here in the uk, zia yusuf has announced he is returning to reform uk, just two days after his sudden resignation as the party's chairman. mr yusuf will lead what reform calls its "doge team", modelled on the us department of government efficiency, tasked with finding savings in the local authorities it controls in england. in a statement on x, reform uk chairman zia yusuf said... he added: our political correspondent, leila nathoo explained why zia yusuf resigned in the first place. recently a new reform mp asked the prime minister if he would bandy back. and zia yusuf who is a muslim man describes that question as dumb. this was a public spat in the party earlier on wednesday. that was what he was referring to as his post-born of exhaustion. nigel farage who is the leader of reform uk said he was genuinely sorry. it was a big blow for the party. he had become really influential for reform uk which was an upstart party trying to professionalise its network on the ground and he had become a public spokesperson for reform uk. it was a sudden and unexpected decision and certainly a big l

here, the reform uk leader nigel farage says he's delighted the former chairman zia yusuf is coming back to the party, saying he'd made a mistake in quitting. mr yusuf announced he would return to reform, just two days after his sudden resignation. he'll lead what reform calls its "doge team", modelled on the us department of government efficiency, tasked with finding savings in the local authorities it controls in england. here's some more of what mr farage has had to say. i'm delighted zia's coming back. i think he made a mistake the other day. i think he was somewhat overwrought. he and i together have spent 11 months trying to build this party from scratch. he had a huge number of responsibilities. and then what we saw yet again was another tirade of horrendous racist abuse on x, and he just thought "the hell with it". and i think he realised the next morning he'd made a mistake. he spoke to me. i said, look, you know, whilst i wasn't very pleased, you are a very important part of this team that we're trying to build to get ready with lots of good people to fight the next election. s

we begin with breaking news here in the uk, because in the past hour, zia yusuf has announced he is returning to reform uk, just two days after his sudden resignation as the party's chairman. mr yusuf will lead what reform calls its "doge team", modelled on the us department of government efficiency, tasked with finding savings in the local authorities it controls in england. in a message he posted on x, mr yusuf suggested his earlier decision this week had been rash and born out of exhaustion. he said he had received lovely and heartfelt messages who had expressed dismay... with me in the studio is our political correspondent leila nathoo. festival, why did he resign? it was a decision he took out of the blue. it had come a day after he had very publicly criticised one harvey's own colleagues. reform uk has only a handful of mps and one who recently won a by-election. they asked the prime minister about banning the burglar. this question was called down by zia yusuf. he was referring to this when he said born of exhaustion. nigel farage said that he was genuinely sorry. it was a big blow for

the reform uk leader nigel farage says he's delighted the former chairman zia yusuf is coming back to the party, saying he'd made a mistake in quitting. mr yusuf announced he would return to reform, just two days after his sudden resignation. he'll lead what reform calls its "doge team", modelled on the us department of government efficiency, tasked with finding savings in the local authorities it controls in england. our political correspondent leila nathoo explained why zia yusuf resigned in the first place. this was a decision that he took out of the blue completely a couple of days ago. as you said, it had come a day after he had very publicly criticised one of his own colleagues. so reform only has a handful of mps in parliament here in the uk, and one of them, its newest mp, who won a by election, recently asked keir starmer, the prime minister, about whether he would ban the burqa. and zia yusuf, who is a muslim man, described that question as dumb. so this was a kind of public spat in the party that had taken place earlier in the week on wednesday. that's what he was referring

in a short space of time, zia yusuf became nigel farage's right-hand man. as chairman of reform uk it helped to propel it to victory in local elections and a parliamentary election last month. the winner of that contest, who became reform's fifth mp, asked this of keir starmer in the commons. will he in the interests of public safety, follow the lead of france, denmark, belgium and others, and ban the burka? zia yusuf described that question as "dumb" and in a post on x later that day, suddenly resigned saying he no longer believed working to get reform elected was a god use of his time. but last night, just 48 hours later, he announced he was returning to reform writing online: reform's leader nigel farage said he was delighted that zia yusuf was coming back. i think he made a mistake the other day. i think that he was somewhat overwrought and had a huge number of responsibilities. and then what we saw yet again was another tirade of horrendous, racist abuse on x and he just thought - to hell with it! and i think that he realised that he had made a mistake

the chairman of reform uk, zia yusuf, resigns. we'll be live in westminster with the latest reaction. two teenagers have been sentenced for the manslaughter of bhim kohli, the 80-year-old man killed in a park

recently, zia yusuf credited with quite a lot of the sort of backroom work behind that.they have lost him. he has chosen to walk out of the door, and that raises some really serious questions because nigel farage, the leader, the sort of dominant personality in every political iteration he's had in uk politics going back over a decade, he's been able to wield influence, get a lot of attention. but every time he's been at the top of a party, it has ended up fracturing and faltering. so, is this a sign of those sorts of difficulties? again, we don't know, but nigel farage is left looking for a new party chairman. they've lost someone who clearly had brought some abilities and capabilities to the party, so it does raise questions. russia says a massive drone and missile strike on ukraine overnight was in response to what it called "terrorist acts" on its own territory. the attacks targeted kyiv, as well as other major cities and the west of the country, including the city of lutsk in the north-west, our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more from kyiv. president zelen

reform uk leader nigel farage says he's 'delighted' the former chairman zia yusuf is coming back to the party - just two days after he resigned. russia launches a major aerial attack on ukraine's second largest city, kharkiv - with at least three people reported killed. the mayor has called it the most powerful attack on the city since the beginning of the war. donald trump warns elon musk of very serious consequences if he funds democratic candidates - after the pair's very public falling out and trading of insults on social media. so, i knew that my grandad had worked in the wool trade, but i never really asked any questions. my father came to this country when he was 18 years old, and this was one of the first mills that he worked in. so, this smell, of wool and lanolin, it makes me think of my father and my childhood. going back to the industrial revolution, every mill, every coal mine would always like to have the best brass band. bringing two different cultures together, the punjabi and the english together - it's never been done, but it's going to happen tonight in bradford. sing

here in the uk, the reform party leader nigel farage has welcomed the return of zia yusuf - just two days after he resigned as party chairman. mr yusuf left the party after one of its mps suggested the government should ban the wearing of burqas. he confirmed his return with this post on x: here's the deputy leader of reform uk, richard tice, speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg. zia yousuf has done a brilliant job in growing the party, creating huge infrastructure, over 400 branches, but it is a massive job, and as we were growing incredibly fast, you know, essentially that job was too much for one person, so we are reorganising, and i am delight that zia is staying with the party. the spectacular fallout between donald trump and elon musk, has continued. in the latest comment in the war of words between the two men over mr trump's proposed spending bill. president trump told nbc news that mr musk will suffer "very serious" consequences if he funds democratic candidates to run against republicans who support the president's sweeping budget bill. mr trump has previously threatened

to show he can do well in scotland and wales, the party does not have a proper infrastructure, as zia yusuf, its chairman has left a day. it doesn't have many policies, and where it does, it is pretty incoherent on them, and third as delivery, i think. if it can't prove that its councillors and potential mps can deliver next year, it is going to have a big problem. and zia yusuf was the man effectively recruited to make sure that machinery was oiled and working properly. absolutely. he professionalised the party, and as you had tonight from richard tice, he is to credit for that success in the local elections. it is a loss to reform, and i think they're feeling that tonight as well. we will leave it there. lucy, leslie, john, thanks very much indeed. helen, paul, craig, angus. thank you too. we said at the start if labour won this by-election, we would have a story. well, a story is what we have. despite many people's predictions, davy russell is the new mp for hamilton, larkhall and stonehouse. msp, rather, you got there ahead of me. we will see him in hollywood, i'm sure, very soon. see y

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and reform uk's deputy leader richard tice says his party knows "exactly" what it's doing, after zia yusufesigned as chairman - only to return 48 hours later to take on a different role. mr yusuf said his decision to step down had been due to exhaustion and he was now redoubling his commitment to the party. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chethan pathak. we are fast approaching the men's french open final at roland garos - the long awaited first grand slam final between the two players heralded to dominate the game for years to come. they've won the last five majors between them. sinner is the world number one looking to win the title for the first time, whilst alcaraz is the defending champion in paris. it's really long, playing in such a great level and such a high intensity during three sets is tough and i know that i bring a lot of intensity into the matches. i put some high-speed on my shots during, some of the other players aren't used to playing such a high speed or intensity. that makes me confident in the grand slam, i'm thinking they're going to come back if i lose

that message posted on social media from the now returning zia yusuf.eturning chair of reform uk. it was a surprise when he announced his resignation from the role of a couple of days ago, because reform uk had seen to be on the up, doing well in local government elections. it seems that this is bbc news, the headlines reversing the resignation and saying his earlier decision was rushed. another shooting near us-backed aid distribution centre in southern gaza - civil defence agency says at least six people have been killed gaza humanitarian foundation says it is halting operations following a direct threat from hamas. hamas has denied the claim russia launches a major aerial attack on ukraine's second largest city, kharkiv, with at least three people reported killed. the mayor has called it the most powerful attack on the city since the beginning of the war and elon musk deletes social media posts that alleged a link between donald trump - and the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein hello. breaking news on the last few minutes, the chair of reform uk un

the chairman of reform uk, zia yusuf, resigns. we'll be live in westminster with the latest reaction. two teenagers have been sentenced for the manslaughter of bhim kohli, the 80-year-old man killed in a park near leicester. democrats in the us have condemned donald trump's ban on citizens from 12 countries entering the united states. and we are alive in london as beyonce's cowboy carter to work comes to london. president trump has signed a ban on travel to the us from 12 countries, including afghanistan, haiti and iran. the executive order claims to "protect the united states from foreign terrorists, national security and public safety threats". there are an additional seven countries whose nationals face partial travel restrictions, including cuba and venezuela. there are a number of exemptions, including for dual citizens with passports from countries outside the ban. the president claimed it was a response to the recent firebombing attack in boulder, colorado that injured 12 people. despite the suspect being an egyptian nation

and reform uk's deputy leader richard tice says his party knows "exactly" what it's doing after zia yusufesigned as chairman, only to return 48 hours later to take on a different role. mr yusuf said his decision to step down had been due to exhaustion and he was now redoubling his commitment to the party. a powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook colombia's capital, bogota, and other regions of the country on sunday morning. the shallow quake struck at 9:08 local time near the city of paratebueno in central colombia, some 170 kilometers east of bogota, according to the us geological survey. no casualties or damage were immediately reported. let's speak to jose carlos cueto, bbc mundo correspondent in colombia. what do we know about what happened here? well, we don't know a lot more than what has been reported already. what i can report from being here on the ground is that it was a scary morning. i live in a multistorey building and we could feel it was shaking the building so heavily that we immediately got downstairs, seeking safety in the street. in the street there were also many resi

nigel farage insists reform uk isn't in disarray, following the return of zia yusuf to the party after he resigned as chairman on thursday.

just two days after resigning as reform uk's chairman, zia yusuf says he's returning to the party in a new role. donald trump warns elon musk of very serious consequences if he funds democratic candidates who vote in favour of the president's sweeping budget bill. sir david attenborough tells prince william he's "appalled" by the damage done to oceans. what we have done to the deep ocean floor is just unspeakably awful.

and reform uk's deputy leader richard tice says his party knows "exactly" what it's doing, after zia yusufsigned as chairman, only to return 48 hours later to take on a different role. mr yusuf said his decision to step down had been due to exhaustion and he was now redoubling his commitment to the party. health workers in gaza say israeli gunfire killed four people near a us and israeli-backed aid distribution centre on sunday. israel's military said it fired warning shots at suspects who approached them in a threatening manner. our correspondent sebastian usher has more detail about what happened. what we've been hearing are reports from rescue workers and from some of those who have been treated in hospitals. after this incident. it appears to have happened early in the morning, again near an aid distribution site in rafah, in the south of gaza, before it had opened. in fact, people have been told not to go to that site until later in the day. as you say, four people are reported to have been killed, others wounded. one eyewitness, a woman, said that her husband had been shot in the hea

and reform uk has lost zia yusuf, the party chairman and architect of its recent professionalisation, as it descends into the sort of internal squablling which nigel farage has seen before. we're joined now as well by impressionist jan ravens. we'll get your take on rachel reeves' big week in a moment. first, luke, what have we learned from the by-election? that's massively over interpreted. first thing it a win is a win is a win in there is a world which labour could have come third and they had again so that a top level, it is pretty good for them. but underneath the bonnet, there are a few more nuances which make it a bit more tricky so that seat was last fought in 2021. that is when labour achieved in scotland their worst result and i think it was around a hundred years in scotland. it was a very low almost yes, a very low baseline and they still lost a vote chair. in that same seat or similar receipts in westminster, labour were getting 50% of the vote in the general election. so they are down even though they gained deceit. for the s&p, it is truly calamitous. they chose they ar

nigel farage has great faith in zia yusuf. undoubtedly so. and unfortunately zia yusuf knows it.ok itjust feels to me like he look the rupert lowe story. he was exhausted in the week so he flounced off. we don�*t. what we flounced off. we don't. what we needis flounced off. we don't. what we need is strong leadership. i don't want to see flouncing at this stage, but i'd also like to this stage, but i�*d also like to see reform because it feels like a one trick pony. it�*s just farage carrying it, and without farage, you know, they're nothing. as brexit and as brexit party and ukip were nothing without farage. so i mean, i don't like to see, you know, reform pushing out talent. and while, you know, i understand people might have reservations about his attitude to banning the burqa and things like that, he's really good. on doge style reformation of local authority and government. you know, fraud and government. you know, fraud and overspending. >> yes. well, i have heard that he's good on data and logistics and things. then again, you speak to other people and they say he�*s basic

after zia yusuf sensationally quit the role last week.e�*re going to find out more from the man himself in just a few moments time. >> elsewhere, petrol bombs, missiles and houses left damaged as public disorder breaks out in the northern irish town of ballymena. well, this following an alleged sexual assault in the area by people who needed romanian translators. >> ed miliband. he secured £14 billion of funding for the sizewell c nuclear plant in suffolk, but apparently it won't be built until at least 2033. and why do these things always cost so much in this country? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> keir starmer is here in suffolk unveiling £14 billion on a new nuclear reactor. and he set his face against nigel farage's plans for new coal mines. it's farage versus starmer over how we keep ourselves warm. >> catch up with you a little bit later, chris. elsewhere, a tory mp is launching a campaign against the equality act. she says this legislation in too many cases, puts judges and bureaucrats with clipboards in charge of businesses. 50 is this crip

nigel farage has great faith in zia yusuf. undoubtedly so. and unfortunately zia yusuf knows it.tjust feels to me like he look the rupert lowe story. he was exhausted in the week so he flounced off. we don�*t. what we flounced off. we don't. what we needis flounced off. we don't. what we need is strong leadership. i don't want to see flouncing at this stage, but i'd also like to this stage, but i�*d also like to see reform because it feels like a one trick pony. it�*s just farage carrying it, and without farage, you know, they're nothing. as brexit and as brexit party and ukip were nothing without farage. so i mean, i don't like to see, you know, reform pushing out talent. and while, you know, i understand people might have reservations about his attitude to banning the burqa and things like that, he's really good. on doge style reformation of local authority and government. you know, fraud and government. you know, fraud and overspending. >> yes. well, i have heard that he's good on data and logistics and things. then again, you speak to other people and they say he�*s basically

plus, zia. yusuf down with gloria de piero and gave, i believe, his most revealing interview to date. we�*ve got interview to date. we've got that to play in full. you will not want to miss it. get in touch, use your gbnews.com/yoursay. now's your gbnews.com/yoursay. now�*s your headline headlines. here's headline. headlines. here's aaron armstrong. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon to you, aaron armstrong. here in the newsroom, the austrian chancellor, christian stocker, has described the deadly school shooting that took place earlier as a dark day in the history of our country. officials have confirmed there were six female and three male victims of the attack, adding five teenagers and two adults are currently undergoing surgery in hospital. the suspected perpetrator, who also died at the scene, was a 21 year old austrian man from graz who used two guns to carry out the attack. officers believe the former school pupil killed himself in the toilet. earlier, mr stocker described the attack as a natio

reform would not be where it was today without the efforts of zia yusufl today without the efforts of zia yusufhe wishes to add his huge thanks to zia for all of his hard work and major help. so i�*m sure plenty more response so i'm sure plenty more response and reaction from the political world will come in throughout the rest of this evening, so do stay with us. also breaking tonight, a 15 year old boy and 13 year old girl have been sentenced for the manslaughter of bhim kohli, who was attacked while walking his dog in a leicestershire park. the eight year old was slapped with a shoe and racially abused during the incident in september. the boy has been jailed for seven years. the girl avoided custody but was handed the girl avoided custody but was mmma the girl avoided custody but was handed a three year rehabilitation order and a six month curfew. they were found guilty earlier this year but can't be named due to their age. mr kohli's daughter told the court the family feels nothing but anger. well, let�*s take a listen now to what she had to say outside court earlier. >> i feel angry, disa

zia yusuf has quit as chairman of reform uk, saying it's no longer a good uk, saying it�*s no longerd use of his time to work to secure a reform government. his resignation follows a row over a burqa ban after yusuf called a question from reform's newest mp question from reform�*s newest mp dumb and not party policy. nigel farage says yusuf clearly had enough. calling him a huge factor in the party's rise. but critics say the move exposes deepening infighting. yusuf, a millionaire tech entrepreneur and key reform donor, had been spearheading the party's cost cutting doge agenda, which has now also lost its leader. opposition parties say reform is in chaos, but the party insists it's focused on growth. a boy and girl have been sentenced for killing. eight year old bhim koli, attacked while walking his dog near his home in leicestershire. the 15 year old boy, who slapped mr koli with a shoe and racially abused him, was jailed for seven years. the 13 year old girl filmed the assault while laughing. she's been given a rehabilitation order and curfew. mr koli sadly died the next day from

and someone like zia yusuf, i think is critical to that. >> it would be amazing to be a fly on the wallterday, because of course, there has been concerns that nigel has a tendency to perhaps fall out with former allies. i'm talking rupert lowe and such. so do you think this will quell concerns about the internal personality clashes between farage and those close to him in reform? >> no, i don't think it should. nigel farage is entire track record is that he falls outwith people in every party he�*s been people in evew party he's been a part of and every party he's led. he doesn't like it when other people gain notoriety or are seen to be kind of pretenders or 1564 00:07:59,970 --> 00:

zia yusuf has quit as chairman of reform uk, saying it's no longer a good uk, saying it�*s no longer good use of his time to work to secure a reform government. his resignation follows a row over a burqa ban after yusuf called a question from reform's newest mp question from reform�*s newest mp dumb and not party policy. nigel farage says yusuf clearly had enough. calling him a huge factor in the party's rise. but critics say the move exposes deepening infighting. yusuf, a millionaire tech entrepreneur and key reform donor, had been spearheading the party's cost cutting doge agenda, which has now also lost its leader. opposition parties say reform is in chaos, but the party insists it's focused on growth. a boy and girl have been sentenced for killing. eight year old bhim koli, attacked while walking his dog near his home in leicestershire. the 15 year old boy, who slapped mr koli with a shoe and racially abused him, was jailed for seven years. the 13 year old girl filmed the assault while laughing. she's been given a rehabilitation order and curfew. mr koli sadly died the next day f

the top story tonight, just 48 hours after resigning as reform uk chairman, zia yusuf is back.ling his decision to quit a mistake. he says born of exhaustion. speaking alongside nigel farage, yusuf said he felt drained by relentless racist abuse online. however, after messages urging him to reconsider and what he called peace talks with the reform leader, he now plans to take on a new role. he'll oversee policy, media, fundraising and the party's cost cutting doge unit. he says his commitment is redoubled and called reform, quote, the most important project of his life. the chairmanship will also now be split as the party moves from what yusuf called start up to scale up. meanwhile, tonight, donald trump has warned elon musk will face very serious consequences if he funds democratic candidates, escalating what has been a dramatic public fallout. asked if their relationship is over, trump told american reporters i would assume so. it comes after musk had tweeted, then deleted, a claim that donald trump appears in the so—called epstein files and suggested the president should be

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the top story tonight, just 48 hours after resigning as reform uk chairman, zia yusuf is back.ecision to quit a mistake. he says born of exhaustion. speaking alongside nigel farage, yusuf said he felt drained by relentless racist abuse online. however, after messages urging him to reconsider and what he called peace talks with the reform leader, he now plans to take on a new role. he'll oversee policy, media, fundraising and the party's cost cutting doge unit. he says his commitment is redoubled and called reform, quote, the most important project of his life. the chairmanship will also now be split as the party moves from what yusuf called start up to scale up. meanwhile, tonight, donald trump has warned elon musk will face very serious consequences if he funds democratic candidates, escalating what has been a dramatic public fallout. asked if their relationship is over, trump told american reporters i would assume so. it comes after musk had tweeted, then deleted, a claim that donald trump appears in the so—called epstein files and suggested the president should be impeached.

everyone apart from zia yusuf who isn't answering phones now, i think if you talk to nigel farage privatelywhat he's saying there publicly. he appreciates the work put in by zia use. if this party has gone from 0 to 120 miles an hour in political terms, from 20,000 members a year ago, to 235,000 members, from zero mps to five mps. members, from zero mps to five mp5. 50 yes, he has done a lot mps. so yes, he has done a lot to professionalise this party, which was nowhere, frankly, onto the same level. it is now a significant party leading in the polls. but, but, but the big issue hanging over reform uk has always been how do you professionalise it. how can you take on these main parties, these legacy parties and match them toe to toe? in the past yean them toe to toe? in the past year, yes, they've added mps and members have also lost one mp in rupert lowe and now a chairman. and people look at this and go, is it a serious party of opposition now? aaron lobo, who used to work @gbnews, of course, he is now the operations director and has been there since may the 1st. some will say he's gone b

shall we start by discussing the reform of zia yusuf? after flouncing out on friday.ck. >> yes. he's calmed down a bit. >> yes. he�*s calmed down a bit. or had a had a rest. maybe had nap. >> to be fair, we are. i'm sympathetic. if he's been getting a load of grief because he's a muslim and some people don't agree with him. and don�*t agree with him. and i think the rupert lowe saga kind of dredged the filth that is the kind of in the cesspool of social media. it all rises to the top when something like that happens. >> yes. that's true. i think the whole party actually didn�*t really sleep during the local election campaign and the runcorn and helsby, and i think we're sort of seeing a kind of a sort of breathing after the event and everyone sort of re—establishing where they are and thinking about, gosh, that was a lot, wasn�*t it? and was a lot, wasn't it? and i think probably he, he yes, he took a lot of abuse on social media. 50 poor bloke. but media. so poor bloke. but equally he's come back and now they're giving him fourjobs. >> i know, but he's not going to b