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Cabinet meetings happen every week, usually on a tuesday rather than wednesday, but it was cancelled yesterday because the Prime Minister was abroad. Lots of Civil Servants say they were encountering bizarre behaviour from officials in say they were encountering Bizarre Behaviourfrom officials in Downing Street, not communicating with them in the way they would normally expect. And slowly, the Building Blocks of a likely announcement started to take place. Now sources are emphasising privately t...

Sir keir starmer makes six promises to the electorate should labour win the election. But what did he leave out . Do you trust sir keir starmer to deliver on his promises any more than any other politician . The chair of the labour party is here live. Also tonight. These four men are haemophiliaics. As pupils together at the same Boarding School, they were infected with deadly diseases like hiv and hepatits. 80 of their School Friends are dead as a result. They are all victims of the biggest Nhs...

And other ways in which they go after population centres. And i made it clear that if they go into rafah, they havent gone in rafah yet. Theyre going to rafah. Im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah, to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. Were going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and their ability to respond to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. Lets speak to our middle east correspondent, yol...

Respond to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. She told me more about the reaction, starting with that of israels foreign minister, israel katz. He has written on x that there is no more war just he has written on x that there is no more warjust than this and israel will continue to fight until hamas� s destruction. We have also had in a characteristically quite shocking comment from the National Security minister, he...

Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere n...

No one should call this one too early. You wouldnt call a premier League Football match after about 30 minutes. And theres a lot more people whove got their view, too. Except you are at The End Of You are at the end of a government term. Thats fair. But people make a choice at the election, a very clear choice. Whos going to walk through the door of number ten the following morning. In dorset, the conservatives lost control of the council to the liberal democrats, who are second in terms of the ...

The full picture. So far it looks like the conservatives are having a tough time. They have lost half the councils they were defending, similar to how they performed in 1995, and two years after that, they were crushed at the General Election. Labour, the greens and the Liberal Democrats all made gains. And labour are celebrating a victory in the Blackpool South by election, with a huge swing from the conservatives. With the story of the night, heres our Political Correspondent damian grammatica...

This programme contains some Strong Language and some discriminatory language. Election night fever, as bbc gets ready to bring you the results of the last big vote before the General Election. Will it be boom time for starmer . Or will it be doom time for sunak . The bbc� s Election Programme kicks off in an hours time. You can see just a few of their many live points warming up. With a pick� n� mix of votes under the count tonight, to discuss them well be joined by the chair of the labou...

The Nobel Committee said ms mohammadis brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Women, life, freedom. The norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 32 Narges Mohammadi, for herfight against the oppression of women in iran and herfight against the oppression of women in iran and her fight to promote against the oppression of women in iran and herfight to promote Human Rights And Freedom for all. That iran and her fight to promote Human Rights And ...

To answer that question, is the Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho and for labour, shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood. Hello to you both over there. Theyll both hear how the boss of the governments climate watchdog, chris stark, thinks theyre all in fear. Its London Marathon day so were on bbc two but you might recognise some of the runners how come laura. Just getting ready for the marathon. It will be quite a tough one, maybe not quite some as tough one, maybe not quite some as tough as al...