Technology boss frank hester who donated £10 million to the Party Last Year is said to have made the comments in 2019. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made comments that the Prime Ministers spokesperson has described as Racist And Wrong. Its like trying not to be racist. But you see diane abbott on the tv, frank hester is reported to have said in 2019, and you just want to hate all black women because shes there, and i dont hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. Mr hester has apologised and said that he abhors racism. In a statement he said that he accepts that he made comments that were rude about diane abbott, but said his criticism had nothing to do with her
an overwhelming win in south carolina s democratic primary, one of his opponents, dean phillips, here this. hour and the supreme court finally gets ready to hear oral arguments on whether donald trump is eligible to be on the presidential ballot. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. developing overnight, the united states and the united kingdom say they have conducted strikes against 36 targets across 13 locations in yemen yesterday evening. the strikes, hitting weapon storage facilities, missile systems, and air defense systems used by houthi militants in the country. a senior administration official tells nbc news these are unrelated to fridays retaliatory strikes in iraq and in syria, saying that the u.s. does not want escalation. these strikes are directly in response to the actions by the iranian-backed houthis. big developments again happening overnight. we are going to talk about all of it in just a moment. we are going to bring on to this set former
good evening, brett. parts of the president s pitch pitches an actual fairy tale as he tries to make the case that today s economic report is not too cold and is not too hot, but rather just right. new york times media reports, they call it the goldilocks report. i have my shock waiting for the wolf. talking about a strong october jobs report and saying 261,000 jobs created while comments by republican leadership servant sure team to say that they are rooting for a recession as the u.s. economy grows and adds jobs even as gas prices continue to come down. president biden is trusting the federal reserve to address inflation by raising rates, but officials admitted this week that they don t know what will happen next. i am wondering, has a window for a soft landing narrowed? do you still think it s possible? has it narrowed? yes. is it still possible, yes. the president is not ignoring higher prices. we know that folks are still struggling with inflation, it s o
Says addressing the risks of the technology should be a global priority. Lets head to the bbc sport centre. Were starting with the Cricket World Cup because it looks like ngland are making an early exit englands campaign at the Cricket World Cup is all but over after a heavy eight wicket defeat by sri lanka. The defending champions reached 45 for no loss before the wicket of dawid malan began a miserable slide. Joe root ran himself out for just three ben stokes managed 43. But they were all out inside 3a overs. Sri lanka eased to victory jos buttler s side are not mathematically out, but they need to win all of their remaining matches, including against unbeaten hosts india on sunday, and hope an unlikely set of results go their way. It was never for a it was neverfor a lack it was never for a lack of effort, it was never it was never for a lack of effort, it was never for it was never for a lack of effort, it was never for a it was never for a lack of effort, it was neverfor a lack it
In the four remaining regional mayor races including Greater Manchester and the West Midlands where the tories will be hoping andy street can cling on. And, we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as ten police and crime commissioners. One, of course, was linked to South Yorkshire. In the past half an hour, Steve Rotheram was declared the win er of the mayoral contest in liverpool. Here he is speaking shortly after his victory was announced about what this result represents. Today the people in our area have not only spoken, they have hollered at the top of their voices with two simple and clear messages to the government, enough is enough and, locally, labour is delivering in power. Up and down this country, ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagementand ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagement and decline the tories have resided over. Despite this, though, we are getting on with thejob this, though, w