After official figures showed inflation was falling again. Mr sunak says he will fight for every vote, while the labour leader, sir keir starmer says the country is ready for change. We begin our coverage with our political editor, chris mason. The lectern in place after a downpour of after a downpour of a anticiptaion. Cameras, reporters, brollies, the downpours coming from the skies too. At teatime, this. Earlier today, i spoke with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament. The king has granted this request and we will have a General Election on the 4th ofjuly. Music blaring from campaigners in nearby whitehall, Rain Tumbling onto the Prime Ministers sodden suit. You must choose in this election who has that plan. Who is prepared to take the bold action necessary to secure a Better Future for our country and our children . Now, i cannot and will not claim that we have got everything right. No government should. But i am proud of what we have achieved together. Th
Half of us not playing the football we want to, so theres lessons in there for all of us. I hope that the goals will come. We have been creating more and the less we have been creating more and the less games, that is a good thing the less games, that is a good thing playing tottenham away from thing playing tottenham away from home and away we have created from home and away we have created is from home and away we have created is a good sign. I think first created is a good sign. I think first with created is a good sign. I think first with the moments that we had with first with the moments that we had with the transitions, some good had with the transitions, some good contact, we should have created good contact, we should have created even more and of course, created even more and of course, we have to keep working with the course, we have to keep working with the players to give confidence to them because they need confidence to them because they need confidence to score goals an
Courts previous orders. Detailing inter alia. South africa then rushed to submit another request for provisional measures, its forth, for fear that hamass last significant stronghold would fall. Hamas itself has repeatedly rejected every offer for a ceasefire. On the 25th of april 2024, 18 states called upon hamas to release immediately the hostages still being held in gaza. They said, and i quote, we emphasise that the deal on the table to release the hostages would bring an immediate and prolonged ceasefire in gaza that would facilitate a surge of additional necessary humanitarian assistance to be delivered throughout gaza and lead to the credible end of hostilities. Wattle days ago, on the 13th Of May 2020 for the United States National Security adviser noted in the same vein that, and i quote, there could be a ceasefire tomorrow if hamas simply released women, wounded and elderly hostages. Israel put a forward leaning proposal on the table. The world should be calling on hamas to c
Theres been International Condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. Israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped, but both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. So far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following Israeli Military action. Right now were looking at a live pictures of gaza city, where weve seen many flashes of explosions in the past hour or so. Israels allies, including the us, germany, italy, france and the uk have released a joint statement criticising the weekends surprise strikes by hamas, saying lets get the latest from the ground now. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, is in the southern israeli city of ashkelon, just 13km or about eight miles north of the gaza strip, and has this report. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for
Former chairperson of afghanistans independent human rights commission. What would morally acceptable engagement look like . Shaharzad akbar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its good to be here. Its good to have you here. If i may, im going to start with some powerful words of yours. You wrote recently, i spend every day with a fire burning in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer living in your homeland youre living here in the uk. Does that actually, in a funny sort of way, intensify the pain you feel . Absolutely. I mean, every day, ifeel like im living two different realities at the same time. I wake up in oxford, where im a visiting scholar, and its green and beautiful and people are going on about their lives. And then, im all day long following the situation back home, talking to colleagues, monitoring the human rights violations. And during the day, several times, i have to kind of stop myself a