around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let s look at some of the other stories making headlines today. polls have been open all day in three parliamentary seats where byelections are being held. voters are casting their ballots in the south western tory stronghold of somerton and frome, in borisjohnson s old seat in the west london suburb uxbridge and south ruislip, and in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. the chairman of the commons defence committee tobias ellwood is facing a no confidence motion after he tweeted a video praising the taliban and describing afghanistan as tra nsformed under taliban rule. mr ellwood has since said that he got it wrong . he has apologised and deleted the clip. the leader of the house of commons has announced the state opening of parliament and king s speech will be on november 7th. it will be the first king s speech
byelections on the same day. all the seats are currently in conservative hands but can they hold on in the face of strong challenges from both labour and the liberal democrats? we have a great selection of guests to you informed and entertained for the results to come in. we have reporters at selby and ainsty in north yorkshire somerton frome in somerset, and uxbridge and south ruislip in north west london. we will hearfrom them ruislip in north west london. we will hear from them in a will hearfrom them in a moment. plus, we will be getting analysis here in westminster from professor sirjohn curtis foster will be in the studio is our panel. stephen hammond, thank debonair. natasha clark, chief political correspondent to the sun newspaper and the daily mail political editorjohn stevens. in a moment we will collect all three counts but before we do, let s get an opening port from our
has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the equalities minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. we have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. over the past two days we ve been in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire and somerton
up up to and including dismissal. responding in the wider investigation mcdonald s said, there s simply no place for harassment, abuse or discriminate of any kind at mcdonald s. but workers like emily say it is too little, too late. i m really happy that people speaking out. i know a lot of people who have worked at mcdonald s that have been through similar experiences. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections which represent a major test for the prime minister ruishi sunak. over the past two days we ve been in selby in north yorkshire and somerton and froome in somerset. today we re in uxbridge and south ruislip, the seat held by the former prime minister borisjohnson, until his resignation last month.