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fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in pol...

your vote, and time and again, housing came up. well hear one couples story shortly, but first tonight, rishi sunak admitted it is now harderfor people to have their own home under a conservative government. in a bbc interview with nick robinson, he was also asked about leaving the d—day commemorations early and his partys tax plans. our political editor chris mason reports. one of the key things we want to do in this election is put your questions to those seeking your support. we a...

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the darker colours to the right — representing those right of centre parties — seem to have moved to take up more of the seats. the most headline—grabbing outcome appears to have been in france, where the far—right national rally party has taken more than 31% of the vote. thats more than double the coalition which supports president macron. he has responded by calling an entirely unexpected snap election. the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but al...

and hell be leading our coverage throughout the evening. hello, christian. good evening, welcome to brussels. the room is filling up quite nicely, around 1000 journalists here from around 1000 journalists here from around the world to report on the elections. and down there are some very nervous party officials. in the next hour we will start to get the first national estimates of the 27 countries that have been looting. —— have been the voting. 21 of the 27 countries voting today,...

good evening. we start with the european elections. its still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but weve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far—right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen�*s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron�*s party. far—right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls s...

more of the seats. the most headline—grabbing outcome appears to have been in france, where the far—right national rally party has taken more than 31% of the vote. thats more than double the coalition which supports president macron. he has responded by calling an entirely unexpected snap election. translation: the rise - of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we have just celebrated with the whole world of the normandy...

captured on october the 7th and held in gaza since then. the three men and one woman have been taken to hospital — theyre said to be in good health and have appeared in front of cameras. news of their rescue triggered celebrations in israel. these pictures show israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and remain for treatment. the israeli military has released these picture of the moment one of the hostages, noa argamani, was taken to safety in a h...

rescued four of the hostages captured on october the 7th and held in gaza since then. the three men, and one woman, have been taken to hospital — theyre said to be in good health and have appeared in front of cameras. news of their rescue triggered celebrations in israel. these are pictures of israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and remain for treatment. the israeli military has released these picture of the moment one of the hostages, noa arg...

daniel hagari has said that israeli forcies rescued hostages from hamas whilst under fire. this morning at 11am israeli special forces conducted a complex rescue mission and successfully rescued four of our hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andri kozlov. they are back home in israel. they are alive, they are well. they will undergo medical examination and will soon be reunited with their families in the hospital. noa, almog, andri and sh...