meanwhile, the labour leader keir starmer has been out meeting voters in the west midlands where he told voters that stabilising the economy would be a number one priority. here s our political correspondent helen catt. the labour leader arriving at a football club in the west midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a labour government would do. stability is change. it s strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming labour government, and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. it comes as a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the country s finances if elected. for rishi sunak it was a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. he answered some gentle concerns about his drenching in downing street. it was wet. the amount of people who ve
than 200 people could have been inside the diy store. the mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. earlier this month, russian forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. here s one of the shop workers explaining what happened. translation: i was at work in the furniture section - when there was the first hit. me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. there was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. we were covered in it, our faces, too. we started to dig our way up to the top. there, the extinguishing system had started working. we grabbed a few people and an emergency service guy who was shopping saved us. he was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. me, my colleague and another boy as well, a shopper, and his girlfriend made it out. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen
leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we re into election campaign now, we don t know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16 year olds are something he wants to happen as he has seen happen in other nations and clearly thinks it s a good idea. no indication yet if the tory party will be following suit but the main theme today has been around the economy. keir starmer has also been speaking about that when speaking to voters in the west midlands. he said the stable economy would be the first thing the labour government would focus on. with the conservatives as well, sunak was during a meeting with voters in the north today and we heard from jeremy hunt who did an interview with the daily telegraph and said tax cuts for working people would be what the conservative government if re elected would focus