Sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. It has been a busy day. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the choice of this election is clear, because if im reelected as Prime Minister on the 5th ofjuly, these f
China. Some actually call it a dragon bear partnership. The goal of these meetings, the partnership, is simply to change the global war router or did that was established by western democracies after the Second World War global world order. Working together to replace the Current System with the new system, air system. This is not only on the military front but the economic front. Think about the technology, energy. So, ithink it is really important to watch what will be set there. Because it is consequential. The aim is again to fight democracies in the system that was established in to replace it with their own system and we have seen the expressions of the use geopolitical aims not only in ukraine, but we have seen also and talk or see like iran in the middle east, we are watching also north korea, what that country is doing and we see those autocracies are working together, to a certain extent. But at the epicentre of that it really is the russian and chinese cooperation. Is very i
Of food and water left for two million palestinians, and the hospitals are about to run out of fuel. President Biden Will Leave Washington For Israel in an hour. We have got reaction from across the region tonight. Jeremy bowen is in southern israel. We will speak to the un in gaza. Mark regev will be with us from jerusalem and we will speak to the un troops in lebanon who are under fire and struggling to maintain the peace. Good evening. It is hard to quite believe what has transpired in just ten days. The slaughter of 1,400 people in israel, a Hostage Crisis that torments a nation, a Bombing Campaign thats killed 3000 palestinians. The pictures emerging from Al Ahli Baptist hospital show scenes of utter chaos reported a 500 people were killed in a hospital where people were sheltering in gaza city. Killed 3000 palestinians. The pictures emerging from Al Ahli Baptist hospital show scenes of utter chaos with bloodied and maimed casualties being rushed out on stretchers in the darkness.
The country from gaza. Gunmen then cross the border, some on paragliders, launching multiple attacks on towns, Military Bases and kibbutz. 1,400 people were murdered. Hostages were also taken, with the Israeli Military now saying 155 people are now being held by hamas. Israel responded with air strikes on gaza which have continued all week. Electricity, food, fuel and water have been cut off and more thani million residents were told to leave. The palestinian Authorities Say more than 2,670 people have already died. Meanwhile, an estimated 300,000 israeli troops have gathered on the border with gaza, ahead of a possible Ground Invasion. Lets focus now on hamas s objectives. After launching its attacks in southern israel. Live now to kamran bochari, senior director of the Eurasian Security and prosperity portfolio at the newlines institute. And an expert on islamic extremism if you can, talk to me about where hamas s objectives now lie given what we have seen over the last few days. I w
Is trying to stretch the frontline ukraines commander in the area has been replaced. In another sign of the growing strain on kyiv ukraine has said it will need Record Energy imports after russian attacks on infrastructure. As russia makes progress in the war, President Putin is set to appoint a new Defence Minister andrey belousov. Like his predecessor sergei shoigu, he doesnt have much experience in the field. But hes one of putins most influential economic advisers. And analysts say that may offer a clue to the russian leaders desire to fund his military ambitions. We will have more on that shortly. I will correspond and has the latest on the fighting in ukraine. The Kharkiv Region on the fighting in ukraine. Tue Kharkiv Region is on the fighting in ukraine. Tte Kharkiv Region is the on the fighting in ukraine. Tte Kharkiv Region is the focus on the fighting in ukraine. Tte Kharkiv Region is the focus of these new offences, and what Ukrainian Forces are saying is that the russians a