After celebrating their best ever general Election Results, The Party is the third biggest in parliament. Some of its members are here as mps for the first time. The mood is so upbeat, it is so buoyant but we are really determined to get stuff done. The reason we fight in elections and we win elections is so we can achieve things for our community so i am excited to be talking about our plan fixing Social Care and the health service, and how we really represent our community to be that strong, determined opposition to the government and represent our community is the best possible way we can. The Liberal Democrats achieved record Election Results by pitching themselves in opposition to the conservatives. Raising the question of what to do now that labour are in power. The party says it wants to offer a constructive opposition, challenging ministers on policies they dont like, such as the recent cut in the Winter Fuel Allowance. And they want to use this platform to put forward their ow
Seen from the nasdaq since november 21. We have been seeing good news about the stock market because the snp 500, a different index, has actually had a huge string of records, over 12 this year. There are a couple of things contributing to the Strong Performance generally, and a couple specifically, and when we zoom in on the nasdaq, the biggest thing was the Inflation Report came out yesterday, a highly watched number that the Federal Reserve specifically looked at and measures what people actually paying for goods and services. It showed inflation is tempering just a bit. The year over year measure was the smallest increase we have seen in years, and it lends steam to the narrative that inflation might be cooling, and that might do some favours to the market the Way Investors look at it. More broadly, there is enthusiasm over ai lifting tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdaq. Agaii tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdaq tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdar. ,.
for northern ireland, the same across wales. as we head across thursday, a repeat performance. more cloud across northern and eastern areas. furtherwest, cloud across northern and eastern areas. further west, the best of the sunshine. again, the low 20s. we could see temperatures coming down a bit towards the end of the week. always out west we will see the high temperatures, most of the sunshine is we head through friday on the weekend. a little bit cooler and easier towards the east coast. take care. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which isjust getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. today s daytime strikes on kyiv mark a change of tactics as does using so many missiles in recent days. there were a0 air launched cruise missiles and 35 drones launched yes
hello, i m tanya beckett. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands of dues gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west bank settlement t