welcome to the programme. plenty of elections around the world this year. now know a bit more about what could be happening here in the uk. rishi sunak says the general election is likely to happen in the second half of this year . he didn t rule out it happening earlier but says his working assumption is later this year. take a listen. so, look, my working assumption is we ll have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, i ve got lots that i want to get on with. that means cutting people s taxes this saturday. that s a tax cut worth £450 for the average person in work. we can do that because we d halved inflation. i want to keep going, managing the economy well and cutting people s taxes, but i also want to keep attacking illegal migration. last year, we got the numbers down by a third, and now we need to get our rwanda schema through parliament, up and running, so we have a full deterrent. and that s how we are really going to solve this
factions of the military has left at least 27 people dead, including three un staff. earlier, gunfire and explosions rocked the capital, khartoum. the sudanese military has ordered citizens to remain inside amid clashes at the presidential palace and the city s airport. what you re seeing here was recorded earlier at khartoum international airport, where at least two people were reportedly killed. footage there shows large plumes of smoke and fighter jets flying low overhead, and there was this video from inside the khartoum airport showing passengers taking cover on the floor. major airlines have reportedly suspended flights. this is the skyline across khartoum. exact death tolls are yet to be confirmed. a journalist from the washington post newspaper reported 30 people dead and nearly 400 injured, citing the united nations. victims include three united nations aid workers who were killed in the crossfire at a military base. we want to show you what happened earlier on sudan
Why isnt federal Immigration Law top round Border Crossers that are accused of serious crimes . Are you speaking of a specific case . In new york a crew of Border Crossers found with drugs and guns six are out on bail. Does present but i think policies like that are making the country safer . Ill be careful thats an active case so i dont want to comment on an active case. Anyone found guilty, we have been very clear about that, anyone found guilty of a crime should be held accountable. That was our own peter doocy. The best efforts to press them white house moments ago on what it has become or is becoming one of the biggest political weak spots for President Biden and his reelection bid. The Open Border Belief that former President Trump can handle this crisis better. Im sandra smith a new york welcome. John good to be with you for another hour on john roberts in washington this is the america reports, the governor santos claims that over 300,000 migrants have been flown into the state
Have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. Explosions boom. Israel was clearly caught off guard by the attacks from hamas, and there will be much analysis in the weeks and months ahead about why no one saw it coming. Michael singh is former senior directorfor Middle East Affairs at the National Security council, and he joined me earlier. To what extent do you think the us might be concerned tonight that it likely had not heard word of the attacks that we had seen from its israeli partners, that there appeared to be a failure of intelligence . There will be tremendous concern, tremendous concern within israel first and foremost because this was a real failure of anticipation, a failure to detect what was the most significant attack on israel for decades, there will be concern within the United States as well not just at the apparent Israeli Intelligence failure but perhaps the United States intelligence agencys own failure to detect this was happening because you have a very cl
defense secretary is still in the hospital but is recovering well. they do not know yet when he will be released. this comes after revelations that president biden and senior leaders were kept in the dark about his whereabouts until thursday. three days after he checked into the hospital for a elective surgery. austin saying he could have done a better job of notifying the public. next, anthony blank and is in the region speaking with officials amid heightened tensions and the continuing war in gaza. ukraine says russia has intensified aerial and grounund attacks s in recenent weeks s a there e are no signsns of momos slowing dodown. detatails after r the break.k.