To run over and catch him. It was extremely nice to get away, even forfive or six days. I have to say, part of me felt like id like to bury my head in the sand, but i couldnt do that because the only thing, of course, everybody wanted to talk about on my holiday was Guess What The American election. Actually, it was quite interesting because i heard Mayor Sadiq Khan of london on one of the us nets i think it was Today Or Yesterday saying that The American election is the most important election of all the elections that are taking place around the world this year, and it was certainly the case while i was on holiday. Its literally the only topic of conversation. Thats my sense also around the dinner table. Im sure thats the case for you as well, caitriona. I mean, it feels like everyone constantly wants to ask, whos going to win . And of course, that is The One question that we cant answer, were not going to answer, nobody wants to be left with egg on their face, and its impossible to
We had the green corridor. We had all the facilities, everything ready. They arrive here and say, oh, my god. Where am i . To portugal im here to meet the people that call this place home. Shouting. To experience the wonder of its landscapes. Mmm thats nice . And see how tourism is now pushing locals to walk that delicate line between preserving natural beauty and boosting economic growth. Now, around the world, there are many airports named after significant historical figures jfk in new york, for example, or Indira Gandhi Airport in new delhi. Well, here in madeira, theyve got an airport named after an iconic hero, too except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who dont know who he is, Cristiano Ronaldo is a very good footballer and this is his home city, funchal, which is the islands capital. And im getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is playing tonight for portugal in a major tournament and im going to meet one
Of the country, as fighting between the Idf And Hezbollah continues he warned hezbollah s Backer Iran that there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach. Mr netanyahu said hamas has got to go and would have no role in the reconstruction of gaza and he described the united nations as this House Of Darkness mired in antisemitism. Here are some of the key parts from Mr Natanyahus 35 minute speech. The curse of October 7th began when hamas invaded israel from gaza, but it didnt end there. Israel was soon forced to defend itself on six more War Fronts organised by iran. On october 8th, hezbollah attacked us from lebanon. Since then, theyve fired over 8,000 rockets at our towns and cities, at our civilians, at our children. We are focussed on mopping up hamas s remaining fighting capabilities. We are taking out senior Terrorist Commanders and destroying remaining terrorist infrastructure. But all the while, all the while and ill say this one more time, we remain focussed
The number of identified russian fighters killed on the frontline in ukraine has hit 70,000 thats according to bbc research. While official statistics may be hard to come by, an investigation by Bbc Russia and the independent russian media outlet, mediazona, has been collating data and identifying dead russian soldiers since the beginning of the war with ukraine. Our analysis reveals volunteers are increasingly older men with lower incomes and are not surviving long in battle. 0lga Ivshina reports. The faces of russian fighters killed in ukraine are changed. Now, more and more men in their 40s, 50s and even 60s are volunteering for the frontline. 62 year old Rinat Khusniyarov was one of them. Before he volunteered, he had two jobs. Fighting for russia, he earned seven times what he did before. Russian authorities have repeatedly increased sign up bonuses to attract men like rinat. He died in february this year. We dont know where exactly, but thousands of kilometres away from his home
Drawn on whether hed persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said. Well, theres only one reason were having these discussions, and that is because putin has illegally invaded ukraine. And the quickest way to resolve this obviously lies through, you know, what putin actually does, because its for him to end this. But we are having the discussion. Weve stood with ukraine. Ukraine has a right to self defence. And weve stood united, not just with our allies here in the us, but across with our nato allies. Thats very, very important to us. These are the long range Anglo French missiles. Ukraine would love to fire into russia, the uk making the argument to allies. Its a request that should be granted. They rely on american Satellite Systems to work. You might ask why the Prime Minister has been so keen to dash here, to visit a president who we know will be gone in just a few months time. His answer is there are urgent i