:00:19. > :00:26.Allies of the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have been rallying
:00:27. > :00:28.to support his handling of the anti-Semitism
:00:29. > :00:31.Mr Corbyn is attending the traditional May Day
:00:32. > :00:34.His party's candidate for Mayor in the capital,
:00:35. > :00:36.Sadiq Khan, has complained that the row could damage
:00:37. > :00:41.his chances in this week's mayoral election.
:00:42. > :00:43.Here's our Political Correspondent, Alan Soady.
:00:44. > :00:47.You Nazi apologist, rewriting history.
:00:48. > :00:53.It's the row that won't go away - Ken Livingstone's comments
:00:54. > :00:57.about Israel and Hitler, which plunged the party into turmoil.
:00:58. > :01:03.the Labour leadership of acting too slowly.
:01:04. > :01:05.But those close to leader Jeremy Corbyn are defending
:01:06. > :01:11.It's something of a smear against ordinary party members.
:01:12. > :01:21.It is a smear to say that the Labour Party has
:01:22. > :01:25.You've just set up an inquiry to look into it.
:01:26. > :01:28.If you haven't got a problem, why have you set up an inquiry?
:01:29. > :01:32.In a BBC interview this morning, union boss Len McCluskey accused
:01:33. > :01:38.Jeremy Corbyn's internal critics of exploiting the row.
:01:39. > :01:41.The reality is, it's aided and abetted by those Labour MPs who,
:01:42. > :01:44.the first thing they do when they wake up of a morning,
:01:45. > :01:49.is think of what stick can we beat Jeremy Corbyn with?
:01:50. > :01:51.But Labour's candidate for Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is worried
:01:52. > :02:06.In today's Observer newspaper, he says this.
:02:07. > :02:10.Asked if the controversy would affect his election
:02:11. > :02:24.The wider fight against anti-Semitism is nothing new,
:02:25. > :02:26.including this rally in London, two years ago.
:02:27. > :02:28.The Israeli government thinks some within the Labour Party
:02:29. > :02:31.There is a difference between legitimate criticism
:02:32. > :02:35.Just as there is no justification for hating blacks or hating
:02:36. > :02:37.homosexuals, there is no justification for hating Jews.
:02:38. > :02:42.That is the red line that simply can't be crossed.
:02:43. > :02:51.Speaking at a rally this lunchtime, Jeremy Corbyn himself addressed the
:02:52. > :02:56.issue head on. We stand absolutely against anti-Semitism in any form.
:02:57. > :03:02.We stand absolutely against racism in any form. He is desperately
:03:03. > :03:04.hoping to move on from the row before Thursday's elections.
:03:05. > :03:09.Ministers have dismissed reports in several of today's papers
:03:10. > :03:11.that the Culture Secretary John Whittingdale wants to stop
:03:12. > :03:13.the BBC scheduling its top rated programmes,
:03:14. > :03:16.including Strictly Come Dancing, at the same time as those of ITV
:03:17. > :03:20.Our correspondent David Sillito is outside the BBC in Central London.
:03:21. > :03:23.David, a number of papers have reported this this morning,
:03:24. > :03:24.yet Mr Whittingdale's department have dismissed it.
:03:25. > :03:38.There is a long-running dispute about clashing schedules, aggressive
:03:39. > :03:41.ratings- grabbing by the BBC. ITV for instance not happy that
:03:42. > :03:45.sometimes there is an overlap between the X factor and Strictly
:03:46. > :03:49.Come Dancing. John Wooding gave himself expressed concern about the
:03:50. > :03:52.ten o'clock news, with both ITV and the BBC's scheduling their main
:03:53. > :03:56.evening bulletins at the same time. However they are not suggesting that
:03:57. > :04:01.the government would be involved in a scheduling and content of the BBC.
:04:02. > :04:07.However there is a suggestion in many of the papers today that the
:04:08. > :04:12.new regulator, we've got a White Paper from the government coming up
:04:13. > :04:16.in a week two, suggesting that Ofcom, which will be taking over the
:04:17. > :04:20.regulation of the BBC might be about to adjudicate in some circumstances
:04:21. > :04:23.if there are these clashes. However Labour says this looks like
:04:24. > :04:27.meddling. They are upset about this. And the BBC says it is deeply
:04:28. > :04:43.concerned if this actually happens. But the big problem
:04:44. > :04:47.about all of this is, how would you prove it? How would you prove ITV
:04:48. > :04:50.had suffered there was a complaint? The most recent reports looked at
:04:51. > :04:52.entertainment and, clashes and this was a government report and it has
:04:53. > :04:54.concluded that, at most, there was a 1% dip in ITV's audience, barely
:04:55. > :05:03.statistically significant. David Silva toe, thank you.
:05:04. > :05:06.The Scottish victim of the fatal helicopter crash in Norway
:05:07. > :05:08.has been named locally as
:05:09. > :05:09.Iain Stuart from Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire.
:05:10. > :05:11.The 41-year-old, who worked for the oil services
:05:12. > :05:13.company Halliburton, was one of 13 passengers and crew
:05:14. > :05:16.on board the Super Puma EC 225 that crashed on Friday.
:05:17. > :05:18.Eleven bodies have been recovered, two other passengers
:05:19. > :05:21.The United States has said it's working on specific initiatives
:05:22. > :05:24.The state department says its focus is ending
:05:25. > :05:26.the bloodshed in Aleppo, where hundreds have
:05:27. > :05:33.John Kerry is travelling to Geneva for talks on the crisis later today.
:05:34. > :05:38.There's been a powerful explosion outside the main police station
:05:39. > :05:40.in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, 30 miles
:05:41. > :05:46.and more than 20 injured, some of them civilians.
:05:47. > :05:51.The region has witnessed numerous attacks in the last year,
:05:52. > :05:57.by both Kurdish militants and the so-called Islamic State.
:05:58. > :06:00.Now, Leicester City could clinch the Premier League title today,
:06:01. > :06:02.overturning odds of 5,000-1 at the start of the season.
:06:03. > :06:05.They face Manchester United at Old Trafford.
:06:06. > :06:07.The match kicks off in the next hour.
:06:08. > :06:08.Our correspondent Andy Swiss is there.
:06:09. > :06:17.Andy, is the anticipation building there?
:06:18. > :06:24.Yes, welcome to what is a rather soggy Old Trafford but nothing can
:06:25. > :06:30.dampen the enthusiasm of the Leicester City fans. They have been
:06:31. > :06:33.gathering since early this morning, singing and chanting, hoping that
:06:34. > :06:38.their team can complete what would be a footballing fairy tale. The
:06:39. > :06:41.equation is a very simple one. If they beat Manchester United here
:06:42. > :06:45.this afternoon they will be the champions. It would be an
:06:46. > :06:50.extraordinary achievement. Remember that this was a club that, barely a
:06:51. > :06:54.year ago, was battling against relegation. It was bottom of the
:06:55. > :07:01.league, at the start of the season they were 5000-1 to win title with
:07:02. > :07:04.the bookmakers, yet inspired by a manager Claudio Ranieri and
:07:05. > :07:08.unheralded stars like Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, they have defied
:07:09. > :07:13.all expectations. It certainly will not be easy for them, Manchester
:07:14. > :07:17.United are battling for Champions League qualification but it has all
:07:18. > :07:22.the makings of a history making afternoon potentially. Kick-off is
:07:23. > :07:31.at five past two. Thank you, Andy Smith. -- Swiss.
:07:32. > :07:34.It's a star studded gathering for America's great and good -
:07:35. > :07:36.the annual White House correspondents' dinner.
:07:37. > :07:38.President Obama used his last appearance before vacating the oval
:07:39. > :07:40.office to take a humorous swipe at his republican opponents
:07:41. > :07:43.and critics of his presidency as Frankie McCamley reports.
:07:44. > :07:46.It is that time of year when a Hollywood's finest rub shoulders
:07:47. > :07:56.with the country's top political players. Taking centre stage, Barack
:07:57. > :08:01.Obama, who has left a legacy of laughs. But this is the last before
:08:02. > :08:06.a new president takes office. He is of course backing Hillary Clinton.
:08:07. > :08:13.Next year, this time, someone else will be standing here in this very
:08:14. > :08:17.spot, and it is anyone's guess who she will be, but!
:08:18. > :08:23.LAUGHTER as for the Republican party party frontrunner he did not avoid
:08:24. > :08:27.sideswipes. They say Donald lacks the foreign policy experience to be
:08:28. > :08:33.President but in fairness he has spent years meeting leaders from
:08:34. > :08:40.around the world, And Miss Sweden, Miss Argentina, Miss Azerbaijan...!
:08:41. > :08:44.The president did not hold back when it came to poking fun at himself and
:08:45. > :08:48.his experience during his time at the White House. The only way that
:08:49. > :08:55.you can date her in photos is by looking at me. Take a look. Here we
:08:56. > :09:00.are in 2008. Here we are a few years later, and this one is from two
:09:01. > :09:06.weeks ago! One of the biggest laughs came from his reflection on his to
:09:07. > :09:19.the. Last week Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bath robe.
:09:20. > :09:25.That was a slap in the face! A clear breach of protocol. Contemplating
:09:26. > :09:29.what he will do after leaving the White House, he joked that he could
:09:30. > :09:34.use this material again at Goldman Sachs next year. But no matter what
:09:35. > :09:39.the US commander in chief decides, his comedy will surely be missed.
:09:40. > :10:13.With that I just have to more words to say. Obama!
:10:14. > :10:15.Good afternoon, to be honest in the past week for many