king charles has carried out his first state opening of parliament as monarch. the speech, written by the government, has set out the plans for year ahead. proposed laws include tougher sentences for some crimes, a phased ban on smoking and more licensing for oil and gas fields in the north sea. our political correspondent helen catt has more. just before 11.15, the royal carriage drew into the sovereign entrance, carrying for the first time in seven decades, the king, to formally open parliament. while the monarch had changed, the pageantry remained the same. as is tradition, black rod went to the commons and had the door slammed shut against her by mps. before she summoned them to the lords. on the way, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition appeared to be having a friendly chat but this speech, written by the government, was in part about drawing dividing lines between them ahead of an election. but first, the king acknowledged the significance of this moment
sentencing laws, there is a measures to increase oil production in the north sea, and a phased ban on the sale of cigarettes. there will also be bills to pave the way for driverless cars on british roads, some reform of the leasehold property system, and a new system of governance for football. which gets my vote. but what about the rest of it? the king s speech is one of a dwindling number of set piece events that rishi sunak has to try to wrestle back momentum. is this, claire, the big bold vision for the country that will shift the dial? my government will continue to take action to bring down inflation, to ease the cost of living forfamilies, and held businesses fund newjobs and investments. so what do you think, claire? there are some simple so what do you think, claire? there are some simple things so what do you think, claire? there are some simple things in it, - so what do you think, claire? ti” are some simple things in it, sense of the measures but it wasn t
good evening. we re live in southern israel, with news tonight from the defence minister, that his troops have now battled their way into gaza city, thought to be the stronghold of hamas. the fighting, which is street to street, is taking place just a few kilometres off in the darkness behind me. it s exactly a month since hamas killed 1,400 people, in coordinated attacks on southern israel, planned in gaza, and today, israelis attended vigils, lit candles and held a minute s silence in remembrance of those who died. like the scores of young people who lost their lives, slaughtered at a music festival near the border. and there have been special prayers for the 2112 israelis taken hostage, and still being held by hamas. israel hit back immediately after the attacks, with massive air strikes, that have reduced much of gaza to rubble. the hamas controlled health authorities there say more than 10,000 palestinians have died, while the un has called the territory, a graveyard fo
that. but what i wanted to ask, i wanted to ask you kind of the opposite argument that i hear a lot is that yes. maybe it s the democrats that are the racists because they re constantly using the race card every year and trying to drum up hatred for white people with the black lives matter and all that stuff. but, and in addition to that, of course, the open borders which i constantly hear democrats and liberals like you say by 2050 whites will be a minority, isn t that great? and you get big applause. it s you re the racists. you want to displace the white population by 2050 if we continue these immigration policies. how is that not racism? you are the racists. [inaudible conversations] so, first, just one little piece of evidence. when you see marchers in charlottesville, some of them wearing white hoods and chanting racist and anti-semitic slogans and the president says there are a lot of fine people there and says nothing after a bunch of people are murdered i
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