38 political candidates have been killed during the campaign, making mexico s election one of the most violent in recent history. will grant, what s the latest you can tell us. you can probably hear behind me, the main square in mexico city, the festivities for claudia sheinbaum s supporters are picking up, they are pretty confident she has got this. there are not enough votes counted yet to say that with any degree of certainty, but certainly, i don t think they need convincing. she has always been quite far ahead in the polls before voting day, and they are convinced that has been transferred to the vote itself. that said, her nearest challenger galvez has already claimed victory too, so we are in one of those strange post electoral moments. it will be ironed out in the coming hours, but we aren t maybe a few hours away from mexico declaring who its next woman president, almost certainly, it is. $5 its next woman president, almost certainly, it is. as you sa , almost certai
during the campaign, making mexico s election one of the most violent in recent history. we can look at some live pictures in mexico city, the main central plaza in the mexican capital. there you can see supporters gathering, supporters of claudia sheinbaum, as we wait for her to take the stage. will grant, what s the latest you can tell us. , ., ., what s the latest you can tell us. , ., ., us. it s one of those situations us. it s one of those situations where - us. it s one of those situations where it | us. it s one of those | situations where it is us. it s one of those i situations where it is a us. it s one of those - situations where it is a little too early to say anything definitive. getting indications from both parties of victory, kind of normal at this time of the evening after a vote. i suspect we will know something more definitive in the coming hours, probably sooner rather than later. in the main plaza in mexico city, claudia sheinbaum s supporters are c
hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
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the prince of wales described him as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . sally nugent, looks back at his life. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for