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you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. today marks exactly one year until the 2024 election and a new set of polls from the new york times and siena college show that president biden has some work to do. according to these latest polls, former president trump is leading in four key swing states, including nevada, a state biden narrowly carried in the 2020 presidential election, and georgia as well, a state that was central to trump s efforts to overturn the election results. the polling shows registered voters favor trump when it comes to handling the economy, immigration, national security, and the israeli/palestinian conflict. this latest polling is especially striking as trump faces mounting legal troubles. tomorrow, he is expected to take the stand in a civil fraud trial for what s shaping up to be a high-stakes day of testimony that could determine the fate of his new york businesses. let s discuss that and more with forme ....
he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that quote calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times ....
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some ....
you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with football news. england have beaten serbia in their first game at the european championship in germany. jude bellingham scored the only goal in the first half. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka. and these were the jubilant scenes at an england fan zone in london as the goal went in. gareth southgate s side are one of the favourites to win the tournament, having reached the final in the last tournament. they ground out a crucial win. it s the kind of game perhaps england may have drawn or even lost. if the four time that england have won the crucial opening game and they know who they can grow into it. first half, angling were really good. bellingham majestic as we heard. soccer as well. saccur. they looked a little leggy at times. there will be a debate of whether there team was balance at times, but southgate will look at that and get off to a winni ....
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some ....