And at 10. 30am, protecting our planet takes a look at sustainable solutions, around the globe. Good morning. The conservative Party Conference opens today in manchester, with further assurances from the Prime Minister to deliver brexit. But the Party Conference comes amid growing speculation that opposition parties could table a vote of a no confidence against the government within days, as they try to stop a no deal brexit. And mrjohnson has also addressed questions about his use of language last week, which led to criticism from politicians on all sides of parliament. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in manchester. Norman, what has the Prime Minister been saying after a very turbulent westminster week . No surprise, defiant, largely unrepentant, particularly in relation to his own language and conduct in the commons, basically rebuffing the charge that he had used inappropriate language, when he talked about the dismissed as humbug, an mp calling on him to moderate h
Israel. But ursula von der leyen israel. But ursula von der leyen was meeting the israeli president , isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of a possible attack. Earlier, she and the president of the european parliament, Roberta Metsola , visited the village of metsola, visited the village of kfar azar in a show of solidarity with the israeli people. It was among a number of communities overrun by Hamas Terrorists on saturday when more than 1300 people were killed. Than 1300 people were killed. France has raised its security alert to the highest level possible following the death of a teacher in a knife attack. It happened at a high school in the Northern City of arras. Two other people were also injured. A suspect has been arrested. A suspect has been arrested. Police say he is a russian born chechen man and a former student of the high school president. Macron has called the incident a result of barbaric islamist terrorism. This is gb news terrorism. This is gb news across the
Without devastating humanitarian consequences. Gaza remains under siege. Fuel, food and water is running out and Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy hamas. But it didnt elaborate on what might follow or how long it would take. And we are striking at our enemies with unprecedented might i emphasise, this is just the beginning. Our enemies have only begun paying our enemies have only begun paying the price and i wont detail what is yet to come. But i tell you that this is only the beginning. Beginning. Well, the us president joe biden, meanwhile, has pledged his unequivocal support for israel once again and says hes spoken to the families of americans who remain unaccounted for after the hamas attack last saturday. I assured them my personal commitment to do Everything Possible, Everything Possible to return every missing american to their families. Were working round the clock to secure the release. Of americans held by release. Of americans held by hamas in close cooperation with i
With 7 Million People stuck on nhs Waiting Lists, we cannot grow the economy with 2. 5 Million People shut out of the Labour Market by long term physical and mental illness. When people are not supported to recover from long covid, wait weeks for a gp appointment, cant get basic help so they can get back to work my feed their families they can get back to work my Feed Theirfamilies and get they can get back to work my feed their families and get on in they can get back to work my Feed Theirfamilies and get on in life. A healthy economy needs a healthy population and a healthy nhs. And i have been so proud that we Liberal Democrats have consistently led the way in highlighting the crises in the nhs and proposing solutions. Reversing cuts to gp numbers and guaranteeing an appointment when you need one. Tackling life threatening Ambulance Delays and improving access to nhs dentists. There is so many parts of our nhs plan that will both treat People Better and boost our economy. And today
And inflation is down. It fell to 3. 2 in the year to march, down from 3. 4. Heres the Prime Minister, rishi sunak. Todays figures show that our economic plan is working and inflation continues to fall, having been 11 when i became Prime Minister, its now fallen to just over 3, the lowest level in two and a half years. That smacking debate is going to get you wound up, im sure, because in scotland at and, wales its already banned. But what i as one who was smacked by my mum a lot, how do you enforce it . Well , the problem is what you well, the problem is what you will find is that children will then snitch on their parents. Children who might be just. Just from the goodness of their heart for the wanting those kids to behave better might smack lightly smack their children. The children will then turn around to the parents and say, you cant do that. Ill call the police. Its awful division. Its anti family. I have got another smack for that. Oh well, exactly. Unfortunately now theyve bu