Respected labour mp, sir tony lloyd. On paper, it should have been relatively straightforward for labour to win. Labour has won there for the past 1a years. Azhar ali won the contest to be labours candidate and appeared as their candidate on the ballot paper. But Labour Disowned and suspended him over remarks widely alleged to be anti semitic. He said sorry for what he said. George galloway won the Bradford West By Election in 2012 another constituency with a significant Muslim Population he is standing. His critics accuse him of Stoking Division in towns he previously has had little to do with. In a campaign with a heavy focus on the plight of people in gaza, he said he offers a voice to people who otherwise wouldnt have one. He is a former labour mp and a former respect mp. His campaign was focused on the 30 of the constituency which is muslim. Simon danczuk is claiming to be a real alternative. He is the reform uk candidate, which used to be the brexit party, and he was the mp for r
welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. these
rights la of the year to share his personal views about religion. but the problem is alito and the other right-wing justices are imposing their personal, moral and political beliefs on all of us. and new reports show how they re using made up plaintiffs in recent supreme court cases to do it. also tonight, new details on donald trump s efforts to over turn his election loss in arizona. amid new reporting that jack smith is giving close scrutiny to trump s clown car team of lawyers. plus america post dobbs. north carolina s 12 week abortion ban take effect as republicans in ohio make it much harder to protect abortion rights even though a majority of the ohioans support those protections. and we begin on the eve of the fourth of july. during a time in america where a lot of people are seeing their freedoms being taken away. and that is in large part due to the supreme court of the united states. mainly the court s six conservative judges whose decisions last week peeling
of water overconsumption hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where prime minister benjamin netenyahu has sacked his defense minister, yoav gallant, after he called on the government to suspend overhauling the judiciary. these are live pictures from tel aviv tonight. the skill of the protests have been growing and mass protests that are been taking place in several cities in the country. after dissecting his defence minister. let me show you these live pictures from israel. tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets on sunday night waving israeli flags following the dismissal of defence minister yoav gallant. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu removed mr gallant after he called on the prime minister to halt legislation on his proposed changes to the judiciary. the controversial bill has divided the country; many see it as a threat to israeli democracy earlier i spoke to barak ravid, who is a journalist and middle east correspon
shot because of it. they re gonna have spears that they never thought about in their life that now they re going to think about all the time there is this culture within america that shoot first ask questions later. what is going on in this country? at least two people are dead this morning after severe storms tore across three states overnight tornado left down trees and power lines, creating challenges for first responders to find those trapped in a number of emergency crews all over this area. look at all the damage. the inflow is insane. access to the comment. abortion drug kristen still legal, at least for now, this is a really uncertain time for the abortion rights movement. pandora s box of potential legal issues. real question is, will they hear it? and where are they headed on this? we don t want a supreme court justice in our bedrooms, telling us what to do. not can you hear me? now? can you hear me? we saw a missile land very close to our vehicle. thousands have al