england prepares for their first match of the tournament later today. when you know, you know. we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. in the last few hours the israeli military has announced what it s calling a daily tactical pause in part of southern gaza, but not the city of rafah. that is where the focus of the military operation is. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in months. it is really army said the israeli army said it happened during operational activity. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war would go on. where will this be in gaza? . there has been mixed messaging from the israelis today. we had a statement first thing idf said that would be our pause in t
Newsday. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, dc, where the administration has given new details about its plans on how to deal with north korea. The Us State Department said the president aims to put pressure on pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear and lipstick programmes. In an unusual move, all us senators we re in an unusual move, all us senators were given a classified briefing on the strategy. Ballistic missile programmes. One us senator called the briefing sobering. This isnt for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. A Live Fire Exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. Its a show of force, and a show of unity. A Military Exercise with an unmistakable message to the souths unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. In washington this morning, the head of us Pacific Command put it like this. As P
Newsday. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, dc, where the administration has given new details about its plans on how to deal with north korea. The Us State Department said the president aims to put pressure on pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear and lipstick programmes. In an unusual move, all us senators we re in an unusual move, all us senators were given a classified briefing on the strategy. Ballistic missile programmes. One us senator called the briefing sobering. This isnt for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. A Live Fire Exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. Its a show of force, and a show of unity. A Military Exercise with an unmistakable message to the souths unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. In washington this morning, the head of us Pacific Command put it like this. As P
Welcome to the programme. As theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn face each other in the commons, one last time before the election. Labour will guarantee the triple lock and treat pensioners with respect. Unable to defend our country. Determined to raise tax on ordinary workers, no plan to manage our economy. Even his own supporters know hes not fit to run this country. Peers ask what will brexit mean for the sharing of your personal data . And, how would you define an extremist . But first, it lasted almost an hour and was full of soundbites and slogans. The last Prime Ministers questions before the General Election was certainly a rumbustious affair. Jeremy corbyn questioned theresa may on pensions and the nhs, but he began with pay. I start, mr speaker, with christopher, who wrote to me this week and he says; in the last five years, my husband has had only a 1 increase in his wages. The Cost Of Living has risen each year. We now have at least 15 less buying power than then. So where is ch
And fancy working in an enormous Train Station . I dont know if youve noticed, but there seems to have been a lot of election talk of late. This week, click is taking a trip to paris where, this weekend, the french take to the polls in the first round of their president ial election. And curiously, from a Technology Point of view, the way we vote seems, if anything, to be going backwards. In the last election, france did allow online voting for those living overseas. But not this time. For both the president ial elections and the legislative elections injune, it is back to pen and paper. And that is due to the fear of cyber attacks, which the French National Cyber Security agency says are an extremely high risk. Queues of people, paper voting surely there has to be a better way. Well, we asked bbc newsbeats Political Editor Jonathan Blake to have a look. Ancient institutions and modern technology the two do not always go together. As elections are held worldwide throughout 2017 that co