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welcome to the programme. plenty of elections around the world this year. now know a bit more about what could be happening here in the uk. rishi sunak says the general election is likely to happen in the "second half of this year". he didnt rule out it happening earlier but says his "working assumption" is later this year. take a listen. so, look, my working assumption is well have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, ive got lots that i want to get...

they do change their mind, thats a good thing, they are learning from evidence. i think the better line for the tories is, if things start to get a bit rosier for the economy, if progress is made on immigration, i think what they will want to say is, dont risk this because actually, on things like the environment, immigration, public finances, keir starmer and labour, you cant really trust them, they are a bit more radical. so the tories will really be trying to force that dividing lin...

shooting. we understand one person has been killed. the sheriff office is holding a news conference. lets have a look. we are expecting that to take place at any moment, the state trooper theyre addressing the cameras. we thought it was going to start, it is notjust yet. we will return to that as soon as it does. let us get more now on the middle east. the funeral has been taking place in lebanon, just outside beirut, for saleh al—arouri, the deputy leader of hamas, who was one of se...

welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people — one in four of the worlds population — will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the worlds ten most populous nations — india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and t...

mr sunak said his working assumption is that a poll will be held in the second half of 202a. labour say hes delaying a vote because the tories are unpopular. heres mr sunak earlier. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i have got lots that i want to get on with. this saturday, we will be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work, worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have ...

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken�*s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow mor...

in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, has blamed that attack on what it says was "flagra nt israeli aggression". israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah, banned terrorist organisations in many countries, have close ties to iran, which itself is holding a day of mourning after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. the islamic state group ...

also on the programme... the latest developments in the middle east. including the funeral of a hamas deputy leader in lebanon. thousands of people were there. prince andrew and bill clinton are named in files relating to sex offenderjeffrey epstein. well look at what weve learnt. and ai terrorism, stethescopes and keyboard keys. all in our weekly look at artificial intelligence — ai. decoded is coming up. plenty of elections around the world this year. now know a bit more about what...

What rishi sunak has just said. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, that it might be later in the year. squatting in downing street for months on end, dithering and delaying, when the country wants change. whats he hiding? the conservatives have a mandate, dont they, to serve in government throughout this year? you can clamourfor an early election, but thats the constitutional truth. but what mandate does the third... well, they won the last general election. ..the third p...

Large majority in the house of commons. labour also saying he has been clinging on to power. have a listen to this, though, the response from sir keir starmer, the labour leader and response to comments from rishi sunak. we are ready for a general election, i think the country is ready for a general election, turn its back on this the client turn its back on this decline and usher in the hope and change the labour government can bring. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, t...