Prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer is holding an Emergency Response Meeting with senior Police Leaders as they look to de escalate the violence following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport a week ago today. Misinformation about the identity of the southport attacker, spread on Social Media, led to far right riots. Police forces across the uk have made more than 400 arrests since the disturbances began. And that number is expected to rise. This morning, the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper has condemned what she called the disgraceful scenes of violence and thuggery, promising swift Justice Violence and thuggery, promising swiftjustice for violence and thuggery, promising Swift Justice for those involved violence and thuggery, promising swiftjustice for those involved in the unrest. Now this footage, taken from Social Media, and looked at by our team at bbc verify, shows rioters are starting fires at a Holiday Inn express hotel in tamworth. Staffordshire police said an offi
you are live with bbc news. i am anna foster in bethlehem. some breaking news this hour. five people have been killed in an explosion at a warehouse run by the united nations relief agency in rafah. it appears to have happened on the eastern side of the building. these are the latest pictures just in. we can see blood from the attack and aid the boxes that are damaged. ambulances are there. as yet there is no statement or response from israel or the israel defence forces but we will bring that to you if it comes. breaking news to begin this hour, five people have been killed in an explosion at a un aid warehouse in rafah in the southern gaza strip. for the first time in this conflict a new road route has been taken to actually deliver much needed food aid to northern gaza at the opposite end of the strip. this is something that has been particularly difficult to do, to actually get aid to the 300,000 people in the north of gaza who desperately need it. the un has said it s th
picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. for england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some western hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate all black women . what took them so long? number ten s change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary kemi badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a space for forgiveness . we ll talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think he s a race traitor to be a tory. also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as nhs dentistry, with minimal public access to treatment. they say, we re not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and that s really the end of the nhs. plus a conversation between this conservative mp and
12 hours later the labour leadership have lifted her suspension. but is she banned from standing as a labour candidate in this election? plus the conservatives say if they win the election they will now protect pensioners from their own future tax rises. are they neglecting young voters? welcome to election newsnight. we are live each weekday night at half past ten on bbc 2 and bbc news with interviews and insight. with me throughout the programme tonight labour mp dawn butler and former conservative chancellor kwasi kwarteng who, like around 76 of his tory colleagues, is standing down. first, let s bring you up to date with today s election stories starting with our exclusive that we broke this morning that the labour investigation into diane abbott over her comments on racism was finished five months ago. and tonight, the labour leadership have lifted thier suspension of ms abbott and restored the whip. nick s here. bring us up to date? as you said earlier this evening si