Weve revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister himself. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. Also coming up on the World Today the Uk Wildlife charity is declaring a national Butterfly Emergency after its annual count recorded the lowest numbers in its ill year history. Welcome to the World Today, im sarah campell. An hour of international news. At least nine people have been killed and hundreds wounded in lebanon after a new wave of explosions. This time, its walkie talkies that have been detonated. It comes as israel Defense Minister Yoav gallant has said the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. These images filmed in beirut, and which we have speeded up, show the moment when plumes of smoke appeared in several locations across the city. The lebanese News Agencies say they involve walkie talkies made by japanese they involve walkie talkies made byjapanese c
In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
Says it is looking at 721 patients, all children who had come into contact with yasserjabber while he worked there as a surgeon. Now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. Now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed. 13 of those patients severely. Now, lawyers representing some of the families treated by Yasserjabber Say that children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life changing injuries, with one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. Now the solicitors representing seven of the children says the claims are shocking. Have a listen to what shes had to say. Clients that we have been instructed to represent in claims against Mrjabber Have suffered a variety of orthopaedic injuries. Some of them have nerve damage, some of them have muscle damage. We have a client that has undergone an amputation of his lower
year s eve celebrations around the world. and, donald trump s legal life. a special counsel launches a new attack on trump s immunity defense while the former presidents legal team gears up to keep his name on the primary ballot in several states. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin today in maine where police are investigating a incident at the home of its secretary of state. the fake emergency call to the home of shana bellows coming after her decision to disqualify donald trump from that states primary ballot. fellas is telling msnbc that she is receiving nonstop threats of violence. i also want to call out the dehumanizing images that have been placed online of me. the threatening communications to people in my family, and to my staff. people who work for. me i is designed to instill fear, and to provoke silence, to keep people from speaking out. to send a message. that is
tv. like, did you get a haircut? we re glad you are with us. and it is wow. very busy news friday . let s get started with the five things to know for this. friday april 7th 2023, tennessee republican led tennessee s republican led house has expelled two of its democratic members for violating house rules during a gun reform protests. one of them is justin jones. and he will join us live this morning. a story that is we have so much to cover on that plus escalation in the middle east israel launching airstrikes into southern lebanon and the gaza strip. the move comes after a barrage of rocket attacks were reported in israel. biden administration proposing a rule that would forbid a ban on trans athletes. the rule, however, would allow some exceptions to be made also story. daniels speaking out, saying she is quote absolutely willing to testify in the manhattan district attorney s case against former president trump. she s telling piers morgan. she doesn t think the charges ag