in later on tuesday. the indian election commission says a record 6a2 million people voted. exit polls have predicted a victory for prime minister narendra modi s bjp party, ensuring a third consecutive term for mr modi. cruising into this election, prime minister narendra modi. shouting. fuelled by adulation and a hindu centric ideology. his main opponent, rahul gandhi heir of a political dynasty, leader of indian national congress. before the elections kicked off, their bank accounts were frozen by the government. this is not freezing of the congress party s bank accounts. this is the freezing of indian democracy. congress built a coalition with dozens of other political parties to counter mr modi. they say the prime minister used intimidation to prevent a fair campaign. politicians were raided, chief ministers jailed. initially, the modi campaign was all about promoting his accomplishments, but quickly turned to islamophobic messaging. here, mr modi telling supporters,
news of another cyber this time affecting several large london hospitals, being described as a major cyber attack. services including the delivery of blood transfusions have been affected, according to memos are sent to nhs staff. we know that the king s couege staff. we know that the king s college hospital and guy s and saint thomases are amongst the hospital is experiencing problems, with some operations reported to have been cancelled or redirected. we will talk to one of a health correspondence about this shortly. more on that story, the breaking story coming up for you. let s continue with the general election campaign. the big news today is rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in their first televised debate of the general election campaign tonight. the hour long programme on itv will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. it comes as the conservatives have promised to introduce a yearly cap on the number of migrant visas, while labour has accus
and the snp, in favour of granting new oil and gas licences? yes or no? i m in favour of there being a climate compatibility test. why can t you just give a straight answer? - i think what we ve just seen here is an example of two parties that have been in power for far too long. the snp and labour will be key rivals at this election. this is good - for scotland, john! you cannot escape the fact that you ve signed up to the tories fiscal agenda. you have said you re desperate to get rid| of this tory government, but all you ve done - in this election campaign. is attack the labour party. douglas ross admitted the preparation for liz truss mini budget wasn t there. and that hadn t been done, and i hold my hands up i assumed that had been done. the greens called their exclusion from this event outrageous. stv said they were comfortable with their decision. there ll be more arguments, more questions, and more debate to come. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. president biden has said h
douglas ross admitted the preparation for liz truss mini budget wasn t there. and that hadn t been done, and i hold my hands up i assumed that had been done. the greens called their exclusion from this event outrageous. stv said they were comfortable with their decision. there ll be more arguments, more questions, and more debate to come. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. we will be talking more about the leaders debates to be held tonight with james cleverly from the conservative and from labour. plenty more news around this morning. a british israeli man has been named among four hostages confirmed dead by the israeli army. 51 year old nadav popplewell and three israeli nationals were abducted by hamas near the gaza strip on 7th october. a military spokesman said the four men were killed in the khan younis area,