i just hope we get fair treatment because if we don t our country s in big, big trouble. as the presidential election year begin, former president trump faces multiple legal challenges while president biden makes the case his likely gop opponent is a serious threat to democracy. the choice is clear. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america. not you. democracy is on the ballot. your freedom is on the ballot. i ll talk to republican congresswoman elise stefanik of new york and biden s deputy campaign manager quentin fulks. plus, wider wars. there are growing fears the war between israel and hamas could spread further after the u.s. killed an iranian-backed militia leader inside, and tensions are rising in the red sea. we have an intense focus from preventing this crisis from spreading. i ll talk to isaac herzog. and shutdown threat. will spending cuts lead to another government shutdown. we want to get the border closed and secured first. how far is t
mr sunak said his working assumption is that a poll will be held in the second half of 202a. labour say he s delaying a vote because the tories are unpopular. here s mr sunak earlier. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i have got lots that i want to get on with. this saturday, we will be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work, worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have halved inflation and we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people s taxes. and i also want to keep tackling illegal migration. we cut the number of arrivals last year by over a third, but we have got more to do and we plan to get the rwanda scheme through parliament and up and running. so i have got plenty to get on with and that is what i am focusing on doing, delivering for the british people and it is great to be talking to people here in the east midlands about our progress
victory overjason kubler, whilst elina svitolina came from a set down to beat raducanu our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more on both matches. he s playing well, and its referent meadow, a previous champion. i ve been played matches already and having a third againstjordan thompson, three measures in two days, than for matches in five days, it s exactly what you need when returning to the tour having had a year away. there were two hours and 15 minutes on the part when the third set began my soul being realistic, if you have been out since april and had a few operations, you are going to tie in the third set of a match of that quality and physicality. she was really going for shots, we know this away she plays and wants to play. her defence was very good, and again it s been a encouraging few runs for her, certainly above expectations, given she s had so little tennis in 2023. india have won the second test against south africa in cape town afterjust a day and a h
line. saying if china invades taiwan, u.s. troops could be deployed to defend the island. we have fox team coverage of the rising tensions as well as the biden s administration s response. and aishah hasnie and lucas tomlinson. taiwan launched fighters jets and simulated, and perhaps the most ever. earlier mark esper says that chinese ambitions go well beyond taiwan. they re global. they have made clear that by 2035 they want to have a modern military and their goal is to move beyond the indo-pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. here at the white house, john kirby tried to calm down tensions. communication with china remain open, we have communicated to china privately, we ve certainly done it publicly here with you all, there s no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it s not uncommon for these transits. they re private, unofficial, we ll urge them not to overact. it was the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, afte
hand. this warning comes just hours before a republican-led committee holds a hearing on the chain knee communist party s threat to america. let s start with cnn s manu rash. tonight will be the first prime time hearing that any he republican has held since january. what are republicans telling you about why this is such a top priority? this is one of the rare bipartisan initiatives in a very polarized institution, the u.s. house. but kevin mccarthy has indicated to me and others that this is a bug priority of his to make sure that both sides are on the same page when it comes to the threat of china. that is the same approach the lady verse the committee, mike gallagher on the republican side, and the democrat both are trying to pursue this on a bipartisan basis. he indicated to me this will be an overall scene setting hearing to try to make clear about the threat from china poses, not just abroad but also here in the united states. we expect to hear from key witnesses, s