appropriately, from the artificial intelligence summit at bletchley park. the other big story this week, though, has been the quite eye popping testimony at the public inquiry into how the government handled various phases of the covid epidemic. and, i mean, it has massively, massively taken me back to those scary, uncertain days in early spring 2020. and i spent a lot of those days sat in this very studio and the person sat across from me and being very reassuring at all times was laura k, who s back in the studio. not in the studio. no, i m not. but i m logistically distanced today, not socially distanced. and i m very pleased to hear that i was reassuring back in those early days of march 2020. you were one of the only people i saw! well, i m pleased. well, it was very nice. we were a tiny little band of people, carrying on, trying to do ourjobs as everybody wondered what on earth was going on. and it s been a very strange experience watching this, hasn t it? because i was
forward to being on your programme. 50 is that forward to being on your programme. so is that happen? people will follow paddle boards in an election? there is a lot of sewage in our waterways. 14 years of a tory government. it looked pretty staged to me and one person said that is the biggest splash they will make! he is one person said that is the biggest splash they will make! splash they will make! he is the only person splash they will make! he is the only person to splash they will make! he is the only person to get splash they will make! he is the only person to get away - splash they will make! he is the only person to get away with - splash they will make! he is the | only person to get away with this because only person to get away with this because he embraces his centrist dad~ because he embraces his centrist dad~ they because he embraces his centrist dad. they do all these stunts. there was the dad. they do all these stunts. there was the jungle. a
and our political correspondent jack fenwick. another busy day of campaigning, what stood out for you today? there s quite a bit to choose from. it certainly has been another busy day. once again, a theme we ve seen so far in this election is that the economy is really front and centre. we ve heard in the last few minutes how labour have had this letter signed by various business leaders saying they think labour is the way to go in the selection, we ve heard rachel reeves has been out talking about the economy as well. this is all part of labour trying to say they are a changed party since 2019 when jeremy corbyn they are a changed party since 2019 whenjeremy corbyn led the party into that particular election. keir starmer and rachel reeves, and the rest of the labour party think that voters want to be reassured that they will be a safe pair of hands, if you like, if they are in charge of the economy. but there s also a note of caution darrenjones covid labour s shadow chie
this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. good evening. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza was a tragic mishap . the hamas run health ministry said at least 45 people, including children, were killed when a strike hit a camp for displaced people in the tal al sultan area of rafah. the united states said the killing of innocent palestinians was heartbreaking , and warned that israel must take every precaution possible to protect civilians. the israeli army said it had been targeting two senior hamas leaders. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson is injerusalem. morning didn t end the nightmare, but it brought the children, picking through the debris of the dead. the burned remains of shelters mark the place where israel says a top hamas commander was hiding among thousands of displaced families fleeing the fighting in rafah to the south. translation: we were pre