Israel. How dangerous is this moment . Good evening. Welcome to newsnight. Tonight, are we now on the cusp of a full blown regional war in the Middle East . Iran has launched a Missile Attack on israel this evening which is now over. Earliertoday, israeli troops invaded lebanon. Also, in whats being described as a terrorist attack, at least six people have been killed in Tel Aviv by two gunmen. Just before we came on air i spoke to Shadow Security Minster and conservative Leadership Candidate Tom tugendhat. Well, this is an incredibly dangerous moment. This is a moment when the vicious iranian regime is targeting notjust jews, muslims and christians in israel, but is putting ballistic missiles overjordan, over iraq, and threatening many, many people on the route. This is a moment when we need the british government to be absolutely firm and clear, standing with our allies in the region, injordan, in israel and standing alongside democracies. We need to be defending ourfriends and stand
To look at this political and landscaping where the conservatives were certainly hoping to make quite a few gains. And in areas where labor has traditionally been pretty strong. Lots of these seats have a lot of rich labor heritage. So im going to go across to the result center and joined rita once again. Shes got a few suggestions again about the likely conservative gains in wales. Rita . These will change hands from labors to conservatives if the exit poll is correct. And you are talking about being nerdy hugh, just think of this. That labor has come first in terms of seats in the votes in wales in the past 26 elections. That since the first world war. That might still be the case, but still we think these seats are likely conservative gains. The labor majority there was less than 2,000 in the last election. And wherefore casting conservatives to gain that seat from labor. This was number 73 on the conservatives target list, so quite some way down. We think the conservatives might ha
Like facebook, apple and amazon examining whether they are unfairly restricting competition. And finally its the front of the japan times which has this picture of an inflatable artwork depicting a swimmer to mark the one year countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. With me is mark davies, ceo at the strategy consultancy, camberton. Obviously wall to wall coverage about the days events with Boris Johnson about to enter downing street. The picture is striking. It sums up the character of him, doesnt it . An untucked shirt, tie to one side and a bizarre salute. He is so dishevelled. It is comedic to look at him and to think he is Prime Minister. He looks more like billy bunted. He looks like a schoolboy going off on the first day of prep school. This is so boris all the way. This i am the dude piece is so boris as well. Finding something that encapsulates what he is trying to achieve two, if you look at those four things and look at the detail beneath them and the l
Revealed. Revealed. People are really worried and they feel like they havent got a voice because the home office keeps saying were engaging with the locals, but theyre not. While meghan allegedly is preparing to relaunch her image in the uk with reports suggesting the duchess of sussex is looking to hire british pr gurus , but can she ever win back gurus, but can she ever win back the hearts of the nation. 7 the hearts of the nation. 7 good morning. It was a dramatic night for british clubs in europe liverpool, west ham, aston villa, brighton and rangers were all in action as the latest on the Christian Horner fi controversy and in the cricket, india have the upper hand over england on day one of the fifth test. Good morning. Theres plenty good morning. Theres plenty of dry and bright weather around for many of us today, but there is some rain due tonight. You can find out all the details with me a little later on. Hello again im anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. Well, im
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