In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
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tonight, the nearly unprecedented move by the january 6th committee. issuing subpoenas now to five sitting republican lawmakers including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. tonight, his response. and jon karl is standing by. the major news in the war in ukraine. tonight, vladimir putin now warning of retaliation after finland decides to join nato. and what about sweden now? hat putin is saying. and ian pannell in ukraine. the abc news exclusive. diane sawyer tonight with ashley judd. for the first time, revealing her mother s final moments. and what she reveals about naomi judd s struggle and how to get help. we re also tracking severe storms across multiple states at this hour. record heat from texas to the northeast. and news tonight on the baby formula crisis. what major companies are now saying. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin tonight with the sobering milestone. a once unimaginable number. president bi
Infrastructure. New Drone Footage Shows what idf strikes have done so far, and for the roughly 2 million palestinians trapped in the enclave, half of whom are kids. Hunger is mounting. Israels complete resource blockade of the strip is now in day four. One woman sheltering with her husband and 2yearold told nbc news Over Whatsapp the only food that they have left are some chick peas, and that she says its not going to last more than a day. Officials in israel say the number of those kidnapped by hamas and are being held there in gaza is between 100 and 150. That does include american citizens. Here with Secretary Of State Antony Blinken in tel aviv a short time ago. The families of the missing, theres an unrelenting agony of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. Something that i dont think most of us can truly understand, truly contemplate if youre not in their shoes. No one should have to endure what theyre going through. Were doing everything we can to secure the release of the h
while right wing protesters are met with a stern response. she questioned whether the metropolitan police are playing favourites in the way they deal with protests. here s our political editor chris mason. those in charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches thejob with a bluntness unlike any of her predecessors. writing in the times about the pro palestinian marches, she says. is suella braverman onto something when she claims the police might be biased? this former senior policeman who now works for a right leaning think tank says possibly yes. i think it s a really, really tough one for the police. i think the key question here is, who are they listening to, who are they talking to? and so could the police be biased almost by accident? potentially. but the key question is, who are they getting advice from and what is the nature of that advice and what is the bargain that s b