Shortly. Sunshine. All the details very shortl. , its saturday 4 may. Our main story rishi sunak has insisted the conservatives have Everything To Fight For, despite the party losing nearly half the seats contested in local elections in england. With results expected in several mayoral races today, the tories will be hoping that andy street can cling on as mayor in the West Midlands. Having already won key councils and a decisive by election, labours expected to hold on to most of the regional mayors up for grabs. Our Political Correspondent, harry farley, has the story. Not many smiles around for the conservatives. The party is that for its worst local elections result in years. One result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. X t aur cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of cheer for rishi sunak. Your i reelected mayor of teesside cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of Teesside Ben Houchen
Good morning. It is sunday, april 7 with the president ial race in full swing between the two nominees. Both campaigns are focusing on raising as much money as they can. A couple of weeks ago, joe biden was joined by barack obama and bill clinton to headline a star studded Campaign Fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. And brought in a Record Setting 26 million, the most money ever raised for a single political event until apparently last night. Just 11 days after setting the record. Donald trump needed to smash it. And the fundraiser in florida last night, that they took in more than 50 million. And that they are a study in contract. And that it featured musical performances from lizzo and it featured a conversation. And the low end, what as high as 500,000, which included access to the exclusive gathering. And that it is sold out at more than 5,000 people to sell out. Donald trumps event last night was more exclusive affair. And that they were hosted by john paulson a
was marked respectfully and without incident on whitehall. we are creeping across that much and will keep you updated on any developments. we are keeping a cross that march. the prosests in london come as the director of the al shifa hospital in gaza city says patients, especially those in intensive care, have started to die. the hospital was forced to suspend operations because it s run out of fuel. doctors say one baby has died at the hospital and more than 30 more are at risk as electricity has been cut amid a major israeli offensive. there have been reports of intensified fighting close to a number of hospitals in the territory overnight. the bbc has heard from a doctor at al shifa, who says its intensive care unit had been hit. according to the world health organization, there are currently 130 babies on incubators in gaza. 45 of them are believed to be at the al shifa hospital. the gaza health ministry say 39 of them are now at serious risk of death, given the la
Promising a softer policy on the north. And 82 chibok schoolgirls held by boko haram are freed at last. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore and 1am in paris, where Emmanuel Macron is said to be frances youngest ever president. In a televised address, he said that he understood the anger and anxiety that many voters had expressed. Marine le pen claimed her performance was historic, and that france remain divided. Early results show that Emmanuel Macron has won more than 65 of the vote, more than 30 ahead of Marine Le Pen. Young, dynamic and very, very confident. Emmanuel macron, said to be the youngest leader since napoleon took the crowd by storm. Translation in the face of extremism, i know there are disagreements and i will respect this. And i will be faithful to that commitment taken, i will protect the republic. This is an incredible moment. Mighty france, an economic and political world heavyweight, key eu nation will be presided over by a 39 year old virtual political newcomer w
What weve been discussing w today, which involved in a regular channel, was a request that went against u. S. Policy that have have undermined the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Those policies which were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified on october 15th in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country. And you t cited the importance reforming certain institutions, notably was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours or indeed was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically, is it not true that a major problem in the ukraine has been its misuse
of prosecutors, precisely to conduct investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era when, as you stated in your testimony, prosecutors like the kgb were