is one of its camera operators was killed by an israeli air strike in southern gaza. italy s prime minister giorgia meloni is hosting a four day right wing festival. british prime minister rishi sunak and elon musk are among those attending. now on bbc news it is time for newscast. chris, the prime minister was at a primary school today. he was. a disappointing lack of embarrassing moments, though. there was, but there was detailed scrutiny from the pupils, wasn t there? rapid fire questions. i was thinking i need to be quicker when i m interviewing the prime minister. you know, they kind of, you know, allow five seconds for an answer and they re in with the next question. let s have a listen. what do you want for christmas? what do i want for christmas? yes. oh, gosh, i haven t really thought about that, actually. i d like to have a day off. what s your favourite ice cream? what s my favourite ice cream? my favourite ice - cream is probably. it s quite boring. it s vanilla
News, tiger woodss injury woes continue. He has dropped out of the second tournament since his return with back spasms. A very good afternoon to you. Theresa may is attending a European Union summit in malta, where shell brief leaders on her recent meeting with President Trump. Downing street says she wants relations with the eu to be more constructive and positive. Ahead of the talks, the german chancellor, angela merkel, said the leaders needed to focus discussions on europe, rather than dealing with other parts of the world. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in malta. Yes, you join us in On Ancient Fortress Perched on the edge of malta. The island sits in the mediterranean on the edge of the eu, and this feels a very apt place for leaders to be meeting today to discuss the many challenges they see facing them. Multis ancient canons. Europe feels threatens again. So this volley was an appropriate welcome to a summit that feels besieged, challenges on every side, migratio
Under fire after announcing plans to raise gas and Electricity Prices by nearly 10 . Tadcasters bridge re opens, more than a year after it collapsed in the floods in christmas 2015. In this weeks film review, well look at loving a true story of one couples fight to change Interracial Marriage Laws in 1960s virginia. Mark kermode will give us his take on this and the rest of the other new releases. Its 5pm. Our top story a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident Northern Irish republicans. Ciaran maxwell was arrested in august last year after police discovered two arms dumps containing mines, pipe bombs and mortars in county antrim. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. He was a member of the uks elite Royal Marines unit a0 commando after passing the gruelling 32 week training course. But today, Ciaran Maxwell admitted that for five yea rs, maxwell admitted that for five years, he was also helping dissident
Updates on the french president ial elections with the first vote just two months away. Lots has been going on today. We can show you some of the pictures. Here you can see the far right candidate Marine Le Pen, she has been talking about Foreign Policy. The centralist, emmanuel macron, has picked up the support of france while francois bayroux. The police have been Firing Tear Gas at students who have been protesting against a member of the police force who raped a student. There have been suggestions that Marine Le Pen will come top of the first round. I asked James Reynolds for more about Marine Le Pens she has been talking about Foreign Policy. We know a lot of her positions. She would like an alliance with russias president. She wants france to leave nato. She wa nts to she wants france to leave nato. She wants to hold a Reference Mick a referendum about frances membership of the eu. And she also wants to talk about deporting criminals. We know a lot of her positions. Shes faced p