Tonight, amidst increasing International Pressure on israel over the killing of seven aid workers, the first call by Benjamin Netanyahus main rival in the Emergency Government for elections within months. The Israel Defense force promises an independent investigation into the aid convoy kiilings. Well ask an idf spokeman how it can be independent if its conducted by former idf personnel. They come to their own conclusions. They are independent of the Chain Of Command. They can rule whatever they see fit, based on their professional understanding of the reality. Well be asking the team leader for save the childrens Gaza Response what she makes of that, and speaking to the diplomatic correpondent at the times of israel about the prospect of an early election. Also tonight is the market in the uk for Electric Cars running out of charge . Well examine the data and ask whether theres a risk of our net zero Journey Running off the road. 75 years tomorrow, nato was founded, out of the ashes o
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Electric car sales falter as a deadline for a ban on the sale of new Fossil Fuel Cars is extended. Natalie elphicke is the second conservative mp to defect to labour, in as many weeks. Her decision to defect was announced around 12pm just in time for sir keir starmer to bring it up at Prime Ministers questions. If one week a tory mp who is also a doctor says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted with the nhs and joins labour and the next week, the tory mp for dover on the front line of the small boats crisis says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins labour, what is the point of this failed government staggering on . In a statement the dover mp said the conservatives under rishi sunak had become a by word for incompetence and division. This from someone who has long been preoccupied with the small boat crossings, many had thought her to be on the right of the conservative party. Dont trust labo
As you would expect, a great deal of concern. The industry has invested billions in this transition and a lot of it has gone into the uk already, the government has backed that. You have seen them invest in the Tata Battery Factory in somerset, mini production in cowley, Electric Vehicle for commercial Vehicle Production in ellesmere port. So weve got mixed messaging when youre investing in there. If you want to attract and continue that investment, you need a strong market. We want to see what is being said, because at the moment we are getting this mixed message about what is it that the government wants. Ill tell you, if you want to achieve net zero, you have to decarbonise road transport. This morning home secretary Suella Braverman backed the Prime Minister for making difficult decisions on net zero and putting Household Costs first. The Prime Minister is taking an approach of pragmatism and proportionality when it comes to delivering our net zero commitments. Its right that he as