england takes on slovakia. hello. we start here in the uk. with just five days to go before the general election, the leader of the reform uk party, nigel farage, has given a rally in birmingham. after a racism row embroiled his party in scandal. the prime minister rishi sunak described the incident as racist and inappropriate. speaking in front of 4,000 people, mr farage told crowds he felt compelled to come back to politics as an alternative to whom he called slippery sunak and sir keir starmer. mr farage also said he felt that the uk was in cultural decline. that aside, with a country that s in economic decline. and think about this. gdp per capita has fallen for the last six consecutive quarters. people are getting poorer. and i couldn t stand aside. in a country that is in genuine societal decline, safety, people fearful of going out at night, people scared to even go out to their local pub, knives being carried wholesale by young people in our country. so we are, i have
police in tenerife confirm that the search for missing british teenagerjay slater has been called off after nearly two weeks. england s game against slovakia in the knockout stages of the euros has just kicked off in germany. whoever wins that match will play switzerland, who ve caused a major upset by knocking out the defending champions, italy, 2 0 in berlin. these are live pictures of fans gathering in london. these arejust some of the scenes of fans gathering in many places across london. this is north west london somewhere. in wembley where they are waiting, the game has kicked off. we are going to bring you a sense of the excitement and reaction from fans and other places across the country as well later. that is a glimpse of the atmosphere. a reform uk candidate has disowned the party and endorsed the local conservative candidate instead. the candidate said it is significant moral issue in parts of the party following what he called reports of widespread racism and sex
the fundamental differences between the two sides, the fundamental demands they are making, don t seem reconcilable at the moment. an israel gaza peace deal hangs in the balance after hamas proposes changes to the us backed plan for a ceasefire. also tonight three russian warships and a submarine arrive in cuba, just 90 miles off the us coast. officials call the military drills non threatening . questions but do the leaders have the answers? the prime minister and his rival vying for the job face a grilling on key policy issues ahead of the uk general election. and could you go cold turkey in a digital detox? we have a special report as ten teenagers swap their smartphones for basic devices. we ll show you how they got on. we begin tonight in the middle east. us secretary of state antony blinken is back in qatar, as talks continue over the latest gaza ceasefire proposal. mr blinken says hamas has proposed a number of changes to the latest proposal some are workable,
promise in their manifesto to cut net migration to the tens of thousands. labour is promising to ban tv ads for unhealthy food before the watershed, to tackle childhood obesity. and facebook places advertisements in british newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run up to the general election. good morning from paris, where emmanuel macron has been attending his first official function as france s president elect. hejoined commemorations here in the capital, marking the end of the second world war in europe, along with the man he ll replace by the end of the week, francois hollande. the two men stood side by side for the annual ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier to commemorate victory in europe day and the surrender of nazi forces on may eight, 1916. mr macron who ll be france s youngest leader since napoleon is working on forming a new government. he s admitted he faces daunting challenges and he promised to heal divisions and restore confidence