welcome to the programme. before we go any further, let s take you to the polish capital warsaw, where it sjust gone midday and a ceremony is taking place to commemorate the memory ofjewish people killed in the warsaw ghetto uprising, which started 80 years ago, on april 19th 1943. more than 10,000 inhabitants were killed when they defied we can heara we can hear a siren in the background marking this key moment as crowds gather. siren blares more than 10,000 inhabitants were killed when they defied we can hear a siren in the background marking this key moment poland s nazi occupiers, while 50 thousand who survived were sent to concentration camps. today s commemorations are being hosted by the polish president, andrzej duda. the presidents of israel and germany are also there. we arejoined by we are joined by our correspondent adam easton. tell us more about what s happening. figs adam easton. tell us more about what s happening. adam easton. tell us more about what s happ
hello and welcome. let s start with the situation in sudan, and the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken on the phone to the leaders of the warring factions there and called for a ceasefire. he s said to have expressed grave concern about civilian deaths and injuries in separate calls with the heads of the armed forces and the rival paramilitary rapid support force. this is the latest footage coming out of the conflict. sudanese citizens have been seeing this barrage of artillery fire light up the night sky in the capital khartoum. both sides now claim to control key sites in khartoum, where most of the violence has taken place. the european union says its ambassador to sudan was assaulted in his home there. caught in the middle, are sudan s civilians. it s one of the poorest countries in the world, and millions need humanitarian aid. let s hear from some of them. actually i live in east khartoum, less than 15 minutes away from the military headquarters and airport
british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . earlier, i discussed this week s general election campaigning with anthony pickles, former chief of staff to the conservatives in wales and sonia sodha, observer columnist and former adviser to ed miliband. i started by asking sonia sodha about the criticism labour has faced over its handling of diane abbott and if this is an indication that sir keir starmer is trying to push through his allies. i think it is a fair characterisation of what is happening. i think personally the diane abbott question, whether she was going to be allowed to stand
spells, although more cloud the further north you are, all the details shortly. it s sunday, june 2nd. our main story. sir keir starmer has pledged to cut levels of legal migration to the uk, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. every year, people come to the uk to live, work or study. last year, net migration that s the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving was 685,000. sir keir starmer, who launched his election battle bus yesterday, has previously said that s too high. now he s promised to cut that number if labour wins the election, though he hasn t said by how much or by when. he told the sun on sunday newspaper read my lips, i will bring immig
incredible experiences. so they called me up. i was 18 and one month. april 1943. ijoined up the air force when i was 18. and i went to the infantry training centre at colchester. my speciality was guns and bombs. but that didn t matter. you re servicing commandos. you did anything to help anybody. we got posted to the 12 battalion, devonshire regiment. newsreel: these pictures take you right in among the men - who are putting dunkirk. the devons crossed to normandy on d day. dennis and alan arrived the day after. once we got off shore, we had to wade in. as you come across the beach, the ground went higher. and we had lunch on that bank there. to get at it, unfolded like. first thing we saw, seven or eight pairs of boots sticking