Street and his labour rival, richard parker. Votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. The number of votes recorded for each. Weve waited all day for this moment. Its happening now. The result. And i do hereby declare that richard parker. Cheering this is the most important thing i will ever do. This week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive. Difference in this region. So where do i go . A winner and a loser and the finest of margins. Mr street, commiserations. What do you put your loss down to . Very straightforward, chris, isnt it . We didnt persuade enough people across the West Midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. Ive always said it was my campaign and we didnt get over the line. Bluntly, is rishi sunak to blame . No, this was my campaign. Idid it. The famous words. I did it my way, and it was always going to be
Freedom is elusive. The Reuters Institute for the study Ofjournalism Talks of democratic backsliding in some parts of the world, and The Economist calculates that more than 39 of the worlds population lives under authoritarian rule. Well, across this edition of the media show, were going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing the threats to freedom of speech, and how major Media Organisations such as the bbc see their role in responding to this. Its a lot to get through, and were going to start by understanding how restrictions on the press affect the information that people are able to access. And well begin with the situation in three countries that have a long history of muzzling the media russia, china and iran. And with us, weve got three experts from bbc monitoring. It, as the name suggests, monitors Media Activity Around The World. Kia atri follows the iranian media and, kia, just describe first a regular. A normal person, if yo
To give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up ho
Major test of Public Opinion before a General Election later this year. Theres little good news for Prime Minister rishi sunak. At a by election in Blackpool South, his party suffered its Third Largest swing to the Opposition Labour Party since the second world war. At a local council level, the results are no better. The conservatives have lost half of the seats announced so far. Experts say they could be on track to lose a staggering 500 councillors, one of the worst performances at the polls in four decades. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Cheering. Northallerton in North Yorkshire this afternoon. The Prime Minister lives a few miles away, and look whos turned up to rub his nose in it. York and North Yorkshire, the wider county so often rock solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. Weve had really good results across the country all day long, but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. And thank you to the team for all the fantastic work
Good afternoon. A man has appeared in court, charged with murdering 14 year old Daniel Anjorin, who died in a sword attack in east london this week. Daniel was on his way to school on tuesday when he was fatally attacked in hainault. 36 year old marcus monzo, who has dual spanish and brazilian nationality, also faces several other charges including two counts of attempted murder. Ben woolvin reports. Arriving at court this morning, the man charged with the murder of a 14 year old boy. Daniel anjorin was on his way to school on Tuesday Morning in North East London when he became one of the victims of this alleged attack involving a samurai sword. He died in hospital shortly afterwards. Today, tributes continue to avoid described as a true scholar who had a positive nature and gentle character. There were four other alleged victims including two Police Officers. Marcus monzo has been charged with a total of seven offences including two counts of attempted murder, causing Grievous Bodily