this is row that has been ongoing for months but has really, really been ongoing for the past few days, and this all goes back to a letter diane abbott wrote to the observer newspaper 1a months ago now. after that letter, she was accused of anti semitism and she said in the letter thatjewish people along with irish and traveller people didn t face racism all their lives and after that was published she apologised very quickly and she was suspended from the parliamentary labour party pending an investigation. now, if you are someone who has been suspended, if you are suspended when an election is happening, you can t run again as a labour candidate so we didn t hear anything about the investigation or the outcome of it for a long, long time. then, when the general election was called, we suddenly needed an answer, needed to know whether or not dianne abbott would be allowed to run. and several days ago, the bbc s newsnight programme reported that investigation concluded five m
let s get more on this from our deputy political editor vicki young who s in the newsroom. first of all, can you remind us what actually took place here. this first of all, can you remind us what actually took place here. actually took place here. this has been quite actually took place here. this has been quite a actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, and actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, and has - actually took place here. this has - been quite a saga, and has dominated the first week of campaigning for labour. i think most people agree that the leadership hasn t handled it very well. as you said there, diane abbott under investigation for many months, over a year in fact, after she wrote a letter and in it she said thatjewish, irish and traveller people do not face racism all their lives. because of that, she was suspended from the parliamentary labour party. as i say, this
the move was announced after a closed meeting of the security council at which sunday s deaths at a displaced persons camp were discussed. palestinian officials say twenty one people were killed by strikes on a refugee camp in al mawasi, west of rafah, yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires trigg
by paula badosa of spain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. junior doctors in england are to stage another five day strike from june 27th tilljuly 2nd. talks with the government started two weeks ago, but appear to have broken down. the doctors union, the british medical association, has been in dispute overjunior doctors pay for more than a year now. our health editor hugh pym reports. what do we want? they call it pay restoration. what do we want? they call it pay restoration, that what do we want? they call it pay restoration, that is what do we want? they call it pay restoration, that is what - what do we want? they call it pay restoration, that is what they - what do we want? they call it pay | restoration, that is what they have been demanding in ten strikes staged in england since march last year. thejunior in england since march last year. the junior doctor s union the bma want a 35% pay rise to compensate for inflation over more than a decade