conservative mps to back him. if he d lost tonight it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote for the government. to give you an example, the climate minister who was at the climate talks in the middle east, flew all the way back so that he could vote. that is how nervous the government was, despite the result when we finally got it. quite an evening then after quite a day. quite an evening then after quite a da . . , . , ., day. excuse me,
the hamas run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the air strike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a tragic mishap . mr netanyahu said israel will follow policy as it looks into the matter. translation: and ralph, we already evacuated translation: and ralph, we already evacuated about - translation: and ralph, we already evacuated about a - already evacuated about a million uninvolved residents. and despite our best efforts not not harm the uninvolved, a tragic incident occurred yesterday. we are investigating the case and will draw the conclusions and rafah. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who s injerusalem, says israel is once again facing international condemnation. israeli officials have been scrambling all day to try and figure out what went wrong in rafah. how was it that a precision strike involving what they called reduced weapons resulted in a fireb
the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s mark edwards. hi, ben, we start with tennis. rafael nadal is out of the french open, losing in the first round in what s likely to be the 37 year old s last match at the french open. the king of clay, with m titles at roland garros, going down fighting against alexander zverev after three hours under the roof on court philippe chatrier. but nadal eventually fell just short, losing in straight sets 6 3, 7 6, 6 3. zverev into the second round. he s reached the semi final three years in a row, but the journey is over for nadal. british number one cameron norrie is being put through his paces by russia s pavel kotov. there are 23 places between them in
and behind the scenes at the museum a special report on how hundreds of treasures were stolen from the british museum. the labour leader sir keir starmer has given his first major speech of the general election campaign. he was speaking in west sussex and promised that a labour government would bring security, stability and change. he said voters could trust labour because he has changed the party permanently. our political correspondent iain watson is travelling with the labour leader. that s right, i m in this part of west sussex, which labour took control of in the local council elections for the first time in its history earlier this month. so sir keir starmer thinks that some people who previously voted conservative perhaps all their lives might now be a bit more receptive to his message. but he also feels that even though he is 20 points ahead in the opinion polls, they also require reassurance that the party has changed, and that is what he sought to give them in tha
what s been caught on camera in the skies above california. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza was a tragic mishap . the hamas run health ministry said at least 45 people, including children, were killed when a strike hit a camp for displaced people in the tal al sultan area of rafah. the united states said the killing of innocent palestinians was heartbreaking , and warned that israel must take every precaution possible to protect civilians. the un chief has condemned the strike and has called for the horror to end. the israeli army said it had been targeting two senior hamas leaders. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson is injerusalem a warning, some viewers may find some of the images distressing. morning didn t end the nightmare, but it brought the children, picking through the debris of the dead. the burned remains of shelters mark the place where israel says a top hamas commander wa