been the result, mr speaker? another body blow to the uk economy and to our ability to fund our nhs. that is the fundamental difference between. that is the fundamental difference between this government and the opposition. we have a plan for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. mai; for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. carp from the sidelines. may i commend carp from the sidelines. may i commend my carp from the sidelines. may i commend my right carp from the sidelines. may i | commend my right honourable carp from the sidelines. i l commend my right honourable friend for resisting calls from the labour party and others for more restrictions before christmas. and also for the changes that he has announced today. omicron is less serious than previous variants. we will see new variants appear in future, the likelihood is that they will continue to be less serious. it is not in the national interest to partially or wholly set
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, serving hi
we can expect to hear some more demands from the us at this time when tensions are quite high with its ally israel for more aid, more desperately needed aid to be allowed into gaza, where you have this threat looming of a man made famine because of the very severe shortages of food. now, on top of that, mr blinken will be discussing, i m sure, the ongoing talks in qatar with mediators acting as go betweens for israel and hamas, trying to secure a new ceasefire deal in exchange for the release of some of the remaining israeli hostages who are held in the gaza strip. on top of that, we do expect mr blinken to talk to the israelis about their plans, their declared plans for an offensive in rafah in the very south of the gaza strip, on the border with egypt. they say that they have to act there against remaining hamas battalions in the area if they are to win their war, to achieve their war, aim of dismantling hamas in the gaza strip. but, of course, that area is where you have s
the first leg of their champions league semi final. city are top of the premeir league, they have an fa cup final to come injune and are three games away from lifting the only trophy that s so far eluded pep guardiola during his time at the etihad. olly foster reports from madrid. they ve been here before almost exactly a year ago when real madrid knocked them out at the same stage. that was one of the most extraordinary matches in the history of the champions league, the spaniards with injury time goals and an extra time winner, but manchester city and their manager come armed this time. we have haaland. best striker in the world. that s what s different. he will get two, we . are going to win 4 0. is your voice going to hold out until the match? i don t think so, no! nobody has made such an impact on the english game in their debut season 51 goals and counting, the striking viking keeping city ahead in the title race. tonight, he leads the line against the european cham