and behind the scenes at the museum a special report on how hundreds of treasures were stolen from the british museum. the labour leader sir keir starmer has given his first major speech of the general election campaign. he was speaking in west sussex and promised that a labour government would bring security, stability and change. he said voters could trust labour because he has changed the party permanently. our political correspondent iain watson is travelling with the labour leader. that s right, i m in this part of west sussex, which labour took control of in the local council elections for the first time in its history earlier this month. so sir keir starmer thinks that some people who previously voted conservative perhaps all their lives might now be a bit more receptive to his message. but he also feels that even though he is 20 points ahead in the opinion polls, they also require reassurance that the party has changed, and that is what he sought to give them in tha
and showers, fewer showers on friday and then it is looking dry into the weekend. authorities in papua new guinea say they estimate that more than 2,000 people were buried by a huge landslide on friday. the fbi says it is investigating to sale of hundreds of treasures that could have been stolen from the british museum. hello. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major speech of the general election campaign. he s been telling undecided voters in west sussex that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100 day national security review in government, looking at all of the threats facing britain. he was speaking in the last hour let s listen back to a little of what he had to say. politics has always been something that happens far away and yet something more profound has changed during the last 1a years of tory government. people now feel more and more of the decisions that affect their commun
it is 7pm, good evening. i am nicky schiller. we are going to start of course with the general election campaign. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle , saying it contained not a single plan for the future . we ll have more about the prime minister shortly, but first here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you ve ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you re working class, you r
i more now on the uk general election, and the conservative s plans to introduce a form of mandatory national service. under the plans, 18 year olds would be given the choice of either joining the military for a year, or taking part in community service. earlier on radio four they spoke to anne marie trevelyan, a minister of state of the foreign office and a former armed forces minister. the? former armed forces minister. they asked how the former armed forces minister. they asked how the conservatives helped to house 30,000 new recruit went according to experts from the kerslake commission existing troops are experiencing damp, mouldy homes, riddled with pests and plagued by shoddy gas and electrical fittings in service accommodation. it is shoddy gas and electrical fittings in service accommodation. it is not a matter of in service accommodation. it is not a matter of prioritising in service accommodation. it is not a matter of prioritising one - in service accommodati
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