you would have anticipated. these two countries were allies until this week. in fact, they were laying plans to hold joint naval exercises. on tuesday, iran said it attacked the bases of a group within pakistani balochistan. last night, pakistan responded in kind with precision strikes inside iran. it s hard to see any direct connection to what s happening in gaza but it perhaps reflects just how febrile the wider region has become. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins. ever since the israel gaza war started, there s been a fear the conflict could spread, and that s happening. across the middle east, we re seeing air strikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea, they say, in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night. and a day before america began attacking the houthis,
that campaigns for equal representation in american politics. hello welcome to the programme. so here we are, election day 2022. post pandemic, postjanuary 6, the first real test of american democracy since that bitterly disputed election two years ago. the polls on the east coast start closing in two hours time. i hope you willjoin katty and i for our special programme through the night as we try and make sense of it all. these mid terms don t always attract the same attention as a presidential election, but early voting broke all records and it does feel more important. there are election deniers on the ballot, candidates refusing to say whether they will accept the results. this will set the stage for 202a. and if democrats lose control of the house or the senate tonight, joe bidens agenda will stall. in the end it will come down to turnout, it always does, and last night the two sides made their last appeal. today we face an inflection point, one of those moments that co
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
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that there are some incredibly important other stories that will get just important other stories that will getjust past by the wayside because they are not seen as of importance, but this is quite an expert in there he moment, and i think it feeds into a lot of what we heard from cop26 earlier this month an extra ordinary moment. important to keep on the top of our minds that the world is changing still. world is changing still. there are cop meetings world is changing still. there are cop meetings that world is changing still. there are cop meetings that take - world is changing still. there are cop meetings that take place . world is changing still. there are l cop meetings that take place just world is changing still. there are - cop meetings that take place just on biodiversity. maybe we will be seeing more of their work and their concerns in the future. that s where we will leave this paper review for this hour, butjane and jamie, don t get off that lightly! they have to