uk rally that his party will become the voice of opposition. a short time ago, keir starmer was taking questions at hitchin football club. this is what he had to say when asked if he was worried that his mandate to be prime minister could be wide but shallow. we have taken this party, we have changed it and here we stand on the monday before the election ready to change our country for the better. so my track record as a leader is clear. yes, what we re asking now is for the opportunity to do the same for our country. and yes, we face the same challenge, which is a version of, look, the country is broken, almost nothing is working better than it was when the tories started. is it possible to bring around the change that we offer? yes, it is. we have that determination, that intention and in five years time we will be able to look back and say you are truly better off, your public services are working properly and the economy is working for everyone. i ll be very, very happy
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