great panel to get into it all this evening. first, the latest headlines. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said that an israeli strike which hit a camp for displaced people in gaza was a tragic incident and was being investigated. dozens of people were killed when fire broke out at the camp in rafah. there has been widespread international condemnation of the attack. aid agencies in papua new guinea say they are unable to reach some of the people buried in friday s landslide because the ground is still moving. as many as 2,000 people are feared to have been trapped under the landslip. at least 21 people have been killed in the us, as storms and tornadoes swept acros several states. among the worst affected areas arkansas, texas, and kentucky. forecasters have issued warnings for a severe thunderstorm on monday around newjersey, new york, and pennsylvania. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has called on western leaders to put more pressure on russia
craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snp sjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launching its manifesto in northern ireland. so it is a busy day for all of the parties today. we ll touch on all of the above in this programme, but let s start with the election betting investigation. here s tobias elwood speaking to the bbc radio 4 today. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self inflicted distraction, and in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. the prime minister has expressed his anger, he said that at the leaders s question time debate. it has bee
no, that was up to seven. i think that was seven. it might be my souvlaki talking, but yes. so it s a big debate with all of the parties who are fielding candidates in the election being represented. and as a result of that, what you have is of course, the sort of battle royale going on between labour and the tories, but you have an opportunity to hear from a much broader rainbow of political opinion. yeah, it means on the one hand it s less focused than when it was starmer versus sunak on tuesday, and it sjust two people going head to head on a range of issues. it becomes a bit more sprawling, but equally it feels more like britain because you re hearing about wales and hearing about scotland. sure. and it s a reflection also of the fact that there are lots of different kinds of political races in lots of different kinds of constituencies. there are races that are between the snp and the tories in some parts of more rural scotland they tend to be. there are of course that ar
to represent the government later in the day at omaha beach. conservative sources say reports that the prime minister had it was said he would have to answer for his own actions. reform uk s nigel farage said, rishi sunak could not even be bothered to attend the international event above omaha beach. who really believes in our people, him or me? it comes as representatives of the seven biggest parties in the uk prepare to take part in a special 90 minute election debate on the bbc tonight where they ll face questions from the audience. the parties have all made new policy pledges today, the conservatives on child benefit, labour on low deposit mortgages and the lib dems on parental leave. this our political correspondent hannah miller has this report. a line up of world leaders rom right to left, president biden, german chancellor olaf scholz, french president emmanuel macron and british foreign secretary david cameron. they were at an event to commemorate those who fou