and when paul was recording this interview, he didn t know the controversies that would follow in the coming hours and days. so, in every general election, the tonight programme does a series of profiles of all the main party leaders in britain and so, those conversations begin pretty much as soon as the election is called. so, we start having a conversation with the conservative party, in this case, and saying, here are the days that we could do. is he available on any of these days? this is the date when we d like to broadcast the programme. therefore, we have this amount of time to actually put the programme together, and the conversation goes from there. when did the date of last week come up? so, by wednesday of last week, we still didn t have a date with the prime minister. and on that wednesday, they offered the thursday and said that it was the only slot available. the thursday didn t particularly suit us, actually, as a programme, because that is almost a week
it is also seen as yet another grand gesture between those two pariah states. it is seen as a sign of appreciation by vladimir putin in a way obliging to the invitation by kimjong un and also appreciating kimjong un unwavering support for russia s war in ukraine since the beginning. the russian president has arrived quite late but has a very busy day ahead of him and expected to attend the parade. also expected to visit the only orthodox church in pyongyang, the trinity life giving orthodox church. these are all chances for the two men to again give the optics and the picture of unity that they still have friends they can rely on. also to see what they can offer each other, each one knows the other has something they want. north korea needs food, needs fuel, needs money. also needs technology that russia can offer. especially satellite technology after it failed to launch its spy satellites in may. russia needs to replenish its depleting stockpile as the war in ukraine goes o
controversy around the fact that the prime minister left those commemorations early. in fact, the next day, he apologised for doing that. and when paul was recording this interview, he didn t know the controversies that would follow in the coming hours and days. so, in every general election, the tonight programme does a series of profiles of all the main party leaders in britain and so, those conversations begin pretty much as soon as the election is called. so, we start having a conversation with the conservative party, in this case, and saying, here are the days that we could do. is he available on any of these days? this is the date when we d like to broadcast the programme. therefore, we have this amount of time to actually put the programme together, and the conversation goes from there. when did the date of last week come up? so, by wednesday of last week, we still didn t have a date with the prime minister. and on that wednesday, they offered the thursday and s
2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the october 7th attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is one of the deadliest incidents involving the israeli military in this war. the israeli army said its armed vehicle was hit by a large explosion early saturday and it seems that it caused a detonation of explosive material that these soldiers were carrying. earlier the armed wing of hamas said it had carried out an attack on an israeli convoy in gaza with anti tank missiles after setting up an ambush. for some, this is another indication of how hamas is more reliant on insurgent tactics when fighting the israeli military. reacting to what happened on saturday the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu described this war as difficult, but he said despite the heavy price, the country must cling to the goal of destroying hamas
in fact, the next day, he apologised for doing that. and when paul was recording this interview, he didn t know the controversies that would follow in the coming hours and days. so, in every general election, the tonight programme does a series of profiles of all the main party leaders in britain and so, those conversations begin pretty much as soon as the election is called. so, we start having a conversation with the conservative party, in this case, and saying, here are the days that we could do. is he available on any of these days? this is the date when we d like to broadcast the programme. therefore, we have this amount of time to actually put the programme together, and the conversation goes from there. when did the date of last week come up? so, by wednesday of last week, we still didn t have a date with the prime minister. and on that wednesday, they offered the thursday and said that it was the only slot available. the thursday didn t particularly suit us, act