serve, allowing mr assange to return to australia, his home country. i mjoined by return to australia, his home country. i m joined by our north american correspondence. looks like this long running saga could be coming to conclusion. us more. we received conclusion. us more. we received the conclusion. us more. - received the breaking news in the last couple of hours and there are so many layers to the julian assange story. to recap what you said there, it looks like he will be a free man at some point this week, striking a plea deal with the us. he spent the last five years in a high security prison, belmarsh prison, in the uk. remember, he has been long accused by the us of exposing sensitive secrets about the war in iraq and afghanistan through the wikileaks website, the whistleblowing website. and they claim it put american operatives in danger. and almost all the charges he faced, by the way, 18 charges, were under the 1917 espionage act. but he, now, this plea deal
craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snp sjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launching its manifesto in northern ireland. so it is a busy day for all of the parties today. we ll touch on all of the above in this programme, but let s start with the election betting investigation. here s tobias elwood speaking to the bbc radio 4 today. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self inflicted distraction, and in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. the prime minister has expressed his anger, he said that at the leaders s question time debate. it has bee
the bbc news at six. princess anne is in hospital with concussion after apparently being injured by a horse. the incident happened on her estate in gloucestershire yesterday. buckingham palace says the princess, who s 73, is expected to make a full recovery, though is likely to remain in hospital for some days. here s our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph. just over a week ago, trooping the colour. the princess royal was on horse back where she loved to be. an accomplished horsewoman, she played a leading part in the event. but last night, princess anne was injured on her estate, gatcombe park, in gloucestershire. it is understood she was hurt after coming into contact with a horse s head or legs while on a walk. in a statement, buckingham palace said. year on year, princess anne tops the list of royals who carry out the most public engagements. her work is often under the radar, without the glamour and attention others receive. but in a year when the royal family has
were also set ablaze. six of the attackers are reported to have been killed in what is thought to have been an islamist attack in a region which is predominately muslim. the governor of dagestan sergei melikov said they were trying to understand the motive behind the attack. translation: of course, we understand what s behind the organisation of these terrorist attacks. we understand what the organisers were trying to achieve. subsequent operational research and investigative measures will be carried out until all participants and their sleeper cells are identified and, of course, they had been preparing for this, course, they had been preparing forthis, including course, they had been preparing for this, including from abroad. the situation is now under the control of the government authorities and. let s speak to matthew schmidt, an associate professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven. good to have you on the programme. once again, d
tricky for labour. something they would rather not be talking about because of sir keir starmer s shifting stance within this issue and conservatives have certainly frequently criticised the labour leader saying it is evident he is fickle with certain things and changes his mind. he insists the record of his party on women s rights is good and they would do more if they were to get into government. more if they were to get into government- more if they were to get into government. more if they were to get into covernment. ., ~ government. good to see you. thank ou ve government. good to see you. thank you very much government. good to see you. thank you very much indeed. as the last full week of campaigning gets underway, the dup has launched its manifesto this morning. at the last general election, in 2019, it won eight seats more than any other party in northern ireland. in the manifesto, the party set out more ways it wants to remove trade barriers between great bri