues in your party have really stood up for the rights of independentjournalists over the last few years? well, i d like to think so in my own case, and i ve certainly spoken up for rana. when she published her book on gujarat, i was one of the voices that spoke up for her at the time. and the fact that she still writes, still is quoted, still is very much there, is a good sign. i am concerned about the fact that in addition to the examples you mentioned, the varieties of democracy institute in sweden, the v dem institute, has described india as an electoral autocracy. that is, the elections are largely free and fair, but once people are elected, they conduct th