a mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her 15 year old son in huddersfield in west yorkshire in a campaign of torture that lasted weeks. the european union launches fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with the post brexit northern ireland protocol. and later in the hour, will the millions of people who loved the book enjoy the film of where the crawdads sing? find out what mark kermode thinks of it, and the rest of the week s main releases, on the film review at 5.45. good afternoon. a critical incident has been declared at the port of dover, with holiday makers and lorry drivers facing queues of several miles to the ferry terminal. bosses at the port have blamed what they ve called woefully inadequate staffing at french border controls. this weekend marks the start of the school summer holidays in most of england and wales, and the rac estimates that nearly 19 million leisure trips will be made between now and monday. our correspon
Conspiracy theories, Hoax Spreaders or different candidates into the european elections who are trying to abuse this tragic situation for political gains. Let us all refrain from lies and i would like to publicly declare that the Security Situation in the government meeting, the Security Measures are at a maximum possible level. I would like to thank the Slovak Intelligence Service for an excellent cooperation. Also, iwould service for an excellent cooperation. Also, i would like to state that we have adopted stricter measures only during the meeting of the slovak Ukrainian Government meeting. I was strongly stating this because part of the media, part of the political scene are trying to blame the security forces, the Law Enforcement forces for the situation. Im stating this very clearly, i am addressing certain media, some media, you know very well whom i am talking about, you are giving place to desperate politicians for them to spread their lies, stop doing this. In this way, you a
Continue to bring more action live here on this programme. Welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. Let us stay without Breaking News from slovakia. Let me take you through what has happened. An Assassination Attempt has been made on the Prime Minister of slovakia, robert fico. He has been shot and badly injured in this afternoon. These are the pictures of the immediate aftermath, with the Prime Minister being carried into the car. His official Facebook Page says he was shot several times. From a different angle, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be officers. We still dont know very much about the man. Its been reported hes a 71, but other than that, no real detail about that man. A government say the Prime Minister is in a life threatening condition. These are the pictures of him being rushed to a helicopter for treatment. Those of the crucial pictures in terms of the timeline and the key details of what has happened through the course of this a
We start with the latest on the Israel Gaza War. The United Nations Security Council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. Its Secretary General warned that the situation there has reached a dangerous new low, as israel prepares for a Ground Offensive. Its a week ago today that hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments launched its attack on israel. During the night the Israeli Military continued, as you can see from these pictures, to hit targets from the air. The Israel Defence forces also released this video of air strikes on what it says are anti tank Missile Launchers in gaza. The army also confirmed it has carried out localised raids inside gaza ahead of its expected Ground Offensive. Officials say the raids were to eliminate the threat of terrorist cells and infrastructure. In other developments, the United Nations estimates than Tens Of Thousands in gaza have fled after the israeli evacuation warning. The original de