After official figures showed inflation was falling again. Mr sunak says he will fight for every vote, while the labour leader, sir keir starmer says the country is ready for change. We begin our coverage with our political editor, chris mason. The lectern in place after a downpour of after a downpour of a anticiptaion. Cameras, reporters, brollies, the downpours coming from the skies too. At teatime, this. Earlier today, i spoke with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament. The king has granted this request and we will have a General Election on the 4th ofjuly. Music blaring from campaigners in nearby whitehall, Rain Tumbling onto the Prime Ministers sodden suit. You must choose in this election who has that plan. Who is prepared to take the bold action necessary to secure a Better Future for our country and our children . Now, i cannot and will not claim that we have got everything right. No government should. But i am proud of what we have achieved together. Th
Usually meets weekly on tuesday, but rishi sunak was in vienna meeting his austrian counterpart yesterday, so thats why cabinet didnt happen. Thats perfectly reasonable. However, david cameron, the foreign secretary, who is in albania, appears to be coming back early to take part in that Cabinet Meeting to stop thats quite striking. All these little straws in the wind, these little straws in the wind, these things that make you think, something is up, those are all going in a big way. Indie something is up, those are all going in a big way in a big way. We love speculation in olitics. In a big way. We love speculation in politics we in a big way. We love speculation in politics. We will in a big way. We love speculation in politics. We will find in a big way. We love speculation in politics. We will find out in a big way. We love speculation in politics. We will find out later. Politics. We will find out later. Thank you. Its a key day for the post Office Inquiry into the horizon it sc
For the Miscarriage Ofjustice of Sub Postmasters and she broke down in tears under questioning. The horizon it software wrongly said money was missing from branch accounts and more than 900 Sub Postmasters were convicted. Ms vennells was Chief Executive from 2012 to 2019 and today started giving evidence to the inquiry. Among the questions to answer what did she know about the ability of others to remotely access the accounts . For years the post office denied this was possible. The inquiry s seen a transcript of a call with a Senior Lawyer in 2013 which suggests that Paula Vennells had been briefed about a covert operations team. Also, did she mislead mps in 2015 when she appeared in front of a committee on the issue. And should she have done more to get to the bottom of it . Our Business Correspondent theo leggett has been listening to her evidence so far. His report contains Flash Photography from the start. Any word before you go in ms vennells. At the heart of a bitter scandal. An
Bodies, all places. Every one of us knows somebody who has been killed, taken in captivity. He was saying mommy, we are trying to get out of here, but im bleeding, we were shot. Everyone who was shot. And she said mommy, im afraid i will die. This is the Worst Nightmare for every mother in the world. We are in hell right now. That is where we. Are we want to live without the fear of terrorist crossing our border. Every hour there is news of people being bombed in their homes and dying. People sat on top of us. There are lots of children, very young children, whose bodies were laid on the floor. We were expecting death at any moment. Were expecting that the whole gaza strip will be erased at any minute. So im like, show evacuate now . Or should i just wait for my death in my own house . Its a huge big cage that we are trapped inside and there is nowhere else to go. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. It has now been 14 days since the horrific act of terror by hamas, a war that
Coming home, we have missed so much we hope you are live. And safe. And we know you are so brave. And strong. And were glad you made it through this. Natalie and julie we love you so much, and we couldnt wait to see you here, were gonna see hopefully next week and we are going to celebrate, were gonna have a big party and were gonna hug you and kiss you. They are the first hostages freed since hamas kidnapped nearly 200 people near the october 7th attack on israel. In a statement President Biden said quote, we have not ceased our efforts to secure the release of those still being held. I think the government of qatar, and the government of israel for their partnership in this work. And quote. Just outside of gaza, trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid are still waiting to enter. More than 100 trucks are stuck on the egyptian side of the rafah border between egypt and gaza. This comes as an israeli airstrike hit the oldest active church in gaza, killing at least 18 people.