there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeared to have settled down again after eight or nine years of chaos. since the brexit referendum in 2016, eight years ago, there ve been no fewer than five prime ministers, all from the conservative party. now the opinion polls suggest the labour party will win power onjuly the 4th, either outright or through a coalition. will british politics settle down to their usual stability after that? and what will britain s position in the world be? the bbc s diplomatic correspondent james landale. the great irony is the last election was essentially a referendum on whether or not we should get brexit done. that was the great conservative slogan, and
[exploexplosions] israel rejecting calls for a cease fire as it advances troops further into the g gaza strip. iran now threatening the united states, saying our nation would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a cease fire in gaza. rachel: pro palestinians protesters rallied ahead of secretary of state antony blinken s meeting tomorrow, thousands of protest theres were raging through the streets of the nation s capital, calling out president biden for giving aid to israel. we demand a cease fire! not another dime! vandals hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even trying to climb over the gates. jonathan hunt is on the ground in jerusalem with the latest. jonathan. reporter: will, pete, rachel, we are hearing from the white house this morning that some 300 americans have made it out of ga. gagza, but some remain in there, part of antony blinken s latest round of diplomacy is aimed at getting the remaining americ
there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeared to have settled down again after eight or nine years of chaos. since the brexit referendum in 2016, eight years ago, there ve been no fewer than five prime ministers, all from the conservative party. now the opinion polls suggest the labour party will win power onjuly the 4th, either outright or through a coalition. will british politics settle down to their usual stability after that? and what will britain s position in the world be? the bbc s diplomatic correspondent james landale. the great irony is the last election was essentially a referendum on whether or not we should get brexit done. that was the great conservative slogan, and
hello and welcome to unspun world. thank you forjoining us. britain heads into a snap election. will its position in the world change? international politics is becoming far more fluid, and in that context, the uk potentially has advantages to gain because of its unique relationship set around the world. iran will soon hold an election too, but is there any possibility its rulers can win back popular support? the majority of the people have been disillusioned with this regime. they have taken to the streets time and again asking for regime change. and we look at the new shape of the middle east with security correspondent frank gardner. there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeare
if. [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation s capital yesterday. [inaudible conversations] stop funding genocide! israel [inaudible] rachel: vandals have been hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to the climb over the gates. we re seeing this all over the globe swarming the world s biggest cities including toronto. meanwhile, in israel, the iron dome intercepting rocket fire coming from if gaza overnight. pete: the idf also striking several hezbollah terror hubs along the jewish state s northern border with lebanon as fierce over a wider ranging conflict continue to escalate. jonathan hunt is on the ground many jerusalem with the latest. jonathan. reporter: will, rachel, pete, good morning to you guys. it was another very active night in gauze both on the ground and