Two tory big hitters launch their campaign to become leader of The Party one focussed on policies, the other on principles. So what do badenoch and cleverly believe in . As the uk suspends some Arms Exports to israel, Hundreds Of Thousands of israelis take part in a general strike to call for a Hostage Deal. How much of a threat are both of those to Benjamin Netanyahus Grasp on power . Welcome to newsnight, where each weeknight we bring you interviews and insight. Tonight an interview with a supporter of kemi Badenochs Campaign to be tory leader, Chris Philp, and a relative of one of the hostages the Idf Say was Brutally Murdered by hamas in recent days. Your panel this evening former Shadow Culture Secretary and Shadow Leader of the commons, thangham debbonaire. And kwasi kwarteng, former Business Secretary and former chancellor. And nick is here. So, the two Launches Today for the would be tory leaders, tell us more . Of the contest finally coming alive and i have watched quite an of
on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou
and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report will be s