With Practising Medicine as an nhs Hospital Doctor on a part time basis. He confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg take a listen. I found it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. And ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how it is run and governed. The party i was elected into valued public services. It valued. It had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. I think the conservative party today is in very different place. Its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. Our Political Correspondent ben wright told me more about dr poulter. He has been an mp since 2010. He represents Central Suffolk and north ipswich. Hejoined the party under david cameron. He is very much a cameroonian conservative. He is in the centre of the party, a one nation tory. He is a Wo
And. Well, what happens next . But before we get started, lets get your latest news with tatiana sanchez. Gnaana. Thank you. The top stories this hour. Up to 50 migrants were rescued in a dramatic race against the tide after their boat ran aground on after their boat ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. Gb news captured this exclusive video of the migrant arrivals. The small boat ran aground this morning on goodwin sands. No one is believed to have been injured. The incident comes as gb news can reveal the numbers crossing illegally from france have now passed 7000 for the yeah have now passed 7000 for the year. So far, at least five small boats have made it to uk waters so far today , carrying waters so far today, carrying more than 250 migrants. Humza yousaf is said to be asking leaders of other parties to find Common Ground with him, as he ianes Common Ground with him, as he invites them to talks at his official residence to see how they can work with his minority governmen
mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially, this is here because crucially, this is continental usa, julian assange refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrust the us government. in the past, he accused him of plotti
after spending the majority of the last decade behind bars or inside the ecuadorian embassy in london. speaking outside the court, julian assange s lawyer, barry pollock, said the prosecution of the wikileaks founder was unprecedented . in the hundred years of the espionage act, it has never been used by the united states to pursue a publisher, a journalist like mr assange. mr assange revealed truthful, important and newsworthy information including revealing the united states had committed war crimes and he has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom tremendously in his fight for free speech, forfreedom of tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom of the press, and to make sure the american public and the world community gets truthful and important newsworthy information. we firmly believe that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act and engaged in exercise that journalists engage in every day and we are thankfu
julian responsible pleaded guilty to one charge under the sp on act julian assange. we will get reaction from the us. good evening. first the conservatives, now labour both main parties embroiled in the betting scandal. today, the tories withdrew support from two of their candidates, craig williams and laura saunders, who had bet on the timing of the election. both are on the ballot as conservatives, but will sit as independents if they are elected. and then tonight, labour suspending one of their candidates kevin craig, who reportedly had bet against himself. the party has returned £100,000 in donations the businessman had given them. there is a sense that we don t yet know the full extent of the investigation. the gambling commission says five more metropolitan police officers are alleged to have placed bets. 0ur political editor chris mason has more. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister. he turned down my request for an interv