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
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election, but that s the constitutional truth. but what mandate. well, they won the last general election. the third prime minister that they ve had since they won in 2019! and it s notjust keir starmer with a keen eye on when the election is. i think the prime minister is running scared of the voters. people are fed up with the government s economic policies, with their health policies. they want change, and they want an election. the liberal democrats agree with them. rishi sunak isjust clinging on to power. i don t think it really matters in the scottish context, whether the election is in may or indeed later on this year, because what we know for certain is the tories will get beat, just as they ve done every election in scotland since 1955. back here on the outskirts of bristol in a spot that labour needs to win from the conservatives, sir keir took on criticism from one of his own mps that it s not obvious what he stands for, and he claimed people are increasingly annoyed, irrita
those pledges that he s made, make those happen, bejudged on those, and that that will be the conversation rather than an endless conversation rather than an endless conversation about when this election may be. but conversation about when this election may be. conversation about when this election may be. but it was a pure bit of politics election may be. but it was a pure bit of politics as election may be. but it was a pure bit of politics as well, election may be. but it was a pure bit of politics as well, wasn t - election may be. but it was a pure bit of politics as well, wasn t it - bit of politics as well, wasn t it today? the opposition labour party leader here starmer, if he were to get the keys to downing street. somewhat upstaged by the announcement from rishi sunak. he was talking about what a labour government might look like without promising too much. economic growth before reducing income tax, anyone who might feel they would be better off might have a long to w
this is bbc news. the headlines britain s prime minister, rishi sunak, says a general election is likely to take place in the second half of this year. a shooting at a high school in the us state of iowa police say there are multiple victims. prince andrew and bill clinton are among those named in newly released court documents relating to sex offenderjeffrey epstein. elvis is back in the building he s making a comeback in a new stage show made possible by artifical intelligence and lots of unseen footage. rishi sunak has been accused of squatting in downing street by his political opponents after he downplayed holding a general election in the spring. after he downplayed holding speaking in mansfield,