are treated what i m talking about is the fact that if the republicans win if the republicans win this election, there will know they are committed to passing a federal abortion ban, and that includes presidential contender nikki haley. and that will mean that no matter what state you live in, in the united states, women will not be able to get abortions even when their own personal health is in jeopardy. the vice president and the president are committed to codifying roe, and the vice president is on tour right now, starting an order that started in wisconsin yesterday, which is a battleground state. and she is today in northern virginia with the president. and they are going to keep hammering home for the american people that restoring roe v wade and an abortion rights for women in this country is what s at stake. let s just quickly go to manassas and dip into a little bit of this. i thought we had settled years ago. last year at the white house, i met with a group of women
after being set up in 1982 to shake up television , today the broadcaster is celebrating four decades of being on air. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak said the migrant crisis is a serious and escalating problem and admitted that not enough asylum claims are being processed. the prime minister insisted the government is getting a grip of the situation and backed the home secretary suella braverman s handling of the issue. at prime ministers questions in the commons the labour leader sir keir starmer said just 4% of people arriving in small boats last year had their asylum claim processed. it comes as the prime minister reversed his decision not to attend next week s cop 27 climate summit in egypt, following widespread criticism. our correspondent ben wright has this report. are you failing on immigration, prime minister? a week in charge and the government s under question. rishi sunak headed to the commons for his second
Along with nearly 500 councillors. Mr sunak has said those losses were bitterly disappointing. Yesterday the former home secretary Suella Braverman said the Prime Minister had to own the results and change course. I think he needs to show people that he really cares about some of the things that hes talked about. He needs to actually lower taxes i in a way that people will feel, i not tweaking around the edges. If hes serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on legal migration. He needs to take us out of the European Convention on human rights. Thats how you actually send i the message that hes serious about stopping the boats. And while some are urging mr sunak to change position, others in the Conservative Party are clear that their best chance is to stay firmly in the centre ground. So while any imminent threat to eject mr sunak from here seems to have gone away, the long term pressure on him to change conservative fortunes has not. For labour, this week holds a very different
The big message from the local ballot boxes so far is that The Conservatives remain in deep electoral trouble. Hi, good evening, its friday night, and we have a top Newsnight Panel for you tonight. Polling guru professor sirjohn curtice. Our own Political Editor nick watt. Emma barr, former conservative special advisor. And stephen bush from the financial times, who is an expert on labour. Now four of the five biggest vote swings in by elections from conservatives to labour have happened in the last year under sir keir starmer including Blackpool South yesterday. However not one further conservative mp has publicly called for rishi sunak to go, despite his party being, according to the experts, in deep electoral trouble. It was a very good night for labour, but theres an acknowledgement that some voters have deserted the party over its stance on gaza. All that and more to come. First, nick, pollsters say these results are bad for The Conservatives. Where does it leave rishi sunak . fi
13,965. Cheering. In the london suburbs, a tory by election win this summer when many expected defeat. And the key issue, a costly clampdown on dirty vehicles imposed by the capitals labour mayor an idea the conservatives opposed. Cutting carbon matters, the Prime Minister has long argued but a balance has to be struck. Im committed to net zero. Of course i am. But were going to do that in a pragmatic and a proportionate way without unnecessarily adding costs and burdens to families, particularly at a time like now, when The Cost Of Living is a challenge for people with inflation where it is. In new york this week, as World Leaders gather at the United Nations, intense debate, too, about Climate Change and what to do about it. Among those there, this conservative mp who led a review into the governments approach to net zero. This is going to be an economic disaster. Actually, we are missing out already. We see the United States where i am here at new york climate week actually turbo ch