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but what of the launch itself? one senior minister said today that candidates were not involved, and even relevant secretaries of state were taken by surprise. well get a response from conservative home. israel faces international criticism over an air strike on rafah that is reported to have killed 45 civilians. the white house says the pictures are heartbeaking — but will the president enforce the arms embargo he had threatened? and the nato secretary general calls for western weap...

it is 7pm, good evening. i am nicky schiller. we are going to start of course with the general election campaign. the labour leader has pledged to "stop the chaos" and "rebuild the country" in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as "waffle", saying it contained "not a single pl...