hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than the news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. faith and politics shouldn t mix, many argue. but not my guest this week. shabana mahmood, the most senior muslim labour mp and now labour s shadowjustice secretary. in the weeks since october the 7th, she and so many people she represents have found the events in gaza particularly painful. but what has made it particularly difficult for her is channelling the anger, the sense of frustration, that many muslims feel that keir starmer isn t saying what they want to hear said. shabana mahmood, welcome to political thinking. thank you. you have found yourself at the centre of arguments about how britain, how the labour party, should respond to the awful events now in gaza. how has it felt personally for you? a very good question. i have to say i feel uncomfortable talking about the personal side of it, if i m
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than the news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. faith and politics shouldn t mix, many argue. but not my guest this week. shabana mahmood, the most senior muslim labour mp and now labour s shadowjustice secretary. in the weeks since october the 7th, she and so many people she represents have found the events in gaza particularly painful. but what has made it particularly difficult for her is channelling the anger, the sense of frustration, that many muslims feel that keir starmer isn t saying what they want to hear said. shabana mahmood, welcome to political thinking. thank you. you have found yourself at the centre of arguments about how britain, how the labour party, should respond to the awful events now in gaza. how has it felt personally for you? a very good question. i have to say i feel unco
2024. the republicans took this president hostage. it s [bleep], i mean, it s a lie to the american people and it s wrong. john: waiting a white house briefing ahead of the pivotal debt bill and both sides are taking nasty shots at one another as washington rushes to divert a disastrous default. i m john roberts in washington, it s like strapping in the front seat at hershey park. sandra: like the dragon coaster. choice words to describe the bill, sandra smith in new york. u.s. set to run out of money to cover its debt in a matter of days, house speaker kevin mccarthy scrambling to sell skeptical republicans. john: defections from the republican caucus 30 plus members, mccarthy will have to rely on the democratic side to get the bill pushed to the senate. sandra: brian style is here to make his case why the bill should be passed on capitol hill. how many house republicans are a no at this hour? hey, john, sandra. good afternoon to you. right now we are looking
as celebrations to mark the coronation of king charles enter their final day, people across the uk are taking part in community events. the big help out is urging people to take on volunteering roles and members of the royal family have been dropping in on some of the projects. charlotte gallagher reports. after the glitz and glamour of the coronation concert, today s celebrations come down to earth. scouts and their volunteer leaders are just some of the thousands of people taking part in the big help out. and a famous face is getting involved too. it makes us all a better person when we get involved. we extend our network and meet new people and develop new friendships. we feel like we are doing something positive. and i love that. members of the royal family are at some of the events, including the prince and princess of wales and their children. they ve been in slough, helping the scouts with a bit of building work, with prince louis keeping up with his older brother, g
good morning. welcome to this special edition of cnn this morning. we are continuing our coverage of this temporary truce between israel and hamas and the expected release of more hostages today. my colleague, kaitlyn collins, is live in tel aviv and we ll have more from caitlyn in just a moment. this morning we are monitoring the situation in gaza and israel. this is day two of are this negotiated four-day truce and now we re watching for the release of the hostages being held by hamas. they re expected to free 14 israeli hostages, according to an israeli source. in exchange, israel is prepared to release up to 42 more prisoners today. cnn has learned no americans are to be freed today. they are freeing three palestinians for every israeli out of hostage situation. 13 israeli, 10 thai citizens, 1 filipino were in that first tranche of captives freed. this video was released by hamas. cnn, we should say, had no control over this content. four children were among those release