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operations in gaza. and british politics — after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you —i i think its really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build—up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world thered be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bo...

what effect will south africas genocide case have against israel at the international court of justice? the reason why this matters now is because these provisional measures have an immediate and binding effect on israels ability to conduct its military operations in gaza. and british politics — after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you —i i think its really, really difficult. i two year...

scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush — it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day— it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things— especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right _ of things turning colder this week. right here — of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. its sunday, the 4th of feb...

could rishi sunak really turn things round? well ask the man himself. he faces a labour party that wants to push — yes — "education, education, education". their shadow education secretary bridget phillipson�*s here too. locked out of my own post office until i pay it all back. 26,000?! and as westminster wakes up to the true scale of the post office scandal well meet lee castleton, one of the subpostmasters who lost everything. morning, morning, and very happy new year to you. t...

the government cut to national insurance takes effect tomorrow but what is it, who benefits and how much will it really impact the amount we pay in tax?- much will it really impact the amount we pay in tax? good morning, the manic amount we pay in tax? good morning, the magic is — amount we pay in tax? good morning, the magic is missing _ amount we pay in tax? good morning, the magic is missing in _ amount we pay in tax? good morning, the magic is missing in the _ amount we pay in ta...

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...