a spokesman for the uk prime minister rishi sunak says comments allegedly made by major conservative donor frank hester about the mp diane abbott were racist and wrong, but he was rightly apologised for the offence caused. the guardian newspaper claims frank esther said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot frank hester. he has admitted he was rude about her in a private meeting five years ago but insisted his comments had nothing to do about her gender or skin colour. miss abbott has reported him to the parliamentary liaison investigations team which was set up after the murder of another mp, jo cox, in 2016. she said, to and frightening. she said the comments were worrying and frightening. chris mason has the story. diane abbott is a political pioneer. first elected nearly a0 years ago, she was the first black woman mp. whatever else happens after this, i think nobody can take this moment away from the black community. what did
so our big question this morning, as the temperature drops can the nhs avoid a terrible winter? to answer that question, victoria atkins in her first interview with us as health secretary. would labour have it any easier? the shadow business secretaryjoins us too. israeli strikes on gaza are most definitely back. mark regez is with us. and nelson mandela s granddaughter activist ndelika joins us from dubai where she s pressing the flesh with world leaders at the climate change summit. good morning. with me at the desk jane moore, the columnist and broadcaster. historian lord andrew roberts. and professor kamila hawthorne the chair of the royal college of general pracitioners. we re going to spend a lot of the morning talking about health. victoria atkins is with us. one of your colleagues said to me what you do is going to make the difference to whether the toys can hang on at the next election. feel the pressure? the nhs is one of the reasons i came into politics.
in the women s nations league this evening. northern ireland went into today s albania game and tuesday s match against the republic of ireland with promotion and relegation both still a possibility. with promotion and relegation both and after a dominant first half the irish took the lead just before the break. marissa callaghan saw her shot blocked by the albianian goalkeeper but aston villa forward simone magill was on hand to give her side thelead. they made it 2 0 just a minute into the second half. mcgill with her second and it is now 3 0. later wales must beat iceland in cardiff to avoid being relegated with one game to spare in their group. scotland need to finish with wins away to belgium tonight. and then at home to england to have a chance of avoiding relegation. while lionesses themselves have a big night at wembley. sarina wiegman s side have to beat the netherlands to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb england currently
around the world. we start in the middle east, where fighting has resumed in gaza. after the seven day temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas expired at 7am local time. the israeli military says it has struck more than 200 of what it describes as terror targets. hamas which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by many western goverments says more than a hundred people have been killed. before the temporary ceasefire, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets close to the city of khan younis, telling people to evacuate immediately and go to shelters in rafah . in the south of the territory near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the borderfrom gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah,
against the netherlands. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. fighting has resumed in gaza after a seven day ceasefire between israel and hamas expired this morning. the israeli military says it s struck more than 200 what it called terror targets . hamas, which is proscribed as a terorist organisation by the uk government, says more than 100 people have been killed. before the pause in fighting, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including places like gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets near the city of khan younis, telling people to get out immediately and go to shelters in rafah in the south of the country, near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the border from gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from