Of scotland for tomorrow. And labour celebrates two by election victories, labelling them a game changer. The party overturned huge conservative majorities in tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire. And the republicans dump and the republicans duminmjordan as their House Speaker nominee after losing three successive votes for the role. Welcome back. Here in the uk, the labour party are pretty happy after overturning the majorities to win Mid Bedfordshire and tamworth by elections. Keir starmer said labour where redrawing the clinical map, 24 swing to labour in tamworth. The conservatives have pointed to things like low turnout. For a full summary of everything that happened, heres our Political Editor chris mason. Jubilation and Sleep Deprivation has all sorts of effects on political activists, particularly labour ones celebrating victory in a Home Counties village, marston moretaine. Red placards and labour smiles, in rural bedfordshire, of all places. Mid bedfordshire has been conservative fo
Every single one of them should be released. Since the earliest hours of this crisis, the president has made clear he will do Everything Possible to secure the release of every hostage. During my own recent troubles in the region i am beside him urgency and importance of this to the United States and pressed partners to do everything they can to help us secure the release. Since that time we work relentlessly with partners to do just that. I cant speak publicly about the details of these efforts, i know you understand that, but the urgent work to free every single american, to free all of the hostages continues. As does our work to secure the Safe Passage Out Of Gaza for the american strap there. In this particular instance, i want to thank the government of qatarfor the important i want to thank the government of qatar for the important assistance. When i was in israel last week i met with the families of us citizens that hamas have taken hostage. President biden had the opportunity t
Is the semifinal. If thats not enough to get you up for a game, i dont know what will. Everyone is different. Ultimately, ithink dont know what will. Everyone is different. Ultimately, i think were on the same page. Getting that buzz and that feeling and go about that differently. Weve got over 2a hours not to do that. Everyone takes their own different plans, but for me, theres no better place we would rather be than semi against south africa. We dont play a lot of emotions, because we dont play a lot of emotions, because i we dont play a lot of emotions, because i believe emotions will last you 20 because i believe emotions will last you 20 minutes of putting yourself out. You 20 minutes of putting yourself out we you 20 minutes of putting yourself out. We have a plan. Just staying tight out. We have a plan. Just staying tight together as a unit and being aligned tight together as a unit and being aligned on the day. From the Rugby World Cup to the cricket world cup, and australia ha
Israel has confirmed that two american hostages have been released by hamas. Judith and Natalie Raanan, who are mother and daughter, were taken after the hamas attack on israel earlier this month. The groups Telegram Channel says qatar had helped mediate their release, which was done for which was done for humanitarian reasons. President biden says he is overjoyed. Just a few lines to bring you from president macron, whos been speaking in the last few minutes about this. He says he hopes the release of fridays hostages leads to similar operations in the coming days, including for french citizens. He also says the French Military Intelligence Directorate has concluded that the gaza hospital blast, which we report on tuesday, was not due to an israeli strike but probably a misfiring palestinian rocket. That would tend to echo what Us Intelligence is saying. Hes also saying they are going to be supplying more humanitarian aid to the Rafah Crossing to support the aid coming across. Some li