hello. we start in the uk, where sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. he plans to introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in thejob market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . here is our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this campaign and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how muc
to elect a president. of course, cyril ramaphosa would like to continue on as president of south africa but he has to get a majority of votes in parliament. so, that means that his anc party has to find alliances. that could take the shape of a form of coalition government where you ministers from different parties parties all governing together, or it could be some kind of power sharing agreement, some kind of loose alliance, all of that is still to be played for. and of course when cyril ramaphosa takes to the stage today in south africa, this is not onlyjust about party politics, this is also a key moment for the nation. so what we are hearing from his party is that even though he is the leader of the anc, he really has to take stock of this moment, essentially a kind of transition of power in south africa, and mark this moment with his comments to the nation. has and mark this moment with his comments to the nation. as always, thank ou