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welcome to the programme. plenty of elections around the world this year. now know a bit more about what could be happening here in the uk. rishi sunak says the general election is likely to happen in the "second half of this year". he didnt rule out it happening earlier but says his "working assumption" is later this year. take a listen. so, look, my working assumption is well have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, ive got lots that i want to get...

factions of the military has left at least 27 people dead, including three un staff. earlier, gunfire and explosions rocked the capital, khartoum. the sudanese military has ordered citizens to remain inside amid clashes at the presidential palace and the citys airport. what youre seeing here was recorded earlier at khartoum international airport, where at least two people were reportedly killed. footage there shows large plumes of smoke and fighter jets flying low overhead, and there w...

Why isnt federal Immigration Law top round Border Crossers that are accused of serious crimes . Are you speaking of a specific case . In new york a crew of Border Crossers found with drugs and guns six are out on bail. Does present but i think policies like that are making the country safer . Ill be careful thats an active case so i dont want to comment on an active case. Anyone found guilty, we have been very clear about that, anyone found guilty of a crime should be held accountable. That was ...

Have a look at this new video coming in to the bbc. Explosions boom. Israel was clearly caught off guard by the attacks from hamas, and there will be much analysis in the weeks and months ahead about why no one saw it coming. Michael singh is former senior directorfor Middle East Affairs at the National Security council, and he joined me earlier. To what extent do you think the us might be concerned tonight that it likely had not heard word of the attacks that we had seen from its israeli partne...

You have the senior leader who was killed from hamas, you know, my opinion, joe biden has been extraordinarily weak. it goes to iran. iran is bankrolling almost all of this, to a large degree much of it. and joe biden has shown tremendous weakness, and unlike his predecessor, donald trump, donald trump pulled out of the iranian nuclear deal, he was adamant about maintaining and tightening sanctions against iran, meanwhilejoe biden has done everything he can to loosen sanctions, so i believe that...

I think that we will see that there is pressure on this new regime. weve seen protests both for and against the coup in niger but i think its really, how does russia tie and take advantage of this and are they able to take advantage of it im using the tactics we know theyve used in mali and burkina faso, disinformation, propaganda, those kind of things. it will be something we have to watch closely for sure. cameron, what comes next? we have calls from the african union for the coup leaders to r...

I want to share with you the readout that came out on the back of the meeting. it said that the taiwan question is the core of chinas core interest. the pronounced risk in the china and u.s. relationship. expectations were low going into the visit and before the talks officials did say they saw little chance of a breakthrough given so many points of contention between the u.s. and china including taiwan and access to technology. as well as the flow of precursors, precursor fentanyl chemicals fro...

Civilians, as part of the aggressive campaign to take mariupol. us secretary of state anthony blank in there. lieutenant colonel daniel davis is a senior fellow at the foreign policy think tank defence priorities. i asked him about the credible evidence the us secretary of state was referring to. actually, it is part of the russian doctrine that has existed for a long time, that they could use that. we dont know what the source of their current intelligence that claims that they have or they wil...

Russia. it is unusualfor intelligence of the - russia. it is unusualfor intelligence of the time i russia. it is unusual for. intelligence of the time to russia. it is unusual for- intelligence of the time to be put into the public domain in such an abrupt manner a reflection of the extreme anxiety across government about what vladimir putin might be planning. way of saying to the kremlin we see what you are doing. after the friday talks in geneva there is more diplomacy to come. anthony blank i...

Afghanistan was also on the agenda. 0ur still smarting from a secret submarine deal between the us, australia and the uk, emmanuel macron told reporters europe needs to consider its independence. technologically, economically. _ independence. technologically, economically, industrially, - economically, industrially, financially and militarily we must build a stronger europe. you know that is what i deeply believe in, europe which takes its share for itself which can choose its partners and work ...