hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his party s campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accusing labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are some people telling me to forget about this election, but after looking at sir keir starmer s series of u turns, i think people are crying out for political leadership. for leaders who argue for what they actually believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and fairer country. snp leaderjohn
it is laura in the studio. and it is henry in the studio. henry in the studio. today s big sto is henry in the studio. today s big story is keir henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s - henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s promise | henry in the studio. today s big i story is keir starmer s promise on migration. he has said cryptic things for a long time since he has been leader, yes, migration is too high, 700,000 people coming to the country is too big a number. but today for the first time in this campaign he has been clear about a commitment to get the numbers down, which, henry, is a different thing to say i think it is too high. why? because in five weeks per match time should he become prime minister, people like you and me also you made a commitment in the last general election, how have you delivered against it? i also think it is significant because of the politics. the politics are obvious, but we shall spell it out anyway. t
backin back in 2022 msps here at holyrood to pass legislation and that legislation was to make it easier for someone to change their legally recognised sex in scotland but it was blocked by the uk government who believed it was encroaching on the reserved areas, areas affecting the rest of the united kingdom that msps are not supposed to legislate in and it has been a bit of a political argument for some time. scottish green is calling on the next uk government to lift that the veto. i got some time withjohn swinney the leader of the snp before he took part in the pride march and they asked what he wanted the next government to do. we asked what he wanted the next government to do. asked what he wanted the next government to do. we have passed leuislation government to do. we have passed legislation in government to do. we have passed legislation in the government to do. we have passed legislation in the scottish legislation in the scottish parliament which is the demo
correspondent, yolande knell. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or al shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation in israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the north of here, on the israel lebanon border, tensions remain extremely high. there s been an int
sun, but it will be even warmer tomorrow. i ll have the details later here on breakfast. it s saturday 22 june. our main story: the search for a missing teenager enters its sixth day in tenerife. 19 year old jay slater was due to arrive home in lancashire yesterday after his holiday. rescue teams on the island still haven t found any trace of him. our correspondent fiona trott is in tenerife. this is the challenge they are facing. police are searching mountainous terrain above masca, dipping down into the ravine not far from where jay slater was last seen. watching on, concerned friends anxiously waiting for news. and the weight continues back home in lancashire. when you feel helpless thousands of miles away in oswaldtwistle, this is what you do. tie ribbons of hope. tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can do tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can do over tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can do over here