warfare in port au prince led to greater instability. the un says at least 230 people were killed in five days of fighting in the capital earlier this month. now on bbc news, the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesn t have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel 4 s planned privatisation? next week s media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at the heart of the conservative establishment. famously, borisjohnson was an editor of the magazine, kemi badenoch also work there for a bit. fraser, hello, will you be anointing a leader? we re going to find out a five o clock. and apparentlyjeremy hunt is struggling to stay in. the big news of course, is that yougov poll
equally delicate issue in regard to abortion which has of course been prominent in the news since last friday s decision by the us supreme court. that overturned the roe versus wade ruling which made abortion legal across the us, and on saturday morning on radio today, they were discussing the subject with a busy north america editor sarah smith. figs busy north america editor sarah smith. ~ , , ., busy north america editor sarah smith. a i. busy north america editor sarah smith. a ., smith. as you say, for the pro-life smith. as you say, for the pro-life groups smith. as you say, for the pro-life groups for - smith. as you say, for the | pro-life groups for pro-life pro life groups for pro life coalition who have been campaigning for this for many years since roe versus wade actually, they are very ambitious. there is still a lot more they want to achieve. the hrase more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life is more
against the prime minister in a significant revolt against his leadership. ijust hope that, given the mood of the public, the vote we have had here tonight, that the cabinet will tell the prime minister that, in the words of steve baker, the gig is up. i predict we will have a new leader of the party, a new prime minister, by party conference this year. i m geeta guru murthy live in westminster where we ll be bringing you the latest reaction to the vote. i m joined by conservative mp still very much backing the prime minister. three police officers in the us state of arizona have been put on leave after they stood by and watched a homeless man drowning. ukraine s president says his forces are holding out against russian advances in key cities in the donbas region. the family of a british geologist jailed for 15 years in iraq for attempting to remove historial artefacts says they are shocked by the punishment saying it amounts to a death sentence. hello and welcome if you re
he used to lead. in yemen we revisit the 11 year old blind from birth who refuses to let the country s civil war defeat him, ahmed. and we are alive at the mercury music prize in london where we on newsnight at 10.30, no sightings of a man charged with terrorism offences, still on the run after escaping from wandsworth prison strapped to a food lorry. what are the consequences, for the prison service ultimately the government? good evening. a terror suspect who escaped from wandsworth prison early yesterday morning is still at large, with police saying there ve been no confirmed sightings of him. daniel khalife was awaiting trial accused of gathering information for iran. he escaped by strapping himself under a food delivery van still dressed as a prison chef. more details have emerged about how he got out. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford can tell us more. yes, reeta. this picture is the most important new development in the manhunt. it s the best cctv imag
Hello, its me solo today because our washington colleagues are having a well deserved thanksgiving break. In a normal year a holiday message from the american president in which he encouraged people to gather together at homes and places of worship, to give thanks, would hardly raise an eyebrow. But this, of course, is no ordinary year. And the president s thanksgiving message last night was in direct conflict with the advice issued by nearly every Public Health official, moreover the advice of his own wh task force, which has called for a significant change in behaviour by all americans. The concern amid spiralling infection is that this thanksgiving holiday will supercharge the spread of the virus. Yesterday, hospitalisations hit record numbers for the 16th day in a row. Earlier today the president elect joe biden issued his thanksgiving message, again reiterating the message that americans should follow his lead, and forgo a big family get together this year. Thanksgiving has always