he also predicted labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer, than the conservatives. lucy manning has all the details. mr farage, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says i have? iyou said ten days ago you are notl going to stand, so why the change? do you ever change your mind about anything ever? he said he wouldn t, but now he will. a major u turn, a change of heart thrust nigel farage into the heart of the general election campaign. i can t let down those millions of people. i simply can t do it! it would be wrong. so i have decided. i ve changed my mind. it s allowed, you know! it s not always a sign of weakness. it could potentially be a sign of strength. so i am going to stand in this election. margaret thatcher famously said she wasn t for turning. you are obviously for turning. why the massive u turn all of a sudden? this is
of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn an
to frontline politics and will run as a candidate in the general election for the reform uk party, which he will now also lead. he s to contest the seat of clacton in essex, his eighth attempt to become an mp, having previously said he wouldn t run in this election. but he s changed his mind because he said he didn t want to let millions of people down. he also predicted that labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer than the conservatives, whom he claims are incapable. lucy manning has all the details. mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t - mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? | find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says why have you changed your mind? who says i why have you ch
about her vital role in the d day landings ahead of the 80th anniversary. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news we ll get the latest from roland garros, in what s been a bad french open for british players so far. can katie boulter reach the second round? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. israeli tanks have reached the centre of rafah in southern gaza for the first time the city where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been sheltering. the hamas run health authority says at least 21 have been killed today after an explosion in a tented evacuation zone on the outskirts of the city. it comes two days after dozens more were killed when an air strike triggered a blaze on another tent camp near rafah. internationaljournalists are prevented from entering gaza by israel and egypt. lucy williamson is in jerusalem for us tonight. israel s allies have warned for months against any operation in rafah that would put siblings at risk and i