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is well and truly under way, with an eye catching announcement from the conservative party to bring back mandatory national service if it wins on polling day onjuly 4th. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of either joining the military full time for 12 months, or volunteering one weekend every month, taking part in community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the national health service. the home secretary, james cleverly, said the plan would address social fragmentation and get young people out of their bubble . labour has described the plan as a desperate gimmick . more on that shortly. first, this report from our political correspondent leila nathoo. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, plenty more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next pa ....
hello, i m martine croxall. we begin with breaking news from the middle east. hamas says it s launched a large missile attack on the city of tel aviv. rocket sirens have sounded there as well as across other cities in central israel. it s believed that the rockets were fired from the rafah area of southern gaza. let s go live tojerusalem and speak to our correspondent danjohnson. yes, they aerate sirens have been sounding across a large area of tel aviv in the last hour or so, we have heard interceptions over the city by colleagues in tel aviv, at least six, possibly eight rockets that have been intercepted by israeli defence systems which are very effective, but it does look like some of these rockets, that we believe were fired from the south of gaza, from rafah, have got through, there are videos emerging of where they have land on open ground. no word yet on whether serious damage has been caused, whether there are any casualties, but it marks another moment in this ....
to bring back mandatory national service if it wins on polling day onjuly 4th. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of eitherjoining the military full time for 12 months, or volunteering one weekend every month, taking part in community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the national health service. home secretary james cleverly said the plan would address social fragmentation and get young people out of their bubble . labour has described the plan as a desperate gimmick . it s been answering questions on its tax and spend plans this morning. more on that shortly. first, this report from our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, many more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next parliament they would b ....