it s six in the morning in singapore, and 11 at night in london. we begin in ukriane, where russia has launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on the country in months. ten regions were targeted, and at least three civilians were killed. this comes after a lull in russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months which saw the capital, kyiv, go days without an attack. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia s wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut. russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months despite the city s questionable strategic value. meanwhile, the british foreign ministerjames cleverly is travelli
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
civilians, surging humanitarian assistance, and ensuring the security of those who provide it. israel must meet this moment. with regard to our policy in gaza, look, i ll just say this. if we don t see the changes that we need to see, there ll be changes in our own policy. that s u.s. secretary of state antony blinken laying out president biden s latest message to israel following a tense conversation with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we ll have much more about yesterday s phone call and the future of u.s. policy straight ahead. meanwhile, there s a new development in the race for the white house. it s now looking less likely that there will be a serious third party candidate this year. we ll tell you about that. plus, we ll bring you an update on donald trump s legal issues including the new york attorney general trying to dig deeper into the bond that was posted earlier this week on behalf of the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on
always get something new out of these and we certainly did last night. you won t see another one of these for another two weeks. so, we got quite a treat last night. we ll break down what we saw in that showdown, which was over national security and foreign policy. and these candidates, yes, they re all in the same party. it is clear, though, they are not on the same page. you see who will join me, our foreign affairs correspondent, she is jill dougherty. always good to have her. and deputy political director paul steinhauser. newt gingrich may have hurt himself last night. we ll start with a look at how far apart the candidates are on the issues of afghanistan, pakistan, homeland security and jill is breaking that down for us in this report. with eight republicans on stage, president barack obama got a few knicks. . if you love what president obama has done to our economy, you ll love what he has done to the national security. the candidates had the knives out for each