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good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, have laid flowers together at the site of the fatal stabbing of the mp sir david amess in essex. sir david was stabbed repeatedly during a constituency surgery in leigh on sea yesterday. the police say they are treating the attack as a terrorist incident which is potentially linked to islamist extremism . a 25 year old man who was arrested at the scene remains in custody and searches have been carried out at two addresses in london. tonight a candlelit vigil is taking place in leigh on sea. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. a united front in the face of a suspected terrorist attack. the prime minister, the leader of the opposition, the speaker of the house of commons and the home secretary. four of the most senior politicians in the land at the church today where sir david amess mp was murdered. he was killed doing a job that he loved, serv ....
good morning. for england and wales we are looking at rain at times, some hill snow that even some of that getting to lower levels at times. and the risk of ice. the scotland and northern ireland, some wintry showers, drierand scotland and northern ireland, some wintry showers, drier and brighter in the west, but wherever you are it will be blustery and cold. i will have all the details later. it s monday the 4th of december. our main story. israel says its ground offensive has now expanded to every part of the gaza strip following days of intense bombardment. the united nations says palestinians are being squeezed into a corner of the territory worsening the already dire humanitarian conditions. yolande knell has this report. ominous warnings the israeli flairs that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian ter ....
simple. some mps. serving as an mp is simple. some mps. serving as an mpisa simple. some mps. serving as an mp is a privilege, not a right. almost a year since jo mp is a privilege, not a right. almost a year sincejo cox was murdered, her parents tell us how much they miss her. we will always be broken, because there is a piece missing. to the outside, while we do appear strong, all of us, there is a lot of days when they are bad, it is bad. we ll talk to jo cox s sister and husband before 11. and this programme has learned that another group which represents sexual abuse survivors is pulling out of the government s sex abuse inquiry, accusing theresa may of failing to protect survivors. we will hear from them before ten. hello, welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. throughout the morning, the latest breaking news and developing stories. a little later, we ll hear warnings that people trying to bulk up with protein bars and shakes are being misled by adve ....
practice yesterday. but tonight his colleagues, both republicans and democrats will go ahead with their annual game. it s a rare show of political unity. less unified, president trump hits back at reports he is under investigation for obstruction ofjustice. he calls it the biggest witch hunt in history. and the australian prime minister pokes fun at donald trump s winning ways. we ll let you judge the impersonation. i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. we still don t know how many people died in the grenfell tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. and such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. our home affairs editor mark easton has this report. s ....
Conservatives. it would be daft to suggest it causes any event but poisoned the atmosphere and kind of dehumanises the people who do politics. dehumanises the people who do olitics. ., , ., , politics. you will understand why i don t think politics. you will understand why i don t think this politics. you will understand why i don t think this is politics. you will understand why i don t think this is a politics. you will understand why i don t think this is a weekend - politics. you will understand why i don t think this is a weekend for i don t think this is a weekend for particular links to be made, and as many of us who are not going to want to be the ones to cast the first stone in this, there are many of us who have spoken, i can remember times i have spoken about my opponents both outside of the labour party and inside in ways that i think was probably unwise. i really hope this is a moment. we thought this would have happened afterjo died, and to an extent it did, and we ....