diane abbott, is free to stand for election in her north london constituency. it follows days of wrangling over her future, following suspension from the party, over comments she made about how jewish, irish and traveller people, experience racism. she was re admitted to labour on wednesday. ms abbott has yet to say, if she ll stand. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. the story that s been rumbling on for most of this week has now come to a sort of conclusion after sir keir starmer said that diane abbott, a very long serving labour mp, she was the first black woman elected to parliament, is free to stand as a labour mp at this election. she had claimed she was being blocked by the party. so what we re waiting to hear from in the next few days is to hear from diane abbott herself. she hasn t commented publicly since sir keir starmer said this yesterday, so we re waiting to hear from her to confirm if she will indeed do so. the crucial thing, though, is that it is
three part plan that would begin with a six week ceasefire in which the israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas of gaza. there would also be a surge of humanitarian aid as well as an exchange of some hostages for palestinian prisoners. the president said it was time for this war to end hamas issued for this war to end and hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the plan was in line with israel s demands that the war would not end until its hostages were released and hamas no longer ruled gaza or posed a military threat. our first report this hour is from vincent mcaviney. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, accord
campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. he says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasn t been able to escape is dianne abbott. there s been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re admittance of the veteran labour mp into the party. keir starmer has been tackling that issue as well this morning, denying that his party is blocking left wing candidates. 0n diane abbott you said last week you weren t going to get involved in her case. you said the days when the leader rolls up his sleeves and gets involved are well and truly over, that s what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a
way to go until a deal is finally reached. 0k, as always, many thanks. here in the uk, after a week of campaigning which saw several key battle lines drawn ahead of the general election onjuly the 4th, all parties are out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. the prime minister says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas under the government s levelling up scheme. sir keir starmer has said labour s number one mission under his leadership is wealth creation . in an interview with the times newspaper, he said he was doggedly determined to allow people to make money. later he ll set out an overhaul of employment support, a plan labour hopes could get two million more people into work across the uk. the liberal democrats say that
the conservative party. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. the prime minister says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. let s speak to our political correspondentjessica parker. i believe you are in the north east of england. talk us through what we can expect from the conservative party today. can expect from the conservative party today- can expect from the conservative pa toda . ., , party today. good morning. yes, we are auoin party today. good morning. yes, we are going to party today. good morning. yes, we are going to be party today. good morning. yes, we are going to be following party today. good morning. yes, we are going to be following the - party today. good morning. yes, we are going to be following the prime | are going to be following the prime minister around the north east. yesterday we were in the north west of e