where croatia s donna vekic has taken the first spot in this year s semifinal as qualifier lulu sun s fairytale run comes to an end. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sir keir starmer has addressed mps in parliament for the first time as prime minister. surrounded by labour mp5 on the government benches for the first time in m years, he said it was time to turn the page and unite in a common endeavour of national renewal. opposite him was rishi sunak now leader of the oppostion, who congratulated the prime minister on his victory. the process of swearing in more than 600 mp5 is now under way. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young joins us from westminster. it was certainly a different tone today? yes, it was, a change in tone, that robust political debate set aside for one day, i m sure it won t last, but a change too in personnel. there are a lot of happy looking labour and liberal democrat mps and they look a bit lost as they find their way around parliam
our political editor chris mason is travelling with him and sent this update hello from a rather soggy airfield. quite a moment, this, for sir keir starmer as he prepares to get on board the prime ministerial plane and head to washington. he will have a chance to visit the white house, to meet president biden, and also introduce himself to lots of other world leaders at this nato summit. and all of this less than a week on from the general election. obviously at a nato summit, a gathering of the defence alliance, a real focus on security. labour have promised that they want to spend 2.5% of national income on defence, but crucially, they have not put a timeframe on it, a deadline on it, which means there is a question about whether it is ever achieved. so lots to discuss about defence, and quite a moment for the new prime minister. the trip marks sir keir starmer s first overseas trip as prime minister. he had this to sayjust before boarding his plane to the us. my message is
election. we asked folks, what do you think about the current covid situation in california? the plurality, 39% of voters in this election say it s getting better. 31% say staying the same. only a quarter say that it is getting worse. and i want to now show you that getting better contingent. those 39%. how do they split on the recall? look at this. 64% of them say no. keep gavin newsom in office. only 36% say yes to the recall. looking to fire the governor. he s winning the biggest slice of coronavirus voters that say, hey, we think things are getting better here. we also looked at a couple of key demographics making up why he s leading in the race. among latino voters, 58% say no to the recall. keep gavin newsom. 42% say yes to the recall. that s a narrower margin of victory with latinos than newsom had in the governor s race. but it is still a category he s winning by 16 percentage points and latinos have grown their share of the points. so that s benefiting newsom. and of
consistently opposed by some 60% of californians. likely voters were unenthusiastic about newsom. his baseball mobilized. democrats proving they can drive enthusiasm and turnout in a race framed as a referendum on pandemic restrictions, the kind president joe biden has now long championed and the kinds of things gop leaders continue to forcefully and vocally fight. governor newsom hailing a win for science and a win for all the priorities that have dominated the national democratic jaernd in recent weeks. we said yes to science. we said yes to vaccines, yes to ending this pandemic. we said yes to people s right to vote without fair of fake fraud or voter suppression. we said yes to women s fundamental constitutional right to decide for herself what she does with her body, faith and future. we said yes to diversity, we said yes to inclusion, yes to pluralism. we said yes to all those things we hold dear as californians, and i would argue, as americans. the essential polici
our afghan allies. they know will be sentenced to death one after another. it has already begun. they re all now at of the taliban. according to the biden administration, they are very businesslike and very professional. and of course, nothing can be further from the truth. they are evil murdering, terrorists who know control the fate of scores of americans and her allies for 20 years that we made a promise to that we would get amount if this moment ever came. you abandon them. as we speak, taliban death squads are now going door to door. their hunting their political enemies and anyone with any ties to america or the west. and according to the times of london, at least for american trained antiterrorism agents were tortured, murdered by these death squads. one victim had all of his fingernails pulled out before they shot him in the head. how is that for professional and businesslike, joe and tony blinken and jen psaki? this updated image posted to social media about a week a