it is a party that i joined of what labour is about. it is a party that ijoined and that was founded to fight racism, promote equality, and foster internationalism. so we have to stay true to those values, and this cancer of anti—semitism that has entered into the left needs to be stamped out rapidly. and let mejust say this, it is not people like me calling it out that i damaging the labour party, it is the leadership of the labour party in failing to really have zero tolerance of anti—semitism that are leading to the disrepute into which labour is 110w the disrepute into which labour is now held because of how it is handling and the use of its members on anti—semitism. handling and the use of its members on anti-semitism. we will leave it there. thank you very much for being with us on this sunday morning. the labourmp, dame margaret with us on this sunday morning. the labour mp, dame margaret hodge. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s holly hamilton. it‘s just over an hour until the final round

party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done? won't let us speak to justin won't let us speak tojustin cohen. hejoins us now. thank you won't let us speak tojustin cohen. he joins us now. thank you very much for joining he joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us. how significant is this a no—confidence motion?|j forjoining us. how significant is this a no-confidence motion? i think it is hard to overstate how significant it is. the fact that the onlyjewish affiliate of the labour party, which mixture is due to celebrate its 100th year, indian organisation which played a big... and the foundation of the labour party has taken the unprecedented step to stop hard to underestimate. how important is it thatjeremy corbyn has been singled out? we heard her say that this has become ina heard her say that this has become in a personal attack onjeremy corbyn? he is the leader of the labour party and he has personally said in the past that the buck stops with him. he said he will take personal responsivity. it is time for him to d

could do to the labour party. he is saying that the labour party has to come out and be more on the ball and say exactly where it stands because at the moment a lot of people who support the labour party do not know where it stands on brexit. support the labour party do not know where it stands on brexitli support the labour party do not know where it stands on brexit. i thought it was just where it stands on brexit. i thought it wasjust me. where it stands on brexit. i thought it was just me. i where it stands on brexit. i thought it wasjust me. i am going to out myself and say i literally became a british citizen so i could vote in the general election for this party, i believe in the labour party. i have no idea where they stand. i have no idea where they stand. i have a sneaky suspicion where they stand but i have no idea and i wonder if you are not a socialist can you still vote for the labour party? also, the whole thing about the eu being a neoliberal project as some of my friends say, can i still vote for

to work with the labour party? i welcome the fact that the prime minister has finally acknowledged that she cannot take the eu out —— ta ke that she cannot take the eu out —— take the uk out of the eu with no deal, and an extension is good news, but there are a number of important questions. how long an extension is she going to apply for, because the 22nd of may, at that point, as i argued in the house this week, that might mean there was no further extension possible because the eu would say you did not take part in the european elections. secondly, what happens if the eu proposes a different extension to the one the prime minister has sought? if the offer of cross—party collaboration is meant, is she going to talk to jeremy corbyn about the answer to both of those very important questions, and my second reaction is this — after two and three quarters yea rs this — after two and three quarters years she has said she wants to reach out, but we have been here before, and the net result was the prime m

so why is the labour party getting involved? correct. so why is the labour party getting involved ? why correct. so why is the labour party getting involved? why not become a remain party? it is only right and proper that after three years when the government does not seem to have sorted anything out that we look at other options. it is a minority government. in those kind of circumstances when there is no parliamentary majority, it makes sense to reach out rather than keeping your arms folded. a lot of the people behind or she has relied on, the erg and dup have tried to knife or in the back. it is right that we do this. if you are at home and watching this process and we are hearing that the mps are suggesting the compromise is not as good as the status quo, and on the other side of course you have those who suggest the only way to get the people what they want us to have a no—deal brexit. mps like you then say the sort of compromise we are looking for will not be anywhere near enough, it is like, why bother?” will put this to theresa may who i am going to see myself at 2:30pm

the onus rests with the labour party and it is horrendous that we are in this situation, the labour party are supposed to be an anti—racist party but underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, that his solid, his anti—racist credentials are solid because of the riding tide of hatred againstjewish solid because of the riding tide of hatred against jewish people solid because of the riding tide of hatred againstjewish people that the labour party is doing very little about unless the incidences are publicly exposed. but whatever you think about this, mr corbyn‘s supporters say that is it right that a labour member of parliament secretly records her party leader and then putting it out to a newspaper? margaret is quite right to expose what is happening. jeremy keeps saying that he is concerned about anti—semitism, but then does nothing at all about it. it now appears that he knew about some of the problems but still did nothing about it. so this reinforces the big question, why isn'tjeremy corbyn, as leader lader, doing something about anti—semitism within his ranks? thank you so much for

party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done? meanwhile, europe's only jewish—muslim women's conference gets underway today in london, expecting 100—200 jewish and muslim women from all around the country to attend. one of the overall goals of the day is to produce a list of demands for what government and political parties need to do to tackle antisemitism and islamaphobia. )our correspondent caroline davies is at the university of westminster in central london. she's been spending the day with those attending the conference. this morning they heard from keynote speaker cressida dick and also from rachel riley, the countdown presenter, who has been speaking about anti—semitism. one of the people joining about anti—semitism. one of the peoplejoining the about anti—semitism. one of the people joining the conference has been a campaigner from people joining the conference has been a campaignerfrom hope not hate, the antiracism campaign group, why was it important for you to come along today? i think what is really special

thejewish community has been alongside the labour party and the labour party have been alongside thejewish community for almost its entire history. in modern british politics. it feels so gut—wrenching we could be in it feels so gut—wrenching we could beina it feels so gut—wrenching we could be in a situation where the labour party shows absolutely no solidarity did a situation that has happened today. do you expect this motion pass, that he will have no confidence injeremy pass, that he will have no confidence in jeremy corbyn? look, we are a membership organisation and it is for members to decide what the outcomes of the motions will be. if this morning's papers are anything to go by, then yes, i think it probably will pass. what do you think is reaction to that will be? more of the same, probably. you don't have any confidence in him or the leadership of the party that what you perceive as their stand on anti—semitism, or their lack of a stand—up is going to change?‘ anti—semitism, or their lack of a stand-up is going to change? a year ago, thejewish stand-up is going to c

party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done? meanwhile, europe's only jewish—muslim women's conference gets underway today in london, expecting 100—200 jewish and muslim women from all around the country to attend. one of the overall goals of the day is to produce a list of demands for what government and political parties need to do to tackle antisemitism and islamaphobia. our correspondent is at the university of westminster, where the conference is taking place. are there common themes being explored by the jewish and muslim there common themes being explored by thejewish and muslim at there common themes being explored by the jewish and muslim at this conference? well, the main purpose of this particular conference is to find there is a similarities between the muslim and thejewish women who are attending today. as you can see, things are starting to wrap up after a day of listening to speeches and attending different workshops. there we re attending different workshops. there were 250 women attending the event today. th

you have pushed her into the arms of the labour party instead.” you have pushed her into the arms of the labour party instead. i think thatis the labour party instead. i think that is rather exaggerated tour, if i may say so. the prime minister does not get pushed around. the prime minister has negotiated remarkably ineffectually. and now she has gone trotting off tojeremy corbyn a week before she said he was dangerous and unfit to lead the country. you cannot hold up individual and obscure backbenchers for this. but from your point of view, surely the prime minister's deal as it was would be better than a deal that she came to withjeremy corbyn that would be maybe centred around a customs union.” corbyn that would be maybe centred around a customs union. i agree with that and that is why i voted for her deal last friday. ideal —— i still think it is a bad deal. i accept that point. it sounds like the talks may not be going that well, from what we can hear, between the government and the labour party. presumably, you would welcome that. y

but cross—party talks between the government and labour are set to continue this week. a man who is very much involved in those discussions, the prime minister's de facto deputy. he says an agreement hinges on both sides giving ground. while we will do our best to try and reach a compromise with the main opposition party, it would mean compromise on both sides. if that doesn't work, then what we will want to move towards is to put before parliament a set of options with a system for making a choice and parliament actually having to come to a preferred option, rather than voting against everything. talks have been described as constructive but can a deal really be done when it comes to issues such as how to craft a future customs policy? there are fears in labour, too, that any compromise agreement will only survive as long as theresa may's premiership. people are putting their best endeavours to work. but if come a change in the leadership of the conservative party, that may all count for nothing and that's the worry. my colleagues are trying their very best to find a w

yes, that long—running investigation into alleged anti—semitism in the labour party. they have found 863 complaints and 454 are resolved, which is more than half. i think 250 of them have not even been started and only 29 has been referred to the body which makes a decision on expelling people. only a small numberof expelling people. only a small number of those expelled. people who are trying to tackle this issue within the labour party, tom watson in particular, the deputy leader, say it is deeply depressing and shocking that that is the state. there are examples here of the anti—semitic remarks made by some trade union leaders had labour activists, and no action has been taken and they have been let off with a ticking off. i must stress that inside the labour party they say these are selected emails and they misrepresent the overall contents, but nevertheless there are some shocking examples. and the numbers are very high. as you say, it is not just numbers are very high. as you say, it is notjust a small complaint that people are being oversensitive about. the e

conversations with the labour party are continuing, they we re labour party are continuing, they were continuing last night and we expect to exchange more text with the labour party today so this is an ongoing process and i'm optimistic that we will reach some form of agreement. the housing dreams that turn into nightmares. growing numbers of complaints about new builds. and pension contributions must be paid, from today, by millions of workers. and the travel show is in tokyo as the city council down to hosting the 2020 paralympics. good morning. welcome to bbc news. both labour and the conservatives say they hope brexit talks will continue over the weekend. the two parties have been meeting since wednesday to find a proposal to put to mps which it is hoped can break the brexit deadlock before an emergency eu summit next week. but the talks appeared to break down yesterday when the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer accused the government of refusing to consider changes to the brexit deal‘s political declaration. our political correspondent matt cole is here. what is the poli

labour as a party insists it is not afair labour as a party insists it is not a fair picture of what is going on, it is an issue they are determined to deal with, but it is not going away. thank you very much indeed. 0ur political correspondent. today marks 25 years since the start of the rwanda genocide which killed around 800,000 people. president paul kagame will light a remembrance flame in the country's capital city to mark a week's worth of commemorations. 0ur correspondent in kigali has been taking us through what will be taking us through what will be taking place today. today we are expecting the beginning of 100 days of mourning. for the next seven days, rwanda will be silent, no loud music, no loud celebrations, no loud laughing to respect the memory of more than1 laughing to respect the memory of more than 1 million laughing to respect the memory of more than1 million people laughing to respect the memory of more than 1 million people according to official figures killed more than 1 million people according to officialfigures killed in more than 1 million people according

today's labour party is there a natural political home? you don't feel that has been examined so far. it has been about denial and obfuscation and we have seen as a consequence of the reports today and last week we have seen the lustful type member frog marched last week we have seen the lustful type memberfrog marched out, a whistle—blower, i think the labour party should have a better view of —— duty of care to its staff when they want to call out racism rather than sightless will be tolerated. we will see where this takes us. thank you. a woman arrested when a 9—year—old boy died in a holiday park dog attack, has been released while inquiries continue. police were called to the scene in looe in cornwall just before 5am yesterday morning. police have named the boy as frankie mccritchie from plymouth and say they believe he was alone in a caravan with the dog at the time of the attack while a group of adults were in an adjacent unit. the 28—year—old woman was arrested later on suspicion of manslaughter and having a dog dange

the labour party wa nt to matter of customs. the labour party want to see a customs union with the eu. the conservative party, the government, are not keen on that idea because they think it would limit the uk's ability to brokered trade deals. thank you. meanwhile, labour's leader in the european parliament has urged the party to back another brexit referendum, or risk haemorrhaging votes in the european elections. richard corbett says labour would lose pro—eu voters to other parties, if its manifesto doesn't guarantee a public vote on any brexit deal. labour's present policy is to keep all options on the table — including pressing for a further referendum. teachers say there's increasing evidence that poverty is damaging the education of children in the uk. the national education union says more pupils are struggling because they come to school hungry or without a good night's sleep. sarah walton reports. overcrowding in homes so children do not have space to do homework. children attending school with no coats, no socks a

party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done? ajewish muslim a jewish muslim women ajewish muslim women conference gets under way today in london. one of the overall goals of today has been to produce a list of demands about what government and political parties need to do to tackle both anti—semitism and islamophobia. our correspondent has been at the university of westminster in central london and she told me about what those attending the conference hoped to achieve. this morning they heard from the queen note speaker cressida dick and also from rachel riley, the countdown presenter, who has been speaking about anti—semitism. one of the people who has beenjoining the conference, the third annual conference, the third annual conference, has been a campaigner from hope not hate, the antiracism campaign group. why was it important for you to come along today?|j campaign group. why was it important for you to come along today? i think what is really special about this is that it what is really special about this is thatitis wh

sadly — or perhaps it's a good thing — i'm not a dictator of the labour party. labour's ruling national executive will meet on tuesday to finalise the party's manifesto for the european elections, which are due to take place in less than four weeks' time, as our political correspondent susana mendonca explained. we've got a number of mps — around 100 mps and meps on the labour side saying that they want the party to offer a clear commitment that it is committed to having a vote on a brexit deal, and that they want that to be part of the manifesto, ahead of the european elections, which are due to be held on 23 may, provided that we do have european elections, because we know the prime minster hopes that if she can get a deal done before then, it might not happen. in their view, that would make them the only viable alternative to the brexit party. now labour have a real challenge here. within the labour party, there's a lot of controversy over whether they should be going for that clear message on the referendum, or whether they can actually deter labour voters

the labour party itself has mentioned the people's votem the labour party itself has mentioned the people's vote. it is an option on the table. it has not said it is his policy. 0n the basis, people have seized upon it thinking it is an option and it ought to be actioned. some bad news for mr corbyn in the papers, but also some good news because the sunday telegraph has said that he is bound for number ten. the tories facing a 60 seat loss, if there was a general election. it does not look likely there will be one. there is not one due for another two years at least. in the current poll, labour would win 296 seats against 259 for the tories, and the sunday telegraph effectively does what the observer does, the observer is warning if corbyn does not support a people's vote will lose those young voters particularly whojoined vote will lose those young voters particularly who joined labour as a sort of movement of action. he is warning that the tories will lose all their brexiteer vouchers he vacillated a lot of the time, which is why cameron called the referendum, who then came back into the

has the labour party, yes or no? has the labour party requested a second eu referendum in the talks, yes or no? is the labour party cosying up to the tories, asking to end freedom of movement as a price for their support for a tory deal, yes or no? and finally, mr speaker, will the prime minister recognise she cannot fix this mess, stop ignoring the people of scotland. opening up meaningful discussions with civic society. start by listening, prime minister, and please get her head out of the sand. can i say to the right honourable gentleman the government has not offered a second referendum and our biz position, i said to him yesterday and pm cues that that our position had not been changed, of course as legislation, when legislation goes through, once we have agreed a deal and legislation is going through for the bill that puts in place i'm sure there will be mamas of this house, because there are members who supported —— there will be members of this house who support a second referendum. i continue to believe

a leaked recording ofjeremy corbyn reveals that the labour party lost, misled or ignored evidence of anti—semitism in the party. the labour mp who made the recording, says the handling of anti—semitic complaints should be taken away from the party altogether. there is no alternative but to have that independent investigation of complaints, otherwise there will not be an opportunity to start rebuilding the trust that we have lost. teachers say there is increasing evidence that poverty is damaging the education of children in the uk. demonstrators in sudan say they will not end their protests against the country's military until all their demands are met. there has been a sharp rise in the number of crimes involving dating apps and websites across england and wales. is the tiger roaring back? tiger woods will try to win his first major title for more than a decade as he enters the final round of the masters in second place. and at 12:30pm, click reports from the vatican as the pope hosts a workshop on robot ethics and artificial intelligence. a leaked recording of the labour leader

yes, notjust in the tory party but also the labour party. brexit has been described as being like a culture war in british politics, cutting across the normal tribal divides. it means we have to a after day of a failure to explain or present to the british people a plan forward because people have been gaming it, backing different options, hoping that there is will emerge as the best. it's been difficult for any consensus to come out of this. we are watching the cameras in downing street because we are expecting a possible statement from the prime minister. we know that ministers have been in there since 9am. it is just gone 6pm here in london. the weather has been very mixed, very stormy, reflecting a huge array of opinions on brexit. it feels like a critical moment on the brexit question. because next week the uk is due to leave the eu with no deal. that is the default position, on april the 12th the uk will end up leaving if the government cannot come up with a plan. it can only get an extension to that date from the eu if it has a plan g

sadly — or perhaps it's a good thing — i'm not a dictator of the labour party. labour's ruling national executive will meet on tuesday to finalise the party's manifesto for the european elections which are due to take place in less than four weeks' time, as our political correspondent susana mendonca explained. we've got a number of mps — around 100 mps and meps on the labour side saying that they want the party to offer a clear commitment that it is committed to having a vote on a brexit deal, and that they want that to be part of the manifesto, ahead of the european elections, which are due to be held on 23 may, provided that we do have european elections, because we know the prime minster hopes that if she can get a deal done before then, it might not happen. in their view, that would make them the only viable alternative to the brexit party. now labour have a real challenge here. within the labour party, there's a lot of controversy over whether they should be going for that clear message on the referendum, or whether they can actually deter labour voters,

, who are an affiliate to the labour party, saying that he is not fit to be pro—minister. for the mps caught in this, jewish mps who receive co nsta nt this, jewish mps who receive constant abuse online, who are subject to death threats, this is a horrifying situation and one of them we re horrifying situation and one of them were speaking today about how last night she tried to contactjeremy corbyn, sent him a message and he did not respond to her, so the idea that... i understand that there are those that say the anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, unproven cases, are part of an attempt to destabilise jeremy corbyn. i am attempt to destabilise jeremy corbyn. iam not attempt to destabilise jeremy corbyn. i am not sure if it is are not, but the fact he does not understand how to lead and the fact he does not understand that when an mp reaches out to him, and if you have suffered death threats, reaches out to him that he should maybe have the courtesy to respond tells me everything we need to know about what kind of leader or not leader he is. disciplinary matt

cautious optimism from both the conservative party and labour over brexit talks after they broke up last night without progress. the government perhaps has to show a little more flexibility than it has so little more flexibility than it has so far. there has been no movement from the government on the actual concept of the political declaration, and that is key. the conversations with the labour party is continuing, they were continuing la st is continuing, they were continuing last night. we are expecting to exchange some more tax with the liberal party today, so this is an ongoing process, and i'm optimistic we will be some form of agreement. the housing dreams turn into nightmares. growing numbers of complaints about new—build properties. higher pension contributions must be paid from today by millions of workers. also this hour, raheem sterling's gift of 500 schoolchildren. they are heading to wembley after the manchester city star got them tickets for this afternoon's fa cup semifinal against brighton. tiger roll is hot favourite to repeat his success of last year at the grand nat

it's actually at the labour party conference back in the autumn thatjeremy labour party conference back in the autumn that jeremy corbyn labour party conference back in the autumn thatjeremy corbyn in his conference speech said he is prepared to discuss the theresa may, it's a real shame she's left this to the 11th hour. ok, you said that but what compromises are you going to make? we are prepared to consider all different options to break this impasse, that's why in part of the other week, we voted for things which aren't exactly labour party policy, beyond labour party policy like a common party 2.0 for example. in order to show that we are willing to consider every practical option to consider every practical option to get out of the mess theresa may has caused. well, the former brexit secretary, david davis, told the bbc‘s radio 4 today programme that he saw no progress whatsover, by delaying brexit further. and he added that theresa may might have to step down for progress to be made. theresa may has set herself, she said when she gets a deal through she will then go, that's what

exactly how she intends to make an agreement with the labour party is unknown. very little in terms of substance has been made public, and both sides are remaining pretty tightlipped about where the discussions are. they appear to be in a slightly different place in terms of what they are expecting. downing street describing a speculation, one idea reported that parliament could be offered a lock, so a vote on any changes to be agreed in the future, seen as a way of allaying fears that whoever takes over from theresa may could rip the whole thing up and start again. in libya, there is neitherfighting on the outskirts of tripoli. rebel forces and are reportedly about 25 miles from the centre of the city. forces loyal to the military commander khalifa haftar in libya are continuing their offensive, despite international calls to stop the fighting. there've been heavy clashes on the way towards tripoli with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. general haftar launched his offensive on thursday. ramzan karmali has more they are on the move wit

exactly how she intends to make an agreement with the labour party is unknown. very little in terms of substance has been made public, and both sides are remaining pretty tightlipped about where the discussions are. they appear to be in a slightly different place in terms of what they are expecting. downing street describing a speculation, one idea reported that parliament could be offered a lock, so a vote on any changes to be agreed in the future, seen as a way of allaying fears that whoever takes over from theresa may could rip the whole thing up and start again. there've been heavy clashes on the way towards tripoli with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. forces loyal to the military leader khalifa haftar have continued to advance despite orders to cease the clashes. general haftar launched his offensive on thursday. ramzan karmali has more there've been heavy clashes on the way towards tripoli with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. they are on the move with a purpose, to stop general khalifa haftar and hi

parties are not —— and pot labour parties are not —— and no state to fight it, they may bring forth paper candidates where you would see the fridge is doing quite well so they hear a file takes independent group as they are now known change 0k, they would do well, but as would the brexit party and even you to ponder the new guide having awareness that a britain that have the elections, yes against them, for a longer extension, but it also makes things very difficult in the next parliament so really, it remains the default for both sides to try and get this deal through and for the uk to leave on the 22nd of may, that really be interesting to see if that is the redline. let's talk about the negotiations between the prime minister and jeremy corbyn. there still several other hurdles to ci’oss. theresa may's looking for compromise, but what kind of brexit might take shape — assuming any deal‘s possible? mrs may and jeremy corbyn suddenly agreeing never seemed likely. he wants permanent ties to the eu customs union, same import duties — so, no outside trade deals. he wants to st

exactly how she intends to make an agreement with the labour party is unknown. very little in terms of substance has been made public, and both sides are remaining pretty tightlipped about where the discussions are. they appear to be in a slightly different place in terms of what they are expecting. downing street describing a speculation, one idea reported that parliament could be offered a lock, so a vote on any changes to be agreed in the future, seen as a way of allaying fears that whoever takes over from theresa may could rip the whole thing up and start again. as soon as she was out the door. to libya there are reports of new fighting. there've been heavy clashes on the way towards tripoli with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. general haftar launched his offensive on thursday. ramzan karmali has more. they are on the move with a purpose, to stop general khalifa haftar and his self—styled libyan national army from taking tripoli, home to the government who they are fighting for. these troops have come from misurata, a city stil

we are expecting to exchange some more tax with the labour party today. so, this is an ongoing process, and i am optimistic we will beat some sort of agreement. housing greens turn -- housing dreams of turning into nightmares. higher pension contributions must be paid by today for millions of people. tiger roll is in line for a repeat performance at the grand national at aintree this afternoon. both labour and the conservatives say they hope brexit talks will continue over the weekend. the two parties have been meeting since wednesday to find a proposal to put to mps which it is hoped can break the brexit deadlock before an emergency eu summit next week. but the talks appeared to break down yesterday when the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer accused the government of refusing to consider changes to the brexit deal‘s political declaration. before we speak to our political correspondent, let's just before we speak to our political correspondent, let'sjust remind before we speak to our political correspondent, let's just remind you of exactly what

the talks with the labour party need to lead to some sort of breakthrough because the longer it goes on, the more chance there is not brexit quite simply will not happen. the problem for the prime minister is at the moment the talks, although we hear lots of speculation about the government being prepared to offer some bold moves like potentially a customs union, it has not led to a breakthrough yet. jeremy corbyn yesterday saying that government had not shown yet and ability to move its red lines, had not shown enough movement and because of that no breakthrough. a crunch 72 hours ahead for that relationship between the conservatives and the labour party if they are going to get a breakthrough. some speculation today that she might be prepared to offer some sort of lock. labour are worried if they get a deal and she has not prime minister, someone like borisjohnson is suddenly prime minister, he could pick apart the whole thing if there is a compromise agreement and the government offering a parliamentary lock. the problem is there are two parts to any brexit deal, the withdrawal ag

labour is not a progressive party. i am saying that there is competition, particularly in a by—election, you know as well as i do that in by—elections people often do that in by—elections people often do something different than they might ina do something different than they might in a general election where they feel much more driven to support a major party. what do you make of this result? the more you look at it, it is not good for either labour or conservative but it must because labour are more worry? it is interesting that labour lost votes to the smaller parties advocating for another referendum. that tells you something and that will put pressure on a labour party thatis will put pressure on a labour party that is very divided on this issue and we know the labour membership also wants a second referendum and thatis also wants a second referendum and that is the most interesting thing. it puts more pressure onjeremy corbyn who has seemed reluctant to be enthusiastic about a second referendum. he has supp

if the conservative party is broken in a largely 2—party system, that means that labour wins and labour is controlled byjeremy corbyn. so people are quite... across the spectrum, people are quite chastened by that. i wonder if that won't, post—easter, that might force people to reconsider their position and for diehards to vote for the deal. 0n coming back to our timeline, jonathan, we have the local elections and then we have the european elections, me 23rd. on friday we saw the brexit party launched with nigel farage. is that kind of revolution in prospect at these elections? who knows? we have got to the point where to map out timelines is almost impossible. this party which is effectively what it is, it is depressing. yes it is a sign that politics is broken. this is a phrase we hear politicians saying when the do not know what to do. but politics is broken does not stop it or fix it. the re—emergence of nigel farage, who i'm no particularfan of but who is possible the most successful politician of his time. has managed to turn on its head, this idea of the uk being subservient

party to support the withdrawal agreement, having secured a customs union, the labour party is also extremely divided about brexit and this is the story of the last weeks or last year, that party discipline has completely broken down across the two main parties and everyone else, in particular the snp, the dup, they know that they can have a role in either making the withdrawal agreement approved or to create a completely different situation, so i think we are in uncharted territory. no—one knows. who knows what is going to happen within the next week? but i think there has to be a way forward from friday onwards if britain is going to leave without a deal. or if there is going to be an extension, a prolonged extension, with britain participating in the european parliament elections. stefanie, a firm prediction? no, it is very difficult. but from a european perspective, they have been watching this very closely now for years and there are many moving parts, but there are also moving parts in europe. just dealing with westminster, we have heard europe say on friday, the commission

the conversations with the labour party are continuing, they were continuing last night. we expect to exchange more text with the labour party today, so this is an ongoing process and i am optimistic we will reach some form of agreement. the developer persimmon has announced an independent review into its housing quality after complaints about new builds. from today, workers will face higher pensions contributions. also this hour... raheem sterling's gift to 500 schoolchildren. it is after the manchester city star got them tickets for this afternoon's fa cup semifinal against brighton. and can tiger roll emulate red rum with repeat success at the grand national at aintree? and click looks at technology that could help to keep ourair looks at technology that could help to keep our air clean. that is coming up in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon. labour and the conservatives have said they hope brexit talks will continue over the weekend. the parties have been meeting since wednesday to find a proposal to put to mps, which it is hoped will break the brexit deadlock

we are expecting to exchange some more text with the labour party today. so this is an ongoing process and i'm optimistic that we will reach some form of agreement. the developer persimmon has announced an independent review into its housing quality of the increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. millions of workers will see more of their wages automatically diverted into a pension from today. minimum contributions are going up from three to 5%. now on bbc news, the travel show. i'm paul carter, i'm a journalist and i have come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sights and smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't look real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. a lot more, for want of a better word, gold. i have come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i have also come here as a disabled person, to experience all of those things through the eyes of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. ifeel like i'm... ifeel like i'm done for the day already and i haven't

the labour party is to change its european election manifesto leaflets, saying it may support another referendum on any brexit deal. northern ireland politicians are being urged to deliver on power—sharing by the priest who received a standing ovation at lyra mckee‘s funeral. top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league. and at 10:30 and again at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john stapleton and benedicte paviot. stay with us for that. in a couple of minutes, ben brown will be here with a full bulletin of the day's news as we're joined by viewers on bbc one. our top story tonight is the afttermath of the easter suicide bomber attacks in sri lanka. 15 people including six children were killed in eastern sri lanka when suspected islamist militants blew themselves up after troops attempted to raid a house. the bbc‘s anbarasan etirajan has been to the site. this is the house where intense clashes took place 2a hours ago in the town of sainthamaruthu. the steel gate has been damaged, broken windows. th

the headlines at ten: a leaked recording of jeremy corbyn reveals that the labour party lost, misland or ignored evidence of anti—semitism in the party i was concerned that everything had been mislaid or misused. teachers say there's increasing evidence that poverty is damaging the education of children in the uk demonstrators in sudan say they will not end their protests against the country's military until all their demands are met there's been a sharp rise in the number of crimes involving dating apps and websites across england and wales. and is the tiger roaring back? tiger woods will try to win his first major title for more than a decade, as he enters the final round of the masters in second place. and coming up at 10.30 — mark urban examines president macron‘s rise, troubles and future plans for france and the eu. good morning. a leaked recording of the labour leader jeremy corbyn has been released, in which he suggests the party may have lost, mislaid or ignored evidence of anti—semitism. his comments were secretly taped by one of his fiercest critics — the labour m

there's not really left because the labour party is desiccated. very few people define themselves as left—wing. about 12% ofjewish israelis would define themselves as a and paradoxically, themselves as a and paradoxically, the younger people, which is contrary to what is happening is a trained in the west, the younger people are more right—wing than the older generation. why is that? for those who remember the old powerful labour party of israel and perhaps don't pay attention to developers their only day to day or week to week basis? just give us any nutshell why the left has lost so much support? settlement expansion under the treatment of the palestinians paste whether it was the left labour party or right likud party. there are differences on economic issues and in later years, there are differences on how they view illiberal democracy. blu ntly there are differences on how they view illiberal democracy. bluntly —— view illiberal democracy. bluntly —— view a liberal democracy. culling the left—wing traitors, calling rights organi

in both parties, the labour party don't want to see the labour party don't want to see the labour party facilitating a tory brexit and the tories don't want to hand control over brexit to the opposition party. nevertheless, they are having these talks and hoping to come up with some common ground. that is their cover for asking for an extension, this is what we are doing. the problem with the extension as if it is a very long extension, and we think it is going to be up toa extension, and we think it is going to be up to a year—long extension, you then get into may and the european elections and the prime minister is very keen, most of her party says the last thing in the world we want to do is get involved in european elections when we walked to leave. what we think will happen is she will apply for this extension with an optional termination date, of may the 22nd, which is when the european elections start. so we can have up to a year with the proviso that if we get things sorted and get our act together we can terminate that extension, get the deal done and leave the european union

but cross—party talks between the government and labour are set to continue this week. a man who is very much involved in those discussions, the prime minister's de facto deputy. he says an agreement hinges on both sides giving ground. while we will do our best to try and reach a compromise with the main opposition party, it would mean compromise on both sides. if that doesn't work, then what we will want to move towards is to put before parliament a set of options with a system for making a choice and parliament actually having to come to a preferred option, rather than voting against everything. talks have been described as constructive but can a deal really be done when it comes to issues such as how to craft a future customs policy? there are fears in labour, too, that any compromise agreement will only survive as survive as long as theresa may's premiership. people are putting their best endeavours to work. but if come a change in the leadership of the conservative party, that may account for nothing and that's the worry. my colleagues are trying their very best to

conversations with the labour party continuing, they were continuing last night. we expect to exchange more text with the labour party today, so this is an ongoing process and i am optimistic we will reach some form of agreement. persimmon announces an independent review into housing quality after complaints over its new build. from today workers will face higher pensions contributions. also this hour... raheem sterling's gift to 500 schoolchildren. they are heading to wembley, after the manchester city star got them tickets for this afternoon's fa cup semifinal against brighton. tiger role is the hot favourite for repeat success in the grand national at aintree. and exploring what it is like being 17 or around the world. that is a newsbeat documentary in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon. labour and the conservatives have said they hope brexit talks will continue over the weekend. the parties have been meeting since wednesday to find a proposal to put to mps, which it is hoped will break the brexit deadlock before an emergency summit next week. the talks a

to throw their toys out if the labour party did not move towards that second referendum position and talks that the likes of tom watson who i suspect is still trying to manoeuvre his party within a party. was not present at the talks which is instrumental of itself. there's so much attention on the chasm of the conservative party and less attention on labour and they can fudge their way through the local elections in the european parliamentary elections, maybe with a bit of damage in terms of at the end of the independent group or the lib dems, but they have a deal that u nfortu nately between lib dems, but they have a deal that unfortunately between them, my curiosity is what happens after that? there is constant chatter about labour sounding more positive about labour sounding more positive about doing some kind of deal with trees and they if corbin did try evenif trees and they if corbin did try even if he didn't succeed to do a deal with some reference to a vote. what happens to labour members and voters ? what happens to labour members and voters? it has been quiet, we will see

sadly — or perhaps it's a good thing — i'm not a dictator of the labour party. the headlines on bbc news... one person has died and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at a synagogue in california. sri lankan security forces have detained the wife and child of the man believed to be the mastermind behind the wave of bomb attacks on easter sunday. the home office is being investigated after they revoked the visas of thirty thousand foreign students over claims they cheated in an english language exam. after two seasons away, norwich are back in the premier league. they beat blackburn 2—1 to secure promotion — marco stiepermann with their opener. and moments later, they had a second — a stunning strike from mario vrancic. blackburn got one back but norwich hung on seal promotion. they move 3 points clear at the top and will be crowned champions — if they avoid defeat against aston villa next weekend. cardiff's premier league status hangs in the balance — after defeat at fulham and brighton's draw with newcastle. ryan babel with the only goa

it is pretty toxic for both parties. labour don't want to be seen parties. labour don't want to be seen to be helping the tories in any way with their brexit. it means there wouldn't be another referendum. for the tories, their party members are unhappy and think it is giving credibility tojeremy corbyn, not a man that they like, of course. one thing we know for certain is that on wednesday there will be an emergency eu summit. theresa may has asked for a short delay to brexit, which would mean we would not leave without a deal next friday, but it is up to eu leaders. they might say no altogether, or more likely, they might say we could have a much longer delay. the question is, what do you do with that time? ultimately, parliament needs to make a decision at some point, so if the talks break down with labour, theresa may has offered a series of binding votes to try to find out if there is anything mps can agree on. they have voted against a lot of things, but not in favour of anything. we don't know when those votes would be held or what the options would b

party, saying labour cannot just the labour party, saying labour cannotjust sit the labour party, saying labour cannot just sit on the labour party, saying labour cannotjust sit on the fence if the labour party, saying labour cannot just sit on the fence if they wa nt to cannot just sit on the fence if they want to compete with the brexit party which may take labour votes and so they have another side of things but on the other side, shallow cabinet members actually think it would make more sense for the party not to commit to another referendum so it is a difficult position for the party to be in but in terms of their official edition they did say that if no deal was done, if a general election cannot be sparked, everything would be on the table, including the idea of a confirm a tree recommended, but it isa confirm a tree recommended, but it is a key sticking point, a leaflet went out earlier in the week where the labour party did not mention another referendum and it is something a lot of mps think needs to be on the table, needs to be a clear message and felt was not clear enough so

i put for the view from the labour party tempe wanted to achieve a customs union and the european union. we wa nt to union and the european union. we want to have access to market and in particular, we discussed the dynamic that guarantees a minimum of particularly environment as well as consumer and employment rights. we did have a discussion about all of that. this will continue tomorrow. when you look into the prime minister's eyes, was she serious about doing across party deal? she invited us to the meeting, and i accept that the meeting to go there and sets out rvus. she did put out the government's view, but the whole thing seems to be pinned on us i think that withdrawal agreement that has been put forward at the present time. clearly, that has to be taken together with the feature of the political arrangement declaration. we spent time discussing that in the future of future trade agreements. did you are your side raise policy on public vote? yes, this is the policy of our party that wants an option of the public vote to prevent crashing out or prevent leaving on a bad deal. the

and so, is this founded or spinning against the labour party? well i think is interesting is the party talks are going to continue next week, despite mps now being allowed to go on holiday and i think back to stand up to 2am the other day and watching the presidents, and when president tusk said did not waste this time to our british friends. what will they do at this extra time? it seems to me... the question is are they serious about it at all? it also the way to actually go to cap in hand for the united kingdom and to brussels to say, look, we are reaching out. but it is notjust in the uk when you corner and election, you lose a majority, you are a minority party. at the united kingdom does not have the experience and the reality of the coalitions. because backbench mps have been working together, it's one of the striking things around the house of commons stop loosing these different groups working together but that two front is much harderfor them. groups working together but that two front is much harder for them. they came together before

suffice.yes or no will offered avernment second referendum in talks with the labour party? is the labour party cozying up to the tories as a price for their support for the tory deal? and finally will the prime minister recognize to open up questions for the government please get your head out of the sand. >> i say to the right honorable gentlemen the opposition on that issue has not change. the second referendum has been rejected twice by the house for when legislation goes through there will be members who do support the referendum i continue to believe it is not an issue of excuse about timing. i believe it is important on that third referendum and can i just say to the right honorable gentlemen so will he now abide by the results of 2020? in referenda, the question is -- [indistinct chatter] >> yes or no? >> does the prime minister appreciate the inker -- the anger generated across the country? promises 100 times next to extend. -- not to extend. the she agreed undermines our democracy -- does she agree it undermines our democracy? it undermines our national interest? >