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Gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this Convention Centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that Labour Sources are saying that they have won. If that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both partys sources have been telling me that they be...

To going ahead with the full hs2 line and we have been asking them for some time what their commitment is and they said they wanted to study the numbers and see how they looked before making any sort of long term commitment. I want to bring another conservative mp, greg smith. I know you are not the biggest fan of hs2 but can you understand why some people see this as a betrayal . The understand why some people see this as a betrayal . As a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister as a betr...

We will get a view from the defence industry. Also Tonight Pressure mounting on the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ceasefire proposal. Still no word from hamas. We have got an Expert Panel this hour to discuss it from all sides. Good evening. There has been no end of speculation on what Part Nigel Farage would play in this election. Whether he would stand for reform or even for the conservatives. Well now we now he has taken full charge of the reform party, assuming power fro...

vacancies in adult social - coming here to work. this year wage economy that we aspire to and he clearly does not.— wage economy that we aspire to and he clearly does not. the problem not with skills -based _ vacancies in adult social care . he clearly does not. the problem not coming here to work. this year i vacancies in adult social care fell the figure now stands at a mere 152000 — the figure now stands at a mere with skills -based immigration - with skills —based immigration...

the idf has confirmed that two russian women are now safely back russian women are now safely back in israel and others are also in the process of being transferred. the six day temporary truce is due to end in just a few hours. senior israeli government adviser mark regev told the bbc in the past hour that israel would agree to an extension — as long as hamas continues releasing hostages. meanwhile, israel says it has carried out a raid on thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west ...

rachel reeves, labours money woman. let me try and communicate... and after the last seven days, real political life might be more far fetched than anything writers could come up with, but the thick of it star and bafta winner joanna scanlan is here, with her brand—new tv series just hours away from kicking off. morning. ill introduce my guests at the desk in a second, but its unusual that we have two opposite numbers with big, powerful jobs together at the same time, so while youre ...

concerned about this and ensuring that we have a credible plan to ensure that where there are policies and humanitarian aid can get in, they become longer so more it can get in. they are a stepping stone to a cessation to the fighting which is going to be needed and also a stepping stone to a political pathway to the two state solution. that is what im focused on. i think across the country most people would say that is the right focus and the sooneras say that is the right focus and t...

the re—establishment of communication includes working meetings between the departments of defence and chinese officials. both sides also agreed to establishing a us—china artificial intelligence and anti—drug cooperation working group, to address the fentanyl crisis. and the issue of taiwan also came up in the talks. president biden said the us maintains its one china policy, but added that he expects china not to interfere in taiwans upcoming elections. overall, mr biden hailed...

as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. youre watching bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says "real progress" has been made at a highly—anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia—pacific summit. xijinping described beijings relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in—person meeting since president bide...

beijing does not want to "unseat" the united states as the worlds superpower, but xi jinping tells president biden chinas absorption of taiwan is inevitable. we will take you this hour to san francisco where the asia pacific countries are sitting down for a working lunch. in the uk rishi sunak�*s government will present new legislation to set aside the supreme courts ban on sending asylum seekers to rwanda. but backbench mps want assurances from number ten the bill will be tight enou...