Bea at ten oclock Michelle Hussain will be a full round up of the days news. First, this weeks edition of our world. First, this weeks edition of our world. On the barren steppe of central asia, hidden from the world, a testing ground, where, over a0 years, 500 Nuclear Bombs were exploded by the soviet union. They called it the polygon. The local population was supposed to have been sent to safety, but some were made to watch. Thousands lived in villages that werent cleared. Villagers endured radioactive exposure the scale of which the world has never seen. 25 years after the polygon was abandoned by the soviet union, the effects still blight young peoples lives. This is a film about the victims of the Nuclear Testing in the polygon, and one man who has dedicated his life to preventing it from ever happening again. Karipbek kuyukov was born in 1968 in the furthest flung corners of the then soviet empire, here in the vast expanse of the kazakh steppe. Karipbeks parents had already lost
there amid world leaders. keir starmer was also there. labour has claimed the prime minister came back from d day to defend himself in an itv interview, a decision that appears to have gone down badly with many conservatives. we have asked the conservative party for an explanation, we don t know whether the prime minister had any other plans yesterday afternoon, so far we have been met with silence. so what can else we expect from tonight s debate? it is moderated and hosted by michelle hussain. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo. the stage is set. seven senior politicians from seven parties are preparing to meet here tonight. for an hour and a half, they ll face questions from audience members and those sent in by voters across the country. their policies, their performances in the spotlight. the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, will represent the conservatives. for labour, its deputy
labour attack tries to figure out there. it is in the headlines and all the papers. it took keir starmer some time to say that was based on treasury findings, based on what he would see distorted figures provided by the government, but it took some time to see it is nonsense. so the tories are very happy with that. labour believe that what you sup with keir starmer was a symbol of what they believe is the stability you would get with labour compared with what they regard as the division and chaos of the conservatives. division and chaos of the conservatives. ., ,, , ., . , conservatives. thank you. we will be back with you conservatives. thank you. we will be back with you a conservatives. thank you. we will be back with you a little conservatives. thank you. we will be back with you a little later. conservatives. thank you. we will be back with you a little later. on - back with you a little later. on friday, by the way, the bbc will host the first of its prime time election