Of their europa conference newsnight at 10 30pm, Election Night fever as the bbc gets ready to report the results of a last big vote before the General Election. Will it be boomtime for starmer or doom time the sunak . Good evening. The polls have just closed in local elections across england and wales, the biggest test of political opinion, ahead of the General Election. Police and Crime Commissioners will also being chosen, there are mayoral elections, and a by election in Blackpool South. All the results will be coming in over the next couple of days, with Party Leaders looking for indications, of what a General Election might bring. Well chris is here with his take on what we should be looking out for, over the next 48 hours. Chris. Evening, clive. For the last 15 hours, millions of decisions have been taken and thousands of aspiring Decision Makers politicians await their fate. This is a Patchwork Set of elections around england and wales with a long tail of results, going on unti
Rusted assault on ukrainian gas plans causing problems for european supplies with matt we get the view from kyiv. Good evening. President biden has told the pro palestinian demonstrators they have the right to protest, but not a right to cause chaos. It was the first time the president has spoken on the campus protests amid criticism from donald trump and republicans that he has been absent from the debate. Peaceful protest in america. Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is. Its against the law when violence occurs. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. Its against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations none of this is a peaceful protest. Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest. Its against the law. Dissent is essential to democracy, but dissent must never lead to disorder or to denying the rights of others so students can
President biden has condemned the violence and unrest on University Campuses across america during pro palestinian protests. His remarks come as police in los angeles cleared an encampment at the University Of California. After a tense late night standoff, hundreds of riot police fired Rubber Bullets to dismantle barricades surrounding the encampment. Its the latest flashpoint in an eruption of protest over israels war against hamas in gaza. Officers in riot gear descended on the camp less than 2a hours after it was violently attacked. They tore down wooden barriers around the protest and dragged tents and equipment away. The Police Used Tear Gas and some fireworks were thrown by the protesters. This all happened in the very Early Morning in la in a really tense atmosphere. There were loud bangs and thick smoke as police fired flares and stun grenades. Dozens of students have been detained some reportedly injured. Lets ta ke lets take another look at the pictures, live from the ucla ca
Good evening. John swinney looks set to become scotlands new leader after the woman expected to challenge him decided to back him instead. Kate forbes confirmed she would not be standing for the snp leadership after humza yousaf s resignation. Instead, mr swinney, scotlands former deputy First Minister and party leader, has offered her a significant role in his government. Our scotland editor, james cook, reports. Please show your appreciation forjohn swinney. The snp is in trouble divided, distracted and struggling to govern. John swinney says its time to get a grip and he is the man for the job. I could have stood back and hoped others would sort things out. But i care too much about the future of scotland, and the Scottish National party, to walk on by. Youve said there you cant walk on by because, essentially, your party is a disunited mess. What specifically is wrong with it . Well, the party is not cohesive just now. We are not together, we are not operating as one big unified te