But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
From a crucial scottish by election. What will it tell us about the prospects for labour and the snp . Stand by your Election Night coverage starts here. Party strategists at labour and the snp will be burning the midnight oil, working what todays crunch vote in scotland tells them about the next General Election. Nicks there and has read the runes. Both horses in this two horse race agree on the winner labour. Now a new race is under way Expectation Management. Snp and labour mps are with us to discuss whether labour is indeed about to carry this off. Also tonight, 51 people are killed in a strike that hit a cafe in kharkiv, while president zelensky meets european leaders gathered in spain. Are ukraines western allies still committed to the fight . We must not allow putin to destabilise any other part of the world and our partners in order to ruin europes power. We speak to the exiled Opposition Leader of belarus. And americas greens agonise about Mining Lithium for car batteries. Is
is the release of dozens more israeli hostages abducted by hamas on october 7th imminent? the israeli war cabinet met tonight as hopes rise of a deal to free israelis held in gaza. we ll talk to one man who is hoping at least some of his relatives could be freed. also tonight, on the eve of the chancellor s autumn statement, we ask voters across the country what they want to hear. what i would be looking for in an ideal world is that the triple lock would be maintained. i m expecting to get a raw deal, not a good deal. speak to us disabled people and make it so we speak to us disabled people and make it so we can speak to us disabled people and make it so we can come to work and we can contribute we ll also talk live to a professor in economics of innovation and public value. the chief economic advisor at allianz. and the co chair of liz truss s growth commission and ask what they would do if advising the chancellor. plus a us tech firm palantir wins an nhs it contract
welcome to the programme. israel says it s rescued a female solider who d been held since october the 7th. three other hostages appear in a video released by hamas. all that as the situation on the ground in gaza continues to escalate, as israeli tanks are seen on a key highway outside gaza city. tonight we will bring you the latest on the situation. we also will have the latest from westminster, after home secretary suella braverman described pro palestinian demonstrations as hate marches . and to discuss all this i m joined by my panel, from washington, stefanie bolzen, the north america editor of die welt and from bridgend, carwynjones, the former first minister of wales. israel says its ground offensive has led to the rescue of one of its soldiers who was held in gaza by hamas. these pictures show private ori megidish back with her family again. she has had medical checks and said to be doing well. word of her rescue comes as israeli forces have seemingly cut off one of