Newscast from the bbc. Hello. Its adam in the studio. Hello, its alex in the studio. And there is a chris mason shaped hole just on that side of the table because hes off on his travels. Hes in Washington Dc where hes been for the last day or two with rishi sunak, the Prime Minister who has been visiting joe biden. And on thursday evening they had a Press Conference. And alex, the centrepiece of this visit is this communique theyve put out where theyve talked about this new, new trade relationship. But dont call it a trade deal. Because theres definitely not a trade deal. But what is not the trade deal that the conservatives promised theyd get with the us and clearly havent got it is. The atlantic declaration. So what effectively this is is them talking about how theyre going to continue to strengthen their economic ties and Work Together and do some like deals which arent trade deals theyre little deals to help each other s economies work in tandem, particularly when it comes to thing
newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. hello, it s alex in the studio. and there is a chris mason shaped hole just on that side of the table because he s off on his travels. he s in washington dc where he s been for the last day or two with rishi sunak, the prime minister who has been visiting joe biden. and on thursday evening they had a press conference. and alex, the centrepiece of this visit is this communique they ve put out where they ve talked about this new, new trade relationship. but don t call it a trade deal. because there s definitely not a trade deal. but what is not the trade deal that the conservatives promised they d get with the us and clearly haven t got it is. the atlantic declaration. so what effectively this is is them talking about how they re going to continue to strengthen their economic ties and work together and do some like deals which aren t trade deals they re little deals to help each other s economies work in tandem, particularl
To Irans Nuclear facilities. In a social media post, the agencys director general, Rafael Mariano grossi, continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody and said Nuclear Facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. Irans semi official tasnim news agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps, posted a video with a caption saying, isfahan s nuclear site is completely safe. In the video, a man near the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. We can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. Reuters news agency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. As well as these explosions in iran, they were reported too in Southern Syria apparently from missiles targeting radar sites. And there were also blasts in iraq in both the Capital Baghdad and babil province to the south. Israel had promised to re
Sources, both israeli and american sources, confirming this was indeed an israeli strike. Now, all weak people have been on tenterhooks waiting for some kind of response. It was made very clear by israeli officials they did not think they could let it pass. That was after an unprecedented direct attack from iran on israeli territory last weekend. It was really the form of response that was in question and when it would happen. People wondering if the state of uncertainty would continue through the upcoming jewish passover holiday, for example. We have had some ministers coming out, particularly the National Security minister, who is known as a firebrand and on the far right, he had previously been calling for israel to go crazy in its response to restore its deterrent in the region. He said this response appears to be too limited. He is the only major official we are hearing from at the moment. Others are keeping extremely quiet about all of this. ,. ,. ,. , this. Has there been any at
to understand what has really been the general life like over the last couple of years, this is the primary concern that they have voiced. we also spoke to a first time voter, 19, who cast his vote for the first time, we spoke to him and he talked about interesting aspects, like, while tamil nadu has always been this big business and industrial hub and has attracted investments, which also reflects what political parties talk about nationally as well, attracting investment, taking india to the big global stage, the importance of also all of that transforming into real development is something that the voters have also been talking about. so, it all boils down to what they can get from the elections, most importantlyjobs and how they manage their household budget. that has been the primary issue. nationally speaking, this has been a state and obviously we are also bound by certain poll regulations which is why we cannot go too much into detail about the major issues in the state, but