Environmental campaigners have already criticised the plans to scrap that key Climate Change targets. Indeed, Friends Of The Earth Scotland branded it the worst environmental decision in the history of the Scottish Parliament. We will be live in holyrood for that statement which we are expecting around 25 past two. But first i want to take a look at some of the days other news. A conservative mp has been suspended by the Parliamentary Party after claims he misused campaign funds. The Times Newspaper alleges he use the local party funds to pay off what he reportedly called bad people who had locked him in a flat. He strongly disputes the allegations. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago and says it is investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent reports. The honesty needs to start now, the lack of clarity needs to stop. This was marked last week urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. The allegation about his o
hello, i m lucy grey. you re watching the context on bbc news. withjust over a week until the uk general election we find out how the next generation of voters are feeling around 23,000 children from across england and wales have cast their vote in a mock election aimed at preparing under 18 year olds particularly those from marginalised communities to exercise their democratic rights when they reach voting age. among the children taking part in the 0ur generation, 0ur vote intiative, it was labour who had the clear win, with 32% voting for the party. the green party closely followed in second place with 29% of the vote. while the liberal democrats came third with 13% of the vote, reform at 10% and conservatives came last place with a result of 9%. let s speak to farida, a 16 year old pupil who took part in the 0ur generation, 0ur vote project. hello 0ur vote project. to you. just tell me, that s oui’ hello to you. just tell me, that s our panelist, we will hear from
secretary of state antony blinken arriving israel a short while ago. this is his second trip to the middle east in less than a month. blinken is expected to discuss ways to free the remaining hostages, minimize harm to palestinian civilians, and get all who want to leave gaza out. we ve seen americans and their families begin to come out of gaza, and we expect that to continue over the coming days. this has been a very deliberate effort on our part working with other countries to make sure we can get passage out for our citizens and citizens from other countries. blinken s trip comes as israeli ground forces now gaza city, surrounded. and air strikes continue to pound hamas targets inside the strip. the conflict has, according hamas officials, killed more than 9000 people in gaza. more than 1400 israelis have also lost their lives. secretary blinken also says while they re dealing with getting the hostages released and minimizing civilian deaths, now is also the time to come
angeles gutfeld! coming up in two minutes but first this fox news update. biden pushing for a humanitarian pause in the israel-hamas war a blatant shift from previous statements about israel making its own decisions. john kirby said multiple humanitarian pauses are being considered and the administration does not support a full-on cease-fire. prime minister netanyahu declared nothing will stop israel from their goal of dismantling hamas with forces now completely encircling gaza city taking out at least 130 terrorists and destroying critical infrastructure in ground operations. in the meantime the house approved a bill to provide $14.3 billion in emergency aid to israel. the measure is not expected to pass the senate. here s more from northern israel with the latest on the war front. steve? trace, multiple attacks today into northern israel from hezbollah, positions just across the border in lebanon. at least 16 locations in northern israel hit one town hit by at least 12 r
Publishes its plan to reduce Air Pollution, but its criticised for being too vague. Can spurs keep the winning streak going . Beat west ham tonight and theyll be a point behind chelsea. Good evening. Welcome to the bbc news at six. The conservatives have made big gains in the local elections, winning seats all across the country from every other party. Its their best result since 2008. As well as taking control of five councils in england and wales theyve made significant gains in scotland. Labour has had a drubbing, losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow, amongst others. Ukips vote has collapsed, and the liberal democrats havent made the breakthrough they had been hoping for. Results are still coming in, but a short while ago the conservatives had gained 309 seats in england. Labour have lost 144 seats, ukip are down 138 there are still some results to come in, and theres been no polling in northern ireland. With all the latest, heres Laura Kuenssberg. Duly elected as coun