One of labour s most high profile left wing politicians criticises keir starmer for treating her, in her words, as a non person and accuses him of trying to get rid of her from the party. Welcome to newsnight, live each night with insight and interviews. Earlier, sir ed davey gave his leader s address to the liberal democrat conference. Insight this evening from the woman who led the party before him, jo swinson. Welcome to you. And labour peer lord falconer is here too, as is nick. Hello. Hello. Welcome back from briahton. Our main interview tonight is with one of the country s most well known politicians, labour mp diane abbott. In an exclusive bbc interview, she tells newsnight she felt that keir starmer treated her as a non person in the aftermath of comments from a conservative donor that ms abbott needed to be shot. Those remarks, by the way, she says actually made her feel in danger. And she estimates that through her working life as an mp, she s received tens of thousands of de
For the first time in two years simone biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time is getting back on the floor, bob costas joins us to talk about the abuse she and others suffered, and how shes coming back. Good evening, im pamela brown here for anderson on this friday night. And we begin with the former president , expected to speak shortly in alabama. Already today he has posted a threat on his social network, which doesnt bear showing, but reads in all caps, quote, if you go after me im coming after you, exclamation point. Earlier today in a court filing he pleaded not guilty to the additional charges Special Counsel jack smith recently tacked onto the documents case, and in case youre keeping track thats twice in two days, and four times since april. As for yesterdays electionrelated charges, there is new polling out today showing nearly twothirds of americans believe those charges are either somewhat or very serious. Yet, somehow, some of the very people who would directly bene
upper district to the east district. like the french quarter? upper district and north district and the south district. thank you, 391,000 people live there and are happy to have a mayor who insists on flying first class. and living for free. go being to the netherlands. addressing the needs of the people. some tickets were outrageous. steve: 17,000 to france. brian: it is not safe for a woman to be in coach. steve: you might not get the job as spokesperson for the new orleans chamber of commerce. brian: not yet, runner-up again. ainsley: if this job doesn t work out for you, you should visit. brian: 74 degrees, wear a sleeveless shirt. steve: many are on bourbon street right now. ainsley: if they are wearing shirts at all brian: no one is inside, they are all in the street. steve: on bourbon street, driving to jackson square, there is one nice spot, no idea whether it is still open, there is always a person on a swing and they swing in and o
good morning, after the peak of the cross part of the world and central england. still hot and humid in the south, we could see thunderstorms in the evening. all of the details coming up on bbc breakfast. it s saturday, the 18th ofjune. our top story: some migrants who cross the channel in small boats are to be electronically tagged, in a 12 month pilot scheme run by the home office. ministers say it will help maintain contact with asylum claimants who reach the uk by what it calls dangerous routes. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel, more than 1000 migrants brought ashore after being picked up the sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk. and, as part of a year long pilot scheme, some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. officials say
are travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday with strikes on the london underground going ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. i strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. ijust don t agree. | the government put in, what is it, £16 billion of our money to keep the railways are running during the pandemic? and now they are moaning because they are not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is havin: enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment - enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment in - enough pay increase. my sister is l having cancer treatment in london. that is having cancer treatment in london. that is affecting her treatment next week due that is affecting her treatment next week due to