after the israeli military carried out one of the largest air strikes in recent months in gaza and lebanon targeting sites of the islamist group hamas. the latest we are hearing from israel itself is their chief of staff has called up reserve soldiers in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators. israel says they are in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blame on hamas. carine torbey who is in beirut for us. what is being said in lebanon about who launched these rocket attacks from lebanon to israel? from lebanon to israel? well, nothinu. from lebanon to israel? well, nothing- no from lebanon to israel? well, nothing. no one from lebanon to israel? well, nothing. no one in from lebanon to israel? well, nothing. no one in lebanon i from lebanon to israel? well, i nothing. no one in lebanon has claimed responsibility for what happened yesterday. no one is taking the blame and the government ha
reality, already be a rematc between very familiar names. as a brand-new polling from nb news shows and suggests, despite being the current fron runners for their partie nominations, americans are not excited about the prospect of joe biden donald trump rematch next year. the good moves for trump i that nearly 70% of gop primary voters are rallying around him right now. in part because he is th target of multiple legal investigations that many republicans view as politicall motivated. for six in ten americans including a third of republicans, enough is enough. and they do not want to se trump in the white house again as for biden, seven in ten americans have the opinion the democrats do not want to see the president run again. what do voters want to see just over a year out fro election day and what does the presiden need to show them to close the enthusiasm gap i will ask msnbc host, joe scarborough for his take o this polling numbers and his recent trip to interview preside
the highest daily number since 2006. 25 years after the landmark good friday agreement, we look at the tensions and obstacles still plaguing northern ireland. and at the masters in augusta, rory mcilroy tees off in the hope that this will finally be his year. and coming up on the bbc news channel: england play for a trophy at wembley for the first time since winning the euros. and just like last summer ella toone s on the scoresheet. their experiences and from the commissioner in charge. good evening. the depth of alarm about the state of the metropolitan police the biggest force in the uk has been highlighted by the measures now being taken by the commissioner, sir mark rowley. he s moved dozens of officers from their work tackling organised crime and terrorism to focus instead on identifying colleagues who are unfit to be in the force. hundreds of staff previously accused of sex crimes or domestic abuse are to be urgently reassessed, and more than 600 others are to ha
My mothers side to come from donegal. Um id grown up with a very clear understanding of the troubles and you would wait literally every morning and the 19 seventies 19 eighties. 19 nineties. Um. To use on on the uk media of acts of terrorism or destruction. Death story, tragic stories of the families of the victims of the troubles. So it was all it was part of my own personal history. But i also thought, you know john major, who would be my predecessors. Prime minister had tried and got somewhere there was some stirring. You could see some possibility, even though the thing is broken down by the time we came to office, and i thought i mean, ive often wondered whether it was just because you were straight into government and maybe the you know you had this feeling that everything was possible. And so youre prepared to give what most people thought was impossible about. So what . For all of those reasons that the first speech i made as Prime Minister was here in Northern Ireland. Um and
let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this mornin