you re watching the context on bbc news. here in the uk, for the first time the prime minister gives some idea when the next general election could be. in the second half of the year is rishi sunak s working assumption at the moment, he says. on our panel tonight, andrew fisher columnist for the i paper and former executive director of policy for the labour party and carrie sheffield, a senior policy analyst at independent women s voice. also on the programme. the latest developments in the middle east, including the funeral of a hamas deputy leader in lebanon. thousands of people were there. prince andrew and bill clinton are named in files relating to sex offenderjeffrey epstein. we ll look at what we ve learnt.
buckingham palace has in the past categorically denied all allegations. another of epstein s accusers, virginia giuffre, said she d met andrew on a number of occasions and been forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. despite a photo showing them together, the prince said he had no recollection of meeting her. and i ve said consistently and frequently that we never had any sort of sexual contact whatever. in 2022, the prince settled a civil case brought by virginia giuffre against him for an undisclosed amount and withdrew from public life. the documents also contain some bizarre elements, including an email to one time girlfriend ghislaine maxwell, who s serving 20 years for sex trafficking. in the poorly spelt message, epstein offers to pay anyone who would deny that the late
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. here in the uk, for the first time the prime minister gives some idea when the next general election could be. in the second half of the year is rishi sunak s working assumption at the moment, he says. on our panel tonight, andrew fisher columnist for the i paper and former executive director of policy for the labour party and carrie sheffield, a senior policy analyst at independent women s voice. also on the programme. the latest developments in the middle east, including the funeral of a hamas deputy leader in lebanon. thousands of people were there. prince andrew and bill clinton are named in files relating to sex offenderjeffrey epstein. we ll look at what we ve learnt.
from 7.00am on 3rd january until 7.00am on the ninth. ministers say the union s demand for a 35% wage increase is unaffordable. the sister of a 16 year old boy who was fatally stabbed on new year s eve has said his family is devastated . harry pitman was attacked just before midnight on primrose hill, where crowds gathered. his older sister tayla, 19, paid tribute to him and said he always stood up for what was right . a 16 year old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and held in custody. the names of more than 170 associates of the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein could be released as early as today. the identities are being revealed under a settled lawsuit against convicted sex trafficker and epstein associate ghislaine maxwell. anyone on the list had until yesterday to appeal to have their name removed. epstein, a millionaire financier known to mix with high profile figures including prince andrew,
remember during thejubilee he had some scene stealing moments. the newspapers and tv cameras loved him. he was there today as well. surprisingly for some, though, prince andrew also arrived at church with his family. he is not often seenin with his family. he is not often seen in public with the royalfamily because of the extent really of the relationship he had with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, so a bit of a surprise to see him. he didn t really mingle as much with the crowds as the other members of the royal family did. lots of people coming out to see them, people bringing presents, bunches of flowers, and some even queued up overnight, camped out to your overnightjust to get queued up overnight, camped out to your overnight just to get a queued up overnight, camped out to your overnightjust to get a good spot. when we arrived this morning, it was dark and cold and there were still people here who had been queueing up overnight. and we saw earlier that you had some rea