final. hello. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train 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. nd 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 . our political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that the way the
hello. we start in the uk, where sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. he plans to introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in thejob 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 . here is our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this campaign and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how muc
by supporting russia. speaking at the shangri la security gathering in singapore, volodymy zelensky complained that beijing was discouraging other countries from attending a summit scheduled in switzerland in mid june. china has denied taking sides in the war. sura njana tewari reports. ukraine s president desperately needs help to forge his path to peace. the russian offensive in kharkiv has battered the north east of the country for weeks. glide bombs fired by aircraft in russian airspace, pummelling ukrainian trenches. the us is helping kyiv fight back with advanced weaponry, but is concerned about escalation and has restricted their use to targets inside ukraine. president zelensky complains that his hands are tied. pressure on washington has been building. finally, in a meeting with us secretary of defence lloyd austin, a change in policy was made official. but zelensky told the bbc that it is still insufficient. translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the exam
hello, i m kasia madera. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train 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 . 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that