Also on the programme. Israel kills a top islamichhad leader in gaza and braces for retaliatory rocket attacks. After nine years at sea, a message in a bottle finally receives a response. Thankfully, it wasnt an 505. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in Bishop Auckland, and Michelle Fleury is in new york. We are just over a month from the uk general election and its in places like this County Durham where the vote could be won and lost. Bbc news will be visiting ten areas of the uk where seats will be closely contested. Today, weve travelled beyond the bubble to Bishop Auckland in the north east of england. Its a marginal labour seat which voted decisively for brexit. Well, yesterday the brexit party announced they would not run candidates in seats won by the conservatives in 2017. But they will stand in Bishop Auckland, making the seat even more marginal and more unpredictable. Last week, we were in leeds on the doorstep with the canvassers. This time, we have steered clear of th
Weather, possibly 15 or 16 even. To the north, chilly, the shower is a tad wintry on the tops of the scottish mountains but that milder air will move northwards again as we head towards the end of the week. We are looking at the prospect of some 16 and welcome to scotlands largest town, a stones throw from glasgow. Historically, it was a Labour Stronghold until the partys rout in scotland in 2015, when the snp had a spectacular win here. So with a general election looming, what are the preoccupations and passions of the people of paisley be It Domestic Issues or defence, education and the environment, young and old, rich and poor . Tonight, politicians and people from every major sector are gathered to debate how they, and scotland, are faring 25 years on from the opening of scotlands parliament. Good evening. Applause paisley became an economic powerhouse in the Industrial Revolution, at the forefront of the textile industry, home of the famous paisley pattern, and equally famous radi
And its notjust my industry and the Entertainment Industry, this is the world at large. But in the Entertainment Industry and your industry, you know, as a senior director, there are very few black women in that position. Yes. And what do you put that down to . What i put it down to, i put it down to hollywood being a part of the world. There are very few women, there are very few black people and very few black women in positions of power and status in the world, specifically in the western world. And so its not only the Entertainment Industry. But do you think the Subject Matter of this film was a problem for hollywood . Oh, yes. No, i mean, hollywood is definitely caste ist for sure. Thank you very much indeed, ava. Thank you very much, i appreciate it. Thank you. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. We are looking at the daily mail and it continues with its boost defence spending campaign. Forformer spending campaign. For former defence spending campaign. Forformer Defen
Between 2000 and three and 2006 were not only the difficulties in toronto but a packed was developed between the hardliners and the hardliners in washington who fed off of each other and ended up in the situation. That ended up with president khatami being replaced by president ahmadinejad. The United States helped to produce that situation. Lastly, may i ask a question that follows on from the previous question . Will the foreign secretary make it clear to the americans that if Prime Minister netanyahus efforts at the United States Congress Prevent president obama from continuing with the negotiations, the uk, germany, france and the eu will have to detach themselves from america and reach their own conclusions, along with other members of the p5 . I am grateful for the right honorable gentlemans remarks and i agree very much about the importance of maintaining momentum. It was possible to see that even over the past two weeks. The 10day gap between the negotiations that took place tw
If they ask stupid questions, i tell them they are stupid. That is the relationship every candidate should try to have with the media. Over there, please . I think what we all want to know, what does it take for a republican candidate to beat hillary, and can you do that . I have no idea if i can do it, but listen i think the question should be broader. What does it take for a republican candidate to win . We have to do better than over the last two cycles. We have to reach out to other constituencies that have not voted for us in the past, and we better be doing it now. The fact is, our country is changing, like it always does. As a country changes demographically and economically, people who want to lead first have to understand who they are asking to lead. They need to listen to those people. I think leadership is just as much about listening as it is about talking. For republicans, we cant give the percentage of the hispanic vote and africanamerican vote that we have nationally and