2a people are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip, including six children. israel says it s targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which in response has fired more than 300 rockets. yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight, islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in revenge, it said, for its leader s death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier, a missile hit this israeli home. the family went to their shelter when the air raid sirens went off, this local official said. this is probably what saved th
it is eight in the morning in singapore and two a.m. in paris. where exit polls from the first round of france s parliamentary elections, suggest the far right have made historic gains. turnout was the highest, for 40 years. marine le pen s hard right national rally party came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote. president macron s gamble to hold the snap election, saw his centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. a final result won t be known for another week, with a second round of voting for the national assembly s 577 seats, next sunday. andrew harding, has the latest from paris. a kiss for marine le pen this morning. a politician once considered too extreme for most french voters, today her national rally is on a role. and with her her 28 protege who was hoping to be france s next prime minister. results show their party on the left has worn over a third of all v
uk rally that his party will become the voice of opposition. a short time ago, keir starmer was taking questions at hitchin football club. this is what he had to say when asked if he was worried that his mandate to be prime minister could be wide but shallow. we have taken this party, we have changed it and here we stand on the monday before the election ready to change our country for the better. so my track record as a leader is clear. yes, what we re asking now is for the opportunity to do the same for our country. and yes, we face the same challenge, which is a version of, look, the country is broken, almost nothing is working better than it was when the tories started. is it possible to bring around the change that we offer? yes, it is. we have that determination, that intention and in five years time we will be able to look back and say you are truly better off, your public services are working properly and the economy is working for everyone. i ll be very, very happy
parliamentary elections this is the scene live at a polling atation in paris. support for the far right national rally party has surged since they won the european elections three weeks ago despite macron pledging to stop its rise. i am mark lohan live in paris where voters are flocking to the polling station, some hoping for the first far right government since the second world war, others desperately trying to block it. and a sky full of stars at coldplay s glastonbury set with a few surprise guests. country star shania twain takes the stage this afternoon. let s start with the breaking news this past hour. the spanish civil guard has called off the search for the missing british teeenagerjay slater. the 19 year old from lancashire has been missing in tenerife since 17june, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. let s get more on this. with me is in the studio is our correspondent frankie mccamley. what we know at the moment as yesterday there was this
studio: the french prime minister gabriel attal giving his reaction to what has been quite a historic parliamentary election in france, if those exit polls are correct because at the moment they suggest marine lieutenant s hard right national rally party has taken the biggest share of the vote in the first round of france s parliamentary elections. these are the exit polls thus far, but if they do indicate that this is indeed marine le pen s hard right national rally party taking the biggest share of the vote in the first round, it is indeed a historic result. let s cross live to paris were my colleague is monitoring this. we havejust monitoring this. we have just heard gabriel attal give his first reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you a reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you