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through to the quarters, we will get the latest after england s houdini act at the euros. hello and welcome to bbc news. france s national rally party has taken a commanding lead in the first round of the country s snap general election. president emmanuel macron is now calling for centrist and left wing parties to unite rather than split the vote as the far right hopes to win a parliamentary majority in the second and final round next weekend. let s speak get more on this with our correspondent mark lowen, who s in paris. the shock waves are still being felt, aren t they? the shock waves are still being felt, aren t they? indeed, they will be for someone felt, aren t they? indeed, they will be for someone to felt, aren t they? indeed, they will be for someone to come. - felt, aren t they? indeed, they will be for someone to come. hello - felt, aren t they? indeed, they will i be for someone to come. hello from paris which is a city which should be basking in the glo ....
the move was announced after a closed meeting of the security council at which sunday s deaths at a displaced persons camp were discussed. palestinian officials say twenty one people were killed by strikes on a refugee camp in al mawasi, west of rafah, yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires ....
reserved to westminster and we need that to be in public ownership too. as talk to our scottish political correspondent. andrew, good to have you with us. i was talking to the snb spokesperson this morning. all sorts of plans that the snp has. let s talk about whatjohn swinney says. basically about railways. let s talk about that festival. that s rightjohn swinney was on the that s right john swinney was on the campaign that s right john swinney was on the campaign show in five in an area cold campaign show in five in an area cold lieven campaign show in five in an area cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link there. what s the snp are trying velvet link there. what s the snp are trying to do, it is a common theme are trying to do, it is a common theme. they think they can keep labour theme. they think they can keep labour on theme. they think they can keep labour on the rig ....
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prices rose at 2% in the year to may, down from 2.3% in april. in october 2022 the figure peaked at 11.1%. the prime minister, rishi sunak, said the conservatives economic plan hadn t been easy but today showed we ve got there . shadow chancellor rachel reeves also welcomed the news, but added she wasn t going to say that everything in the economy was fine . the lib dems said millions of people won t be feeling better off today . on the election campaign trail, the scottish national party launches its manifesto today. first ministerjohn swinney will call for increased spending on public services. later on we ll also see the manifesto launches of sinn fein and george galloway s workers party of great britain. but first, speaking on lbc, rishi sunak said the 2% figure showed the economy had turned a corner because of what he called bold action by the conservatives. it is very good news. the last few years have been really tough for everybody. i know that and we ve had ....