The Socialist Party in the lead. And the best Television Programmes of 2023 are honoured at the Bafta Tv Awards in london. Sarah lancashire from the bbc s police drama happy valley taking home best actress. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. Russias Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russias security council. Hes a long standing ally of Vladimir Putin and has served as Defence Minister since 2012, Playing A Key role in russias invasion of ukraine. His replacement will be Andrei Belousov an economist and a deputy Prime Minister. What is the significance in this move i think the most significant thing is the fact that on the year of the full scale invasion, the third year, putin decided to change his minister of defence. The fact that the more senior position is losing a lot of influence when she used to have is now taking a new role. It says a lot about putins mind and his opinion of the state of the minister of russia. ~. ,.
It is four pm in new york, and 11 pm in israel and gaza. Im Simone Sanders townsend. Joined by a mid meridian, and the great Reverend Al Sharpton. This is continued coverage of the israelhamas war. Israeli Defense Forces are preparing a significant Ground Operation in gaza, describing it as, quote, integrated and coordinated attack from, air sea, and land. Israeli soldiers continue to mess along but as Benjamin Netanyahu visited the entropy today, telling them to, the next stage is coming. Thousands of people in Northern Gaza are navigating an active war zone as theyramble to evacuate to the south. On friday, israel warned civilians north of za the gaza city is now a battlefield. They told him to evacuate their homes. Thata reon home to 1. 1 Million People. Hamas instructed gazans to ignore the directive. 70 people and one convoy, obeying their order to leave were killed after him raley airstrike and convoy of evacuees. Most of them women and children. I do want to warn you that some o
And division and criticised what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak s tired and chaotic government. Sir keir starmer welcomed her to his party, a week after another tory mp, dan poulter, also defected. Natalie elphicke explained why she decided to make the move. In 2019, the conservative stood on a manifesto that was very much Centre Ground, but under rishi sunak, theyve abandoned the Centre Ground and broken many election promises. Meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much Better Future for our country and thats why i was so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward. The conservative rail minister, huw merriman has described fellow mp Natalie Elphicke as shameless and an opportunist. Lam i am absolutely staggered. I have seen i am absolutely staggered. I have seen some sights in this place but the lack seen some sights in this place but the lack of seen some sights in th
Fighters are seen storming the main Border Crossing between the israel and the gaza strip. Fighters have infiltrated israeli cities and there have been gun battles in the street. Cnn teams are deployed Around The World to bring you all the latest developments. Cnns Nic Robertson has just landed in israel. He got off the plane at the Main International airport where sirens warned of possible incoming rockets. And before we get to you, nic, i want to show our viewers how it unfolded on the tarmac. [ sirens ] we literally just got off the plane here, the sirens have gone off. People are taking cover. We got off the bus, people are taking cover, and you can hear the intercept missiles banging in the air. Nothing incoming here. But everyone is taking cover. Theyve gotten down. A lot of concern about whats going to happen here this night. Again, nic, we just showed our viewers what happened when you and your team arrived at the airport in israel. You have now made your way to an area right o
On bbc london. Reaction as a Muslim Student on newsnight at 10 30pm. It seems the Prime Minister will get his smoking and vape ban, but only because the opposition rode to the rescue. What does it tell us that a senior cabinet minister, five other ministers and two tory former Prime Ministers refused to support rishi sunak . The vote in the commons was overwelming and never destined to be a close run thing, with labour backing the governments plans to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes. 57 conservative mps did vote against the bill, including the business secretary kemi badenoch, arguing it was an attack on personal freedoms. But the Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said, theres no liberty in addiction. In a moment, hugh pym will look at the implications of any new law for the nhs, but first, chris mason is at westminster. Good evening. This is a place normally associated with tribal and noisy Party Politics but there was less of that today because there was widespread a