Wales Economy Minister and a former solicitor, was born in zambia and will become wales and europes first black leader. In his Acceptance Speech after being voted as the new Welsh Labour Leader, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Thank you to the staff, the team, the procedures committee. Mark was the right leader at the right time in the epidemic. In the pandemic. But too little said about the heart that went into it. The deep and unwavering devotion fairness, two wheels as a community. As a fabric and families. At the hardest of times he made as feel safer, he made us feel proud. And he always made everyone aware that we each have a part to play in our national story. There is no greater legacy than that. Thank you, mark, for everything that you have done for everything that you have done for our party, and more importantly, for our party, and more importantly, for our party, and more importantly, for our country. And, jeremy, we have been cabinet colleagues, political al
Elsewhere in the territory. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. The consequences of a Ground Operation in the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. Catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic all round. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on gaza with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirby. We have not seen it. We certainly welcome the opportunity to see it. As i said, we cannot support a major offence in rafah the doesnt also include a credible, achievable an executable plan to take care of the safety and security of malt in a million gazans. To move on right now in a major way wit
Europes first black leader, after winning the welsh labour leadership election. The outgoing First Minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. Mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. Like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that,
As his opponents are either dead, in prison or in exile. The authorities have called on Security Officers to be vigilant, after vandalism at some Polling Stations on friday. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has more. Russias democracy is the best in the world the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man who has been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says, i trust him. But not everyone who came out today was voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a b
Control centers inside troops found weapons and evidence that hostages may have been held there. General jack keane with us a bit earlier on hamass humanitarian targets. Hamas chooses these sites purposely because it will shield them from idf operations and also it enhances International Condemnation of what the israelis are doing. Thats what this is all about. The only thing that gets hamas to release the hostages is continued military pressure. Thats what enabled us to bring out already half of the hostages. Thats what will enable us to get the remaining hostages. At the same time there has to be pressure. Bill the beat goes on in the war. Trey yengst back at the post live in tel aviv, israel with the latest today. Hello, trey. Good morning. Unexpected development overnight as Israeli Forces launched a raid into gazas Shifa Hospital. You can see in the drone video here fire Fights Erupting Inside The Come Flex as Israeli Forces entered. The top spokesman for the Israeli Military said