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And work begins to remove the iconic sycamore gap tree chopped down two weeks ago in an apparent act of vandalism. And coming up on bbc news. A huge night ahead for scotland the tartan army are in spain to cheer on their side, as they bid to qualify for euro 202a. Good afternoon. The death toll in the conflict now stands at over 1,300 People Killed in gaza after another night of intense bombing by israel. It comes after 1,200 israelis were killed last weekend by hamas which is designated a Terro...

And division and criticised what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak� s tired and chaotic government. Sir keir starmer welcomed her to his party, a week after another tory mp, dan poulter, also defected. Natalie elphicke explained why she decided to make the move. In 2019, the conservative stood on a manifesto that was very much Centre Ground, but under rishi sunak, theyve abandoned the Centre Ground and broken many election promises. Meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have change...

Just as his mps began taking their seats behind him, one of them the conservative Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor to sit directly behind the Labour Leader. Timed for maximum political effect, and less than two weeks after the defection of dan poulter, how the Labour Leader enjoyed it. If one week, a tory mp whos also a doctor says the Prime Minister cant be trusted with the nhs and joins labour and the next week, the tory mp for dover, on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the Pri...

Natalie elphicke, the mp for dover, said the conservatives under rishi sunak have become a byword for incompetence and division. She made the movejust minutes before the Prime Minister faced mps in the commons at Prime Ministers questions for the First Time Since suffering heavy defeats in local elections in england. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping...

This is another morale boost for labour, more woe for the conservatives. Chris mason has our top story. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must admit, when i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dove...

Been accepted by hamas. From jerusalem, our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports you may find some of her report distressing. The panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. And today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss. After israel seized control of the key crossing with egypt, it says its continuing a limited offensive in gazas southernmost city, battling hamas gunmen i...

Ceasefire talks in cairo. The good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. So thats hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. The not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team theyre not there to negotiate, theyre there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. The main Sticking Point, as my co...

In ten days defects. So why some labour long faces . Just as rishi sunak tries to gee up his mps, another one bites the dust, and heads for the Labour Benches citing housing and immigration. Tory mp neil obrien will be here to tell us the big problem is legal migration. Our other guests might not agree. Also tonight. Inside the afd. We investigate if germanys far right alternative for Deutschland Party have a neo nazi problem. You could call me a nazi as well, because i want to defend my own cou...

Munitions were pause last week and new shipments were under review. The british Prime Minister has suffered a second defection in under a fortnight. The megabytes for dover has joined fortnight. The megabytes for dover Hasjoined Labour the mp. She also accused the pm of failing to deliver on his promise to stop the boat. Analysis suggest that the worlds oceans are struggling to deal with Climate Change effects, with temperature records up reading the broken last year. Since may 2023, the average...

Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Electric car sales falter as a deadline for a ban on the sale of new Fossil Fuel Cars is extended. Natalie elphicke is the second conservative mp to defect to labour, in as many weeks. Her decision to defect was announced around 12pm just in time for sir keir starmer to bring it up at Prime Ministers questions. If one week a tory mp who is also a doctor says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted with the nhs and joins labour and ...