Long range western weapons for strIkes InsIde russIa. HIs remarks coIncIde wIth a VIsIt To KyIv by the us Secretary Of State and brItIsh foreIgn secretary. InItIal polls In the unIted states suggest VIce PresIdent Kamala HarrIs outperformed Donald Trump In Tuesdays PresIdent Ial debate. The two candIdates have both attended ceremonIes to remember the vIctIms of the September 11 attacks on amerIca, exchangIng a handshake. The Uk Economy flatlIned In july for the second month In a row, accordIng to offIcIalfIgures. ManufacturIng and constructIon declIned, servIces spurred on by a busy summer of sport was the only part of the economy to record some growth. The head of mexIcos Supreme Court has expressed pessImIsm about the countrys future, after congress approved a BIll Under whIch alljudges wIll be elected by popular vote. JustIce Norma PIna saId the new rules would undermIne the autonomy ofjudges. Welcome back to the programme. If there Is one thIng we know about Donald Trumps character
York. We are following Breaking News out of the middle east, where the family of Israeli American Hostage Hersh Goldbergpolin was confirmed. He has been killed in the gaza strip. The family issued this statement just hours after the Israeli Army confirmed it had found a quote, number of bodies in gaza. It says, quote, with broken hearts. The Goldbergpolin Family is devastated to announce the Death Of their beloved son and brother, hersh. It went on to say, the family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy at this time, there was no immediate comment from the army or details about the other bodies that were found. The White House confirms the idf found six bodies in total in underground tunnels on saturday. Hamas militants took around 250 people during its October 7th Terror Attack on israel. An estimated 104 hostages do remain in their custody. This news comes as Ceasefire And Hostage talks continue between israel and hamas, and thousands of protesters in israel
And when parties have to report it. This is one of the many problems that we have in our system. It appears to be born out of historical reasons rather than anything else. We do have, for what is supposed to be a very transparent system, quite a complicated one in which there are various different registers updated at various different points. The electoral commissions register is only updated every quarter and i think this story has sort of renewed questions about whether thats really appropriate in this day and age when websites can be updated at the drop of a hat. That was the conservative Party Response so far when it came to frank hester s donations, that they have reported everything that needed to be reported in the public sphere. You have looked into this closely, could you tell us how big a donor frank hester is, how important he is to the tory partys treasure chest, essentially . Sure, i would say first of all, for many people, even political obsessives and conservative figur
Pictures are from vladivostock. And lets bring you some pictures live from a Polling Station in moscow. Now, there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But, with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected, without the need for that second ballot. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. These days, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. From a mountain of skulls and a dictators ambition. To this russias war in ukraine likened to stalins terror. The 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets of borovsk, graffiti ing, stop the war. All these paintings were scrubbed out and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. But he continues to speak out against the invasion of ukraine. Translation i believe that this is a crime against the territorial i integrity of a neighbouring