UK Politics and the War in the Middle East

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Israeli forces continue moving troops into Gaza as bombing continues. And different positions have emerged in UK politics on what should be done to help civilians in the region. Political editor of Newsnight, Nick Watt helps us make sense of them, and Lyse Doucet, BBC chief international reporter, tells us how the politics of the conflict is playing out across the world. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere. Today's Newscast was presented by Paddy O’Connell and Victoria Derbyshire. It was made by Chris Flynn with Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.7	Hello, it's Sunday's edition of newscast, it's Paddy here.
0:08.0	And of course, yesterday we had Furgle Keenan
0:10.1	least to say about what's been happening,
0:12.3	the unfolding of what is obviously a ground operation,
0:15.6	whatever we call it in Gaza.
0:17.2	But today we want to look at how it's affecting politics here in the UK.
0:20.8	And it really is affecting politics here in the UK.
0:23.6	On Laura's show this morning on BBC One, we had for Labour,
0:27.5	it was Peter Kyle, and for the government,
0:30.0	it was the science, tech, and innovation secretary, Michelle Donnellan.
0:34.7	And I believe there's a moment that you're keeping back from me, Leila Moran.
0:39.8	Leila Moran, Liberal Democrat MP, who has relatives in the West Bank and in Gaza.
0:46.1	I spoke to on the phone yesterday, and because of the blackout,
0:48.8	she had no idea if her relatives, who were in Gaza City, were alive or not.
0:53.8	And today she was able to give us an update.
0:56.7	Well, well, look, we're underway.
0:58.9	This is the seventh day edition of newscast.
1:02.8	Let's get going.
1:03.5	Newscast.
1:04.4	Newscast from the BBC.
1:05.9	Why can't people buy a house? Look at their wages.
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