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it s thursday 1st june. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. this time next week, the polls will have opened across the uk for the general election. last night, key figures from the seven main parties went head to head on the bbc‘s election debate. so let s bring you up to date with the latest from the campaign trail. this morning, the prime minister is attempting to move the agenda back to brexit pledging to use the promise of brexit to build a stronger, fairer and even more prosperous country and calling for voters to unite behind her leadership. meanwhile, labour is returning to its rail policy promising to save money for rail commuters by changing the way fare increases are calculated. the party says the move would save an average rail season ticket holder £319 a year by 2022. last night key figures from the seven main parties went head to head on the bbc. theresa may was criticised for her failure to appear at that debate. our assistant poli ....
canada marks it s 150th anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, iraqi forces say they ve taken control of the so callled islamic state s main base. the militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. but fighting is continuing around part of the old city. commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. a symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. we will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. it s i ....
the streets where i grew up haven t changed much. you can t say that for the beating heart of the capital. now i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. they tell me that almost daily on my radio show. and, in a way, i can see why, because, let s face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. but fair play to the place, it s taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. i used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. it was the docks back then derelict and depressed. old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiff s population. but then things began to change. just look at cardiff now. this city has completely transformed itself in around 20 yea rs. the jobs are in government, they re in media, in leisure and also in shopping. it describes itself as europe s youngest capital and it s got even more growing to do. my dad used to be a bus driver and finished up ....
i was born and bred in this city. the streets where i grew up haven t changed much. you can t say that for the beating heart of the capital. now, i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. they tell me that almost daily on my radio show. and, in a way, i can see why, because, let s face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. but fair play to the place, it s taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. i used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. it was the docks back then derelict and depressed. old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiff s population. but then things began to change. just look at cardiff now. this city has completely transformed itself in around 20 years. the jobs are in government, they re in media, in leisure and also in shopping. it describes itself as europe s youngest capital and it s got even more growing to do. my dad used t ....
after five people were shot dead at fort lauderdale airport in florida. in sport: three premier league sides are knocked out by lower league opposition in the fa cup third round among them bournemouth, who were beaten 3 0 by league one side millwall. and helen has the weather. good morning. a very similar date to yesterday weatherwise. it is grey and misty with fog in a few localities first thing. i will have more details if you join me in 15 minutes. thank you, helen. the israeli ambassador has apologised for comments which appear to show a diplomat plotting to bring down a government minister. undercover footage, filmed by middle east news network aljazeera, shows an israeli government employee saying he would like to take down the foreign office minister sir alan duncan. the video also shows the official insulting foreign secretary borisjohnson. jane frances kelly reports. the emergence of the footage is highly embarrassing for the israelis. it shows shai masot din ....