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the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mps standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. let s speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? , , ., ., focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at focus? i m in ....
welcome to verified live. rishi sunak has told his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu that the uk will stand by israel in what both men described as its darkest hours. during talks injerusalem, rishi sunak affirmed israel s ray to defend itself after attacks by hamas killed about 1400 people. there are also continuing concerns about the plight of people in gaza who rishi sunak said were also victims of hamas. he welcomed plans to get it into the territory via egypt. aid agencies are warning that gaza is in need of far more aid than the initial 20 lorries announced by president biden during his visit to israel yesterday. the un humanitarian chief says about 100 lorries will be required every day. more than 60 international charities including christian aid, 0xfam and save the children have called for a ceasefire. latest reports say that several people including children have been killed or wounded in a strike on a house in a southern town. these are some of the pictu ....
it is, he said, depravity beyond what you could imagine. the united states says it will stand with israel in the fight against hamas. and is warning others not to get involved. but it is a fine balance, supporting the israeli blockade of gaza without escalating this conflict further. we ll get the thoughts on that tonight from our panel thejournalist and broadcaster, jenny kleeman and the former communications director for the trump campaign, brian lanza. there will be no resolution on israeli in congress unless the republicans can find a speaker. we will keep you updated on the vote tonight, which is soon to begin. and we will focus too on the hostages. 17 british people missing, 14 americans. we ll hear from the former commander of an israeli special ops team on how difficult this is going to be. the israeli prime minister s office published three photos today purporting to show babies murdered and burned by hamas. the photos were posted with a graphic content w ....
let me take you first of all to eat new york and show you the live pictures coming into the bbc. we are expecting the next few minutes to hear from the un expecting the next few minutes to hearfrom the un secretary general. to new york. also talking about the plight in gaza. you can see all the plight in gaza. you can see all the journalists assembled there. we are expecting to hear antonio guterres in the next couple minutes. that room beginning to fill up as all the details on the ground continued to get weaker and weaker on this day five bleaker. the update from the idf, talking about 1200 people being killed and many, many more being injured. they expect those numbers to also be up as they go through different parts of southern israel as they get to those places and actually find what has happened on the ground. just as soon as antonio guterresjust happened on the ground. just as soon as antonio guterres just to speak, we will obviously return there to new yor ....
kevin mccarthy failed to convince enough members of his party to back a stop gap measure that would fund federal agencies for another month while congress worked on long term spending plans. this means at midnight eastern time on sunday, the us government will run out of money to fund itself unless congress can agree a last minute deal. lawmakers are set to return saturday at noon for another vote. the republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. one of that group s main objections has been the white house s request for an additional $24 billion in aid to ukraine. tonight, mr mccarthy urged the senate to drop that measure from its resolution i think if we had a clean without ukraine, would probably be able to get that through. if the senate puts ukraine on their focus, the senate puts ukraine on theirfocus, ukraine over their focus, ukraine over ameri ....