To stick to its promise . As to stick to its promise . As a tory mp reveals , he was arrested tory mp reveals, he was arrested on suspicion of rape, the number of conservatives embroiled in Sexual Misconduct allegation grows to a total of nine. How damaging will this be to a party already on the back foot . Well have the latest. And as israel gears up for a full Ground Invasion and the west throws its weight behind them, Vladimir Vladimir putin wades into the conflict, inviting senior hamas and iranian leaders to moscow for talks. Mark white will have all the latest. Well it comes as us forces carried out a strike against what they said were Iranian Revolutionary guard positions in Eastern Syria. 20 us soldiers have been injured in recent clashes , 18 injured in recent clashes, 18 dead, 13 injured, and three in Critical Condition. Critical condition. Even as police in the us state of maine continue their manhunt after a deadly mass shooting. Well have the latest shooting. Well have the
Gains. Another blow for conservatives, they also lost a blackpool by election. The third biggest swing in the postwar by election history. Heres our political correspondent, hannah miller. The Prime Minister touring a Military Base with very little to laugh about. Laughter. Trying to defend his partys losses after a dismal set of results. Obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors, but weve still got lots of results to come as well. And there are also things that i would point to. Harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rallyjust on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a General Election. That hasnt happened. The conservatives did deprive labour of a win in harlow, but they still lost five seats and are considering that a success. The party had also pinned its hopes on ben houchen remaining tees valley mayor, though he wasnt even wearing a rosette. He did thank the Prime Minister in a later show of unity.
Greens. I think they would trust john swinney. He could have had it last year. He didnt want it, he wants a more peaceful time, more time with his family, genuinely. But he could perhaps be persuaded there is a service to be done to his party and to the nation. He could perhaps be cajoled or stop other than that there are senior members of the scottish cabinet, neil gray, who could be contenders but perhaps scottish cabinet, neil gray, who could be contenders but Perhaszohn Swinney could hold the fort for a while until the snp decide and determine what their future planning is. ,. , determine what their future planning is. , determine what their future planning is. Lets go back to westminster and our political is. Lets go back to westminster and our political respondent is. Lets go back to westminster and our political respondent nick is. Lets go back to westminster and our political respondent nick early. I our political respondent nick early. Under the law they have 28 days to choo
Data check. Stocks them to be advancing. Dollar, treasuries, both slipping. The dollar is edging lower and treasuries are rising as janet yellen said she will step down when her term ends in february. I also wanted to talk to you about the turkish lira, you can see it at the bottom of your screen. It hit a record low against the dollar. We will get plenty more on your market moves. Now, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian u. S. President donald trump is designating north korea a state sponsor of terrorism. The regime to additional sanctions. North korea joins syria and the sedan on the u. S. Terrorist list. This will impose sanctions on north korea and related persons and supports hour maximum Pressure Campaign to isolate the murderous regime. Sebastian janet yellen has said she will step down from the board of governors wants her successor is sworn into office. It widens the scope for donald trump to shape the Central Bank Leadership for years to come. Jerome
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