the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesn t have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel a s planned privatisation? next week s media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at the heart of the conservative establishment. famously, borisjohnson was an editor of the magazine, kemi badenoch also work there for a bit. fraser, hello, will you be anointing a leader? we re going to find out a five o clock. apparentlyjeremy hunt is struggling to stay in. but the big news, of course, is that a yougov poll has put penny mordaunt way ahead of all of her rivals. the betting markets have moved behind her now so she is the odds on favourite. and will the spectator come out for h
World central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers killed when a Convoy Carrying Staff from the charity was hit on monday. Three british men john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were among them. They were working as security advisers. Israel said the strike was unintended and promised to investigate. The family Ofjames Kirby one of the three british nationals killed in the strike have released a statement. They said they were heartbroken and that. Weve also heard from the family ofjohn chapman. They said. The bbc has been hearing from james kirbys cousin adam mcguire. He was completely selfless, which explains why he went to gaza. His experiences in the british army when he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he knew the dangers, he was no fool. And people were telling him, this could be very dangerous for you. But he knew the dangers. He was selfless in that regard and he jUst Wanted To Help people. In that regard and he
At least 73,500 sheltering in dozens of schools. And overnight in israel, Palestinian Militants targeted southern towns like ashkelon with a barrage of rocket attacks. Heres more of what we know at this hour. The Israeli Military says more than 700 israelis have been killed. More than 250 bodies have been found dead at the site of a Music Festival in southern israel. The Gaza Ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. At a meeting of the un security council, the organisations middle east envoy
uh, well, a programme tomorrow, a big programme with some very important guests and also practising for the election. so for most of the day i will be locked in the basement in broadcasting house. so, if this is recorded, does that mean it ll be better than the last three weeks that we ve done? we can only hope. i wonder if they ve taken that bit out. anyway, this is getting too meta now, so, i actually wonder how many hours it is until the polls close. well, we don t know because we don t know what time it is because we re in the wrong time. oh, this is getting very confusing. shall we get on with it? yeah, yeah. laura, what are your predictions, then, for the last few days of campaigning? well, ithink, look, it s been a very, very eventful campaign. so, you know, 2a hours ago, nobody would have predicted that the prime minister would have inserted himself very dramatically into a race row about reform candidates. so i m not going to make predictions about specifics. however
uh, well, a programme tomorrow, a big programme with some very important guests and also practising for the election. so for most of the day i will be locked in the basement in broadcasting house. so, if this is recorded, does that mean it ll be better than the last three weeks that we ve done? we can only hope. i wonder if they ve taken that bit out. anyway, this is getting too meta now, so, i actually wonder how many hours it is until the polls close. well, we don t know because we don t know what time it is because we re in the wrong time. oh, this is getting very confusing. shall we get on with it? yeah, yeah. laura, what are your predictions, then, for the last few days of campaigning? well, ithink, look, it s been a very, very eventful campaign. so, you know, 2a hours ago, nobody would have predicted that the prime minister would have inserted himself very dramatically into a race row about reform candidates. so i m not going to make predictions about specifics. however