welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative
victory overjason kubler, whilst elina svitolina came from a set down to beat raducanu our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more on both matches. he s playing well, and its referent meadow, a previous champion. i ve been played matches already and having a third againstjordan thompson, three measures in two days, than for matches in five days, it s exactly what you need when returning to the tour having had a year away. there were two hours and 15 minutes on the part when the third set began my soul being realistic, if you have been out since april and had a few operations, you are going to tie in the third set of a match of that quality and physicality. she was really going for shots, we know this away she plays and wants to play. her defence was very good, and again it s been a encouraging few runs for her, certainly above expectations, given she s had so little tennis in 2023. india have won the second test against south africa in cape town afterjust a day and a h
the river level was up probably to the second step. the basement of daniel s shop was already soaked yesterday. and this has happened before? yeah. i mean, last year i was advised that there wouldn t be much flooding here at all. and another two or three centimetres of rain is expected tonight. the flood warning here is one of more than 200 across england. i m just worried about| the river rising, really. i live slightly up the hill. if i lived further down the hill, i d be slightly concerned. if not very concerned. what was once in a ioo year event is once in a year or something. do you think we should be doing more to adapt to that? to be totally honest, i don t know what is being done. it s difficult to get around, even for those who know the land best. this is gloucestershire, and these cows and horses won t be roaming far on their new island in the midlands. the rain s disrupting rail services and all sorts ofjourneys,
that there wouldn t be much flooding here at all. and another two or three centimetres of rain is expected tonight. the flood warning here is one of more than 200 across england. i m just worried about| the river rising, really. i live slightly up the hill. if i lived further down the hill, i d be slightly concerned. if not very concerned. what was once in a ioo year event is once in a year or something. do you think we should be doing more to adapt to that? to be totally honest, i don t know what is being done. it s difficult to get around, even for those who know the land best. this is gloucestershire, and these cows and horses won t be roaming far on their new island in the midlands. the rain s disrupting rail services and all sorts ofjourneys, but the focus now is on water levels in nottinghamshire. dan johnson, bbc news. we can go live now to natalie fahy, who is the editor of