the chance of the equaliser! and, real madrid equalise against bayern munich in their champions league semifinal, but who went on to win? and on newsnight at 10:30pm, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, we take a first look at what's on tomorrow's front pages. just on tomorrow's front pages. in time for prime minis questions. just in time for prime minister's questions. why some labour long faces? hello. it's a political defection no one saw coming. another conservative mp switching sides to labour. natalie elphicke, who represents dover, is the second tory to cross the aisle in two weeks. she says the conservatives under rishi sunak "have become a byword for incompetence and division" and she made her movejust minutes before prime minister's questions. after last week's local elections

this is another morale boost for labour, more woe for the conservatives. chris mason has our top story. natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the prime minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. less than a year later, she has stopped being a conservative mp. look at the leader she's appearing with now. i must admit, when i got up this morning i didn't expect to hear this today. natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. i think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. but equally the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest. really good day. it has been a great day. cue the mildly awkward first date with the cameras in tow vibes ahead of her criticism of their prime minister. he is not stopping the boats and he is letting the country down.

meanwhile, under labour, they are clear that it is important to have defence and they want to make sure they have good national security. so i think we should have confidence that labour are the party who will tackle this issue of the small boats crossings. and this is what crossing the floor, as it's known, looks like. natalie elphicke being led to the labour benches. she takes a seat behind keir starmer and gets another handshake from the new boss. little wonder the labour leader appeared to be enjoying himself. he's also lost 1500 tory councillors, half of his party's mayors and a leadership election to a lettuce. how many more times do the public and his own mps need to reject him before he takes the hint? this time last year i reminded him of some advice, actually, from his own mentor, tony blair, who had said at the time, he can be as cocky as he likes about local elections but come a general election it's

policy that counts, mr speaker. smiles on the labour front bench, but elsewhere on those labour benches today, plenty are taken aback. certainly backbenchers are really confused. i mean, my stance on immigration and refugees and asylum seekers for example has always been completely different to natalie. i'm not sure what that means now about labour's view on those things. is it me or is it hers? i'm as baffled as everyone watching this. i am really in a rush to get to this meeting, i'm afraid. _ you can't spare us a sentence? conservatives were baffled too. that meeting was rishi sunak talking to his mps about last week's local elections. good afternoon, any words for natalie elphicke? it's a shame, with natalie being further to the right than me i would be surprised if she finds a home with the labour party. if you look at the things she has said in the past, her criticisms of labour on immigration policy, on the boats, it seems completely incompatible with her position now. pfft, it's up to her. any words to offer her? i only go through

dover for the ferry. natalie elphicke became an mp in 2019, replacing her then—husband charlie elphicke, who she's seen talking to here. he was charged with sexually assaulting two women, and later convicted and jailed, at which point she announced that their marriage was ending. tonight, labour will hope the focus is on the big picture. two defections from the conservatives in less than a fortnight. natalie elphicke today, after this man, dan poulter, a week last sunday. and chris is here. if you were going to pick a conservative mp to defect to labour, would you have picked natalie elphicke? i would you have picked natalie elhicke? , ., would you have picked natalie elhicke? , . elphicke? i must admit i said something — elphicke? i must admit i said something like _ elphicke? i must admit i said something like core - elphicke? i must admit i said something like core blimey i elphicke? i must admit i said - something like core blimey when i saw this happen at prime minister's questions, looking down from the press gallery. some remarks from labour and conservative mps were rather more fruity than that. it's fair to say that actually her

politics is more nuanced from the key you have heard from some conservative mps who have been joshing with labour mps are saying she is more right—wing than most of the conservative party because on some issues may be that is reasonable but another is perhaps not. the big picture here is that if you had watched the news the last couple of weeks you might think people swap sides every fortnight but it is actually pretty rare. going back a couple of years, christian wakeford swapped from the conservatives to labour. prior to that you have to go back 27 years to find an mp going from the governing party to the principal party of opposition. it always scrambles the minds of people at westminster because it is such a tribal place. what is distinctive about this, you have labour mps wobbling about it as well as conservative mps. so there are labour mps who are bit uncomfortable with her political views, but another issue has provoked outright anger tonight from some labour mps will top this was an interview natalie elphicke gave after her ex—husband pulse my conviction in which she was reported as saying that he was attractive and

attracted to women and that made him an easy target. she has not commented on those remarks today. labour have said they had dealt with in the past. there are some labour mps who say she has to address them directly. labour in the round are always pleased when they can bring someone in their direction and some are delighted tonight. one final contribution from lord kinnock, the former labour leader talking to the bbc on radio four saying it was good she has the conservative party but he said the labour party is a very broad church but churches have walls and there are limits. ichris broad church but churches have walls and there are limits.— and there are limits. chris mason, olitical and there are limits. chris mason, political editor, _ and there are limits. chris mason, political editor, thank _ and there are limits. chris mason, political editor, thank you. - prince harry has attended a thanksgiving service at st paul's cathedral in london, celebrating the tenth anniversary of his invictus games. just two miles away the king and queen were hosting the first of this year's garden parties at buckingham palace. but it seems there'll be no reunion for father and son. here's daniela relph. applause. they were pleased to see him.

the duke of sussex back in the uk, back in the public eye. it was a solo walk into st paul's cathedral, guest of honour at a thanksgiving service for the invictus games that he created in 2014. no other members of the royal family were present. but there was a hug for his aunt and uncle on his mother's side, ladyjane fellowes and earl spencer. at times prince harry looked thoughtful and reflective. coming back to london now has its challenges. but for an hour this afternoon his focus was the injured servicemen and women invictus supports. as he left st paul's, there was a short walkabout. very nice to meet you. how are you? a reminder of royal duty of old. we shook his hand and regardless of what has gone on with the royal family, he is still part of our institution, still harry.

i still love him but i wish. he would mend things up. it is sad for me, so. the service here was about celebrating the achievements of the invictus games but it was also a reminder ofjust how much has changed for prince harry, on a personal level, since he established the games ten years ago. back then, the launch of the invictus games was a family affair, the fractures of recent times were a long way off. today, while harry was at st paul's, the king was hosting a garden party at buckingham palace. just a couple of miles apart, but royal duty, charity commitments and strained relationships mean father and son will not meet this time round. the wounds may not have healed. there has, though, been much to enjoy on

this visit for harry, even without a family reconciliation. daniela relph, bbc news, st paul's cathedral. a bbc investigation has discovered that a healthcare agency is routinely charging nhs hospitals up to £2,000 a shift for specialist nurses supplied at short notice. a substantial amount of the fee, goes to the agency itself. independent clinical services, which trades as thornbury nursing services, had a turnover of almost £400 million in its latest accounts. that's up almost 46% in a year — much more than similar firms. the company has told the bbc it offers a valuable and flexible service that helps healthcare providers, and thornbury accounts for less than half of its business. our health editor hugh pym has this exclusive report. there you go. the vital role of caring for sick children, here by skilled and experienced nhs nurses. but in some areas they are in short supply. hospitals need to turn to staffing

agencies to fill gaps and ensure safe staffing levels. this west midlands hospital boss says agency bills are getting out of hand. there is an agreed deal capping costs for all freelance nurses, but agencies are allowed to charge more for last—minute requests which are often unavoidable. he is most critical of this one, thornbury, which has promotional videos featuring nurses. thornbury allowed me to drop my hours to part—time. i can pick shifts whenever i want to. and i wanted something that i've got control when i can work and i can- spend some time with family. i'm sure they would say they are an agency of last resort and they are providing a service, but if that's created a bigger problem by pulling nurses away from the nhs then that's certainly profiteering and we wouldn't be having this conversation if they were able to operate at the framework rates that the nhs has set, which is a reasonable rate for agency work. they might argue that it's a free market and nobody has to use them and they are providing a service.

that's fine. i think the response to that is that because of that extreme cost we ought to be finding better solutions to spend public money on. one former agency nurse who wants to remain anonymous remembers her shifts working for thornbury. i've taken a call at 5:30am to travel a couple of hours to a trust, to arrive just after their start time. from other people that i've worked with within thornbury, i've had nurses travelling down from the midlands, down to trusts that are below the london area. so, what are the costs and charges? well, for a specialist paediatric nurse on a 12—hour friday shift, our calculations show that thornbury pays the nurse £539. but the hospital trust is charged almost £1,000. that's £400 difference per shift. and for a bank holiday shift, the nurse is paid £1,050, but the trust is charged around £1,840.

that's a difference of around £800. thornbury�*s parent company told us... the nhs needs to hold on to nurses like these. the challenge, how to keep them on their books when agencies offer flexible hours and other benefits. the department of health said there were plans to end the use of the most expensive agencies and staff training would be expanded. but while patients like little lenny are happy with their treatment, hospital bosses are worried about finding the right staff to provide it. hugh pym, bbc news. the bio—pharmaceutical company astrazeneca is withdrawing its covid vaccine,

which was developed by scientists in oxford. it was one of the first to be produced during the pandemic, with billions of doses being made. the company says the withdrawal is for commercial reasons, as sophie hutchinson reports. thank you. well, the astrazeneca covid vaccine was one of the very first to be rolled out in january 2021. it had been developed at oxford university in record time — ten months instead of the usual ten years. the then prime minister boris johnson described it as a "triumph for british science". it was cheaper and easier to store than otherjabs. globally, more than 3 billion doses were supplied, with nearly 50 million jabs given in the uk. and the vaccine is estimated to have saved millions of lives. but in a tiny number of cases it causes life—threatening blood clots. it's been linked to 81 deaths in the uk. the government has made vaccine damage payments to families and there are a number of ongoing court cases with people claiming

to have been harmed by the vaccine. most countries have now stopped using it and switched to other vaccines. today astrazeneca said there was no longer a demand for theirjab and that other vaccines which target new variants of covid have superseded it. it said withdrawing the jab from the market was a commercial decision. sophie hutchinson. there's news tonight that the white house is reviewing other weapons deliveries to israel, after pausing one shipment of arms last week, as it tries to stave off a major offensive on the city of rafah in gaza. the delayed weaponry includes a large batch of 2,000—pound bombs. meanwhile, israel says it's reopened one of the main aid crossings into gaza after intensifying its bombardment of the south of the territory. however, a un relief agency says no supplies have yet passed through. there has been heavy fighting near the city of rafah, where the israeli military says it began a limited operation on monday

as it targets hamas fighters. with almosti million displaced people taking refuge there, aid agencies have warned the consequences could be devastating. the humanitarian situation on the ground is already dire and getting worse. an investigation by bbc verify has found hundreds of gaza's water and sanitation facilities have been damaged since the start of the seven—month war. here's caroline hawley. water in gaza is in dangerously short supply, posing serious health risks to the population. bbc verify has analysed more than 600 water and sanitation facilities. here, the dots represent a mixture of water wells, tanks, desalination and sewage treatment plants. the red dots are all those that have been destroyed or damaged — that's more than 300 facilities across the gaza strip. gaza used to have six functioning waste water treatment plants, which are crucial to preventing the build—up of sewage and the spread of disease. this was one of them. here it was before october 7th.

and now after. three others are also damaged or destroyed. and we've been told the remaining two are out of action, largely because of a lack of fuel. to compound the problem, officials in gaza say they're struggling to repair damaged infrastructure after an attack on a key warehouse where fuel and spare parts were stored. this shows the warehouse before... ..and after it was struck at the end of january. the idf said it was targeting hamas fighters nearby. it's accused the group of storing weapons and ammunition inside civilian structures, including in and near water facilities. all of this has had a very direct human consequence. the world health organization says that the average person needs 15 litres of water each day for drinking, washing and cooking. but most people in gaza are getting just a fraction of that. and that scarcity of water and untreated sewage are causing

dehydration and disease. we are seeing death coming from the outbreaks of disease in the highly vulnerable and the small children, in the elderly, in pregnant women. hepatitis in pregnant women is very, very dangerous. this is killing people. people in gaza have told us that they are queuing for hours to access drinking water. others are drinking dirty water. aid agencies would like to truck in more water, but say they can't because of limited access to fuel. and this is notjust an acute problem now, exacerbated by the current israeli operation in rafah. gaza's infrastructure will take years, decades, to rebuild. you can see our full analysis on the bbc news website. john swinney has been formally sworn in as scotland's first minister, and kate forbes, a former finance secretary, is his deputy. mr swinney said becoming scotland's leader was the privilege of his life. here's james cook.

when this court first convened, james v was scotland's king, henry viii governed england. by those standards, this ceremony is brand—new. john ramsay swinney, to be first minister of the scottish government... mr swinney becomes just the seventh first minister since devolution in 1999. do you swear that you will well and truly serve his majesty king charles in the office of first minister of the scottish government? three times he nodded as scotland's seniorjudge administered the oaths of office. and then, with his family looking on, he put pen to parchment, making it all official. please be seated. it is the privilege of my life, and i look forward to dedicating my future to serving the people of scotland as i have done so for so many years, and to do that as first minister. what are your priorities for government? my overriding priority will be to work to eradicate child

poverty in scotland. the formalities over, the focus has now shifted here to bute house, the official residence of the first minister, wherejohn swinney is appointing his cabinet. the big change — last year's snp leadership contender kate forbes is back in government. it is an enormous privilege and i look forward to supporting the first minister as he pursues the priorities of the scottish people — eradicating poverty, ensuring economic growth and ultimately uniting the country behind the great opportunities of our day. the top two have changed but the rest of the team remains the same. the snp hope that will be enough to revive their flagging fortunes. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. in wales, plans for the senedd to have more politicians and a new voting system from 2026 have cleared their final hurdle. members voted to increase their numbers from 60 to 96 from the next election. supporters insist more members are needed to scrutinise the law—making process

and the policies of welsh ministers. but the conservatives argue that the extra spending involved should go on schools and hospitals. campaigners who've been calling for better protections for children against harmful content online have broadly welcomed plans set out by the media regulator, ofcom. the new draft code of practice, due to come into effect next year, requires social media firms to strengthen age checks and change their algorithms for content seen by young people. marianna spring is here with details on how all this might work. parents whose children have been harmed by social media — some of whom have lost their lives — have been speaking out today. that includes brianna ghey�*s mum esther. so many really brave parents that have gone through so many horrendous tragedies. and, yeah, i think they would be proud of the strength and the solidarity as well.

so, is it possible to stop kids and teenagers being recommeded harmful content on social media? ofcom wants to do just that by forcing social media companies to comply with stricter rules and if they don't, say, they could face a ban for under 18s. the first step is dealing with age verification. when you sign up for a social media profile you're usually asked to give your birthday — but without showing id. various proposals have included using selfies to identify your age — or a passport or driving licence. but that can pose problems depending on where you live in the world — and can kidsjust get round it? this is what ofcom's chief executive melanie dawes had to say. pretty much all the social media platforms have a minimum age of 13 but they are not doing enough to... well, they are not doing anything, really, at the moment, to enforce that. then there's the problem of taming social media sites' algorithms. algorithms are the recommendation systems that promote content to us based on what they think

we might like. there's evidence children have been actively pushed harmful content or become embroiled in social media frenzies. social media insiders i've spoken to say its very tricky to ensure one account isn't pushed a certain type of content when others can still be recommended it. algorithms are key to the social media companies' business models — more eyeballs on more content means they make more money on ads. the social media companies all say, though, that they prioritise safety over profit. regardless, they're incredibly powerful. part of the problem is that the whole world uses these apps — they aren't limited to one place. plus, political and legal measures to change the way they operate can take ages. by the time they're in place, the social media world has usually evolved again. a german spy chief has told the bbc that the far—right party alternative for deutschland poses a risk to democracy. the afd regularly rejects accusations of extremism, but the bbc has found clear links

between significant party figures and some former neo—nazi networks. ahead of next month's european elections, the afd are currently second in the polls. jessica parker reports. in germany's east, the far right alternative for deutschland is popular, even aiming for power. and jean—pascal hohm is a regional parliamentary candidate. but, as the bbc has found, jean—pascal hohm's held links with several groups now classed by domestic intelligence as extremist, networks accused of anti—migrant anti—muslim ideology. translation: all these organisations focus on one subject - _ the theme of our times. it is the population replacement going on in germany and in europe. to voice that and to fight that politically, is not extremist.

you don't think the great replacement theory is extremist? i mean, it's a far right conspiracy theory. no, the great replacement is happening. i can see that in my own city. i do not say it is organised from up high. i say it's happening. it was at this office back in march thatjean—pascal hohm helped organise an event. the speaker was an mp called matthias helferich, who once described himself as "the friendly face of national socialism," also known as nazism. matthias helferich insists the years—old leaked messages were satire. his talk here in cottbus was on re—migration, a code word, say many, for mass deportations. in this video he talks about re—migrating millions to preserve the land of the germans. in the audience in cottbus that

night was benedikt kaiser, another influential figure. he works for an afd mp, but over a decade ago, mr kaiser was pictured at neo—nazi demos. he's accused the bbc of rehashing old stories. became more and more right wing extremist... this spy chief claims that extremism within the afd poses a risk to democracy. when i'm speaking about a german oak, a big, strong old tree, it can take a blizzard, it can take a storm, but once you have an enemy that goes for the roots, and that's exactly what's happening right now, going for the roots of our democracy, it's very dangerous because it goes to the vital parts of our democracy. the afd says it's being smeared by a biased establishment. and as the country builds towards regional and eu elections,

this isn't a fringe movement, but one trying to go mainstream. jessica parker, bbc news, in brandenburg. new figures suggest more global temperature records are being broken. the eu climate service, copernicus, says last month was the warmest april on record. and bbc analysis has found that in the past year, the world's oceans have broken temperature records too, having a huge impact on marine life around the world. justin rowlatt has the story. the menai bridge between north wales and the island of anglesey. a team of scientists have been monitoring the plants and animals on the sea shore here and at other spots around the uk for almost 70 years. it's invaluable and it tells us so much about where species were, how quickly they've moved. in that time, average uk sea temperatures have warmed by about one degree celsius. the big thing that i've seen is species aren't all moving at the same rate — so things are moving further north, but not at the same speed.

so, all the community compositions are changing everywhere some creatures can't move at all — like barnacles. so, nova, this is a really disruptive process for ecosystems? i think if i was a barnacle, i'd be quite worried, yes! if one species vanishes, or a new one comes in, it can affect all the other plants and animals in the system. at aberystwyth university, scientists track the changes with the same technology the police use at crime scenes. i think we're going to put this down about five metres. they collect the traces of dna animals leave in the water. it is known as edna — environmental dna. it's possible to use edna to track the movement of invasive species. there is a japanese species of sea squirt. it's called a carpet sea squirt. they form a blanket, a carpet, if you like, over the sea bed.

they prevent the growth of native organisms in the areas that they colonise. what we are finding is that the ones that are more invasive appear to be responding more strongly to global warming and increasing water temperatures. it is evidence that, as our seas continue to warm, we can expect unpredictable changes in the marine life of the uk. justin rowlatt, bbc news, aberystwyth. two england stars have been battling it out in the champions league. jude bellingham's real madrid hosted harry kane's bayern munich in their semifinal second leg, and joe wilson was watching. real madrid and bayern munich... rebuilt to be the best stadium in the world, real madrid might boast. the second leg of this semifinal began 2—2, and here, somehow real didn't score. look at real madrid's inspiration. jude bellingham leading

by example, as he may do for england this summer. bayern�*s game plan here was to soak up the pressure, burst on the break and try to take a chance, like this. perfect from alphonso davies. what a strike! 88th minute — bayern�*s impeccable manuel neuer spilled, real madrid thrilled, joselu equalised... ..and then did more. when he scored his second, he was offside, except the var overruled — from replays to rejoicing. even then, bayern were furious that their attack was stopped by the assistant�*s flag. ball in the net, didn't matter. 2—1 was the final score. madrid into the final, that much is certain. joe wilson, bbc news. this programme continues on bbc one.

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