China has started two days of Military Exercises around taiwan as a strong punishment. The drills come after lai ching te was sworn in as taiwans new president this week and made an Inauguration Speech that china denounced as a confession of independence. The late president Ebrahim Raisi was buried in his North Eastern hometown in the last day of state organised funeral ceremonies. The state media have praised the funeral in mashhad, stressing that millions attended the ceremony. Good evening. As theyjourneyed into work yesterday, recess looming, the mps At Westminster were probably planning for a Long Bank Holiday weekend. So much for that today they were coming to terms with six weeks of frenetic campaigning, many of them already back in their constituencies, the lucky ones with Party Leaders alongside. There will be miles and miles of travel before voting day onjuly 4th. Even if they re are mostly guided by the maps that lead to target seats, not the same maps that we might use. The
Reform uk candidate. Instead, he will prioritise the us election, not exactly a vote of faith in the party he helped found as it game over for reform uks chances. Reform uks chances. And amidst it all, today its revealed net migration hit a whopping 685,000 last year. Thats just 10 down on the record year before. The tories record year before. The tories say its even lower this year. But will that message sink. In. 7 but will that message sink. In . Well, yes. Im not tom harwood. No im emily, but if youve noticed, toms got a bit of a bit of a sore throat, bit of a bit of a sore throat, bit of a bit of a sore throat, bit of a sore throat today. Quite a lot of talking yesterday, but. But were powering through. Its a general election. You take these things election. You take these things on the chin. What was it . Five hours of talking, plus standing out in downing street in the rain. I think the rain didnt help. No i suppose not. But hes got his, hot, hot water and lemon hot tea and lemo
Alex, well have your weather for you. Good morning. Its wetter and windier picture for many compared to yesterday. Ill have more details later. And of course, sorry, were both so excited together. One at a time. One at a time. Paul coyte will have your sport and in completely under biased sports news. Tottenham hotspur are two points clear at the top of the premier league. There we are. Its the truth. Thats all i got to do. Ive got to do my job. All you need to say. There you go, guys. Thank you. Im stephen dixon. And im Ellie Costello. And this is breakfast on. Gb news. This is breakfast on. Gb news. Okay , lets start this okay, lets start this morning with the latest on israels war with hamas. There israels war with hamas. There is renewed hope for hundreds of families in israel and across the world as two more hostages were released overnight , right . Were released overnight, right . Yes. 80 year old nurit cooper and 85 year old yakov lipschitz were released by hamas on humanity ar
These pictures are from rafah, where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit in one of the overnight israeli strikes. These images are from khan younis in Southern Gaza. Youll remember israel told people in Northern Gaza to evacuate to the south more than a week ago ahead of a possible ground offensive. People in gaza said there was nonstop bombing and shelling by israel overnight. One of the bombardments was by a hospital. There Israeli Defence forces then released this video of air strikes over gaza and we cant be sure exactly where it was shot from. You can see a building being destroyed in those images. Officials say that they have been targeting hamas infrastructure, including the underground tunnels and operational headquarters of hamas. This is according to israels defence ministry. The Defence Minister in israel says the campaign to take up to three months but would eventually, israel intends, to wipe out hamas. In northern israel, there have been exchange