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hello, there. on thursday we are electing a new parliament. voters here will choose 18 new mps. we are live from belfast debating the big talking points that matter to go. joining us... gavin robinson, the leader of the dup. we invited the leader of the dup. we invited the sinn fein leader and the party tonight is represented by chris hazzard. colum eastwood is a leader of the sdlp and the leader of the alliance party is naomi long. and we also invited the of the ulster unionists, the ...

theres been more bad news for mr sunak. a tory donor has switched his support to reform uk. john hall, the former owner of newcastle united football club, said concern about the level of immigration had prompted his decision to back nigel farage. there is just a week to go before the general election, and all political parties are hitting the campaign trail in a final push to win over voters. last night, they clashed over their plans for tax, immigration and the welfare budget in the f...

craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snpsjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launchin...

im able to bring you. that is a process that takes some time. so thats where we are at the moment. i think its fair to say, as things stand, the story has eased off a bit. its not as dominant and sort of headline—making as it was at the tail end of last week. thats not to say it might not flare up again. prime minister has said today, hes been in edinburgh launching the conservative scottish manifesto with douglas ross, the outgoing leader of the scottish conservatives, that hes not ...

that situation reversed. and he will hope to hear concrete commitments from him to work on that problem. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more on the talks. mr yoav gallant is here for the second time in washington, dc. last time he was here in march, he is meeting his counterpart, the defence secretary lloyd austin and you mentioned the secretary of state antony blinken as well as the head of the cia and he will be discussing the next phase of the war in gaza, but also ...

the bbc news at six. princess anne is in hospital with concussion after apparently being injured by a horse. the incident happened on her estate in gloucestershire yesterday. buckingham palace says the princess, whos 73, is expected to make a full recovery, though is likely to remain in hospital for some days. heres our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph. just over a week ago, trooping the colour. the princess royal was on horse back where she loved to be. an accomplished horsew...

to represent the government later in the day at omaha beach. conservative sources say reports that the prime minister had it was said he would have to answer for his own actions. reform uks nigel farage said, "rishi sunak could not even be bothered to attend the international event above omaha beach. who really believes in our people, him or me?" it comes as representatives of the seven biggest parties in the uk prepare to take part in a special 90 minute election debate on the bbc ton...

of minneapolis and whats thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyds family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges, including third degree murder, following the inci...

is again hit hard, by covid restrictions. the former british cycling and team sky chief doctor, richard freeman, has been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone, for a rider. were in mozambique, where islamist extremists are waging a brutal war thats driven half a million people from their homes. and, how was their first week back at school? all eyes on the classrooms of england, as the government considers whether to ease the lockdown. and coming up in sport on bbc news... an im...

But i also recognise, as someone who has been a Member Of Parliament for 20 years, that the people i represent also want to see their politicians dealing daily with the bread and butter issues. Is it a danger, as the question suggests, that this is seen as a referendum . I think it is notjust a danger, i think it is a wasted opportunity because people are voting in the election this thursday to choose people who can then go and represent them in westminster, be an effective voice their concerns ...