He argued it was in americas interest to defeat those who, he said, sought to annihilate a neighbouring democracy. More than 100 trucks with humanitarian supplies are waiting on the egypt side of the rafah crossing. Its hoped the first 20 will start moving into gaza today, but it is still unclear when. The entry of aid trucks was part of an agreement President Biden brokered. During the night, israel continued its aerial bombardment of gaza. The United Nations has warned that the initial supply of aid trucks would be nowhere near enough to help the more than a million displaced palestinians. It says at least 100 will be needed each day, because supplies of food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. Lets go straight to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. We keep saying about this terrible humanitarian crisis inside gaza. So many injured people with the continued aerial bombardment, and those aid trucks are tantalisingly on the other side of the crossing, they rema
Dominated by conservative mistakes, from which labour are profiting and now need to and solidify. I think one could seriously ask the question, if partygate didnt happen, would labour at the moment be enjoying a 17 point lead, let alone getting 20 point swings . Let us speak to a column nhs at the observer. Sonia, good to have you with us, keir starmer called It History In The Making but he says i dont want to get carried away, there a long way to go. We know a lot can change in politics in the 12 months we would be waiting for an election but it has not been a great night for the conservatives, has it. No, it is a hugely positive result for labour. Professorjohn curtice was saying there, we have not seen this sort of swings from the conservative party to labour in by Election Results since the 92 97 parliament, when there were four by elections, which labour took from the conservatives, in swings of over 20 , we havejust seen the conservatives, in swings of over 20 , we have just seen
Of former culture secretary nadine dorries. Here our political helen kat. These by elections were billed as nail biters. Close, tense. In the end, they delivered two significant victories to labour. First in tamworth the 57th Safest Conservative seat in the country before last night. Edwards, sarah siena, labour party 11,719 votes. Cheering. The new mp was elated. They are seeing the conservatives do not have anything to offer. The defeated conservative candidate chose not to stick around. In a statement the tories described it as a difficult result on a much reduced turnout. But it was about to get even more difficult for them. Over in Mid Bedfordshire, when the ballot boxes started arriving, it had still been too close to call, in a rare three way fight between the conservatives, labour and the lib dems. The liberal democrats doubled their share of the vote, but once again it was labour who emerged victorious. I therefore duly declare Alistair Luke Strathern Elected as Member Of Parl