the conservatives have promised to bring back a form of national service if they win the general election. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of either joining the military full time for 12 months or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the nhs. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, many more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next parliament they would bring back a form of mandatory national service for every 18 year old. that would involve either applying for one of 30,000 full time one year placements in the armed forces or cyber defence, or young people would have to volunteer in their communities for one weekend a month in organisations s
moment asjoe biden and donald trump face in atlanta. good evening and welcome to newsnight, live on weeknights and packed full of political vitamins, interviews and tonight insights about the rematch betweenjoe biden and donald trump that kicks off in three and a half hours. donald trump s are playing, it has just arrived in atlanta. and we are waiting for him to disembark from that. it has landed for at least three minutes but no sign of him. last time 73 million americans watched the debate. polls suggest this time it could be even higher with 115 million voters likely to tune in. lets go straight over to to cnn hq in atlanta, who are hosting the debate, to the spin room, to speak to catriona perry, the bbc s chief dc presenter. any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building already - any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building alread
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