of last week s halloween crush many are demanding the president resign. we start in the uk where police say the firebombing of an immigration processing centre in kent was motivated by extreme right wing ideology and met the threshold for a terror incident. 66 year old andrew leak carried out the attack at the site in dover last sunday, two members of staff were left with minor injuries. he is believed to have taken his own life later. an act of terror this is the moment andrew leak threw one of up to three makeshift firebombs in a drive by attack on a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday. today police said leak was motivated by terrorist ideology. in a statement, tim jacques, the senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing, said. the suspect, andrew leak, is thought to have taken his own life shortly after the attack which police say was likely motivated by extreme right beliefs. it led to around 700 migrants being transferred from the dover proce
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192
search nursing careers . staff shortages are one of the most pressing problems facing the health service and the next prime minister. more than one in ten nursing jobs are currently unfilled in england, with big gaps in other roles. it comes as unions across the health service start to ballot members over pay and working conditions. this morning, 15,000 ambulance service staff in england and wales have begun voting on possible strike action, though that would not affect emergency call outs. without significant increases in pay, nhs workers and ambulance workers will continue to leave the service for higher paid jobs elsewhere. they can t continue working under the extreme pressures that they are doing. this is more than just about pay this is about patient safety and standards, as well. siren wails last week, the scottish government raised its pay offer to health staff. unions now say they will consider it. all this as the nhs is juggling other pressures. waiting lists for
gun violence. sir keir starmer sets out his party s position on brexit the opposition leader says labour will not be campaigning to take the uk back into the eu. and halo by name halo by nature the cockpit invention that saved the life of a formula 1 driver this weekend, in a spectacular crash at silverstone. tonight with the context, from tel aviv, political analyst dahlia scheindlin andjim murphy, former secretary of state for scotland and now managing director at arden strategies. hello and welcome to the programme. breaking news this evening six people are known to have been killed and 31 others taken to hospital in another mass shooting incident, this time during an independence day parade in the state of illinois. the incident took place in highland park, lake county, 50 kilometres north of chicago. the gunman is thought to have been firing from a rooftop position towards the parade. police say a high powered rifle was recovered. but the gunman, said to be white
warren, that is a great, get i ve been watching her. thank you, chris, and thank you all for being with us this hour. tonight, democrats site upgrade a very big win and a very big swing district, boosting hopes that they might hold on to the senate. and, eke, maybe even the house. pat bryan, the democrat headed to congress after his extraordinary victory last night, he will join us live in studio. president biden says the government is canceling up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of americans. republicans call it socialism, while some on the left say it is not enough. senator elizabeth warren has been advocating for student debt relief for years. she joins us live tonight. and donald trump is calling for the affidavit in the mar-a-lago search to be made public. the doj has until tomorrow to respond, expert analysis on why this might backfire for the former president, just ahead. but first, democrats ended primary night last evening feeling good about their winds, an