Professionalism and sensitivity. one of parliament s most experienced figures, diane abbott, has been suspended as a labour mp after suggesting thatjewish, irish and traveller people had not faced the same kind of racism as black people. the comments were condemned by mps and faith groups and she has since apologised. the london matathon elite men s race has been won by kenya s kelvin kiptum in a record time for the course and the second fastest marathon in history. sifan hassan from the netherlands won the women s elite race in her first ever marathon. now, to an inspiring story about one special london marathon runner. roman kashpur, a ukrainian soldier, has done it on a prosthetic leg! he s an army veteran who he lost his leg during the ongoing war in ukraine. and now he s raising money for charity, helping amputees.
Know how many british nationals there are in sudan but she said it could be close to 1000. since then we have had reports it could be more than that. they are being advised to stay indoors, keep up to date with their travel documents and to register their presence online. meanwhile we are hearing that the prime minister rishi sunak has met with the egypt president and they have agreed to work together with international partners to try to secure a ceasefire at.- international partners to try to secure a ceasefire at. david, thanks very much- let s look at some of the other news this morning. diane abbott has been suspended as a labour mp after suggesting thatjewish, irish and travel are people had not faced the same kind of racism as black people. she has since apologised for the comments made in a letter to the observer newspaper. comments made in a letter to the observer newspaper. let s speak to our political observer newspaper. let s speak to our political correspondent - obse
Diane abbott has been suspended as a labour mp after suggesting thatjewish, irish and traveller people had not faced the same kind of racism as black people. she has since apologised for the comments, which were made in a letter to the observer newspaper. our political correspondent lone wells joins us now. clearly the labour leadership dealt with this pretty quickly yesterday morning, on sunday, after the letter was published, but this row is not over. , ., ,, was published, but this row is not over. , over. yes, as you say, the labour pa did over. yes, as you say, the labour party did suspend over. yes, as you say, the labour party did suspend diane - over. yes, as you say, the labour party did suspend diane abbott sl party did suspend diane abbott s whit meaning she will now sit as an independent mp and that comes after she wrote in the observer newspaper that white people with a certain point of difference could experience prejudice but this wasn t the same as experiencing racism
To the observer newspaper. in it she suggested thatjewish, irish and traveller people had not faced the same kind of racism as black people. she later apologised for the her remarks. this is what sir keir starmer said this morning. what she wrote yesterday i utterly condemn, and i said we would tear out anti semitism by its roots. i meant it, that s why we acted so swiftly yesterday. i think it s a mark of how far the labour party has changed that we acted so swiftly and we take it so seriously. but i condemn what she said. well, our political correspondent, ione wells, is at westminster for us now. what next? i think, what next? ithink, given what next? i think, given labour s recent past. what next? i think, given labour s recent past. any what next? i think, given labour s recent past, any comments - what next? i think, given labour s recent past, any comments like i what next? i think, given labour s. recent past, any comments like this that appear to downplay the experiences o
The monstrous effects of racism. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more on the content of the letter. so, this was a letter that appeared in the observer newspaper this morning and it was in reply to another article that had been in the paper before which related to race. now, diane abbott, she was the first black woman to be elected to the house of commons. she is a decades long campaigner for racialjustice and she was responding to this article and in it, in her letter, she said that, that she drew a distinction, or appeared to draw a distinction, between racism and prejudice. i m just trying to find the words here for you, the exact words. she said thatjewish, irish and traveller people undoubtedly experience prejudice. she said this is similar to racism and the two words are often used as if they are interchangeable. she then went on to say it was true that many types of white people with points of difference such as redheads can experience this prejudice, but they are n