Room with western leaders talking about that. And today at a press Conference Ahead of those discussions between president erdogan and putin, the two of them in front of the cameras laughing and smiling before they sat down to sort of lay out the agenda for the day. So certainly president erdogan will be hoping he can come to some sort of an agreement, some sort of breakthrough, some sort of way to get russia back on board with renewing this grain deal because as we have seen, it has been crucial to the Global Community to getting food where it needs to go, for providing security for farmers across ukraine, that there are buyers out there that can get the crops they need. That their Storage Facilities have room for the new crop coming in, it is how the season now, so a lot of questions about what will happen. The two sides seem fairly optimistic, the turkish side seems optimistic, the turkish side seems optimistic they can come home for a with the deal. Global Food Security is one the
And microsoft gets the green light to buy up the makers of candy crush, one of the biggest deals of its kind in history. And coming up on bbc news england pick owen farrell ahead of george ford, with marcus smith preferred at full back for their world cup Quarterfinal Clash with fiji. Good afternoon from sderot in Southern Israel. We are less than a mile from the gaza border. There has been intense rocket fire this morning, fired from gaza. On the horizon, you can see the outline of gaza city, dark smoke rising in the air. Israel has told more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza to leave their homes and move to the south within the next 2a hours. Israel is massing troops on the gaza border ahead of an expected ground offensive. The un has called on israel to withdraw the evacuation order, saying its impossible for palestinians to fully comply it has also warned of a humanitarian disaster. Israel says so far 1300 israelis were killed by hamas. In gaza, more than 11100 people h
Know what you think to it. All. Know what you think to it. All. Yes, indeed. Ive got a lot to get stuck into with you tonight. Paul embry and lord moylan will be keeping me company. But before we get stuck in, lets cross live for tonights latest headlines. Michelle, thank you very much. And good evening from the newsroom. Itsjust much. And good evening from the newsroom. Its just gone 6 00, and we start with the top story tonight that sir keir starmer has claimed labours gains in englands local elections are a direct message to the Prime Minister as he renewed demands for rishi sunak to call a general election. So far, labour general election. So far, labour has gained more than 100 seats and taken control of six more councils in england, while the conservatives have lost almost 300 seats. The liberal democrats, meanwhile , have also democrats, meanwhile, have also made some gains, with Party Leader Sir Ed Davey pledging to make the conservative government history. History. People from
For the reform party. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, called the result seismic. The result seismic. The counting is also underway as london decides its next mayor, will sadiq khan , make mayor, will sadiq khan, make a third term . Eyes also on key red wall areas in the West Midlands and the tees valley in eight regional battles , with lawless regional battles, with lawless britain dominating the headlines , 38 police and Crime Commissioners are also being elected across england and wales. Currently, the conservatives and labour have one each in the declared results so far , all declared results so far, all results across all elections as we get them throughout the day on gb news today, with quite a bit of wet weather across the country, but the far south should be brighter than yesterday and again, north west scotland doing okay for spring sunshine. The weathers staying pretty mixed as we go into the Long Bank Holiday weekend. Join me later for a full forecast. Also coming up for