Launching their campaigns for the weeks to come and setting their pitch to voters. Political correspondent harry farley has this report. The campaign is off to a jet setting start. Rishi sunak met supporters in a Biscuit Factory in derbyshire before a trip to a brewery in barry and then to inverness, where he highlighted signs that he says the economy is turning a corner. Inflation has returned to normal. Wages have been rising faster than prices. The economy is now growing at a healthy rate. And thats why now is the right time to talk about our future. And my view is we need to have leadership that can provide a clear plan, take bold action to deliver a secure future for everyone in scotland and across the country, especially in these uncertain times. Sir keir starmer will also be in scotland later, as the campaigns spread across the length and breadth of the uk. The cost of energy will be a point of division today, with labour promising to bring down energy bills for good. You vote l
Cooperating with us efforts to get humanitarian aid into gaza in the initial months, it does not currently assess that israel is prohibiting or restricting the transport of aid supplies. The report culminates a difficult week for us israel relations. President joe biden said the us could suspend certain Arms Shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion in to rafah a densley populated area where one million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Our correspondent tom bateman has been at the Us State Department and hejoined me earlier with more. What do you take away from this report . Trying to come down on two sides of the same issue, it is a very interesting report and i think the fact that this criticism of the Israeli Government is very significant in its own right but that is in couched in a whole series of caviar to put the key line is she read out is this that the report finds that it is reasonable to assess the weapons and supplied by T
Move to real madrid. Psgs lost to dortmund this week in the Champions League semi finals. The team face toulouse in ligue un, at the parcs des princes on sunday, which will be mbappe s final home game. It could be a defining weekend in the English Premier League for teams sweating on survival down at the bottom. Sheffield united are already relegated. So now its nottingham forest, luton and burnley in the spotlight. Forest are three points clear of third from bottom luton, so are favourites to stay up. They would have been safe if their appeal against a four point deduction for breaking financial rules was upheld. Its been an eventful season for forest with their owner Evangelos Marinakis outspoken in his criticism of referees. It is not fair what is happened and weve had many decisions and then cost a lot of points and it is something that has been repeated and repeated. But will be expected the Premier League and from the referees is to correct these mistakes and we see that this is
Own walkabout with wife meghan on a visit in nigeria. And why classes across the uk are being cancelled and schools closed because of cyber attacks. On sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, Firm Favourites in the old firm match, but can rangers beat celtic for the first time this season to send the title race to the final weekend . Good evening. The economy grew more strongly than expected at the start of 202a. It means the uk is out of recession thats when the economy shrinks for two three month periods in a row, as it did towards the end of last year, when people faced higher prices in shops and higher interest rates. The Prime Minister said the uk economy has real momentum, but admitted there is more work to do. With more, heres our economics editor, faisal islam. The recession is now over, because the economy, all the goods and services we buy and sell, was officially growing by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year. Thats the highest, alongside canada, in the g7 advanced n
Member countries are shredding the un charter. ,. ,. , un charter. Its been a day of some strikin un charter. Its been a day of some striking words un charter. Its been a day of some striking words and un charter. Its been a day of some striking words and actions un charter. Its been a day of some striking words and actions on un charter. Its been a day of some striking words and actions on the i striking words and actions on the floor of the General Assembly, granting a lot of symbolism and a little bit of substance to the palestinian cause, over the objections of the israelis and the americans. I objections of the israelis and the american objections of the israelis and the americans. A,~ ~. , americans. I maryam moshiri, live outside the americans. I maryam moshiri, live outside the arena americans. I maryam moshiri, live outside the arena in americans. I maryam moshiri, Live Outside The Arena In Malmo americans. I maryam moshiri, Live Outside The Arena In Malmo where j americans.