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hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, the mp natalie elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins me from the houses of parliament henry, was this a surprise? it was a shock. if you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, natalie elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. and i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime minister s questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. natalie elphicke s announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. she accuses him of fail ....
still be using. the death toll since hamas launched its attacks on saturday has now reached 1200. 700 have been killed in israel, including 260 at a music festival. reuters reports this figure includes 73 soldiers that s according to the israeli military. and more nearly 500 have been killed in gaza, after israel launched retaliatory air strikes. 33 of those are thought to be children. let s take the scene live now in gaza. in the last few minutes and hours we have seen a number of strikes by israeli military, also as we have been hearing the israeli defence minister has announced he has called for a total blockade of the city. this is a densely populated area of land, home to 2.2 million people and what he is saying is that there will be no food, water or fuel allowed is that there will be no food, water orfuel allowed into is that there will be no food, water or fuel allowed into the gaza city. now they completely rely on these things from the outside world. militan ....
hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin in the us and the student protests sweeping the country against the war in gaza. overnight, these were the scenes on campuses on the west coast and east coast. clashes between rival student groups and clashes with police who were called to both the university of california in los angeles, and columbia university in new york. at ucla, there were skirmishes between pro israeli and pro palestinian protesters, with the vice chancellor calling in police after what she described as horrific acts of violence . scenes like this went on for hours with pepper spray being used. at columbia university, where the protests started, police moved in, to disperse students from the encampment that had built up over weeks. officers dressed in riot gear also cleared students from hamilton hall, which had been taken over yesterday. the demonstrators ha ....
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the palestinian president says only the us can prevent an israeli attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. mahmoud abbas is at the world economic forum summit in riyadh. he will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, antony blinken. other key international figures are expected in the saudi city and sideline meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. that could include further ceasefire talks a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. this is the appeal from palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. translation: and i say here - what s happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it s on ....
than 15 hours to avoid a government shutdown that would disrupt the lives and livelihoods of millions of americans. congressman robert garcia will join me live to discuss the latest. flips, one of the 19 defendants of the georgia election interference case has pled guilty, it has agreed to testify against others. melissa murray will explain why donald trump should be very afraid. under fire, senator robin indices facing glowing calls from top democrats to resign admit bribery allegations. he is a democratic challenger. congressman, andy, caring of new jersey, here s here to talk about taking on his state senior senator. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. in less than 15, hours the nation will endure yet another republican-led shutdown if an agreement cannot be reached to fund the government by midnight tonight s. to make matters, worth speaker kevin mccarthy has no plan, the specially after the continued resolution he hoped would pass went down in a ball ....