to increase energy production, but critics warn about significance damage to the environment and a risk of earthquakes. better access to gps and more appointments. the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, but some doctors warn the changes will do little to improve patient care. and at least ten people have been killed following another day of protests in iran over the death of a young woman in custody. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. five british captives who were being held by russian backed forces in ukraine are believed to be back in the uk after being released last night. the prime minister, liz truss, confirmed a prisoner exchange had been negotiated by saudi arabia. before being freed, two of the men, aiden aslin and shaun pinner, had been sentenced to death by russian backed separatists. emma vardy reports. we just want to let everyone know that we are now out of the danger zone and on our way home to ourfamilie
reply, is that the number is published by hamas are not only inflated they include the number of terrorists combatant death, every one civilian death, and every civilian deaths, by the way, is a tragedy is one civilian deaths, too many but compared to any other modern conflict, including the united states involvement in iraq, afghanistan, and syria, where the ratio was a for civilians to every combatant debt or nine civilians, 30 combatant. that that is a record that s not been matched by any other army in history including the united states military. so we re going to have an issue with the vitamin striation about those numbers but at base, i think the goals of the war remained unchanged, destroying hamas, assuring that over seventh can happen again i think we should point out that the white house has assessed that those numbers historically have been fairly accurate coming from the palestinian ministry of health. nevertheless about us ambassador michael oren, we have to l
in the uk and around the world. hello. there s still confusion tonight over whether the long serving labour mp, diane abbott, can stand in the general election. her suspension from the party ended last night, following comments on race that she made in a letter to a newspaper last year. but she told supporters in east london this evening, that labour wants her excluded from parliament, a claim sir keir starmer says isn t true. joe pike has our top story. will you be standing as an independent? at the last election, she was labour s pick to be home secretary. this time round, diane abbott may not be allowed to run for the party at all. they just want to be excluded theyjust want to be excluded from parliament. 50 they just want to be excluded from parliament- parliament. so what happened to olitical parliament. so what happened to political independence? - what s your message to keir starmer? this morning, she told the bbc, i am banned from standing as a labour candidate.
de donalds should be focused on three key issues. one of them, he, the economy and inflation also immigration, crime. they are trying to convince donald trump to stay on message. i hope that the fact that we ve been able to free julian assange today against all the odds and against one of the most powerful governments in the world. we ll give hope to all journalists and publishers were imprisoned around the world for amines are gearing up to elect a new head of government. because while this country will be getting a new president, one thing that s unlikely to change in iranian foreign policy live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, and a warm welcome to all of us joining us from around the world. i, max fostered is wednesday, june the 26, 9:00 a.m. here in london 4m in atlanta when cnn will host the first us presidential debate of the 2024 election between president joe biden and former president donald trump on thursday in our atlanta studio, mr. bide
wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching the news continues next, i m cnn large of this year s g7 summit. as leaders of the world s most powerful democracy is gathered for their annual meeting in italy from a prison cell to the front lines. ukraine recruits, convict to boost the military will look at how the new perspective soldiers are being screened and bts mania hips, fever pitch in seoul as the cape of super group s annual potty gets underway, just one day after the group s oldest member with discharged from the army so much land cnn newsroom with linda kincaid it is 9:00 a.m. in southern italy where the leaders of the world s biggest economic powerhouses are coming together for the 50th annual g7 summit. that meeting is shaping up to be a showdown with russia or verjee, warn ukraine us president joe biden will unveil more than 300 new sanctions targeting russia. they meant to degrade moscow s ability to source materials for the war particularly