is well and truly under way, with an eye catching announcement from the conservative party to bring back mandatory national service if it wins on polling day onjuly 4th. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of either joining the military full time for 12 months, or volunteering one weekend every month, taking part in community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the national health service. the home secretary, james cleverly, said the plan would address social fragmentation and get young people out of their bubble . labour has described the plan as a desperate gimmick . more on that shortly. first, this report from our political correspondent leila nathoo. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, plenty more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next parliame
hello, i m martine croxall. we begin with breaking news from the middle east. hamas says it s launched a large missile attack on the city of tel aviv. rocket sirens have sounded there as well as across other cities in central israel. it s believed that the rockets were fired from the rafah area of southern gaza. let s go live tojerusalem and speak to our correspondent danjohnson. yes, they aerate sirens have been sounding across a large area of tel aviv in the last hour or so, we have heard interceptions over the city by colleagues in tel aviv, at least six, possibly eight rockets that have been intercepted by israeli defence systems which are very effective, but it does look like some of these rockets, that we believe were fired from the south of gaza, from rafah, have got through, there are videos emerging of where they have land on open ground. no word yet on whether serious damage has been caused, whether there are any casualties, but it marks another moment in this confl
to bring back mandatory national service if it wins on polling day onjuly 4th. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of eitherjoining the military full time for 12 months, or volunteering one weekend every month, taking part in community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the national health service. home secretary james cleverly said the plan would address social fragmentation and get young people out of their bubble . labour has described the plan as a desperate gimmick . it s been answering questions on its tax and spend plans this morning. more on that shortly. first, this report from our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, many more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next parliament they would bring b
the cause of the fire is not yet clear. officials in ukraine see at least 12 people have been killed and 43 injured after russian forces hit our diy store in kharkiv and some people are still missing. ukraine is calling on the west to supply weapons to prevent similar attacks over the border. this call has been backed by the head of nato. until now ukraine has largely had to rely on drones and other weapons. drones squeal. they are now one of the most potent weapons of this war. cheap, mass produced drones being used to deadly effect. and here on the front they are helping ukraine slow the russian advance. but still not enough. translation: we can hold them back with drones and hurt them badly. but to win with them, unfortunately, no. what you call them? these are peaky blinders. it s what they call themselves peaky blinders after the cult tv series. flat caps, that s where the similarity ends. they have been trained by western special forces. in a few weeks they have hunte
labour s campaign is captured in one word and so far it is a pitch keeping sir keir starmer s party miles ahead in the opinion polls. yesterday, the labour leader pledged to change football governance rules to prevent any super league style breakaways by english clubs. today, the party is highlighting plans to create 350 new banking hubs in britain s towns a move the party claims would bring cash to high streets and help to keep pubs and other shops open. rishi sunak warned voters yesterday not to give labour a blank cheque on polling day. the prime minister knows the situation looks bleak for the tories but said he believes he can win. his tactic is to relentlessly criticise and question labour s tax plans. council tax is the latest focus and the tories say labour should rule out scrapping referenda on council tax hikes an attack labour described as hysterical and desperate. 3, 2, 1. while the two main parties slug it out, the liberal democrat leader ed davey seems to be